The Puppet Master

*Emilie's POV*

"An-" I broke off. "Stu-" I broke off again. Those familiar eyes belonged to neither Andy nor Stuart. These eyes were more stormy grey than blue. My first thought was Jinxx, but the hair was dark blond. "DREW!?" My jaw fell.
"Hey sleepy head." He smiled, rubbing his thumb across the back of my hand. WTF?
"Hi?" I said, more question than statement.
Then Evan entered. Lord help me.
My brother's eyes turned to stone but all others were oblivious.
"Get out." I growled at him. "You too." I snapped at Stuart who was hiding from my wrath in the corner.
"What?" Evan asked.
"You know exactly what." Clarence barked.
Then Evan saw the bandages and it clicked. "Oh, God, Em, if I'd known it was you I wouldn't've said it!"
"You shouldn't have said it regardless!" I screamed, Everyone recoiled. "And if you thought Stuart was with someone other than me, you should've called him out as a cheat!"
"Wait, what's going on here!?" My father snapped.
"Nothing!" Clarence and I yelled together.
Daniel stepped forwards calmly. "There clearly is something happening, however, my patient is currently in a highly emotional state and you are distressing her! Now, Emilie, who would you like to leave the room?" he asked me calmly. That man was good at his job.
"Everyone except Stuart and Clarence. When Stuart leaves, I want you, Dad and Drew back in here." I whispered, shying away from my Smotherer's hurt face. I couldn't deal with her now.
"Okay. Clear off!" West commanded.
"Evan!" I called, getting out of bed.
"Yes?"
I sauntered towards him, hips swinging, and adjusted his collar slightly. "There, that's better!" I smiled sickly sweet. I gently patted his cheeks in a motherly way before swinging my arm back. His nose gushed and my world spun, but it was worth it.
I crawled into bed. "You wanted to talk to me?" I asked Stuart.
"Yeah," he cleared his throat. He was tense like a violin string. "I, um...I know we can't ever be what we were before, but I want to make ammendments." he began.
"Let me guess, you're here to beg my forgiveness?"
He looked down. "No, I don't deserve it." He whispered.
Before I could think, I was quoting him. "Forgiveness is an act of compassion, done from need. You don't have to deserve it, you need it."
"Do I?"
"Yes."
My brother shook his head. "I can't believe you're falling for this!" He snapped at me.
"She's not falling for anything!" Stuart yelled in my defence. "She doesn't have time to, I enlisted!"
Time stopped.
"You enlisted in the army?" I whispered.
"Yeah. Dad's a general so they let me start training early. By the time I'm done on the fast-track, I should be old enough to join." He muttered, sitting down.
I wrapped my arms around him for a short while. "Don't come home in a box." I joked. He knew what I meant; stay safe, don't die, I'll be here when you get home.
He smiled softly, knowing that there was hope for us as he left my life for good.

I think part of me knew it was.

My requested others came in.
Daniel paced and chatted to Dad whilst Clarence played on his phone.
Drew held my hand and stroked my head softly. I slowly slipped into the timelessness of deep sleep.

My eyes opened in the church room. BVB and Jenny were already there.
I looked at Ashley for an explanation.
It was Andy who answered "We are in Munich so we are on similar time zones right now. It's going to be tough training you from the USA because we will be going to sleep as you wake up. We want to do as much as possible now. So, are you ready to start training?" He smirked, examining me with those salty sea-blue eyes, one eyebrow cocked in a challenging manner.
I moved to stand by him instead of Ashley.
"What do you say, Jen?" I giggled.
"Hell yes!" She beamed.
"Let the fun start!" CC cheered.
This would start it all.

Notes

-TheBunnyRegimeQueen
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