Chapter 38: Loco-Motion

Thanks a lot guys I couldn't have did it without you." Jenny kissed Spinner on the cheek. Jay pulled out his cheek and closed his eyes waiting for the same token of gratitude but was pleasantly surprised when he felt her warm hand gripping his in a handshake.

"C'mon you can do better then that." Jay replied.

"Fine," Jenny sighed.

She slowly removed her hand from Jays palm and just as she was sure Jay thought he was going to get the peck of a lifetime with his eyes closed and his cheek out she put her palm to her lips, kissed it and wiped it on his cheek.

"Thanks," Jay mumbled with disappointment while Spinner snickered in the background. "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing." Spinner snickered a few seconds more before stopping.

"Oh no!" Jenny looked at her watch. "Will you look at the time. I have to get dress." Jenny ran up the flight up stairs at yelled from the top. "Thanks again guys, remember to make yourself scarce we don't want the gang to find out, although I don't see why not."

"Because..." Spinner yelled but Jenny had already shut her bedroom door.

"Oh well, I guess we oughta make ourself scarce." Jay replied. He wiped off his hands with a towel that had dirt on it from moving the long wooden table in the garage into the living room. That table was now clean, disinfected and decorated with delicious assortment of catered goodies on top of it. "I don't think Jenny will mind if I just taste the dip." Jay picked up a tortilla chip and dunk it in a bowel of creamy Spinach Queso dip."Mmmmhmm." Jay mumbled he grabbed a handful of chips in one hand and the bowel in another. "She won't miss this."

"What are you doing," Spinner asked.

"What does it look like I'm doing."

"Stealing."

"Look, as far as I'm concerned this is my payment for all the hard work we had to do today. Now if you don't mind could you help me find a bowel in the kitchen so I can take some of these goodies home with me. "

"Jay put the food down," Spinner grabbed the bowel of dip from him.

"Hey, what up with you?"

"As far as I'm concerned we should be happy Jenny has fed us, gave us fresh clean towels and didn't tell Jimmy he had uninvited guest in his uncles pool house and lets not forget that Jenny distracted Sean when he almost caught us running back to the pool house. " Spinner put the dip down on the table. "So, lets just go, we can go to that burger joint in town remember what Jenny said we can't be anywhere near here tonight."

"Why the hell not, it's not like anyone is going to go to the pool house, the party's in the main house."

"Even so, theres going to be people around and Emma's been snooping, Jenny can't watch her like she has been before tonight she can't keep an eye on her what if she discovers..."

"Alright, lets go to the pool house and get our things but I still think you guys are being paranoid."

"This is the most boring trip I've been on in my life." Paige moaned. "How long before we get off this death trap I'm not feeling too well."

"It's only a little while longer." Hazel rubbed her sick frineds back.

"Tell me again why Jenny didn't come along?" Paige sat down and held the paper bag the captain had given her after she had blown chunks all over the ships balcony not too long ago not to mention doing it again over the ships balcony.

"She said she wanted to give us all a chance to see the sights." Hazel sat down beside her. "I think it's pretty nice, the sea is beautiful."

"That's because you're seeing it at a standing point of view, try looking at it straight down."

"Paige, it's only a couple of minutes." Manny rolled her eyes. "We'll be off this death trap called a boat."

"I still think you guys are exaggerating." Hazel replied cheerfully. "I'm going to find Jimmy if-" Hazel looked at Paige. "that's okay with you?"

Paige waved her hand at Hazel giving her the signal that she could manage. Hazel ran off quickly before Paige could object.

"So," Paige mumbled to Manny. "What do you think you're former best friend is doing now?"

"I haven't a clue." Manny shrugged.

"I bet he took her shopping and then off to do something with that barrel of straw on her head she calls hair." Paige chuckled while Manny stared at her. "Oh c'mon Manny, lighten up."

"I just hope whatever she's doing, she'll take care of herself, I don't trust J."

"He's famous, how can you not trust him."

"Yeah, but he's still a gu-" Manny couldn't finish her sentence because Paige rushed to bathroom with the paper bag hovering over her mouth. "Ewww." Manny mumbled.

"That will be five hundred dollars." The cashier at the salon stated.

"What," Emma exclaimed.

"Okay" J pulled out his wallet but before he could pay Emma pulled him over to the side.

"I can't let you pay for this." Emma whispered.

"Em's," J whispered the name he had pegged for Emma which he didn't know Emma secretly hated, "It's not a problem."

"But still."

"Would you like to pay for it?"

Emma froze up before slowly pulling out her wallet in her purse. "I think I have a little money saved up in my savings fund, I.."

"Em's, I'm kidding, I wouldn't let you pay for it anyway, this is my treat, it's a way to thank you for giving me the best week of my life this summer."

"Seriously." Emma smiled.

"Seriously." J winked before paying the bill.

"You look lost," Manny replied.

"It's pretty hard to get lost when your on a boat." Craig joked.

"I mean..."

"I know what you mean but I'm find really."

"So, I guess you spoke to her."

"No."

"Oh." Manny looked out to the sea before speaking again. "Look Craig, I'm really sorry it was all my fault and if I.."

"You don't have to explain, schools only a few days away and I'll have plenty of time to work things out with Ash by then. In a way, missing her phone call was the best thing that ever happen to me, listen to this." Craig strummed his guitar which he wouldn't leave without no matter if they were going on a sightseeing tour on a boat. Craig song the song for a couple of minutes and after he finished he heard someone other then Manny clapping.

"Wow." Paige said after hearing the last few measure of the song. "Craig, Ashley is really going to love that song when she hears it."

"Yeah, I can't wait to sing it to her when she gets back." Craig smiled before getting up from the bench he and Manny were sitting on. "I'm going to play it for Jimmy and see what he thinks, maybe he can give me a few tips it's still a little rough."

"Yeah, you do that."Paige smiled before changed to a frown when she turned to Manny. "Don't forget that he still has a girlfriend and even though she's not here, I'm here to watch you."

"Paige, get over yourself." Manny yelled. "Where were you when Craig was spending the week alone I might add with Jenny?" Paige didn't utter a word. "Exactly." Manny stormed off so fast that she almost ran smack dab into Sean before he moved out of her way quickly.

"Whoa." Sean said holding on to his drink before it spilled on the ground.

"Sorry." Manny apologized.

"I guess you and Paige are back to being enemies again."

"When were we ever frineds?"

"Yeah, that's true." Sean replied. In the distance he could see Paige turning a bright red before turning a bright green and throwing up over the ships balcony. He grimaced before turning his attention back to Manny. "So are you still going to help me tonight?"

"With what?"

"You know."

Manny looked confused before realizing what he meant. "Oh, I don't know she's pretty mad at me."

"You promised."

"Fine, but I still think it's a bad idea."

"You can't tell her."

"Why not?"

"Because she's going to...she's going to kill you if you tell her that."

"I don't care." Spinner yelled at Jay. The fact was he didn't care. He had enough with freeloading and sponging on Jenny's hospitality. She hadn't a clue what was going on all she knew is that he and Jimmy had a major falling out like they always did every year but she didn't know just how major it was. It was time to come clean and tell her the truth and if she blew the whistle to everyone including Jimmy that he and Jay were living it up in the pool house all that time then so be it.

"I'm going to tell her, right now."

"Wait." Jay held on to Spinners arm. "Just give me a chance to do what I have to do tonight and if you want to tell her I'll let you."

"Okay, but after you done with this stupid plan of yours which I know won't work, then I'm telling her, you got that."

"Yeah."