Time After Time
Chapter 11
At Emma's house
A few hours later Ellie decided that she was ready to go home, and even with what happened with Sean she left with a smile on her face. Emma went to her bedroom and sat on her bed, on her nigh stand was a picture of her and Jimmy when he had first started going to Degrassi. She picked up the picture and stared at it for what seemed like all day. She hated not having him there, and she needed him back. She felt so unsafe without him. He might not be the person that she thought he was but she didn't care. It was better to have the Jimmy that was different rather than no Jimmy at all. She looked at her watch, it was 3:00 exact, Ashley was going into her appointment right this very minute....
The Next Day At School
Emma walked into school looking for Ashley, she saw her by Jimmy's locker facing him, Emma ran over to her.
"Ashley! Ashley! Did you go to the doctors?!" Emma said
"Ya I did....I'm not pregnant!!!" Ashley said jumping into Emma's arms, Emma looked over Ashley's shoulder and saw Jimmy smiling. As Emma and Ashley pulled themselves together Sean walked over to Jimmy
"Hey man, I can't hold your stash anymore, I think I'm about ready to get searched." He said and slid something into Jimmy's hand. Emma's jaw dropped. Jimmy tried to explain to her
"Emma, I gave it to him because I wanted to quit. I don't do it anymore, I swear!" he said in defense of himself, Sean realized that this was pretty personal so he left and so did Ashley. Emma looked into Jimmy's eyes, she couldn't forgive him, she just couldn't.
"I just don't know what to believe from you Jimmy. You can do whatever you want to do" She said as she turned away and went to class. It about made Emma cry hearing herself say that to him. Jimmy looked to the ground, he had once again disappointed Emma when really he was trying to impress her, maybe he just wasn't meant to be her friend after all. Ashley met up with Paige that afternoon.
"That's so great to hear that your not pregnant, you were getting me worried Ash" Paige said smiling ear to ear
"I know, It's great" Ashley said
"But, did you ever think what would have happened if you were? Like, what if Jimmy leaves you?" Paige asked, she knew this was a touchy subject to Ashley but Paige just wanted to know
"He won't do that. If he breaks up with me I can ruin his life. I can tell his parents everything that he has been doing, and he knows that" Ashley said.
Paige looked at her and gasped
"Ashley, that's horrible, you can't blackmail him into staying with you! It's not fair to him!" Paige said,
"Is that the only reason he is still with you?"
"Well, he wanted to break up with me when I told him I might be pregnant but I told him that I would kill myself if he broke up with me and that I would tell his mom everything that we had done together." Ashley said, and for some reason was smiling about it. Paige looked at her and got up from the table
"Ashley, that is horrible, I am telling Jimmy when I go back to class and I hope he dumps your ass" Paige said as she walked away. Ashley didn't think anything of it. Jimmy loved her and they were always going to be together.
Paige went in search of Jimmy, he had to know that Ashley was thinking this, and she was going to tell him. She found him at a lunch table with Spinner and Sean
"Jimmy, I have to talk to you" Paige said pulling him away from the table. She told him everything that Ashley had told her, word for word. Jimmy looked at her with disbelief
"She said that?" he asked
"Ya, she did and I'm sorry that you have to hear it but you should know" Paige said,
"Jimmy, are you going to break up with her?" "Well, I'm definitely not staying with her after this" He said looking at Paige
"But you know you can't break up with her to her face, you've told me that over and over"
"I will, It might not be for a little while but Don't worry I will" Jimmy said and went back to the table he was sitting at.
A few days passed and Emma still wasn't talking to Jimmy and Paige was happy with Jackson still. It was the last day of school and everyone was excited to get out of Degrassi for the Summer. Except Emma,
"Manny, I just don't want to go all Summer knowing that I can't call Jimmy up and just talk like we used to, I mean what if something happens and I need him?" She said at lunch
"Then you have to forgive him, I know you are stubborn and you don't like forgiving people, but this is one of your best friends and everyone can tell that neither of you are the same when you aren't friends." Manny said to her. Emma didn't say anything back. She ate her lunch and left the cafeteria, when she got to the hallway leading to the class she was heading to she about ran into Jimmy. Emma grabbed his arm.
"What?" he said aggravated."Jimmy, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, you didn't do anything wrong, I don't want to go all summer without you" Emma said never breaking eye connection with Jimmy. Jimmy hugged Emma and didn't let go of her.
"Me either Emma, I love you, you are like a sister to me, and I'm sorry too" He said. They finally let go of each other and neither realized that quite a few people had been watching.
"By, the way, I broke up with Ashley.....I'm back" Jimmy said as he smiled at Emma. The two walked to class together and everyone that saw them smiled at them. Before the two knew it school was over and they were walking out the door to Summer vacation.
Jimmy, Emma, Manny, Ellie, and Paige had made it through one more year at Degrassi.....But what would come of their summer vacation??