"Emma?" Snake and Spike came into her room.
Emma groaned into her pillow, "Yes?" she asked tiredly, opening one eye.
It was 8am! ON THE WEEKEND
"We've been thinking... summers in a week." Spike slowly explained.
"I could of told you that mom." Emma teased, "Like, later, near dinner time." She sat up in her bed.
Spike gave her a playful glare, "What we're trying to say is..."
Snake couldn't hold it in, he blurted out, "We got you and Manny tickets to go on a cruise! You get to go all the way to Italy, see Rome, everything!"
"What?" Emma exclaimed, jumping out of bed, "What-why! WHEN!" She laughed and just hugged her parents.
Snake and Spike smiled at another from behind the hug.
"Why would you do this?" Emma had to ask, pulling away.
"You've been such a help Emma, from me with the whole sickness.." drifts Snake.
"To babysitting Jack all the time." Spike added.
Snake nodded and said, "You've had a rough year. You deserve this. Me, your mom and Manny's parents all did this for you."
Emma smiled brightly but when her parents started to leave, she frowned. Wait.. just Manny? That meant... no Jay, all summer.
She couldn't just leave Jay?...
"What about this?" Manny came out wearing a hot pink dress. She twirled in it happily.
Emma stared at the ground and snapped only a little bit out of it to look up.
"Nice." She noted and went back to la la land.
Manny noticed.
"Em, your getting terrible at this shopping thing with me."
"Sorry." She mumbled.
Manny smiled excitingly, "Soon we gotta go shopping for Rome!" she squeled.
"Yeah." Emma sadly said, a sad smile seeking through.
Manny frowned, "You don't want to go?" she asked.
Emma sighed, "I'm dying to go, I can't believe we get to go it's just.." Emma looked down.
Manny understood.
"Jay?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, mind off that, time to get you a prom dress." Manny declared, and gasped pointing behind Emma as she visioned Emma in the dress.
Emma turned and raised an eyebrow. It WAS beautiful. She walked over to it with Manny.
The next day, when Emma walked out of her front door, Jay happily waited in her driveway, leaning on the front of his car for her.
"Morning." He grumbled as nicely as he could, sunglasses over his eyes.
"You are not a morning person." Emma giggled, leaning up as he kissed her softly yet also tiredly. She smiled and went towards her door when he just grumbled again.
They stepped out of the car when they reached school to see signs of 'Have a good summer!' and 'congrats senior year!' and 'GOOD LUCK!'.
"This should make me unhappy that I'm being reminded I'm held back half a year." Jay admitted, putting an arm around Emma, "But I'm way too happy that Michealchuck and those freaks will be gone."
Plus, being held back a year wasn't so bad when your girl friend was a year younger too. Atleast he fell for her sooner, or he probably would of been held back more than a year or probably would of dropped out by now
"so did you decide if your going to go to the dance?" Emma asked and he sighed, she added, "Even Towerz is going! It is the last time you'll see him..."
"He's going because he's graduating and his parents expect him to go. I don't have parents to force me and I am not graduating." Jay declared, walking up the stairs with her.
When they reached the top, Emma stopped and had to ask curiously, "You don't... have parents around at all?" she tilted her head up at him.
"Nope." He said, looking away.
"Where are they?" she pressed on.
He sighed looking back at her, "Can we drop it?" he motioned to walk ahead and she slowly nodded, going back to walking.
After a moment of silence Emma tried to make conversation again.
"I can't believe Towerz is graduating." She joked.
Jay snickered a bit, at least she was trying.
He then said, "He's actually weirdly smart, must of been why he had that thing with Liberty." He shook in disgust.
"Hey, how do you know that's not how he feels about me and you?" Emma asked, stopping at her locker.
Jay rolled his eyes like it was obvious, "Cause at least your hot. Beauty with brains." He said with a smirk.
"Last week of school everyone! Get your year books!" students called, walking by.
Jay frowned, one more week to tell her about his job offer and going up North after summer. But, hopefully she'd be happy they'd have all summer together. At least it was only a few weeks he had to go.
Emma sadly looked down when she heard that too. One more week til she left for Rome. She had to tell him...soon.