Chapter 33: Right And A Wrong Way

"I can't do that," Sean exclaimed.

"Sean, I knew Emma since we were yeah high." Manny held her left hand up by the side of the bed. "You wanted my opinion I gave it to you and most likely the simplest explanation is usually the correct one."

"Where did you hear that from a fortune cookie," Sean mumbled.

Manny smirked and got up from the bed. She opened up the door. "OK, you want to be a smart aleck, fine, but you're not going to be one in here, so, goodbye." Sean didn't budge. "I mean it!"

"OK," Sean got up from the bed and walked to the door where Manny was still holding it open. "I'm going to take your advice even if it is, we'll, crazy." Sean glanced at Manny who was rolling her eyes. "But you might be on to something and I think it's crazy enough that it just might work." Sean walked away.

"For you're sake I hope it does," Manny said to herself before closing the door. She sat down on the bed and resumed finishing her project until the door suddenly burst open.

"You won't believe what just happened," Emma exclaimed racing into the bedroom.

"No, I probably wouldn't, but I'm sure you're going to tell me." Manny said dryly.

"Wow, don't sound so enthusiastic."

"Sorry, it's just...this...forget it. Tell me everything. You have my full attention." Manny put the beads and hoop down on the bed.

"Jenny and I had a heart to heart about J or should I say Jesse." Emma snickered.

"His name is Jesse." Manny exclaimed. "I always thought it was J. I guess I have to tell the girls at the SV fan club to change that tid-bit."

"Yeah, I guess, but anyways, Jenny told me all about J's jerky behavior how he use to cheat on her, how he once dined and dashed out of a expensive restaurant and left her with the bill, how she once found an expensive diamond necklace in his room and when he found out she knew, he lied to her and told her it was his for his mom when it was really for another girl, her best friend and how he sabotaged her chances of being Clarissa on the SV when he stole her script and then the next day went to the audition , tried out for the part as Bryan and got it and..."

"I think I get the point." Manny interrupted. "Man, that guy is a real jerk."

"Yeah, he is but do you think that maybe Jenny is well a little jealous that I'm dating her ex-boyfriend and could be.."

"Lieing, yeah that crossed my mind but I still think she's sorta,kinda,telling the truth."

"Maybe," Emma shrugged. "But even if she is that's not going to make me stop seeing him."

"You mean you're going to keep seeing him even after everything she told you."

"Yeah, I mean that was in the pass, people can change."

"But when it comes to some people I'm not so sure, I mean J's hot he's one of the hottest guys in the Hampton's if not the entire U.S., and probably even the North American continent but looks aren't everything personality plays a part as well."

"Manny I know that and sure he was a little rough back when he was with Jenny but he's sweet now, he's a real gentleman and he's never once tried to do anything to hurt me like he did with her maybe he's changed."

"We'll if you say so but can I ask you just one thing?"

"What it is?"

"Remember when we first saw J."

"Yeah, what about it?"

"We'll you thought he was Jay from home, you nearly killed him."

"Killed him," Emma snickered. "Manny aren't you stretching the truth just a little."

"We'll you did hurt him but the point is you thought J was Jay if that makes any sense."

"Surprisingly it does."

"You hate Jay, don't you?"

"Of course, I do, that's like me asking you if you still have feelings for Spinner."

"Exactly," Manny exclaimed as she put her fist in the air in a triumphant salute.

"Okay, so you want me to ask you if you still have feelings for Spinner?" Emma smirked.

"No, no that's not it." Manny frowned.

"Then what is it?"

"We'll it's about time," Spinner opened up the pool house door and Jenny rushed in . "What took you so long?"

"I had something very important I had to do." Jenny flipped her cell closed.

"You were talking to someone," Spinner exclaimed. "I hope they didn't hear me, please tell me it wasn't Jimmy or Craig or.."

"It wasn't Jimmy or Craig it was just one of my girlfriends so you don't have to freak out."

"Oh." Spinner sat down on a nearby couch.

"What took you so long?" Jay walked in with his white t-shirt covered with brown dye and goo.

"Never mind that what happened to you're hair?" Jenny walked towards Jay. "I never realized this before but you look so much like my ex you two could have been twins." Jenny tried to touch his hair but he moved out of the way before hands could grasp onto it. "Fine, I won't touch it, we'll, theres another thing you and J have in common."

"Uhhh I just reali..." Spinner put his hand up as if he had something very important to say but thought otherwise. "No, never mind."

"What," Jenny asked.

"Why is that everyone in town thought Jay was J when they saw him but you never once thought Jay was J when you saw him the first night we came here, how did you know that he was Jay and not J?"

"What," Jay said with a confused look on his face. "Spinner, speak English."

Jenny laughed before replying. "Oh, Jay, it's so obvious what Spin is asking."

"Maybe to someone who has half a brain." Jay mumbled.

"Then it should have been perfectly clear to you." Jenny replied before addressing Spin. "I just know J so well I've know him since we were kids it's pretty obvious that Jay wasn't my J plus Jefferson would have never chased after J no matter how many times I tried to train him to chase my ex it never stuck he loves J almost as much as me."

"That makes sense." Spinner smiled awkwardly before changing the subject. "So, what did you want to talk to us about?"

"I thought you would never ask." Jenny smirked before sitting down and revealing her plans to the two.

"We'll..." Manny said. ""You promise you won't get angry."

"It all depends." Emma replied.

"Then forget it." Manny picked up her beads and she reached for the hoop but Emma stopped her.

"Okay, I promise I won't get angry."

"Good," Manny sighed. "I think the real reason you're with J is not because you like him, because you do, but in some weird way it's kind of living out you're fantasies."

"Manny, we talked about this, I'm not dating J because he's rich and famous."

"No, not that, I think you always wanted to date Jay, the one at home not the one here, we'll anyway this is like a chance for you to live out that dream without looking like a bad person. Jus' think about it, if Jay would have never did what he did with Spinner and he would have apologized for his skanky behavior last year better yet if that would've never happened at all. If Jay would've broke up with Alex and asked you out I wouldn't have been surprise if you would have accepted, you always had a thing for bad boys." Manny stopped and stared at Emma who had a frozen expression on her face of utter confusion and shock . "Tell me this is making sense?"

"Manny I liked it better when you thought I was using J for his money." Emma said in an angry tone her rage growing larger by the second. "Now you're telling me the only reason I'm dating him is because I'm using J just to see how it would feel to date that scum in Degrassi."

"No, I didn't mean it like that."

"Then how did you mean it!"

"I...uhhh..."

"Manny, next time you want to give me advice, don't"

"Whoa, Emma keep it down I don't think the people in the next town heard you loud enough." Paige said sarcastically before storming into the room with Hazel tagging close behind.

"What is it Paige?" Emma asked annoyed and angry releasing the rest of the pent up rage she held back a minute ago.

"You guys have to pack right now." Hazel uttered

"Why, are we leaving, tonight?" Manny asked.

"No" Paige replied. "In a couple of days if we're lucky and we have one more thing we have to do." Paige searched around the room until she found what she was looking for,she picked Manny's cell up and flipped it open.

"Paige what are you doing," Manny exclaimed. "I don't use you're cell phone to make personal calls."

"I'm not going to call anyone," Paige gave the phone to Manny. "I just want you to call your mom."

"Or at least check your voice mail." Hazel chimed in.

"Exactly." Paige agreed.

"Why what's going on," Manny asked.

"Just check you're voice mail first..." Hazel replied before she was interrupted by Paige

"And then we'll explain everything later." Paige and Hazel both crossed their arms and smiled.

"Fine." Manny dialed her phone. At first she looked annoyed but her expression change from shock to fear. "Oh my God." Manny put her cell down on the bed slowly not even taking the to flip it close. "Emma we gotta pack."