AN: Hello fantastic people! I don't get to write very much this weekend (family is in town), so I figured I'd post this chapter (since it's the last one I have written for now, Chapter 12 is in the works however) for all of you! So here's a few shout outs first and to anyone not mentioned in them, you know I love you just as much and thanks for the reviews, you rock!

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BarelyAlive: Thanks for the tip…I will definitely make changes in their eye color, but I dunno…I think Jay's eyes might be gray…lol. I need to watch Secrets again; it gives the best view of his eyes. But thanks for the review!

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R&R and please, no flames.

Lotsa love!

-Degrassichick

P.S. I speeded things up a bit in this chapter (I don't think it's rushed, but I kind of fast forwarded a few weeks!)

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Chapter 11

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The next few weeks came and went, each day, Jay and Emma would meet at her house and study hard for five hours, well technically, only two and a half hours since the other two and a half were spent goofing around, binging on junk food, and watching television, and then he would stay an extra hour just to hang around with Emma and Jack, he would go with her to pick him up and then they would usually go out and grab a bite to eat from a burger joint or ice cream parlor, or The Dot. Jay didn't care if people saw him with Emma anymore; most of the school already knew he was being tutored by now anyway.

Jay's grades were improving and he now maintained a C average, which was very good.

The bad part of it all however (for Emma at least), was that Alex and Jay were once again dating-which Emma could not believe. Apparently, Alex and Jay made up and got back together the same day that he made up with Emma, after he left her house he went to the movie theater to apologize to Alex; every day that Emma saw the two together it drove her crazy but she didn't say anything, even though she could feel herself falling faster for him by each passing second.

Emma seemed to barely ever see her parents anymore, now they were always either at doctor's appointments or at hospitals for Snake, or they were going over wedding details with Joey and Caitlin.

She was now receiving money each week however, seventy-five from Jay and sometimes fifteen extra for some unknown reason and twenty bucks every other day for babysitting Jack on a daily basis, so she was definitely making enough money to hopefully get her to Montreal and through college, and she earning a lot of credits for Jay so she could definitely now graduate early.

The Christmas season had ended and now it was all up to New Years Eve to pull in the big finale.

Emma sighed boredly as her foot tapped on the wood floor of the Jeremiah residence as she watched her parents and Joey and Caitlin scurry around the house, going over last things for the wedding which was in two days, on New Years Eve.

She was bored out of her mind but her parents wanted her to go with them and hang out with Jack and Angie, because Craig was off in his own bedroom with Ashley Kerwin.

She glanced at Jack who was sitting on a fleece blanket while eight year old Angie ran around the adults, obviously hyper.

Emma walked over to Jack and scooped him up, holding him against her.

"Bored?" she asked him.

He nodded, "Very."

He was learning more words and able to answer questions better now that he understood them, but you could only ask simple or short questions, her parents barely got that and were still trying to get him to answer full blown questions like "What's my name?" which he could answer but some like, "What is this color?" which he never understood.

His favorite though out of the people normally at the Simpson-Nelson residence was by far, Jay Hogart.

Each day, Jay made sure that he would spend some time with him and Jack loved it and Jack loved him.

"Where's Jay?" he asked, his voice somewhat slurry since he wasn't old enough for his voice to be completely clear when he asked a question.

"I don't know sweetie." Emma said and gave him a kiss on his temple.

"Emma! Someone's at the door for you!" Angie exclaimed.

Emma stared around suspiciously, who would go to Joey's house to see her?

She walked over to the foyer and saw Jay at the door.

"Jay!" Jack exclaimed.

"Hey Jack!" Jay exclaimed back to the tot and took him out of Emma's arms and held him up above his head.

Emma could feel herself blushing so she leaned her head down.

"So how did you know I was at Joey's?" Emma asked.

"I saw your parent's car in the driveway so I just came by to see if you were here." Jay said, as Jack tugged on Jay's ears playfully.

Emma nodded, "Well you can come in if you want." She said and held open the door for him.

Snake glanced out of the living room and saw Jay, "Hey Jay..." he said somewhat stiffly, he hadn't trusted Jay with his daughtersince the day he saw him practically cornering Emma against a bookshelf in the library, but he hadn't trusted Jay period since the day he started Degrassi. The two had been on better terms however once he found out that Emma was simply tutoring him and that Jack liked him so much.

"Hey Mr. Simpson, how are you?" Jay asked, trying to be polite.

"I'm alright, how are you?" Mr. Simpson asked.

"I'm doing good." Jay said with a slight nod.

"You're doing well." Emma corrected him.

Jay rolled his eyes at her, "That doesn't even make sense." he said.

Emma rolled her eyes right back at him.

Jay glanced around the room before turning to her, "So, what's going on?"

"Joey and Caitlin are getting married so they're just going over last minute detail." Emma explained.

Jay nodded, "Cool. When is the wedding?"

"Two days." Emma replied.

"New Years?" Jay asked.

Emma nodded.

"Are you in it?"

Emma nodded again, "Bridesmaid, my mom's the maid of honor, Angie's the flower girl, and Caitlin's friend Lucy and I are the bridesmaids."

"Awesome and the best man I'm guessing is Snake?"

Emma nodded, "And the ring bearer is Jack, and the groomsmen are Craig and Joey's friend Wheels."

Jay nodded, "I've never been to a wedding in my whole life."

Emma stared at him, "Are you serious?"
Jay nodded, "Dead, never been to a wedding."

"Wow…" just then a thought popped into her head, but it was taking a somewhat big leap, "well…I could change that."

Jay glanced at her suspiciously, "What do you mean?"

"How about you come to the wedding with me?"

"Like as a date?"

Emma shrugged, "Or just as friends."

Jay stared at his feet before looking up at her, "Okay, I'll come."

Emma grinned, "Awesome."

"Do I need an invitation or something?" Jay asked.

Emma shook her head, "On my invitation it said 'and guest' and Manny's already coming so…"

"Oh now I feel good." Jay said sarcastically.

Emma grinned, "And you should. But anyways, it starts at noon on Saturday so just be at my house at like eleven or so, okay?"

Jay nodded, "Okay."

"Okay…"

The two stood in silence for a few moments before Jay spoke up.

"Okay, well I better get going. So I'll see you tomorrow, Emma."

Emma nodded, "Okay, see you."

"Bye." Jay said and took Jack and placed him back in Emma's arms.

"Jay!" Jack exclaimed.

Jay smiled at him and ran his hands through the small amount of hair on his head before smiling at Emma and heading out the door.

Emma sighed and actually began to spin around with Jack in her arms.

"I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream!" she sang out.

Caitlin and Joey glanced at the girl suspiciously.

"Is she okay?" Joey asked.

Caitlin shook her head, "She's in love."

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As Saturday morning came, Emma could be found lying on the couch in her pajamas, eating a bowl of Fruit Loops and watching some Saturday morning cartoon.

"Emma, you should be getting ready for the wedding." Spike told her as she watched through the living room.

"I've got time, it's only…" she broke away from talking to glance at the wall clock which read 10:45, "crap!" she exclaimed and shot up from the couch, sitting her bowl of cereal down on the coffee table and hurrying out of the living room and towards the door that led to the basement.

As soon as she got into her bedroom, she changed out of her pajamas and into a pair of faded flare blue jeans and an olive green tee shirt with a brown leather jacket over it.

She ran to her mirror and combed her blonde hair up into a ponytail and applied some lip gloss and mascara, just then the doorbell rang.

She sighed, Jay was obviously a bit early.

She glanced over at her digital clock and it read 11:01…never mind that.

"Jay, she's just downstairs." She heard Spike say and then in a matter of seconds, she heard footsteps coming down the stairs.

She dropped her make up and tried to look casual by leaning against her dresser and pretending to examine her fingernails.

"What are you doing?" she heard Jay asked.

She lifted her head and saw Jay, "Oh…hey, Jay. I didn't hear you come in."

Jay rolled his eyes, "Okay, sure. So what time do you guys have to head to the church for the wedding?" he asked.

"Right now." Emma heard Spike say.

Emma glanced over and saw her mom at the foot of the stairs, "Emma, are you getting a ride with Jay?" Spike asked.

Emma shrugged, "Is that okay with you?" Emma asked, turning to Jay.

Jay shrugged right back to her, "Doesn't matter. Sure."

Emma turned to her mom and nodded.

Spike smiled, "Okay, well your dad, Jack, and I are heading over there right now, just be sure to be there before eleven thirty, okay? You have to get ready."

Emma nodded, "Okay."

Spike smiled at the two before turning and hurrying up the stairs.

"So should we head over to the church right now?" Jay asked.

Emma shrugged, "We don't have to be there for thirty minutes."

Jay nodded, "Okay." He said and glanced around her bedroom before flopping onto her bed and letting out a long exasperated sigh.

"Get out of my bed." Emma told him.

Jay shook his head, "No can do…sorry." he said and leaned himself into her pillows, closing his eyes.

"Jay! Get out. Alex would be pissed if she knew you were in my bed."

Jay glanced at her suspiciously, "What makes you think she would know…?"

Emma shrugged, "I don't know…just will you get out?"

Jay sighed and then shook his head, "Nope, sorry. I'll be out in twenty minutes, though. I promise."

"Jay!" Emma exclaimed and jumped on the bed, trying to push him off.

"Are you trying to hurt me or something?" Jay asked as he was nearing the edge of her bed.

"No." Emma said and finally gave him the nudge that sent him falling to the ground, "It's for your own protection, I promise."

Jay got up and stared down at her, "Oh yeah?"

Emma noticed that his hat had fallen off of his head and how insanely cute he looked without his hat, before nodding, "Yeah…" she said with a smirk as he climbed back on the bed in attempt to push her off.

"I love revenge." He said, starting to nudge her.

"You better not push me off of my own bed." She said and sat up, trying to climb over him but as soon as she had one leg on either side of him, he grabbed her forearms and held her there so she was directly above him.

"Uh…Jay…" Emma murmured as she felt their lips slowly nearing, they were barely apart when…

"EMMA!" she heard a voice call from outside her window.

Jay let go of Emma's arms right away and it made her actually roll off the bed and land on her plush carpet.

She got up and smoothed down her outfit before walking over to her window and peaking out of it, only to see Manny Santos standing there.

"Manny, what?" Emma asked.

"I need a ride to the wedding; my parents dropped me off here on there way out of town." Manny said before glancing over near their driveway, "But I don't see your parents' car here…how are you getting to the wedding?"

"I'm giving her a ride." Jay said and walked over to the girls.

Manny's mouth dropped open, "Let me in." she said.

Emma sighed and lifted up the slightly opened window the rest of the way and let Manny climb through and drop to the floor.
Manny glanced at Jay suspiciously, circling him with a mysterious look in her dark eyes, "Em, what is Jay Hogart doing in your bedroom?" she asked, giving Emma a suspicious look.

"He's giving me a ride to the wedding." Emma said.

Manny simply stared at her, that answer was obviously not satisfying enough for Manuela Santos, "Why…?"

"She's my tutor, Santos." Jay said.

Manny's stared at the two as if they were insane, "Seriously?" she asked, holding back a laugh.

"Yes." Jay and Emma wound up saying in unison.

"Oh…wow…" Manny said, letting out a slight giggle.

Jay rolled his eyes at the girl.

"Well, we better get going." Emma said.

Jay nodded in agreement, "Do you need a ride Manny?"

Manny stared at him questioningly, "From you?"

"Manny!" Emma said.

Manny rolled her eyes, "Yeah, I guess." She said before making her way out of the bedroom and jogging up the stairs.

Emma glanced at Jay apologetically for having to give a ride to someone else as well before walking off and following Manny up the stairs.

Jay sighed and placed his hat back on his head, before following the girls up the stairs and mentally slapping himself for not just kissing her sooner.

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Lotsa love, degrassichick