"Their just going to ask you questions about me." Emma told her parents, standing in her works elevator that Friday.

She wore a tight red dress which made her hair glow and it was in a side bun. She had red lipstick on and her hair hair curled out of her bun. Her eyes looked like deep caramel with the simple but smokey eyemake up she wore. The dress was as red as her lipstick and clung around her chest, maybe pushing her breasts up quite nicely as she planned.

"what about the kids?" Snake asked her as she pressed the floor level

She couldn't believe she was doing an interview for a hot magazine!...she couldn't believe she wasn't with the kids and Sean right now.

She snapped out of it, answering Snake, "Libertys watching Dakota, and Sean took Jake and Darla this morning." she looked down at her purse and dug out herself, "They should be leaving for her ballet right about now."

"What time is that?" Spike asked, sharing a look with Snake.

Emma saddened and said, "4:45.. .just ENOUGH time for me to finish and go, so lets go!" she pushed them out when the elevators doors opened, "Walk faster." she snapped.

They slowed down, and Emma almost wondered if they did it purposely. Their was a bunch of photographers around, and make up artists. Her boss Sidney was just barking orders round and round for this shoot and interview to be perfect.

"Sean is SUCH a good guy." sighed Spike

"Always has been." said Snake, nodding.

Spike gawed over to him, "Wonderful to those kids."

"Like his own." smirked and nodded Snake at her

Emma growled, "Anything you'd like to say to me, you two?!" she asked and waved over the interviewer.

"Finally!" the women said, racing over.

Meanwhile, Sean opened his cars back door for the kids to hop in. He actually dressed nicely for tonights show. Black pants and a baby blue button up shirt that matched his eyes and made them sparkle. Jake too wore pretty fancy clothes as Darla had her hair in a tight big bun that Emma helped do this morning, and they had bought her white tutu outfit that just looked adorable on her.

"where's Aunt Emma?" Darla asked, big blue eyes up at Sean. His heart melted.

"she's comin, sweetie." he assured and gestured to get in the car, "Don't worry." He watched only Jake get in and saw Darla trying to take big deep breaths.

He bent down and looked at her worriedly. He grabbed her hands and tightened them, "Dar." he caught her attention, "Hey." he locked his eyes on her, "I promise she's coming." he searched her eyes for hers to finally twinkle and she smiled nodding.

He smirked back and stood up, watching her get into the car. When he shut the door and walked to his drivers side, he cursed Emma if she made him out to be a liar. She better be there, or he might storm into that stupid work of hers himself.

"She'll come." Jake said happily to his sister, wrapping his hands into hers as they drove there.

BACK AT THE OFFICE.

"Ok. Parents interviewed first, and get some make up on Emma." pointed the assitant.

"Um-" Emma went to object. It was 4:20 already, it was already getting down to last minute. Her hand was grabbed and pulled to a seat with make up around.

"look up." said the artist.

"No Uh!" Emma couldn't even stop the person and say her boss pass, "Um Sidney!" she desperately called.

He came over and gasped sharply in horror, "Where is your Beau? I told you to bring him. You'd guys make one hell of a sexy cover." he cringed, "Minus the kids."

"Minus the guy." Emma snapped and went to open her mouth-

"Oh no you didn't." snapped Sidney.

Emma groaned, this was the worst day, and she was getting constantly reminded she let a good guy go, "Yes I did."

"FIVE MORE MINUTES!" yelled the coach at the residual of all the girls ballet.

Darla nervously tapped her feet with her arms crossed, looking around as Sean held her coat and she fluffed with her tutu rather nervously.

"I'm gonna go get popcorn." said Jake, turning and quickly fleeing off.

Sean wierdly watched him go, noticing him kinda break out into a run. He worried more for Darla at the moment though and bent down, "We still have 10 minutes before the doors close. I'm sure she's coming in right now." he told her.

She bit her nails but nodded

AT THE INTERVIEW...

"How'd you ruin it?" Sidney asked Emma. Her mouth dropped for her jaw just to be grabbed and lipstick begun to be put on her until Emma shoved the artist away from her.

"That's enough!" Emma said and got out of her seat.

AT THE RESIDUAL..

"Jake?" Sean found him not even sitting in the crowd out with the audience, but infact, outside the stage building, on the steps.

They had to go in soon, the last of the line up was going into the building for the show.

He sat down slowly next to him, noticing Jakes hands shaking in his fists and his eyes hard on the road. Sean glanced at the road, and shut his eyes.

Fuck. This was the place, the exact place where Manny and Jay died...

"You need to tell her not to speed in here." Jake said, going through Sean's pockets to find his phone, "You need to tell her it's busy, and dark out now a-and.." his eyes began to water up and his teeth were clenching

Sean painfully watched Jake breakdown and he put his arms around him, holding him close to him. Jake collapsed, crying into Sean and trembling.

"It was perfectly light out and mom a-and Dad couldn't e-even-"

"Shh, I know Jake. I know." insisted Sean. Jake didn't have to say it, Jake could even barely speak it.

Jake sniffed and whipped his tears, pulling away from Sean to try and act like a man, "Emma, just...needs to know."

Sean nodded, but kept quiet. Jake was still trying to hold some of it in. Sean took a deep breath, "you know... I cry sometimes too."

Jake looked back at him, a little shocked. Sean laughed slightly and nodded.

"You need to." he insists, "Or you're going to be some mad little boy forever." he stared down sadly, "You'll take things for granted and push good things away."

Jake softened, and eyed Sean. He spoke like he knew, and it made sense to Jake.

"I just..." Jake took a deep breath, "I just don't want to lose anyone else. We're already losing you."

Sean shook his head no straight away, "You're not losing me."

"Last call!" announced the door man.

Sean cringed. Crap. They had to go in. Jake still looked down sadly.

"Jake." Sean sternly said and got up, looking down at him promisingly, "If we go in, and Emma shows up.. I'll prove to you that you'll have me, us, forever."

Jake looked at him strangely, but saw the promise in his eyes. But... this was last call.. Emma wasn't even in the parkinglot.

He nodded sadly though anyways, what other choice did he have? Sean nodded, and led him back inside. When they stopped at the door man, Sean paused and watched Jake go as he dug into his pocket.

He grabbed a 20 dollar bill out and shined it infront of the doormans face, "Keep these doors open for just 5 more minutes?"

The doorman eyed it but rolled his eyes and nodded. He grabbed it, and kept the door open.

Sean and Jake rushed to their seats.

The door man waited... .and even waited for one more minute.

But nobody ever came.

Inside, the curtains began to raise, and Darla was on after this dance. The juniors came out, wearing duckling costumes and tutus.

Jake and Sean shared a smirk

Outside, the doorman finally shut the door.