"Now sorry is a sorry word" - Tarrus Riley
Emma's POV
"Amy would you please stop?" I asked but Amy kept on racing over the sofas in the living room of the Smiths. She didn't listen to me so she didn't stop and I was annoyed and embarrassed.
"Amy, stop it now." I said. "It's enough."
Reece sat on one of these sofas and Amy was jumping up and down next to him but he didn't bother, he just kept on reading a book by Stephen King.
"Amyyyyyy." I grouched but she still did not listen to me.
"Amy stop or you're not allowed to play with Blake, Reece and George today." I threatened but she just squealed and kept on jumping around.
"AMY CECILY SMITH!" I yelled. Amy waved and jumped onto Reece who moaned in pain. That was enough. I picked Amy up at her arms and put her to the ground.
As soon as her feet touched the floor, she ran away and onto the couch again to jump around.
I made a noise that was a a mix of a groan and a shriek. I was just too desperate and annoyed and Reece didn't help me at all.
"AMY!" I yelled. "STOP. IT." I grabbed her around her waist and slung my arms around her to hold her still. She hadn't been that hyperactive in months.
She shrieked and started to cry while she was trying to free herself. Reece just watched us and I felt myself getting mad at him. He could have helped me calming Amy but he just sat there and looked at us.
"What is wrong with you today? We are guests here and we have to behave." I asked but in that very moment Amy bit my hand.
"Ouch!" I yelled and pushed Amy away, a bit harshly maybe because she fell to the ground and started crying even more.
I stared at my sister in shock. Her eyes were closed and her face was red and covered in tears. I couldn't do anything but stare at her.
I was so shocked about what I had just done. I had just pushed Amy to the ground just because she hadn't behaved like I had wanted her. There was no reason that would ever justify laying hand on a kid but that's what I had just done.
Reece jumped up and threw his book onto the couch.
"Are you stupid?!" He asked me and rushed towards Amy to pick her up and comfort her.
Amy wouldn't stop crying no matter how hard Reece tried to calm her. He sat her onto the couch and turned to me.
"Are you completely insane?!" He yelled at me and that was the moment I realised how terrible what I had just done actually was. I covered my face with my hands and started crying because I felt so sorry and shocked.
And though Reece saw that I had started crying, he didn't stop yelling at me.
"You can't just push a kid because she doesn't behave the way you want her to." He cried out. "You know what, you are no whit better than your dad is by pushing innocent kids. What's gonna come next time? Hitting her?"
I started crying even more. I sobbed and took a step backwards to get away from him but Reece took a step forward.
"I didn't intend to hurt her." I sobbed into my sleeves.
"How would you feel if I pushed you?" He asked and pushed with his hands against my shoulders. I took a step back but he followed and pushed me another time.
That's when I got scared of him. He trapped me and kept on pushing me. Just like my dad always used to do.
"Are you completely crackbrained?!" Someone yelled and pulled Reece away from me. I looked up to see George in front of me, pulling me into a hug. Blake was standing next to Reece at the other side of the room.
"Who fucked with your brain?" Blake asked. "She just ran away from her abusive dad, you can't just push her!"
"Tell her. She pushed Amy." Reece said. "How can she do that?"
"Have you ever raised a kid?" I asked him between sobs. "You don't know how nerve-wrecking this is."
"No reason to push her." Reece shot back.
"I know and I didn't mean to!" I yelled at him which made George tug at my arm to stop me.
"Have you never pushed Lexie?" George asked Reece.
"I have but I've not been fourteen years older than her and she's not been in a completely inferior position." Reece yelled. "You want to take custody of Amy? Take responsibility!"
"Maybe we should all just calm down and talk about it in an hour?" Blake suggested.
"I'll stay with Emma." George said.
"I'll get Amy some ice cream." Blake answered and left the house with Amy.
"Emma?" Reece asked and slowly entered George's room. I was lying on his bed, my face buried in the pillows. I didn't want to see anybody because I felt so ashamed of myself. I didn't want to see Amy because I couldn't look her in the eyes. And I didn't want to see Reece because I was disappointed with him. For treating me that way and for yelling at me but I was disappointed with me the most. For being like my dad.
"Go away." I mumbled but I didn't look at him.
"Emma we need to talk about it."
"I don't want to talk to anybody." I told him and hoped he would just go away. But he didn't.
"Listen to me. If you don't want to talk then just listen." He said, still standing in the doorway. "I'm sorry for acting like that. I'm so sorry for treating you like that. I'm disgusted by myself.
"You were right, I don't know what's it like to raise a kid and just like there is no justification for pushing a kid, there is no excuse for pushing you and I did the same wrong as you did.
"I am sorry. I really am and I hope you can still look at me. Because I want you to know that I'm not mad at you. I can imagine you're more mad at yourself for pushing Ams than she is."
I didn't answer, I just let my tears drop onto the pillows underneath me.
I heard Reece standing there for another two minutes or something, then he left the room and closed the door behind him.
It took me an hour to get up and go downstairs where George, Blake and Amy where watching a film. Reece sat at the kitchen counter, his head firmed up in his hands.
He looked up at me as I entered the room. He stood up and just stared at me. I stared back at him, then I stretched out my arms for him to pull him into a hug.
It didn't even take him a second to hug me back and hold me as tightly as he could.
We just stood there like that for minutes. I didn't want to let go of him and I don't think he wanted to let go of me.
"I'm sorry." I whispered.
"I know." He whispered back. "I'm sorry."
"It's okay."
"I love you." He said and I stiffened.
I love you too, I thought but I didn't say a thing. I just stood there and enjoyed his hug to the full.
Author's Note
Hey ho guys !
Hope you enjoyed the chapter though here was a bit of drama.
I know pushing somebody might not seem much of a big deal but I think with Emma's and Amy's background it is and I once got pushed by a guy who had meant a lot to me and it definitely left an impact.
So guys, spread love! ❤️
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