(A/N: welcome back! I hope my story isn't getting boring b/c i haven't gotten as much reviews as before...oh well don't worry b/c i have updated as of today! On w/ the story!)

Emma's heart was pounding. Her mom was gonna kill her if she ever found out about a gun getting shot off at the party. But the same words were running through Emma's mind – 'What was Sean doing back here?' However, Emma's thoughts were interrupted by Manny bumping into her. Emma turned and saw Manny with her face pretty panicked. She didn't look well. "Manny?"

"E – Emma, you hafta help me now."

"Forget it Manny, I'm just going home." With that, Emma walked past Manny toward the front yard. Manny stood there in the darkness, incredibly confused. She had to find someone to talk to. She needed someone to help her get this confusion out of the way. So Manny ran around the house, coming to the sidewalk on the other side of the street. She saw some people running up the road. Without thinking, Manny caught up to one of them. "Sean!"

Sean turned his head a little as he ran but eventually took his focus off of Manny and kept running. Manny continued to follow him. "Sean, please stop!" But since she was so out of it, she tripped and fell onto the grass. Feeling guilty, Sean ran back to help her up. "What is it, Manny?"

"Wh – where are you going?"

"I'm getting out of here...at least, I need to make sure Jay doesn't find me around here."

"Where did everybody go? Why is the party over?"

Sean said nothing and sighed.

"Sean, tell me, I've had the worst night of my life!" Manny yelled as she coughed.

Sean lowered his voice. "Manny. You do not know 'the worst night of your life' until you've almost been killed."

Manny was speechless. Eventually, she came up with the words she had been wanting to say. "But why – I mean, I thought you left."

"I did and I never came back, the morons found out where I was. I couldn't go home so I stayed in the neighborhood."

"Why?"

"Because I'm an idiot, okay?! I'm a screw-up and I don't need any more crap from you or anyone else. I KNEW I should have never told Emma anything...she's probably the one who let them know where I was."

"Emma?"

With a very angry look on his face, Sean stomped on the ground and stormed away, leaving Manny in the cold, empty night.

While on her way home, Emma saw JT on his skateboard, obviously also on his way home. "JT!" she yelled. JT turned his head and stopped, but didn't say anything. Emma started to run across the street toward him. "JT, will you please –"

JT quickly skated over to her in the middle of the street, stopping Emma in mid-sentance. He picked up his skateboard and said, "What?"

"Look, JT...those drugs were not mine. I swear, I wouldn't ever do something that stupid."

"You were stupid enough to meet an internet stalker, weren't you?"

That made Emma's heart drop. "Please don't bring that up..."

Feeling guilty, JT looked down at the ground. Eventually, he looked back up and said, "Fine. I believe you, okay?"

Emma could tell he was just being sarcastic. "JT, my point is that even if I did have drugs I wouldn't give them to Manny for some kind of sick revenge!"

"Just drop it, Emma, okay?"

"Oh, now you want me to drop it? How humiliating do you think it was to be accused of drug abuse and then left in a corner by one of my last friends?"

"Oh, big deal. I was the one who kept getting dissed by every girl I talked to."

"Yeah, well maybe you see a pattern then." Emma said coldly. Immediately after, however, she regretted ever saying that. JT was obviously hurt. "Fine, Em, I do see a pattern. If girls hate me so much then why don't you stop hanging out with me."

Both of the teens couldn't believe what had just happened. Each one wanted to take back everything they said, but there was no way they really could. They just gave each other blank faces. Finally, Emma shot back, "Yeah...well, I think that's a good idea." With that, she turned and began to walk back to the sidewalk. JT was shocked. This was unbelievable. He was angry, sad, guilty, there wasn't one emotion to describe him at that moment. "Fine!" he yelled after her. "Fine, just...go – go and be a loner!" Emma heard every word, but angrily just kept walking.

Suddenly, a few loud voices were heard. One screamed, "There's something ahead!" The other shot back, "Hon, I know what I'm doing, it's just a reflection or something!" JT was so focused on Emma, that he didn't notice the bright lights shining on him. Once he finally saw them, it was too late – they were headlights from a green van. His eyes widened as he yelled, "STOP!" But a scream from the two passengers was heard at the exact moment. Hearing all of this commotion, Emma turned and quickly fixed her eyes on the scene. All she could see was poor JT, lying in the middle of the road, with the car stopped sideways past him. "JT?!" she yelled. She ran closer. "JT!" Once she was finally in front of the car, she faced the two passengers getting out of it. Emma then faced the ground. "Oh, god, JT."

(A/N: don't hate me, I promise nothing more terrible than this happens in the rest of the fanfic. Please please please w/ a cherry on top review!)