1CHAPTER 2

JUST SOMETIMES

Jimmy had just set the Chinese take-out on the counter, when Emma rushed out of the bathroom up to the counter, "Oh My Gosh! I knew I smelled my green beans!"; she opened the container and pilled out the green bean stalk and started munching on it .

Jimmy laughed, "No one can smell green beans Em.", he reached in another container and pulled out a chicken wing. "Now these you can smell...MMM."

Emma scrunched up her nose, "Well I can smell green beans because they are garlic, and I can zone out the smell of that flesh screaming"

Jimmy laughed, "Flesh... Emma? Speaking of garlic' I seriously hope you have some gum or something, I am not trying to smell that." He shuddered over dramatically and swiftly dodging a punch from Emma while she laughed.

"Jimmy I think that garlic breath is incredibly sexy." She jumped up on the counter in front of him and started to breathe in his face and laugh as he tried to push her away.

"Eww Emma! Stop!" He was laughing as she grabbed a hold of his face with both hands and held him still as she blew in his face, When he started to tickle her, she screamed and when he kept tickling she started to tickle him back.

He pulled back laughing, "OKAY! Okay, okay I give."

She jumped down and grabbed her soup and started to head to the living room to watch 'When A Stranger Calls'. Before she got around the counter she felt a stinging pain and heard a snap. She jumped and turned around, Jimmy turned to her with a wicked gleam in his eye, Emma looked down and saw Jimmy swinging a kitchen towel in his hand.

"See you think I'm gonna get you back but I'm gonna get you when you least expect it you little jerk." she laughed as she headed to the couch.

Jimmy shook his head smiling murmuring under his breath, "Whatever... little brat..." he had a silly smile on his face walking into the room to sit next to her and watch the movie.

Three hours later and one and a half movies down, both were stuffed and Emma was clutched up close to Jimmy's side with his arm around her as they watched the 'Shining'. It was the creepy part where the dead twin girls talk to the little boy.

Jimmy and Emma both were squinting staring at the screen in horror while watching the flash of blood splatter and two dead bodies.

Emma shuddered and got up to go to the bathroom, "Where you goin'?"

Emma turned slightly while still walking... "I may love garlic green beans, but that does not mean that I love the after taste."

Jimmy laughed, "you remember where the spare toothbrushes are don't you?"

She waved her hand, heading into the bathroom closing the door.

Jimmy shook his head, "brat..."

The Next Day:

Jimmy waited outside Victoria's Secret impatiently tapping his foot, scowling.

Manny and Emma walked out talking and giggling, when their eyes fell on Jimmy they both looked at each other and laughed.

"Jimmy you look like a five year old who's waiting for his stolen toy to be returned."

"Really Emma! All that huh?"

She swatted him playfully, "Emma you try waiting outside a lingerie store and see how you feel."

"Um Jimmy I wouldn't have to. I'm a girl I would be in there." Emma scoffed and Manny rolled her eyes. They turned around and started to walk away with Jimmy dragging his feet behind them.

He whined, "You know what I mean."

"Aww poor baby, do you want a treat to shut up."

Jimmy' face lit up, "Well Em... now that you mention it, you were in the store for a long time and you bout a lot of stuff... you could like.."

"Don't even finish that sentence Brooks" Emma glared at Jimmy while he tried hard not to laugh but gave into it."

"Fine, fine but you two have to go with me to Kenneth Cole, I need new boxers."

Manny smiled big, "Hot young and semi wealthy guys trying on cloths," she jumped and picked up her pace to head there, calling over her shoulder, "I don't mind."

Jimmy and Emma laughed, on false impulse as if it were common, Jimmy grabbed Emma's hand and laced their fingers together before heading to the store.

When Emma felt his hand touch hers she remembered feeling a rush run through her body, dhe almost pulled away but stopped herself before he noticed her doubt.

He is just being a friend. Friends hold hands.

RIGHT. Does your friend know that you like it a little TOO much.

Shut up, he and I are always touchy feely.

Because you want him!

"Oh shut up!"

"Huh?" Jimmy looked down at her confused.

Emma blushed and turned her head towards Manny, "Oh uh Manny. She uh, she um... she is just ridiculously flirting with that sales guy,... you know?"

Please please believe me.

Jimmy shook his head and smirked, "What's new?" he released her hand and threw his arm around her more like a brother than a guy who liked you. Emma cringed at the thought.

Emma and Manny dragged Jimmy around to about ten more stores till he reduced to begging saying he would get on his knees.

They finally headed out the door.

"So Emma you want to ride with me?" while shuffling with her keys and bags at her 06' pink Mustang convertible trunk.

"Well actually Jimmy and are thinking about dinner so we will see you there, we were thinking like..."

"Um well actually Emma... I... uh ... well, um.." Manny fidgeted with the bags in the trunk like she was situating them, then looked up at their amused faces, she sighed, "I'm going to dinner with Craig."

Jimmy out his head down and covered his mouth, Emma nodded slowly "Oh"

"Well it's not like it's a date date, you know."

Jimmy shook his head. "It's none of our business, have fun and tell Craig that we had fun... Come on Em."

He placed his hand on the small of her back and led her to the car, you could hear Manny protesting and swearing it wasn't a date, calling to Emma.

They got into the SUV and pulled up to Manny, "So Manny have LOTS of fun n your date." Jimmy winked and drove off, Manny was screaming in the parking lot. "JIMMY YOU ASS..."

They lost the rest of it as they were pulling out of the mall parking lot.

"Jimmy you are such a butt head."

He smiled big as they drove down the street.

When they pulled onto Emma's street , she looked over at Jimmy confused, when he swung into her drive way and turned off the car, "Jimmy I thought..." She trailed off.

"Grab those two and I'll grab the rest," he looked at her and smiled, "I figured we could both change into something nice and I could take you to that new Italian restaurant."

He grabbed the load of bags int the back noting that this would take two trips.

Emma sat there dumb founded before snapping out of it. 'Like a date'

'Whoa calm your self Nelson'

He watched her from his position in the back and smirked at her confused expression that turned happy then serious.

'She even has to rationalize and debate with herself'

She got out of the car and went up the porch and fumbled with her keys, nervous as all hell.

She opened the door and headed into the dark house. Her parents must be out with Joey or something. She thought to her self as she walked through the house turning on some lights.

When Jimmy came in with the last of the loads and put them in her room, she headed down to where he was, when she got down there he was heading up the stairs and was too far to turn around, so they had to slide their bodies against each others.

Emma caught Jimmy closing his eyes at the close contact and she smiled proudly. She loved being a girl.

"Even though the guys attention you want to get is your FRIEND! And is only taking you out to a FRIENDLY dinner!'

As if reading her mind, Jimmy turned around at the top of the stairs, "Oh and Emma! It Is A Date." Jimmy smiled and closed the door so she could get ready.

Emma turned to her room and did a silent scream and jumped up and down then rushing to her bags to get ready.

Jimmy headed up the stairs to the bathroom with his stuff to get ready himself.

He closed the door and locked it turning to the mirror. He smiled smugly.

"Your ready, Your way over Hazel. With someone like Emma around... how can you not wanna move on."

He smiled even bigger, tuning and reaching into his bags to grab his stuff.

Both unaware of the other's excitement about the night to come.

A/N: Thanks for patiently reading this. I'm trying to lead up to things. I guess you could say this was a filler.

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Although I love all the reviews and criticism, I write for myself and others, not so someone can condescendingly correct me. None of you but, all of you are awesome but some people think they know it all. SORRY I had to vent. Thanks for reading, I hope you don't think I'm a brat cause I'm not.

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