AN: Hey everyone! Thank you very, very much for all of the reviews! Here are some shout outs:

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sethsduck17: Jay cooking makes me drool too, lol…so does the thought of him in an apron, he-he. I felt like making Jay be all sweet and sensitive to Jack, he brings out the soft side of him apparently, lol…even though I'm not sure that's how he would fully act on the show. I was humming the Barney song while I was writing it, then it was stuck in my head for the rest of the day, lol. Thanks for the review!

Linzer-B: Sorry about making the song get stuck into your head! It was stuck in mine too, believe me! I hope you update your story, it's really good. So here's an update on mine! Thanks for the review!

Plastic Strawberries: Hey, thanks for telling me about my wrong spelling of sigh, thanks for the pointing that out! And I do agree with you on the fact that it was a bit rushed and that Jay was out of character, but I just think that Jack brings out the softer side in Jay Hogart (not sure if in the show he'll ever actually meet Jack but…oh well). Anyways, thanks for the review!

Chealsea: After reading your review once more I now have "I Think I Love You" stuck in my head, lol. I think I love you…so what am I so afraid of? I'm afraid that I'm not sure of, a love there is no cure for…it doesn't help much that my best friend was over and she is obsessed with that song! Ha-ha…Barney rocked my world too, that's all I watched. After I got older and reached like the age of six, my brother took all of my Barney tapes and sold them at our family garage sale; it was a sad, sad day for the life of me. Haha, thanks for the review!

Lena Le2006: I think Jack is adorable too, I wish they showed him more in the show though! Thanks for the review!

xXmannyXx: Here's MORE, MORE, MORE, MORE! Lol…thank you for saying that this is the best fan fiction you've read, that made me feel good! So here's more! Thanks for the review!

Knightsgurl: Yup…thanks for the review!

antiIRONY: Yep, it must be! I'm in love with Jay too, lol. Thanks for the review!

Samantha Osika: Thank you!

Lost2Thoughts: Thanks!

PrudencePiperHalliwell: I'm kind of freaked out at myself for making Jack call Jay daddy, lol…now all I have to do is have him start calling Snake 'Snake'…haha. I want Jesse and his beautiful soul! (Okay, that is a very corny line but my friend wrote it on a poster on our way to the concert so yeah…) Thanks for the review!

CHA CHA CHARMEN: I like playing house too, lol. My brother and sister-in-law are "vegetables" too, my brother wasn't originally but then he started dating his future wife so he became one for her…thanks for the review!

Saraofthedead: Yep, since Snake is gone Jay is taking over! Haha…thank you for the review!

Dfreak: I'm glad you like the song! I wish Emma and Jay were married; they'd have pretty babies (haha)! Thanks for the review!

Allie: Thanks! I thought it was a cute chapter too!

Idontknowanything: That review made me feel good! Hehe…I had to make Jay have a heart, so I figured who better to make it show than little Jack Nelson? Lol…thanks for the review!

CassieSteele: Not stopping, here's another chapter to prove it to ya! Lol…thanks for the review!

Afamily123: Thanks!

Slyswn28: That two part episode that they were together was actually my favorite just because of the fact that Emma and Jay were finally paired together, then she got all angry at him for giving her an STD…pfft (mutters Drama-Queen under breath)! Nah jk, the gonorrhea thing was pretty bad. But I really hope they do finally get back together! Thanks for the review!

PhantomPunkEvo: I wish they made boys like Jay too…sadly at my school…they don't. The closest we get is these really cute guys named Reid and Matt and they're not really those bad boys that are oh-so-gorgeous…they're on the baseball team! (Sigh…) Thanks for the review!

And to everyone else: queenie12, be11011, Miss Elisa Tenant, Bridget N, yalissa, caramelswirl11, and Icantstopthinkingofyou…mwah, mwah, mwah! Thanks a bunch, you guys rule!

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So here's the next chapter, hope you like!

R&R and please, no flames!

Lotsa love, degrassichick

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Chapter 17

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Emma's mouth fell slightly open at the sound of the word 'daddy' dripping from her younger brother's lips, especially since it was directed at Jay.

Jay walked out of the room, closing the door and shaking his head slightly; he passed right by Emma who was leaning against the wall right next to Jack's door in the hallway.

"In shock?" Emma asked.

Jay's shoulders that were slightly slumped jolted up as he turned to face Emma.

"Oh…didn't see you there…" he noted, running a hand through his hair…he missed his hat.

"You kind of are like his dad, you know. All he talks about is you. Even to our parents, it's always Jay this and Jay that. Seriously, I can't even escape you when you aren't around."

"I'm sorry…?" he stated awkwardly.

Emma laughed slightly, "Can we talk?"

"Yeah, sure." Jay said as Emma began to walk past him and off towards the living room, him following close behind.

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"So…since that kiss does that make us…?" Emma began as the two sat on the couch.

"A couple?" Jay asked.

Emma nodded.

Jay shrugged, "I don't know. Maybe it was just a spur of the moment thing, you know?"

"But you said that-"

"I know." Jay cut her off, "I know I said that it was because you were the one I wanted. And I wasn't lying; you are the one I want to be with."

Emma bit her lip, "So then why did you say you couldn't be with me?"

"Because, you're my tutor for God's sake!"

"So?"

"So, what would people think if we were dating?"

"Jay, what are you talking about?"

"You're Emma 'Green-Peace' Nelson. I'm Jay 'Bad-Ass' Hogart. We're like oil and water!"

Emma rolled her eyes, "Since when did you honestly care about what people think?"

"You're friends would hate you if you dated me."

"I wouldn't care Jay! I already told you, I want you too. I'm getting really mixed emotions from you right now."

"I want to date you, Emma."

"I want to date you too." Emma replied softly.

Jay sighed, "Nobody at school would agree with this, you know."

Emma smirked, "So? Who said we had to tell them?"

Jay glanced at her like she was insane, "What?"

"We can keep it our little secret."

"So we just don't talk to each other at school-"

"-but we're together after school and on weekends; kind of a secret, part-time lover thing."

Jay had a small smirk playing at his lips, "Okay, you're on."

Emma grinned, "So we have a deal?"

Jay grinned right back at her, "We have a deal."

And they sealed the deal with a kiss.

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"So anyway, I think if we all donate money then we can have enough money to adopt some homeless children in Indonesia. We can buy them clothes and books and food and let them have a better life than they do." Liberty suggested as she sat at the lunch table with Manny, Emma, JT, and Toby.

Emma smirked, "And they called me Cause-Girl?"

Liberty glanced at her in confusion, "You don't think it's a good idea?"

Emma shook her head, "No, it's a good idea. I just didn't think that you would suggest it."

"I have cares for this planet." Liberty stated offensively.

Emma laughed slightly as the rest of the group continued to talk, she glanced over and saw Jay walking into the cafeteria, they had been doing this "secret-love" thing for almost two weeks now, it practically killed her to see him without being able to grab him and kiss him.

He glanced at her for a minute and gave a very small smirk before walking towards where Amy and Towerz were, Alex was off at a student council meeting with Marco since the two had yet again been elected president and vice-president of Degrassi.

She turned back towards her friends.

"So, Em…who are you going with to the Valentines dance?" Manny asked.

Emma glanced at her in confusion, "Valentines Dance? That's not for another month or so!"

"Five weeks." Manny replied, "But still, who are you going with?"

"Emma hasn't seen anyone this whole year." Liberty replied.

JT shrugged, "Unless you count that kisswith Chester a few weeks back."

"Shut up JT." Emma replied.

She would have loved to go to the dance with Jay, but she was pretty sure he would not go along with it, no…more like positive.

Because, one: Jay didn't do dances, and two: Nobody was allowed to know they were dating-yet.

"You could go with Toby…" Manny suggested.

Emma glanced over at Toby who shot her a small grin.

"You don't still have that freaky crush on me that you did in Grade Seven…do you?" she asked worriedly.

Toby laughed and shook his head, "No. I dated Kendra since then; it would be totally as friends if the two of us went together, Em."

Emma shrugged; she gave one more glance over at Jay before turning towards Toby, "I'll get back with you."

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"Isaacs? You want to go with Toby Isaacs?" Jay asked in disbelief as they sat on her couch that afternoon.

"Well I didn't figure you would go and Toby is one of my oldest friends…wait, would you go?"

Jay shrugged, "That'd be putting a lot up at stake, I mean, everyone would know we were together and all."

"I personally think that you are the only one who sees that as a problem…people talk about me anyway, why should it matter what they think?"

"Do you want to go public?"

Emma shrugged, "I don't know, Jay. I mean it's really hard for me to walk by you in the hall or see you at your locker or at lunch, I just want to practically jump you."

Jay grinned and turned towards her, "Jump me?"

Emma rolled her eyes, "You know what I mean."

"Like this…?" Jay asked.

Next thing Emma knew she was pinned beneath him on the couch and his lips were pressed against hers.

She brought her hands up to his hair, knocking his head off of his head and running her fingers through his brown hair.

His lips broke away from hers and he began planting small kisses down her jaw-line and to her neck where she felt him beginning to suck.

"Jay." She whispered, pushing his head away, "You can't give me another hickey, it took me forever to explain to my friends that it wasn't a hickey last time, if they see another one they'll know it was."

Jay sighed and sat up, grabbing his hat from the floor and putting it on backwards and then putting on his sunglasses on the brim of his hat-on the back of his head.

"That's so weird the way you do that." Emma noted.

Jay laughed, "But you think it's sexy."

"You wish." Emma replied.

"So what time do we need to pick up Jack?" Jay asked.

Emma shook her head, "We're not picking up Jack today."

"How come?"

"My mom and dad are going out of town to visit Snake's grandparents and they're taking Jack with them…they should actually already be outside of town."

Jay shook his head in disbelief, "How come you're parents never take you anywhere they go?"

"Because, I can't really miss much school, I'm supposed to be graduating in May with you guys."

"So they just trust you here all alone?"

Emma nodded, "I'm pretty trustworthy."

"As you get done making out with one of the school bad-boy's that your dad would kill if he found out was dating his daughter."

Emma laughed, "True, but…"

"So, how long are they supposed to be gone?"

"A few days or so…"

Jay's eyebrows wiggled, "So you have the house to yourself…?"

Emma nodded, "Yes. It's called parental trust and I'll lose it if you do what I know you're thinking about doing so stop thinking about doing what you're thinking about doing?"

Jay laughed, "Well that was confusing. What are you thinking that I'm thinking about doing?"

"Sleeping over." Emma replied.

Jay glanced at her in mock surprise, "You were thinking that, well if somebody's head is stuck in the gutter…"

"You weren't thinking that?"

Jay shrugged as if he wasn't going to answer, "Actually yeah, I was but after that, I don't think I want to anymore."

"Now that made no sense." Emma replied.

Jay rolled his eyes and glanced over at the clock which read 4:15.

"We better get to studying." Emma stated, glancing up at the clock right along with him.

Jay let out a slight groan, "I seriously hate all of this tutoring crap."

"It's helping you graduate so quit complaining." Emma replied, "Plus, it's getting me money to graduate as well." Emma chimed in before grabbing the books off the floor and placing them on the coffee table as yet another tutoring session began.

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"So Em, what do you say? Are you going to go to the dance with Toby?" Manny asked, a few days later at school.

Emma's mind flew back to her conversation with Jay and she realized that she had never really gotten an answer.

"I don't know yet."

Manny shrugged, "I personally think you should."

"Why?"

"Because, you guys are friends and he doesn't have a date and neither do you."

"You don't know that." Emma replied, glancing over at her best friend.

Manny's mouth dropped open, "You have a date and you didn't tell me?"

Emma laughed, "Never said that."

"So do you or do you not have a date for this dance? I'm about to tell Toby that you said yes so you better give me an answer Miss Nelson."

Emma rolled her eyes and glanced towards the middle of the hallway from where she and Manny were standing at their lockers, she saw Jay walking down the hallway in some conversation with Ellie Nash…for some reason that put a slight burning feeling in her stomach, jealousy?

Manny saw the look of jealousy in Emma's honey brown eyes and her own chocolate eyes widened, "Oh…my…God."

Emma glanced at her confusingly, "What?"

"Oh my God! Emma you're not serious!"

"Manny what are you talking about?"

"You like Jay!" Manny exclaimed aloud…a little too loud.

People in the hallway all turned to stare at the two, Jay and Ellie included.

Emma's mouth dropped open and she glanced around at all of the students before turning back to Manny.

"Manny that's insane, how could I like someone like Jay Hogart?" Emma asked with a hint of mock disgust in her voice.

Jay's eyes slightly widened at the sound of that before he walked over towards them, "Please, Santos…she's my tutor; that already gives her a loser status! Plus, even if she did like me, I would never think about dating someone like Green Peace, she's a total basket case."

Emma gulped, now that had hurt.

"I have to go." She said, pushing Jay out of her way and stalking off down the hallway.

Manny glanced at Jay wide eyed before nudging him in the shoulder and hurrying off after Emma.

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So…what'd you think?

I took a bit more time with this chapter so I hope it wasn't as rushed as the last chapter which as I read over I noticed that it slightly was rushed and out of character just as Plastic Strawberries had said!

R&R and please, no flames!

Lotsa love, degrassichick