A/N: Ok, I am leaving out Jack's reaction and substituing Manny's, but for like a epilogue, I just might add Jack's reaction when he finds the letter when he gets older...

I was kind of surprised that I didn't get as many " OMG!" reviews for Chapter 12 as I normally do. To me, that was one of the best chapters I've written of the story. Oh well.

P.S: I know, I know, people do care about Emma, but she's too caught up to realize it.

P.P.S: Did you guys love my Emma/Sean exchange... Well, it was kind of an exchange. I've been leaving so many hints for you guys in here...

P.P.P.S: Somebody said that they thought the Pink Bitches were BITCHES. Haha. I will include them in other chapters too. Because I can.

P.P.P.P.S: Oh, and I forgot to mention. The Pink Bitches incident was what caused Emma to finally crack. In each reaction chapter, I'll elaborate more until I get down to the finale.

Emma leaned against the hard wall. She felt like she was going to puke.

What was she doing? She was hurting people. Slowly, she realized that she was hurting people. Maybe she realized it a little too late.

She rubbed her forehead and cleared her throat, and the guiltiness passed. She was numb again.

So what? Her Mom and Dad cared. They were programmed to care about her. No big deal. They had Jack. They'd get over her soon. Shed a few tears, bury her, and then watch Jack take his first steps. Happiness.

It wasn't like everyone else would care. Manny would look at it and then turn it over and scribble down a few more cheerleading routines. J.T. would read it and then make it into a paper airplane. Sean would just see ' Emma' on it and then throw it away.

So why was she even giving it to them?

Because there was some small piece of hope in her that they did care. It just took a little push to make them realize how hard Emma was falling.

She gently eased out Manny's letter and gripped it tightly, walking down the hallway to Manny's locker. Her footsteps made an empty, echoing, lifeless sound on the floor.

She stopped and then spun the locker combination that Manny had told her a couple of weeks ago...

FLASHBACK

" Hey, Em," Manny said cautiously as she sat down next to Emma at the lunch table. Emma was silent.

" Um, are we still up for hanging at the Dot today?" she asked softly, trying not to upset Emma any more.

Emma turned to look at her, eyes flashing angrily. " I don't know, Manny. Let me think. Am I going to spend this beautiful afternoon with a neurotic bitch like you? I think not."

She spat the last three words out and went to get up but Manny pulled her back down. Emma yanked her arm away. " Don't touch me, Manny! Don't even look at me!"

" Emma, I'm sorry!" Manny burst out, looking miserable. " It's just... it really struck deep when you mentioned my abortion. I'm still really guilty about that, and it just made me so mad when you mentioned it so.. easily."

Emma calmed down for a minute, but was still frowning. " You know I didn't mean to. But still... you didn't even try and stick up for me. You let them hurt me."

A tear leaked down Manny's cheek. " I was scared."

Emma scoffed. " You were scared? Of what, them? You had nothing to be scared of. I did. Even if I don't show it, Manny, I'm a human too. I have feelings like everybody else. But nobody seems to want to realize that."

And with that said, she got up and stalked off, leaving a very stunned Manny behind.

END OF FLASHBACK

Emma opened the lock and briefly stared at a picture of a 14 year old Emma and Manny together. They were smiling brightly, arms locked around each other in a hug. She was beaming this huge grin and Manny was smiling sweetly. The good old days.

Emma shook her head and placed the letter in Manny's locker, leaving it open. And feeling satisfied, she walked off, and hid behind the vending machine again. It was rather cramped but it hid her well.

Manny walked down the hall. Emma knew Manny had this period off.

Manny looked at her locker open and curiously went up to it, picking up the letter.

She slit it open easily and took it out, smiling. The smile remained but Manny's eyes seemed confused. The smile faded.

She slid down to the floor, looking like she was in shock. " Emma," she said blankly.

A tear slid down her cheek. Another tear slid down.

" Emma, I'm so sorry," Emma heard her whisper. " I'm so sorry."

Emma bit her cheek and willed herself not to cry. She didn't miss Manny. She didn't want to comfort Manny.

" Emma, don't go," Manny wailed. Emma recongized that wail. It was only when things were horribly wrong when Manny would do that helpless, wanna-make-you-cry wail.

" Emma..." Manny was full out sobbing now. Emma jumped when she heard a BANG!

" EMMA!" Manny screamed. She started kicking the locker.

Emma shifted uncomfortably. She tried to muffle her tears.

" EMMA!" Manny screamed again.

She didn't miss Manny, she repeated to herself. She didn't want to comfort Manny. Not at all.

Emma had no idea that the next letter's reaction would be so much worse.

NEXT UP: SEAN'S REACTION