1A/N: Okay here is the next chapter. Hope you like it. I only own the stuff you haven't heard of like the Emma job and the people you haven't heard of.

CHAPTER 4

Emma walked into the record store and was surprised to see Craig and Marco already there. She wasn't sure how she felt about Marco being there, considering that he was friends with Alex. She shook the thought out of her head, he didn't seem to be the trouble making type. They were reveling in the awesome selections of the place. They both loved music and it was a cool vintage record store with some modern stuff. It was just underground stuff that sounded old. The owner of the shop wasn't that creative since he named the place 'The Store'... he was an old hippie stuck back in te day. Emma laughed thinking that he enjoyed the sixties way too much. He still had that glazed over look in his eyes that stuck from too much LSD. She giggled to herself. She watched her DVD Woodstock way too much.

Craig walked up to her putting his arm around her.

"What are you laughing at?"

She nodded her head toward her boss who was staring at a psychedelic tapestry on the opposite wall.

All three bust out laughing.

Marco couldn't even barely talk when he choked out his question.

"That is you boss?"

Emma was trying so hard to breath.

"Yes!...he...he...he's the owner ...Too!"

She let out when she heard herself say the last part. OMG! Marco had a great idea. He had decided against going to Africa and stayed here so that he could spend the summer before his senior year with all his friends.

"Craig, you and I should get jobs here!". He looked Emma hopefully. "Emma do you think you can get Craig and I hired here?"

"Sure Jelly is really cool."

Marco and Craig looked at each other strangely and at the same time both mouth Jelly to each other and looked at Emma. Their facial expressions both asking what that was.

She laughed out loud at their faces.

"Yeah he said that has been his name since he went to the Monterey Pop Festival back in 67' and I didn't ask because I'm sure it is something I don't want to or don't need to know about."

She nodded her head and headed over to her new boss with Craig and Marco trailing behind her.

"Hi Jelly!"

Her boss Jelly was an interesting character who kind of reminded you of the teacher from Beavis And Butthead' would look like if he was real. He was short with long sandy blonde hair down past his shoulders a shaggy beard torn jeans and a faded tie dye tee shirt and a peace sign necklace. He talked really slow and would stare off into space. But he was extremely sweet and kind and when he was in the present and not reminiscing, he was really fun to talk to. She had only been around him a couple times before he hired her. This was her first official day but she had come in here twice to be shown everything. Of course not by him but his partner who also happened to be his 'partner'. She wasn't sure the first time she met him but then they said they had been together since M. P. F and that Poe' (his partner) was the one to give him his name.

So she smiled when he gave her a hug.

"Hey honey", he drawled out which caused Craig to stifle a laugh. "You ready for your first day?"

"Yeah totally I am really looking forward to this."

"Great. That is far out". He drawled turning back to the tapestry.

"Umm Jelly?... This is my friend Craig and.."she trailed off looking at Marco not sure what to call him but shrugged her shoulders and turned back. "And this is my other friend Marco."

"Hey you guys. How is it goin' man?"

He reached out and hugged them both. They just stood there and patted back.

"Ummm Jelly... I was wondering if you were taking on anymore help and if you would consider bringing them both on?", she looked at him at smiled sweetly.

"Oh yeah man, like that would be great. Poe is in the back, you have to go back there anyways. Tell him I hired your friends. Your friends are my friends."

Emma practically squealed at that and headed to the back with the two guys following behind her. She walked up to Poe and told him what Jelly had said and he said okay.

"Since I was going to train you today anyways, we can just start their training today as well. So boys can you two start now?"

Craig and Marco looked at each other and said yes at the same time, causing Poe and Emma to laugh.

The rest of the day went smoothly and Emma really started to enjoy Marco's company. She was glad that she got them both a job here. At 1:00 P. M sharp four hours after they got there, the three of them took their lunch. When Craig walked away to go get there orders at the sidewalk café down the road, Marco and Emma were sitting at the picnic table on the side of the store when Marco finally had the chance to say what he had been wanting to say.

"I know that we have never been that great of friends but, I'm hoping that we work together now and that you are friends with Craig, we can be closer."

"Of course I would love that. I was hoping as well." She put her head down and mumbled something under her breathe that sounded like a sigh. "I just thought that since you and Alex were friends that you wouldn't want to be friends with me."

"Look Emma, Alex and I are friends; but we aren't best friends. I sort of have a small idea about you and Craig's relationship."

He looked at her surprised expression and put his hand up as to let him finish.

"He told me how much you meant to him and that you two haven't been that close in a long time but now you were. That is why I came up here in the first place. I waned to form a relationship with you. You mean a lot to my best friend, and I want you to know that hope you and I can become very good friends. Not only would I like that, but I know Craig would as well."

He stopped waiting to hear her response.

"I would like that Marco. I guess I just thought that it would be weird for you. Or something."

"Emma, I'm not completely sure of everything that happened in the last few months but I do know that whatever did happen, is not my business unless you feel free to tell me. Your secrets are still safe with Craig and I'm sure Manny."

She smiled and they both started to feel a lot better about it. Marco got up and pulled her and hugged her, when they pulled back a little he smiled bigger while saying...

"Besides you and I work together and we have the same awesome friend like Craig. We are only bound to fall madly in love no matter who we knew. That can't get in the way."

They both laughed at the part of falling in love while still looking at each other.

Craig walked up to them holding all the food and drinks in his hands.

"I leave for fifteen minutes and your stealing my woman already Marco. See now I know why you sent me for the food. I thought a man could trust his gay friend with his girl. You wanted to be alone with Emma so you could steal her from me. Now I am gonna have to keep an eye on you."

Marco and Emma both started laughing still holding on to each other. Marco was laughing when he replied to Craig.

"Well Craig you know how it is, I just can't resist... she is so beautiful."

Craig had out down the food and at the last part was walking up to them and pulled a laughing Emma out of Marco's arms and pulled her into his tickling her in the process.

"That she is...that she is."

Then the three of them heard that very familiar voice. Emma and Marco cringing while Craig just tightened his grip around Emma while glaring at the unwanted intruder of their fun.

A/N: Uh Oh I wonder who that could be. Lets what happens when I start to shake things up a bit. HEHEHE

PEACE ISA