***BRRRRRING!***
The phone rang once more. Amy quickly picked up the receiver to hear a familiar deep voice.
"Amy" Kevin said immediately.
"Kev, I am kind of in a jam right now." she explained.
"I just wanted to tell you something, and I am afraid that if I don't..... I'll lose you. Amy, I Love You." He brought himself to finally say aloud. Amy quickly sat down after mention fo the "L" word.
"Oh my...um...Kev I need to think about this. Call me later I need to get Em some help before she has a mental breakdown." Amy quickly explained before hanging up and deeply exhaling.
She found the number to Em's therapist and got her an appointment for tommorrow.
"I couldn't help but over hear your conversation." AJ commented walking up to Kevin. Kevin was surprised and felt a pang of guilt hit him right in the gut.
"I-I am sorry." Kevin quickly apologized.
"NO, see you did the right thing." AJ explained.
"What if...she" Kevin began.
"Then you wait." AJ instructed. Kevin nodded.
"Is that what you are going to do?" He asked. Now it was AJ's turn to nod.
"Certainly a different way of going about thing, but I think it will work." Kevin encouraged. "
I hope so." AJ thought aloud. He slowly made his was back to the bed and sat down bot as full of hope but what else did he have to hang on to. She was gone.
"Em, can you hear me?" Lissa asked, only getting a nod in response. The girl was beginning to shake and Lissa was scared out of her mind. This was her bestfriend. Her bestfriend couldn't be having problems, she wouldn't let her.
But now she knew it ws out of her hands.
"What happened?" Cate sorrowfully asked Megs.
"She came out here, thought she heard something and then just stared at the house before collapsing into tears." Meg explained. Cate raised her eyebrows.
"Honey, what did you see?" Cate asked getting down on the ground near Em.
"Dave." She whispered horrified. She looked Cate in the eyes and Cate began to notice the fear in her.
"Nick and B are coming." Amy announced exiting the house. She had regained her composure but she didn't know how long she could be unselfish in this situation.
"Nick is coming?" Cate asked and hurried into the house to check her makeup. Even though he was her boyfriend she figured if she wanted to keep him, she'd have to be pretty. Not that she wasn't.
Lissa wanted to get AJ. But she knew she couldn't do that to herself, him, or Jeff. Her turmoil was distracting her from Em's abnormal behavior. But she quickly forced herself back into reality, to help her friend. That was the most important thing right now. Brian and Nick pulled up almost immediately. They apparently had broken a few laws doing it but that wasn't much of a problem with Nick behind the wheel. By this time Cate was outside and Nick immediately ran to her side. Brian was guided to Em's side. He didn't expect this, and in some strange way this was worse that what he expected to be wrong with her. Hw was glad he let Nick speed all the way here. She immediately recognized him and jumped into his arms. She was still shaking a bit, and whispering Dave's name periodically.
Megs quickly ran down what happened.
"Em, why are you afraid of Dave?" Brian asked.
"He will...kill you." She whispered slowly.
"How can a dead person kill me?" Brian asked.
"I don't know, maybe he's not dead." She replied. "Why does he wan't to kill me?" Brian asked knowing the answer as she scooted off his lap and on to the concrete to lay down.
"I am with you. He wants me back." She explained.
"Dear, you can't be with a dead guy." Brian commented.
"He wants to take me with him.." She muttered. Brian shared an awkward glance with Lissa.
"Honey..." He began but she cut him off.
"You don't have to believe me, but he will, at any cost. It would be better to just let me go." She explained. Her hand found its way to Brian's cheek where she silently stroked it.
"I don't think I am ready to do that." He replied taking her hand.