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

happened; you were out for less than five minutes. Your breathing and pulse are perfectly normal." I nodded my head. "So

needed more care than Drew could give you, none of us would ever

I asked Drew. He told me it was OK to move around, and getting up, he walked to the end of the bed, picked up his

be ready to go." Josh kissed me and then went into the bathroom, bringing out my toiletry bag. Sitting down again, he pulled me between his

lush put my brush away. Holding

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 better." Mike wrapped me in a

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 we didn't leave anything behind. Sean, Patrick, and Jake had already gone down in the elevator. Patrick was checking us out, and Sean and Jake loaded the SUV. When the elevator let the rest of us out at the lobby, the SUV was packed and waiting by the front

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 with the SUV while the rest of us went into

we split 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, we were back on the road within an

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 house was the same shade of green as the

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

the backwoods of Main; plus, they that's a lot more to deal with than the few inches we get at home," I

eight feet of