A/N: Here comes a defining moment for Jemma. Enjoy the happiness while it lasts! Thanks for reading and please continue to review!

Emma and Jay, both, must have been more tired than they thought, from the night before, because although they made it through the entire movie, they fell asleep as the credits rolled. An hour later, Jay was the first to wake up. He looked down at Emma and realized they had been sleeping for a while. He smiled at how peaceful she looked, asleep in his arms. He tucked some of her hair behind her ear and kissed the top of her head. Emma woke up gently and lifted her head. She smiled at Jay.

"Oh my gosh, did I fall asleep?" she asked bashfully.

"Yeah, we both did." he replied, as if falling asleep with Emma in his arms was the most normal thing in the world for him.

Emma sat up on the couch, still in Jay's arms.

"Hey, are you hungry?" Jay suddenly asked.

"Maybe a little." Emma admitted.

"Let me make you the best sandwich you'll ever have."

"How can I say no to that?"

"You can't." Jay smirked, triumphantly. "Now, come with me."

They went into the kitchen and Emma sat down at the table while Jay worked on the sandwiches at the counter.

"Jay?" Emma unexpectedly began.

Jay looked up from his masterpieces and over at Emma. "Yeah."

"I, uh…" she tried to start again, but the words were not quite ready to come out.

Jay became slightly concerned and dropped what he was doing for a second. "You what? Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." she answered, embarrassed that she had worried him over a small confession she was trying to coax out of herself. "I just…I want you to know that it was the last thing I expected, but I feel really…comfortable when I'm with you. And, despite all the awful stuff that you have been at the root of lately," Jay looked down in shame as she continued, "you have never once failed to at least make me feel again, since the shooting."

Jay brought the sandwiches over to the table and sat down across from Emma, silently bracing himself for her to get up and leave him right then and there. "What happened that day was my fault. And, I'm sorry about the ravine stuff, too. Maybe it was wrong of me to ask you not to hate me."

Emma shook her head, no. "I'm done placing blame. That's not what this is about. If not you and Spinner, someone else would have done something to set Rick off. The whole school hated what he did to Terry. Maybe it was fate that we were forced into each other's lives after that to be there for Sean. And, we've just been in this strange will-they-or-won't-they relationship thing ever since he left. So, now that you say you genuinely like me and that you want to be better for me, and I can see that you're actually trying, it makes me feel like what happened in the ravine is just a distant memory of a messed up time for the both of us. Four weeks ago or four years, it shouldn't make a difference if you really have left that life behind."

A huge grin of relief stretched across Jay's face. "You don't even know how good it makes me feel to hear you say all of that. You really do bring out the best in me, Emma Nelson."

Emma was glad that he was happy too and finally took a bite of her sandwich.

"Good, huh?" Jay asked, reverting back to his prideful self.

"It's alright." she said, sounding unimpressed.

"Just alright? Jay was flabbergasted. No one ever dissed his sandwiches. "That's it? That's all I get?"

Emma laughed. "I'm just teasing! It's really good! By far the best I've ever had." She ended her confession with a smile.

"That's better." He smirked.

Just as they were finishing up their sandwiches, Spike called to ask Emma to come home to babysit so that she and Snake could have a date night.

"Okay, Mom, I'll be home in a few minutes." She hung up the phone and turned to Jay with sad eyes. "Jay, I have to go home now."

"Are you sure?" he asked disappointedly.

"Yeah, my mom and Snake need me to babysit. It's actually kind of sweet that they still do date nights."

Jay sighed. "Okay."

"So, I'll see you at school on Monday?" Emma asked with hope.

"Yeah, you better."

Emma and Jay kissed goodbye, then, Emma walked home.