Two Weeks Later.

"Place is all yours, Mr Hogart."

Jay snapped out of it, turning to Tony who held the keys to his new auto shop. "Thanks." he said, and took them, staring down at it and then around at the empty garage that was now his.

"Good luck." Tony smiled, but knew Jay didn't need it. He was a great mechanic. With that, Tony left, and Jay looked around his new auto shop with a feeling stirring in him that he didn't think he'd feel on this day.

Sadness.

Spinner still wasn't talking to him, and Emma, well, she was gone for good for what he heard. His mom answered the phone when he tried calling for Spinner before he went back for college, to try to talk this out again, but Allison said he had already left. She filled Jay in with bits and pieces of how she was there when Emma and Spinner broke up, but she left the part out that she knew Jay had kissed Emma. Jay had a bad feeling she knew though. She left hints.

"Congrats." a voice said.

Shocked, Jay turned towards the opened garage door. There Spinner stood, surprisingly back in town, and looking less angry. He looked good actually, there was something reflecting off him. Confidence or maturity, or something.

"What are you doing here?" Jay asked with a tightened jaw, but he felt the jolt of slight happiness that Spinner had come here for this moment. This garage meant a lot to Jay.

Spinner dug his hands into his pockets, and moved closer slowly. He hadn't seen his brother in 2 weeks, since he punched him. He had A LOT of time to think; since nobody else was talking to him either.

"Came for another rumble." Spinner insisted with a quick chuckle and covered it with an embarrassed 'just kidding' look. Jay chuckled lowly though. "Sorry.." Spin muttered, looking down sadly.

"For punching me?" Jay asked and shrugged, snickering. "I deserved it. Hell, I deserved more."

"I wanted to." Spinner simply noted, as if in a general conversation, "I felt like if I did though, you'd retaliate and pound me into the ground. So I was happy with just that one good punch."

"It was good." replied Jay with an impressed tone and Spinner grinned crookedly.

"I had a good teacher."

"students becomes the master." Jay joked, but they still stood there in awkward silence. There was something that still needed to be said. "I'm still really sorry." Jay said as he swallowed hard.

Spinner clenched his jaw, still hurt, but nodded. "I know. I am too." the two looked at another, and nodded before stepping closer and gave another a manly hug.

When they tore away, Jays eyes glazed off as he asked Spinner, "Have you been seeing Manny then?"

"Been trying to call her but, she's not speaking to me, not answering my calls." Spinner cleared his throat with a cough, "Why don't you ask me what you really wanna ask?"

Silence.

Jay sighed helplessly but nodded. "Have you talked to Emma?" his eyes held such a remorse but such curiosity too. He needed to know. He felt horrible for asking, but he wanted to know how she was, where she was, if he could talk to her?

Spinner laughed sadly, "She won't even let me get to her voice mail. I think she blocked my number. I can at least leave pathetic messages on Manny's phone."

Jay chuckled sadly for him, and the two let out deep, slow exhales.

"Girls." huffed Spinner humorously.

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Emma stepped out of her bathroom with her black silk robe around her, and when she looked up from the ground to head to her room, she almost bumped into her roommate ( not best friend anymore.)

She huffed, and Manny swallowed, trying to walk around her. It wasn't easy living with your ex best friend, and Manny had been walking on egg shells for two and a half weeks now.

"I just needed my brush." Manny said quietly, not wanting Emma more mad at her.

"Whatever." Emma muttered, walking to her room.

It hurt to feel like Emma didn't even care for Manny anymore. The brown hair girl felt like her other half was ripped away since Emma began to hate her. Manny looked unlike herself too nowadays, always wearing jeans and a sweater or lanky t-shirt, and the wild gone from her eyes. But Emma wasn't going to fall for her act.

Manny went to walk into the bathroom, but she cracked and turned back before Emma closed the door to her room. "Em! Please! Can we just talk?"

The door closed, and a tear fell from Manny's cheek. Inside Emma's room, so did another tear drop from hers.

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"Got the parts, boss!" Ross happily told Jay, carrying a few boxes into Hogarts Repair Shop for Jay. It was a bright sunny day, and all the staff were working on cars and listening to music while talking over another happily.

Jay stood at the front desk, signing some papers and wore jeans and a white shirt with his hat on, because the boss could do that. He really cleaned up the place too. Everything was great plus him and Spinner were buddies again. But something was still missing.

"Put it over there." he pointed before looking back down at the papers on the desk.

He rubbed his forehead and closed his eyes from the loud drills around the garage. He needed some quiet, and turned from the papers to go storm into his office.

When he shut the door, the drilling was no longer heard. He shut the blinds and went to his desk, leaning back on it and rubbed his hands down his face.

He couldn't forget about her. She wouldn't get off his mind. He thought he had the will power to do that but this girl had crawled under his skin.

He had to see her. But how? And would Spinner be even okay with that? Probably not.

"Hey handsome." came a voice, and someone came into the doorway, the drills being heard again.

Jay snapped out of it and looked up to Alex, shocked. "Lex. Uh.." he drifted off and she came over, smiling cheshire cat like.

"Congrats on the place." she leaned on him now, and he went stiff as her hands latched on his arms then began to slowly bend down in front of him, "I brought you a...physical gift." she smirked and her fingers slid to his belt.

Jay's mouth opened, and he stood up when she had unbuckled his belt and actually jumped away from her. She even gave him a look like he was crazy or something as he went around the desk and tried to buckle back up.

"What?" she snapped, standing up and throwing arms out.

"Uh," he too felt crazy, but he just couldn't. Looking down at Alex, with her black raven hair, just had him sick to his stomach. He wanted blonde, he wanted a blonde.

He wanted Emma.

Alex saw his eyes daze off and rolled her eyes, "HELLO!" she snapped, giving him a 'what the hell' look.

He snapped out of it again and swallowed, "I just.. I don't.."

"What is up with you? Where's the real Jay?" she taunted, and he clenched his jaw. "Are you seeing someone?"

"No."

"Then what's the fucking problem?"

Jay stood there, not wanting to say it. She wasn't going to give up though and he cursed. "Fuck Alex, can you just forget about it and go?"

"No! I wanna know!"

"Get the hell out!"

"TELL ME!" her eyes blazed with fire, "I've been your play thing for years, the least you owe me is the truth!"

Silence.

"It's that girl isn't it? Emma? The one you told me about. Your brothers ex." Alex knew of Jay's slight infatuation with the girl at the start, when he had asked Alex to come over for that dinner. He had openly admitted that his brothers girl friend was 'a fox', and she tried to act 'cool' about it but she was jealous. It seemed Jays feelings for the girl grew into more. A lot more. He wasn't acting like his old self anymore.

Did Alex love Jay? No. But he was the closest thing she had to love. And who didn't love the attention from Jay Hogart? He was very witty and smooth, gorgeous. But a heart breaker.

"She's gone." Jay looked away, a little hurt. "She won't be back."

Alex was shocked and raised her eyebrows, "And you just let her go?"

Now Jay was shocked, not thinking Alex would say something like that.

"Jay Hogart finally falls in love and he just lets her go?" she snickers, "You idiot."

"I don't-" Jay scoffed, and looked out the window. He couldn't even deny the fact he had fallen for Emma. Couldn't even lie. He looked down and snickered, "Doesn't matter. She's gone, and she'd just laugh if she ever found out I did fall for her. I'm Jay fucking Hogart"

"Why would she laugh? You're a good guy deep down, Jay." Alex said with a small sad smile. "You should go find her."

He frowned deeply though. "That's just the thing, if I went for her, I'd be the bad guy again." he turned from her, and got back to work.

He wouldn't hurt his brother like that again. Even if being away from Emma was becoming sufferable.

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Spinner walked back into his dorm, putting his bags down from his trip from home.

Well, the past month had been a crazy adventure.

He sat down on his couch with a heavy inhale, and exhaled as thoughts overwhelmed him. School was back in session tomorrow; he had some classes with Emma and he just had a feeling they wouldn't be studying buddies no more.

Geez. How the hell is he suppose to stand in a room with her? And what if he bumps into Manny in the halls?

He groaned and laid down on his couch, too depressed to get up and just go to his room.

He had to make things right.

Reviews please! I need some ideas on how Spinner could make things right. Or how Jay and Emma could meet up again? Should I do a time gap? Or keep going present- like. REVIEW!