Hey all, thanks for the reviews (hugs to everyone) and sorry for the semi-long update, anyways, here's Chapter 4...hope you like!
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Chapter 4
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Jay pulled his Civic into the hospital parking lot quickly and Emma climbed out with Jack on her hip.
"Jay, thank you so much!" she said.
"It wasn't any problem. Just call my cell if you need a ride home or anything." He said and grabbed a piece of paper and scribbled down a number with a Sharpie before handing it to her.
"Thanks again, for the ride and everything."
"No problem." He said before beginning to drive out of the parking lot.
Emma stood there for a moment, anticipating on what to do.
She knew her mom would be there but she would probably be talking to doctors and staying in Snake's room the whole time, she didn't want to be in there alone.
"Jay!" she called after the red Civic.
The car stopped and began to go in reverse until it parked up right next to Emma.
"What is it, Nelson?" he asked.
Emma sucked in a deep breath, "Could you stay with me?"
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"Emma!" Spike squealed, running towards Emma and putting her arms around her daughter.
Jay stood beside the two and held Jack who was humming the tune to "I Wish I Were an Oscar Meyer Weiner" in his ear.
"Hey mom." She said, hugging her back.
"Hi Jack." Spike said with a wide smile and took hold of her little boy, planting a kiss on his forehead "Emma, I have to go talk with the doctors for a little while, would you mind watching Jack?"
Emma nodded, "Sure." She said and took back her little brother.
"Thanks a bunch, Em." She said with a smile, she waved at Jay and gave a small peck to Jack and ran off.
"I want Jay!" Jack said excitedly.
Emma nodded, "You want Jay to hold you?"
Jay's eyes widened, babies usually hated him; how could he possibly like him?
Jack nodded, "Yeah." He said shortly.
Emma smirked and held out Jack to Jay.
Jay took Jack in his arms confusingly, "Want a piggyback?" he finally asked.
"Yeah!" he practically shouted.
Jay tossed him up over his shoulders and held onto his ankles as they walked down the corridors of the hospital.
"You're really good with kids, you know that?" she asked with a slight laugh.
"No not really." Jay said.
Emma smirked, "Jack seems to adore you."
"Yeah I know." Jay said.
"You make it sound like it's a bad thing." Emma said.
"No," Jay said, "It's not a bad thing. It's a weird thing. Babies and kids usually hate me, but Jack likes me."
Just then Jack's hands flew over Jay's eyes, "Peek-a-boo!" he yelled out.
Emma broke into giggles as she watched Jack and Jay.
Just then Jay stared into space for a minute, before he began to grin.
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"Here comes the jet, woo, woo, mayday, mayday." Jay said before sending the spoon into Jack's mouth as he gave him some ice cream.
"Uh, Jay…" Emma said.
"What?" he asked, turning to face her.
"Jack can feed himself, and you usually only do the jet plane to a little kid when he doesn't like the food. Jack loves ice cream."
Jay scoffed, "But this is fun." He said in a near whiny tone.
"You are such a little kid at heart." Emma laughed.
"Yeah, I guess I am." Jay said with a smirk before his eyes widened, "Tell anybody at school and I will have Alex or any other girl hurt you."
Emma laughed on the outside but on the inside she was rather upset that he mentioned Alex beating her up to her.
It wasn't so much the beating up part, but more the Alex part.
Jay could sense that she was uncomfortable, "Sorry." He said quickly.
"It's fine." Emma said, "I just really wish I knew what was wrong with dad. I mean, my mom didn't really say much of anything."
Jay sighed, "Gotta love parents."
Emma laughed lightly, "Yeah…that's for sure."
"So…care if I ask you a question?" Jay asked.
Emma leaned back in her chair, "Shoot."
"Why do you want to tutor me?" he asked.
Emma shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know."
"You just do it for fun?" he asked sarcastically.
Emma glanced up at him, knowing an answer that small wouldn't satisfy Jay.
"You really want to know?" she asked.
"Unless you feel uncomfortable telling me." Jay said.
"Okay, Dr. Phil…here's the scoop." Emma said, "I need cash."
Jay held out his hands and began to motion them in circles as if to say 'go on'.
"That's it." Emma said.
"That's it?" Jay echoed, "You need cash? So you chose to tutor me? Wow…I feel special."
"Shut up." She said, hurling an ice cube at him, it hit him in the shoulder before bouncing off and sliding to the floor, she could see it melting bit by bit very slowly.
"I just want to graduate early, that's all." Emma said, "The sooner I get out of Toronto, the better."
"Isn't this your home town or something?" Jay asked.
Emma nodded, "Yeah…but, I don't know. I just don't want to be here anymore. The whole staff is telling me that I've got enough credits and good enough grades to graduate early, I just need the green. So I spend my free-time now babysitting or as of a few days ago, tutoring you."
"Where are you planning on going?" Jay asked.
"University of Montreal, you?"
"Just somewhere here in Toronto, I'm just gonna stay here. It's where Alex is going so..."
"Not what I heard." Emma said.
"You wouldn't know before I would, Green Peace. She's my girlfriend."
"Well you're girlfriend obviously doesn't tell you everything because I heard she's moving to Vancouver."
"Vancouver? What the hell is in Vancouver?" Jay asked.
"I don't know. But I overheard her and Ellie talking about it a few days ago, she was supposed to tell you tonight at some party but look, here you are."
Jay tilted his head back and let out a long sigh, "That's why she wanted me to go to that party tonight. Damn it."
"Maybe you can move with her…" Emma said, trying to be supportive.
"Nah, I've already got a job all summer and besides, I know why she's going to Vancouver." Jay said, sitting back up.
"Aren't you the guy who just said 'what the hell is in Vancouver?'?"
"Not a good time to be quoting me, Nelson." Jay said shortly, "Her sister lives there, she's probably gonna move in with her."
Emma nodded her head, "Oh…well, wish I could be of more assistance, but I can't."
"It's fine." Jay said before letting out a yawn.
Emma leaned her arms across her chest, "Look, you can go home if you want…I'll be here all night anyway."
"No, it's okay. Hospitals can be pretty scary at night; it's when all the people die."
"How reassuring on my behalf." Emma said with a sarcastic laugh, "But no, seriously, you can. It doesn't bother me any, I'll just catch a ride with my mom in the morning."
"I could just drop you off at your house if you want or something, you know." Jay said.
Emma shook her head, "Its fine. Just go ahead."
Jay glanced at her suspiciously, "You sure?"
Emma let out a small yawn and then nodded her head, "It's fine, really."
Jay nodded, "Uh…okay, so I'll see you tomorrow?"
Emma nodded again.
Jay got up from his seat and turned to Jack who was drowsing in and out of sleep, "Bye Jack." He said, giving him a small tickle.
Jack shrieked, "Bye Jay!"
Jay ran his hands through what little hair Jack had before walking off.
"See you, Jay." Emma said as he walked away.
Jay spun around and faced the back of Emma's head, "Later, Nelson." He said with a soft smile before walking away and out of the hospital doors.
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"Emma!" Spike called out, running over to her daughter, who was sitting in the waiting room, reading a magazine with her little brother's head resting on her knee as he slept soundly.
"Hey mom." Emma said, her voice cracking from lack of sleep, the clock that hung over head, read 3 o'clock and the fluorescent lights were giving her a headache.
"They want Snake to stay here for the rest of the week." Spike said.
Well, go figure.
"Oh…okay, what happened though?"
"We were at the restaurant and all of a sudden his hand started twitching and he just blacked out, the doctors think it's something serious so they want him to stay here for the rest of the week."
Anything to get business.
"Oh…that sucks." Emma said dully.
"Hunny, why don't you go home and get some sleep? You look very tired."
"Don't have a ride." Emma said.
"I can give you a lift home, but you might not see me until late tonight." Spike said.
Emma nodded and let out a yawn, "Okay."
"Do you want to miss school tomorrow; I don't think you're going to be up to it, have you slept at all tonight?"
Emma shook her head, "I can't. It'll screw up my perfect attendance."
Spike sighed, "Em, I don't think one measly day will matter all too much."
Emma sighed, "Okay." She said and got up, handing Jack to her mom, who cradled him in her arms protectively as she led them outside to the parking garage.
"I'm pretty much only agreeing with you though because I'm so tired." Emma noted.
Spike let out a soft laugh, "I know."
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Where is she? Jay wondered around eleven o'clock the next morning; he had seen many of Emma's friends, but no Emma.
Maybe she went home last night and is sleeping, or she's ditching…wow, that'd be cool and weird at the same time, I should probably go check up on her.
Jay glanced around for teachers before slinging his messenger bag over his shoulder and wondering out of the school.
"So anyway...Jay?" Alex asked, wondering why her boyfriend had just walked out of the school halfway during a conversation, she shook her head before grumbling under her breath and walking off in the other direction.
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Jay got out of his Civic and stepped up her walk, knocking lightly on the door.
When a minute passed with no response, he simply let himself in the house, a task he had done once before.
"Nelson?" he asked, walking into the house, glancing around, "Emma? It's Jay."
He stepped into the living room but saw nothing, so he decided to walk into the kitchen but only found emptiness and a note from Spike:
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Took Jack to day care…pick him up around five or so, okay? I know you're sleeping right now and won't get this until later but I figured I would remind you.
See you late tonight or early tomorrow.
Love you, Mom.
Jay sat it down, that gave him the answer: Emma was sleeping.
He walked over to the olive colored door that led to the basement, AKA: Emma's bedroom.
"Green Peace?" Jay asked, walking down the stairs.
He reached the main level and walked around, until finally seeing Emma with all of her blankets thrown across her, sound asleep.
He could feel a small smile brimming on his lips and a blush rising to his cheeks but he didn't know why.
This was Jay Hogart we were talking about here, he doesn't get mushy, this couldn't be happening…not to him, and not over Emma.
But Jay finally realized that it was happening to him over Emma when he found himself kicking off his shoes and climbing into bed beside her, falling into a slumber.
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Hope you liked, R&R and please, no flames.
Lotsa love, degrassichick