Chapter 119 - TACKLING MAYA

Maya was speechless for minutes, not for so long, but still, for some minutes; as she tried to grasp what Emma had just said.  For the life of her, she couldn't understand what her friend was talking about. As she had thought earlier to Sia, her wolf; she didn't just get the human some times.

"I don't understand, Emma. What do you mean? What did we do?" She asked, folding her arms across her chest, as she adjusted herself more properly into the bed.

"Since I met you guys, I don't know what is really happing. It's like everything has taken a dive for the worse in my life." Emma replied, still glaring at her, folding her arms too across her chest, as they both engaged in a staring contest.

"I'm sorry about that." Maya said finally, as she comprehended a bit of what her human friend was feeling. The human was overwhelmed! How hadn't she noticed it? She thought, as she still looked on her friend.

"I'm really sorry." She said again, before unfolding her hands, and moving it to rest on Emma's. She managed to unfold her friend's hands which had gotten tighter on her chest, before grasping the hands in hers, squeezing it reassuringly.

"Everything would be okay soon." She added.

"Really?" Emma retorted, even though Maya's gesture had managed to rein in her temper a bit.

"I don't really think so. And you guys are not helping matters by keeping me in the dark." She stated stubbornly.

"I'm sorry, if that is what you think. But really, we are not keeping anything away from you. Trust me." Maya replied, biting her cheek a bit at her lie, as she wondered on when Derek would come out with the truth. She sighed in resignation as she heard Emma scoff. It was evident that the redhead hadn't believed her.

"Emma.." She called, not actually knowing what to say, as Emma removed her hands sharply from hers, after she had scoffed.

"It's okay. You don't trust me, just like Derek." Emma stated, while nodding and looking away from Maya.  "It's quite okay. But don't tell me to trust you because I don't!" She said out loud, fuming.

"Emma.." Maya called again, not liking the direction where the conversation was going.

"I thought you were different. I thought you were my best friend." Emma stated, turning her face back to look at Maya, trying to imbibe the manipulative approach. She thought that it was now or never. She had to get something, anything, that explains what was really going on; anything that will curb her anger for not going to school or keeping tabs with her sister for two weeks.

"Emma..It's not like that." Maya pleaded, as she tried to hold Emma's hands again. But the stubborn Emma flung it away.

"Don't touch me." She shouted, folding her arms across her chest, as she tapped her feet steadily on the floor.

Maya blanched as she saw Emma's reactions. When had their conversation deteriorated to this extent? She bit her lips, as she wondered on what she was going to do, no..scratch that, what she was going to say to placate the human at this point. She didn't want to lose their friendship over some lies which weren't worth it.

"The truth." Sia, her wolf said to her through their mind link. "You have to tell her the truth." It mentioned again.

"I can't do that. That is Derek's call, not mine." She replied, her thoughts going tro and fro. She had to tell the human something else; their wolf nature wasn't up for discussion. That would be her cousin's story to tell.

"Well, you can tell her about what had really happened in the forest then. It will calm her down, at least for now." Sia stated. "It's better than nothing." It added, hoping that its human version would listen to her.

"You think so?"  She asked, wondering if it was a good idea telling a human about some phanthom. She didn't think Emma would believe her.

"Just try." Sia opined.

And she nodded, agreeing to share to her human friend what had really happened in the forest, not the whole story though, but at least the truth.

Emma watched as Maya nodded into the space, and soughed, wondering what was going through the blondie's mind. Another lie perhaps. Or was her friend still unsure about telling her the truth?  She thought, before standing up sharply, not wanting to subject her ears to another session of lies on one hand, and on the other hand, wanting to pique her friend up to talk.

"I'm going home." She said loudly to get Maya's attention. "There is no need to see Derek again. He would just round up the discussion with another bunch of lies." She stated, before pretending to bend down as if she wanted to tie the laces of her chunky boots; while in actuality, she was just stalling time, betting that the blondie would call her back.

"No, wait!" Maya shrieked, causing Emma to smile. Her plan was working.

"I will tell you what I know." Maya said, before tapping the spot near to her on the bed.

"Sit first." She stated.  "Please." She added, when she saw that Emma was acting like she hadn't spoken anything to her.

Emma paused, then stood upright, staring at everywhere but at Maya and the bed, wanting to create some amount of tension in the air, wanting to make the blondie feel desperate to tell her the truth. She knew it wasn't a fair tactic, but they had left her no choice.

She sighed dramatically, before sitting back on the bed, her arms folded tightly across her chest, her ears perked in the highest receiving channel to hear what her friend had to say.

"What do you want to know?" Maya asked her finally, after some minutes had passed in silence. She thought it weird to begin with the forest episode just like that. She just hoped that the human would ask a question she could reply to honestly. She also hoped that her cousin would be done with the meeting with his father already.

"Well.." Emma started, biting her lips. "Tell me what really happened in the forest. I don't believe the cock and bull story that you guys had conjured up and fed to me.." She said, deciding to begin with that, wanting to test the sincerity of her friend, since she already had a slight idea of what had happened that fateful day.