POWER OF LOVE
What if the end of season 3 was Jay who lit the fire at the school dance? And what if Sean uses that to blackmail him into fixing Snake's car with him, you know, because they stole his lap top. Then Sean falls Ill and leaves it to Jay, who now has to spend the summer with Emma. Well, maybe it's not so bad.
Sean and Snake were outside of the dance when Snakes car started smoking up and Sean came over.
Snake snickers, not believing the nerve of Sean showing his face to him after admitting he stole his laptop because he was mad at Emma.
"I was on deaths door, and Spike blows all her savings on that laptop to chear me up," Snake bitterly laughed and shook his head and glared down at Sean, "Then you stole it. What kind of person does that?"
Sean swallowed the lump in his throat hard, and it hurt. He felt terrible. He looked down and Snake waited for something, what did he have to say for himself?
Sean started to ramble, "Starters gone. And your head gas get too. There's oil also all over my hands." He looks down at his hands because he couldn't look Snake in the eyes.
Snake looked at Sean like he grew 3 heads, "Did you hear anything I just said?"
"The head might even be cracked, it'll take a lot of work, weeks but- I'll do it. I'll even paint it, make it all look brand new. I want to Mr Simpson." Sean begged, "I need to make it up to you."
Snake eyed Sean for a moment and looked back at the school where everyone inside was having a dance.
"Are you sure your up to doing this? It's a pretty big commitment."
"I know." Sean assured with a nod, reassuringly.
Suddenly a siren was heard, a fire truck zooming down the road, headed for Degrassi.
"What the?" Snake looked around to find students exiting Degrassi, he looked at Sean once more, "See you over the summer then. Next Week?"
Sean nodded and watched Snake walk away, he smiled slightly, proud of himself, until he caught sight of something.
Jay, Towerz and Alex hopped out of the side of the building, where the exit of the gym was. Sean gave a wierd look. They wouldn't be caught at a dance so what were they doing here.
"Hey." A voice said, nudging him and he turned to Ellie until he turned his head to see his friends coming on over.
"Sup Cam." Jay asked, nodding in greetment.
Sean eyed him, he was never up to any good, "What are you guys doing here?"
Alex leaned upon Jay's shoulder, "I asked my boyfran to take me to the wittle dance." She confirms with a fake little pout and they all smirked or laughed.
Jay smirked, and just shrugged at Sean. Sean looked around to see the fire men going into the building, the students all crowded around.
Alex started conversing with Ellie and Towers just stood there, like he always did.
Sean leaned toward Jay and whispered harshly, "did you start the fire?"
"Chill." Jay said, rolling his eyes, "We set the alarm off two seconds after we started it. It was a ironic, some people have said this dance would be a BLAST." Behind him, Towerz chuckled.
All they did was light that stupid Egypt float on fire. Fire men probably had it already out. Or even that dork Liberty, homofreak Marco and Raditch who saw it and started freaking out, throwing water and their party punch on it. It was hilarious!
Sean suddenly shoved Jay back at little and Jay put his arms out in a 'what the hell' kind of way.
From a far, Ellie and Alex looked over. Sean tried to cover his madness and the girls finally looked away.
Sean leaned back over to Jay, "I JUST made it up to Simpson, and you go and screw me over again?" he asked madly.
"Again?" taunts Jay, raising his eyebrow.
Sean rolled his eyes and pointed at Jay, "You're not causing anymore shit for me." He declared.
Jay tilted his head towards Towerz who was just smirking at the statement and then boredly looked back at Sean.
"If you couldn't handle the big game, then why did you try so hard little man?" Jay taunted again.
Sean fumed, but he knew Jay was right. Sean tried so hard to be his friend, because when not starting Havoc, Jay could be cool, but this? . .
"Your going to do something for me." Sean ordered
Jay snorted, "Oh really? Like what, master?" he asked sarcastically.
"We were both there when I stole Simpsons laptop, and you didn't stop me, so we're both to blame. So your going to help me fix his car as an apology. I won't tell him you did it, but you have to help me." Sean confirms.
Hey. If he had some redemption to make up for? So did Jay.
Jay grinned like a Cheshire cat, "Is that soo Seanny boy? I'll pass. Mr. S hating you may bug YOU, but I can do without, we aren't buddy buds, you see. But have fun with the teach and cause girl over the summer." He nodded in a direction.
Sean looked to what Jay nodded to and saw Emma smiling with Chris. He clenched his jaw, also sick of Jay making fun of Emma, her family was going through something hard. Sometimes he thought Jay just got jealous of Emma because she was passionate about things, and cared, and would go somewhere in life unlike Jay.
Before Jay went to leave, Sean grabbed his arm and Jay stopped, then looked down at Sean's hand on his arm. Jay raised an eyebrow at Sean, did they really have to get into a rumble.. again?
Sean looked into his eyes threateningly, "If you don't do it? I'll not only tell you were my accomplice, but I'll tell you also just started that fire." He pointed to the smoke and chaos.
Jay glared madly back into Sean's eyes.
And then there they were, a week later at the Nelsons/Simpson house. Snake came out with a few water bottles, "Just incase." He said with a bright smile on a bright and shiny day.
"Thanks Mr S." Sean said, while fixing up his tools on a table.
Snake nodded and then awkwardly nodded to Jay, he didn't know him well, barely came to class. Jay awkwardly just looked away and slowly started taking off his jacket to start getting to work.
"It's just us, the girls and Jack went to visit their Grandma in Florida last week." Snake told Sean more than Jay.
Jay faked a very sarcastic smile as he lifted Snakes engine, "Great!" he leaned down into it and frowned deeply. He was not thrilled to be doing any of this.
Sean nodded to Snake and then slowly shrugged, "Kinda wished I could set my peace with Emma too." He admitted.
Jay looked up from the engine and at Sean like he was crazy. Apologize to the girl HE broke up with! So what? They could get back together and let her happily shove her great goals in life and snobby attitude back into his face?
Snake replied, "She'll probably be gone a few weeks, I don't know think you'll be around."
"Mr.S, I told you this might take more than a few weeks right? If you want, and your busy, I can bring it to my house?"
"Oh right, sorry Sean... cancer and all I tend to forget things." He joked, but no one laughed. Even Jay just blinked. Snake lightly chuckled and then got back to the point, "Your more than welcome to keep doin what you guys are goin to be doin."
Jay and Sean just nodded, then got to work.
A week had gone by, they started on the engine first, Snake would bring them drinks now and then, and then food too. Once they stayed so late he invited them in. Jay made a bogus remark that that was when Snake was going to put the moves on them, but Jay had to admit, when they started to eat? Snake wasn't so bad.
Snake explained his good old days, how he met Emma's mom, and Jay almost choked on his spegatti when he heard Emma's mom was the 'cool bad ass girl' back in the day.
Well, not like mother like daughter then.
Snake seemed to understand Jay's jester and grinned a little, "Emma may not be 'stylin'." The old man used slang, great, "But.. she and her mom do share the same.. appreciation of life, and passion over things they think is right."
"Does she ever." Jay remarked, remembering how mad Emma got when he litered.
Sean kicked Jay under the table.
Snake changed the subject, "So Jay, when are you going to start coming to class?" he asked. Jay shut his mouth and stared at Snake, slowly dropping his fork.
He went to explain
Snake started to laugh and shook Jay's shoulder, "I'm kidding, I'm kidding!" he insisted. Jay couldn't help it, he even started to smirk and snickered, shaking his head.
"Good one." He taunted, but was now chuckling. REALLY chuckling. Snake wasn't so bad.
"Dad?" came a soft feminine voice, "I'm hooome." The call seemed to be casual but a bit exhausted. Emma slowly came into view and my did she look different.
Sean looked up from his bowl and slowly stopped eating as he began to stare a bit in shock. Emma was always beautiful, but now she was beautiful and hot at the same time. Was that allowed?
And even Jay did a double take from his dinner and examined the new Emma Nelson. He hadn't even noticed her. She had grown a chest, he smirked. Ok.. maybe it was more than that. Emma had dropped her bag from her trip and had longer blonde hair, she was more tanned and when you looked at that smooth skin you couldn't help but appreciate the long tan legs too. And those braces were off now too. Talk about convince.
Damn she was hot.
"What are they doing here?" Emma asked in disgust, crossing her arms as she leaned on the door opening of the kitchen, glaring daggers at Sean and then mostly at Jay.
Oh right, Jay reminded himself, we hate another. Make a rude comment, startinggggg...NOW
"Eating." Jay remarked very sarcastically, lifting his bowl to Emma to show her what's in it. "FOOD" he said slowly and loudly then raised an eyebrow at her like she was deaf and retarded so maybe she didn't understand. She clenched her jaw and madly rolled her eyes while shaking her head.
Jay smirked. Rude comment mission accomplished.
Snake whipped his mouth but you couldn't tell if he was trying to hide his smile, or was cleaning his chin up.
"Emma, their helping on the car, I told you." Snake informed and looked over his shoulder, giving her a 'please don't be mad' look.
Emma shot back, "Yeah but you also promised if I stayed in the house I wouldn't have to see their faces."
"They have to eat." Snake insists, getting up and collecting their bowls.
Jay looked over at Sean who was staring at his drink. Emma took this time to just leave and stormed down the stairs.
Jay noticed Sean STILL staring down at his drink. Jay rolled his eyes, the idiot was all hot and bothered over Emma's new development wasn't he?
"You in love with da milk, Seanny?" Jay taunted with fake puppy lovey eyes.
Sean narrowed his eyes and just got up, helping Snake with the dishes. Jay downed his milk as he over heard Snake whisper to Sean, "Maybe don't go down there tonight. Give her a few days. I didn't think she'd come home so soon. Her mother's staying the whole month... just to let me rest from Jack and the chemo you know?"
2 days had gone by and Emma only tossed over glares when she left the house and had to pass the driveway.
"Hey, Emma!" Sean had called one day.
Jay was whipping his oily hands on a towel as he rolled his eyes, watching his desperate friend run and block Emma's way of leaving.
Jay entertainingly leaned on the hood of the car to watch their 'soap opera', and Emma noticed it to glare and then eye Sean, "What?" she bittered.
"She wants to know 'what' Cameron." Jay repeated.
Sean shut his eyes and looked over his shoulder, giving Jay a 'fuck off right now' kind of look. Emma put her hands on her hips when Sean looked back at her.
Well, at least Sean was making an effort.
"I wanted... I wanted to say sorry." Sean confirmed after taking a deep breath.
"For?" Emma edged, he can say it but did he mean it?
"For everything I put you through." Sean declared, "For the Snake thing, the break up, the fights I've started with you.. Everything."
Silence.
Wow. She wasn't expecting him to say that.
"Fine. Can I go now?" she didn't like the way she was actually forgiving him. This was Sean, first love! When you hate your first love you tend to hate them forever don't you?
Unless.. Emma was completely over him now? Wow. She didn't think she'd live to see the day.
As Emma was in deep thought, Sean sighed, "Emma, it's got to be a two way street. We're not going anywhere anytime soon." He points between him and Jay.
Emma looked at Jay and he smirked at her. That LITTLE! See? Forgiving Sean can be easy but forgiving Jay was impossible because there wasn't really anything specific she hated him for. She just hated that smug face and rude attitude. How did girls like him?
Emma told Sean, "Fine. But I can still hate him." She says, nodding towards Jay who chuckled and nodded, that was obvious.
He wasn't on his knees begging for her forgiveness anyways.
"Go for it." Sean insists with a grin to Emma.
Emma nodded "Ok... Snakes making his special little BBQ tonight.. you can come if you want." She invited politely.
"Awesome, I'll be there." Sean assured and she nodded, beginning to leave.
"Bye honey!" hollered Jay, getting back to work under the engine.
Emma was walking down the street but still glared over her shoulder at Jay.
Emma entered the dot, slamming the door and there sat Manny and Liberty, "Hey Em!"
"Diggin' the new look Em." Liberty declared as the blonde sat down with her friends with a grumble.
"No new look, just kinda.. grew a little?" Emma said, but wasn't really focused on their conversation.
Manny exclaimed, "Baby got boobs!" she then giggled and covered her mouth when people stared over, Emma's eyes grew wide in embarresment.
"Your still Emma to me, not that different." Liberty assured with a shrug and rolled her eyes, "All girls and boys go through development."
"Emma's just came a little late." Teased Manny in a whisper and Emma slapped her arm playfully, "ow!" she laughed.
"I was the girl who stood up at the front of the class explaining my period because I was the first to get it, wasn't I?" she taunted Manny back who couldn't stop smiling and Emma huffs, "which is what I want to talk about."
"Emma I'm eating, your monthly doesn't concern me at the moment." Liberty insisted, chomping on a fry.
Emma shook her head, "No, it's about Sean." She confirms and both Liberty and Manny shared a look.
Here we go again.
"No, it's not like that." Emma promised, "It's wierd, I've actually forgiven him, he said sorry for everything."
"Wow, you really did grow up when you were away." Manny said, eyeing her friend. Now she was Emma's best friend, and she knew Emma so well she can tell when shes lying or not. Emma wasn't lying.
Emma nodded, "I think I'm over him."
"Well you are dating Chris." Manny declared and eyed Emma who looked away, "Riiight?"
"I dumped him, he was rebound after Sean." Emma admitted with a guilty look.
"It's perfectly natural." Liberty said, "At least you didn't string him along."
"Back to the coo- coo side of things," drifts Manny, "Why were you around Sean? You saw him before you came to see me?"
Emma huffed, "No, I told you Sean was working on Snakes car remember? For 'forgiveness'.. well their still there and there not even done their first job of the car."
"Their?" Liberty caught on.
Emma stayed quiet for a moment as the thought of Jay came into her head and she sloutched in her seat, crossing her arms and clenching her jaw in silent anger.
Manny and Liberty shared a smirk, what was this pout coming from?
"Jay Hogart is there too." Emma declared.
Liberty's face looked like she's seen pure horror, and Manny gasped.
Emma sat up straight and freaked out too, "I don't know WHY he's helping either, okay? Just help me get past this summer."
"Did you just say Jay Hogart was working on your Dad's car with Sean?" came a voice.
Emma looked to see Amy with some other slutty girl, hmph, standing infront of her table.
"Yeah..." she drifts quietly, "So?" she asked confused.
Amy just raised an eyebrow and walked away, reaching into her pocket for her phone.