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

you pass out. Jake called me as soon as it happened; you were out for less than five minutes. Your breathing and pulse are perfectly normal." I nodded my head. "So I'm ok; I'm

more care than Drew

OK to move around, and getting up,

on, baby, let me brush out your hair, and then we will be ready to go." Josh kissed me and then went into the

put my brush

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 a brat earlier," I said quietly." I promise I will behave

Mike said, linking his fingers with mine. There was a flurry of activity around us as the other guys brought out bags; Jamie and Sean were in the hallway with a luggage cart and began loading it up. Mike and I did one final walkthrough, ensuring

to 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

second one, and we split up. I picked produce and things to make quick lunches while the others were responsible for meat and snacks. We quickly filled

could see

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

hard to run our business from the backwoods of Main; plus, they that's a lot more to deal with than the few inches

eight feet of snow