The Boy Without A Name

Chapter Twenty-Five

"Gwen, is it?" Arthur enquired with knowing eyes.

"Yes, Doctor." She confirmed eyes dimmed in hopelessness.

"Gwen, I take it that you know Emmett better than all of us?" He stated as he fumbled with his pen.

"Yes, I do." Was all she said in response.

"Will you be willing to help us then? We need all the help we can get to know if we can be of any use to him." He remarked with a sigh as he dropped his pen on his notepad, mulling over his thoughts.

"You don't even have to ask. Em is my best friend, and I hate to see him in such a state but I will do my best in assisting you, Doctor." Gwen reasoned, eyes finally shining with determination.

"Very well. Can you tell us about the boy, the one without a name or something,  then? Does the name sound familiar to you, at all?"

" Yes, I am well acquainted with this name."

"So, who is he?" Arthur was curious to know as he waited for her to collect her thoughts and foretell the tale of the mysterious boy from Emmett's past as it appeared to him.

"He was initially a transfer student in our school but after some time, he had permanently moved from his homeland, Australia, to Scotland in pursuit of his dreams. He was exceptionally determined and dangerously bold, to the extent of becoming exceedingly popular in our school because of his musical talent; singing. He was a heartthrob but not a heartbreaker, and I know that because I had spent two years with him as his girlfriend. At that time, I didn't know about Emmett, since we were formally introduced to each other in the Debate Club which was in the ninth grade if I remember it correctly. Nevertheless, we had a mutual breakup but I was unaware of Emmett's crush, and possible love for him. It was only when I had read one of his poems that I understood his affections towards him. In a way, you can say, that he had inspired Emmett to do better, he had unconsciously helped him in overcoming the loss of his Nana, and it resulted in Emmett's apparent love for him, which was unrequited at first, but when, at one of his parties, Emmett had drunkenly sent one of his winning poems to him in a text message, he , seemingly had invited Emmett to talk as he confessed to him that he did feel something for him but he couldn't be committed to someone due to obvious reasons." She exhaled, fiddling with the sleeve of her teal coloured sweater as she reminisced their past.

"He was Emmett's first love, that explains a few things. Can you elaborate further? Did something else happen with him?" Arthur couldn't help but sense that there was more to this story, as he encouraged the girl to speak her mind freely with sympathetic eyes.

"Well, after listening to his words, Em was heartbroken to an extreme wherein I'd purposely make him go out with me, as a distraction but it was short-lived for you see,  he wanted to secretly take him out on a date, which was an adventure of its own, especially for Emmett but things were not the same between them. So we he and I had a conversation, he admitted to being afraid, in terms of coming out to his parents and Emmett, was in the same boat, but then he revealed that he loved Emmett and since it was forbidden in his family, he couldn't foretell it to anyone except me. I had persuaded him to profess his feelings for Em since he'd be elated to hear his confession and he followed through my advice." She further described to him the events that had previously transpired.

"I have a question."

"Sure."

"Do you know the location of their date? Was it, by any chance, Glamis Castle?" He questioned, eyes scrunching in concentration.

"How did you know?" She looked aghast and he couldn't blame her.

"I will explain it to you but can you tell me more? Like did they traverse around the city?" Arthur urged her.