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Chapter 1
Baileys
Emily stood there looking to those eyes that new her so well she new he was seconds away from kissing her. Part of her wanted to run. The part of her that was still scarred from when he left, the part that still remembered all the times he screwed up the part that still cared about Roger this was the part of her that told her to run. However instinct told that her she loved him. This was the instinct that said she would be a good teacher; the instinct that told her something was wrong the night Chris died when he didn't call. Listening to her instincts had never let her down before why stop now.

There lips met and it was like time stopped. It felt right; there was not a doubt in Emily's mind whatsoever. It had never felt like this with Roger, Roger. Emily broke the kiss " I need to go slow with this okay, Rogers only been gone a little while you've only been back a little while I just need to take this slow okay" she said all in one breath.

"Okay" Jake said patiently" I'll take you anyway I can Em you know that"
Country started blasting from the jukebox so they moved off the dance floor. There was a moment of silence before Emily decided to break it "bet I can beat you at pool" Emily challenged.

The awkward moment dissolved and that spark returned to Jake's eye.

"Yeah right" Jake shot back as they walked over to the pool table.
Emily and Jake stayed in that bar for as long as they could that night dancing to slow songs and shooting pool. Eric tried to walk over to them once or twice but Mary stopped him. Emily would thank her for that later they needed to be alone right then to talk for hours about absolutely nothing like they always had. They needed to know they still could talk for hours about nothing. Tomorrow they would talk about the heavy stuff but for tonight they would pretend none of it ever happened.

The thing she had forgotten was just how well Jake knew how to push her buttons. There was a reason they had stayed together all those years. It was all she could most of the night not to grab him and kiss him like there was no tomorrow. Every time they touched she felt that old spark getting stronger

The jukebox died right in the middle of a Bruce Springsteen song and Mary called out "okay folks time to call it a night maybe we'll see you tomorrow"

Jake looked at Emily and said "how about I walk you home". They both knew he was proposing a lot more than just a walk.

Once again Emily both wanted both to run and to stay. She was the one who wanted to take things slow but neither of them was sure about what that meant. She looked at him and he looked at her like she was the most important thing in the world and she knew he would never hurt her on purpose. "What the hell" she thought "we may not get tomorrow for all we know and life is to short for guilt."

"Sure" she said knowing she probably wouldn't sleep alone because of it. Looking before she leaped had never been her strong suit anyway.
When they got to her front steps he kissed her again and this time they didn't stop.