AN: Aloha everyone! I just watched the first two episodes of Degrassi Junior High…wow…it was actually a lot like Degrassi is now, the first episode was about running for President (like Ashley and JT in Family Politics) and the second one was about getting drunk before a dance (like Terri in Eye of the Beholder). Plus all the adult characters—well some- from now were in it, Joey (he reminds me a lot of JT back then), Lucy (she looks a lot different now, her voice definitely deepened and her hair used to be insanely poofy), Wheels (looks different but they don't show him much on DTNG anyway), Caitlin (they showed her in both episodes, she had brown hair and barely talked), Snake (ran for president in the first episode and all they really showed of him was when he was on the school steps playing guitar-back then Joey and Wheels were best friends and Snake wasn't…but I dunno, they might be later on in the episodes), and Spike (she didn't talk at all! But you definitely knew it was her, they simply showed her walking around in the background, but it was her).
But yeah, it's a pretty good show, but DTNG is better!
Anyways, now that I've said that, here are some shout outs:
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ScaryChick: I was thinking about having Jay get jealous of Craig but I decided against it, since Craig's with Ashley and all…lol. Thanks for the review!
CHA CHA CHARMEN: Yeah, the last chapter was long, but so is this one! FIRE! lol…that's awesome…he-he. Thanks for the review!
antiIRONY: I couldn't have the wedding without Lucy and Wheels! Actually, I probably could have but they just had to be there, they were all best buds in high school! Thanks for the review!
Lena Le2006: I think they are perfect for each other, but that's just because I pretty much think that opposites attract so yeah, lol. Thanks for the review! Hope you like this chapter!
Knightsgurl: Thanks! Hope you like the chapter!
Icantstopthinkingofyou: Guess you'll just have to wait and see…lol. Thanks for the review!
Plastic Strawberries: Sorry about the mistakes, sometimes when I'm writing and I get really into it, I just keep on writing and almost ignore the mistakes completely and then I miss them again in the read through afterwards, so sorry! And thanks for pointing them out to me! And sorry if it was a bit rushed!
Dfreak: Wouldn't we all love to tackle him in the pool (shifts away for a minute for dreamy sight), I would too! Thanks for the review!
Allie: I honestly have no idea, they didn't take tons and tons at my brother's wedding but they did at my cousin's wedding, it was insane! Here's more! Thanks for the review!
Chealsea:Glad you loved it! Thanks for the review!
Emdee8907: Yeah, I figured this story couldn't totally center around Emma and Jay (okay so it basically still does and I just mention other couples here and there, but I'm working on it! He-he…) so I mentioned Craig, Ashley, Manny, Spinner, Joey, Caitlin, etc, etc. Here's more and thanks for the review!
Sethsduck17: Bummer about your AC! I love Texas…lol. I have family that lives there in Amarillo, Dallas, and Austin so yeah; I go there a few times a year. Well sorry for leaving you hanging with the (cough, kiss, cough) scene…well hope ya like it! Thanks for the review.
PhantomPunkEvo: Well…it might not be in the pool but…lol. Thanks for the review! Hope you had fun in Colorado!
ShimmeringEvil: I love Jack too! He-he. Thanks for the review, hope you like the chapter!
KoolAidSmiley: Thanks!
Ericaw1992: Well here's the next chapter! Thanks for the review!
Ocisforme: I was going to make it happen in Chapter 11 but I was like, "Nah, I'll wait…" lol…thanks for the review! By the way, who's your favorite character on The OC? Mine are Seth and Summer XD!
Linzer-B: If you dreamed about Degrassi after reading my chapter, hope it was a cool dream! He-he, thanks for the review and hope you like this chapter!
Saraofthedead: Hmm…let's see K—S…k-I-D-s…no that's not it…k-I-N-s…nope…k-I-S-s…hmm…could be! He-he, thanks for the review!
And big hugs to everyone else: Roxanne76, NoOneReallyKnows, Ashley, pinkshadow89, fluffymellow, Mickey Mouse Gloves, katfishh, chunkymonkey010, degrassicouples93, aprildaisy, XxAnGeL02xX, queenie12, thengrl13, be11011, caramelswirl11, PrudencePiperHalliwell, Vlad (sorry, I would do the cross thing on your name but I don't know if it would work!), BarelyAlive, and Bridget N...you guys rock!
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So here is the long awaited Chapter 13 (not sure if it was really long awaited but you get my drift) and I hope you guys like it!
R&R and please, no flames!
Lotsa love, degrassichick
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Chapter 13
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"Cannonball!" Craig exclaimed, jumping into the pool, water splashing all around.
"Are you even gonna get in?" Manny asked, looking over at Emma, who was sitting on the ground with her feet dangling in the water.
Emma shrugged, "I don't really want to get my hair wet…"
"Since when did you care about stuff like getting your hair wet?" Manny asked, "The reception is pretty much over, now people are just eating, and talking, and dancing, and laughing, and getting drunk. You can just change into the clothes you came to the wedding in after we're done, no problem."
Emma rolled her eyes and gave another shrug.
Jay looked up at her from where he was in the water, "Okay, you made me go home and get my trunks and you're not even going to get in?"
Emma shrugged, "I don't know."
Jay rolled his eyes and dove under the water, swimming until he found her feet and where they were dangling; he began to tug on them.
"Jay!" Emma exclaimed.
"This could be hard or easy, Nelson." Jay stated, "I could either pull you in thus the chance of you getting hurt, or you could quit being such a baby and just get in the water."
Emma began to rub her lips together, not giving an answer.
"Will you just get in?" Jay asked.
Emma didn't answer.
"Okay, that's it." Jay said and leaned his arms on the siding of the pool, jumping up to the surface.
Emma shot up and began to back away, "You wouldn't dare."
"Yes I would." Jay said and began to walk towards her.
Emma continued to back away before turning around and running.
"Hey, no running in the pool area!" Craig hollered, nobody listened.
Ashley simply rolled her eyes and laughed, pulling Craig towards her into a kiss.
Jay caught up with Emma and grabbed her around the waist, swinging her.
"Jay, put me down!" she exclaimed.
"Fine, fine. Have it your way." He said and tossed her into the air, throwing her into the pool.
Emma screamed as her body fell into the water. Her back stung badly.
She tilted her head up only to see Jay, Manny, Spinner, Ashley, and Craig all laughing at her.
Emma squinted her eyes at Jay rudely, "I hate you."
Jay's eyes widened, "Well I love you too, Green Peace." He said before swimming towards her and dunking her head under the water.
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The group spent the next few hours goofing around in the pool, eventually, Manny, Spinner, Craig, and Ashley got up and left the pool, heading back to the reception, leaving Jay and Emma alone.
"I still can't believe you threw me in the pool." Emma said.
Jay rolled his eyes, "Let it go, Emma."
Emma began to make her way towards the stairs that led out of the pool, shivering the entire way up the three steps.
Jay finally got a good look at her swimsuit: a tankini top with hot pink, olive green and sky blue swirls all over it along with a pair of matching boy short bottoms.
"Are you getting out for good?" Jay asked, making his way over towards where she was, and jumping up onto the surface.
Emma sat down in one of the white lounge chairs and shrugged, draping a towel over her shoulders.
"Do you know what time it is?" she asked.
Jay looked up at the large wall clock on one of the walls, it read 10:01.
"Around ten." He responded.
"Wow, we've been in the pool for like five hours!" Emma said, "I probably look like a prune by now."
A very cute prune at that…Jay thought to himself, if that wasn't the corniest ass thing I've ever heard go through my mind.
"No different than the rest of us." He replied.
Emma sighed before standing up and grabbing the white beach bag propped beside her chair, "I'm going to go change." She said before swinging it over her shoulder and walking outside of the pool room.
Jay grabbed his tee shirt, jeans and black skater shoes that he had changed into when he got home to get his swim trunks and walked out of the room as well.
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"Did you have a good time?" Spike asked as Emma sat down at the table with the rest of the bridal party, "Your fingers are pretty wrinkly."
Emma nodded, "Yeah it was fun." She replied.
She turned around to glance around at the slowly fading party and noticed Jay walking into the room.
Emma told her mom and Snake that she was going to head over to where Jay was and then walked over there.
"Many wrinkles?" she asked.
Jay nodded and held out his hand, to show his warped fingers, "And it's not going away." He said sharply.
Emma laughed, "Same here."
"Looks like Jack got himself a girlfriend." Jay said.
Emma turned to where her brother was and saw him dancing around to a song by The Beach Boys called Fun, Fun, Fun with a young girl probably his age, Emma was guessing she was a Cooper.
Emma let out a laugh, "Yeah, I guess so…"
Just then the song ended and a song that Jay liked came on, he turned to Emma, "Do you…want to dance…maybe?"
Emma smirked up at him and nodded, "I'd love to. I love this song."
"Yeah…me too." He said before offering his hand to her.
She was a bit shaky at first but she simply placed her hand in his and let him lead her towards the floor.
Out of all the people she had shared dances with tonight: Joey, Snake, Craig, Jack, Spinner, Wheels, and a few others…this was the first dance that she would be sharing with Jay.
He just barely placed his hands on her waist and she lightly touched her arms to his shoulders, regardless to the fact that they were small touches, it made each of them have chills shooting up and down their spines.
As the music played on, it seemed as if it wasa very awkward moment for both of them, as if maybe this dance wasn't meant to be, even though both knew that they wanted it.
Emma slowly let her arms fall onto his shoulders more, before wrapping around his neck while Jay's arms made the rest of their way around her waist and brought her closer.
She looked up into his eyes and could just feel her face getting closer and closer to his…
Emma's pulse began to quicken, oh my God…this is it! It's really going to happen…we're finally going to kiss…no interruptions or anything.
Jay could feel their lips only inches apart, wow…it's really finally happening…I'm going to kiss Emma. Right now, I couldn't actually care less what Alex thinks; this is finally the moment…
It was happening now; their lips weren't even an inch apart.
Almost touching…almost…
"Emma, could you come over here for a minute please?" Spike called out.
Emma broke away from Jay and glanced over at her mom, "Yeah sure…" she said, she glanced apologetically at Jay before breaking away completely and walking towards her mom.
Mom, Emma thought bitterly to herself, I HATE YOU!
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Jay groaned; that kiss was so close, so close!
He sighed and began to listen to the lyrics of the song, this was the second time in the same dayhe was mentally slapping himself for not kissing her sooner.
I am everything you want
I am everything you need
I am everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
I say all the right things
At exactly the right time
But I mean nothing to you
And I don't know why…
Why
I don't know why…
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For the next hour and a half, Emma pretty much avoided Jay, the tension would be unbearable.
She stayed close by Manny, since Spinner had left, and the two just hung around, drinking the last of the punch, eating the last of the cake, the last of the cookies, the last of the chips, and taking the last of the pictures left on the disposable cameras at each table.
Manny leaned her cheek close by Emma's and held out the camera with her arm so it was directly facing them.
"Say cheese…" Manny said before grinning and pressing the button on the camera, the flash going into their eyes.
"How many are left on the camera?" Emma asked.
"One more…" Manny said, "We used up an entire camera, wow…we are bored." She said with a laugh.
It was true, even though a few of the cameras still had a few pictures left on them (which they had used up taking pictures of Caitlin and Joey and such), one camera had not been used at all so the girls took it to liberty to take pictures of themselves and random things and people at the party.
Emma was pretty sure Manny had snapped one of Jay from when he was bouncing balloons with Jack.
Manny glanced up at the clock which read 11:59 and the red tick mark was at forty seconds til midnight.
"Okay," Manny said, "Since I absolutely have nobody to kiss…damn it Spinner…go find a partner."
Emma sighed and glanced around, spotting Jay.
It's worth a shot…
Are you out of your mind?
You are her mind ding-bing.
Shut up, so are you…it's not the best idea.
Why not? They almost kissed before…more than once even!
He has a girlfriend.
He had a girlfriend last year and they kissed then too.
Yeah, well that kiss was a mistake.
I don't think so.
Whatever…I still don't think this is a good idea.
Who seriously cares?
Emma rolled her eyes at her constantly arguing mind before making it up and walking towards Jay.
Jay glanced up at her, "Yeah?"
Emma looked over at the clock, five seconds left…
"FIVE, FOUR…" the room began to chant.
Emma's pulse began to quicken as Jay glanced at her confusingly.
"…THREE…TWO…"
Emma looped her arms around Jay's neck and pulled his face towards hers.
"…ONE…HAPPY NEW YEARS!"
And just then his lips pressed against hers.
People were clapping and screaming, blowing horns, but neither heard anything but their own fireworks exploding deep inside of them.
Jay's arms snaked around her waist, pressing her closer to him.
Emma's got some guts…Jay thought to himself as she started to run her fingers through his locks of hair, knocking his hat off of his head.
Oh my God…Oh my God…Oh my God…Emma thought to herself as she could feel one of Jay's hands creeping up her back as she just barely could feel his tongue beginning to press against her closed lips.
She was just about to open hers in response when she heard a click and even with her eyes closed, she saw a flash.
The two broke away and glanced over at Manny who was holding her camera and grinning.
"Manny!" Emma exclaimed.
"What? Just capturing the moment, Em." Manny replied.
Emma rolled her eyes before turning to Jay who was bending down, placing his hat back onto his head.
"You kissed Jay!" Manny exclaimed.
"I'm aware of that, Manny." Emma replied.
"Well how was it? Hard, soft, passionate, tongue?"
"It didn't even last a minute."
Manny rolled her eyes, "Whatever. At least you've got some gumption."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean you just walked over to Jay and grabbed him and kissed, not everybody can do that, you know." Manny said.
Emma let out a soft laugh before glancing over at Jay who was now walking back over to one of the tables and taking a drink out of a Pepsi bottle that she was guessing he got out of the machine since it was full and the one he had bought at the gas station had already been drank out of.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Emma said.
Manny grinned, "I know. But hey, do you think it's okay if I stay at your place tonight?"
"Sure, that'd be fine, Manny. We were actually about to head home anyway." A voice said from behind her.
Manny and Emma spun around and saw Spike and Snake standing behind the girls.
"Okay, I'll just meet you in the car, Em." Manny said before turning and walking out of the room, closely followed my Snake.
"So," Spike said, walking closer to Emma, "I noticed that kiss with Jay Hogart…"
Emma bit her lip, "Yeah, well…New Years Eve, spur thing…you know."
Spike laughed and nodded, "Well are you getting a ride home with us?"
Emma shrugged, "Yeah, I guess. I'll go tell Jay."
Spike nodded and began to head towards the door, "Just be sure to get Jack while you're at it." She said before walking off.
Emma spun around and saw Jack waddling his way over towards Jay.
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"Hey Jack." Jay said, looking down at the young boy.
"Hi Jay." Jack said with a baby smile on his face.
"What can I do for ya?" he asked.
"Are you and Emmy gonna get wedding like Uncle Joey and Aunt Caitlin?" he asked.
Jay glanced at him confusingly, "Gonna get wedding?"
"You know, with a big white dress…"
"Oh you mean get married…" Jay said.
Jack nodded.
"Why would you think that?"
"I saw you guys kissing…mommy says that that's what married people do…I was with Molly Cooper a lot tonight, and we said that we'd get married…"
Jay let out a laugh, "Well, Emma and I are-"
Jay got interrupted by Emma walking up to the two and scooping Jack up into her arms, "Hey Jay, I'm going to get a ride home with my parents, okay?"
Jay nodded, "Okay…"
"So I'll see you on Monday, first day back at school…"
"Whoopee." He remarked unenthusiastically.
Emma rolled her eyes before smiling at Jay, feeling a blush creep up to her cheeks, "Bye Jay."
"See you later, Emma."
"Bye Jay!" Jack exclaimed, clapping his hands together.
"I'll see you around Jack Man."
Emma smiled before walking off towards the exit of the room.
Jay watched her leave before turning around, gathering his stuff, and leaving as well.
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"You guys do make a cute couple, you know." Manny said as they walked back into her bedroom.
Emma shrugged, "I'm kind of embarrassed that I did that."
"Why?" Manny asked.
"Because I just grabbed him and kissed him!" Emma exclaimed.
Manny shrugged, "So? You guys were close to kissing earlier tonight anyway."
And this morning…Emma thought to herself.
Emma shrugged, "He has a girlfriend."
"Apparently he didn't think much of that when he was making out with you in the middle of the dance floor."
"We weren't making out, Manny."
"It looked somewhat intense to me."
"It wasn't intense, and it wasn't making out. There wasn't even tongue; it was just a simple kiss."
There was almost tongue…you guys were this close to tongue!
Shove it and let us talk!
Manny shrugged, "Still…"
Emma rolled her eyes and walked over to her dresser, pulling out a pair of pajama pants and a tank top.
"I'm going to go change." Manny said, grabbing her bag that Emma's parents had let her pick up from home on their way back to their house.
Emma removed her clothes and slid on the pair of green pajama pants with Happy Bunny all over them with random sayings and a white tank top.
She brushed her hair before pulling it into a ponytail.
Manny walked back into her room in a pair of pink pajama pants with white stars on them and a white tank top with hot pink stars on them and a pair of fuzzy white slippers.
"I'm so beat." Manny said, flipping off the light switch, "You tired?"
Emma shrugged, "A little."
Manny kicked off her slippers and climbed into Emma's bed, draping the covers over her, "Night."
"Night." Emma replied before walking towards the computer and flipping it on, seeing if anybody was online…JT, Liberty, Kendra, Chester, Spinner-she wasn't sure why she had his address, but Manny had given it to her.
"Manny, Spinner's on." Emma said.
Like a flash, Manny jumped out of bed and ran towards the computer.
Emma laughed and got up from the chair, letting Manny sit down, within seconds her fingers were typing away.
She crawled into her bed and let her head rest against the pillows, thinking about everything that happened today.
I can't believe I actually kissed him…
Lay off, will ya?
You were against it!
So, I did it so why does it matter? It felt good and you know it.
Never said it didn't, I'm just embarrassed, what about Alex?
It doesn't matter about Alex! Now will you shut up so I can go to sleep?
Fine…fine…
Emma sighed before closing her eyes, and drifting to sleep.
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There you go, they kissed (sorry if it was disappointing!)!
Hope you liked it…
R&R and please, no flames!
Lotsa love, degrassichick
P.S. The song (well ending lyrics of it at least) was Everything You Want by Vertical Horizon.
Stay tuned for next chapter, what happens when they return back to school? Guess you'll just have to wait and see…
By the way, I noticed that I have 300 reviews on this story right now…that is absolutely amazing, thanks so much you guys! XD