This is the first chapter of my sequal to 'A new year'. This story takes place when Emma is 18 and going back home to start university. So let me know what you think of this, and thank you to everyone who reviewd 'A new year' please review this one I know you guys have been waiting for this. Oh and I own no one in this story excpet Skylar paige.

CHAPTER 1/ Time to go home.

Emma Nelson was in her room in her aunt Jen's house in Long Beach California looking over her acceptence letter she got in the mail a week ago. It was for the university of Toronto and she had replied accepting their offer to attend on a full scholorship. She had finished high school and was top of her class, and that wasn't easy for her considering when she was 16-years-old she had a daughter. Skylar Paige, she was almost 2 -years-old. Emma hadn't been home in a long time and it would be the first time that her friends had seen Skylar in person Emma sent them pictures and they talked to her on the phone but that's not why she was so nervouse. She was nervouse because her ex-boyfriend Jay Hogart was probably still in Toronto. He had some trouble in school, but worked his ass off to get into university, he was Sky's father but never knew, and she wasn't sure it was a good idea to let him know this way. But her friend and Sky's God father Sean told her that she has to tell him some time he had been telling her that since she found out she was pregnant but it was just so hard for her to do. Too much time had passed. Emma laied back on her bed and sighed looking at the letter again. She wanted to go home so bad she missed it, it had been a long time since she had been there. 'This is crazy I'm going and I'm taking my baby with me.' she thought getting up and started to take boxes out to pack.

It was August and Emma was finished packing up her things and Sky's things, she had found an apartment near campus and near a day care center for Skylar. Classes didn't start for another week and Skylar's birthday was in that same week. She wanted to move as soon as possible so she could get her and her daughter settled in their new home and that day was coming up it was actually the next day. Emma sealed the last box of Skylar's things and went into the den where her daughter was sitting playing with some toys. Emma looked at her baby and saw that she looked just like Jay, she had ever since she was born but you could tell more so now that she has gotten older. She had borwn hair like him and his eyes. Her fearutes were like his too she really was a daddies girl.

Emma walked over to her daughter and picked her up, "Hey baby." Sky just grabbed her mothers cheek and gave her a sloppy kiss. That was one thing Sky loved to do was give you kisses on the cheek it was just her thing. Emma laughed and carried her into the kitchen and sat her in her high chair, and walked over to the counter to get her a sippy cup( A/N those cups with a lid and a spout on them so toddlers can drink form it with oust spilling just for those who don't know.) and filled it with apple juice. "Hey Em." her aunt said coming in behind her and kissing her head "Hey aunt Jen." "so have you decided on wht your going to do about university?" her aunt said hopping on the counter and looking at her niece, Emma walked over to Skylar and gave her the cup.

"Um yea I'm going home." she said turning to her aunt, "what about Skylar?" "well she is my daughter so she'll come with me." "I know that what I ment was about about Jay do you think he's still around there Sean did tell you he did get into a university." "Yea I know but he probalby went to a different school some where." "how do you know Sean never said what school he was going to." Emma sighed and looked at her aunt then her daughter "I know that but I can hope he went to another school." "Em you have to tell him some day, he's her father and would want in her life." "Well how do you know I want him in her life?" Her aunt walked over to her and looked her in the eye "Because you grew up with out a father, you didn't have a father figure in your life till Snake and you didn't know your real father till you were 14- years old." "but that doesn't really answer my question. How do you know I want him in her life?" "because you don't want your baby to go through what you did." and with that her aunt walked out of the room leaving Emma thinking about what she had said.

Jay Hogart walked into his apartment after his last class at the University of Toronto. He walked into the den and laid out on the coach and looked around, he had done well for himself, he worked his ass off and was able to attend the university. But it wasn't as happy as he should be, it had been a couple of years but he still missed the love of his life, Emma Nelson. Looking around his place he saw a picture of them sitting on the table he had by the couch, Jay got up when he heard a noise coming form one of the rooms in the apartment. Walking into the back he noticed one of the doors open half way and some one was movign in there. Pushing into the room and crashing into the person he took them both to the floor, he was ready to hit who ever it was when he noticed it was his best friend and roommate Sean Camren. "Man what the hell, I thought you were working?" Jay said gettign up. "I was but I left my cell phone here and I'm waiting for a call." Sean said getting up and grabbing the phone off the night table. "Oh yea fromm who?" Sean was waiting for a call from Emma about coming home but he couldn't tell Jay that. "No one just a friend." he said leaving the room. "okay well I'll see you later I'm working later tonight." Jay said walking back to his room and Sean left the apartment.

Sean was driving to work when his cell phone went off, looking at the screen he saw Emma's name flash. He picked it up his eyes still on the road. "Hey Emma." "Hey, I made a choice." she said with a pause and then continued "I'm coming home Sean me and Skylar are coming home." she was so happy to tell him this news her friends had tried to get her to come home since she left. Sean had the biggest smile on his face when he heard that, he missed his friend and his Goddaughter, he had picuters of them both but he couldn't put them out because of Jay. Ever since she had left and he saw what it did to Jay he wanted to tell him where she was and that he had a baby girl but he promised Emma not to tell so picuters and things with traces of them had to be hidden away. "Emma this is so great when are you coming home?" "tomorrow night but it'll be late so I'll have to see you guys the next day." "that's okay, we'll get the others togeather to meet you guys. I can't wait to see my little neice."

Skylar wasn't his neice but Jay was his best friend and they were close like brothers so any child of Jay's was a neice or nephwe to him. "well I'd let you talk to her but she is napping right now so I better go and get things setteled before she wakes up." Emma said to him, "yea your right, bye Em see you soon." "bye Sean we'll see you really soon." and with that she hung up. Sean wanted to kick himself, he was happy that Emma and Skylar were coming home because this was there home, but he never told her that the school she was going to be attending was the one Jay went to. 'She's going to be really mad.' he thought to himself. He never told JAy about Skylar either so when he found Emma chances were he was going to find his daughter too and he would not be happy. 'Great another person that'll be mad, oh well they need to talk.' he thought

The next day Emma was on the plan going home with Skylar in her lap fussing. "I know how you feel kid." she said trying to calm down her child and after a few minutes she did. she turned Skylar in her lap and pulled out a book, it was a photo album that had pictures of Emma friends and family and even one of Jay. After Skylar was born she had pulled the pictures out and put them in. If he never met her or didn't get a chance too till she was older she want her to know who her father was, and she did. Skylar was a smart little girl and picked up on what you told her and held on to it. Emma started to flip through the book and smiled at the pictures and when Skylar tried to pull them up. Skylar's little face light up when a picture of Jay came up, "Dada, ma dada." she said looking at Emma and then touching the picture of her father. Emma did tell her daughter about her father and showed her pictures of him, in her room at home near Skylar's crib was a picture of Jay and Emma. 'Maybe I did make a mistake.' she thought about what all her friends and family had told her over the years, she should have told Jay about his daughter. But it was too late now she didn't even know where Jay was.

Later that night Emma and Skylar got off the plan and looked around for her mother, Skylar had fallen asleep with her head on her mother's shoulder and her purple monkey clutched tightly in her arm and a pacifier in her mouth. 'I really need to get her off that thing.' she thought shifting her on her hip and still looking for Spike. "oh man mom come on I'm tired." she said to her self, she really was and Skylar was gettign heavy but she couldn't put her down yet or she would wake up screaming. Suddenly some one tapped her on her shoulder. Turning around she smiled when she saw Paige, Spinner, and Sean. "what are you guys doing here?" she asked giving them hugs as best she could. "Well your mom told us what time you got in and we couldn't wait to see you guys till tomororw so yea here we are." he said giving her another hug "Em here let me take her" he said taking Skylar gently form her arms not waking the baby. "Thanks she was gettign kind of heavy, so lets get the bags and we can leave." "God Emma we missed you so much." Paige said pulling her into another hug. "Yea it's good to be home, I missed this place." she said as they walked to get the bags, Paige's arm linked through hers and Spinner's arm around her shoulder, and Sean walking with them Skylar sleeping peacfuly in his arms. She missed them so much.

Sean had driven them so he droped Spinner and Paige off at their dorms and was driving Emma and Skylar to her parents house she was going to stay there till tomorrw when they moved in. "It's really good to have you home Emma." he said taking his eyes off the road for a second then turning back. "Yea you guys seemed to miss us." she said and smiled at her daughter still asleep in the back, she was a little worried becuse Sean didn't have a car seat in his car, but she was still strapped in safely. "Yea we did things just weren't the same with you gone." he hesitated for a minute before saying more" People weren't the same after you left either." Emma sighed and looked out the window she knew he was talking about Jay. "I know Sean but you know whay I left with out telling him.""I know Em but maybe you should tell him now before even more time passes." he was trying to keep his voice low but he was frustraited with her it was always the same fight about her telling Jay.

"I can't do that Sean he missed alot already besides I don't even know where he is." the car got very quiet all of a sudden and Sean tried to avoide looking her in the eye. "Sean what is it why are you not looking at me?" He sighed and turned to look at her as they pulled up to her parents house. "Em he never left he gos to school at the University of Toronto with us and he's my roommate." he said very calmly, Emma sat there in shock "No Sean please tell me your kidding." he shook his head "Why didn't you say anything to me about this before?" "because you need to be here this is your home Em you and Skylar belong here and you never would have come home if we told you he was here." "I'm to tired for this can we please just go in?" she asked while getting out of the car and pushing the seat forward to get her baby out. "we'll talk about this later Emma." he said gettign her things out she took a couple bags form him and nodded before openign the door to her home. 'It's good to be home...in most ways that is.' she thought. That night after Skylar was in bed and her parents had let her go, she tried to sleep but couldn't thoughts of Jay were going through her head. 'I need to stop thinking about it, to much time has passed.' she though rolling over and falling into a sleep filled with dreams of her past with Jay.

Okay this is the first chapter of my sequal to 'A new year' so please review I like hearing what you guys think. And sorry it's so short but I'll write more later.

Allie