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Anyhow...thank you everybody for the reviews and here is Chapter 9!
R&R! You know you wanna...c'mon...you know you do...
Lotsa love, degrassichick92
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Chapter 9
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Emma turned her locker combination very slowly. Media Immersion was her next period, and she did not want to go. But she had to; she didn't want to get in trouble with Mr. Raditch.
"Sup Em?" JT asked from behind Emma.
Emma turned around, startled, "Oh hey JT," she said dully and then turned back to her locker, purposely screwing up the combination.
"Are you okay?" JT asked, leaning against his locker, looking Emma square in the eyes.
"Of course...why wouldn't I be?"
"Because I've been watching you for the past three minutes, every time you get the combination right, you twirl it around again to mess it up...what gives?"
"Well if you're such a genius you do it," Emma said backing away from her locker.
JT gave her a goofy grin, "Fine. And I'll do a damn good job too," he said and turned to her locker, "35-16-41," he said as he twirled in the combination and then popped it open, and turned back to her with a grin, "Ta da, you're just lucky I'm one of your best friends and I know your combination or you would simply be lost without The Yorke Man."
Emma rolled her eyes at him and went to her locker as the bell rang.
JT twirled in his combination and pulled out a notebook and a folder, "You are coming right?" he asked Emma who was simply staring into her locker.
"Huh?" Emma asked, now out of her trance.
"You are coming right?" he repeated.
"Duh," Emma said, "Why?"
"Because you're not doing anything, just staring,"
"Whatever," Emma said and pulled out her MI notebook and folder and then slung her purse over her shoulder and slammed her locker door shut, "Happy?"
"Very," JT smirked as they walked to MI Lab.
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Emma stepped inside the classroom, behind JT.
"Hey Em," Manny said with a smile, from her seat next to Heather.
Emma took a seat right next to her and JT took one next to Emma.
"Hello Emma," Mr. Newpeak said, walking over from his desk and to the front of the classroom.
Emma gulped and winced.
JT and Manny shot her questioning glances that she brushed off.
The blinds were still closed just as they had been since earlier.
As Mr. Newpeak rambled on, he continued to glance at Emma, her chest and legs under the desk more than her face.
Emma finally shot up from the desk, "I need to go to the restroom," Emma said and nearly tore out of the room.
Emma went running down the hall, her sandals flapping loudly. This was too much pressure, if she didn't tell someone soon other than Jay and her friends, she'd be screwed.
She continued to run, sneaking past the office until she was once again outside the school only now it was raining hard, and lightning was filling the sky.
"Excellent," Emma grumbled as the rain came down harder, she stalked down the steps and continued to walk, no idea where she was going.
Just then she heard a car tearing out of the Degrassi parking lot and coming up behind her.
Emma panicked what if it was Jordan?
Highly doubtable Nelson, Emma told herself.
But she started to run despite herself.
She ran so much she was out of breath. She crashed to the ground panting, tears falling down her cheeks blending in with the rain.
"Are you drunk or something!?" a voice yelled from next to her.
She looked over, knowing it was the car in the Degrassi parking lot, she saw a red Civic pulled up much similar to a black one that she knew well.
"What do you want?" Emma asked, standing up.
"How the hell could you do that?! Just run out like that, did you not notice that it is only fifty degrees out, a giant storm and you are in a mini skirt and tank top!?" Jay's voice boomed.
"I have a jacket," Emma said defensively.
"Yeah, I'm sure that itty bitty thing really helps,"
"Why do you care?" Emma asked, brushing a loose and wet strand of hair behind her ear.
"I just do, get in," Jay said, his voice finally getting gentler.
Emma sighed, she was freezing. She walked over to the passenger door and got in.
"I can't believe you keep ditching,"
"Me...what about you?" Emma asked, turning to face him.
"This is me we're talking about here. I always do that, you however are good girl Emma Nelson, you've only ditched school twice, when you wanted to find your dad and last year when we went to Wasaga with Sean and Ellie." Jay said as he pulled off the curb and down the street.
"How'd you know about the finding my dad thing?"
"I know a lot about you, I lurk in your bushes, I'm a natural born stalker," Jay beamed with pride.
Emma's eyes grew wide, Jay let out a laugh.
"Come on Emma," Jay said, "Sean told me that you wanted him to come but he said no so you asked that Craig guy,"
Emma sighed with relief.
Jay shot her a look of disbelief, "You seriously thought I stalked you?"
Emma shrugged and Jay laughed, "I'm not that desperate to get an easy feel,"
"You've always got Alex,"
Jay shot her a glare, "Was that an insult?" he asked with furrowed eyebrows.
"No, I was just saying," Emma said.
"Or that's what you want me to believe..."
"Would I really talk bad about Alex?" Emma asked, shooting him a glance out of the corner of her eye.
Jay looked at her questioningly, "You really want me to answer that?"
Emma rolled her eyes and then considered it, "No," she concluded.
Jay let out a laugh.
Emma's eyes widened, "I was just talking about your girlfriend and your laughing?!"
Jay nodded, "We've been on the rocks lately anyway so it doesn't matter,"
"It should though," Emma said.
"Look, do you want me to take you home or what?"
Emma shook her head, "Not probably a good idea," she said and then got interrupted by her cell phone ringing.
She flipped up her flip phone, "Em here,"
"Where are you?" Manny asked in a worried tone from the other line.
"Out," Emma said with a shrug.
"You're ditching school aren't you?"
"Yeah,"
"Em, what the hell did Jordan say or do to you now?" Manny asked her voice loud enough that Jay could hear.
"Came onto her Santos!" Jay yelled out into the phone.
"You're with Jay?" Manny asked.
Emma nodded, "Yeah,"
"Jordan came onto you?"
"Yeah,"
"When?"
"Today," Emma said.
"Oh my God," Manny said, "I'm going to go tell Raditch,"
"Manny no!" Emma exclaimed.
"Em, you on crack? I have to tell Raditch, Jordan could hurt you,"
"Manny," Emma said, "I've already had this discussion with Jay...Jordan's going to get in trouble, just not by people ratting on him, besides no evidence,"
"Your hickey!" Jay exclaimed.
"He gave you a hickey?"
"Yeah," Emma said quietly.
"That's it, I'm telling Raditch," Manny finalized.
"Manny, don't!"
"Not listening, he's not going to hurt you and get away with it," Manny said.
Click.
"Thanks a lot Jay," Emma said sarcastically, turning to Jay as she shut her flip phone.
Jay pulled into a parking lot and turned off the ignition, "Why don't you want anyone to catch him?"
"Because they won't be catching him if he isn't doing anything!" Emma exclaimed.
"Em, that doesn't matter, he's putting you in danger. I'm worried about you,"
Emma got out from the car and stood in the pouring rain, "You just worry about yourself from now on okay?" Emma asked and walked away, rain pouring down her, her clothes sticking to her skin.
"Emma what the hell are you doing?" Jay asked, getting out from the car and running after her.
"Jay, go away!" Emma exclaimed and ran off and around the corner of the building they were parked near.
"Em!" Jay exclaimed and followed after her finally catching up to her and grabbing onto her shoulders, turning her to face him.
"What do you want?!" Emma exclaimed.
Jay anticipated for a moment, before coming to the conclusion. He had to do this now.
He stared deeply into her eyes for a few seconds before speaking up softly, "You," he said as his lips crashed onto hers.
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Cliff or if? R&R! Lotsa love, degrassichick92