Emma still looked like a wreck the next day and had to get up for apartment viewing with Manny. Her hair was still a little damp and curly from her shower as she walked out of Sean's apartment. It wouldn't matter since outside was pouring rain. Before she stepped outside though, she stopped before she exited.
Taped on Sean's door was an envelope, but with her name on it.
Emma paused and looked around, but didn't see anyone. She slowly took it off the door and gazed into it...stacks of money..
Her money!
"what.. "she drifted off. Oh MY God. It was all there! How the . .. .what?! "SEAN!" she ran back inside.
Around the corner, Jay stood against wall breathing heavily. He had wet hair and was drenched from the rain. He grabbed his car keys in his hands and dashed out.
"Kelly brought my money back" Emma said happily, throwing it infront of Sean who sat on the table.
Sean sat there confused, not knowing money was taken. Good to know though.
"All of it?" Sean asked and looked through the envelope to pause.
Emma was pacing back and forth happily, smile upon her face that she didn't remember that this money was secret.
"Yea. I-I don't know if it was him but all of it is there, the whole-" she stopped talking, and turned, her smile leaving her face.
Oh shit.
Sean looked up at her skeptically, "All thousand dollars of it?" he taunted and eyed her, "Emma," he said seriously, "What the hell are you doing with this kind of money?"
Emma frowned and shifted in her spot nervously, "Its my..savings."
"Then.." Sean drifted, looking down at the envelope of money confused, "You put it in a bank."
Emma swallowed and mustered a smile, "You're so right." she walked to him and went to grab it but he held it back. Emma suddenly felt angry, "Sean." she said seriously, " . back." this was no time for games.
He looked at her worried like, and suspicious, and she held on a good game face until he handed it over to her.
"I want some answers." he told her.
"What are the questions?" she snapped back, grabbing the envelope and crossed her arms at him.
Manny came out and looked at the scene, "What's going on.. I can hear you guys yell-" she saw the envelope and asked, "Whats that?"
Sean rolled his eyes sarcastically, "You tell me." he glanced at Manny and back to Emma "You bank robbers now or something? Are you doing something-" he raised his voice and tried to lower it, "illegal?"
Emma swallowed the lump in her throat and Manny's mouth fell
Sean ran his hands down his face, "Oh god." he glanced at their guilty faces and begged Emma, "Please say its not anything to do with other guys, or sex-"
Emma's eyes widened, seeing what he was thinking and yelled madly at him, "No! GOD NO! YOu think I'm some hooker or stripper?!"
"Money like this Emma ? I don't KNOW what the hell you're doing!" he honestly said
"Em." whispered Manny.
Emma helplessly looked at her bestfriend and then her boyfriend.
"Just tell him." Manny insisted. She felt they could trust him, he was a life long friend, not just Emma's boyfriend.
Emma saddened looking at Sean, he had a puppy face on himself, eyes looking hurt and just worried about her.
"Sean.." she drifted sadly and shut her eyes, "I can't."
Manny's eyes widened. She wasn't going to tell SEAN!?
The girls jumped when Sean madly stormed towards his room and even punched a hole in the wall. He slammed his door closed and Manny bit her lip, looking at Emma
Emma felt horrible, but she just couldn't. This was her and Jays thing.. their secret. She didn't honestly know if she could trust Sean not to flip out like he always did...example: like right now. If anything, she didn't want him to go and try to hurt Jay or come between them.
Jay looked up from doing business with a few clients when Emma walked into his apartment with a knock this time. It was a few days later and he was counting money the girls infront of him gave him for some weed.
Emma stood back when she saw them 'dealing' and she sat on a couch quietly.
One of the girls glanced back and looked at her almost cat like, like she was jealous or something when Emma hadn't spoken a word.
Emma resisted rolling her eyes.
"Thanks Jay." the other girl purred, putting her weed baggy into her purse. Emma tilted her head, seeing the new logo on Jay's baggy's, a peace sign.
She smiled.
The other one who glared at Emma was smiling at him now as he snuck a glance at Emma, "Your new stuff is the shit." she flirted with him.
He snapped out of it and looked at her.
Emma hid her smile. The 'greenpeace' stuff is what they must be talking about that both her and Jay grew and came up with together.
Jay just chuckled and nodded, and the girls turned to go.
"Are you coming to Aarons party tonight?" the other girl asked.
Jay opened the door for them and leaned on , sighing and wishing they'd go now. Bruno was out, so it was just him and Emma now...well, not now since these hoes wouldn't go.
"Probably." he stiffed a lazy smirk for them to giggle and wave, leaving. He slammed the door after them and took a deep breath, turning to Emma.
Emma eyed him and had to admit outloud, "You look like shit."
Jay still hadn't slept yet, nor showered from running around and in the rain. Plus, having something on his mind so much that he wasn't use to kept him up at night alot.
"You flatter me." he said flattly, going to the couch and sat beside her to reach over and grab a joint until Emma grabbed his hand.
His eyes locked onto hers, and then her hand in his. His body warmed up and she gave him a stern look, "Can you atleast not get stoned when I'm here?"
He softened, but nodded and leaned back, taking a deep breath, "I was only trying out the new Greenpeace stuff."
Emma understood, but still didn't like it. She curiously picked up a baggy from his baggy stash and eyed the peace sign, "I like this."
He smiled a little and nodded, "You would."
She cornered her eyes at him, "Why a peace sign?"
He swallowed hard to glare a little, "For Greenpeace." he said like she should know, and nervously coughed after.
Emma oh'd and nodded. Right.
Jay snuck another glance at her, "What has you all cheery and judgemental this morning?" he acted clueless.
Emma smiled, "Kelly returned my stuff." she frowned, "Well, not my stuff, but my money. Which is a relief."
Jay just nodded, keeping his mouth shut.
"I may not be able to get a car, but a new apartment is just as good." she informed.
He frowned a bit, rolling his eyes, "Not gonna stay and live with your boyfriend?"
She cringed a little and muttered out loud as she went into thought, "We're kinda.. on the rocks right now."
"Seems hard for you to keep a stable boyfriend." he bittered quite rudely, but Emma didn't take it as jealousy but infact cruelness.
How blinde she was.
"I don't rudely comment about your little 'get togethers' with all the sluts that come and go." Emma snapped viciously at him, her heart beginning to race.
He sat up, facing her and racing an eyebrow, "Is-"
"Hey dude-" Spinner was coming inside and Emma's eyes widen as he looked in and saw her, and his mouth dropped.
What the hell was Emma doing in Jay's apartment? Alone?!
"Man..." Spinner thought the worse, glancing between Jay and Emma and back at Emma, "You're not...no... not on Sean.." he was thinking about cheating wasn't he? That Emma was cheating on Sean with Jay.
Emma shut her eyes tight and cursed out loud.. God how horrible was this, Spinner either had to think she was cheating..or a drug dealer.
"Jay-" Spinner was about to get angry for breaking man code. He knew Jay loved his girls but THIS!?
"Shes another mule, idiot." sneered Jay, ready for him to shut up and just told him the truth.
Emma gasped and slapped his arm and he put his arms arm. Well what did she want him to say!? Or think!?
Jay raised a smart ass eyebrow up at her, "You want him to think we're doing the dirty and go back to tell your little boyfriend?"
Emma went red and muttered, "No." she looked down, playing with her hands.
Jay eyed her til he heard Spinner whistle, Spinner was in shock, "I'm... shocked." he declared even and drifted on, "And impressed.." he shook his head at Emma
Emma bit her lip and begged, "Please don't tell."
He smirked, "What will you do for me?"
Emma madly glared and snapped back at him, "How about not tell Jane that you're trying to blackmail me?"
He frowned and shrugged, "fine." he scoffed and sat down with them.
Jay's phone rang and he took a second to answer it, "It's Aaron" he told them and answered it, "What? . . .yup. . I'll bring a load next week."
he hung up, and they sat in silence until Spinners impatient mouth snapped, "What'd he want?"
Jay looked over and shrugged, "Greenpeace is selling like no tomorrow." he glanced at Emma who he watched sit up straight and smile with her hands on her smile.
He grinned, shaking his head.
Business was good. Even Aaron was coming back more and more like Emma and becoming his second favorite worker... but lets be honest, if Aaron sold more than Emma soon, Emma would still be his favorite.
Ugh. Fuck.
"Whats the matter dude?" Spinner asked Jay, seeing realization cross his face.
Jay bit the end of his tounge, staring at his coffee table and muttered to Emma, "You should go."
Emma, a bit offended, choked on her words but nodded and slowly got up. "Okay.." she walked to the door and got a bit angry.
"See yeah Em!" called Spinner after her.
She just slammed the door behind her.
Jay clenched his jaw and glanced at his door before down at his hands. Spinner looked over at him and after a moment of silence, he shook his head.
"You're not gonna run after her?" he asked.
Jay looked at him, a bit shocked and Spinner rolled his eyes.
"I see the way you look at her." Spinner said, nodding where Emma left, "And you're stupid if you can't see she wants you back."
Jay madly took the joint now that Emma was gone and snapped back at him, "That so? Then whys she with every fucking other guy but me?"
Spinner took the joint after Jay got a puff and inhaled himself, then exhaled slowly as he replied back, "Why you fucking so many other girls than her?"
Jay paused.
Good question.
Maybe because he knew Emma was too good for him and those girls were easy and never lasted with him more than a night.
"You got it bad." taunted Spinner and began to choke on his toke.
Jay sneered at him and got up, "I gotta started loading shit for Aaron. He's buying two hundread dollars worth."
"Wow." Spinner said a bit amazed but also confused, "Why wouldn't he just get a little now and come back later?"
Jay shrugged, going to his kitchen, "He must be sellin quick."