1CHAPTER 4
It had been four days since Emma had seen or talked to Jimmy, that was a long time considering that ever since they had become close friends; they hadn't gone a couple of hours without talking. They usually were together anyways.
Emma laid on her bed staring at the glowing stars on her ceiling, she closed her eyes and turned to the side and stared at the window streaked with rain and watching it light up with each strike of lightening.
She closed her eyes and counted to her self waiting for the next bolt of lightening. When the light from the outside lite up her room again and she could see it from her closed eyes, she sighed and opened them.
She usually loved storms, but this one was horrible.
It was horrible because she wasn't sitting next to Jimmy. She wasn't curled up next to him watching a scary movie.
Emma picked up the pillow next to her and slammed it down, grunting in the process.
She looked around her room and her eyes landed on picture of her and Jimmy at block party. She remembered that day vividly. It was two days after graduation and her parents as well as the other block parents through it for the kids. She remembers being so happy, finally free from high school and ready for college.
COLLEGE! Where would be an adult, college with all her friends. COLLEGE! Was where Jimmy was. She remembered this was the day that she realized she had feelings for him.
She had denied them even to herself as if she were speaking with someone else.
She groaned and turned to the window.
"OH GOD!" Emma gasped and shot up in bed.
She grabbed the bat next to her bed at the sight of feet near her window, she turned and looked feeling around her bed.
She rolled off her bed in the dark and laid on the floor. "Where is it?" she whispered.
Her heart stopped when she heard the latch click.
'Oh God! Oh God! What do I do? What do I do? Do I scream? YES! I'll scream!'
She looked to the side near the crate and saw her bat leaning against the wall. 'Great. Just when I need it.'
Then Emma saw two large feet land next to the bat. A sick feeling came over her as she felt the bile rise in her throat.
Her heart started to pound as she saw the feet move like they were moving towards her side of the bed. She closed her eyes tight and turned getting on all fours.
She looked back under the bed and saw that the feet stood rooted in place at the end of her bed. 'Oh Gd! He saw me!'
Emma jumped up and ran for her steps, but before she got to the first one, a long arm snaked around her waist and pulled her up to a strong hard body, "DA - - !"
The other arm came up and a hand clamped over her mouth, "SHHH!"
Emma struggled against him trying to scream but it was muffled, he whispered fiercely in her ear, "Emma! Shhh! It's me. Emma!"
She stopped struggling and turned her head only to come in contact with Jimmy's serious expression.
When she relaxed in his arms, his hold on her relaxed and he slid her down to her feet and took his hand off her mouth slowly, scared of her reaction.
Emma turned slowly and looked up at Jimmy.
He was looking at her strangely, it made her stomach flutter.
She then remembered how terrified she was then something snapped. She started slapping him and ranting and raving.
"Emma! Emma! Emma Stop!" Jimmy had her by the shoulders shaking her. "You Are going to Wake up your parents. Shut up!"
She shoved him away from her hard, "Well maybe I wouldn't have to worry about being quiet if you hadn't SNUCK into my room in the middle of the night."
Jimmy put his finger to his lips to silence her, she looked at him like he was crazy. He looked up and motioned with his other hand pointing up.
Her eyes got big as she heard rushed feet above her.
Jimmy pushed towards the door and she ran up swinging the door open just as Snake got to her, "Emma honey what is it? Are you - ?"
"Dad calm down, I'm okay it was just a bad dream!"
"But o heard you yell for me, then I heard voices, now here you are."
"I cried out for you in my sleep, the dream was so bad that I can't sleep so I turned on the radio. The only reason I'm up here, is I heard you coming and I wanted to reassure you I'm okay."
Snake hugged her tight, "Are you sure Em, cause I can - ?"
"Dad! Seriously, it was just a nightmare. Honestly. I'm okay. Go back to bed."
"I can check your room?"
"Dad. Bed." Emma pointed up.
Snake smiled and walked away, "I get the hint. Too big to have Dad tuck you in and look for monsters under the bed."
"You came after that!"
He waved his hand to shush her, turning and looking at her with a sad look on his face, "I can make up for it..."
She smiled sadly knowing it hurt him to see her growing up, "If I have another nightmare, you can check for monsters." She skipped up to him and gave him kiss on the cheek. "Night Dad."
He watched her run to her door and close and lock it. Smiling softly, "Night Em."
Snake climbed the stairs and headed back into the dark bedroom and got in the bed next to Spike. She rolled over and turned on the light, "Is everything okay Arch?"
"She had a nightmare, she..." Spike smiled at his distant far away look on his face.
"... And she didn't need you to look around her room." Spike said it more as a statement than as a question. When Snake nodded, Spike laughed. "Arch... she's all grown."
"But Christine..."
"Archie, she is a big girl. It was bound to happen. Plus she hasn't wanted someone to check under her bed in a long time, probably never. You know how independent she is, plus you are kinda late."
"Ugh!"
"Archie... but you ARE here now." she patted his hand that was resting on his stomach.
He smiled big and leaned over and kissed her, "Yeah, yeah I am."
They turned off the light and went to bed.
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Downstairs in the basement.
Emma stood at the top of the stairs till she heard her Dad turn off the lights and head up. She waited for a minute or two, just to make sure that he or her mom didn't try and come back.
When she was satisfied, she turned and headed down the stairs with a smile on her face. It dropped as soon as she saw Jimmy still standing on the spot that she left him in.
She brushed past him heading to her bed, "I think you should just leave."
She turned and sat down on her bed facing hin with his back turned to her still staring at the spot she just was.
She watched him with curious sadness before she change her expression from unhappiness to a scowl as he turned to face her on the bed.
Jimmy brought his hands up then slammed them back down to his sides in defeat causing te rain water from his body to splatter onto Emma.
She made no move to remove the water form her shoulders and thighs.
Jimmy closed his eyes, "Emma... Emma I can't sleep."
"So what the hell am I suppose to do. Do you want me to rock you to sleep or something."
Jimmy rolled his eyes at her sarcasm. He looked back at her knowing she wasn't done.
"It's 1:35 in the morning Jimmy and it's storming. Your telling me you came all the way over here in a dangerous storm to tell me you can't sleep? Why didn't you just call and tell me that? RIGHT! Because we aren't talking, I haven't spoken to you in four days."
He took a step closer to the bed and grunted then stopped. "That was how you wanted it Emma."
He started to remove his jacket, jerking at the wet fabric against his skin till he got it off and flung to the ground angrily.
Emma got to her feet fast with his last word while he was jerking on his coat. "Wanted it Jimmy?" she scoffed and walked over to him as the jacket slid across the floor. "That is not how I wanted anything Jimmy! How dare you?"
Jimmy turned away from her and motioned to the stairs, "Manny said your parents were out of town."
"They came back early last night. Jimmy? Don't you dare change the subject."
"WHAT! What do you want me to say?" She sighed, "Look you were right, I shouldn't have come."
He walked over to his over to the crate and grabbed his jacket off the floor near the bed on his way.
Emma stood shocked for a minute before regaining her train of thought. She turned a stalked over to Jimmy who was about to climb up.
She grabbed the back of his shirt, "Don't you dare walk away from me. What you don't want to face the truth. That you are liar and a fake."
He spun around and glared at her, "I am not a fake. And I am definitely not a liar. As I remember correctly wasn't it you who wouldn't talk to me or let me explain. Was it me? NO! It was you, you walked away from me. So don't you blame us not communicating on me." He backed her up till the back of her knees touched the edge of her bed. "Cause Baby it was not me. If I can remember exactly I tried to even prove to you that you were the only one I wanted."
She put her head down and sighed.
Jimmy caught this and went to back up, then Emma grabbed his arm. "Did you sleep with her?"
"No."
"After I left?"
"Not before or after. Emma I do not want her." She sighed and he took that as a chance to explain. "She was literally just standing there when the elevator doors opened. I... I didn't know what to do. She said she needed to talk. So I let her in not thinking anything. We sat down on the couch and started talking." Emma sat down on her bed and kept her eyes down on the floor.
"When I got there, you... she..." Jimmy sat down next to her.
"Emma, I excused myself to te bathroom cause the things she was telling me, it freaked me out and I wanted to talk to you, I went to the bathroom and tried your phone and your voice-mail came right on. I took a deep breath and went back out into the living room and didn't see her, I turned around and she was standing there."
"Jimmy please you don't have to keep going, I..."
"Emma she jumped me, I swear. At first I was shocked. I didn't do anything."
Emma got up off the bed and paced back and forth "Jimmy..."
"Emma I hadn't had any physical contact in a while and she was my ex... it almost felt natural. She removed her shirt and was on top of me. I..."
"Jimmy please..."
Jimmy stalked over to her and grabbed her by the shoulders turning her to him, "Emma, you popped in my head. I pushed her away from me. I told her I couldn't. I told her..."
Emma shoved at him, but his grip was too tight, "JIMMY... please stop..." Emma choked out on a sob.
Jimmy pulled her into his chest, "And then you were there. I told her that I cared about you and wanted to be with you, Then I opened te door and you were there. I knew it was you. Okay. I knew I would see you there. It... the knock... I... I was so scared."
She looked up at him and saw the anguish in his face. He was still wet from the storm and the water was dripping from his skin.
Emma reached up and wiped the rain from his face.
The touch of her hands on his skin caused ripple effect in his body. "Emma I care so much for you. I would rather be celibate and have you than be with someone and lose you. That scared me... Emma I'm still scared."
She shook her head and turned and walked away. She stared at her bed before she felt Jimmy come up behind her and slide his hands from her shoulder blades to the sides of her arms.
She closed her eyes tight to contain a moan from escaping her body.
Jimmy leaned down and his voice had gone from soft and gentle to hoarse and something else that Emma didn't quite recognize. "Emma..."
"How... how do I know that... that you won't hurt me? How do I know that you won't ... how do I know if you are..."
"The one? Cause Emma. To me, I don't see anyone but you. I meant what I said. I don't want her, or anyone for that matter. I only want you."
He slowly turned her to face him "Emma..."
"Jimmy, how do I know it's you? Will you even actually..." she shook her head and looked up at him, "Ever. Will you be there?"
"Emma." he sighed defeated. "Emma ... I don't..."
She reached up and grabbed both of his hands and brought them to their sides holding in tight. "Will you Jimmy? When I need you? Can you?"
"Emma I don't wanna be with anyone else. That goes with everything. Emma I..."
"No don't say it... don't say till I say." She released his hands and linked them around his neck. She brought his head down to her level and when there lips where a breath apart, she smiled "Okay"
Jimmy smiled big, "I love you Emma." and then he kissed her leaning down on the bed.
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A/N: Wow okay. I wonder what can happen next. I guess we'll see, since I'm the only one that knows.
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