Disclaimer: I don't own Degrassi
Manny and I boarded the plane. We sat in the middle. A little boy with red hair, green eyes, and freckles sat next to me staring up at me. I wondered how that didn't hurt his neck.
"You're pretty" the little boy said.
"Thank you" I smiled.
"What's you're name?"
"Emma."
"That's a pretty name" he grinned. He almost looked like the Cheshire cat when he grinned like that. It was starting to creep me out.
"What's yours" I asked as nicely as I possibly could.
"Brian" his grin never left his face.
"Do you disappear" Manny asked clearly thinking he looked like the same children's book character I thought he looked like.
"No but I wish I could that would be awesome I'd be like the Cheshire cat" he said excitedly.
Manny and I laughed.
"Are you Emma's sister?"
"Sort of" Manny nodded.
"I have a sister she's in college. I used to live with my aunt and my cousins but I'm going home now because mommy is all better. My sister used to live with her friend when mommy was sick but she helped mommy get better. She says daddy serves his country."
"Sounds like Ellie" Manny commented.
"That's my sister's name!"
"No way" Manny and I said in unison.
"Did you know her?"
"Yea she used to go to our school" I said. The plane seemed to shake a little bit.
"We'll be experiencing some slight turbulence please remain seated with your seat belt fastened."
"Oh Emma I knew this would happen I hate flying" Manny worried.
"Are we going to crash" the boy's smile faded.
"Manny you're scaring him now Brian we're not going to crash everything is going to be ok just watch the flight attendants don't worry until they do" as I said this a steward came rushing past us screaming.
"No can we worry" Manny asked.
I gulped and Brian held unto my shirt.
"A storm has made it impossible for us to go any further so we will be landing at the closest airport"
"I heard about this they weren't expecting it to hit until tomorrow" Manny said.
"You knew about this!"
Manny nodded "it was only supposed to be a category one storm."
"A hurricane" I yelled.
"That's bad right" Brian looked scared.
"No everything I going to be ok" I assured him.
We landed smoothly about ten minutes later. The three of us sat together in the airport. We were staying the night. Maybe longer.
"Do you know your mom's number?"
Brian shook his head.
"Do you know Ellie's number" I asked Manny. She shook her head.
"I know someone who might" I took my cell out of my bag and called Jay.
"Hey Em are you home already?"
"No we're stuck in the airport for the night and get this Ellie's little brother was on the plane."
"That's weird."
"Yea do you know her number?"
"No sorry Alex might I can ask her."
"Alex you still talk to Alex"
"Don't read too much into it I'll call you back with the number love you."
"Love you too" I smiled and hung up.
"You have a boyfriend" Brian said. He actually looked mad. I couldn't help but laugh.
Minutes later my cell rang.
"Hey Jay" I smiled.
"Hey I've got the number."
"Did you get anything else?"
"Emma stop you know Alex and I are just friends."
"Yeah I know."
He gave me the number and I let call his sister. He talked to her for awhile then told me she wanted to talk to me and handed me the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey Emma thanks so much for taking care of him I'll call my mom and tell her."
"Oh no problem he's really cool."
"You need to look up the definition of cool."
"Ok"
"Thanks for tracking me down he told me you called your boyfriend to get my number are you back with Sean?"
"No actually Manny is."
"Wow Manny's with Sean I can't picture that."
"She's changed a lot over the summer she's been restored to her old self."
"Interesting I still want to know who you're with."
"Why are you so interested in who I'm with?"
"Any friend of Brian's is a friend of mine plus it's incredibly boring here and I desperately need someone to talk to."
"What about Craig."
"We broke up he told me he broke up with Manny. Don't change the subject!"
"Jay."
"J what?"
"Jay Hogart."
"Jay Hogart you mean you're going out with Jay Hogart!"
"Yea"
"Wow that's wow."
Quite a vocabulary you've got there I can really tell you go to college."
"I have to go thanks again for looking out for my brother I really appreciate it."
"It's no problem really. Bye"
"Bye."
Brian fell asleep around 8. Manny and I stayed up talking. We couldn't wait to get back to Toronto. I couldn't wait to see Jay. Why was he still talking to Alex? Last I heard she hated him. What changed? Are they back together? Am I just his on the side girl? Does he really love me or is he just saying that. What if he's been playing me this whole time? I started getting angry. Manny could tell.
"What's wrong?"
"Jay is friends with Alex."
"Emma you need to stop obsessing over that he loves you let it go."
"I guess you're right."