This was probably my favorite chapter to write/edit to this point! Enjoy! I heart drama!
Jay pushed Alex off of him and then met eyes with Emma, who was standing right in front of them, in shock. He could see the hurt in her eyes. Emma shook her head and turned around to run back home. Jay tried to run after her, but Alex grabbed his arm.
"Forget her!" Alex shouted.
Jay pulled himself away from Alex's grasp for the last time. "No, I can't! Do not come near me again. I'm through with you…forever!" He ran into the woods, to find Emma.
Emma had tripped over a tree root and was lying on the ground when Jay found her.
"Em, what happened? Here," he offered out a hand for her to grab onto, "let me help you up."
Emma pushed his hand away. "Don't touch me!" she growled. "I can do it myself!" She pushed herself to her feet and started to walk away.
Jay ran in front of her to stop her. "Baby, wait!"
"Don't you dare call me, baby!" Emma's words seethed with hurt and anger. "I can't believe you! I can't believe I trusted you!"
He was blocking her every try to get away. "I can explain!"
"Save it!" She struggled once more, then huffed in frustration and gave up on trying to get away. Her best bet now was to make him feel so ashamed of himself that he would leave her alone of his own free will. "You know, I was just starting to believe that you could handle a relationship with just one girl at a time, but I guess I was wrong! Nice try, though, I really did fall for it, hook, line, and sinker. How could you do this to m-." Surprising even herself, she let out a slight groan from a sudden pain and gripped her side.
"Em, you're bleeding!" Jay's feelings of guilt were escalating.
She looked down at her shirt, on the right side, just below her ribs. "I'm fine, it's just a scratch." she said sternly.
"Please, just let me look at it." he begged.
"No! I told you, I'm fine! You're the only thing hurting me right now!"
"It's not what you think! She-."
Emma waved a hand in front of him to cut him off. "You know what, no! Don't waste your breath on me! Just go be with Alex! That's what you want, isn't it?" She felt a few tears betray her tough façade.
Jay could never have believed how one misread second in his life could, now, be so masterfully destroying everything that was ever good in it. "No…it's not." he replied, desperate for her to hear the truth.
In between sobs, Emma managed to ask, "Oh no? Then what? Did I just imagine you two kissing?"
"No, but she kissed me before I could do anything!"
"She kissed you? Right, and why should I believe you?"
"…" He did not know what to say to get her to believe him.
"That's what I thought! You're unbelievable!" Emma said, incredulously. "Why, Jay? Why did you do thi-." That was all she had left in her. As shock caught up with her, she suddenly passed out.
Jay caught her and gently guided her body to the ground.
"Emma? Jay's eyes were wide with concern. "Emma, please wake up!"
She did not respond. Jay decided to bring her in his house and call an ambulance. He picked her up 'bridal style' and carried her into his house. He laid her gently down on the couch and went to get the phone. Jay knelt down beside the couch and was just about to call 911 when Emma woke up.
"Thank God." Every inch of Jay's body instantly relaxed.
Emma was extremely confused. She remembered almost everything that happened just moments earlier and could not believe that she let herself end up in Jay's house after all of that. "Wha…What am I doing here?"
"You passed out." Jay informed her. "I was just about to call an ambulance. You need a doctor."
"Oh no you don't." Emma thought, 'If Jay thinks I am accepting help from him, he better think twice.' She tried her best to tell him off. "I don't need your help. I'm fine!"
"You're not fine, Emma." Jay knew that Emma could be stubborn, but this was a new level, he had not seen before. Despite everything, this was her health they were talking about, now. "You need to go to the hospital."
Emma sat up fast. "No, no hospitals! I hate hospitals!"
"Okay, okay," Jay was willing to do anything Emma wanted, in that moment, "just lie back down…Please?"
Emma suddenly felt light-headed. "Yeah, okay, maybe I should." She laid back down and sighed as her heart unexpectedly betrayed her mind. "Did she really kiss you?"
Jay was the epitome of relief. "Yes! And, I pushed her away as soon as she did it. I told her I was with you now, but she didn't want to hear it. I didn't want her to kiss me, but I just-."
Emma put two fingers on Jay's lips to stop him from talking. "I believe you."
