Everyone turned and looked at Emma.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Ellie said, "Lemme get this straight. You like…Emma Nelson? Emma Nelson, tree hugger? Emma Nelson, environmental crusader? Emma Nelson, a.k.a. Greenpeace?"
"No-freaking-way." Marco said, surprised.
"Hey, let Jay speak. Maybe it's not really Emma. Maybe it's someone else I was friends with way back when. Huh, Jay?" Manny suggested.
Everyone turned to look at him and he just shrugged.
Before anyone could react Emma was out of her seat and out the door.
Jay yelled after her, "And yeah, I am a virgin!"
The three others turned their attention from the empty doorway and fixated on Jay.
"What?" Manny shrieked in disbelief. "You, Jay Hogart, are a what?"
"I'm. A. Virgin." He said slowly.
"That is un-freaking-believable." Marco said, laughing.
"You're joshing us, right?" Ellie asked, laughing.
"No, it's no joke." Jay said, slumping down in his chair.
Meanwhile Emma was wandering around the hallway when she heard footsteps. She sneaked a glance around the corner and saw Raditch coming down the stairs. The only door that was near her that wasn't in Raditch's sight was the gym. Emma quickly ran inside. She took a deep breath thinking she was safe until she saw Raditch coming towards the entrance of the gym. She quickly looked around and spotted the supply closet. She ducked in and quietly shut the door just as Raditch entered. Taking that moment to realize how close she was to getting caught, she didn't realize that there was someone else in the closet with her.
"Emma?" A voice asked.
Emma spun around to see Sean Cameron sitting on the ground behind her. There were two bags of towels side by side on the floor and a few towels stacked up at one end. To the side of one of the bags was a towel lying on the ground. Emma put A and B together and realized Sean had been sleeping there.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Tracker kicked me out. Had no where to go." Sean shrugged.
"How long have you been staying here?" Emma asked, sitting down next to him.
"Three. Four days." Sean said as if it was no big deal.
"Sean! You've been living here for four days? Have you done laundry? Brushed your teeth? Anything?" Emma squealed.
Sean had a wave of memories and he realized this was like the old days. When Emma was so worried about him, always taking care of him. Before everything got so screwed up.
"I stole a toothbrush from the nurses office my first night here and I brush my teeth every morning before anyone gets here. I've only done laundry once, yesterday, after school ended." Sean said.
"Sean, you can't stay here. This isn't right." Emma pleaded.
"Well, where am I supposed to go? Huh, Emma? Got an answer for that one?" Sean said, almost yelling.
"Actually, yeah. I do." She said, sounding surprised with herself that she thought of something so quickly.
"What?" Sean looked at her. "Where?"
"Stay with me." Emma looked back at him.