TIME AFTER TIME

Chapter 6

On the way to Dean's house, Emma and Paige

Emma and Paige left Emma's house, Emma with cell-phone in hand. As they were walking Dean's house came into view. It took all Emma had in her to keep going. Dean was waiting outside, Paige waved and flashed him a big smile. When they got there they realized that one of Dean's friends was also there, a guy that went to Degrassi but Emma had never really paid much attention to. It was a shame too because he was gorgous! Dean walked up to them,

"Hey, you two know Allen don't you?" he said pointing to the guy Emma had been admiring.

"Ya, we do" Paige answered, still smiling. The two guys started to towards the house.

"Come on Em, no need to stand outside" Paige said as she followed Dean inside. Allen picked up his skateboard and also went inside, so Emma decided to follow ...afterall.... she didn't know the next time she would see someone with as good of a butt as him!

At Jimmy's house

"If I just go back to New York it will all be better. I won't have to deal with any of this. Just, call up your dad and tell him you want him to completely re-arrange his life so that you can get youself out of the mess you've gotten into, gee Jimmy that sounds great." Jimmy said to himself. He was sitting in his bedroom talking to himself. He was the only one that could stand to be around him anymore. Spinner wouldn't talk to him because he told him to go away when he came knocking on his door asking for some of his stash. "God, if Emma and Ellie knew we were doing drugs, they would hate us. Not as if they don't already hate me...". Nothing seemed to be going right for Jimmy, the only reason he turned Spinner down was because he didn't have anymore weed, he didn't even have speed anymore. With all the pregnancy talk going on Jimmy wanted nothing more than to go get stoned with Spinner, if only he knew someone who would give him something, ANYTHING would be better for nothing right now for Jimmy.

He looked inside the box where his drugs should be....still empty. Jimmy threw the box against the wall and knocked off a picture frame, as he walked up to the now shattered glass he saw the picture.....Emma and him, Halloween night, the first time Jimmy had felt like he would fit in in this city....

Back at Dean's house, Allen, Emma, Dean, Paige in Dean's bedroom

"What.....A.....Mess...." was the only thought that went through Emma's head as she walked into Dean's bedroom. They all found a place to sit and started talking, Emma kept looking at her cell-phone praying someone would call to save her and Paige from this. The radio was on, the song 'Move BCH' was playing , and just when Emma thought things were going good Dean had to ruin it.

"Hey Paige, wanna go make out?" Dean blurted to her. Emma counldn't beleive what she had just heard! People don't just ask something like that! But Emma had nothing to worry about, because Paige wasn't stupid enough to actually do anything like that.

"Sure!" Paige said and jumped up and went out of the room with Dean "This is the moment that I get to prove to him that I'm better than his girlfriend" Paige thought to herself. Emma was in such desbelief that she did the only thing she could do....watch Paige leave the room with Dean. Emma shook her head, and out of the corner of her eye she could see Allen doing the same thing.

"He thinks his girlfriend won't find out" he said picking up a magazine off of Dean's floor.

"You mean Tasha, isn't the only...?" Emma began to say.

"Oh, no. Dean tries to get anyone he can to fall for him, you'd better watch out." He said looking at Emma. She was offended! Someone like her, get into a situation like Paige just did? No way!

"I don't think you have to worry about that. I'm a lil smarter than that..." Emma said defending herself.

"That's good" Allen said, still reading his magazine. Emma changed the radio to a cd she found laying on Dean's dresser (NOFX).

After about 20 minutes of small talk and awkard silences Paige and Dean returned to the room. Paige sat back down by Emma, not aware the Emma was glaring at her. Dean took a seat next to Allen and looked over at Paige, who was now changing the stereo back to the radio station.

"So..." said Dean getting a cigarrette, offering one to everyone in the room. Paige took one,

"...now it would be time..." Dean lit Paige's cigarrette for her

"...for the traditional..." Dean lit his own cigarrette.

"...after sex talk... so Paige, how was it?" Dean said looking at Paige. Emma looked at Paige, using all her might not to reach out and slap her. And all Paige could do was take a puff on her cigarette and say "For a first time...not bad..."