After the wedding was the after party, right beside the ceremony in a big white tent. Music softly played and Emma sat at one of the tables with her friends and even Ashley, along with Ashleys cousin Katie who stood right beside Ashley beside the table.
"Would you like to dance my lady?" Spinner asked, coming over to Manny and Jay walking up behind him. Manny stood up giddily.
"Ofcourse good sir!" she took his hands and they smiled, going to the dance floor.
Katie was standing "They are SO cute, oh my god." she squealed and gave Jay a hopeless dreamy look, kind of hoping to be asked to dance.
Jay Hogart didn't dance.
"Gosh." Jay replied, planting a fake smile on that only Emma could tell wasn't real, "Aren't they?" he could care less but was still intrigued by Katies chest as she hopped up and down excitingly.
He raised an eyebrow.
Emma snorted, shaking her head. Such a pig.
"Katie, this is Jay Hogart." Ashley introduced but now his eyes were on Emma when he heard her snort in digust. It's like he lived to hear that noise.
He smirked dangerously, walking over to his favorite girl to bug and completely missed Katie put her hand out, waiting for him to shake it.
"GP, no date?" he taunts, sitting down next to her as she tapped her finger tips on the table.
She looked around him and raised an eyebrow, motioning he was alone too.
"You know me, I like my single status." he joked, eyeing her with glee in his eyes, he was enjoying this way too much.
Emma shook her head smiling "You may like it, but that's not exactly your real status." she reminded, yet must of not been in the Degrassi grape vine loop, Alex and him were over..have been even when dating. "And I don't think Alex would appreciate it."
He looked a bit amused that she still thought that they were together. He didn't even bother to correct her, he was having too much fun with her as always, "Woah, I thought ever since we build sand castles in Wasaga, we were.. friends or something now Em." he used her nickname purposely, that smirk growing into a grin when he said it.
Emma leaned on the table a bit closer to him, connecting eyes with his grey ones, he even swallowed a bit, eyeing her back.
"We will never be friends." she said in a whisper, raising an eyebrow. She always had to show him he couldn't get under her skin. Lately though, she had to admit she won the rounds.. he was getting less mean, or was she growing more bitter?
He smirked, but it didn't seem like a happy smirk or an amused one, just unreadable.
"Jay." Spinner was suddenly behind them, splitting Jay and Emma apart and nodded behind him, motioning for Jay to follow.
Jay nodded slowly at him and looked back at Emma, whose hard look kind of..softened. He just nodded at her and stood up, following Jay.
Emma sat there for a moment, and softened up completely, she was trying so hard to keep it stern. She couldn't help but glance back to Jay going to the corner of the room with Spinner.
"Oh my god." Ashley said, and Emma snapped out of it and turned her head seeing Craig coming over, looking a bit roughed up.
Emma gave a look, why didn't Ashley look happy he was here? Weren't they dating again? And why did Craig look twitchy?
Ashley got up quickly and rushed out, trying to drag Craig away before anyone saw him at the wedding, she tilted her head to try to get a better look until a body blocked her path.
Toby and Jt stood with small plates and tons of little sausage rolls piled on it.
"These things are awesome." Toby declared, sitting down next to her and Jt across from her, stuffing them into his mouth.
"Emma, try it." Jt muffled with a full mouth and Emma cringed in disgust.
Emma looked back to Ashley and Craig to see them gone and some commotion outside the tent but ignored it when she got a glimpse on Jay and Spinner in the corner again, they looked like they were fighting a little too.
"I'm telling you!" Spinner exclaimed to Jay, "That wasn't me!" he looked around, not wanting anyone to see them fighting, they didn't have a good rep as it was.
Jay had showed Spinner the text from what he thought was him, the texter insisted they were Spinner, and asking Jay to meet him at this wedding.
Jay rolled his eyes, "Fine, fuck it. Shouldn't be here anyways." he hissed, and went to storm off. Spinner cursed under his breath, feeling a little bad. Him and Jay use to be good buddies, he missed him.. but, their secret was painful and he didn't want Manny to find out. He'd lose her.
But before Jay could even turn, he bumped into another person who was actually making their way to them.
Even Spinner gave an odd look, "Alex?" she wore her usual boyish black baggy pants and white tank top, hoop in her ears, short jet black hair down.
She held her cellphone in her hand, glancing back and forth at them with a look in her eye, "What's going on?" she asked them, like they had the answers when they didn't even know what she was talking about.
"Oh look." JT said, back at Emma's table and glancing where she was once looking, "Alex wore her best clothes for this occasion." he joked, seeing the girl in her same ol' gear..at a wedding.. probably not even invited.
"Classy." Toby piped in, the boys giggling with another.
Emma gave a look, yeah, that was wierd, Alex being here.. not like she was friends with Toby..or Ashley.. or anyone in the wedding.
Liberty leaned forward, "I heard Alex and Jay aren't going out anymore."
Even Emma looked back, suspicious, "Really?" she said out loud, not believing it. Liberty nodded.
Meanwhile, Jay, Spinner and Alex stood together still, and she crossed her pale long arms across her chest, eyeing Jay mostly, "You asked me to come."
Jay sort of snickered, "Why would I ask you to come here?" he shook his head.
Alex growled "I didn't want to but you just begged as usual." She squinted her eyes at him, "Like a little puppy."
"Lex." Jay said, staying completely calm, "The only puppy here is you, you've followed me like a dog since you laid eyes on me." he winked at her and narrowed his eyes as Spinner tried to hold Alex back from going to punch him.
"Ok, lets think about this!" Spinner said, looking at Alex then Jay, "You both got texts telling you to come here, but none us texted anyone. You're being played. Give me your phones." he put his hand out.
Alex scoffed but slapped hers into his then Jay passed Spinner his as well and shrugged, not understanding.
Spinner nodded looking at the texts, "Same number, claiming to be different people." he pointed out when suddenly they both went off, plus his, at the same time.
Alex even gave a wierd look and Jay took his phone back, Spinner slowly took his out while passing Alex's phone back, they read the text.
"finally, the trio back together again.." drifts Spinner, reading the text out loud.
Alex read on, "While we are all here, let me introduce myself.." she read the rest silently in her head, worry crossing over her face.
Jay finished reading, wondering what had Alex choked up and read the rest out loud, "I'm Anonymous, and I know your guys' deep dark secret.." Jay got confused, who else knew? "I'm about to make your life a nightmare."
Spinner's mouth hung open and he looked around, rather paranoid.
Alex snickered, "This is bullshit, I'm out."
Jay nodded slowly and looked to Spinner, "Someone just trying to mess with us. Probably Issacs, revenge of the nerds.." Spinner slowly nodded and Alex agreed and went to leave. Their phone beeped again and she stopped, huffing and turned to look at them.
They shared a moment wondering if they should look and Alex scoffed, doing so.
She read outloud, "Don't test me." she gave Spinner and Jay questionable looks as well, what could this person possible do to them in the open?
"WATCH OUT!" Liberty yelled, now standing a bit closer to them on the dancefloor, with Jt and Emma who turned and gasped. One of the big stage lights that shined down on everyone, came loose somehow right over Alex, Alex looked up just in time and fell back when it crashed down, glass going everywhere and everyone turning, music going off and everyone wondering if she was alright.
Alex looked like she just pissed her pants, and she breathed hard sitting on the ground and staring at the big stage light that almost just killed her.
Spinner's mouth still hung but his face had horror stricken over it, Jay took a step forward, madly looking up at the cieling, and following the rope that was suppose to hold the light up but it was holding off to nothing.
"WHAT WAS THAT?!" Ashleys mother came running over, Toby's dad bending to help Alex up who just madly got up herself, brushing her pants off, breathing hard still.
Jay was still eyeing all the stage lights, seeing if any others didn't have rope on them, when their phones went off again, he wiped his head around to Spinner who gave him a 'oh shit' look and looked down.
he didn't want anyone else to hear so said lowly to Jay, while everyone was checking on Alex, "Should I finish off the girl you almost killed too?" Spinner had a look of wonder but Jay went straight to who exactly 'Anonymous' was talking about, Emma. He was walking fast first, but then broke into a run, everyone heard the sound of another stage light breaking off from its hedges and Emma was laughing with Liberty when she noticed Jay come right for her.
Everybody screamed.
SMASSHHHH!
Emma opened her eyes, and she was lying on her back on the floor, with a heavy weight over her, but covering her from whatever just fell. Another light? Oh my god, it could of hit her, it landed right where she was standing.
She looked straight up at who saved her, breathing shakingly and even trembling herself. She stared up right at Jay who was staring down at her intensely then blinked, and slowly got off, helping her up. They still stared at another until Liberty ran to her, and Manny too.
"Oh my god, EMMA!" yelled Manny, pulling her into a hug.
Everyone decided it was safer to leave, and as the crowd went around a in shock Emma, she still stared at Jay who put his hands into his pockets and slowly backed up, disappearing in the crowd.
I know your life is empty
And you hate to face this world alone
So you're searching for an ange
lSomeone who can make you whole
I can not save you
I can't even save myself
So just save yourself
I know that you've been damaged
Your soul has suffered such abuse
But I am not your savior
I am just as fucked as you
I can not save you
I can't even save myself
So just save yourself
STABBING WESTWARD - SAVE YOURSELF LYRICS