WARNING!! This is not your typical oh they got pregnant and lived happily ever after. I am all about the angst! (right now) I've read too many fics where the couples get together and live happily ever after. Since I think my other stories are too optimistic, this is going to be angst and more angst and more angst until my fingers bleed. :)

Okay starting now. Well, I don't mean to sound angry, and I'm not, just so you know. This takes place during season 5, Liberty and J.T. broke up during the summer (sorry), and Emma never hooks up with Peter. And yes, I'm guilty of excessive Emma torture. Also, my titles are sarcastic.

Disclaimer: Do not own Degrassi

Avoidance is Key to Any Relationship

J.T. and Emma had been going out since the beginning of the school year. she thought she had finally found the right guy that really loved her, and didn't care about her past. He didn't crack jokes about her trip to the ravine or make her feel bad, he was just there for her. When other guys looked at her wrong, he would pretend to be tough and tell them to back off. She appreciated it. She appreciated it so much, she let them go too far a few times. Then she started getting sick.

When she told Manny how she was feeling, Manny suggested that she might have a cold, or she was pregnant. Of course Manny thought it was a joke, but Emma went straight down to the pharmacy the next morning. She bought a test awkwardly from the old man at the counter, him saying she was too young for a test, then her telling him to buzz off. She trudged into the washroom, dreading her fate. The little plastic contraption in her hands told her future, the rest of her life. Emma paced around the washroom, her hands shaking with every passing minute. When her watch went off, she looked down.

Positive.

Emma started freaking out. She went to another pharmacy and went through the same procedure.

Positive. She went home, straight to the basement, jumped into her bed, and cried. She cried for a good two hours before Manny walked in.

"Em, what's wrong?" Emma responded that she and J.T. had a fight, and Manny reassured her they wouldn't break up. But Emma was sure he would after he found out the news. If he did.

For the past week, she'd been avoiding him like the plague. If he ever waited at her locker, she would turn the corner and come to class empty handed. Sure, she'd get lectured by teachers, but it was better than the predicament she was in.

+!!+

J.T. tried to catch up with Emma after-school but she was too quick, and it seemed like she had vanished. He pulled Manny aside.

"Manny, why is Emma avoiding me? Did I do something wrong? Does my breath stink? Do I crack too many fart jokes?"

Manny shrugged.

"You must have some idea though, right? You guys live together,"

"Well, ever since last week, she's been all secretive, but I'll ask her for you."

"Thanks Manny," he hugged her and headed home in his car.

+!!+

"Emma, he wants to know what's wrong." It was 5pm in Emma's room, both of them were reading Manny's magazines on their bed.

"Nothing's wrong,"

"Emma, like a week ago, you were all lovey dovey. Now you can't stand to see him,"

"It's not that...something else happened..."

"Well, you have to tell me. I'm your best friend," Emma considered telling Manny, but she talked to him too often, and it was bound to slip. Manny wasn't the best at keeping secrets.

"When the time is right, I'll tell you. Conversation over." Manny looked at hre for a second before turning back to the anorexic models.

+!!+

The following morning, Emma vomited twice and skipped breakfast.

"Honey, are you okay?" Spike asked just like a concerned mother.

"Yeah mom, I'm fine,"

"You didn't sound fine down there," Manny replied, emerging from the basement in her lastest outfit of the week, looking great. Why were things so simple for Manny? Ever since ninth grade, things had been going smoothly for her. But with Emma, it was one disaster after the other.

"Really guys, I'm alright. I must've had something at school that didn't sit well," she lied, hoping they would leave her alone. They looked at her for a second before returning to their usual morning activities.

"Um, SITE wants me to put up some posters this morning, so I'm going to leave now," she quickly said bye to her mom and dashed out the door. She wasn't really going to SITE, she was going to school early to get her stuff and avoid J.T.. She'd been doing it for the past week, and it was full proof.

When she arrived, J.T. was waiting at the front door looking worried.

"Emma!" he cried. She immediately turned around and walked back.

"Emma, where are you going?"

"I forgot something at home,"

"Emma, what's wrong? You've been avoiding me like the plague!"

"Stuff's just been going on," she mumbled. She tried to turn away, but he grabbed her arm.

"Emma, you can tell me,"

"I don't know if I can,"

"It can't be that bad, and you know J.T. can make it better," he flirted wishing she would smile for once.

"I have to get my textbook," she scrambled out of his arms and ran back home, telling Spike and Manny that the meeting was cancelled.

+!!+

Before Mrs. Kwan's class, Emma snuck in a yogurt just so she wouldn't feel so empty. When she got to class, she felt dizzy and asked to be excused.

"Emma, you shouldn't be coming to school if you're sick," she lectured.

"Please!" Mrs. Kwan motioned her to go and she ran to the bathroom and barfed. She stayed in there for awhile, not wanting to go back to class. The door opened and a pair of stilettos walked up to her stall.

"Emma, are you okay?" She was too dizzy to tell who is was.

"Yeah, my breakfast just back up on me,"

"Emma, you didn't have breakfast." It was Manny. Emma opened the stall door, then flushed the toilet.

"How's it going Manny?"

"How's it going? Emma, what is wrong with you?"

"Nothing," Manny looked around the washroom and came back.

"No one's here. You have to trust me when I tell you I won't tell anyone." She wiped my mouth with some toilet paper and sat up.

"Are you anorexic?" Emma laughed violently for 30 seconds, then claimed she wasn't like that.

"Are you pregnant?" Emma solemnly nodded, hoping she wouldn't be too disappointed in her.

"Oh my god! Are you sure?"

"I took a test, well actually two."

"Whose is it?"

"Well, J.T. of course. I wasn't cheating on him."

"Sorry, but Em, this isn't really a good way to start the year,"

"You don't have to lecture me,"

"I wasn't trying to, sorry."

"Just promise not to tell J.T., 'kay?" She turned her head.

"You have to promise!" Emma yelled.

"You shouldn't leave him in the dark, and you know he loves you,"

"J.T. is irresponsible and can't handle it. It's best if he doesn't know," Emma remarked. She liked J.T., but knew this would put an unwanted strain on their relationship.

"Well, I think he'll notice when your waddling across the halls of Degrassi," Manny reminded her.

"I forgot that part."

"Sure, he's a little clueless, but if you don't tell him..."

"He might think I'm cheating on him, I know," The bell rang. Manny helped Emma up and they walked out of the washroom.

"Just promise you won't Manny,"

"Okay. My lips are sealed."

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