Mental Patient, Love triangle, Family Drama

I watched every move she made from my window.  I felt trapped and stalking her made me free again.  I knew everything about her, and she didn’t even know my name.  Emmie walks home from school as if the ground is burning.  Each step is light and quick and she never looks down to see what is beneath her.  She talks to the boys she’s known for years, they are her neighbors and the three of them are best friends.  However they kept a few secrets.  There was Tanner and Emmie and then there was Ben and Emmie. She told each of them to keep the relationship secret cause she didn't want all of them to lose their friendship and it might make it awkward for the third wheel.  The same thing goes on every day.  They laugh and walk and then the three of them split up. So cliche isn’t it.  Three friends living next door to each other.  They walk to and from school and them just like a cheesy movie split up, but only to walk to their front porches.

Her world is different inside the walls.  Outside she is free and inside she is confined to something fake.  Everyday she walks in and the world flips upside down.  I feel the pain she feels.  I want her.  I think we could help each other out.  We both know what is feels like to be trapped.  I’m not crazy, I’m just in love.  In love with the way Emmie lives, her secrets are deep and I’m the only one that can dive down to the bottom.  Her quiet hands and feet walk into the mansion.  “Hello mother, I’m home.  Is there anything I can do to help you out.”, she echoes.  Her mother is sick and her father is stiff.  Her mother replies, “Oh yes my angel.  Tell me about your day at school.  That is all I need is just someone to talk to.”  She slides into the living room to see her mother wrapped up in a blanket.  Her mom tries to get up to hug Emmie but Emmie tells her to sit and runs over to embrace her.

“I will tell you about my day if you tell me about yours.  Ok?”

“ Alright dear you go first.”

“Fine.  My day was wonderful!  I talked to my teacher today about joining the math club.  

“The math club eh?  That sounds fun, but I thought you were struggling in that class.”

“Oh yes I was but remember, Ben started tutoring me and I have gotten such great scores for the past week.”

“Oh that’s fantastic sweetie!  Your father will be so proud.”

“I will go tell him right now! Thanks for talking mother.”

“Wait don’t you want to hear about my day.”

“uh sure mother but later I have to go tell dad.”

Emmie ran into her fathers study and asks him for money to join the math club.  He was so proud and of course he gave it to her.  Her phone vibrated and Tanner’s message lit up.  Emmie looked worried because she had already made plans with Ben.  She decided to go with Ben and tell Tanner she had too much homework.  Emmie snuck over to Ben’s and they went to a party.  Her father had given her money because he thought she was the perfect little angel.  She used the money for both of them to get into the party.  Her plan was geneous.  She would pretend to stay after school everyday so she could get more time in with Ben.  Then she would be able to hang out with Tanner on weekends and all three of them as friends on school nights.

Tanner got worried when Emmie didn’t reply so he called the house phone.  Her mother answered and told him that Emmie wasn’t home and she had probably gone out to have Ben tutor her.  Tanner was angry so he walked over to Ben’s house.  His mom said that Ben was in the basement tutoring Emmie.  Tanner was satisfied with this answer so he went home.

That night when Emmie got home she was not quite herself.  Emmie thought her parents would be in bed when she got home. She slid the back door open and tiptoed inside.  Her father was sitting right there with tears rolling down his cheeks.  Emmie saw her mother lying motionless on the couch.  Emmie felt the guilt and started to apologize to her father.  He told her to stop and call the police.  Her shaking hands could barely dial the numbers.

The paramedics had gotten there and Emmie called Tanner over to comfort her.  Ben woke up to the lights and noises blaring into his window.  He jumped out of bed and ran to the house.  Ben walked onto the front lawn and found Tanner kissing Emmie.  He immediately went up and knocked him over.  They fought and Emmie cried in her shame of living a double life.  

She is mine now.  I had to take her out of that horrible mess she called her life.  She is in my closet when the nurses come in.  She keeps quiet.  I tell her she will never get out and she doesn’t try because of the fear I will kill her.  She is best off here with me.  After all I’m the only one who truly knows her thoughts ….. her feelings.  She is the only thing that I can call my own and she doesn’t even know my name.