Learning to Breathe
"Are you crazy?" Ellie asks Craig as they are sitting across from each other at lunch.
"Yeah I am remember," Craig says taking it in the wrong way.
"No not like that. You can't go to England. It's not going to work anyways," Ellie says trying to get Craig to look at her.
Jimmy and Marco get to the table and an awkward silence begins. They are all looking at their food rather than each other.
"So is band practice still on for tonight?" Marco finally asks just trying to break the silence.
"No, I'm crazy and going to get my love back," Craig, says getting up and leaving the table.
"What was that about?" Marco asks Ellie with a confused look on his face.
"He is going to England to try and get Ash back," Ellie says.
"He can't do that," Marco says before getting up and going to find Craig.
Ellie and Jimmy are left at the table in an awkward silence.
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Manny and Emma are sitting outside at a picnic table at lunch. Chester walks by, and Manny smiles at him. He walks over to them.
"Hey neighbors, how are you?" Chester asks sitting down next to Manny.
"Pretty good, How about you?" Manny asks moving closer to Chester.
"Ok I guess. What about you Emma?" Chester asks smiling at her.
"Oh Um I'm good," Emma says looking away from Peter and back at Chester.
Lunch ended, and they went to their locker and to MI. They begin sending e-mails.
To Chester From Manny:
What are you doing later?
To Manny From Chester:
Hanging out with my brothers.
To Emma From Chester:
Want to hang out later? Don't tell Manny though.
To Chester From Emma:
Why are we hiding this from Manny?
To Emma From Chester:
I like you Emma. Manny isn't my type of girl, but you are. I really want to become more than just friends with you.
Emma reads it and looks across the room at Chester who has a puppy dog pout look on his face.
To Chester From Emma:
OK but you are going to be the one to tell Manny, and sooner rather than later.
Emma waits a few minutes then looks at Chester who smiles back at her.
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Craig steps off the plane in England and calls Ash. Ash answers the phone after a couple of rings.
"Hello," Ash says as she answers the phone.
"Ash I love you, and want to see you. I'm already in England; so don't tell me not to come," Craig says into the phone.
"Craig?" Ash says questioningly.
"Yeah," Craig says in reply.
"Go home, it was pointless for you to come. Does Joey know you are here?" Ash asks.
"I'm not leaving until I see you at least. No Joey doesn't know he thinks I'm in Wasaga with Sean fro a couple of days," Craig says into the phone before continuing with, "Were can I meet you?"
"This is great, just great," Ash murmurs before answering Craig, "Stay at the airport I'll be there in a little while."
"Ok" Craig says happily.
They hang up and Craig decides to call Marco to tell him he made it to England.
"Craig?" Marco says quickly when he answered the phone.
"Hey man, just thought I'd call to tell you I made it I should be back tomorrow sometime. Ash is on her way to meet me," Craig gets that out before Marco cuts him off.
"Joey is looking everywhere for you, and I don't know if Ellie is going to stick to the story," Marco says quickly.
"That's ok, I'll call him and tell him the truth," Craig says.
"Have you flipped a lid? He is going to be pissed," Marco exclaimed.
"Don't worry about it," Craig says, "I've got to go, and I'll see you tomorrow sometime."
Craig hangs up the phone before Marco can say anything else.
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Emma is getting ready to go hang out with Chester. They are meeting at the movies so Manny wouldn't be suspicious. Manny walks into their bedroom, and sees Emma wearing a jean mini skirt, and a brown silky cami with a cropped jean jacket over it.
"Who's the hot date with?" Manny asks sitting down on her bed.
"Sean wants to hang out with me tonight," Emma lies feeling bad because they had promised not to keep secrets.
"Oh, I wont wait up," Manny says jokingly before going over to the computer to check her e-mails hoping Chester changed his mind.
"I'll see you later," Emma says leaving.
Manny doesn't answer she just read an e-mail from Chester saying that he was into Emma and not her. Manny was to shocked to say anything to Emma.
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Ash walks into the airport and looks around. She finally spots Craig leaning against a telephone booth on the phone. Ash loses herself in flashbacks of their time together. She really did miss him, but he was part of her past. She was over the past, and ready for the future. Ash walks up behind Craig and taps him on the shoulder. He turns around smiles, dropping the phone to embrace Ash in a huge hug and passionately kisses her. Ash pulls away quickly and points at the phone.
"Sorry," Craig says into the phone, " I'll be on the next plane, I promise, and deserve whatever you decide is fit for a punishment."
"Ok I'm only this way because I love you Craig," Joey says on the other end.
"I know, I love you too, Joey," Craig says into the phone before hanging up.
He looks at Ash; she looks beautiful to him, like a princess.
"Ok so we are here to talk about us," Ash says leading Craig over to a bench.
"Yeah, I love you Ash, more than anyone else could ever love you," Craig says taking Ash's hands in his own.
"I love you too, Craig, but we have to go on. We aren't meant to be together," Ash says looking into Craig's eyes, "I've got to go and so do you. Tell everyone I miss them and give Ellie a shot, you guys would be great together."
The episode ends with Craig sitting alone on the bench.