There All Along

Chapter Eleven

We rush to Emma's gymnastics class. I watch her do all her tricks and she's amazing. I'm not biased and I don't like to brag but even though she's my sister she's amazing!! If she wasn't my sister I'd still say she'd be the best in the class.

Once she had finished I complimented her and she started to blush. She never usually blushes because she's a confident individual.

Her friends from her gymnastics class, Lisa and Morgan come over to her. They all talk about their plans for the rest of the day. Morgan and Lisa's family come over to me.

"Hello," one of them says. I look at them. "Hi."

"They get on so well!" The other says.

"Yeah I know. It's cute, isn't it?" I smile.

"I'm Rachel, Megan's sister."

"I'm Chloe, Lisa's cousin."

"I'm Anna, Emma's sister."

"Nice to meet you, Anna," Chloe says.

"Yeah you seem lovely," Rachel adds. I giggle, "aw thank you!"

Emma pulls at my top and I bend down so I'm in level with her. "What is it? What's wrong, Emma?"

"Can we go home now? I want to play with you!"

I look up at Chloe and Rachel and they both make an "awwww" facial expression at me. I smile proudly and nod at them to tell them that I agree that she is adorable, before looking back at Emma. "I'm sorry Emma, not yet. You've still got ballet and drama club to do."

"Aww," Emma moans.

"But we'll have the whole night to play and watch Disney movies!" I say. Emma gasps and starts bouncing up and down excitedly. She starts doing a little dance and shakes her hips and wiggles her bum. I let out a laugh. My little sister is just the cutest!

"Well, see you around!" Chloe says.

"It was lovely seeing you, Anna. Will you be here next week?" Rachel asks.

"Yeah," I reply. "I'll be here every week hopefully."

"Good," Chloe replies.

..........

After the drama and ballet class I treat myself and Emma to the cinema where we get a jumbo hotdog and a slush puppy. We go into see Incredibles 2 which I've already seen eight times! This will be my ninth. I'd happily go into see it another nine times after this....and more! It's my favourite film at the moment by far!

As soon as I finish my hotdog I excuse myself to the bathroom and tell Emma to wait in her seat. I deliberately made her go for a pee before the film started so she couldn't hear me purge. When I reach the bathroom I close the cubicle door and stick my fingers down my throat.

Once I'm done I flush the toilet a couple of times to get rid of the sick. I spray deodorant for the smell and I look down at my right hand to see red marks on my hands from my teeth biting on them whilst I was forcefully purging.

I wash my hands in the sink, dry them then go back to see my sister.

When we arrive home I am exhausted but Emma is full of life. She starts bouncing and dancing around the living room. I put on Michael Jackson songs because the three of us have been enjoying him recently. Me and Emma love his songs more whereas mum loves him more and will watch videos and documentaries about him on YouTube and read up about him on the Internet. She's obsessed with the guy, I swear. I take Emma's hands and we both dance around the living room to Billie Jean and a lot of his other songs. We have no time to do anything else. I let Emma eat a cupcake then I bath her and read her a story then put her to bed.

I go back downstairs to watch some tv but there was nothing good on. My phone pinged. I knew it would be mum....

But it wasn't.

When I check my phone I saw Josh's name on the screen.

Josh:Where have you been? I've been trying to contact you all day. You haven't been home, I went to your mum's work but she wasn't available. Were you hiding from me?! I am coming down to your house again for the last time today and if you're not there you're getting a serious hiding from me when I next get my hands on you!!!

I gulp away the lump in my throat. My hands start trembling and I put my phone down on the sofa. I turn off my tv and listen for a knock at the door. I was in serious trouble. I would say I done nothing wrong but I did....I left the house unattended to without telling Josh where I was or where I was going. I should have been more sensible.......