Is It Over?
Chapter 6:Always Be My Baby
A/N: Omg, you guys I'm SO friggen sorry it took me forever to finish this chappie. I've been to Bermuda and back and I'm just so busy now with school, but I WILL NOT abandon my fic! I'll try to keep up monthly updates...this was just pathetic. I'm terribly terribly sorry. Anyway on with Chapter 6 of Is it Over!
Disclaimer: No I don't own Degrassi or Always Be My Baby by Mariah Carey, all I own is this plot.
(do do doop)
(do do doop do doop da dum)
(do do doop dum)
(do do doop do doop da dum)
we were as one babe
for a moment in time
and it seemed everlasting
that you would always be mine
now you want to be free
so I'm letting you fly
cause i know in my heart babe
our love will never die
no
you'll always be a part of me
i'm a part of you indefinitely
boy don't you know you can't escape me
ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
and we'll linger on and on
time can't erase a feeling this strong
no way you're never gonna shake me
ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
(do do doop)
(do do doop do doop da dum)
(do do doop dum)
(do do doop do doop da dum)
i ain't gonna cry no
and i won't beg you to stay
if you're determined to leave boy
i will not stand in your waybut inevitably you'll be back again
cause ya know in your heart babe
our love will never end no
you'll always be a part of me
i'm part of you indefinitely
boy don't you know you can't escape me
ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
and we'll linger on and on
time can't erase a feeling this strong
no way you're never gonna shake me
ooh darlin cause you'll always be my baby
i know that you'll be back boy
when your days and your nights get a little bit colder oooohhh
i know that,you'll be right back, baby
oh baby believe me it's only a matter of time
of timeeee
you'll always be apart of me (oooohhhh)
i'm part of you indefinitely (hhhhoooo)
boy don't you know you can't escape me (ooooohhhhhh)
ooh darlin cause you'll always be my baby
and we'll linger on and on (and we will linger on and on)
time cant erase a feeling this strong (ohhhh)
no way you're never gonna shake me (oh baby)
ooh darlin cause you'll always be my baby
you'll always be apart of me (yeah yeah oooohhhh)
i'm part of you indefinitely (hhhhoooo)
boy don't you know you can't escape me (ooooohhhhhh)
ooh darlin cause you'll always be my baby (no no nooo )
and we'll linger on and on (you and I will always be)
time cant erase a feeling this strong
no way you're never gonna shake me (you & I)
ooh darlin cause you'll always be my baby (you & I)
you and i will always be
no way your never gonna shake me
no way your ever gonna shake me
you and i will always be
no matta what you do baby
Manny slowly opened her tired eyes before stretching loudly. As she rubbed her eyes, everything began to come into focus. Various posters were plastered all over the wall, clothes were tossed around the room and papers were shuffled all over the desk. It was one big unorganized disaster. As she continued to look around a thought crossed her mind, whose bed was she in and why was she there? The only place she could think she would be was Spinner's, she looked under the sheets and noticed she was still fully clothed. Manny sighed as the door opened and Spin walked in, suddenly she was bursting with happiness.
"Good Morning, you've been asleep for hours." He placed down a tray of french toast and orange juice.
"You didn't have to do any of this."
Her smirked, "Yea I know, but I want to take care of you. To show you that you didn't make a mistake." She smiled as she pressed her lips against his,
"Believe me, I'm sure I didn't.
-Craig's-
Craig awoke to someone calling his name; a females voice it sounded like. He blurted out the first name he could think of, "Manny?"
As he focused his vision he saw Ashley standing in his doorway.
"No, Craig it's Ashley. We need to talk about what happened last night." Craig stared at her for a few minutes before finally speaking.
"What about last night?"
"Well about me and Jimmy. He still hasn't broken up with Hazel and I don't want her to find out."
Craig smirked, "And you were getting on my case about Manny and Spin."
"Okay fine Craig, but you seriously can't tell anyone. This is between you, me, Jimmy, and Manny when she calls me back."
"It won't matter to her, all she cares about is Spin and how I apparently cheated on her again."
Ashley laughed a little before sitting on Craig's bed. She turned to him and kissed him. He pulled back, "Ashley, what are you doing?"
She smiled, "See? Not a tear shed, no guilty look and no you kissing me back. I'm proud to say that we're officially over each other."
Craig sat back and actually thought about it; she was right, they were actually finally over each other. He grinned, "I don't think I've ever been happier. But Manny doesn't want me anymore, she's with Spin now."
Ashley pushed him, "What the hell is wrong with you Craig? The girl is in love with you, not Spin. He's just someone she's clinging to for the moment. You can win her back, you're stronger than Spin and better than him too."
Craig knew this was true, "But what if she really loves Spin?"
Ashley gave him the 'puh-lease' look, " Do you really think Manny is capable of loving Spin?"
"Well no, probably not. There's just so many reasons why she could try to at least pretend. She's so mad at me for no reason at all."
Ashley thought for a second, "She thinks you cheated on her with me right?" Craig nodded. "Well why don't you let her think that and have jealousy get the better of her."
"You'd do that for me Ash!" Craig said.
Ashley began to laugh, " Yeah well I don't think Jimmy would be too happy with it. You know who would be good to use? Emma, she's so pissed at Manny that she'd do anything if it meant her being upset...plus she could use it to win Sean back."
Craig thought for a while, "You know that doesn't sound like that bad of an idea!" Ashley smirked as Craig called Emma and explained everything.
"So do you think you could help me?"
"Well, I have no idea why you love her soooo much, but if it'll help win back Sean then okay I'm in. If I know Manny she'll be shopping with the girls tomorrow so pick me up around four okay?"
Craig smiled, "Four right, see ya!" He turned around to see that Ashley had already left. "Oh well," he said.
-Spins-
As Manny and Spinner continued chatting her phone suddenly went off.
"Hello?"
"Hey Manny it's me Ashley...about last night, I wasn't with Craig I was with Jimmy. I just wanted to clear that up so we could still be friends."
Manny sat silent, unsure of what to say. "You mean he...didn't cheat on me with you? He really was home?" Her heart began to pound faster as Ashley spoke again, "Oh yea I heard about you and Spin. Congrats I guess, but did you hear about Emma and Craig?"
Tears began to stream from Manny's eyes, " E-emma? But why?"
"Nobody knows yet, just talked to him actually. He told me they were talking and just clicked."
Spinner had a confused look on his face as Manny barely whispered, " I've gotta go."
"Oh alright then, glad everything is okay between us. Talk to you later, bye!"
Without saying another word Manny hung up her phone, pulled her knees up to her chin and cried. "Baby are you okay?" Spinner said. She looked up at him with her tear-filled chocolate eyes, "No Spin. I'm not okay."
Manny couldn't believe what was happening, she must have heard Ashley wrong. Craig couldn't be with Emma, could he? She turned to Spinner, "Spinner look, I really appreciate the hospitality, but I need to go."
He looked down at the floor, "It's about Craig isn't it?"
She stared at the floor as he eyed her, "It is him. If you want him then fine, I knew I could never live up to Craig's standards!" he exclaimed.
"Spin I'm sorry," he pointed his finger toward the door as Manny rushed to Emma's. ' This can't be happening.'
-Craig's-
He couldn't believe it, he was finally getting some sort of revenge on the woman he loved. Never did he feel more alive then at that moment. 'Hmmm, I wonder what types of boundaries we should have for this plan?' Craig decided to just ask Emma herself, he grabbed his jacket and began to drive to Emma's.
-Emma's-
Emma's POV:
'It seemed so weird that I could finally say I'm with Craig, even if it didn't mean anything. Maybe things won't be so bad after all.'
Normal POV:
Suddenly there was the sound of a car door slam and steps approaching her door. Emma looked through the peephole as Craig knocked on the door. When she opened it he sort of fell back in surprise, "Sorry."
He smiled sheepishly, " Eh, it's fine don't worry about it." They stood silent for a few seconds before she let him in. Craig sat on the couch and Emma sat on the other end.
"So Craig, what uh...brings you here?"
He almost forgot, "Oh yea! Um I came over to discuss boundaries with you. Like what we can and can't do to each other."
She smiled, " Well, I have no boundaries. I really want her to suffer through this."
Craig laughed, " Good, I don't really have any either." Once again a knock was heard at the door, Emma quickly opened it without looking through the hole.
"Manny?" she asked clearly confused.
"Yes, I know you're mad at me, but I need to ask you something about-"
"Everything okay out her Em?" Craig said cutting Manny off.
"-about Craig," she said while looking at the ground. Time had seemed to have stood still for those brief seconds that Manny and Craig's eyes met. Emma felt the tension so she decided to break the silence.
"So you uh, wanna come in Manny?" Manny began taking steps backwards,
"N-no I'm okay. You two are busy. I can talk to you about it later."
Before Manny could leave she was being pulled inside by Emma, "Oh no it's fine. Let's talk now."
Manny sat on one end of the couch as Craig draped his arm over Emma, "Look Em I'm sorry about everything with Sean. I know I ruined it for you, but try to understand that I didn't mean it. You're my best friend and I don't want to lose you over a guy."
Emma smiled, " Manny it's fine. I forgive you, now that I've got Craig I don't need Sean. By the way, how are you and Spin doing?"
Manny turned away, "We broke up this morning." Craig's heart soared, but kept a straight face as he carefully played with Emma's hair.
"I'm sorry to hear that," she began to giggle lightly, " Craig! Come here baby."
Emma pressed her lips against Craig's as Manny's face lit up with rage and jealousy. "Em, not to be rude or anything, but when I was with my boyfriends I didn't hook up with them in front of you."
Emma pulled back as her lips curled into an evil smile, "Sorry Manny. I totally forgot Craig was your ex! Must be weird seeing us together huh?"
Manny looked at Craig, who was wearing a surprised look on his face, "Would it be possible to talk to Craig alone for five minutes? Just to clear some stuff up ya know."
Emma's smile turned into a pissed straight face, "Well, as long as you promise not to jump him behind my back like you did with my last one." When Emma left the room it was silent.
Neither of them spoke, but once Craig looked at Manny the tears started falling from her eyes.
Craig's POV: 'I have never wanted to hold Manny so much and not be able to.' As I watched the tears fall I wished I could just wipe them away and cradle her in my arms.
"Manny please don't cry," I said out of nowhere. She looked at me, her eyes all puffy and red.
"I'm sorry Craig, I didn't mean to run off with Spin. I don't love him, I was just mad because I thought you cheated on me with Ashley. When she called and explained everything I had to break things off with Spin. I love you Craig and I'll still love you even if you're with Emma."
I sat there speechless, unsure of what to say, " I...I forgive you. I didn't intend on anything happening with Emma, it just did. You really hurt me when you ran off with Spin. But you made me think about a lot and about how I need to change. So this is the relationship I'm trying it out on."
She smiled, "Well, if there's anyone that deserves you it's Emma. She's been hurt so many times in the past. She deserves to be treated right. I guess all I can do is wish you two the best."
As she turned to walk away I did the unthinkable. I spun Manny around and kissed her. As soon as it happened she pushed me away, "I may love you Craig, but I won't do this to my best friend, not again."
And for the second time I watched the girl I love reject me. I felt an aching feeling in the pit of my stomach, as if my heart had died and fallen there. I wanted to call her back, to just tell her it was all a scam, but she needed to learn her lesson.
As I walked into the kitchen I saw Manny and Emma having an actual conversation and laughing like old times. It seemed right and at that moment I felt as if it was grade nine all over again. Like when I first met Manny, her and Emma were in the hall laughing at some joke; my eyes lit up at the sight of her smile. She was so cheery, but now...now it was as if she was broken. Her smile had faded and she never seemed happy. It was as if she was trying to fool people into thinking she was really happy. I thought to myself and realized this was my fault. As much as I didn't want to believe it, I was responsible for Manny's depression.
I tried not to make it so obvious as I slowly made my way outside. Emma saw me and somehow followed me without Manny noticing. When I closed the door she stared at me, "You love her so much, I can tell."
I looked toward the ground before sitting on her stairs, "Emma...I wish I could just explain all this to you, but it doesn't make sense to me either. All I know is that when I'm with her it all makes sense. She makes me so happy and being with her is a whole different outlook on life."
She stared at me then smiled, "I thought that somehow you could see past her and maybe give me that chance I wanted back in grade nine."
I couldn't believe the words that were coming out of Emma's mouth. Sure she is a beautiful person inside and out, but I knew if I was with her I wouldn't be able to stay faithful.
"Emma, you need to know something. You're an amazing person; you're beautiful and you're independent. I love you for all those reasons, but I could never ever trust myself with you. I wouldn't be able to treat you right. I mean look at Ash and Manny, they've gone through so much shit because of me. After everything you've been through I can't even imagine hurting you."
She looked down as I saw a tear fall to the ground. Suddenly she looked up and smiled, " I'm glad you care so much. I respect the fact, but I wish things were different."
Manny opened the door as we both quickly stood up, "Am I interrupting anything."
Emma grabbed my hand and pulled me closer to her, " Craig and I were just deciding whether we should be together or not."
Manny turned and gave me a confused look, "Really?"
Emma nodded, "Yea, but everything is okay now."
I watched her close the door and walk out, Well I should really be going now. I'll see you later Emma," she bumped into my shoulder, "bye Craig." And with that she was gone.
Once Manny had left I decided to go home too. I didn't have much reason to stick around. Right when I was giving Emma a hug goodbye, Sean rode up on his bike.
"So is this how it's gunna be? You won't answer my calls, you say you love me, and now I find you here with Craig?"
I stepped away from Emma as Sean approached her, suddenly he grabbed her arms.
"Hey man, don't hurt her!" I said.
She struggled in his grip, "Sean, please stop."
He stared into her cobalt blue eyes, "Tell me you don't love me and I'll stop. I'll stop all this madness."
I watched as her eyes darted around before she suddenly collapsed into his arms, "Sean I...I...do love you!" She said while wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Listen Emma, I'm sorry about everything with Manny. Things just sort of happened, I don't love her I love you."
Seeing them together embracing made me wanna die inside. I knew I had to get Manny back, it was life or death.
A/N: Ok I hope you all liked this chapter...yea I kno it wasn't as long as the others and im so sorry for that. Next chapter will be longer...PROMISE! Also thanx to everyone for reviewing...without it there would be no story... 3 you all.
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