"Hey mom." Emma said softly. Spike was sitting on her bed looking at the
deceased baby ultrasound pictures. "i never even got to name her." Spike
said. Emma looked down at the pictures; they were blotched with Spike's
tear stains. "What would you have named her?" Emma asked gently. "I don't
know. I was thinking about Katherine...Kate for short." "That's a pretty
name." Emma said, sitting down next to her mother. "Yeah..." said Spike in
a despairing voice. "I'm really sad about all this mom," Emma said, her
voice cracking, "but...you still have me. "Yeah...I do. You're not going
anywhere." Spike said, turning to look at Emma. "Nope. I promise." Spike
pulled Emma into a tight, loving hug.
Manny was sitting over in the corner of Sean's room. He was off getting x- rayed to see how much damage Tracker had done. She was debating whether or not to call Emma. If she did, Emma would freak out and demand to know what happened. Manny shuddered at the thought of Emma's rage. She figured it was best to leave all the Emma business to Sean. He could tell her what he wanted and when he wanted. Just then they wheeled Sean back in. Manny stood up and looked expectantly. "So...?" Manny asked. "More broken ribs and a slight concussion." Manny was relieved; she thought, from the way he had looked, all of his bones were broken. She walked over to Sean's bedside. For some reason, Sean thought that Manny seemed to glow. He had never before taken the time to really see how pretty she was. He shrugged it off and figured that it was the drugs doing their work. Sean was helped back into his bed. The nurse slowly helped him remove his shirt. Manny eyes widened. Under all the cuts and bruises, Sean had a pretty hard body. The nurse exited.
"Soo..." Manny said. "Soo...?" Sean repeated. "How are you feeling?" "I don't know. I'm feeling a little bit of everything. I'm angry but grateful at the same time." "Okay..." Manny said with a puzzled look on her face. "Don't worry about it," Sean said, "I wouldn't expect you to really understand. You've probably never had really really mixed emotions before." Manny wanted to defend herself, to tell him how she felt right now. That had been the reason in the first place that she had gone to his house. "Manny?" Sean asked. He wondered if he had upset her in some way. Then, a remembrance crossed his mind. Manny had been telling him why she had been there. Though, he vaguely remembered. "Manny, what had you been trying to tell me before the ambulance came? Why had you been right by my house?" Sean was asking this innocently but something in Manny's head made it seem like he was accusing her of something. Her heart started to race and she felt the same unease she had felt right before she reached his house. But she most certainly wasn't going to tell him now. "Um...it doesn't matter." "Okay, but..." she cut him off. "I have to go. I've got school tomorrow. Bye Sean."
She ran out before he even got a chance to say goodbye. Again, he was confused by Manny's reactions. Sometimes she seemed so unstable, he thought. He felt different. Not from the drugs or his recent beating. It was weird, instead of having that little urge inside of him that he usually got to see Emma, he was having that same little urge to see Manny again. He knew that it meant nothing romantically. But now he and Manny had a connection through his secret and she was who he wanted to talk to right now. She was the only one that he could talk to about it actually. Even though Sean had a good idea of what he was feeling for her, it still felt strange. He had barely even considered Manny as a friend, until now.
Manny was sitting over in the corner of Sean's room. He was off getting x- rayed to see how much damage Tracker had done. She was debating whether or not to call Emma. If she did, Emma would freak out and demand to know what happened. Manny shuddered at the thought of Emma's rage. She figured it was best to leave all the Emma business to Sean. He could tell her what he wanted and when he wanted. Just then they wheeled Sean back in. Manny stood up and looked expectantly. "So...?" Manny asked. "More broken ribs and a slight concussion." Manny was relieved; she thought, from the way he had looked, all of his bones were broken. She walked over to Sean's bedside. For some reason, Sean thought that Manny seemed to glow. He had never before taken the time to really see how pretty she was. He shrugged it off and figured that it was the drugs doing their work. Sean was helped back into his bed. The nurse slowly helped him remove his shirt. Manny eyes widened. Under all the cuts and bruises, Sean had a pretty hard body. The nurse exited.
"Soo..." Manny said. "Soo...?" Sean repeated. "How are you feeling?" "I don't know. I'm feeling a little bit of everything. I'm angry but grateful at the same time." "Okay..." Manny said with a puzzled look on her face. "Don't worry about it," Sean said, "I wouldn't expect you to really understand. You've probably never had really really mixed emotions before." Manny wanted to defend herself, to tell him how she felt right now. That had been the reason in the first place that she had gone to his house. "Manny?" Sean asked. He wondered if he had upset her in some way. Then, a remembrance crossed his mind. Manny had been telling him why she had been there. Though, he vaguely remembered. "Manny, what had you been trying to tell me before the ambulance came? Why had you been right by my house?" Sean was asking this innocently but something in Manny's head made it seem like he was accusing her of something. Her heart started to race and she felt the same unease she had felt right before she reached his house. But she most certainly wasn't going to tell him now. "Um...it doesn't matter." "Okay, but..." she cut him off. "I have to go. I've got school tomorrow. Bye Sean."
She ran out before he even got a chance to say goodbye. Again, he was confused by Manny's reactions. Sometimes she seemed so unstable, he thought. He felt different. Not from the drugs or his recent beating. It was weird, instead of having that little urge inside of him that he usually got to see Emma, he was having that same little urge to see Manny again. He knew that it meant nothing romantically. But now he and Manny had a connection through his secret and she was who he wanted to talk to right now. She was the only one that he could talk to about it actually. Even though Sean had a good idea of what he was feeling for her, it still felt strange. He had barely even considered Manny as a friend, until now.