↓ Transcript(A sequence of panels showing Emily alone at various times: staying up late reading, looking sadly at the clock on her bedside table which says 02:35; sadly eating icecream; sadly looking out the window…) Ella (closing the curtains at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Chapter 22
↓ Transcript(Back at school again; Abe, smirking, wads up a ball of paper and throws it at the back of Emily’s head in class.) Markus (whispering): Hey! (Later, Emily is sitting alone on the bus, her backpack on the seat[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily (throwing her arms around him): I’m sorry! I’m sorry! Dee: What? Emily: I missed you! I’m sorry, please don’t be mad at me anymore… Dee: Um. …How long was I gone? Emily: Huh? (She pulls back.) Emily: It’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily (unlocking her front door): You don’t have to come back, you know. Dee: Why wouldn’t I? Do you… not want me back? Emily: Don’t be stupid, of course I do. But if you want to leave, like for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: Emily! You’re not a bad friend, stop it! You are the best thing that has ever happened to me. I can’t imagine a better friend. Emily: But Dee, you… …you’ve never had another friend. Dee: Um, exactly? Emily:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: -SIGH- Look, basically… …this is stupid, but… I don’t want to be alone. Emily: That’s… not stupid at all, Dee. Dee: No, it is. I’ve been alone for an extremely long time and I’ve never minded at all.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: Well that’s not an option, so. Emily: It should be! Dee: But it’s not. Emily: Oh god, Dee… Dee: I don’t understand the problem here, Emily. What’s wrong? Emily: I’m really concerned that I’m going to… bully you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: I can’t imagine why you’d do anything like that, though. Dee: I don’t know. Maybe I got really upset about something and decided to take it out on you. Point is, what would you do about that? Emily:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: Um… I… suppose not? I mean, I really don’t think you’d do anything like that. Dee: Exactly! That’s the point! Emily: The point of what? Dee: Of trust! In any relationship. You know someone can technically hurt you,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: Me too! I’m terrified! More terrified than I’ve ever been before. Ever! In billions of years. But what’s achieved by reminding ourselves of it? Emily: It’s just that you’re doing nothing, and I can’t stand it!! You’re just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…