Disclaimer: I don't own 7th Heaven or anything pertaining to the WB Network.

A/N: I'm SO sorry that it took me so long to update. I've been having the worst writers block imaginable!

To answer a few questions in reviews: 1- Yes, parents can teach at the children's schools, they just can't be their child's teacher. I know this for a fact. 2- This will be the last story in this series, but I will be writing other 7th Heaven stuff, and possibly some Friends…

April 22

In The Days Ahead

Chapter 15: A Day at the Park

17-year-old Emily Camden raced around her room, hastily trying on clothes from her dresser and closet. There was a trail of rejected clothing behind her. She added a pair of jeans to the reject trail and ran to her closet again. She grabbed a pair of pink capris and matched them with a white shirt. After looking at herself in the mirror momentarily, she ripped them off and they too fell into the growing trail. Justin had called and invited Emily to meet him at the recreation center for a swim in their heated pool, one of their favorite things to do together. She was in her bright pink bikini with small flowers and working on finding some clothes to wear over it, obviously having no luck. She went to her dresser and grabbed a pink cloth skirt, slipping it on over her bikini bottom. She looked in the mirror. Not bad! She ran to her closet and looked around in it before she found her long sleeved white mesh shirt. She put it on and spun around to face the mirror. It was perfect! A knock on her door startled her. She jumped and turned to look at the entrance to her room. Her mother had a look of utter disgust on her face…a definite bad sign.

"Emily Katherine Camden!" Sarah said quietly, taking in the mess in her daughter's room slowly. She stepped inside scooting rejected clothing out of her way with her feet. Her hands met her hips and she popped one knee. "What's going on here?" she asked. Emily looked around her room. She hadn't realized what a mess she was making! Her carpet floor was barely visible beneath the layer of crumpled up clothing.

"I'm just getting ready to go meet Justin at the Rec. Center. We're going to swim." She said, explaining her very visible, due to her mesh top, bathing suit. Sarah looked around the room slowing before looking Emily up and down. She laughed, but it wasn't a happy laugh; It was more of a 'yeah right' laugh.

"First of all, you're not going anywhere until this room is cleaned up! It looks like a tornado came through here! Wait no, that would still be cleaner than this…this looks like Jack came through" Sarah said. It was no secret that 5-year-old Jack was not a tidy person. He didn't seem to even be aware that his toys had places that they belonged, despite the many, many times Sarah had showed him. "And secondly, what are you wearing?" She practically yelled. "I don't care if you're only going to go swim, there's no way your leaving this house in a mini-skirt and practically no top!"

Emily sighed deeply. "Mother!" She complained, exaggerating the second syllable. "I'll clean up later! I'm already going to be late as it is, and I look fine, thank you very much." Sarah raised her eyebrows at her daughter's attitude. There was no way Emily was going to get away with it.

"Why don't I re-phrase that: You will clean your room, and you will change or you don't go out with Justin, or anyone else, for that matter, for the next week. Got it?" She asked. Emily sighed.

"Got it." She said quietly. Sarah nodded her head and turned to leave. Seconds after she was gone, Chloe ran into the room with a smug smile on her face, obviously having been listening to her mother and sister's argument. Emily glared at her little sister. "What do you want, runt?" She asked angrily. Sometimes, well, often really, she wished that she didn't have any siblings. She wouldn't have to worry about baby-sitting them, or having them embarrass her in front of friends.

"Well, if you're going to call me names, I'll just be going. I guess you don't want any help cleaning up your room so you can meet Justin on time…" She started out of the room with a swagger. Emily sighed.

"Stop." She called after Chloe, who turned around, her annoying smile growing larger. "What are you up to?" She asked suspiciously. Chloe turned around and walked back into her sister's room, carelessly kicking her clothes aside and hopping up onto her bed.

"Well," She began dramatically, "I'd be happy to help you clean up your room, so you won't be late to meet Justin…" She waited a moment, then continued. "If", she uttered the dreaded word. Emily put her hands on her hip and faced her sister. "you take me with you and have Justin bring Ally." She smiled smugly once again.

"No way." Emily said easily. Chloe shrugged her shoulders and hopped off the bed, making her way slowly to the door.

"Guess you'll just have to be late then…I sure hope Justin doesn't think he's being stood up…then he might break up with you and, my my, that would be oh-so-horrible." She again shrugged her shoulders and began down the hall. Emily considered her sister's last comment for a second.

"Fine." She yelled, sounding defeated. Chloe turned around with a smile.

"Fine?" She asked, taking a few steps back towards Emily's room. Emily gave her little sister a horrible glare before responding.

"Fine." Chloe's face brightened and she skipped back to her sister's room. She began putting the skirts and shorts away in the dresser and the shirts and pants away in the closet extremely quickly. Emily walked over to her phone and dialed Justin. She spoke to him for a few minutes and agreed to bring Ally. As soon as she hung up the phone, she turned around, seeing her room nearly spotless. Chloe was standing with her hands on her hips.

"I said I'd help, not clean it all, so you have to do the last little bit." She said, motioning to the small mess on the left side of her bed. "I'm going to get my bathing suit on." With that, she skipped out of the room. Emily shook her head and cleaned up the remaining clothing. She took off and hung up her mesh top sadly and put on a long sleeved grey top instead, leaving on her pink skirt. She turned to find her sister standing in the doorway. Emily motioned for her to follow, grabbed her purse and started down the stairs.

After having her mother OK her new outfit and saying that she was taking Chloe because she "thought it would be a nice thing to do", the girls got into Emily's car and started for the recreation center, where Justin and Ally were awaiting them.

A/N: Again, SO sorry for the long update. Please review!