A/N: Wow, I got great feedback on the last chapter, which really inspires and gets me going to write the next one. Thanks everyone, enjoy this one and the one's to come.

The Good and the Bad

Coming back from her secret make-out session with Jay, Emma snuck back into her room. Climbing through the window backwards, she turned around to come face to face with her mother and Snake. "Hey…" she spoke nervously.

"We said not to be gone long Emma!" Spike yelled.

Emma sighed, walking past them to remove her jacket. "Relax; I was only gone for like twenty, thirty minutes."

"Try an hour and a half." Snake replied.

"Look, I wanted to be alone and get some air, what's wrong with that?" Emma snapped.

"Emma it is late, something bad could have happened to you. We tried to call your cell phone but it was turned off." Spike said.

Emma sat on her bed, rolling her eyes, not wanting to hear a word they had to say. "Alright fine, I'm sorry…next time I'll call or something." She said.

"There's not going to be a next time." Snake replied, "You won't be going out of this house after dark for a week." He added.

Emma's mouth dropped, "That is totally out of this world!" she yelled. "All because I came in a little after I let you know I was going out?"

"Honey, maybe that is a little much…" Spike told Snake.

He looked at her, then back at Emma. Emma could tell that there was something he knew, but didn't dare bring it up in front of her mother. "Look, can I just be alone?"

Spike sighed, hugging her, "Sure sweetie…I guess I overreacted…I was just worried about you; I know how things have been lately."

Emma nodded, kissing her cheek. "Thanks mom."

Spike looked back to snake, motioning for him to follow her upstairs.

He looked at Emma, a concerned look; that look that only a caring father could give.

Emma looked back at him, nervously and starting to get a little scared. "What?" she finally asked.

"Emma…if there's anything you want to talk about just let me know." He said.

"Alright…" she replied, confused.

"If there's anything or anyone, putting pressure on you, let me know…I'll handle it." He added.

She nodded, folding her arms.

Snake realized that was the cue for him to leave, he headed back up the stairs.

"Hey umm," Emma called, "am I still grounded?"

"Forget about it." He simply replied back, closing the door behind him.

Emma lay back on her bed, smiling up at the ceiling. Her phone was vibrating once again; someone was sending her a text message. She sat up to read it, and a smile appeared on her face as it read: "2 Long 2 see you." Scrolling down, she realized the message was from Jay of course and replied back: "w8 4 me 2mrw."

Meaning that she wanted to meet up with him somewhere after school. She completely forgot that tomorrow was her day to go to Peter's house and study. Whatever she had to do, she would do it in order to be with Jay again.


The next morning, Emma was at her locker grabbing some books for her first class when Manny appeared next to her, going to her own locker. "Hey…" Emma spoke to her.

Manny ignored her, taking out her Biology book.

Emma sighed, looking back into her own locker, and then shutting it.

Manny shut hers next, walking past Emma down the hall.

Emma walked slowly, she didn't want to go to math class, and she was wondering where Jay had been, she hadn't seen him all day in his usual hangout spots. Once Emma reached her class, she saw Peter sitting in the usual seat next to her, reading over some notes he had taken.

She walked in, slowly sitting next to him, "Hi…"

"Hey." He replied, not bothering to look up from his notes.

"Umm, I'm sorry about last night. I talked back to mom, she freaked and took my phone…told me I wasn't going anywhere." She told him.

"Mmhmm." He replied.

"Are you alright?" she asked, looking at him as he was still buried into his notes.

He looked at her finally, "Yeah, sorry…I figured something happened last night, that's why I'm not all trippy about it." He smiled.

Emma smiled back at him, not sure if it was a pity smile or a still loving smile.

"I am trippy about this test though." He added.

Emma's face went blank, "Test, what test?"

"The test we've been preparing for the last week…the one that's a fair percent of our grade." He chuckled, "Why do you think I was actually reading notes…do you think I'd actually study anything in class?"

"Oh my god." Emma gasped, looking at the board that clearly stated they were having a test today. Just then the bell rang, and more kids started to crowd in followed by the teacher. "Alright class, let's get started, this test will take up most of the class time so I want you all to clear your desk, take out a pencil and you may start as soon as I hand it to you." She said.

Emma was still in shock, how did she forget about this?

"Good luck baby." Peter said, kissing her on the cheek.

"Uh, thanks…you too." She said.

He chuckled, I'll need it." The teacher handed him his test and he soon started.

"No…I think I'll need it more." Emma thought to herself. The teacher handed her a thick enough packet that was the test. She peeked through it for a moment, seeing what she had to deal with.

"Alright Emma think…" she told herself, "you can do this, you're a good student in this class, just because you didn't study and no absolutely nothing about this test, doesn't mean you can't do it."

She was ready to get started, but once she looked at the first question, she got sick. Putting her head in her hands, she tried to concentrate, but she was so stuck she didn't know what to do. Finally she came to a thought; although it was something out of her character, she didn't want to fail.

Slowly, she tilted her head towards Peter's paper; he was already on the eighth question. She quickly wrote down the answer for number one, number two, and then number three.

"Emma!" the teacher called.

Emma shot her head up, looking at her.

Peter looked at Emma then the teacher.

"Please bring your test to me and go to the principals office; I will not allow cheating in my class." She finished.

Peter looked to Emma is disbelief, his own girlfriend, cheating off of his paper.

The class watched as Emma walked to the teacher with her things, handing her test to her; and then heading out the door.

Peter sighed and went back to his work.

Emma was more embarrassed than anything, her face as red and tears started to flow from her eyes.

"Hey!" someone shouted behind her.

Emma turned around, seeing a comforting face, Jay's.

He ran up to her, "Where are you going?"

"Principals office, I got caught cheating." She told him.

"Emma Nelson is a cheater?" he asked.

"Hello…" she replied, referring to her bout with Jay and Peter.

"Oh yeah…that answers my own question." He smiled.

Emma laughed, "Well I should get to Ms. H's office."

"How about you not go, and just tell everyone you did?" he asked.

"What do you mean?"

"No one knows you were going to the principals office except your teacher, so when you see her tomorrow, just go ahead and tell her you went." He explained.

"They don't like…track you?" she asked.

"Um, like…no." he laughed.

She smiled, "Alright…what do you want to do?"

Smiling at her, he grabbed her hand, pulling her along. "Come on."

They ran out the doors of Degrassi Community School, and straight to Jay's car. He started it up and sped off down the street.

A/N:Hey all, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I enjoyed writing it. The next chapter is where things get really interesting, look forward to it! Reviews are appreciated.