It's been another week now, and Emma was trying to move on from everyone, and everything. She was focusing more on school, for her business class. Emma got ready for class as she was on her cellphone with Manny.

Manny: I miss going to school with you, remember when we use to play on the monkey bars all the time?

Emma giggles: Manny, that was 2nd grade. Something tells me there is no jungle gym at this college.

Manny: Hey ! I can find something I'm good at and apply?

Emma: Sure you can.

Manny: Want me to meet you at school? Maybe I'll look around today.

Emma: Sure, I just gotta stop in at that phone tech place down the street.

Manny: why?

Emma laughed at Manny's bluntness: if you must know, just so they can look at it. Its acting funny, lighting up on it's own and my calls are getting kinda fuzzy.

Back at Jay's, he sat in his bed, listening to the conversation and had to chuckle.. Emma was smart..how could she not know it was her phone being tabbed?

Well... when she goes to the phone place, she'd find out.

((*))

Emma wore a hip hugging cotton grey skirt that was short on the left side, longer on the left. She wore a white tank top tucked under the skirt and looked beautiful as she walked downtown with her little white designers purse thrown over her shoulder. She carried a small coffee as she went past a few stores and boutiques before she made it to the one she needed. When she looked at the door before she entered though, she stopped in her tracks.

Jay leaned the doorframe, hat on, large wind breaker on, and sunglasses on too on this beautiful sunny day. Even if she couldn't see where he was looking, she knew he was lookin right at her as he smirked widely then greeted, "Morning."

Emma squinted her eyes madly, pushing the butterflies in her stomach away with seething anger. As he took off his sunglasses to put them on the front of his shirt, he had that 'infatuated' stare when he looked at her and let his eyes trail down her body and she wanted to die when she felt herself squirm abit.

"Stop."

He paused and looked around, shrugging innocently. "What?"

She then scoffed and wanted to just get by and get this done, "I'd like to go inside but you're blocked the door."

Jay chuckled but looked at the door she was talking about that was beside him, not behind and shrugged innocently, "Go for it."

Emma scowled but then counted to 10. She couldn't let him see how he had hurt her. She lifted her chin and acted tough as she went around him and opened the door and glared when he held it for her, going in after her.

"What are you doing?" he asked, already knowing.

She stopped at a line up of people waiting for customer service. She crossed her arms madly, having to stand there with him. Was this going to take long?

"Are you ignoring me?" he taunted playfully.

Emma snapped at him over her shoulder, "well clearly it's not working."

"Fine." Jay said "I can take a hint..", but he still stood there and put his hands into his pockets. He tried not to chuckle, but she was so cute when upset.

The line moved and Emma took a step forward and so did he, right behind her; not an INCH away!

"personal space." Emma shot at him.

He laughed now, but put his hands up, nodding. He tried to be quiet, but she couldn't even stand that.

"Ugh, ill do this tomorrow." she said and stormed passed him.

He followed her out the door and back onto the streets, "Alright, what time?" he asked, planning to be here still when she comes back.

Emma whirled around madly, trying to hold her tears in, "leave me alone, Jay!"

Jay clenched his jaw, trying not to feel how that actually hurt him. He swallowed, when he noticed she looked hurt too, and he was probably the cause of that. If only she knew how much he wished he could take things back. Maybe she'd understand if she knew him better..

"Me and you are done, and me and Peter are done, theres no use for me now remember?" she used his own words against him. She kept her glare on him until he nodded and cleared his throat, looking away and then nodded back at her.

"You're right." he said. Those were his words. She wasn't the 'assignment' . . but now she was more than anything. How did that happen? How'd he let her slide into the cracks?

"Just go away." she breathed sadly and turned, walking off and not even going to school but straight home.

((((****)))))

Manny closed the door as she stepped into Emma's house, "Hey Em." she breathed out, upset, seeing the blonde curled on the couch and tear in her eyes.

She came over, and pulled her into a hug. Emma had called her to tell her what had happened with Jay.

Emma shook her head, "I can't do it anymore." she shook violently from crying "I actually wanna go back to Peter, I don't want to think about him anymore!"

Manny tilted her head, eyebrows pushing together at how frustrated she was with Jay for doing this to Emma. She's never seen her so lost or hurt over a guy.

"Sweetie, I don't think you have much choice about who comes to mind with or without Peter.." she admitted.

Emma sniffed, but nodded with a deep frown.. that was true.

"How did he know where you were?" Manny asked.

Emma paused. Good point. I mean, if Jay followed her sure he could run into her...but at the exact same time and place she told Manny on the phon-

The phone.

Emma looked at it, sitting on the coffee table and picked it up. "He wouldn't.." she drifted out loud.

Manny smirked and put a hand on Emma's forehead, "Girl, are you okay?" as she spoke, Emma ripped the back of her phone off and Manny gave her a crazy look.

Emma gasped. There it was, the little bugger sitting in her phone wires! Emma tried to remember when Jay could of done it. She then remember he had her phone the night they had sex- Oh mygod that little sneaky son of a - "bitch!" Emma said out loud and got up.

Manny laughed a bit but oddly watched Emma storm to her room, "hope thats not directed at me!" she hollered.

(((*)))

The next day, Emma, in her car with Manny, parked down Peter's street. Manny had hopped out to run into the diner across the street.

Emma eyed Peter's house and just waited...it was Jay's 'job' to watch him, so where was he? Suddenly the orange civic rolled on the other corner of Peters house. Jay.

Emma jumped and scowled at Manny who came back into the car and shut the door behind her.

"1 coffee for you," she said and put it in Emma's cup holders.

"Sh!" Emma hissed and watched Jay just do exactly what he did best. Sit and watch for Peter to come out.

Hows he gonna like it when he notices he's also being followed and watched?

"And donuts for me." Manny happily said, and Emma gave her an annoyed look to shut up but Manny scoffed at her. "We can't have a stake out without donuts." she insisted.

"He's here." Emma pointed towards the civic.

"oh!" Manny looked out the window and saw the orange civic and then Peter had come out of his house, and got into his own car.

"D-do we follow them?" Emma asked, eyes widening and sitting up.

"Yea!" Manny said, excited and they both screamed when the back door of their car opened.

Lucas sat in the back and both their eyes widened as he leaned up "What you girls doin?" he asked playfully, seeing them parked down the street from Jay's spot. Lucas was in the diner when he had seen Manny. It was his place to 'lurk' since Peter came in there a lot too. He and Jay were working together.

"Lucas!" Manny snapped, having a heart attack and caught her breath.

Emma glared at him, "does Jay know we're here?" she asked him and he shook his head no, "Good." Emma said and her car pulled out to follow Jay's car who followed Peters.

"Are you following us?" Lucas asked, now being kidnapped in Emma's car and quite confused.

Manny rolled her eyes and turned her body towards the back as Emma continued to drive, "Following Jay, don't be so self centered."

Lucas snickered at her and grabbed his phone, shaking his head. He was dialing Jay's number.

"Manny!" Emma exclaimed, not wanting Lucas to call and tell Jay. She'd grab it if she could but she had to focus driving.

"I'm on it!" Manny threw herself into the back, and practically onto Lucas.

"Jesus!" he said, as she grabbed Lucas' phone, both of them struggling and he was trying not to hurt a girl but cried out when she bit his hand and got his phone.

"You little.." Lucas said and she put his phone down her shirt and he smirked, "You think I won't go in there?"

Manny pointed fiercly at him, "I will scream rape!"

Lucas frowned and rolled his eyes, letting the girl take his phone and letting the girls take him hostage for now. They were harmless. And spending time with Manny wasn't so bad either.

Emma noticed they were on her street and looked around confused before parking back a bit when Peter's car went into her driveway, and Jay parked across the street..still blind to Emma following.

Peter carried roses and put them in Emma's mailbox. Lucas and Manny leaned forward to peak over Emma's shoulder and watched the show.

"ooooh, that's adorable." Manny gawked the scene.

Emma's eyes saddened, but saddened more when she looked to Jay's car, wondering if he was feeling anything about that.

"Romeo wants you back." taunted Lucas in her ear. Too bad it wasn't the 'Romeo' she wanted.

Emma sighed but then followed Jays car again when it drove out, but he didn't follow Peter this time. He drove onto the highway. Emma wondered where he was going and kept following.

"Uh," Lucas warns, "You should stop following him now."

"Why?" Emma asked, glancing in the rearview mirror and seeing Lucas' uneasy look. Manny looked between them and Lucas gave Manny a 'this is serious' kind of look.

"Emma, maybe we should turn around." Manny agreed with him.

Emma didn't give up and Lucas huffed, leaning back, "Your death wish, darlin."

Emma made sure to keep her distance as she parked when Jay turned into a driveway of a mansion. It was beautiful, but was it his?

"home sweet home." Lucas said and could of gotten out but he eyed Emma, waiting for her to piece it all together.

"You all live here?" she asked him.

He nodded and finally smirked as she eyed him in the rearview mirror, "It's a mob house."

Manny and Emma's mouths hung down in shock. Jay was a part of a mob!?