Disclaimer: I still don't own Degrassi, and never will.

Chapter 5: She Needs to Be Loved

It was the weekend after the first week of school.

Manny woke up at 10AM that morning she was awakened by the sun that was gleaming through the curtains hanging on her window. Ugh, fucking sunlight, Manny thought. She got up and closed her curtains so that no sunlight was able to get into her room. Manny was always so cranky in the morning. Then she got dressed in her usual attire, low-rise jeans and a tube top, it was sexy yet not too slutty. But she got dressed forgetting that she had no plans.

Manny: Great, I got dressed for no fucking reason.

She called Jay's cell, she was bored as hell and needed to do something, more like get more coke from Jay. He finally picked up after the phone rang 6 times.

Manny: What the hell took you so long to answer your damn phone!

Jay: Sorry, I was umm... busy.
It took him a while to find the right words.

Manny: Doing what, exactly?
She started to get curious, Jay was never busy for Manny. Then she heard a voice in the background, it was a familiar one, but she didn't recognize it... yet.

Person in the Background: Jay, come on! I need another sex bracelet from you... a green one. (A/N: I think green means blow job, I'm not sure.)

Manny: Emma! You're getting busy with Emma!

Even if Manny didn't love Jay, she still liked him and he was still her boyfriend, definitely not Emma's.

Jay: Umm, well we've been as you say, "getting busy" before me and you started going out. Why the fuck do you care anyway? It's not like you love me, it's not like you dream about me at night.

Manny was shocked as hell, she wondered if Emma told him about the dream she had about Craig. She kept thinking in the back of her head while Jay kept on talking. Then another thought popped into her head, What about Sean? Emma is so dead. Manny was stabbed in the back by two of her friends. I hate them both, now where the fuck am I supposed to get my cocaine from!

Jay: You know what, I'm through with you. We never do anything anymore, except get high together. That's not enough for a relationship.

He hung up, Jay was being such a jackass, it's not Manny's fault that she was dreaming about Craig. Or maybe Manny was the real jackass, she only used Jay for drugs. Manny felt bad, then again she felt bad for Sean also. She kept wondering if Sean knew about Jay and Emma hooking up. Well if he didn't, he was about to find out. Manny dialed Sean's number, he picked up.

Manny: Sean! Did you know that Emma... and Jay... bracelet... green... blow job... hooking up... cheated!
She was still shocked that she just got dumped by Jay, so she mumbled a bunch of words to at least try to make sense. Sean, on the other hand was confused and didn't get what Manny was trying to say. As a matter of fact, he wondered if she was high. He can't remember a time when Manny wasn't high.

Sean: Umm, Manny, are you high again?

Manny: No! Sean, listen to me! I called Jay and I heard Emma's voice in the background. She said that she wanted to give him a blow job. Then Jay said that they have been hooking up way before me and him were going out, which means Emma cheated on you! I swear to God, I am not lying Sean, you have got to listen to me and I swear to God, I'm not high! Sean...?

Sean: Oh sorry, Manny. It took me a while to soak all of that info in. Well, thanks I guess for telling me. I'll talk to Emma. Bye.

Manny felt so bad for telling him, but he had a right to know and Sean was her friend also. He couldn't base his and Emma's relationship on a lie, especially if she was cheating on him. Sean sounded so heartbroken, he too was stabbed in the back. But his pain was far more instense than Manny's pain because he was with Emma ever since the 7th grade, he was truly in love with her. And now, he just received the news that his girlfriend of six years cheated on him.

Sean talked to Emma and Jay later that day. There was an awkward silence when he arrived at Emma's house, then he opened up about everything Manny told him. He was crushed to hear that it was true, they just couldn't lie to Sean like that. Plus, Emma wanted to end things with him as soon as possible so that she can actually be with Jay. Emma stepped on everyone to get her way, and she finally did.

Back at Manny's house...
Manny was in her room alone, stuck in the dark despair. She couldn't turn to cocaine this time, after all she had none. Manny wanted to go hang out with Jay that day to get more coke, since she ran out. But getting dumped wasn't part of her plan. She didn't know what to do, she felt like dying without her coke because her craving grew more and more each day but still convinced herself she did not have an addiction. Her craving today, was too strong she couldn't handle it, she was practically suffering. What did she do to get rid of her suffering? Right then and there she cut herself, it wasn't too deep but enough to release some of her pain. She let out a heavy sigh, and heard Craig strumming his guitar next to her room. She walked out and stood in front of his door, which was closed. Manny covered the cut on her arm, in case he would come out and see her. As much as she "hated" Craig, she loved his songs.

(A/N: I know this song was made for Ashley in Degrassi, but it's going to be used now)
Something 'bout the way you shine
When the lights go out
I wanna make you mine
Something 'bout the way it seems
You're always there in my dreams
When there's no one there
No, I'm not scared
But I'm in love, with you...

Okay, a love song was definitely not what Manny wanted to hear. She had just been dumped and stabbed in the back Emma. Though, she had to admit that it was a great song. I wonder who Craig was singing about, Manny thought. Sometimes Manny wanted guys just to see past her sexy outfits, and not to treat her like a piece of shit. Sometimes she wanted to hear love songs like that being written about her. She was just another girl looking for love, not just lust.

In Craig's room...
Craig was dumbfounded by the fact that Jay dumped a great girl like Manny. He found out when she started slamming things all over the place and constantly complaining about Emma and Jay. Craig wanted to bring Manny back to the old Manny he once knew. He would take her away from the anger she always kept inside and put the smile back on her face. Craig was going to make her fall in love with him. One problem was that Manny hated Craig, but he was determined to change that. The song was the first step to that.