Sorry for the delay. Life caught up to me.

Bay does a lot of yelling in this chapter and uses some colorful language. The rating of this story is T but I'm not sure if I should up it now purely because of language… we'll see.

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Part Four

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"What in the hell were you thinking sleeping… no excuse me, you two did ANYTHING BUT sleep!" Bay screeched loudly, not even bothering to sign at that point.

Emmett couldn't do anything but look at Bay with a pained expression, all the while trying desperately to read her lips so as not to miss anything.

"Nothing to say!? No of course not! What on earth could you possibly say that would justify you… you fucking Simone?" She finished harshly as she chucked a rather large book towards his head.

Eyes widening in surprise, Emmett was able to duck out of the way at the last moment. However the lamp behind him wasn't so lucky and although he couldn't hear it, Bay could and the lamp hit the floor with a very satisfying crash.

Turning back toward Bay, Emmett then began to sign frantically. Anything to get the girl to calm down but she was already reaching for a few of his Deafenstein collectables and he was pretty sure she was getting ready to chuck them towards his head again. Her lips were moving a mile an hour, he had no idea Bay knew such colorful language.

Knowing what was coming he was able to dodge the figurines as they sailed through the air and towards his body, most of them luckily missed their intended target, however one did manage to clip his shoulder before falling to the floor. It was then he took a deep breath and in a few short strides he made his way across the floor to stand directly in front of Bay.

Reaching out, he grabbed her shoulders and forced her to look at him directly.

"Bay," He said sharply.

This in turned caused the girl that was currently raging to freeze.

It was then Emmett took the opportunity to slowly sign another apology, using just the one hand. His other tangled up in Bay's curls as he held her in place. Inhaling deeply, Bay gently pushed Emmett away and began to slowly nod to herself as she started to pace the floor once more.

Nibbling on her lower lip, she looked up at the boy who she was sure held her heart.

"I know that you're sorry and that if you could take it back – you would but the thing is… you can't Emmett. It happened, what you did happened and as much as I want to move past it. I don't know how." She finished mournfully.

Emmett then quietly looked at her before his eyes dropped to the floor; he then took a deep breath.

"I don't think there's anything either of us can do. I… I think you just have to choose to forgive me and I have to do anything I can to prove to you… to prove that you can trust me again. I don't think… that there is going to be – to be any one thing that will fix this." His signing very slowly and stilted as he struggled to find the right words.

Letting out a huge puff of air, Bay sunk into a squat as she ran her hands through her hair tiredly. Standing up fully once more, she looked up at Emmett and declared she was going for a shower.

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"So yeah, that's basically where we're at. I chucked a bunch of things at Emmett's head then went for a shower. You called; I told you where we were. You came. Emmett answered the door. You decked him – which not cool by the way and now we're sitting here on his steps while he ices his face on the sofa in the living room." Bay finished explaining.

"Huh… one hell of a prom eh' Sis?" Toby asked sarcastically.

Bay answered with an eye roll and a self deprecating smirk.

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Again sorry for the wait, there will probably only be one more chapter to this particular story, but we'll see.