Emma

Chapter 7

After meeting Austin and having that one small conversation with him, she excused herself and said she needed to go to her room. Jade believed her and said she needed to go see her family since it was Free Day. Emma could tell by the intense and aware stare Austin gave her that he didn't believe her. It was unnerving that someone could read her so easily. It had only been a couple of months that Emma had been at the school and not once has she gotten a look so probing that she would feel remotely suffocated. And thhe fact that Emma was feeling suffocated only made her angry to where the monster was eating her heart amd making her burn. She had to tame it one way or another.

By now Emma really started to take the deaths she had created into conscience reality. They had tarted to play at her emotions. She started to feel guilty. She may have been living with Celia and her husband, but that didn't strip her of emotions completely. It only took its toll when Emma wasn't aware consciencly.

Emma led herself down the corridor that held the offices of the teachers and the Headmaster. Emma quietly stopped infront of a door that contained voices. She tried best to listen but eventually gave up and resolved to listening to muffles of words. After about 10 minutes the people stopped talking. Emma took this as a clue that they were about to exit the room. She looked around quickly and decided to hide around the corner that led her to the hallway.

The door of the room that held the muffled voices opened just as Emma rested around the corner. Emma stupidly peeked and saw most of the teachers, the Headmaster, and Nick Loore.

"I can expect a report next week then." The FBI agent said to the Headmaster.

"Yes. If we have to we will lock the students in their rooms." Was the reply.

"Yes. And if it comes down to it, my team and I will search the rooms thoroughly ourselves." Nick said. There was no reply. There was footsteps coming closer to Emma by the second. To her left was a deadend and to the right was the way out but she would have to risk crossing the hallway and being seen. And Emma wasn't about to do that. So she held her breath and stayed as still as she possibly could. The footsteps came closer. There were fewer now so most of the teachers had stepped into their offices. Emma stepped as close into the shadows of the deadend corner as she possibly could. The only people that walked out were Nick Loore, the Headmaster, and two teachers. None of them noticed her. When the were gone out of her sight, Emma exhaled in relief.

But then something caught her eye. Someone was peering out at her from the opposite direction of the two way hallway the authoritives had taken. It was a boy. A specific boy. Austin.