Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to DTNG whatsoever.
This fic is solely about the relationships between Manny, Craig, and Emma.
It will be told from all three perspectives, it does have a little to do with my last failed fic I put up. No newbies this time. It takes place where season six should be getting started. School is starting, and Craig, Ashley, and Jimmy have returned to repeat their senior year. Jimmy can walk, since in my alternate universe, he was only put in a coma after the shooting. Peter is barely in here, cause I don't like him much.
Part one
Emma
First day of senior year. And I was still in bed. Not that I wasn't excited,
I was, I just needed an extra twenty minutes. I had mistakenly allowed Manny and Craig to drag me out of the house last night, during their attempt to make me feel better.
Peter and I had just broken up, and it, like the rest of my break-ups, was messy. I was starting to believe that I brought out the worst in all of my boyfriends. Craig tried to convince me that I was wrong, but I didn't believe him. He'd never dated me.
Peter, he turned out to be this horrible, heartless, cheater when I refused to go all the way with him, Chris, he was a jealous idiot who didn't understand that I was just left hurt and confused by Sean. Ah, and Sean. Who dumped me because he craved my attention, and turned to a life of crime with Jay and his merry band of thugs, stole my dad's computer, and ended up in Saturday detention only to hook up with his last girlfriend, Ellie Nash, who lived with him up until after the shooting, when he went back to the comforts of home life with his parents.
Yes, I was very unlucky with love, but maybe this year it all would change...
Craig
Another year at DCS. It wouldn't be so bad, I'd be there with Manny, and Jim and Spin were still there. Ash would be coming back too. I know that I'm over her, and maybe we'd even gotten over all the hard feelings we had, but man, it would be awkward, me, her, Manny...
I got dressed, told Joe bye, kissed Ang, and headed over to the Simpson's to pick Em and Manny up. The car Joey gave me was kick ass. Not because it was new, or fancy or something, but it was a car. And it ran. Well. A 2003 Toyota Camry. Dark Blue. I was proud, as if I'd earned the money myself to buy it.
When I pulled up to the curb, the girls were sitting on the front step. Manny was looking stunning in her plain jeans and Hard Rock tank top, the one I brought her from Vancouver. Her hair was growing out, and she was gorgeous. He counterpart, Emma, looked amazing too. Her layered blond locks flowed down her bare shoulders, and the short, pink and white knit skirt she was wearing showed off her nicely tanned legs. Oh God, was I just looking at her legs? Yes. And the rest of her too. Stop Craig. Just stop. This is how you got in trouble the last time. And for God's sake, Emma is practically family. Not to mention her heart was broken. When I catch that Peter kid, he'll have hell to pay.
Manny
Walking through the doors this morning with Craig back on my arm was crazy.
I could just imagine being the envy of all the other girls around. Captain of the spirit squad, hot, band leading turned solo artist boyfriend, and a family who really loves me at home, I really had it all.
My best friend, that was a different story. Em just hasn't been in a great mood lately. Peter is such a fucking lowlife. He taped me, got Em to sneak around with him behind my back, and cheated on her with like, a million girls, including Darcy, who was supposed to be with Spinner. Some innocent like Christian girl she turned out to be. On the home front, everything was perfect, Jack was growing up, getting potty trained, Spike and Snake were back on track, and they were even thinking about having another baby. But Em was suffering. I had to kind of watch her, thinking she would have a relapse after the Peter thing, but, she told me he was not worth dying for. Craig and I have been dragging her out every chance we get, and proving once and for all that he's a great boyfriend, he hasn't complained one bit. I smiled at the thought of him. I really am in love.
We walk towards my homeroom class first, since Craig and Em have homeroom together, and they drop me off, I turn to kiss Craig goodbye, and I am looking directly into the cold eyes of Ashley Kerwin. Oh God...