A/N; Ahh... I feel like this is becoming the Kendra and JTemma saga... Maybe time for some development in the other character's lives. Yes, sounds good. Maybe some Manny/JT or Manny/Sean FRIENDSHIPS.

Manny sat with JT in Media Immersion that afternoon.

"Are you alright? You seem quiet." Manny commented, glancing at JT and his blank screen.

"I'm good." JT replied, clicking into the Internet- as though that would make Manny believe that he was okay.

"Okay, yeah. Bullshit, JT, and we both know it." Manny shook her head. JT could be so irritating sometimes. He's clearly upset over something- whether it was his break up with Emma or something else. Manny figured she wasn't the first person JT wanted to talk to about Emma after the day before but- he'd sat beside her so maybe that was a sign that he didn't totally hate her guts.

"I'm fine, Manny- honestly." JT rolled his eyes, where did Manny get off getting into his business. Whenever Manny tried to help him, or he tried to help her, they both ended up getting hurt. They'd be friends, but nothing serious. Not like before... never again like they were.

"JT-" Manny started, ready to call him on his bullshit again. Manny had not only been friends with him since kindergarten, but she'd seen more of him (both mentally and psychically.) than anybody ever had. She knew something was bothering him and she wanted nothing more than to help him through whatever was bothering him now, since it wasn't her this time. But before Manny could get her words out, Sean- looking flushed and embarrassed- sat down on Manny's other side.

"JT-dude.." Sean started but JT raised his hands to stop him.

"It's fine, Sean, really. I'm glad that you guys are back together." JT lied expertly. He'd gotten good at pretended he was happy with guys that both Emma and Manny would date after years of practice. It almost didn't hurt anymore... Almost.

Manny glanced at Sean, her feelings mixed. She'd promised to help Sean win Emma back, but that was when she thought that Sean would never have a chance and nobody would find out that she was helping. If Sean confesses that Manny was helping, JT would no doubt never speak to her again. At this point, Manny was pretty sure that JT was the only person who was truly her friend- she couldn't loose him.

"I don't think we're together," Sean said, shaking his head. His mind was all mixed up. He'd thought that he and Emma would be together again after that make out session in the hall but then she'd ran after JT without even giving Sean a second glance. The worse thing was that Sean could still feel Emma's lips on his and the way she made him feel. Something he was sure that neither JT nor Manny would be interested in hearing about of course.

"What?" JT asked, a confused look crossing his face. After that scene in the hall, it seemed pretty obvious to him that Sean and Emma were an item once again.

"I know, it's confusing. Trust me, I'm probably more confused than you are." Sean shook his head, running his left hand through his hair. Sean looked back at his screen, not wanting to talk about it anymore. The constant running through his mind was hard enough without trying to explain what had happened with her two best friends- or whatever they were at this point.

JT was glad that Sean had ended the conversation because he was pretty sure that his heart couldn't take anymore of it. He still had feelings for Emma- stronger than he'd ever felt towards another girl in his life- but at this moment he hated her. He hated her for making out with Sean, and for chasing after him just after doing it. He hated her for basically leading Sean on, and leaving him out to dry. But he wanted nothing more than to have her back in his life. This exchange was going to make home life really awkward.

Manny noticed the rising tension between everybody over the past few weeks or so. She didn't want to get directly involved with whatever they had going on- God knows that she'd made enough mistakes in her past to realize that once in a while people did make mistakes. Sometimes people even made the same mistake twice. Speaking of making mistakes twice...

Manny pulled her calendar book out of her backpack. She knew what she was going to find, the same number as that morning but it didn't stop her from looking. Maybe it would be different this time. It wasn't...

Five days ago...She should have gotten her period five days ago. Manny shook her head, feeling her eyes fill with tears. There was something else wrong. She had the date wrong... ANYTHING but what's most likely just happened to her.

"Manny, are you alright?" JT whispered. JT... the only person in the world Manny was sure cared about her enough to stick by her if this was true. Espically since it involved more than just one of his close friends that will be hurt if it is. Manny suddenly grabbed JT's wrist and yanked him out of the class, Mr Simpson not even attempted to stop them. He already knew he couldn't control Emma's friends.

"Manny- what's wrong all of a sudden?" JT asked, leaning against the door, looking at his friend in surprise. If JT had to come to turns with the previous events.. he figured Manny was probably his best friend now. Emma and him weren't on great terms... needless to say... and Toby was busy chasing after a newly sluttied-up Kendra.

"JT... I'm late." Manny said, sounding like a scared child. JT blinked at her, not understanding.

"Late for what?" JT asked, the look on Manny's face knocked some sense into him. "Oh. OH!"

Manny wiped at the few tears that ecasped from her eyes and JT was quiet for a moment. Then he realized something worse than the possiblity of Manny being pregnant-again.

"Wait.. is it- Toby's?" JT asked, in a hoarse whisper. Manny nodded and JT feel his breath leave him for a moment. Toby Isaacs... might have gotten a girl pregnant in 11th grade. That's a thought that JT didn't think would ever cross his mind.

"He's the only one I didn't use a condom with since the first time with Craig." Manny was shaking slightly. JT wrapped his arm around her to steady her.

"Don't worry- we'll get you a pregnancy test." JT couldn't believe Manny might be pregnant. It didn't seem fair, since she'd barely gotten her reputation back from her abortion.

"Pregnancy test?" Emma's high pitched voice came from behind them. JT and Manny jumped apart and whipped around to face her. Emma looked hurt and confused.

"It's not mi-" JT began to defend himself before he realized that he didn't have to. He wasn't even sure if he and Emma were still friends, let alone anything more than that.

"I don't really care right now." Emma shook her head, fighting back the tears. It wasn't any of her business who Manny was running around having kids with now. "I just need to talk to you." Emma directed her statement at JT, refusing to even look in Manny's direction. Manny silently slipped back into the classroom, leaving JT and Emma to talk.

"Now's probably not a good time, Emma." JT said, trying to sound as hateful as possible. Let Emma take a hint, he wasn't interested in talking to her at the moment- if ever again.

"It's probably never going to be a good time." Emma pointed, crossing her arms. In the past few days, Emma had figured out how to expertly hide tears. It was her new talent. JT bit his lip, and didn't say a word... letting Emma know that she had the chance to continue.

"I'm really sorry that you had to see that... I don't know what I was thinking... I don't even like him." Emma rambled, wanting JT to interrupt her- even if it was to yell at her for being a tease or a slut. She needed to hear those things from somebody who cared about her, so that she could stop saying them to herself.

"We're even okay?" JT said simply, coldly, with emotion. It was easier that way. The less feelings he made clear to Emma, the less they would both be hurt in the end.

"Are we still friend?" Emma called after JT as he went to walk back into the classroom. Emma wanted him to yell at her, she needed him too. She didn't think she'd be able to live with herself knowing that JT was bottling up the pain instead of taking it out on her like he should be.

JT froze for a moment. Emma's words echoed around his head, and he wished he the answer she was looking for but for the first time in JT's life... he didn't know what Emma needed him to say. "Emma, I don't know anymore." He finally said, slowly and unconvincingly to himself. Emma, however, seemed to read JT's words perfectly.

"We aren't friends... oh my God." Emma felt the tears threatening to burst through her surface. "You didn't call me 'Em'. Y-you... don't care enough anymore." Emma felt the first tear fall from her eyes and quickly turned away.

JT's heart shattered at Emma's words, because they couldn't be less true. In fact, he cared more than ever. Emma was hurting in way that was even worse than after the shooting. "Emma, I will always care about you. No matter what." JT stepped towards her, unsure exactly how to comfort her. He was pretty sure Emma would do what she always did when she was crying, and fall into his arms instantly. Instead, she stepped away from him- putting more distance between them than there had been before.

"Not enough... not anymore," Emma smiled sadly, tears running freely down her face now. What was the point in pretending around JT anymore?

"Emma..."

"See? You're calling me Emma." Emma pointed out, much to JT's confusion. She noticed this confusion and began to explain. "You've called me "Em' since second grade. The only time you called me Emma was if you were really mad- that's how I always knew." Emma smiled, thinking of all the times that secret had been helpful in her friendship with JT Yorke.

"I'm not mad at you," JT said honestly. He wasn't mad; he had been telling the truth when he said that he now considered them even. He just wanted things to go back to the FRIENDSHIP between him and Emma- he was willing to put his romantic feelings completely aside for that.

"I know," Emma said, her voice catching. She turned and began to walk away from JT- and in a way- their friendship.

"Emma! I-I love you!" JT called after her, the sound of his voice surprising him. So much for putting the romantic feelings behind him. Emma stopped dead in her tracks for a mintue, before glancing over her shoulder.

"No, you don't."

A/N; Oh... this came out more wordy than I'd planned it to. Oh, well... I need to start covering some Spiberty storylines now... Maybe next chapter :)