Emergence

Chapter 18

" Freya." Edmund whispers. I try to open my eye all the way but it won't budge, I open my other one as he frowns .

" Oh honey." Edmund whispers, slowly touching my eye. I shrug and smile at him, sitting up trying to open my eye again.

" Do I have to go?" I whisper feeling tears fall down my eyes. Edmund shakes his head and kisses me on the forehead.

" Please don't cry honey. If we go, you won't have to be around Vince." Edmund whispers. I shake my head and get up from the bed.

" Please just help me pick out an outfit." I whisper. He smiles at me.

" Will wearing our matching shirts make you feel better?" Edmund questions. I shake my head as he walks out of my room. I guess our shirts must be in his room, I walk over to my dresser and grab a black pair of pants as I hear Edmund come back in.

" I found both of them." Edmund says smiling brightly. I smile at him, taking off my nightgown and slipping on the top.

" Thank you." I say slipping on the pants. I wiggle them up my body as I look up at him. " Should I leave my hair down, put it in pigtails, two braids or one big braid?" I question grabbing my hairbrush.

" I think you should leave it down." Edmund says smiling. I brush it softly as I smile at him brightly.

" You look beautiful, come on and let's brush our teeth. " Edmund says grabbing my hand. I smile at him brightly as we walk to the bathroom, he stops at the sink as I pick up my toothbrush and grab the tooth paste.

I squeeze a generous amount as I hand the tube to Edmund. I slowly turn on the faucet, wetting my brush and shoving the toothbrush in my mouth. Edmund chuckles and starts to brush his as he smiles at me brightly. I smile at him, running my free hand through his hair.

He jokingly spits his tongue out at me as I start to laugh, covering my mouth. I brush my teeth faster getting the back and top of them, pulling the tooth brush out of my mouth and spitting. I slowly lick my teeth as I stop at a gunky spot and start to work on that.

I look over as Edmund smiles brightly and all of the sudden coughs, spraying toothpaste everywhere. I pull out my tooth brush and spit out my toothpaste.

" Are you okay?" I question. Edmund turns on the faucet, and scoops a handful in his mouth, spitting it back out.

" Ugh! I can't believe I did that." Edmund says staring at the sink as he grabs his throat.

" What happened?" I question. He looks over at me and exhales.

" I hit the back of my throat with the brush. " He starts to cough again, punching himself in the chest. " I can't believe I really did that." Edmund says. I smile at him and grab a cup, filling it with water.

" You're goofy." I remark rinsing my mouth out. He smiles at me as I hand him the cup. He stares at me and makes a face.

" Eww, what makes you think I want to share your germy cup?" He says jokingly. I set the cup down and cross my arms.

" You kiss me, all the time." I say smiling. He laughs, grabbing the cup.

" Oh my, you might have a point there." He says filling it with water and swishing his mouth out. I smile at him as he spits it into the sink, wiping his mouth off. He grabs my hand smiling as we walk out into the hallway.

" I think we should wait for Sage." I say. Edmund smiles brightly at me as we make our way to his room.

" Yeah, we should." Edmund says. I smile at him as he grabs my hand, knocking calmy on Sage's door with the other. " Sage! Sage it's time to leave!" Edmund calls. I hear a faint shout as the door opens.