Emerson

S I X T E E N

if you don't have internet and can't see the picture above it's in Emerson's P.O.V :)
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I raise my shaky hand and knock on the door with heavy breaths.

Ivy -Navaeh's mom- opens the door and puts in a worried look at my nervous state.

"What's wrong, honey?"

I open my mouth to speak but no words come out making her move to the side and nod her head towards the living room as a way of saying come in.

I nod and step in coming face to face with a messy Navaeh.

She looks like she brushed paint on herself more than the canvas.

"Emerson, what's wrong?" And that's when the words spill out.

"To be honest I don't really know, I was just getting ready to go meet Evelyn and James and my parents asked if I wanted them to come so I was all like "no I got this i'll just meet them and then leave and it will be okay" then on my way there I started to get nervous and turned around and then ended up here. And trust me I know I probably sound stupid and I shouldn't even be bothering you right now but I didn't know what else to do." I say it so fast i'm surprised they heard a single word that came out of my mouth.

I look up at there amused faces and raised eyebrows panting.

"Okay first maybe it would be a good idea to breath." Navaeh nods.

"Your meeting your biological parents today, right?" Ivy speaks up.

I nod and she smiles "I'll let you two talk about this." She disappears into the kitchen.

"You know it's okay to be scared? I mean if i was in your place i would be too." She steps closer.

I sigh and run a hand through my hair "I guess i just thought I could handle this better." I shrug.

I look up with pleading eyes "Will you come with me?"

This catches her off guard and her eyes go wide "Wh- What? Me?"

"Yea, it would help me out a lot. But you don't have to if you don't want to, of course."

She bites her lip and seems to think about it for a moment before sighing nodding her head.

I grin and she rolls her eyes with a smile "Let me go change, I look like a unicorn threw up on me." She mutters walking up the stairs.

••••••

Navaeh has been talking about anything and everything to keep me from losing my mind on the way there.

When we pull up to a one story house I park and take a deep breath.

"Are you ready?"

I take a moment before answering. "Nope." I shake my head.

I open the door and step out "Let's go."

We get up to the door and I stand there for a second before turning around and starting to walk back to the car. "You know what? I don't want to do this."

Navaeh grabs my shirt and pulls me back. "Your standing on there porch. You kind of can't turn around at this point Em."

I sigh and hesitantly knock on the door. The door opens and my eyebrows furrow.

"You have my face!" Me and the boy in front and me say in unison.

"No you have mine!" We once again say at the same time.

"Stop that!"

"Eli I told you not to open the door." A women's voice is heard behind of who i'm now guessing is Eli.

She moves him to the side and when she sees me she freezes and looks me over.

"Emerson?" Her eyes have tears threatening to spill out of them.

I can't speak so I just nod. A man soon steps beside her with the same expression.

She shakes her head and smiles "Why don't you girls come in." She nods inside.

We step in and a little girl that looks around the age of six comes down the stairs in a white and pink flower dress.

"Why don't we all sit down i'm sure we have a lot to explain." James suggests.

Once we're all seated i start to grow nervous again. What if they didn't want me when i was a baby? Why do they have my twin and not me? They seem happy.

"I'm so glad you decided to meet us Emerson I know what you must have though about us when you first found out but I promise we didn't just give you up." Evelyn has tears streaming down her cheeks at this point.

This makes tears start to pool in my eyes but I refuse to let them spill. "When I got pregnant with you and Eli I  was young and in a bad place. I was working two jobs and lived in a small apartment that I couldn't raise you guys in and my parents didn't have the money to help me out at the time either. After you were born I tried to raise you two but I was on my own and I couldn't give you guys what you needed so my parents talked me into putting you in foster care. But I swear I was going to get you both back as soon as I had enough money for you guys and I did try to. I found Eli and got him back but when I found you, you had already been adopted and when I saw how happy you and your parents were I couldn't do that to you guys."

"Okay but why didn't you say we were twins! Another person had my face for sixteen years and I didn't know?!" Eli interrupts.

"Shut up."

He pouts and leans back into the couch. "We  aren't asking for you to drop your life and come live with us. We just want to at least have some kind of relationship with you. But that's only if you want to."

I nod "Yea, of course i do."

"Wait!" Eli stands up.

I raise my brows as he squints his eyes. "Do you like pineapple pizza?"

I scoff "Of course I do."

He smiles proudly and wipes a fake tear. "You really are my twin."

He's exactly like me. Uh Oh.

This is kinda sloppy but i was in a rush to get it out so eh.