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Craig was, of course, outraged. He grabbed the remains of the paper and clenched it in his fist, searching around for Manny. He finally found her, Sean, and Emma sitting in a table in the cafeteria. He kept trying to catch Manny's eye, but she was turned away. Finally, Emma saw him and he motioned her to come out there.

"I'll be right back." Emma rolled her eyes and pointed to the door.

"I should probably come." Sean said as he began to get up. She gave him a look.

"It's okay." She said, already half way to the doors. Sean rolled his eyes and Manny smiled.

"What?" Emma asked, annoyed, once she got outside.

"Did.you.read.this!" he proclaimed and threw the practically shredded paper in her face.

"Yes. I read it. Actually Manny read it to us." She paused to look at the shocked expression on his face. "and usually I would object to this - but after you've done." Her voice drifted off.

"You think I made that bet to hurt Manny?" He asked, his voice rising more than it had before.

"Why else would you?"

"I didn't do it to hurt her." he said, softly. "I." he paused. "never mind." Emma rolled her eyes.

"C'mon, Craig, we've been friends since like we were 7. You can tell this, of all things!" She said while impatiently looking back at her table, wishing she were sitting back there, despite the kind words she said.

"I was used to having money with my Dad.you know, I always had it. And now I don't.Joey's a car salesman. Jimmy and Spin always have so much - so when he and Spin offered to pay me when - not if - when I kissed Manny, I did it. I knew I'd do it anyway, but, there was no way I was going to force it on her just to get money." Emma nodded.

"Now all you need to do is tell Manny that." Emma smiled a little and gave Craig a quick hug. "Go on!" She said, and pushed him through the door. Manny and Sean were both staring at him. Uncomfortably he spoke.

"Uh.hey." Sean gave him a cold look and took Emma's hand once she sat down. Manny just smiled smugly.

"Read my article?" She inquired sweetly. Craig took her arm and pulled her over to the corner of the cafeteria. Immediately she straightened her face when she saw the look on his.

"What's wrong?" She asked, her voice normal.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?! You just asked me what's wrong??" He said, almost shouting, but stopped abruptly when he saw both Emma and Sean glaring at him. Manny sighed and bit her lip.

"Look Craig, I know what I did was wrong - but what you did was even worse. I didn't even want to be in another relationship with you. I knew it was going to end in heartbreak." Craig interrupted her.

"You hurt me, too, Manny."

"That was after you broke my heart again - did you really date me for a bet?!" Tears were welling up in her eyes again. Craig longed to hold her and wipe the tears away but he also knew he couldn't. The most he could do was explain. He told her everything he told Emma and waiting expectantly for her to officially end it.

"Craig." She sighed, now crying. "You didn't have to do that! If you wanted money, you could always ask someone.why'd you have to do this to me?" She shook her head and began to turn away when suddenly he embraced her. And even more surprisingly, she didn't turn away.