Hello all! This is my second ever fanfic. You may have read my other one called Listen to Your Heart, and like that one, I actually wrote this several years ago but am now working on revising it and decided to post it here. Thanks for reading my stuff!

I originally titled this fanfic, Face Down as in the song by the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, but since that title is highly overused, I changed it to a Ray LaMontagne song. However, even though I changed the title, I left pieces of the Face Down song throughout the story. As the song progresses, so does this fanfic. Look for the different parts of the song at the beginning of certain chapters to signal what is to come.

I do not own anything having to do with the song included in this chapter.

Hey, girl, you know you drive me crazy
one look puts the rhythm in my [head].
Still I'll never understand why you hang around
I see what's going down.

Cover up with makeup in the mirror
tell yourself, it's never gonna happen again
You cry alone and then he swears he loves you.

This takes place towards the end of the 5th season when Emma and Peter's relationship was just starting to take off. The news of them dating was finally out in the open and Emma was successfully recovering from her eating disorder. Everything leading up to this point remains the same and one additional thing happened; Jay was let back into Degrassi with Spinner at the start of the school year, much to Emma's great disapproval. Jay, however, still finds Emma very attractive and has been trying, with very little luck, to get back into her good graces. Currently, even though Emma and Peter seemed like the perfect couple, the truth was that the relationship which started out rockier than most, had never completely smoothed out.

One day at school, in between classes, Emma and Manny were talking at their lockers when Peter came up to them.

"Hello ladies."

Emma smiled and kissed her boyfriend. "Hi!"

Manny huffed and rolled her eyes. "I'll just see you in class, okay Em?"

"Yeah, okay." Emma nodded.

Manny walked off and Emma turned her attention back to Peter. She put her arms around Peter's neck and leaned back against her locker. "Sorry about Manny. I guess she's still a bit upset about what happened between you two."

Peter stiffened, annoyed. "Why do you stay friends with her when she is clearly not in support of us being together?"

Emma's smile faded. "Peter? I really like you, but Manny and I have been friends for, like, ever. You can't expect us to stop now just because you two don't get along. She just needs some time to get to know you like I do." Her smile came back and she ran her fingers through Peter's hair.

Peter moved his head away from Emma's hand, still annoyed. "It doesn't bother you at all that your so-called best friend doesn't trust your taste in boyfriends?"

"It would be nice to have her support, but…" She stood up straight and let go of Peter all together. "Can you really blame her?"

Peter cocked an eyebrow. "Wait, whose side are you on?"

"I'm not on anyone's side, here. I care about both of you equally," Emma defended.

"Yeah, well, you coulda fooled me!"

"Peter?! I just-"

"Whatever, Emma! I'll just see you later!" Peter angrily slammed Emma against her locker, hurting her shoulder in the process, before leaving without another word.

Emma thought to herself as she walked to class, rubbing her shoulder. 'Why do I always do this? I know he angers easily. I just need to stop provoking him.'

Emma continued on to class, all the while blaming herself for what just happened with Peter.

I hope this has sufficiently intrigued you for now. More is coming very soon! Thanks for reading, and I love love love reviews!