Ch 8

She opened her eyes slowly looking up at Jay.

"Thank god" he hugged her tight. She looked around confused.

"I just wanted to die" She said softly, her voice was so weak.

"No" he whispered. He hugged her. She started crying. Angel peeked through the door.

"Mommy" she said in a whimper. Manny looked up.

"Baby" she said weakly. Jay looked at his daughter, she was terrified.

"Go and get mommy a blanket out of the living room okay?" Jay asked. The little girl ran out and Jay reached over and turned off the water. He picked her up careful not to fall and carried her over to her bed. He set her down and pulled her blanket up. Angel carried a blanket it.

"Lay here with mommy and watch her." Jay said going and grabbing some clothes. About an hour later Sean and Emma were there. Emma was in the room and Sean was talking with Jay.

Jay sipped a beer. He was shaking.

"Dude Amanda will never come back in this house" Jay said angrily. Sean nodded and sat next to him.

"Bro, its not your fault, I mean, Manny was just really upset about her baby and yea…" Sean said trying to make Jay feel better. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Jay opened it.

"Hi" Joey was standing there. Jay was about to reach out and hit him and Sean jumped up and grabbed him.

"Think of Angel, she needs her daddy with her, not in jail" Sean said in a calming voice. Jay shook him off.

"You have a lot of fucking nerve showing up here" Jay said furiously.

"I wanted to check on Manny, my sister works at the hospital and told me about the baby, I mean, it was my baby" Joey said like nothing was wrong.

"That wasn't your fucking kid!" Jay shot back at him.

"I was fucking her not you, get over it Jay you just still want her, but as soon as she is better she will come right back to me" He said with a smirk. Sean got pissed but knew it wouldn't help the situation if he beat the crap out of him.

"I think you over stayed your welcome" Sean said as he slammed the door in his face. Jay punched the door as hard as he could.

"FUCK" he screamed. Emma ran out.

"What is going on I just got Angel to relax and then you start screaming and punching" Emma said confused.

"Joey just showed up" Sean said trying to explain to Emma why Jay was pacing the floor.

"She will not go back with him" Jay said angrily.

"What?" a soft voice asked from the hallway. Jay looked up and Manny was standing there in sweat pants and a hoodie. He walked over and stood in front of her.

"You can't go back to Joey, I need you Manny" he said cupping her face in his hands. She stood there confused.

"I don't know why you're even saying this?" she asked. He looked at her confused.

"Joey came here and he was flipping out saying your going to come back to him and all this shit and I can't let you do that, I wont" Jay said firmly. She looked at him.

"Jay I love you, but you have Amanda" She said softly. Emma knew it was her que to go and she grabbed Sean and pulled him into Angel's room.

"Amanda means nothing to me compared to you, I love you Manny I always have since you were in grade 12, hell I had the hots for you since you were in like grade 10!" he said confessing all this to her. She blushed a little.

"Jay you have always been mine, but now you gave yourself to someone else and I just feel bad" she said trying not to cry, her voice was still weak.

"Manny" he pleaded.

"How fair is it to that baby?" Manny asked.

"What about Angel? And I will help take care of that baby" He said nodding. She smiled and touched his face.

"I love you" she said sweetly. "But I don't know" she said softly. He shook his head and walked into Angel's room.

"We are going to take Angel for the night" Emma said sweetly. Manny nodded and kissed her daughter.

After Sean and Emma left Jay started putting on his shoes. She looked at him confused.

"Where are you going?" she asked. He shrugged.

"Out, maybe to a bar?" he said casually. She sighed.

"O that's great" she said flopping on the couch.

"Yep" he replied.

"Isn't that how you met Amanda?" Manny asked.

"Yea" Jay answered. She looked mad. "What?" he asked. She was shocked.

"Well!" Manny said expecting him to stop.

"We aren't together, you don't know what the hell you want" he said throwing his arms up. "And Manny I love you but I am seriously not gonna sit here to be let down" Jay said grabbing his keys. She stood there confused. She heard to door slam. She felt her stomach drop, she didn't want him to go, she wanted to tell him she loved him too and wanted to be with him, but she couldn't stop him, she couldn't move.