Wanting Emery (HIATUS)

THIS STORY IS ON HIATUS

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<Nick>

High school was hard. My best friend was suffering and so was I. In a different way. Taking care of my siblings and trying to live a normal teenage life was making me break.

Then I met her.

She's like the sun. A spitfire, burning hot, even when she's right in front of me the moment I try to touch she's so far out of reach she might as well be on the other side of the planet.

Which she is. She ran from me. I haven't seen or spoke to her in three years. She's never left my mind in all that time.

And now she's back.

And her timing couldn't be any worse.

<Emery>

I thought it would save me. My parents control over me squeezed so tight around my throat it hurt to continue pretending to be a carefree teenager. Spending my freshman year of college in Venice with my cousin was supposed to be my salvation.

Only leaving Black Valley meant leaving him. I thought that's what I wanted. He was insufferable, cocky, a flirt, and not to be trusted.

I know what it's like to be played by a man, a man like him. Then it got dangerous. My heart started to waver, delude me into thinking he meant what he said. So I ran away.

But now I'm back and It's been three years since I've seen him. It looks like I can't avoid him anymore.

I don't think I want to.

Yet now, it looks like I'm the one being avoided.

**The plot line takes place three years after Needing Adelaide (not including the epilogue) with the exceptions of some flashbacks**