YOURS

Chapter 20

COLE'S POV

Birds chirping awoke me from a deep sleep but I kept my eyes closed.

I felt around where I was sleeping - it wasn't my normal bed. I opened my eyes letting in the light that came from an open window across the room.

I was at Emily's. I couldn't sit up because she was laying on my arm.

I looked to the clock that was in seeing distance and saw that it was 6:58am. It was going to go off at 7:00am. Today was Friday. I get to go to school with Emily.

I tried recalling the events of last night but I couldn't remember much of anything. I know that I came over to make sure Emily was okay. When did I fall asleep?

BEEP BEEP BEEP

The alarm clocked shocked Emily and she sat up looking dazed. I stood up and shut the sound off.

"Morning." I said.

Emily rubbed her eyes.

"How'd you sleep?" I asked after assuming she wasn't going to say good morning back.

"Fine." She signed

"Is everything okay?" I sat on her bed.

She uncovered herself and got up. Did she not want to be around me?

"You fell asleep." She said as she walked over to her closet picking out the clothes that she was going to wear today.

"About that...how did I? Or when? I don't really remember." I watched as she stood on her tiptoes trying to reach a shirt that was just a little too high.

I walked over to her and grabbed it.

"Thanks." She huffed as I gave it to her.

She has an attitude already? Today is going to be a long one.

"You don't remember last night? Anything?" Emily asked.

"Not much."

Emily turned away from me and walked to her bed to set her clothes down.

"You broke in through my window" She pointed to her open window. I walked over and shut it.

She continued. "Then you scared me half to death by putting your hand over my mouth to wake me up." It was starting to come back to me now.

Then I asked her about what happened with that dead guy...no it was Tom, I remembered. Then Emily accused me of doing that to him.

I listened to Emily as she told me what happened even though my brain was caught up now.

"Do you black out during those times?"

"What times?" I asked only half paying attention because I was still replaying last night to make sure I had everything in correct order.

"When you get scary. Do you know it's happening?" She was talking about the times I fall back into my old habits.

It just now clicked in my brain. I was leaving something out. I hurt Emily last night. I put my hand around her neck.

I felt embarrassed.

How is she so calm? Not screaming? Not telling me to leave? Is she mad about that?

I channeled last night when I was doing it. She didn't fight me. She let me do it. Why?

"It's like I'm watching it happen. I can feel things, see things, I just can't control what I do or say. It's like something makes me feel so angry and since I can't control myself-" Emily cut me off.