Emma and Sean just stood there one on each side of the door way looking at each other. Emma couldn't believe what Sean looked like and Sean couldn't believe that Emma was at Jay's house wearing one of his T-shirts. After about ten minutes of just standing there one of them finally spoke.
"Sean… what happened to you? Why do you smell like beer?" Emma asked in a concerned yet pissed off tone.
She was angry that Sean would go out and get drunk and then get into a fight or even more because he was unhappy. That wasn't the typical Sean. He may have gotten drunk once but that was different than now. Now he got drunk because he was lonely or depressed and couldn't handle it. That's what a counselor is for.
"Gee babe nice to see you too." Sean spit out. It was pretty hard to talk straight when you were still half drunk. Sean didn't realize that until now. "Whatever babe. I'm out." Sean said and then was about to walk away but Emma grabbed his shirt and yanked him inside.
"You want me now too?" He said.
"What the…" Emma said in a mad tone. "Sean you have cuts and bruises everywhere. I need to clean you up." Emma said.
"Why? You don't love me remember?" Sean said still slurring out his words.
"What are you talking about Sean?" Emma said then paused. "Wait you don't know what you are talking about because you are fucking drunk." Emma said pissed off.
"Emma I love you." Sean said laughing.
"Sean it's not funny. Shut up." Emma said taking him by the arm and bringing him into the bathroom to clean him up. Emma took out some peroxide and dabbed it onto Sean's forehead where he had a big cut.
"Ow… what the fuck? Emma that hurts." Sean yelled.
"Don't be such a big baby Sean. You fought Jimmy and then pushed me. Oh and we can't forget you fought with Jay – won that and then you battled Rick when he had a gun and tried to kill me. I'd say you are highly capable of taking this pain. It's no where near as much pain as I have been through because of you." Emma said still cleaning up Sean's cuts.
Sean just stared at Emma. He could see how hurt she was. She couldn't even look into his eyes never mind at him when she said that to him. It hurt her really bad. She was so upset last night but he didn't know why.
"Emma I am so sorry for whatever I did last night to make you upset." Sean said in a serious tone.
"No you're not Sean. You always say sorry and then a few weeks and sometimes if I am lucky it's months later you screw up. Sean I can't handle this anymore. You don't even know what you did to me last night that upset me so much." Emma said not looking at him.
"Emma look at me please." Sean said.
"What now?" Emma said mad.
"Emma I mean it. I am so sorry for whatever I did. I love you so much Em. I can't afford to loose you again." Sean said.
"Why because I am always there for you and give in even though I shouldn't." Emma said as tears filled her eyes.
"No Emma I can't loose you because I already have too many times. I know I am a bad boyfriend sometimes and I don't always listen but when I lost you the first time my summer was miserable and I felt as if I were living in hell. The second time I was even more miserable. I know I didn't act like I was miserable but I was. It was all because of me. I got mad because you had more important things to do with your family and I was being stubborn. I am so sorry Emma. I love you. Please believe me." Sean begged. He even had some tears streaming down his face.
"Sean why did you show up at Jay's drunk and like this." Emma said.
"I was upset about last night. I went out and had a drink. Well a few too many drinks and some guy started talking really bad about you Em. He knows you from when you and Jay were at the ravine. He says you still go there to talk to Jay. Anyway I got really mad because he was bad mouthing you. I love you Em. I always have. And anyone who harms you or says anything bad about you is going to get it. If you are in trouble I will always be there to protect you even if it could cost me my life." Sean said bringing up the time Rick pointed the gun at Emma.
"Sean..." Emma said hugging him.
"Does this mean you forgive me again? I promise you with all of my heart that I will never hurt you again Em. I mean it this time." Sean said while still having tears stream down his face.
"Hmm well yes but you need to tell me something Sean. I know you do so just tell me." Emma said.
Sean knew what she was talking about. She was talking about him and Alex. How did she find out though? Maybe she was spying on him because she didn't trust him? Either way he had to tell her.
"Emma this might be hard for you to hear even though I have a gut feeling that you already have. But over the summer I had a party. Alex and I were drunk and didn't even realize what we were doing or who it was with until the morning. We both woke up lying next to each other naked. She's been acting weird lately and now I know why. Alex is pregnant Emma and it's with my baby. I don't know if she is going to keep it or not but if she does I don't know what I am going to do. I can't leave you because it would hurt us both and I don't want to leave us. I will have to help pay for the baby though." Sean said.
"Sean I know about you and Alex. I heard you last night talking with her. That's why I was upset. I thought you would tell me but you didn't. It hurt me knowing that you didn't feel like you could tell me. When we were dancing I kept staring at you hoping you would tell me or even make eye contact with me." Emma said.
"This is all screwed up Em. Lets just make a promise to each other. It isn't going to be something huge but something we know we can keep. We should promise each other that no matter what happens we will always talk about it – good or bad and that we will always be honest with each other even if what we are being honest about could possibly hurt the other." Sean said.
Wow this is the first intelligent thing Sean has said in a really long time. And for once he was right. They needed to do something like that. It was the only way to keep their relationship alive. Them wanting it to stay alive isn't enough because they did it all of those other times but it failed.
"I promise Sean. I promise. But you need to promise too." Emma said.
Sean just looked into Emma's eyes and slowly leaned in. Emma did the same. Before either of them knew it they were kissing. Their kissing soon lead to them making out for a couple of minutes. Then they pulled apart.
"I guess this means that you promise too?" Emma asked Sean.
"I promise you Emma. I love you so much baby." Sean said and then Emma began cleaning a few more of his cuts.
After they were finished Emma got out some ice and wrapped it in a cloth. Then she handed it to Sean and told him to put it on his eye. About ten minutes after that Jay came home. He knew Sean was supposed to come over and help him with his car (although he didn't know he would be drunk) and he figured that since Emma was at his house if he was gone long enough then maybe they would talk to each other. He was happy to see that when he came home Emma and Sean were on his couch snuggled up close to each other watching some TV.
About two hours after Jay had gotten home, Emma and Sean headed over to Sean's apartment to talk a little more and maybe even "watch" some TV.
Okay I fixed this chapter. Someone mentioned that I wrote that Emma promised Sean twice and Sean didn't promise Emma at all. I meant to have it be both of them. I don't know why I did Emma twice. Oh well. I still need some more ideas for the upcoming chapters. Someone said something about Alex and Sean and I like that idea. Any other suggestions?
