I heard a knock on my door. Then a voice, "Emmaline? Are you awake?" I heard my brother say from outside my door.
"Yeah, what?"
"It's breakfast time come down"
"Sure, be right there , Grant."
I slipped out of bed and took out a random pair of jeans and a shirt from my dresser and quickly put them on.
I walked downstairs and headed to the kitchen. Mom was setting plates on the table as soon as I walked in. As per usual Dad was sitting at his place reading the newspaper.
"Morning, Sunshine!" Dad says to me before spilling his coffee all over the newspaper and his shirt. "Shoot, I got to go change!"
Everyone laughs as he runs to go change his shirt.
"Now kids the bus leaves in fifteen minutes so hurry up and eat." Mom says before placing pancakes before our eyes.
Dad returns to the table and we all eat quickly before the bus gets here.
—
My brothers Grant and Blake were already out the door when Dad stopped me and Avia in our tracks.
"Have a good day, Avia." , he says before kissing her forehead.
"Have a good day, Emmaline Sunshine." before kissing my forehead too.
"Please don't call me that." I say before Avia and I left the doorway onto the bus.
—
"Aye, Blake, cool backpack." says Jax Cambrody.
"Thanks , Jax" Blake said shyly.
"What's in it?"
"Nothing—just school stuff—that's all."
"Let me see."
"No!"
"Excuse me?"
"No!"
"I said let me see it, hand it over."
The two boys began playing tug-of-war with Blake's backpack. Jax successfully ripped the backpack from my brother's arms and began to open it before—
"Hey! Jax!" Avia shouts before grabbing Jax by his collar. "Bug off my little brother! Pick on someone your own size!" She then let's go of Jax's collar and he lands on the floor.
"Nice job, Avia." I said. "I wouldn't have had the courage to do something like that."
"Eh, I guess I just get provoked easy."
—
Once we made it to school I ran to find my friends. Who were standing by their lockers. "Hey."
"Hey Em'" , my friend Airi responds cheerfully.
"So , how was your night?"
"It was good."
"What'd you dream about? Anything interesting?"
flashbacks from my dream about Avia trying to kill me flashed through my head. I hear her voice again, "Sweet dreams, Em'"
I uncontrollably fall to the ground...
the blood...
the knife to my heart...
the window...
her cold touch...
why would she...
kill me...
"Em'! Are you okay?" Airi shouted. "Eirys, go get the nurse!"
Then from there, all went dark.
—
"Emmaline..." I hear a voice say as I slowly open my eyes. I was in the nurses office. I must've fainted when I got flashbacks from my nightmare.
"You hit your head pretty hard." Nurse Hartfield told me.
"Is it bad?" I ask.
"Not at all, sweetie."
"It hurts..."
"Your head?"
"Yeah..."
"You can lay here for a while if you want before you go back to class."
I lay down on the nurse's bed and end up drifting off.
—
"Em'"
I bolt up from the bed and there was blood everywhere again. The bed was bloody...my body was bloody...the walls were bloody...
"What happened..."
I here a squeak coming from the window as it flung open and let the cold breeze flow through. It was suddenly night time and I look to see the moon looking through...shining like the nights flashlight. Avia then jumped on the window sill and then hopped onto the floor...she began slowly approaching me , a knife within her hand. I ran to the door and twisted the knob but it was locked.
"Help! Help!" I called banging on the door. I then feel a cold , pale hand touch my neck and hold me tight up against the door.
I look over above door it read in blood...
"Sweet dreams...Em'"
—
I awake just as the bell rang. I got up , grabbed my backpack and ran out of the door.
—
As soon as school ended Avia and I headed to the bus stop.
We sat on a black bench and waited for the bus when three skateboards flew over us.
"Hey! Watch it, kid!" , Avia shouted at one of the girls riding the skateboards.
The girl landed smoothly on the grass and swiftly swung around to face Avia. She looked around thirteen or so and wore a pink biker jacket. "Well, look what we have here , girls...fresh new bate!"
She banged her fists together like she was about to throw hands. Then out of nowhere, two other girls popped up behind her and I froze.
She pointed to the girl at her left and said "This is Romielle, but we call her Romi." Next she pointed to the other girl on her right, "This is Khailea." After that she pointed to herself and said "I'm Vrai. Vrai L. Lovelin. And you are?"
"Avia. Avia Caylor."
"And who's the girl behind you?"
"My little sister, Emmaline."
Suddenly Vrai laughed and bolted toward me and pushed me down. My head fell hard on the concrete and my books flew open all over the place.
"Don't fucking touch her, kid!"
Vrai laughed again. "Try and stop me, Avia." She then proceeded to pick my book off the ground. "What's this?" She opened it and ventured through the pages...
"Stop! Please!" I say loudly .
"You hiding something, Emmaline?"
All my deepest secrets are sketched in that book...all my recurring dreams are written out in there...I've been trying to figure everything out.
"Listen up you fucking brat! Give my sister her journal back!"
"Or what? What are you going to do about it?"
Avia lunged at Vrai and she pulled a knife on her and held it at her throat.
"You don't scare me." Avia punched Vrai in the eye and Khailea ran up to reach toward Avia's face but Avia grabbed Khailea's wrist and twisted it ...I hear a loud crack as I see blood pour out from her wrist. Khailea screamed as Avia grabbed Vrai's knife from her grasp. She ran off as Khailea and Romi chased her. Romi catches Avia and grabs her by the collar and throws her against a tree and holds her against it. Romi and Khailea both pull knives from their pockets and hold them to Avia's throat.
"No! Stop!" I yell from afar.
Avia kicks Romi in the stomach as hard as she could and she puked after falling hard on the ground.
Avia grabbed Khailea by her jacket and threw her hard against the tree before she ran. Vrai tried to stop Avia but she stabbed her in the arm. Vrai screamed in pain as I saw Avia running toward me. "Come on , Em', let's get out of here." She holds her hand out for me to grab and helps me up. She grabbed my hand and we fled the scene without looking back.
—
During the walk home Avia seemed oddly...happy from the whole bus stop incident. But I refrained from asking her any questions. She was covered in dirt and blood and she had branches tangled in her hair with a few sprinkles of grass and leaves.
We arrived home and I opened the door to see Mom and Dad sitting on the couch. Dad turned to us and asked enthusiastically, "How was your day?"
Avia laughed under her breath and said with a slight crazy tone, "It was great."
—
Avia walked upstairs and went away to her room . I followed her and knocked on her door.
"Come in." She says from behind the door.
I walk into her room and sit on the edge of her bed. "Avia, can I...ask you something?"
"Sure, Em', what's up?"
"About what happened, what did you think about hurting those girls?"
A sly grin appeared on her face and it showed...so much evil. I could see evil in her eyes. This wasn't like her.
"I've thought about the whole way home." she smiled through saying that.
I knew she thought of it as more than just beating up a few kids.
