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"Emma, this is serious. I know I should've waited for your consent, but this is more than just a little scrap or..."

"What happened to confidentiality, eh?" Emma spat angrily. She couldn't believe Sauve had bought her mom here.

"Emma, please, just come in and talk to me, please?" Spike bobbed around the corner and spoke up to her daughter.

Emma was now torn. She saw in her mom's eye she was sympathetic, and she didn't think she'd get into too much trouble, but she was mad at Sauve for spilling the beans without even speaking with Emma first. "Mom!" Emma wailed, wanting to go to her but still wanting to remain strong and show Sauve she was angry. "I would've told you myself!"

"But when Emma? I had to hear this from Archie."

"He said he wouldn't tell!" It was all coming out now. She could trust no-one; not Manny, Snake, Sauve, no-one.

"Emma, it's for the best that I know. I've been here before, and it's not a nice place to be, especially when you bottle it up and try and cope on your own. I can help you."

"But that's not the point, mom!" Emma tried to get her mom to see. "I've had my business splashed around the school and it's humiliating. I wanna take it all back! But I can't..."

Spike's heart was breaking as she watched her daughter break down in such a fragile state. She was headed on the same route that she took some seventeen years ago, and she didn't want that fate for her little girl. Cos that's what she still was to Spike; her little girl.

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Jay walked around with his head down all day. He got up and was around and about by 7 am. He didn't even need to be at school, but he got up as soon as he awoke, not even needing the aid of his alarm. As he stood in the kitchen aimlessly eating a cold Pop-Tart he heard his 7.25 am blaring in his room. He neglected to turn it off, choosing to let it sound until it wore itself out.

He went out for a drive at lunch time, with the intention of going nowhere. He drove around not really looking where he was going.

He came to a halt at traffic lights and sat there waiting for what felt like the longest two minutes of his life. He needed to get out, but he had no escape.

"Jay, man?" He heard a familiar voice break the silence. He looked around in surprise to find Sean knelt down at his car window with the biggest of grins on his face.

"Sean?" Jay uttered in disbelief. He shut off the engine, swung out of the car and embraced Sean in that weird, manly, macho man way that guys did. "What's been up, man?"

"Not much, I'm just back to get some stuff from Degrassi." Sean explained. Sean looked way different than he had four months ago when he left Degrassi for Wasaga Beach. His hair was longer and curly now, and he was tougher and more muscular than he had been. He'd ditched the dirty hoodie and wife-beater look for a sharp polo shirt and jeans.

"Are you back for good?" Jay had to verify, given his new situation with Emma.

"No, no. Wasaga's home now. I just need term papers and shit from Hatzilakos to take back." Sean continued. "So what's new with you, man?"

Ha! Jay thought to himself. He couldn't tell him one thing without having to explain it all. "Same shit, different day." Jay settled upon that response. It was short, to the point and required no further explanation. And Sean bought it.

"Cool, man. I suppose... Hey, what's Emma doing these days?"

More like who is she doing. Jay thought to himself. "Greenpeace? Oh, I dunno." Jay lied. He knew full well. But he wasn't about to go and tell Sean. Sean said himself that he wasn't staying around for anything, he was back off to Wasaga after he'd been to school, so there was no point in putting his own ass on the line to come clean to his best friend and pray for the best.

"Hey, man, what are you doin' driving around at one in the afternoon? What about school?"

"Uh, I'm suspended." Jay said shortly. "Trashed a classroom." He added a lie to cover himself on the end.

"There's the Jay we know!" Sean exclaimed smiling broadly. He playfully punched Jay on the arm and Jay smiled weakly. "Listen, man. You couldn't give me a ride. To the front steps could you?"

Jay was reluctant but half smiled. "Sure, man."

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Jay left Sean on the steps of Degrassi and drove off hastily. He didn't want to stick around and see Sean any longer than he had to. It felt weird being around him. For the whole of the fifteen minute journey over to Degrassi, all Sean chatted about was Emma; he wouldn't shut up. With every word Sean spoke, Jay could feel himself getting more and more anxious. The more Sean spoke of Emma the more Jay thought of her and the baby he felt himself wanting to scream out at Sean, but of course he couldn't do that.

Jay didn't get far before he had to come hurtling to another halt. Stood on the side of the road looking beautiful as ever was Alex. He didn't realize quite how much he missed her sometimes. He was so lucky to have had her, even though he treated her like shit, cheating on her, shouting and swearing at her, due to the drink and drugs. He slowed right down and wound the window away to speak to her. "Nuñez!" He announced. Alex looked up. She sat on the bench – the same one that Emma told Jay she was pregnant on – with her long legs outstretched, wearing a turquoise hoodie, jeans and Ugg boots. "In need of company?" He cut the engine off and hung his head out the window.

"From the now famous Jason Hogart?" Alex asked arching her eyebrows. "Sure." She pushed her sunglasses to the top of her head and smiled at Jay calmingly. "What's up, Jay?"

"I'm so bored!" Jay complained. "I've been up since before seven! And I don't even need to be at school."

"Typical." Alex commented. She was never really one with the words while she was dating Jay, and nothing there had changed.

"Guess what?" Jay said.

"You and Greenpeace have picked a boy name and a girl name already?" Alex asked sarcastically.

"No. Alex, don't even go there. Besides, I wouldn't get a say. Emma's not involving me. But, anyways, guess who I just spoke to?"

"Lucifer?"

"Cut the sarcastic crap, Nuñez." Jay said firmly.

"Your such a gentleman, I can't imagine for the life of me why Emma doesn't want you involved with the kid." Alex shot back.

"Sean's back."

"What? Did you tell him about getting Greenpeace preggo?" Alex asked, in all seriousness.

"No, are you nuts?" Jay exclaimed laughing. "He'd probably eat me alive, he's like a tanker now. Must be all those new kids he's been deafening."

"In one ear, Jay." Alex added, mocking Sean's old technique of adding that on the end of every sentence.

Jay laughed at Alex and it hit him like a speeding train how badly he missed Alex. He wanted her back. If Emma didn't want him, he'd have Alex back.

Well, theres a new chapter. Sorry for the delay, my computer broke.

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