a/n: alright here's the next installment of my story. I'm glad that y'all like this so much. As for the question asked by Unleashmysoul-they have a house phone as well that has caller ID so that's how she knew. This might not be the best chapter that I have so far because in the middle of it I had some writers block but I hope that I finished it ok. Read and Review!

Chapter Three- Miscommunications

"Why the hell did you call me?" Jay demanded as he swung through Emma's window. She looked up, surprised.

"Excuse me?"

"You called me!"

"Yeah….it's called a phone…" she rolled her eyes and turned back to her computer.

"Well Alex saw it."

Emma just shrugged and then turned to him. "Wait, what?"

He nodded his head. "She wanted to know why you were calling me. What the hell was I supposed to say there?" he asked as he started to pace.

"That I wanted a homework assignment!" she yelled.

Jay gave her a look.

"Yeah you're right…something about Jay and homework just don't go together," she mused to herself.

"Emma! Shut up already! I told her the only thing I knew-"

"You told her?"

"That we got partnered in MI," he cut in.

Her face dropped a little bit. "Oh. Well thank God she doesn't know the real truth," she sighed.

Jay shook his head. "She didn't buy it. It's Alex…you think that she bought that sorry ass excuse?"

Emma just looked down, realizing that he was right. "So…."

"So we're fucked."

The blonde rolled her eyes and did a little sarcastic dance in the chair that involved her wiggling her but and waving her arms in the air. "Yay…."

Jay just looked at the window he came in and she could tell that he was contemplating just walking out and forgetting the whole thing.

"She has to find out sooner or later," she pointed out quietly.

Jay averted his eyes. "I know. But how do I tell her that I fucked up and now you're pregnant?"

Emma sat back at that. Fucked up? At the time she didn't think of it like that. Granted they were both drunk and she thought she loved him but still. That was…just a colorful way of putting things. And yes it was a mistake that she got pregnant but it still hurt to hear him come out and say what he did. She was starting to think that maybe, just maybe if he continued to show his humane side that they could get along. And who knows, maybe even get involved. That last one was a long shot but it kept running through her mind…as much as she hated him.

"Well gee Jay why don't you just leave a note?" she snapped as she got up and walked upstairs.

His gaze followed her, perplexed, but he stayed where he was. An encounter with Spike and Simpson was not exactly on his list of fun things to do that night.


"A project! Can you fucking believe that!" Alex said angrily as she wiped down the counters with added vigor. Paige just watched her friend spazz out and quietly took the rag away and placed a bag of Gummi Bears in her hand instead. She took out a red one.

"This is Jay with Alex when he's not fucking with her." She thenbit off the head, leaving half of it's body. "This is Jay when he's with Alex when EMMA FUCKING NELSON CALLS OUR HOUSE!" she yelled.

"Alex!" Paige called out to her.

Alex whipped around to face her friend. "What?" she snapped.

"I get that you're pissed and stuff…but keep down the volume! You're a ten and I'm like two feet away from you. And FYI-Mary is 6," Paige said as she gestured in Merri's general direction.

Alex just scowled but lowered her volume. "Like I care if she hears me," she grumbles. "I just want to friggen rip his head off….."

"Well how do you know that it wasn't the truth?" Paige asked her.

Alex just gave her a look. "Jay doing an MI project? Are you joking?"

Suddenly Mary appeared before them and she did not look happy.

"Alex. If you can't keep your voice down and your language needs to be profanity free-"

"Fine, can I leave yet?" Alex asked boredly.

Paige's eyes widened at that. She had never heard Alex downright ask to quit pretty much. She turned to look at Mary and then looked at Alex.

"If you leave, don't come back," she snapped as she walked away.

Alex sighed and was about to walk out when Paige stepped in the way. "Alex, come on. You can't quit…I mean what are you gonna do for money?"

"There's other things out there Paige. Now move."

"Just…wait until you find another one or something. I know that you're pissed at Jay but come on. Is it worth losing your job over?"

Alex sighed and leaned back on the counter and looked at the ground. "You know it's bad when you start making sense," she muttered.

Paige smiled weakly. "That's what I've been told."


Sean opened the door and looked around the empty apartment. "Ellie?" he called out.

No answer. He opened the bedroom door and found it empty. He just stood there, unsure of what to do. Surely Ellie wouldn't leave him just because she saw him talking to Emma….would she? Suddenly she burst through the door, obviously not in her right mind.

"El?" he asked as he looked at her.

"Sean!" she said happily as she walked over and threw her arms around him.

He pulled away slightly and made a face. "Are you…drunk?"

She shook her head. "No! I was with Craig and we were at the Dot and…yeah I am," she suddenly admitted.

"Wait, you were Craig getting drunk?"

"So?" she said defensively. "You were talking with Emma…"

"I wasn't drinking with her! I was talking…"

Ellie jus snorted. "Right. Everybody knows what happens when Emma Nelson talks to a guy," she rolled her eyes.

Sean just sighed. "She's not like that ok? I know her, she was drunk or something when she did all that shit before…."

Ellie just looked at him and walked away. "Whatever Sean. Until you stop hanging out, or should I say whoring out, with your buddy Emma, don't fucking say anything to me about hanging out with Craig," she said as she slammed the bedroom door behind her.

Sean looked at the door, frustrated, and walked back out and slammed the door behind him. If Ellie was going to act like this and say shit about Emma that's obviously NOT true…then he didn't wanna be around to hear it. Now that he was outside he looked around, unsure of where to go now. He didn't feel like going to see Emma, that could just bring up more problems. He could go see Jay…and just shoot the shit. Yeah, right now that was the most appealing option of them all.


He opened the door to the worn down apartment. Jay had made him a copy of the key a while back.

"Jay?" he called out when he found the place empty. "Lex?" Again no one. He walked around to the kitchen and found their phone on the floor, the battery portion of it coming out. Obviously something had happened and someone threw the phone…Alex more than likely. Jay had this habit of doing stupid things and Alex found out about them. One time he got drunk with Manny and came home and told Alex about it…that didn't go over well either. So he just imagined what it was this time. He grabbed some chips out the cabinet and sat down the couch and just stared at the wall. He didn't feel like watching television at the moment.

Suddenly the door opened and Jay appeared.

"Hey," he said as he walked in. He had stopped being surprised to find Sean there after a month or so of him coming home from work finding him and Alex watching TV or something.

"What'd you do this time?" he asked as he looked over at him.

"What?"

"Alex threw the phone. What'd you do?"

Jay crossed his arms defensively. "Why do you think that I did something?"

Sean just laughed. "Because it's happened before man. Remember last year by any chance?"

Jay just looked away. Emma had called Sean up in Wasaga last year after they had hooked up in the ravine crying her eyes out. Sean had gotten pissed off that Jay had tried to corrupt Emma and called him up on it and bitched him out about how Emma was so much better than he was and he was just a fucked up loser that would take anyone down with him. They had gotten in a long argument over that one. It took some time but after a while, Sean had gotten over it and stopped looking at Jay like he was scum. He however, didn't know about them having sex several times. That would just tip the scales.

"Dude…."

"Forget it. Ancient history."

Jay just nodded. Of all the people that he hung out with, he trusted Sean the most. Sean was like his brother and he trusted him with his life. However what he wanted to say, might cost him his life.

"So where'd she go?" he asked as he looked back at the wall and Jay went into the kitchen.

"Alex?"

"No the Easter Bunny," Sean said sarcastically.

"Oh she left this morning. Something about leaving the eggs alone for too long….."

"You're gay you know that?"

Jay sighed as he sat down next to his friend and passed him a Coke. "That's why I hang out with you."

Sean just smirked.

"She had to go to work," Jay said after a minute.

"You pissed her off how?"

Jay took a deep breath. "Because Emma called."

Sean looked at him. "Emma?"

Sean was still protective of his friend, no matter what their history was. He cared for her deeply and would do anything for her. If Jay was messing around with her again….

"Yeah."

"Why'd she call?" he asked suspiciously.

"Oh, you know a MI project…." Jay said lamely.

Sean just shot him a look. "Man you and school are enemies don't bullshit me."

Jay looked down at his feet and put his drink on the coffee table. He took his hat off and scratched his head and then looked back at his friend and closed his eyes.

"She's pregnant."