AN: Monday's episode left much to be desired for Bemmett fans so I came up with this one-shot to make up for what it lacked. I hope that you enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I do not own SAB or anything associated with it. If I did, Monday's episode would have been filled with Bemmett. :)
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I'm an idiot, Bay thought. She had agreed to go to dinner with Tank because she had hurt him in a way that she had been hurt and she hated that he hated her. Although, they were better off as friends, she definitely didn't go about telling him the right way. But agreeing to come to this dinner was definitely not her wisest decision. She could still see the look on Emmett's face when she told him that she couldn't go grab a burger to celebrate his acceptance into college. Something Tank said struck nerve and she almost spilled the beans of her possible medical condition to him. She led him to his car and while she started to tell him, something in her made her stop. She took a deep breath and looked over at him as he waited patiently for the words to come out of her mouth.
"Can you drop me off somewhere?" She asked, suddenly wanting nothing more than to be in her boyfriend's arms. That was if he would still have her.
"Sure. Anywhere you need." Tank said.
She gave him the address and they rode in silence through the streets of the city. Bay sighed. She felt so guilty about how things ended with Tank, but she definitely didn't make the best decision when decided to go to dinner with him instead of Emmett. Her and Emmett had spent enough time apart in the last year and a half. She definitely was going to have to make it up to him and she hoped he was home.
Tank pulled up in front of the blue two-story house. They both sat in silence as Bay stared at the window at the motorcycle sitting in the drive. She felt relief wash over her, only to be replaced with sadness when she thought that they would be out on his bike if she had made a different decision.
"Is this the right place?" Tank asked, breaking Bay from her thoughts.
"Yeah, it is," Bay replied, "Thanks Tank." Opening the door, Bay got out of the car and headed toward the Bledsoe residence. It was time to repair what was broken. What she had broken. She rang the doorbell and waiting nervously for an answer. Melody came to the door and ushered her inside.
"Oh, Bay! I'm glad to see you. Emmett is up in his room." Melody said as she led up Bay through the house. Melody could tell by the look on Bay's face that something was wrong.
"Thanks." Bay said as she started to head up the stairs before Melody stopped her.
"Stay as long as you want. Stay as long as you need to stay." Melody signed. She knew that if anyone could help Bay, it was Emmett. She was glad that they had found each other again.
Bay nodded her head and continued up the stairs to Emmett's room. His door was open and she could see him on his bed leaning against the wall with his laptop sitting in front of him. She waved to get his attention; he looked up shocked to see her.
"Your mom let me up. I hope that's okay." Bay signed, unsure of where they stood after their fight today.
He nodded as he closed his laptop and patted the bed for her to join him. She slipped off her shoes and jacket before making her way over to him.
"Emmett, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have gone to dinner with Tank. I should have spent the evening with you," Bay started. "I guess I just feel responsible for the horrible shift in Tank's life. He doesn't have any friends and I feel like I'm to blame. I thought going to dinner with him tonight would somehow make that better. It didn't. And all I wanted to do all night was leave and be with you."
Emmett watched Bay intently as she signed, "Bay," he started, but was cut off by Bay.
"No, please let me finish," Bay pleaded. Emmett nodded as he watched her continue, "With Angelo's death, I felt so helpless. There was nothing I could do to fix it. I felt like I could fix the problems I caused in Tank's life. I could make a difference. I thought it would give me some kind of peace. But it didn't. There's so much going on in my life that I can't control right now, and helping him through this was something I could control." Bay stopped feeling the tears well up in her eyes. She took a deep breath as she looked into his worried eyes.
All the disappointment and anger he had been feeling was washed away at the sight of Bay in his bedroom door. He didn't know how she did it, but she had a hold on him and he never wanted that to change.
"Bay, you have to see that what's going on in Tank's life isn't your fault. It isn't my fault. And it isn't his fault. We don't owe him anything. He has to figure it out on his own." Emmett signed. He knew that Bay was struggling with the guilt of what happened, and he had to try to help her see that it wasn't their fault. It wasn't his fault and it wasn't her fault.
"Answer me this," Emmett signed and Bay nodded for him to continue. "If we hadn't had sex that night, would you have still broken up with him to be with me?"
Without hesitation, Bay answered, "Yes. Emmett, I love you."
"And he still would have de-pledged his fraternity. Whether or not you cheated on him doesn't change his circumstances. He de-pledged knowing what that meant for his future. He has no right to put those consequences on your shoulders or guilt you into feeling like that's your fault. You didn't ask him to de-pledge. That decision is on him and he has to face the consequences for his actions." Emmett told her.
Bay sat there in silence while Emmett's word set in and she realized he was right. It wasn't her place to fix Tank's life. He needed to do that himself. She was still feeling a burden of things unsaid between her and Emmett.
"Bay?" He asked concerned. He placed his hands on hers and gently rubbed the top of her hand with his thumb. "What's wrong? Whatever it is, we will get through it. We will figure it out, remember?"
She nodded her head and pushed back the lump in her throat, "Pratt rejected my application. I didn't get in and I got the letter the same day we got the call about Angelo's accident. I'm sorry. I should have told you sooner." Bay couldn't hold back the tears anymore and Emmett pulled her into his arms. She rested her head on his chest and cried as he held her.
After a few minutes, she sat up. "There's more. Angelo's car crash was caused by an aneurysm. Then when we went to Chicago, I learned that Angelo's older sister died when she was 18 of the same kind of aneurysm."
Emmett looked at Bay as a realization hit him like a ton of bricks, "It's hereditary?"
"Yeah," Bay replied, "I've been doing research and it looks like the odds of me having the gene or whatever is pretty high." Bay let the tears fall as Emmett pulled her in his arms again. He kissed the top of her head and rubbed her back squeezing her occasionally, as they remained wrapped in each other's arms.
Emmett's mind was in overdrive. The love of his life, who had only been his girlfriend again for a few months, could have a condition that could take her away from him at any moment. Any thoughts of celebrating his college acceptance left his mind. All he wanted to do was spend the rest of his life loving her and the rest of her life making sure she knew how loved she was.
Bay was the first to pull away. She looked up at him and then back down at her hands before she lifted her hands to talk to him, "I promise from now on that I won't keep things like this from you. I promise not to get so wrapped up in everything that I forget that I have you to lean on. I promise that from here on out that we are my main focus. I don't want to lose you again, Emmett. We finally found each other again and I don't want to live without you in my life, as my boyfriend. And one day, more than that. Whatever time I have left, I want it to be with you by my side."
"Bay, there's nothing more that I want than to have you as mine forever. We will get through this together. You can make an appointment to see a doctor and I will be there to support you the whole way. I'm yours and only yours. I've been yours since before the first time we kissed. Nothing has changed." Emmett signed, as he looked into her eyes. "I just want you, remember?"
Bay nodded, "And, you are all I want." Bay leaned forward and met her lips with his. The kiss was gentle, sealing the promises they had made with each other. Without breaking their lips apart, Bay moved around so that she was sitting in Emmett's lap. The intensity of their kisses went from gentle, to full of love and passion, to lust and want. Bay needed him and he needed her. Their kisses spoke the words that neither could say. They were full of forgiveness and hope of a life together. One of Emmett's hands slide around her waist and pulled Bay closer, and his other hand went to her face. His thumb caressed her cheek and his fingers tangled with her hair. Bay wrapped one arm around his neck and ran her hands through his hair with her other hand. Bay deepened the kiss needing more of Emmett, needing all of Emmett.
Emmett pulled back and signed, "Are you sure?" He wanted to make sure that this was what she wanted. They had not made love since the night at the park all those months ago, even though there had been times where they had come close.
Bay nodded and pulled Emmett back to her kissing him fiercely and passionately. Emmett didn't have to be told twice as he began to unzip her dress and laid her back down on the bed as he pulled his clothes off. It was better than Emmett had remembered. It felt right and wasn't like anything he had every experienced. He knew he would never find this connection with anyone else and he didn't want to look. He knew that every time it would be better than the last. He was excited for the future. He had found his forever love.
As Bay lay tangled in Emmett's arm drawing small circles on his bare chest as she thought about how being was Emmett was different than anything she'd ever done. She wasn't that experienced when it came to sex, but from being with Ty, she knew that the way it felt with Emmett was the way it was supposed feel. She knew that she had found her forever love.