Emma paced back and forth in Sean's room, the trailer was empty, just her alone and she was on the phone with Manny, she felt like she was losing all control of her feelings..
Emma: Manny it's horrible. I just think I need to come back home! I-I can't do this.
Manny: Em, just talk to me. What's so bad?
Emma: I.. his mom's sick, for one. It's the hardest thing, Manny. It's reminds me of when Snake was sick and I even feel guilty just lying to her. .
Manny: It's that or give the woman a complete heart attack Emma.
Emma: I know, I don't wanna do that. I feel like I even wanna stay and help her, but she's Sean's mother-
Manny: Didn't you just say you wanted to go BECAUSE of her? Now you're saying you want to stay because of her? Which one is it? Or are you not being totally honest?
Emma stopped and sat on the bed, biting her lip and chewed it. Damn Manny! She knew her too well.
Emma's voice cracked: Old feelings are just-
Manny: There! See? I knew it. Are you sure they're old feelings Emma? Or have they just always been there? It is Sean we're talking about.. and I think we already all know the answer.
Emma: I-I don't know, I do know though that I can't do this.
Manny: He paid your rent already, Em. You have to stay. Deals a deal.
Emma: I can't.. .Manny you KNOW this is going to get messy. Me and him? We just don't go, you know? Yet there's always such a pull I feel towards him...and...and he has a girlfriend.
Manny: Do you think I never felt as if me and Jay didn't 'go'? He can crawl under my skin like nobody else! But he can also make me feel .. more beautiful than anybody. And he understands me. As much as he can make me cry, he's also the only one who makes me truly happy. I don't think there's any other guy in the world who could replace him, ever. Maybe you have to admit Sean's that guy for you..
Emma: That makes sense for you, Manny. But you've also never gone through stuff with Jay like I have with Sean. It's not easy! Not at all. You guys got together, and nobody ever tried to rip you apart. I can't even count with my fingers how many things and people tried to rip us apart.
silence.
Emma: Manny?
Manny: Did it ever work, Emma? Are you two ripped apart right now? Are you not standing in his room right now? Did you even think you'd ever see Sean Cameron ever again? Face it, he's like your human magnet.. wherever you go, as long as it may take, he follows you.
Emma: He's moved on, Manny!
Emma started to cry again, feeling such confusion overwhelm her.
Manny: You don't know that. So what he has a girlfriend? You had Peter before, right? Sean easily destroyed that.. and we both know if he tried the last time, he could of easily knocked Damien right out of the water too.
Emma: Please don't even remind me of back then. ..biggest mistake of a life time.
Manny: I know it was, but you gotta own up to your mistakes. You told Sean you 'moved on' just to hurt him and get a rise out of him, and it totally haywired right?
Emma mumbles: yes.
Manny: So own up to your mistakes. And don't back out of your promises. And if you have to, blow that bitch out of the water.
Emma huffs: I'm not going to wreck a relationship that's probably more healthy then his and mine ever was.
Manny: You don't know that. Maybe it did get out of control sometimes, Em.. but yours and Sean's relationship with another was never unhealthy. It was love, it was.. beautiful. It was the type of love that was passionate, devoting, everlasting, yes suffocating sometimes and unbearable but probably the strongest and realest love I've ever seen outside my own heart.
Emma:. . . .. wow. . .
Manny: Was that too much?
Emma: . .that was.. really something.
Manny: Ugh. I've been watching a LOT of soup operas lately. I've been home sick for two days. Jay keeps catching me crying over them.. I don't know where my mood swings are at.
Emma: Wait. Home sick? Like pukey? And mood swings out of control? Let alone you and Jay always at another like rabbits.
Manny: Oh fuck. I hope I'm not pregnant! Oh fuck, oh crap, I never thought about it!
Emma: You want me to come home?
Manny: Don't you dare, I know what you're trying to pull here Nelson. I'll let you know though. Have a good night! And please just try to count to 10 whenever you think you're going to have a panic attack...nothings ever what it seems. Love yah!
Emma grumbled and shut her phone off. She then heard Sean's mother come into the trailer, "Emma! Honey! Ready for Bingo?"
Emma smiled and laughed a little, whipping her tears away and got up to go meet Linda. This should fun.
"B69!"
Emma sat outside on a picnic table with Linda and her friends. It was such a beautiful day, the bingo was in a park with fresh cut green grass and a fountain to the right. There was about 30 other people around, all in their forty's or higher, at different benches and a young man in his late twenties was calling out the numbers up front, into a microphone. Sean was right, they were quite the old group of ladies, such gossip queens.
"Look at him." whispered one of them named Beth, wearing a little sun riser hat on her short grey hair and a hawian shirt. She was the cutest thing.. She leaned over to whisper to Linda, "He's the son of Richard Adams."
Linda nodded and knew, "Jesse is his name." she glanced up at the front, "Nice young boy. Very lean." she began to fan herself with a bingo paper as she eyed the young man.
Emma rolled her eyes giggling as Linda's other friend, Judith, joined in.
"Oh honey, men today aren't like what they use to be." Teased Judith, seeing Emma smiling at them. Judith had dyed red hair over her obvious grey, by how old she was, she seemed the oldest, but still a nice sweet little lady. She wore a big pink summer hat over her head that matched her manicured nails.
Beth laughed roughly, "She would know, Judith, she is with Lindas boy." she leaned closer to Emma, "you know, girls around town use to go nuts for Sean."
Linda nodded proudly as Emma blushed and rolled her eyes again. She wasn't surprised by that.
"He's a hunk of a man now.." sighed Judith, looking lost in thought as Linda slapped her arm, "What?!"
"That's my son!" she said disgustingly but bursted into laughter with the girls.
A women with a streak of grey and a bob cut came over, "Hello girls." she sat down.
Emma smiled politely when she glanced at her and put her hand out, "I'm Emma."
"Betty, this is Emma, my daughter in law. Soon." Linda corrected with a smirk.
"Ahhh." sang Betty, eyeing Emma's hand now in hers and the ring, "It's a beauty. The rings nice too." she teased Emma.
Emma laughed kindly.
"Tell us the love story dear." said Beth, beggingly. She always loved good stories.
Emma tensed up, "Oh uh n-no, I-"
"C50!" the next number was called.
Thankfully, all of them went to work to find that number and someone suddenly called bingo near the back.
"Oh dammit!" Linda snapped her fingers.
Emma laughed, but breathed again. Thank god they forgot the question they had asked.. When they were just having some tea and biskets (so corny, I know, but the women loved it!) The man from the front came on over.
"Jesse!" Linda called happily.
"Always good to you ladies." he teased the good and glanced twice at Emma and smiled, "JEsse," he introduced, putting his hands out.
Emma smiled a bit, sort of awkward being the youngest in a group of elder women, "Emma."
Linda put a hand on her shoulder as the two locked eyes for a second, "She's engaged t my son." she said, like warning him.
Emma went completely red, and took her hand from Jesse to nervously itch the back of her neck.
"Oh. Well, congradulations." he smiled. He was tall, buff, medium brown finger length hair. A smile that was crooked but in a charming way. He was pretty handsome.
Emma just merely smiled.
"Hows your father?" Betty asked him.
Jesse ripped his eyes off Emma to glance at her once more til answered, ,"He's great. About to retire from the police station..getting too old." he teased.
The girls all went into giggles but something caught Emma's eye. Through the fountain, you could see a view of the little boutiques and shops on the main street. Walking down the road was Sean hand in hand with Victoria and going into a store. Emma's breath got caught in her throat and she quickly got up.
"I-I'll be right back." she quickly went into the parks washroom building.
Meanwhile with Sean...
"Victoria. . I don't have time to go shopping." he taunted, crossing his arms as she went down racks and pushed clothes one by one on the hangers to check out clothes.
"Not even.." she grabbed one off the rack and put it on her, "Lingerie shopping?" against her was a lacey little underwear outfit. She gave him a small pout.
Sean stared a little too blink and shake his head, "No, I gotta go home."
Victoria clenched her jaw, knowing just why.
"fine." she caved, "But let me buy this." she said while tossing a smile over her shoulder and he bit the end of his tounge.
