AN: Hey everyone! Wow…I'm over 400! (Does little dance) Thank you so very uberly much! So here are my shout outs:
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Anyways, here's Chapter 16 and I hope you like it!
R&R and please no flames! (Lighters maybe…lol)
Lotsa love, degrassichick
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Chapter 16
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Jay gulped, remaining quiet.
Emma let out a small sight, partly of happiness for telling him, and partly for worry since he wasn't saying anything, "And I don't know if who you were talking about was really me but I know that for awhile now I have had all of these pent up emotions for you and I didn't know how else I could get rid of them so I tried to during that fight today but then you left and I figured it wasn't me that you were talking about and I felt like a total idiot but Jay I couldn't keep it quiet okay? I'm sorry but I'm falling for you so fast and I just-"
Emma was cut short when she felt Jay's lips pressed against hers.
She responded almost immediately, her lips parting slightly letting his tongue slide in to meet hers.
She practically threw her arms around his neck as she drew him closer to her, his hands wrapped around back as their tongues fought furiously.
Emma began to run her fingers through his soft locks of hair as he continued to kiss her deeply and passionately, as if two lovers who hadn't seen each other for a long time.
Jay's lips left hers and began to trail to her throat, planting kisses on her neck.
Emma let out a soft sigh and was about to pull his head back up to meet hers for another kiss when…
"Emmy, Jay, are you two done talking?" Jack hollered.
Jay's lips broke away from her neck as he smirked slightly at her, "Have been for about five minutes now..." He said quietly, making her blush.
"Want to come back into the living room, Jack?" Jay asked.
"Yeah!" Jack yelled back.
Emma let out a small laugh of nervousness as Jay got up from the couch and walked off towards Jack's room.
Emma sighed and leaned against the couch, slightly placing a finger on her lips where Jay's lips had been only a few minutes before.
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah, hallelujah…
Hall-e-lujah!
Way to go Emma Nelson!
I knew we steered her in the right direction!
Just seconds later Jay returned to the living room with Jack in his arms.
He sat back on the couch and Jack flopped between the two, looking over at Emma, his big hazel eyes glancing over towards her neck, "Emmy…what's that?" he asked, pointing.
Emma's eyes widened, "What's what?" she asked worriedly.
"That red thing on your neck…" Jack stated.
Jay's mouth formed an O jokingly, "My, my Miss Nelson, what have you done?"
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Emma shot back sarcastically.
Jay smirked.
"Yeah, Emma…what have you done?" Jack asked, not understanding one bit of what they were talking about.
Emma laughed and gave a slight eye roll at the two before glancing towards the television, which still had Barney on.
Jay loves you.
You love Jay.
You're together since today.
You gave each other a great big smooch.
And he gave a hickey to you.
That sure shows he loves you too!
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Emma's eyes fluttered open.
When did I fall asleep?
She noticed she was still on the couch and Jay's hat was still on her head.
The television was now playing some cartoon on Nickelodeon and she could hear sounds coming from the kitchen.
She heard a pan clank and a giggle that definitely sounded as if it came from Jack.
"She doesn't like pisketti, she's a vegetable."
Emma glanced around confusingly at what she heard Jack say, but she knew what he meant. She wouldn't eat spaghetti and meatballs since she was a vegetarian.
"She's a vegetable? She can't move?" Jay asked jokingly.
Emma rolled her eyes with a soft smile on her lips.
"I dunno, I think she can walk, but she won't eat meat…"
"Oh…" Jay said understandingly, "I get it…she's a vegetarian."
"Yeah!" Jack answered.
"Well you see, I knew that…that's why this is the Hogart Original Vegetarian Spaghetti complete with garlic and pepper marinara sauce, noodles, and parmesan cheese! But, your sister's sleeping and I don't want her to know about it, okay?"
"Okay…" Jack answered, slightly quieter than before.
"So do you just want me to pretend to go back to sleep?" Emma asked aloud.
"Jay…I think Emma's up…" Jack said.
Jay walked out of the kitchen and his mouth dropped open at her jokingly, she noticed he was wearing an apron that said Kiss the Cook, she recognized it as Snake's for whenever he would grill outside, back before cancer struck him once again.
Emma rolled her eyes and laughed at him, "Nice ensemble, Chef Hogart."
Jay grinned sarcastically, "Yeah, I thought so…especially what it says on the apron…" he wiggled his eyebrows playfully.
Emma smirked and got up from the couch, walking towards him and making sure Jack wasn't looking before giving him a very light and short kiss on the lips.
Jay smirked as the two broke away before he headed back into the kitchen.
"Well, now that the surprise is ruined…just grab some plates." Jay stated.
Emma rolled her eyes and walked towards the cabinets, grabbing two plates and a small plastic bowl for Jack.
"Emmy you can't be in here!" Jack exclaimed wide eyes, looking at his sister.
"And why not?" Emma asked, turning to face him.
"It's a surprise, I can't tell you!" Jack said in a shushed voice, on of his small fingers covering his lips.
Emma let out a laugh as she walked towards Jay who was using tongs to put spaghetti on their dishes.
"Let's get you in your high chair, Jack." Emma said, walking towards her brother who was sitting on the counter with his feet slightly dangling.
She scooped him up and walked him towards his high chair, sitting him down.
"I think I'm old enough for a big kid chair." Jack stated.
Emma glanced at him confusingly, "A big kid chair?"
"Like the one's you and Jay will sit in." he said, pointing to the chairs around the table.
"Jack, just wait til you're like four, okay?" Emma asked, "You could fall and get hurt."
"We could always get him a few phone books and a seat belt to strap him in with." Jay suggested.
Emma shot him a look, "Yeah, like that'll happen. My parents would freak."
"You're no fun." Jack said, glaring at Emma with a pout.
"Bummer." Emma said softly with a slight smile as she walked back towards Jay and grabbed Jack's bowl, walking it back towards him and sitting it on his tray on his high chair.
Jay brought over his and Emma's plates and sat them down at the table before sitting down along with Emma.
"You didn't have to make dinner, you know. We were just going to order a pizza." Emma stated towards him.
Jay shrugged, "Pizza, spaghetti, both Italian."
Emma rolled her eyes and grabbed Jack's bowl and fork, cutting up his spaghetti noodles into little shreds before lifting the fork towards his mouth and spooning it into his mouth.
"I thought he knew how to handle utensils…didn't you mention something about that way back whenever we were at the hospital?" Jay asked.
Emma shrugged, "Jack, do you think you can feed yourself?"
Jack glanced at her as if she were stupid before grabbing his fork and dipping it into the bowl and placing it in his mouth.
Emma's mouth dropped open, "Wow…"
"That a boy!" Jay exclaimed happily before receiving a slight glare from Emma.
"You don't have to feed him; you're not even his mom." Jay stated.
Emma rolled her eyes, "I might as well be, my mom's hardly ever home to raise him."
Jay shrugged before taking a bite out of his spaghetti.
Jack continued to eat his own spaghetti without any help while Emma and Jay ate in an awkward silence.
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After dinner Emma picked up Jack, wiping off his face before taking off his shirt that had spaghetti on it and walking him to his room to get a clean shirt.
She returned with him now in pajamas, she sat him down in the living room and put in an educational DVD for him and walking into the kitchen to help Jay with the dishes.
"Thanks for all of this, Jay." Emma said to him as he washed the dishes and she dried them.
"No problem, it's the least I could do."
Emma glanced at him confusingly, "What?"
"Well, you know, for you tutoring me and all."
"You pay me for that."
Jay shrugged, "Do you always take kind gestures this way or is this some special occasion?"
Emma rolled her eyes, "So, why did you kiss me earlier?"
"Well I had to shut you up somehow." Jay said sarcastically.
Emma didn't respond.
"Why did you kiss back?" he asked.
Emma shrugged, "Because I just did…"
"Because you want me…" Jay said in a sing-song voice.
Emma rolled her eyes once again at him, "Yeah that must be it."
"Well you did say it was the truth after all."
Emma let out a slight laugh, "Yeah, I guess you're right."
"And I kissed you because you were the one I was talking about during our fight." Jay said as he finished washing the final dish and then handing it to Emma before walking out of the kitchen.
Emma's mouth dropped open before she grinned to herself and began to dry the final dish, humming I Think I Love You.
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"Poor toddler." Jay muttered as he watched Jay watch a video in which five teenagers bounced around singing a song that went along the lines of 5, 4, 3-2-1, come with us and have some fun!
He sat down on the couch as he watched Jack sitting Indian style on the carpet, watching the video.
"This boring you?" Jay asked him.
Jack shook his head, "I'm used to it."
"Why not just watch Sesame Street?" he asked.
Jack shrugged, "I watch that at day care."
Jay let out a soft laugh before glancing up at the clock which read 8:30.
"Hey, what time does Jack have to go to sleep?" he called out towards the kitchen.
"My parents usually try to have him in bed by 8:45!" Emma replied.
"You want me to put him to bed?" Jay asked.
"Sure…thanks." Emma replied.
Jay turned back towards Jack, "Hey Jack Man, ready to go to bed?"
Jack nodded slightly and replied with a yawn.
Jay grabbed the remote and turned off the TV before grabbing Jack and carrying him towards his bedroom, laying him down in his crib.
"I want a big kid bed." Jack groaned as Jay lay him down.
Jay laughed, "Must suck being behind bars all the time." He said jokingly, Jack of course had no idea what he was talking about.
"My mommy usually reads me a story…" Jack said.
Jay glanced around a noticed a bookshelf full of little paperback books.
"Want me to?" Jay asked.
Jack nodded slightly.
"Can I go pick one out?"
Jack nodded again.
Jay smirked and walked towards the book shelf, glancing around at all of them.
He noticed a bright book that said Little Critter's Day Out and grabbed it.
He had no idea what a Little Critter was but Jack had tons of the books so he was guessing that he liked them.
"Do you like these?"
Jack nodded, "I got them for Christmas."
Jay nodded slightly before opening the book to page one and beginning to read.
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Emma placed the final dish in the rightful cupboard before walking out of the kitchen and flipping off the light.
She honestly felt like she were playing house with Jay making dinner and the two of them washing them together, and feeding-or at least trying to feed-Jack.
She walked towards Jack's room and noticed Jay reading a sentence in a book before closing it and saying "The End".
"Night Jack Attack." Jay murmured towards the tike whose eyes were drifting open and shut.
"Night daddy." Jack replied softly before turning his back towards Jay and closing his eyes once again, falling asleep.
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And there it is, Chapter 16!
R&R and please, no flames!
Lotsa love, degrassichick
P.S. The educational show that Jack was watching is called Hi5 and I saw a commercial for it one time on the previews for the movie Sleepover and it made me and my friend crack up and my friend was like "You're the reason my brother went retarded!" and stuff like that so yeah.
And I don't own the song I Think I Love You (of course) that is owned by David Cassidy or as of about two years ago, his daughter Katie (Jesse McCartney's girlfriend who was at his concert and was sitting close to my friend and I)
Oh yeah! And the song about Jay and Emma...well I wrote the lyrics but it's supposed to be to the tune ofthat ever-so-annoying Barney song!