Sean huffed as he walked up the steps into Degrassi for his first of 8 Saturday detentions. It was 8am and he was still half asleep. He drug his feet all the way to the cafeteria and sat down in the seat farthest away from everyone else. He was there in the same room with Jimmy, Toby, Ellie, and Hazel.
What in the hell is Hazel doing here anyways, he thought to himself. He kicked his feet up onto the table when Raditch entered the room. Sean simply did it to piss Raditch off. It worked, he pushed Sean's feet off the table. "Welcome to Saturday Detention, you may not want to be here but with your actions you chose this."
Sean rolled his eyes behind Raditch's back. Once Raditch left the room they were all silent. Hazel and Jimmy just looked at each other but didn't say anything. Sean assumed they both had eyes for each other.
Then he looked over to the other girl in the room, Ellie Nash, the one constantly attached to Marco's hip. He noticed her snapping elastics on her wrist and thought maybe she was a cutter, he had heard the rumors.
He completely ignored even acknowledging Toby, somehow her reminded him of Emma. He always felt his stomach drop when he thought of Emma. He had stolen her stepfather's laptop and he felt terrible for it. Although he still had the laptop. Jay said we would come get it from Sean when he needed the cash.
Sean got up from his seat, he was tired of sitting. He threw a ball at the wall over and over again. "Sean, seriously cut it out." Jimmy was the first of the group to speak.
"Whatever man," Sean said shrugging and sitting down next to Ellie. She have a small smile, which he didn't return.
Amy had just broken up with him, he didn't see it lasting anyways. Ever since he had first been with Amy all he could think about was Emma. By now there was no denying that he wanted Emma back.
"So what are we all doing here anyway. I'm clearly here for telling Raditch off but we all knew that. So Eleanor what are you here for?" They all turned their gaze to Ellie.
She snapped her wrist and pierced her lips before sighing and answering, "I skipped class and got caught by Raditch."
They all gave a small giggle and Sean even muttered a few words about her not knowing how to avoid Raditch when skipping. Clearly he had gotten away with it before, it wasn't at all shocking.
"Hazel, why are you here? I mean your Miss Perfect, did Paige throw you under the bus and you sat there and took it?" Sean smirked at his own statement.
Jimmy glared at Sean as Hazel simply looked down, "Watch it Cameron."
When Hazel didn't answer Sean's question he simply shrugged and moved on, "So Jimmy, why are you present in Saturday detention?"
Jimmy cleared his throat and shot a glare at Toby, "Mr. Isaacs here threw me under the bus when he tried to change my grade and got caught."
Toby finally spoke, "Whatever Jimmy, get over it."
Sean was enjoying teasing everyone, he found Saturday detention a joke. Clearly the others didn't find it so funny. Ellie seemed to be getting frustrated with the conversation going on in the room, and she took off with her bag down the hall.
The rest of the group glanced around at each other and followed her. There wasn't much else to do anyways. They caught up to Ellie, "What are you guys doing?" She asked staring at them all.
They all shrugged and Jimmy spoke up, "Let's make this an adventure." They all walked the halls together and skipped a little too. They all were beginning to relax and be comfortable with each other for the first time.
They soon found their way onto the roof. Toby simply laid on the roof trying to keep calm from his fear of heights. Everyone else proceeded to walk around the roof. Jimmy and Hazel ran off in one direction for some reason Sean didn't bother to listen to.
He walked in silence with Ellie until she found a place to sit. Sean sat down next to her, as much as he wanted Emma back he needed something to make her jealous now that she was with Chris. He didn't want to admit he was using Ellie, but he was.
"Why are you following me around?" Ellie asked turning her head towards Sean.
Sean shrugged, "You're the only one here who won't judge me. Even though I'm sure you've heard the rumors."
Ellie nodded, "So have you been taking the stuff?"
Sean glanced at her before answering, "Yep, I feel guilty sometimes but not often enough to stop I guess."
Ellie shook her head as though understood, "How come your not scared of me?"
Sean smiled at her, "I don't know but I do know you're cute."
Ellie giggled and Sean figured his flirtation tactics were working, "I see you still making eyes at Emma all the time. I'm not about to be your second best. Or third best since Amy dumped your sorry ass."
Before Sean could answer Toby came running up explains Raditch was about to go find the empty cafeteria they had left.
They all dashed back for the cafeteria an barely made it on time. Raditch entered seconds after they took their original seats. He seemed suspicious at first but dropped it, "You have all been good today so I suppose you can go home."
They all exited the school laughing about their day. Sean was cracking up so hard talking to Jimmy he bumped into Ellie and she fell to the ground. They all moved on except Sean. He noticed a tape recorder was on the pavement. He picked it up getting kind of angry, "So what was I, the next article for your journalism class?"
She tried to snatch the recorder from Sean's hand but she couldn't. He smashed it against the ground and stomped off back to his house.
He was so busy wit the thoughts reeling through his head he didn't see Emma walking in front of him. He bumped right into her from behind and she jumped and yelped, "Hey, watch-" she stopped when she saw Sean's face.
Sean realized there were tears streaming down her face. His heart sank, "Sorry," he muttered before continuing on down the sidewalk.
"Sean, wait." Emma said and Sean turned and stopped facing Emma.
She sat on the bench just off to the side and motioned for him to join her. He reluctantly agreed.
She sighed when he sat down and then spoke, "Chris just broke up with me. You want to know why? Because he thinks I still want to be with you. He sees me staring at you I guess." She looked down at her feet.
Sean grinned at her comment but then returned to a serious state, "Em, I'm sorry for everything."
"I know you are, but I just want to know did you steal Snake's laptop? No judgment I just want to know."
Sean sighed, should have seen that one coming, "Yeah, I did but Jay told me to keep it and give it to him when he needed the cash. I couldn't keep it though. I returned it to Simpson's desk today when I was there for Saturday detention."
Emma nodded, "He's coming back to school on Monday, he'll be really happy to see it. I'm glad you were honest with me Sean and I'm ever more glad you did the right thing."
"Em, there are a lot of reasons I put the laptop back but there is really only one you'll want to hear."
She looked at Sean with a questioning look in her eyes, "And that is?"
Sean sighed, it was now or never, "Because of you. I still want to be with you. I love you. You make me better person. Wow I can not believe just said that."
Emma crashed her lips to Sean's. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. "I love you too."
Sean smiled and walked Emma home. She told him she'd call him later and gave him one more kiss before entering the Simpson-Nelson home.
xxx
After supper Emma picked up the phone and dialed the oh so familiar number that belonged to Sean.
"Hello?" Sean said into the phone.
"Hey Sean," Emma said with a smile.
"Em, how was supper?" Sean asked with the same smile.
"Oh, you know what it's like over here for supper. I wish you would have stayed," Emma said with a sigh picking at her comforter.
"I know but Tracker said he wanted me home tonight to talk," Sean said sounding apologetic.
"Oh yeah? What did he have to say?" Emma asked curiously.
Sean flopped onto the couch with a sigh, "Tracker wanted to tell me that he got a job in Alberta and he understands me not wanting to leave so he set me up with student welfare and got me my own apartment in Toronto. I have to move my stuff tomorrow, you want to help by any chance?"
"Of course Sean but aren't you upset about Tracker leaving?" Emma asked cautiously.
"It's not the first time and I have this girl to help get me through it. I kind of love her," Sean shrugged, then smiled.
"Really? Tell me about her," Emma giggled into the phone.
"Oh okay, well she just forgave me for being a complete ass lately. She is the best thing to ever happen to me and I don't plan to let her go ever again. She's also really beautiful and smart and kind. Oh yeah and did I mention she's totally blushing right now," Sean teased Emma.
"Of course she is and yes you were a complete ass to me but I forgive you," Emma grinned with pink cheeks.
"I love you Em," Sean said with a smile.
Emma glanced at the clock, "Shit Sean, I got to go but I love you too. I'll see you tomorrow okay?"
Sean sighed, "Yeah, 11 o'clock at my place."
"Okay, Bye," Emma said quickly.
"Em?" Sean stopped her from hanging up a moment.
"Yeah?" Emma said curiously pausing for a moment.
"I love you and I promise to do better this time," Sean promised to Emma.
"I love you too. See you tomorrow," She said before clicking off the phone, and going to bed.
xxx
Emma woke up early the next morning and took a very long shower trying to prepare herself for the day. She liked Chris but he was right she still loved Sean. She probably always would.
She emerged from the bathroom dressed in a pink fitted string tank and her lucky bra. It have her Manny boobs. She wore her jeans with the rip in the knee. Her hair fell down in large curls down her back.
She walked up the stairs and sat at the table for breakfast. Snake was just finishing the cooking. He took one look at Emma and spoke, "I take it you have plans today?"
Emma nodded and shoveled her food down so she wouldn't be late to getting to Sean's. She put her shoes on and yelled up the stairs, "I'm spending the day with Sean. I have my cell. Call if you need anything."
Spike came into view in the steps, "Sean, huh?"
Emma nodded and took off out the door. She took her time walking to Sean's. She arrived to his place within minutes. She knocked lightly and Sean opened the door.
"Hey Beautiful," he grinned when he saw her.
"Hey, I don't think you've ever called me that but I suppose I could get used to it," she said leaning in for a light kiss.
He pulled away and dragged her inside. They say down on the couch. "I thought you said we were moving your stuff."
Sean shrugged, "Tracker will be doing the moving. I just didn't want to be bored all day."
Emma smiled, "Alright then, want to go to the Dot?"
Sean nodded and grabbed her hand. They walked in silence all the way to the Dot. "I missed this you know," Emma said as they entered the Dot.
"Em, I saw you in the Dot last week," Sean said in a joking tone.
She hit him lightly, "I meant being with you. Even if we're just hanging out doing nothing."
He put a hand around her waist and smiled. They ordered coffee and sat down in a booth. They both seemed so relaxed when Jay walked in. Sean noticed him and tensed up. Emma gave Jay a glare and he spoke, "Piss off Greenpeace."
Sean stood up, "Why don't you?"
Jay laughed, "Oh cute, she took you back. How precious, where's the laptop?"
Sean laughed in Jay's face, "I gave it back."
Jay nearly punched Sean in the face but instead just stomped out of the Dot.
"Sean, I am really proud of you. You know that right?" Emma asked reaching for his hand as he sat back down across the booth from her.
His fingers intertwined with hers and he nodded with a smile. They ate their lunch in silence until Sean finally spoke, "Em, I think we have to go back to your place."
Emma looked at him funny, "Why?"
"I need to tell Simpson what I did, it's the right thing to do," Sean said getting up from the booth. She smiled and nodded.
They walked back to the Nelson-Simpson residence hand-in-hand. They reached the front door and Emma kissed his cheek and whispered, "It'll be okay."
She reached for the door knob and they entered the house. She could hear someone in the kitchen.
"Snake? Sean's here, he wants to talk to you."
Snake came towards the front door with a grin on his face. She also saw the Alienware laptop on the kitchen table, smiled, and squeezed Sean's hand.
Snake smiled at the sight of the couple, he really did like Sean Cameron. Sure he had gone down the wrong road for a while but he knew it was wrong an changed his ways clearly. "Sean Cameron, what would you like to say to me?" Snake smiled at him kindly.
"Um Mr. Simpson, I see you found your laptop. That's good. I just wanted to be honest with you about something, since Emma and I are back together. I was the one that stole your laptop." Sean felt tears sting his eyes as he came clean about his wrong doings.
Mr. Simpson was in shock, "But it was my chemo, I lost it."
Sean felt the tears coming down his face. He shook his head, "No, I stole it- the laptop. Jay asked me to keep it until he needed to sell it for money but I returned it before he could get the chance to take it from me. I returned it yesterday during Saturday detention."
Mr. Simpson stood shocked as Sean turned to Emma and dug his face into her neck and sobbed. Snake realized Sean was clearly remorseful for his actions and he had returned the laptop.
Snake went to pulled Sean into an embrace but he wouldn't let go of Emma so he simply put his hand on Sean's shoulder. "It's okay Sean, I forgive you."
Sean pulled away from Emma and looked at Mr. Simpson with a shocked expression, "Thank you so much. You have no idea how much I regret doing it in the first place."
Snake nodded and patted the young boy's back before returning to the kitchen. He looked at Emma and smiled. He pulled her in tight and hugged her for celebration. In that moment Spike walked into the living room with baby Jack on her hip.
"Snake, I need you to get a mechanic! The car broke down again." She sighed and put Jack down in his playpen.
Sean cleared his throat, "I'll do the labor for free if you can get the parts. I'm sure I can take a look and figure out what needs to be done."
Snake spoke, "Sean I really appreciate lit but you have school."
Sean turned to his teacher and mentor, "Summer starts next week and I can come over every weekday until its' done. Please, I owe you."
Snake sighed, "Yeah, okay."
Snake and Spike both left the room. Emma kissed Sean passionately. His knees nearly buckled, and she pulled away. "You're a really good guy you know?"
Sean smiled and grabbed her waist, "And you're the perfect girl."
She giggled and kissed him lightly, "Come on, let's go to your new place."
xxx
They walked in the door to see Tracker asleep on Sean's new couch. Emma laughed, "Maybe we should unpack all of your boxes."
Sean nodded and handed Emma a box and pointed at the bookshelf. She opened the box and giggled, "Comic books? You are such a dork."
Sean smiled at her, "If you tell anyone, I will kill you. Then what would we do?"
Emma and Sean proceeded to unpack everything Sean owned, it wasn't much but it was something he could call his own. He was upset that Tracker was leaving but he was glad he was staying. He was also really happy about having Emma back. He loved her, he really always had.
He was coming out into the living room to help Emma unpack the last of his things but she had already finished and was sitting having a conversation with Tracker, "...well I know he'll miss you but it'll be okay."
She smiled at the realization Sean had entered the room. Tracker giggled a little bit and mumble something about how he call when he got to Alberta and so forth. Sean smiled a little at him before he left Sean's new apartment.
"So Em, you want to sleepover?" Sean asked wrapping his arms around his waist.
Emma laughed a little before kissing his nose, "You wish but we have school tomorrow."
Sean smirked, "Fine then, but at least let me show you my bedroom before you go." She giggled and followed him into the bedroom. He turned to face her as they approached the bed.
Her hands slid so easily around his neck. She pressed her lips to his, granting his tongue entrance to her mouth. Just as he tried to sit them down on his bed she pulled away. She giggled and spoke, "Goodnight Sean, I'll see you tomorrow."
She left the room and headed for the door, "Tease!" He called out after her. He could hear her giggle just before she shut his apartment door. A large grin split across his face. There goes his Emma.
She walked all the way home with an ear splitting grin. She closed the front door behind her and leaned against it. She let out a big sigh and kicked off her shoes.
"So Em, I take it you and Sean are back together." Spike peered out from around the corner in the kitchen. Emma dropped down onto a kitchen chair and nodded with a grin.
"That's great Em, but Sean offered to fix Snake's car 3 days a week this summer. Try not to be too distracting." Spike gave her a half joking glare, "But I am glad you two could work things out."
xxx
"School's out!" J.T. yelled exiting the school waving his hands above his head and taking off down the street. Emma, Manny, and Sean sat on the steps of Degrassi for the last time in the 8th grade.
They were moving on to be freshmen in the fall. Manny took off after J.T. down the street. Sean stood and reached to pull Emma up. Emma stood up next to Sean and Chris passed by. "Slut," he called back at Emma.
She simply rolled her eyes at the comment and dropped it. Clearly Sean had other ideas, "Hey Sharpe, go back to spinning maybe you can improve enough so that you don't completely suck."
"Sean!" Emma hit his arm.
"What?" Sean said turning to the girl he loved.
"Chris is just pissed because he was right. There is no need to get nasty, he is only mad at himself." Emma stated matter-of-factly.
Sean clearly didn't see it that way, "And that makes it okay for him to call you a slut?"
Emma shrugged and grabbed his hand and headed towards his apartment. They closed his door behind them and sat down on the couch. Emma snaked over into Sean's arms and laid her head on his chest. He kissed the top of her head.
"So Em, what are you going to do on the first day of summer?" Sean asked brushing a strand of blonde hair out of her face.
"Well you see, I would have loved to spend it with my boyfriend but he has better things to do," Emma began, "but instead I think I am going to do some tanning. Maybe tease this guy my dad has coming over to fix the car."
"Oh really? What time does the show start?" Sean asked and raised an eyebrow.
Emma shrugged, "Well what time would the mechanic like it to start?"
"Right now perhaps?" Sean said leaning in for a kiss. Emma broke the kiss too soon. She crawled onto his lap and pulled her top over her head. She was sitting on Sean Cameron's lap without her shirt on and she wasn't even in high school yet.
Sean sat there in awe of what Emma Nelson had just done. He put his hands on her hips and took it all in. She crashed her lips to his again and he deepened the kiss within minutes. She began tugging at the hem of his shirt, she wanted him to take it off.
Sean broke the kiss, "Em, what is with you?" He picked her up and set her next to him on the couch. Emma suddenly felt embarrassed like maybe Sean didn't want her like that. She reached for her shirt and covered her nearly bare chest.
"What? I don't see anything wrong with what we're doing. I mean we do love each other." Emma shrugged pulling her shirt back over her head because clearly Sean was not up for this.
"Em, what is going on?" He saw a look in her eyes that told him something was wrong. She looked down at her hands and shrugged. "Em be honest with me please," Sean was nearly pleading.
Emma could barely form any words. An hour ago she was walking home from school with Sean when she saw Amy but Sean hadn't noticed her. Emma had begun to think about hat they'd done and that maybe Sean wanted this but how could she explain that to Sean?
She only managed to let one word escape her lips, "Amy." Emma got up and headed for the bathroom. She closed the door behind her and leaned against the wall.
She began to sob on the bathroom floor. Emma Nelson felt like the biggest idiot ever. She was sobbing so loudly she didn't hear Sean quietly enter. She sensed him sit down next to her and she looked at him with puffy eyes.
"Emma I know you know what happened with Amy and I'm not hiding that from you but I don't know why you want to be like that. She's a slut Emma, that's not what I want," he pulled her close and kissed her cheek.
"That's what I am too. Chris said it," she choked out and leaned into Sean's chest.
Sean held her tightly and whispered into her ear, "Emma Nelson, don't believe a word that comes out of his mouth for a second. I sure as hell don't, except maybe when he said that you still loved me. I believe that."
"Sean Hope Cameron, you always know exactly what to do and say to make everything okay." Emma kissed him lightly and stood up with Sean. She washed her face as he went into the kitchen to order Chinese for supper.