Novels by Emily lee

“ My pleasure,  let me get your present,” he left the room for a second, coming back with a box wrapped in pink.“Oh, you did not have to,” I said, trying to hold back my tears.“ Open it,” he said, encouraging me.So I did, pulling the wrapping off and bringing out a dark blue hoodie from Forever 21  that I literally wanted for a while now. “ Oh my gosh! Ho-how did you know?”He looked a bit sheepish, scratching the back of his head. “ I may have had a little help from your friends.”I immediately put it on, seeing that it fits perfectly. I spin in a circle for him, “ it fits perfectly!” I exclaimedI hugged him. “ Thank you, this is the best gift ever.”“ I'm so glad you like it, I was scared that I got you the wrong size.We finished breakfast happily, talking about our week, this was the first time in weeks I was genuinely happy. As we were doing the dishes, I suddenly heard a car honking outside. I ran to the porch to see who it was, I giggled as

When I woke up to an empty bed, I felt my heart drop, thinking that I dreamt it all up. I quickly got out of bed, spotting a little note on my nightstand. The writing on it was messy; it read: good morning sweetie, had a morning call, will see you later, with a funny face drawn beside it. I found myself smiling as I pulled out my phone to text him, taking a picture of the note and sending it to him.Me: you could have just texted meAlmost immediately he replies Dameon: I could have, but I guessed you would love the note.Me: I do I added a heart emoji to my message, giggling.  I felt like I was floating, I loved what I was feeling. Then I remembered that I had to go back to school as my suspension had ended. I quickly got ready for school.I wore a knitted striped sweater with jeans, humming to myself as I got ready.School was the usual whispers and stares, just that this time, it wasn't about what Felix did to me, but about what I did to Adam. 

I felt my stomach drop as I followed his gaze, “Oh, th- this are–” I tore myself from his embrace, rushing over to the table to grab them, blocking his view from them. I scooped them from the table so that I could put them somewhere else where he wouldn't see them, but one of the bottles fell and loudly clattered to the floor.I felt my face get hot as I bent to pick it up, “ shit, can this day get any worse,”  I muttered under my breath.But then Dameon is next to me; he gently grabs my arm, retraining me from picking the bottle up, “Willow, stop,” he said.“ But. I- I do- don't want you to–” My voice trembled, and I was mortified as I started sobbing.“ Hey, Hey, it's going to be okay,” he said as he pulled me off the floor, putting his arms around my waist and knees as he lifted me up, carrying me to the bed. “ what going on?” he asked as he set me down on the bed, sitting down beside me before bringing me into his embrace.The tenderness and questions made me

During one of my depressive episodes, Ralph came to see me after I had rejected the third meal of the day refusing to eat anything.“ Why aren't you eating?” He asked me as I lay in bed turning my face away from him“ cause I'm not hungry,”“ You are a growing teenager and you need all the nutrients you can get. You need to eat,”I did not reply. He sighs at my silence, clearly already fed up with my attitude. “ You need to see a doctor, Willow. This behavior…its-its not normal,”I curl into myself and tighten my arms around myself. The thought of leaving the comfort of my room for some stranger to evaluate me sounded terrible. Does he think I'm crazy? Is that why he wants me to see some shrink?I turned to look at him, “ you think that I am not normal?”“ No! No, that is not what I meant.” He tried to explain, “You need help, Willow, I– I just want you to get better, and I don't think I am the right person to help to do that.”I hated the way he was speaking to me. Like I was some

I almost thought that he wasn't going to say anything until we got inside that house. I realized that Dameon was also there, sitting on the sofa. “ Dameon, I thought I asked double to go home,” Ralph's voice was on the edge.“What happened?” Dameon asked as he ignored him looking past him, his eyes reaching me.Ralph shakes his head in growing irritation,  turning back to me. “ why did you do that, Willow? Turning to violence is unlike you. I mean, I would expect it from Dameon but not from you.”I wanted to hide as he raised his voice at me. “ I-I didn't mean to!” I said, trying to defend myself. “ He was spreading rumors around and just saying stuff a- and–”He did not let me finish before cutting me off“ Did he throw the first punch?”“ No, but he–”I was already getting walked up that he wasn't letting me defend myself,“ Then why the hell did you do it?!” He asked raising his voice more, he looked furious “ He upset me and he was spreading

Adam's friend looked alarmed, and he quickly retreated down the stairs and out of sight, but not before mumbling that he would see Adam later. Adam just crossed his arms giving me a condescending smile. “ You know eavesdropping isn't classy. But I guess, what do you expect from a slut”“ Don't you dare call me that, your brother assaulted me!” “Assaulted you! You were asking for it, with what you wore to the game. That's right I saw you dressed all pretty” I thought back to what I wore to the game, I had worn a crop top and jeans. But I knew it didn't matter what I wore, he would have come after me no matter what I had worn. “ You are very disgusting, you and your brother,” I snapped back. “ And I hope he never wakes up from that coma!”I watched as he went red from anger “Watch your mouth, you little bitch.” He growled as he approached me. Before I could move away, he grabbed me, pulling me towards him. I flinch at the feeling, remembering how his brother had grabbed me that night.