A/N:
AllieB: But don't you think maybe in 10 years (like they did with Spike and Snake) that they may bring them back with their own kids in Degrassi and reunite them? Or like Joey and Caitlin. .. it'd make good drama! That's what I'm hoping/betting on. But then again, new Degrassi is so different I'm not sure they will do it like that again. Though it'd make sense to in order to keep the original line going from Spike to Emma and to her daughter.. but I guess Degrassi writers wanted the show to keep going for the money. (Jerks!).
onto the story...
NO ONE'S POINT OF VIEW
Emma didn't catch up with Sean the rest of the day, so the next day she took action. After school ended for the second day, she decided that it would be a wise idea for Sean to know her phone number and locker number. That way they could work this out without anyone knowing.
It took awhile to find Sean's locker, but Emma had talked Manny into asking Jay for it. He seemed to like her a lot more than Emma, like a lot more that after Jay gave the locker number to Manny, Emma grabbed her to go. Last thing Emma would let Manny do is have another bad boy break her heart.
Emma headed to the locker. She wasn't about to waste a whole piece of paper writing numbers to Sean, so she grabbed a paper in the recycling bin near by (See? Environment friendly and reusable!) She jotted down her numbers with a pen and jammed the note inside Sean's locker and jumped when a redhead girl stood behind her, watching her do this
Sneak up on people, much? Creepy.
"Get the fuck away from my boyfriend's locker!"
Emma tilted her head and her mouth parted but she was speechless. How was she suppose to explain this? This must be the girl friend. Who knew Ellie Nash was Sean's girl friend. Than again, the girl had her own behavior issues so the two probably got along great! Not.
Ellie was a year older than her, which meant Sean probably was too, and she was punky, pretty girl but too much for Emma's liking.
"You after my man or what cunt-eyes?"
Thank god Sean had just turned the corner, creeping up behind Ellie as he over heard the last words and blinked, looking between them and oddly at Emma. Shouldn't he be looking at Ellie wierdly?! She just said CUNT EYES.
"I.." Emma couldn't even form words. "Did you really just call me-"
Before she could ask or get a answer (none the less an explanation to what cunt eyes meant), Sean spoke up. "She's uh, tutoring me El."
He kept a hard eye on Emma, as Ellie looked between them and then her scowl turned into the fakest smile and giggle. "Oh my god." she softened, "God I'm such a bitch today. Sorry Emma – I'm trying to quit smoking you know."
Emma resumed breathing normally, now that she was no longer in the danger zone and bared a smile. "No problem."
Sean merely nodded and Emma looked away when Ellie leaned over and kissed his cheek, "I'll see you later, I'm late to go meet Alex. Good luck with the..tutoring"
With that, she was off. Emma slowly looked up to see Sean still had his piercing eyes on her. "how'd you know I tutor?" Emma muttered.
He looked back, making sure Ellie was gone and then scratched the back of his neck, "You did checking up on me so maybe I did some background checks on you." he smirked. He had these dimples that caved in more when he did that, and he looked down right sexy.
Emma had to go, like now, before anything else happened. "My numbers in your locker, bye!" with that, she left, making him look after her until she was out of site and his shoulders fell.
He shook his head and tried to blink. This girl was...well she was really something.
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Emma's POINT OF VIEW.
I caught up to Manny after school, and we went straight home. It wasn't too much of a detour since I lived up the street from school, that happened when you were the step daughter of a teacher. Did I mention my mother went to Degrassi too?
The front door was open and as I stepped inside, the warm, familiar smells of exotic spices and fragrant cooking ruffled my nose. As usual, Snake could be found in the kitchen. "Hey guys!" he greeted.
Manny looked impressed he had already got home before them and started cooking. I giggled with her.
"Hi Mom," I said, dumping my schoolbag at the kitchen table where she sat.
Spike, her mother, was a small woman with golden skin and dark brown hair. I knew my 'tall-like' figure came from my real father Shane because Spike was so petite.
She kissed my cheek and soothed my tangled hair out of my eyes. "Snake's making your favorite. Vegan and everything."
I swallowed back a mouthful of drool and so did Manny. I took off my coat and got to helping putting out plates.
"How was school today Manny?" Spike softened, "better?" she was so motherly to Manny more than her own dang mother.
Manny sadly sat down as I went around the kitchen, helping set up dinner. "It was okay. Emma and me finally think we found a way to get back at Peter."
"Wouldn't it be easier to forget the whole thing?" Snake asked, tossing a look over his shoulder.
I taunted him, "Ya! I'm sure she could forget it with everyone reminding her and a tape out there that could re play itself anytime it wants."
Snake sheepishly smiled and got back to cooking. He hated this, hated the slimeball Peter himself too. Manny was like a daughter. He'd do something too if not a teacher.
Spike had to laugh a little, "So what's your plan, girls?"
"I hired someone to scare Peter a little." I declared.
"Oh." Spike said excitingly, "Tell me more."
"The guys hot." Manny declared and I rolled my eyes but bit my lip. She wasn't wrong. So why was I mad? "Emma convinced him to possibly corner Peter and rough him around a little."
"no bullying, girls." warned Spike.
"No, just a little..scare." I repeat again sitting down with them, smiling a little to my lie. But my mom wouldn't find out, not unless Sean showed up at my front door and my mom actually saw the muscles on the guy. (then it would be easy to notice I only hired the guy to beat up someone).
"Just play nice, girls." Snake warned, and started to come over with the pot in his hands and loading up the plates with food
Manny's eyes nearly budged out. She loved home cooking too, nothing was like Snake's home cooking.
We both slept in the basement in our own beds that night with full bellys. Tomorrow was going to be a big day.
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I wrote a message to Sean that morning and stuck it in his locker.. again with a recycled paper. On the back of this paper, some chick had wrote 100 times 'I love Chester Bricks' . I flipped it over and wrote Sean my note.
Meet me at 12:07 in the Math Hallway. Do not share this information with anyone.
Anyone being Ellie Nash. She seemed like the sort of girl who'd snoop around her boyfriend's locker.
When I went to my own locker and spent the next hour and a half working on a sheet of old Kinetics equations and graphing exponential functions to get me ready for class. It was a good way of stretching before another day of scholarly work-outs. Yes, I know, I'm such a geek.
We preformed a Titration in the Chemistry lab second period and since my group was done first, Mr Armstrong let us leave early. I headed for the library so that I could do my lab write-up and hand it in by the end of the day. That way, when I got home I could finish off 'Applied Vector Analysis' without being distracted by Chem. homework.
I was slowly going down the stairs to the second floor...a little scared I'd fall since holding my books to my chest so couldn't hold the railing and it was a LOT of stairs... that's when something strong clamped around my wrist and I shrieked hysterically, clutching onto the banister for precious life and dropped a book.
"Shit!" It was Sean. He released my wrist at the speed of light. "What the hell's wrong with you?"
People grabbing and scaring me in spooky old stairwells was what was wrong with me. "You snuck up! Let alone while I'm on a 20 flight of stairs!"
I bent down and grabbed my books. Today my clothing was better then when I first met him, less 'I'm prude' I'm sure. I wore a simple white tank top, my hair naturally a little wavy and tight blue fitted jeans with these cute black high-heels I got at Payless! It was such a good deal. I had to fight with Manny over them and I won!
"Uh huh." Sean sat down next to me, I mean I wasn't going to sit, I was just grabbing the book I fell but he grabbed my arm and sat me down next to him. I squeaked a little but did as he said...or made me do? I narrowed my eyes as he looked down at his hands in his lap
"So what's the deal with the note in my locker today?" He blinked at me when he turned his head and I was confused, "One side it said to meet you at 12, the other side had 'I love Chester' all over it. You want me to set him with you or something? I don't even know the guy but if I were you, I'd ditch the crush cause he's a loser."
"I don't know who Chester is either.." I answered bluntly and got back to business, "I found that paper in the recycling bucket. But I'll date any losers if I want to!" My feminism attitude peeked out, no one told me what to do or who to date! But then, I felt stupid. Why did I have to say I'd potentially date a loser in front of Sean?
Sean didn't even blink as he scowled a bit and just rolled his eyes away from me.
"So this Peter thing is still on..right?" I wasn't so sure anymore but had to ask. Sean slowly looked back and nodded. He looked so sincere and for some reason it made my stomach flutter. "Thankyou."
"I need something back from you though." he went on, "I meant what I said to Ellie, that you were going to tutor me. I want to pass my last year here in Degrassi. But that's not all.. I need to use you in other ways to make up for this 'Peter beat down'."
I frowned deeply. Oh. . so saying 'I want you' really meant 'I want to use you?' The butterflies in my stomach died. Morbid I know, but they did. Plus, Sean had a girl friend and the reminder for the FOURTH time made me a bit glum.
He drifted on, "..I'm breaking up with Ellie."
I couldn't understand why he was telling me this and then I gasped, "You're not using me to go do your breaking up for you." my eyes widened, "She'd probably PUNCH me. She wanted to, you know? The other day? You could see it in her crazy eyes."
He watched me ramble for a few minutes and then shook his head, smiling slightly. "You're outta this world, Emma." He leaned close to me, his legs pressing against mine as two girls came trooping down the stairs past us. He smelt of fresh soap and a little like a waterfall..
The girls made us part, and I hoped I wasn't blushing too hard. What the hell was this guy doing to me!? I never acted this way. Ever!.
"Why don't you just want my money?" I asked abruptly.
"Because I don't need it." Sean stretched and leaned back, his arm resting on the step behind us. "What I need is to raise my average. You're obviously a genius and I wanna graduate from this hell hole."
I paused to think about this, "So I just tutor you and you don't get 100 bucks?"
He shrugged. "I might get you to do other stuff, depending on what comes up." he tossed me a questionable look, "You think I can make Ellie dump me instead so I don't have to deal with all the other girly break up chaos stuff?..think you can help me with that?"
"If by 'help' you mean that she'll never know I'm helping, then yes I'll gladly help." I couldn't help but giggle at my own joke.
"Hear me out."
"Okay I'll give it a try." I nodded.
Smirking, he laid out his plan. "I told Ellie that you're tutoring me and she's fine with it. I'll study with you all week and then this weekend we can meet up at Peter's party. It'd be the perfect place to get trashed and then get caught 'accidentally' making out." Sean eyed my stunned face and his smirk widened. He simply went on with his idea again and looked up as it played out in his head, "Ellie will snap, dump me and then I can go and beat the shit out of Peter for you. How about it?"
The bell rang then, signifying the end of second period. "How about not." I couldn't breath, my heart was pounding. My god, I could feel it beating against my chest. Why did Sean have to play with me like this? I was only a junior! Was this a senior prank? .. .No, Sean wasn't with that sort of stuff.
"I gotta go." I got up and went down the last few steps as quick as I can before his strong arm was on my elbow and turned me towards him again. I felt electricity shock through his touch.
"Think about it." his blue eyes gazed into mine, "What's the big deal? Just one stupid kiss between two people who'd never really ever be together anyways right? We're from two separate worlds. It's just business." he squinted his eyes closely as he watched for my reaction. I stammered a bit before he continued, ""Meet me at my locker at lunch,"
And then he strutted off.
"I saw that." Manny said, and was standing on top of the stairs now, watching me with amused yet worried eyes. "Ellie's gonna flip out." she looked the way Sean left and smirked, "He wants you, Em."
"N-no he doesn't." I stuttered, cheeks warm, breath unsteady. How could Manny say that? Didn't she hear Sean? If they kissed, it wouldn't mean anything, it was just buisness..that's what he said!
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When I was suppose to meet Sean, I slowed down noticing him leaning on his locker but an overly clingly Ellie hanging off of him and I wanted no part in that.
"You know you make me so happy?" Ellie cooed, cupping Sean's face
Sean mumbled something incoherently. He caught sight of me over Ellie's shiny red hair and abruptly let her go. My stomach turned at the site of the two. I should of just left..
"Hey Em," Sean said, stepping closer to me and around/away from her. I couldn't even look him or Ellie in the eye, "Ready to get studying?" he raised his eyebrows so I went along with it..but like, DUH. Did he think I'd say this wasn't what Ellie thought it was in front of her?
"Mhm." I smiled tightly, and crossed my arms as I waited when Sean nodded and went to his locker to grab his books and Ellie stared me down but smiled that fake 'I'll kill you if you touch my boyfriend' smile. I guess I understood.
"What's she helping you on today?" Ellie asked Sean skeptically.
Sean slammed his locker so hard I almost jumped til he stood at my side and I felt better. Safer. "Science."
"I' m in your science." Ellie scowled, "We don't have any paper due."
"It's.." Sean looked for a reason, scowling her back a little. Wow. Cute couple. "It's for in general. I don't understand anything in that class.."
"So you're going to cover it all?" Ellie asked, glancing at Emma and squinted her eyes, "All in ONE week?"
"Might take four." joked Emma, but not really, Sean was a horrible student.
Sean even laughed.
Ellie didn't though. "I'll see you later, Sean." she informed, and he almost cringed when she leaned over and pulled the front of his wife beater closer to her to bring his head closer to hers and kissed him quite passionately in front of Emma, and everyone passing.
Emma bit the end of her tongue as Sean pulled away with a slight cough and blinke when Ellie just up and left after that like lightening.
"Yeah she's pissed." Sean dearly noted for me as we watched Ellie go. That must of been Ellie marking Sean in front of me, for warning. Kind of like when dogs did that to other dogs to show who their mate was. How 'territorial' of her.
"You think?" I snapped back. I couldn't believe I was doing this for him. I couldn't believe he was doing this to me!
Sean went serious as he turned completely towards me, a softer look on his face. "Relax, Emma. Ellie won't hurt you." Sean promised, "No one can hurt you if I'm around."
I wanted to swatter the flying butterflies in my stomach. Couldn't they just stop?!
"Lets go study at my place." Sean told me.
Me. Sean. Alone. At his place. No parents... No good idea! Wait, oh geez, that was really bad grammer. What was he doing to me?! I could even hear my heart pounding.
"Lets eat first." I happily grabbed my sandwhich that Snake packed up before I went to school today and bent to sit down in the empty hall way.
Sean didn't need to remind me, "You're in the middle of the hallway."
Sighing loudly, I did a backwards scuttle until I hit the wall against the locker. This was usually where I ate with the gang anyways (Manny, Jt, Liberty, Toby.). .
"You're growing on me," Sean remarked as he sat down next to me. "You're wierd, but I like it. You're like no one I've ever met before."
I glanced at him suspiciously. "Is that suppose to be a compliment?"
Sean laughed as he stole and opened up my bottle of Dr. Pepper. "..ya." he sipped it but avoided my eyes. "It is."
I didn't even unwrap my sandwhich, I wasn't so hungry anymore...I was too busy being head over heels. Sean just had every perfect thing to say didn't he?
. "So about Peter's party this week-"
"I've got 5 $20 bills with your name on it," I interrupted and he frowned at me. I hinted I didn't want to do this 'make out' thing in front of Ellie to make her dump him to save him from doing the break up and having to deal with the all the fuss.
Sean shrugged, "Too bad. My charge for beating up Peter, is you helping me with Ellie. And that's that." he put on a scowl, and you didn't mess with this scowl. I mooped even, whined a little. "Please," he snorted, glaring offensively at me now, "I'm not an idiot, I know what girls say about me. You act like kissing me is like kissing a toad. Those girls would die for just one kiss with me."
"you're not modest either." I taunted, and I didn't care what other girls thought of Sean. ...yet I had to secretly admit I did wonder about him.
"Kissing me won't be the end of the world." he eyed my uncomfortable shifting, "Do you have a boyfriend or something?
"Maybe I do!" I snapped and hissed, "So stop asking." I played with my hands, avoiding his eyes. God those eyes just sucked me back in.
"You don't." he said matter of factly.
I gasped and whipped my head towards him, "What?! Did you honestly go around asking again about me to figure that out?"
He smirked dangerously, "No, you just told me, but I also called it. I can tell when you're lying, you gasp a lot."
"Fine!" Emma clenched her jaw and took a deep breath. She found another excuse, "I hate parties. I just can't go with you. Sorry."
"Are you saying that a scientific genius like yourself can't act like a normal teenage girl for a few hours?" he looked down at my clothes, "You'll have to sex it up a little more.. but-"
"I'm not going to be your pretend mistress!"
"You don't have to be for pretend." Sean said with a grin now
I talked over him, "I won't do it!"
"Then Peter Stone doesn't get his karma."
My shoulders fell, and I had on my puppy face pout. It was real sad, I promise you. I even saw Sean's eyes soften a little until he shook his head and glared, "Yes or no, Emma Nelson."
"FINE!" I put my hand out, "Deal."
"Deal." he leaned in, and captured my lips with his and I sucked in a breath. He was eager, but kissed tenderly and I whimpered but kissed slowly back. How could I not? This was the best kiss I'd ever had.. better than my ex's too. He sighed when I kissed back and it got deeper until I pulled away breathless with eyes still shut. I bit my lower lip, feeling tingles upon them until I felt his fingers rest under my chin lightly and raise it up to make me kiss him once more softly and so slowly, longingly. His eyes were still shut too, and I couldn't resist it anymore.
I willingly kissed him first this time again and crashed my lips to his. He groaned, and I moaned when his fingers dug into my hips and pulled me in closer to him.
Damn. What have I gotten myself into?