The dance was finally here. Emma and Manny came down the stairs and Manny smiled to her when Spike started to gush and take pictures.

It wasn't like prom or anything, but their dresses were cute.

Manny ended up getting that short black dress and Emma wore a tight white strapless dress that hugged her curves. She wore feather white earrings and put her hair up in a clip with long curls falling everywhere, a few strands of hair framing her face.

Chester smiled standing beside Craig, yup.. out of all people Emma got most in common with Craig for the test. Well, they did both have no real fathers, both had brown eyes, lived on the same street, and liked almost the same music.

Joey smiled to Spike, taking pictures with her.

Emma and Craig shared a 'this is interesting' kind of smile together. They both didn't take the test or dance too seriously, but atleast they were going with a friend and not people they didn't know.

"Is it wierd being with them?" Emma asked Craig quietly on their way to Chesters car, Chester helped Manny hop inside.

Craig shrugged, "We're moving on, I'm talking to Ashley again.. I hear Manny was with Spinner.. but now I'm confused." He admitted, glancing at Manny who was smiling and adoring Chester as he got into the car.

Emma just nodded in agreements getting into the back of the car with him.

"Jay come on!"

Jay looked up from sitting on a bench at the ravine when Spinner ran infront of him.

"What?" Jay asked and chugged some beer from his bottle, he was watching a bonfire in front of him. It was getting dark outside. Wow. Time went by fast, he was sure he got here around 3.

"What do you mean what? It was your idea, I'm going to go fight for Manny." Spinner said with a smile.

"And I have to come because..." drifts Jay, clueless.

"Because you gotta fight for Emma."

Jay shook his head, "i'm not doing to a stupid dance, Spinster. Never, would I be caught dead at one. I'm dealing with Emma on my own. And I don't your fucking help on it." He narrowed his eyes, "Emma and me are no one's business, got it flip-head?"

Spinner rolled his eyes, "You may still be big bad Hogart but I see your cracks slippin' when it comes to Emma."

Jay shot up and Spinner yelped, jumping back

"I'm sorry!" with that, Spinner left.

Jay downed his beer.

Meanwhile, Emma danced slowly with Craig who raised an eyebrow, she didn't catch it at first but then looked over.

"what's up?" she asked him.

He smiled, "You seem.. different." He looked down, "Emma I'm glad nothing happened to you. I know we haven't been close lately but you'll always be one of my closest friends, that Rick thing was crazy. I'm so glad!"

"You too." Emma smiled back.

Emma's eyes then went to the doors of the gym, Spinner had raced in and actually tugged Manny from Chester and led her out.

Well that would be interesting to hear about later.

When they exited though, a moment after someone else came in and Emma stopped swaying with Craig to stop and stare as the one and only Jay Hogart, walked in, and his eyes looked around until they fell on her.

Craig noticed her stop and looked over his shoulder. Jay was slowly coming over, looking down at his hat that he held in his hands. He's never seen Jay Hogart look so calm or helpless.

Craig looked at Emma and whispered playfully, "You really have changed." He leaned down and kissed her cheek before leaving.

Emma snickered watching him go and turned to see Jay in front of her now, watching Craig rather closely as he left.

Emma noticed him tense up just after Craig kissed her cheek, oh god, it wasn't at all like that! She opened her mouth-

"wanna dance with me?" he softly asks.

Emma's heart skipped a beat.

She smiled softly and nodded, letting his arms wrap around her, she wrapped her arms around his neck. She couldn't look up at him yet but he looked down at her.

"since when do you go to dances?" she taunts.

He snorted, "never." What? It was true. Did he ruin the moment?

Emma giggled a bit.

A moment of silence and Emma let her head rest on Jay's chest, his heart started to pound and he wondered if she felt or heard it, because it was that bad.

"We're kind of fucked up." He admitted.

Emma closed her eyes but nodded against him then smiled, leave it to him to blurt it out.

Jay sighed, "I wanna take back everything I did to you."

Emma looked up at him, "You kind of didn't do anything wrong.." she admits, wow, for once he didn't. She had taken the whole 'i can't' think wrong but other than that, he hadn't hurt her.

Well.. taking back the 'i loved you...' part would be nice.

"Shouldn't of freaked out over the Sean thing." Jay slowly said yet couldn't help but understand why he did. Emma was the only girl who brought emotion into him, was he suppose to not rejoice the fact that he, Jay Hogart, actually had feelings?

"I heard he was with Ellie the whole time." Emma mumbled.

"Heard that, huh?" snickered Jay.

"Yeah I guess she slapped him infront of the school?"

"And spat on his face." The more Jay spoke of it the more he grinned and Emma could hear it in his voice.

She smiled shaking her head, "Things at Degrassi are slowly getting back to normal." She said and looked up at him.

"Sept for this." He admitted, gazing down into her eyes.

She looked really beautiful tonight. He did not feel worthy of her presence right now.

He coughed, looking away, "Whatever... this is." He avoided her eyes incase she showed him any hints of 'this' being nothing. He didn't want to be rejected, not by her.

He noticed people watching them.

Oh right, no one knew. Well, now everyone did.

Emma suddenly unwrapped her arms but his arms stayed around her. Emma noticed people watching too.

"Alex is probably going to hear about this.." she drifts.

Did she think- ugh, where was the good ol Degrassi rumour group? They've been pretty far back on old news.

"I haven't been with Alex since that one night with us in the summer, Emma." Jay declared, looking into her eyes sternly and shaking his head. She blinked, oblvious. OH..

So wait.. he said 'loved' so why was he here, with her? GOD it was all so confusing. Ugh, what if he didn't even want her? Emma seemed to back away from him a little. Jay saw her get lost in thought and move away from him. Did she not... fuck.. what the hell were they? He needed to know before it ate him alive.

Jay started to glare behind Emma at a bunch of people who KEPT ON staring. It wasn't that shocking WAS it?

Emma then sighed, he didn't give up on her until she slept with Sean so she wasn't to give up on him either even if she thought he didn't want her.. i mean how could he? She was damaged goods now.

"You want to leave don't you?" Emma teased, noticing him narrowing his eyes at people watching them.

"It's not about people watching, I don't give a shit that they know we 'socailize'." He joked.

"I know, you hate dances." She simply stated.

Jay bit the end of his tounge, no, this was her night, he could suck it up, "We don't have to go."

"We can go." Emma confirmed with a bright smile, trying not to laugh at him and how hard he was trying to suck it up.

"Thank fucking god." He breathed, grabbing her hand and taking her out.

Jay was having a cigarette and as he exhaled, he couldn't stop staring up at Emma. She stood on top of the Degrassi stairs, as he leaned on it, sitting on the steps.

She played with one of the feathers that dangled from her ear and he smiled softly watching her, taking another smoke. Her long tanned legs glowed from her tight white dress.

She finally looked at him as he looked away and flicked his smoke, "Smoking killllss." She sang quietly but tauntingly as she smirked over at him, playfully.

He smirked back, "I'm sure your counting on it."

They were waiting for Manny and Spinner to get back, no doubt after the Chester scene, who ditched when Manny left, they were going to need a ride back to her place.

Emma's heels tapped down each step she took until she arrived at Jay and sat beside. He was leaning back, but she sat up straight, dress and all.

From a far, to their un notice, Manny and Spinner were walking back.

Jay was too busy watching Emma adoringly and she was staring down at her finger nails. Manny made her get a French manicure, she wasn't use to the longish nails just yet.

Emma then blinked and slowly looked up and narrowed her eyes at Jay direction, he leaned back a bit so she had to turn to really look at him, She could feel his eyes on her. She didn't know how she could always tell.

She looked over her shoulder a bit to look at him and he was already moving his hand to the other side of her face and pulled her down a bit as he moved his lips up to hers.

Emma pressed her lips down to his and motioned it again and again, back and forth, kissing tenderly, softly. Innocent.

Their hearts were fluttering, skipping, they noticed no one around, even though Manny and Spinner had finally arrived, holding hands, and then smirking at another while they caught sight of the scene.

Jay was Jay, not dressed up for a dance, but as himself. Simple jeans, wearing his brown roughed up ankle boots, and a black V t-shirt with his coat on. Don't forget his hat, he was outside! Then Emma, leaning over him a little so that they could kiss, her hand on his chest and wearing nothing but a little tight white dress. Her pretty nails against Jay's a few days unshaven face. His not so manicured hands ran through her hair.

They looked like an imperfection perfection. Like a beautiful disaster.

Manny and Spinner shared an impressed look. Spinner never seem Jay so soft and tender with someone. Hell, he's seen Jay toss a girl up against a wall before she shoved her tounge down his throat. So this? Seeing his weak spot for Emma, was interesting to see. Manny couldn't help but to 'awe' the scene.

Emma and Jay pulled away slowly to look into anothers eyes, hypnotized by another.

Manny finally coughed and Emma and Jay looked over noticing them. Jay coughed awkwardly as well, sitting up as Emma shot up and glared, but her cheeks deepened red. Jay then had to crack out a smirk as he got up.

"Let's go." He said as he followed Emma down the steps.

"Take all the time you guys need." Spinner teased with a grin.

"Get in the car or your not getting a ride." Jay taunts, raising an eyebrow dangerously at Spinner.

Spinner frowned getting into the car after Manny, "Why doesn't he treat me the way he treats Emma?" he pouted playfully and Manny giggled but shut up when Emma and Jay got in.

Manny covered her mouth from any more laughter.

Jay dropped the girls off first, Spinner did him a favour by getting out first with Manny to walk her to the door as Jay grabbed Emma's hand before she went out.

"So what is this? Me and you? You and me.." he says quietly as she finally looked at him.

She slowly shrugged, he was the one who had to take back the i 'loved' you part.

Jay huffed, fusterated and looked away from her. They both sat in silence. No, no, they weren't going through this again! Jay punched his steering wheel and Emma jumped a little bit but stayed silent.

Jay then turned back towards her and snapped, "No, your going to tell me what we are because I've been frying my brains out over you the past few months. I'm not a one girl kind of guy but lately, all I'm caring and looking for, is you. I need to know Emma, now. I can't be this way forever, I don't know how, but if i have to, i'll try to get over you, just tell me-"

"You said you didn't love me anymore!" Emma finally yelled at him and he shut his mouth.

Oh shit.

He admitted he loved her the other night... and he was in love with her.. but she was right, he was so hurt he said 'loved'.

Jay suddenly got nervous, he looked down at his hands and emma slowly shut her mouth and then her eyes. God, why'd she blurt that out? Wasn't like he OWED it too her.

"Emma." He whispered and couldn't look at her, "I don't usually fall inlove with anyone, so when I do, I don't think I can really stop –but.. I'm not ready to say it yet, not after-" he couldn't even say it, the Sean thing, but Emma took the hint so he went on, "But I want to try this, me and you, no one else, and see how it goes...I want to be with you.. hopefully for a long time.."

Emma was trying to fight her tears, in a way he admitted he still loved her, yet wouldn't say it to her? Ok.. Guess she kind of deserved that. She wondered how long until he'd say it again?

"Ok." She nodded and he finally looked at her.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah." She said, smiling sadly at him and nodded. God they were a beautiful disaster! She then leaned over and kissed him deeply.

Again, it still shocked him, her taking over and just doing it. But god he loved it, he smiled against the kiss and kissed her back.

I'm not Snow White but I'm lost inside this forest.

I'm not Red Riding Hood, But i think the wolves have got me.

Don't want the stilettos I'm not, not Cinderella

I don't need a knight so baby take off all your armor
You be the Beast and I'll be the Beauty, beauty

Who needs true love as long as you love me truly.

I want it all, but I want you more

Will you wake me up boy if I bite your poison apple.
I don't believe in fairy tales

I don't believe in fairy tales

I don't believe in fairy tales but I believe in you and me
take me to wonderland

take me to take me to take me to wonderland

take me to , take me to take me to wonderland