Emerald

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Emerald's POV

I woke up on a hard surface. Was I on the floor? Oh god.

I just fainted in front of a large crowd of people. I feel humiliated.

I heard someone's voice and a wet and cold thing on my forehead.

I wanted to say something but instead I groaned.

"I think she's awake." A male voice to the right of me spoke.

I heard Kyle, Liam, Julian, and my parents speaking to each other.

"Oh thank god. Thank you, Zach." I heard my mom come closer to me. "Poor little gem." I felt her soft warm hands on my forehead.

"Wha-what happened?" I opened my eyes slowly. My eyes adjusted to the bright light and I saw a guy next to me and my parents to my left.

"Oh god. Sorry, baby girl. I probably shouldn't have done that there." My dad shook his head.

"She probably was overwhelmed with everything." Kyle said. He said it in a blank tone.

I sat up slowly. "Uhm." I faced my parents who looked concerned.

I turned to my right to see a familiar face.

"Emerald!" He took me in a huge hug.

"Oh-oh my god. Zach!" I hugged him back.

I heard heels clank into the room. "I got more ice!"

"Courtney, its fine. She's awake." My mom said laughing at how concerned Courtney seemed.

"Oh thank god. I think I got too much ice though. I even got Ari to help me." She put the bucket on the floor. "I think I went too overboard." She said shyly.

My aunt walked in behind her with another bucket. I laughed this time.

"Im here! What happened!"

"It's fine Aunt Ari." I grinned and finally got off from the ground still feeling kind of dizzy.

Courtney hugged me tight and sighed. "So good to see you again."

I smiled. "Where's Jona?" I said looking around.

Jona was her daughter. The last time I saw her, she was just a one year old baby.

"She's somewhere playing around." Courtney glanced out the room as if looking for her daughter. "Now come on! Let's party again!"

My parents agreed and followed her and Aria out the room.

I was left in the room with Zach, Liam, and Kyle. It got silent.

"Mm..." Kyle coughed.

"Uh. Liam, Kyle. This is Zach." I motioned to Zach. "Zach. Liam and Kyle."

"Nice to meet you two."

"How old are you?" Liam blurted out.

"Uh 17. By the way, Emerald, happy birthday."

"Yeah. Maybe it's better if you get told happy birthday like this." Liam hugged me and I felt him smile.