You Are Not Fine

[Emily Shale-Vanders]

Emily was awakened by a beep from her wallet. She grabbed it with a slight grumble and sat up to read it. Before she had a chance, she realized the space in the bed next to her was empty.

Oh shit! she thought, preparing to send Jared a text and start looking for her.

Then she saw the text said that Rachel was upstairs with them and she calmed down. Crisis averted, but it made Emily want to think about how she could keep an eye on Rachel. They said there was a possibility for her to run away trying to find Lucio. That had scary consequences.

Emily stood up and stretched, glad she convinced Jared to bring them a set of clothes last night. Rachel still wore her clothes from yesterday seeing as her bag had not been emptied. Emily was in shorts and a Tshirt. She headed upstairs and started to hear music playing. She raised her eyebrow, but kept ascending. When she got to the floor she saw Elyse and Rachel engaged in dancing as well as Nox who was cooking and dancing with the baby Lily, but what she noticed most was Rachel's smile because it had been the first genuine smile she had seen in a week. Emily stepped aside and leaned against the wall and just watched with a smile on her face.