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Audrey was alive, barely. Mr. Jensen was told early on that Audrey probably wouldn't make it out of this coma. Emma was there everyday, Every goddamned day. Most of the time she just sat and talked to Audrey, praying to every God she had known about that Audrey could hear her, begging her to stay alive, to wake up, to at least try. The night that they first kissed was a blur of messy perfection, well, until the accident. It was rainy that night in April and Audrey had gone over to Emma's for movies and magic mix. Emma had ulterior motives. So, halfway through Jeepers Creepers, with Emma cuddled up to Audrey because, even after the murders Emma still couldn't handle horror movies on her own. She flinched at every jump scare and basically jumped into Audrey's arms. Halfway through the ending Emma paused it.
"Why'd you pause it. That's the good part." Audrey whined. God she was adorable, Emma thought to herself.
"Look, the real reason I invited you over is because I need to tell you something. Something important. Something that could change us for a long time." Emma said, she hated how melodramatic and cliché that sounded. But, it was the truth.
"Okay, Em, you're scaring me." Audrey said weary of words to come.
"I-I love you." Emma said, the visible stress diminishing from her features. "I didn't know how to say it back then in the barn, but, I do now." she explained.
"Oh my god, Emma," was all she could choke out before they kissed. Audrey had dreamed about this moment since she was fourteen. She hadn't understood why she had these feelings but they were there. Emma wasn't sure who started the kiss but it was perfect. It was just Emma and Audrey not the people that they lost, not Will, not Rachel, not even Kieran. They stayed there for the rest of the night leaning into each other finishing the movie and putting in another. By morning they were both asleep, holding on to one-another until the gentle sound of Emma's alarm clock, waking them both. No matter how much they both wanted to stay there and watch crappy horror movies and cuddle for the rest of the day, they did have to go to school. Emma offered to drive Audrey but Audrey had insisted on driving herself. The school was about a mile from Emma's house. Emma got the call at about eight o'clock that morning she was in her AP English class. She want into the hallway to answer. It was Mr. Jensen, he told her that Audrey had crashed her car and was in critical condition.