Shattered Girl (Emmy)

Chapter

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I woke up in bed again, completely confused about how I got there. My head was in Josh's lap, and Drew sat on my other side, holding two fingers against my pulse; he was looking at his watch, and I could see his lips moving as he counted. When he was done, Drew

moved my arm back onto the bed and, seeing I was awake, ran a hand across my forehead.

"Hi, angel, welcome back." Drew smiled gently as he moved his finger before my eyes, ensuring they responded correctly. When he was satisfied that I was ok, he sat back. Jake slid my head onto a pillow and moved to see me better.

"What happened, and why did I pass out? I thought my concussion was gone." I started worrying that something was wrong and I would ruin our lake trip.

you're ok," Jake promised, squeezing my hand to get my attention.

"Baby girl, you're

less than five minutes. Your breathing and pulse are perfectly normal."

I promise, and even if you were sick and needed more care than Drew could give you, none

to move around, and getting up, he walked to the end of the bed, picked up his first aid bag, and put away what he

hair, and then we will be ready to go." Josh kissed me and then went into the bathroom, bringing out

him when, ten minutes later, he had worked out the tangles, leaving my hair smooth and straight. He kissed the top of my head as lush put my brush away. Holding his hand out for

couch, and squeezing Josh's hand, I walked over to Mike and climbed onto his lap; cuddling against him, I reached up and cupped his face. "I'm sorry for being

in the hallway with a luggage cart and began loading it up. Mike and I did one final walkthrough, ensuring

parks in the town before, but nothing compared to the miles of forest passing by us. We stopped in a charming small village for lunch and decided to pick up groceries since we were only forty-five minutes from the house. Sean waited

up. I picked produce and things to make quick lunches while the others were responsible for meat and snacks. We quickly filled both carts, and after a trip down the candy aisle for extra chocolate,

were finally there, Sean parked in front of the cutest house I had ever seen, and I immediately fell in love with it. The house was surrounded by trees and sat above the lake; I could see stairs leading down to the water from the back of the house. The

Can we move here permanently and never go back to the city?" I begged. The guys all laughed as the look on Jamie's face turned to one of horror at the thought. Jamie, A city boy through and through, was very much out of his element up here. I'm unsure if the man "owned anything besides business suites because that is all I had seen him in since

from the backwoods of Main; plus, they that's a lot more to deal with than the

get over eight feet of snow during the