How did it start you would ask? How the hell did he get Emma Nelson to fool around with a guy like him? Or a guy in general. Didn't she stand for virtue? Course she did.

It all started like this...

Well, he had a wandering eye when he was with Alex. Or with any girl before Alex, he always had. Never one to stick with just one girl. But this time this girl was unlike the rest... because it was her. Greenpeace. Emma Nelson.

She walked back into school this year with a whole new look. Sure the eyes, mouth, face and body were the same but for once she was showing it off. . and damn did she have a good reason too. You know, at first when he tried to fight it, he tried to get mad at her some more, try to keep hating her by thinking she was a hypocrite to wear clothes like she was now, or actually caring about her makeup and hair done or how her giggle sounded- okay maybe she didn't care about that. But it still pissed him off how good it sounded and that he liked it.

Jay didn't like girls, he used them when he needed them. So how dare Emma even try to make him like her?

She made him have a wandering eye even when he tried not to, and she made him wonder. You know, actually made him think. Pissed him off sometimes.. he couldn't count how many times he caught himself having a cigerette of the Degrassi steps outside and thinking about her or watching her hand out those stupid environment flyers with her slutty friend.

The sun hit against her body and face always so perfectly, like she was always in the spotlight as if she wasn't enough already with the kind of mouth she had on her.

"Nobody wants to breath in your second hand cancer." she'd taunt him as she passed when she walked back up into school.

Towerz would smirk in a taunting way, Sean (her ex) would just stare down cause he's still her little pet deep down, and Alex would make a remark and roll her eyes at her. Jay? He would snicker and try to glare as he also tried to think of something witty to say..

"Nobody wants to see your face this early in the morning. Call it even." he'd taunt back. Yea. Not his best. He was losin his game. He knew it. He couldn't deny he also may be a little hooked on seeing that face every morning. How'd she manage to be such a morning person? Always ready, never a bag under her eyes..

Jay may of felt a little satisfaction knowing she was single and that was his doing. Sean Cameron, though a good guy and friend but Jay had to admit, was the dumbest idiot alive to let that girl go when she shouldn't of even given Cameron the chance.

She didn't look at guys like Jay, or Sean..least, she shouldn't of...and out of stupidity, she thought Sean was different. He wasn't. He liked the rush of stealing, skipping school, being free just like the rest of the crew. Who wouldn't? Except for this unusual type girl of course... yet, for being so opposite of Jay, I guess you'd called it karma that Jay had a bit of a, dare he say it..crush on her. Now Jay Hogart didn't 'crush' anyone. If you were hot, cool, they'd hook up once and be done with it. But Emma was different...that sun wasn't going to stop shining on her, even if she stood alone in the dark with him.

Alex was getting so wrapped up in that damn stupid school president thing. Sometimes Jay was starting to think she was such a poser, to both worlds. Girl didn't know where she fit in or wanted to. So he hung out with Sean more, til that vampire freak moved in with him, then the two were in 'lala' land and Jay hated being around them.

Then one day.. he noticed Emma not around her little followers either. He had walked by the Library when he saw her, gazing into her books and her face ever so content and almost enjoying reading. See? She was a little freak. A hot one though.

When Jay opened the door of the Library, she looked up, and noticed him actually stop and look around in a bit of almost enchantment.

Emma had to giggle a little, brushing the bangs against her forehead before gazing back down at her book, "It's a Library." she sang tauntingly and got back into reading

Funny seeing him here.

There was only one other guy in the room, some ginger shrivelled up in the book isle and the Liberian, she was probably reading some romance novel or soft porno by the looks of it over at the counter, holding one book in hand and a Kleenex in the other.

Jay rolled his eyes but then smirked to another one of Emma's remarks at him. You know, Alex was mouthy, but not clever..not smart. Emma though..

"What are you doing?" he asked a bit curiously, sitting down next to her at the table.

Emma put her science text book down a bit to look over at him a little lost, confused really. She was probably wondering if they were really going to have some chit chat or just start bickering any time now. As much as Jay loved to get her rattled up right now, he'd rather not end the conversation so soon yet.

"Studying." she finally sighs, straightening her book back up in her hands, "You can do that in here. Or read a book.." she drifts sarcastically as she kept her eyes on her textbook, "Or go on the computer where you tap your fingers onto a keyboard and it writes things for you." for a second, she kept a hard stone face on, but then he saw that little sly smile creep out and she peaked at him for a second.

"Hardly something I'd be into." he replied with as much humour, sarcasm and a smirk on his face.

Oh that Hogart signature smirk.

"What did I do to deserve this lovely visit from you?" Emma taunted him, flipping a page over to continue her reading and looked as if it annoyed her that he was there.

He decided to ignore it.

"Where's your dweebish friends?" he asked, "Or that slutty girl."

"Toby, J.t and Manny." Emma corrected, putting her book down and finally huffed, "Everybody has names, Jay." she shot a look at him.

"Greenpeace, you know that's not true." he said sing song like.

Emma shook her head smiling a bit. It was interesting that everyone usually got some noun for their nicknames Jay made up for them but Jay gave her an actual nickname, a title. It was almost cute. Almost. He may have the looks and charm but he wasn't foolin' her.

"Where's your delightful girl friend and posse?" she shot back.

"Touche" he replied, and leaned back, fixing the hat on his head and shrugged, "Lexy thinks she's some special acceptation to the 'popular crowd' and trying to fit in, and your little ex of a boyfriend is following Nash around like a puppy dog."

Emma even rolled her eyes just by the mention of Sean.

Jay couldn't help but lean back a bit more, eyeing her, "So this." she watched his finger move slowly down her body and back up, his grey eyes unreadable, "This for him? Or you?"

Emma looked at him confused. Then her face almost seemed offended?

Her 'new look' right? That's what he was talking about? Jesus, some guys of this school! As if a girl can't just get rid of her braces and get a new wardrobe and everyone NOT think she was trying to have some makeover or something? She's the same girl, same brain, same Emma.

"What?!" Jay shot up, seeing her start to slam her textbooks onto another and go to pick them up and leave and he grabbed her wrist.

She looked down at him when she stood up and shot a glare, "No, it's not for him. I could give a damn about Sean Cameron." she states, "Or Chris Sharpe." she added, "Or Manny, or any of my friends for that matter." she went to go and he actually struggled to push her back down into her seat and shush her.

He looked around, still shocked by her reaction and the ginger and Liberian even tossed them over a few weird looks and he tightened a fake grin to gesture that everything was cool.

Emma was a bit embarrassed by her outburst, and flushed, as she noticed the looks so tried to take a deep breath and leaned back in her chair in a huff.

"Chill out, psycho ." Jay taunted in a whisper and teased, "Alright, understood. You don't give a 'damn'." his eyes locked on hers as he raised an eyebrow to her choice of word there.

Emma rolled her eyes but a little smile crept out. So he was making fun of her cause what, she didn't say 'shit'? She had a reputation for a reason.

He smirked a bit back and then asked, "So where's Tony, Jake and Mandy?"

Emma had to laugh, "You're such a jerk." she said out loud. He STILL couldn't even get the names right when he tried. But... he was at least trying.

Wait.

Why'd he care?

"What's it matter to you?" she arched a perfectly shaped eyebrow at him, "Going to just throw it in my face that I have no friends now?"

Jay raised his eyebrows, thinking about it, "No." he promised then wiggled his finger around the room, "See any with me?"

"It's different." muttered Emma, leaning forward on the table and just gazing sadly down at it.

Jay took his hat off, watching her at the corner of his eye as he ran a hand through his brown hair and put his hat back on as he waited for her to go. When he was slowly getting the hint she may of not wanted to talk about it, she spoke.

"I kinda did do something a bit.." she looked for the word, "Cruel, to Liberty."

"Did you let her know overalls were so 1990's?" he joked.

Emma shot him a glare but her eyes sparkled and he knew she was just trying so hard to hide that laugh and that made him grin.

She looked up, remembering what happened with her friends the other week, "She liked my ex. But just because I didn't want him to date her I pretended I wanted him back. Ruined her chance."

"Did she really have one?" snorted Jay.

Emma gave him that 'nevermind, I'm done' look and went to sit up til he grabbed her arm down and she flunked back in her seat.

"Alright so, you back with that wanna be DJ idiot then?" he asked her, slightly interested and narrowed his eyes

She shook her head no, "Called it off, never wanted him back in the first place. He was just a rebound."

"To Cameron."

She and him shared a knowing look.

"So." Jay sat up, itching his head like this was hard to get around, "You're alone in here and your friends abandoned you just because.. you didn't want your friend to date your ex?"

Emma nodded.

He snickered, "That's stupid." rolling his eyes and throwing his head back almost bored like since he had wasted that much time on wanting to hear that bullshit. He thought it'd be something interesting. .

She shook her head, "She liked him. I hurt her feelings." she explained and muttered, "Wouldn't expect you to understand how feelings work." she shot a quick look at him.

Jay sat up, going over her problem like it was the simplest solution, "Even if you didn't want him back, he's still like..your sloppy seconds, a friend shouldn't go for that. And he obviously wanted you back still since when you went to go for it, he wanted to too. Van Zandt couldn't see that? Cause that's not attractive. There's also how many other guys in this school she could pick from?" he had to smirk, "Then again I guess the picks not so big of a number for her."

Emma slapped his shoulder and got up, "Ok, I'm done trying to have a civilized conversation with you." she taunted, throwing her little beige leather back over her shoulder and it went down to her waist where she could shove her books inside.

Jay shook his head confused, and insulted. He turned his head to glare and watch her storm out but couldn't help but soften and watch her long legs in that skirt charge out the door, hips swaying.

Emma opened her locker just as Jay leaned on the locker beside and she sighed. She thought she lost him.

"What do you want Jay?" she groaned, throwing her stuff into her locker as the bell rang and students began to come in from lunch.

"I told you already." he said, as he began to stare down at her tight little baby blue blouse and two un did buttons on the top and snapped out of it when she looked over at him, "friendship." he grinned.

She snickered, halfly rolling her eyes as she grabbed her next classes binder, "You're clearly up to something." she informed, raising an eyebrow at him.

"No, up to nothing. Remember?" he pointed around them and then stepped a bit closer, eyeing students walk past so they didn't hear him, "I'm lonely, you're lonely. Let's not be lonely together."

She tossed him a look.

He rolled his eyes bitterly, "Not like that." he tried to muster up a sneer, "You think I'm interested?" he snorted sarcastically but his eyes seemed to glance back down at those long tanned legs again.

"You're interested in something and I never said with what." she shot back, slamming her locker closed with one hand.

He had to smirk. See? Quick wit, smart. Mouthy.

"I don't have any classes with you for you to copy my work." she tried to think about it, "And I don't have any power to make my step dad undo any detentions if he's given you any today... and 'friends' or not, I won't stop bugging you about littering or bullying. So what do you want from me?" she put a hand on her hip..oh those damn curvy hips.

All those sweaters last year he never saw she even had those type of hips...so hour glass like.

Damn. What was the question again? She was looking at him like he was growing two heads..Oh right! What'd he wanna be friends for.

"Your usual annoying banter." he teased, leaning more on the locker as she stood infront of him, "Gets the day by." he shrugged like it should be simple and understanding

Emma watched him oddly, "that's all?"

"that's all." he grinned innocently, which made it much more eviler but Emma honestly couldn't think why he'd wanna be around her?

Last year they were at another's throats.

Emma opened her mouth and he waited for the rejection . I don't know, maybe he knew it was coming but hey? Why not try?

He then noticed her eyes trail across the hall and she seemed distracted and the look in her eyes went a bit ..gloomy. He turned to look what she was looking at. Her friends stood at a locker, and the slut one did glance back over too and tried not to look back when she saw Emma standing with the one and only Jay Hogart.

"Screw em." he said, looking back at Emma when he saw Van Zandt glance to whatever Manny looked at and saw Emma so she glared.

Rather harshly too.

They both peaked one more time over at her 'ex-friends' to see even Toby and J.t looking over now, mouths hanging.

She was with Jay Hogart?

"Your friends already look a little jealous of your new bestie." Jay sarcastically said sing song like with that taunting smirk as she glanced at him but laughed and shook her head.

"Or they're worried." she corrected, then began to shake her head no, "You're bad news Jay." she went to walk away and he blocked her.

He put his hands up like she was a cop, "I promise no stealing, no cursing, and no bullying while I'm around you."

Emma stared at him in utter shock and then disbelieve but he gave her a look of promise, and then a small puppy look. She then just looked downright confused... why did he want this so damn bad?

Didn't he know how much this would also piss off Alex? Or Sean for that matter..

She then began to consider it, and added, "That would be a good reason to tolerate you but.."

"But what?"

Jay grinned, seeing she was stumped on the cons of this situation and the late bell rung and she scoffed, "You're making me late." she stepped to right and he did as well to stop her and she shot a vicious glare.

Girl took her classes rather seriously.

"Emma Nelson is denying someone in need of help? What happened to your help the helpless little protests and beliefs?"

"That was about dolphins.." she awkwardly reminded, and that was also last year.

He couldn't help but laugh out loud and looked like he even tried not to, but fuck, that was a little funny. She tried not to join, but Jay grinned, and she didn't know if it was his perfectly white teeth, or fullness of his lips or the smallest hint of dimples that made it so adorable but it was, and it was a real laugh and she tossed in a small giggle til rolling her eyes.

"Fine. Will you get out of my way now? My next class is my fathers class." she taunts.

He nodded, "Fine. Every other day, lunch in that Library." he pointed back where they were about 10minutes ago.

Emma glanced at it to then eye him again rather confused and oddly, but nodded, "Fine." with that, he took one step back and let her through.

He watched her join the busy crowd of students, going to their classes and he tilted his head a bit, trying to memorize those legs for his next boring class.

He then turned and jumped back a little, "Woah, you little friggin creep." he joked, putting a hand on Sean's shoulder who glared him in the eyes and then over his shoulder.

Let Jay guess, he saw him talking to Emma?

"What was that?" he barked.

Jay squinted his eyes at him. Poor fucking guy tried to look like he didn't care about Blondie anymore.. how much he was failing in doing that.

"Playing around is all." Jay insisted with a shrug.

Sean seemed to believe that and softened but insisted back, "Don't be mean to her anymore, Jay. She's been putting up with Mr Simpsons cancer and he's just beaten it. Let them have some time to enjoy it."

Jay looked over his shoulder with a funny look. Oh..that's right. He completely forgot about that. She was gone, but he grinned in satisfaction that he could still remember those legs.

"Off to class." he informed and left Sean in the dust.