Breathless

Chapter 18

Devon opened his eyes to see a sleeping Emily laying next to him. Her breathing was deep, her chest rose and fell slowly, and her face looked calm and peaceful.

He slowly sat up and propped his arm on the bed, still looking at Emily, trying his best not to wake her. Devon smiled at the sleeping girl, he reached out his hand and brushed a strand of hair behind her ear. She didn't move but her eyes fluttered slightly, as if she was dreaming.

Devon turned his head to look out the window, he guessed it was probably around three in the afternoon. Emily stirred in her sleep, Devon looked back over to the sleeping girl.

She wrinkled her nose and opened her eyes slowly. She tilted her head up and looked at Devon, her eyes shined in the light, her bedhead and sleepy face made her look almost like a child. Devon smiled, admiring her beauty. She blinked a few times, just staring at him with tired eyes.

"Good morning" she said quietly, but Devon shook his head.

"Good afternoon" he said, Emily smiled and yawned, then sat up in the bed.

"What time is it?" She said stretching her arms out, Devon sat up straight as well.

"I'm not sure, three I'm guessing" he said shrugging.

"Is Madi up yet?" Emily asked looking at Devon once again.

"Probably not, she can sleep for days" he said chuckling, Emily smiled at him. She turned and swung her legs over the bed, her feet touching the wooden floor. She stood up and stretched, then her stomach growled loudly. Devon raised an eyebrow and Emily's face flushed.

"Hungry are we?" Devon said in a taunting tone. Emily nodded, she couldn't even remembered the last time she ate.

"Well there's a town nearby, we could go get something to eat there" He said, Emily smiled at him and nodded again.

"I'll go see if Madi is awake, she might want to go" Emily said then picked up her shoes, she put them on and walked over to the door. She opened it, crossed the hall to Madi's door, and knocked softly.

Emily didn't hear anything so she open the door slowly. Inside she saw Madi laying in a weird position with the blankets only half on her. Emily did her best not to giggle, and walked over to Madi, Emily nudged her a little, but she didn't move. Obviously in to deep of sleep to even notice Emily come in, she turned and left the room quietly. Devon was standing in the door way of their room.

"Is she dead?" Devon said nonchalantly, Emily chuckled.

"Pretty much" She said, Devon smiled, then walked completely out of the room and shut the door.

"We'll bring back something for her" Devon said. They both walked down the stairs and out of the house.

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Zach walked down the old street, keeping his head down, not making eye contact with human who walked past him. He had his headphones in, listening to some of Mozart's best work.

His phone suddenly rang, Zach rolled his eyes, annoyed by the sudden call. He looked down at his phone, it was an unknown number, but he answered anyways.

"Hello?"

"Hello Zachery, it's Aaron"

He froze, stopping dead in is tracks. He starred at the concrete sidewalk, his eyes wide with surprise.

'Shit, why is he calling?!'

"What do you want" Zach said trying to sound calm, but knew he sounded like a scarred kid instead.