Illusions (Enoch O'connor)

Chapter 2; Something New

Zaira Pov;10min later:

Emma had sat on my bed talking with me about whatever came to her mind. It was honestly rather refreshing to talk to another girl around my age besides Rachel.
" So your telling me you've been to Italy!?" The bomb shell blonde exclaimed after I had metioned living in the beautiful city.

I chuckle and nod, " Yes. I had lived there for 5 years before Mr. Condor decided we should go to Paris Fance. You can name any place and the chances are I've been there. Go on. Name a place." Emma skeptically looked at me with a small smirk.

" Rome."

" Yep."

" Japan?"

" Awesome sushi."

" New York."

" Of course."

" Washington?"

" Rained alot."

" California."

" Loved the aesthetic."

She rolled her eyes and leaned against my bed post holding her head up on her hand.
" Okay, ummm...well how about Australia."

I froze for a second. A short mere second. It just so happened Australia was my absolute favorite place we had travled besides here in New Orleans. I let out a cough and shifted on my sitting position.

" Yes. Australia was my favorite. Stayed there at least seven years. That's where we lived before we got here. Winters were always super cold where we lived but Mr. Condor would go down to a coffee shop to get wonderful hot chocolates for everyone. Our house was gorgeous, a tad smaller than this one though, we had a pool which was always being used by Ryder and Riddian, not to mention the kid-"

I stopped.

I just said his name. I just said his name. Emma's smile soon fell as she saw my mortified expression. Slowly she scooted closer to me and placed a hand on my back. " Are you okay?"
A pained chuckle left my lips in a hurry, " W-What of course I'm F-Fine why wouldn't I be."

Emma gave me a pointed look, " Darling your crying."

I reached up to my face to find that I was indeed crying. Quickly I wiped away the water works and laughed, " Well don't you worry about me. I'm fine." I say with a voice drowning in lies.

Drowning.

Drowning.

Everyones always Drowning.

Emma shakes her head. " Well breakfast starts in an twenty minutes so I'm going to fix your make up, and doll you up." She smiles as she brushes the strands of hair out of my face. " While I do love this color red on you I think we should go with something more fiting for food, yeah?" I look at her with squinted eyes.

" Why are you helping me Emma?" I ask with my voice seeping curiosity.

She looks at me and gives me her one hundred dollar smile as she begins fixing my make up,
" Well when we first met you seemed closed off and distanced. Nothing like the girl in the painting out in the hallway, nor the girl in the pictures you have decorating your room. It's obvious some one or some thing has hurt you in some way to make you like this. In my head, it seemed like you needed a friend to help you through this rough patch your going through."

I stare at her in absolute bewilderment. She thought I needed a friend.
Nobody has ever really noticed or cared to try in being my friend in many many years.

I give her a sad smile, " Yeah I guess I do need a friend. It comes to my experience, friends all leave, one day or another they'll leave me. Rather they die or just don't care for me anymore." I explain with a lump in my thoat as I spoke.