Two and a half MONTHS later... END OF SUMMER (Season 5 now)

"OH!"

Emma's body laid back on Peter's bed, wearing her summer bikini until Peter had ripped her bottoms off and yanked her breasts out of her top that bounced beautifully each time he pushed into her and he stared hungrily down at her supple body.

Emma's hair was a little longer. She was getting a little older. Summer had been...interesting. To say the least.

"Oh god!" Peter cried again, eyes clenched shut and body shuddering. He pushed himself inside Emma once more and yelled into her ear, "I'm gonna come! I'm gonna come, Em.."

Emma wrinkled her nose in disgust, and tried to get with it, moving her hips with his to ease down his thrusting and make it feel more better rather than like a small dog or something was humping her.

"I'm gonna- oh! Ahh!"

He trembled, and he came. Emma laid there, looking up at the ceiling until he finished. She sighed, and narrowed her eyes to the clock on his dresser as she ignored Peter's coying words. She didn't care if it was good, or that she was beautiful, or supposedly the best he'd ever had.

It was 2 oclock.. One more hour til she had to go meet Sean and Manny at the Dot.

Summer had been kind of like freedom for Emma. A time to act out, behind closed doors of course. She didn't have to worry about going back to school, or seeing anybody she didn't want to see. She didn't have to stay locked up inside either. Spike trusted her, as long as she called in to say where she was.

And quite frankly, she tried not to worry about what had happened to her three months ago either. Rick still plagued her nightmares, and of course was still taking a toll on her; but she insisted having sex with some guys didn't mean she was having some throwbacks with coping.

Not until it was over and she felt like crying in the shower all over again.

She had only slept with one other guy than Peter (minus Rick, it didn't count), and it was her neighbor named Chester one month ago; who already moved away (Guess he didn't like Degrassi). And now it was Peter. They weren't dating; in fact, they both meant nothing. Emma and Peter had just met another by the pool this summer and he's been obsessed with getting her into bed since and honestly, Emma didn't mind fucking to take her mind off everything. It wasn't her, she knew, but she could give a rats ass.

Everything else about her, seemed better.. but we know deep down she was still not alright.

"Don't you wanna stay?" Peter asked, feeling a bit shunned when she got up and dressed.

"I got to go." she said. She liked that she stayed arms length with him, even though he pushed for more. She also liked that he didn't go to Degrassi, so he barely knew her.

She planned to keep it that way.

His mouth hung as he watched her just leave, closing the door carelessly behind her.

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Emma walked down the side walk while wearing her black jean summer shorts and a white tank top with her bikini under, her hair blowing just a little bit in the hot wind on her way to the Dot.

You might of heard her mention that she was meeting Sean and Manny at the Dot. Sean kept to his word, and came to visit during the summer quite more than a few times. Emma was busy a lot, with sessions with Mrs Andrews, and doing things on her own, but they made time for another. Sean was kinda busy too anyways with starting work at an auto shop downtown.

He seemed to really love it. It was perfect for him.

And this 'friends' thing, seemed to be working between them rather greatly..

Kinda.

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Inside the Dot, Manny and Sean waited for Emma. Manny had done some growing up too, and she was now a young woman, ready to finish this last year of highschool and become an actress after they graduate

That was her goal.

"It's cold." complained Jay, sitting by their table on a stool by the Dot's counter. He rolled his eyes when they turned to look at him and he snickered, shaking his cold mug of coffee "The damn service around here. I'm bout' to complain about the god awful waiter we have."

Manny couldn't help but laugh, and Spinner came up behind Jay, glaring and taking the mug from him to refill. This summer, it had been about keeping Emma on track mostly, and Emma and Sean becoming friends again, and Manny having to accept it and learn to trust Sean again. Then, Manny and Jay have been starting to hangout quite a lot too.

Sean wasn't sure if there was something between them or somethin'. Alex was gone now, as in broken up with Jay. They just weren't 'working' said Jay.

Now lets talk about Sean. My did he do some growing up. Now 18, but still a year behind due to his grade 7 mishaps. This year when school came back, he'd be finishing this year with Emma too. Not Jay though, only because he dropped out to work in the same auto repair shop that Sean was now working at too.

Sean had been doing nothing but working, working out , and trying to catch time to hang out with Emma this summer. Did I mention working out? His hair had grown out too, in a charming wavy way. He wore his famous white wife beater to show off his summer tanned triceps. His face had grown a little more older, maturer, his eyes more a darker blue with secrets behind them.

Manny even had a hard time looking away from him. Dang.

"There's Em." Manny said, perking up from her seat across from Sean and he turned his head too, locking his eyes on Emma who just got to the door and opened it.

She came in and Jay taunted, "Finally, For god sakes woman, I'm hungry."

Did we mention this summer was also about Jay and Emma coming to terms that they might be friends now too? That and the fact they were forced too, if Jay didn't want Sean to lose it on him, plus , Jay knew he needed Emma's good word if Manny were to ever give him a shot with her.

Yeah, you heard it. Jay Hogart wanted Manny Santos. Bad.

"Sorry," Emma said with a smile and rolled her eyes, sitting by Manny across from Sean. Jay got up and came over, sitting beside Sean. The four of them picked up their menus.

Sean eyed Emma as he glanced up from the menu, eying her and wondering if she had been with that guy today.

Peter.

And it wasn't like Sean knew she was sleeping with him either.. but he was getting the vibes recently. And he didn't like it.

He wasn't blind and noticed how sexy and confident Emma was this summer. But was it an act? He knew her damn well and she had done a complete flip from the girl who was screaming and crying in his arms after a nightmare she had two months ago.

It was good, that she felt confident (if that was really what it was), but it seemed off to Sean.

Every time they went to the mall or a party together, there were always other guys who were looking at her. The old Emma would of ignored it, but this Emma, Sean had a feeling she noticed it now and didn't mind it. Manny didn't even seem to notice that it was weird behavior for Emma; Sean thought she probably just liked the new Emma, who would come to parties now, and even flirt with guys with her.

It made his blood boil though.

He had only met this Peter loser once, when he picked her up the last time these four hung out two weeks ago.

Jay liked to call him Poin Dexter. Manny too felt bad that she pushed Emma to go out with him, but she wanted her to have fun. . until she found out the day Peter came to pick up Emma, that Sean still had feelings for Emma. He was so determined to hide it, and did well by it, but Manny saw it, and she felt stupid she had been ignoring it before. Ofcourse Sean still loved Emma, it was Sean, and Emma.

Sean would always be 'that guy' in Emma's life. Like Emma was every girls competition in Sean's life.

Anyways, rumor had it, Rick was somebody's bitch now in the hen house. Emma didn't talk about it, but Sean did it his check ups.

How was Ellie you might ask? Let me rewind a bit to last month... when she and Sean broke up.

FLASHBACK...

"I missed you all night." Ellie pouted, lying beside Sean and under covers half naked.

Sean turned his head from watching tv, "Ellie, we were at the party together tonight." he had to laugh a bit and teased, "Remember? Jay's?"

Ellie rolled her eyes and shuffled a bit closer, and he felt her hand running down his hard stomach, "Yeah but he was totally all over Manny, and of course she brought Emma along and it was just..you.. and her.."

Sean furrowed his eyes at her, and she huffed, sitting up and covered herself with the blanket.

"You said you were okay with me and Emma being friends again."

"I am." she lied.

"So?.."

Ellie scoffed madly. Why couldn't he see that she WASN'T okay with this BITCH around? "So I just...feel like we haven't had 'us' time!"

She had given him her virginity last month. Honestly, it may of been a way to distract him, probably from Emma, but it didn't seem to work and it was driving Ellie nuts, like actually crazy. I mean the sex was good, but three nights ago, she had cut herself which had been a long time not doing so..and then, she thought about cutting Emma's pretty little wrist earlier tonight too-and honestly, it made her smile.

How would Emma feel if someone was trying to take a perfect guy away from her too like Sean? Ellie then pledged that night she'd rather die than be without him. He was everything to her. He was gorgeous, and smart, strong. So strong .

Ellie couldn't pretend any longer. She hated Emma. She wanted her gone.

Sean was thrown off when suddenly Ellie was moving over him, dropping her blanket and straddling him, holding his shoulders.

"El-"

Her mood swings this summer were kind of worrying him lately. Or maybe it was just because she was on his back for hanging out with Emma, and he didn't want to stop.

"Tell me you love me." she pouted, leaning down to his lips, and grinding herself against his covered cock. He wore his boxers, but still groaned. He was a guy. Any time any girl knew where to hit the right spot, any guy would groan . Ellie seemed to be using sex a lot to get what she wanted. He was cluing in on that.

"I.." Sean couldn't do it. He didn't want to tell her that.

"Tell me." she demanded. Sean suddenly opened his eyes, and shook his head, sitting up and tried to push her off him gently.

Her mouth fell and she sat beside him again, without moving the blanket back around her.

"cover up." he said quietly, seeing she seemed so hurt by that and just sat there, still naked.

"What?" Ellie asked him, and began to tear up, "What did I do?"

"Nothing." he passed her the blanket and she choked on her next words, but finally wrapped it around herself. He sat there, glaring down at the bed and then rubbed his eyes sorely.

"What do you want from me, Sean?" her voice cracked

"What?" he turned to look at her, confused.

"I gave my..everything to you!"

Sean's mouth hung open. He had never asked for her to give away her virginity. She just, really wanted to one night after he came home from Emma's. He was being faithful, you know, as much as he could when around Emma. He kept his hands off, and wasn't a cheater, but okay, maybe his thoughts weren't pure..but how could Ellie know that?

"Ellie, you can't use that against me. You wanted it. You sure as hell wanted it tonight, just like last night, and the other day in the car!" in fact, Sean was getting exhausted by Ellie, and he had dated freakin Amy before! When did a guy ever need to complain about getting laid so much? How about when his girl friend was acting crazy.

He couldn't do it anymore!

They sat in silence as she continued to stare at him with tear filled eyes and he tried to avoid them. "I think we need some space." he said quietly, afraid of her reaction.

He hated to say it, even if he wanted it, because he knew Ellie didn't handle depression well. But he couldn't do this anymore, Emma has been even a stronger girl than Ellie has been and not that it was a contest, but Emma had more to cry about but she hid it much better than Ellie did.

Ellie had some emotional problems Sean couldn't deal with. Or even help. Even if he tried.

Ellie was acting like a ticking time bomb. He didn't want to be here when it set off.

"Are you breaking up with me?" her voice cracked.

He got up, and slipped his jeans on. He turned his back from her for a moment before he faced her and nodded, giving her a look as if he knew this sucked too.

"Yea."

"B-but, don't you love me?"

Then came the words that haunted her every day, and set the bomb off. "No El, I'm sorry, but I don't.."

END OF FLASHBACK

Ellie had been out of his apartment that very same night. She's not been around much this summer, and he hadn't heard from her since and honestly, it felt like a huge weight had been lifted. He felt like their relationship had been doomed for a while, and it was good to be on his own again. He was moving on with life. Even got new furniture for his apartment, and Emma helped him paint the ol' rusty walls.

Sean had focused on working, and getting ready to go back to school. Ellie had already graduated, so he didn't have to worry about seeing her next year.

Maybe, Emma would be ready by then for him to admit his feelings he still had for her. You know, the small secret he had of still being hopelessly in love with her.

The Dot door opened, and speaking of the devil-

"Shit." Jay even said, nudging Sean's arm and nodding toward the door. Manny and Emma looked too, and even Emma did a double take.

Ellie.

What the hell were the odds?

Not only did she see them too, she even passed a small smile and just headed towards the counter with a calm and collected look, like nothing even bothered her. She stopped, and looked up at the Dot's menu on the wall before she ordered.

Emma couldn't help but tilt her head and try not to examine Ellie; but she couldn't help but see it. Hell, Emma acted like she was alright too. Ellie wasn't fooling her.

Emma turned and snuck a glance at Sean, wondering if he was at all thrown off. She couldn't lie and say she wasn't happy that he was trying to avoid any eye contact with Ellie, and even kept his head down at his menu.

"She seems to be just fine." Manny joked under her breath but even noticed Ellie's new look. Her red hair was now cut into a long bob, wearing her new college clothes Manny assumed, heels and for once, not all black clothes.

Jay too couldn't even help but notice the leather black pencil skirt and green tank top that Ellie tucked in and it showed off her curves and chest. He raised an eyebrow to Sean, before he groaned when Manny kicked his leg under the table.

"Woops, sorry. It slipped." Manny lied with a tightened smile, jealousy deep in her veins- she hated to admit it. She was falling for Hogart too.

Jay faked an understanding nod and plastered a fake grin towards her, before scoffing and rubbing his leg. Did Manny think Ellie had anything on her? Cause hell no. Jay just, couldn't help but notice.

Manny was a fox though. Nobody seemed more beautiful than her to Jay.

When Ellie turned back, a coffee in her hand, she paused and then came up slowly to the table with an unsure smile."Hey." she greeted all of them, but eyes flicking more towards Sean

They all muttered hey, Emma just weakly smiled, and looked towards Sean. Sean looked up and doubled back when Ellie's eyes were glued right on him.

"How are you?" she asked.

He cleared his throat, looking around the table before sitting up and tried to be mature. "Good. You?"

"Good." she nodded. She shrugged her shoulder while rolling her eyes smiling, "Actually, good until a week ago. I found out I might have to return to Degrassi for a few more classes I need for what I want to do in my future at university."

There was looks around the table; even Emma and Sean shared an odd look.

Coming back? To Degrassi?

"So I thought we should make peace." she jokingly held her hand up with her two fingers symbolizing the peace sign.

Sean just roughly nodded, but still couldn't wrap his head around this. Emma too had to wonder just what classes Ellie didn't have for college? Ellie always wanted to be a writer, and she took every single English course and media class, let alone extra activities.

Something seemed off.

"Anyways, good seeing you guys." she told them, and flashed one more smile before leaving.

Sean let out a breath he didn't know he was holding, and then Jay had to say it. "Your ex has some some issues there I think, pal." he had to ask though, "She got a little hot though right?"

"Barely." snickered Manny, on Emma's side, but slightly her own too and taunted Jay, "Just because she puts on better clothes and a pair of heels doesn't make her a different person."

Jay had to agree, "Oh, I never said she still wasn't a nut job Dimples." he passed over a wink, and Manny tried not to blush as she rolled her eyes.

"Yea.." drifted Sean, having to agree with that, staring oddly the way Ellie went and missed Emma's unsure glance at him.

Their drinks came, and Emma shifted in her seat, and played with the straw in her water with a complicated look across her face. She was hoping deep down, Sean wasn't regretting the break up with Ellie. He was so much better without Ellie, and that wasn't even Emma just being jealous. He had started working, and cleaning his life up, and had been honestly more happy the last month than he'd been in a long time.

They had another to thank for that.

"Well," Manny said and raised her glass to take a sip as she smirked against it, "Degrassi is going to be very interesting this year."

They all smiled and wondered too what it was going to be like.

...none of them probably knew the hell they were about to suffer through.

AUTHOR NOTE: DUN DUN DUNNNN! It's now starting. I'm going to make Ellie go a little 'swim fan' if you guys have ever seen that movie. And I know, I know, we hate Peter. Don't worry, he means nothing and won't be in the story for long! Emma loves Sean, and Sean needs to tell Emma he loves her! Leave some reviews please and thankyou!