DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN DEGRASSI OR ANY OF IT'S CHARACTERS

CHAPTER 4

Sean headed down the steps of Degrassi Community school relieved to be done his first day. It had went fairly quickly. He began to walk in to the parking lot towards his car when he heard a voice from behind him.

"School's just not the same without me, is it Cameron?"

He turned around to face Jay. He hadn't told Jay he was back in town. He actually hadn't told anyone he was back in town, not even Emma. He decided he would let people find out as he ran in to them. "Jay, man! It's good to see you!" Sean was about to give Jay a hug but then remembered that Jay really wasn't the hugging kind of person so he gave him a light punch on the shoulder instead.

"So what are you doing here?" Sean asked. "Waiting for Alex? I saw her in the hall today. I thought she was supposed to graduate last year."

"She did graduate actually. She's just back trying to get better grades so she can get in to university or something like that. But no, I'm not here for her. Alex and I are over. We have been for a while. I'm here for Spinner. There's a party in the Ravine tonight. Want to come?" Jay replied.

"Nah, I think I'm going to go home and start the calculus homework. Don't want to get behind this year. I was hoping to see Emma today but Mr. Simpson said the baby wasn't feeling well so Emma stayed home to take care of it."

Jay looked at Sean quizzically and said "So you heard about Greenpeace and the baby then?" and continued to stare at him.

"Yeah, I heard. Actually I ran into Spike at the mall yesterday with Jack and the baby. It seems like some things never change. It appears that Emma is still the one keeping the Simpson-Nelson household together as personal assistant, cook, baby-sitter, nurse….I was just surprised they made her take the day off school to look after Simpson's baby. I mean, they're the parents, shouldn't they have taken the day off instead of making Emma do it?" Sean asked. He was a bit upset with the situation. If one of her parent's had taken the day off at least he would've seen her by now and hopefully she would've been with him now instead of him wasting his time talking to Jay.

"I don't know what you've heard man, but…." Jay stared at Sean with a serious look on his face. "Dude that's not Simpson's baby. It's hers."

"Hers?" Sean asked taking a step back in shock. Emma's baby? Emma had a baby? Since when? Why hadn't anyone told him. He thought back to the weird looks he had gotten from Spike, Snake and Manny. They obviously didn't want to be the ones to tell him about it.

"How long ago did she have the baby Jay? How long ago?" Sean yelled in desperation.

"I don't know man. Maybe 3 or 4 months ago." Sean did the math in his head. It had been a little over a year since Emma had came to visit him in Wasaga that weekend when they had expressed their love for each other for the first time.

"I have to go see Emma." he said to Jay. Sean turned around and headed back towards his car in a hurry.

"She won't tell anyone who the father is." Jay yelled after him. "What makes you think she's going to tell you?"

He didn't answer Jay's question. Sean already knew who the father was. He just jumped in his car and headed to Emma's house.