"So who's up for another game?" Marco asked after awhile.
Everyone nodded in agreement. Even Jay and he held back the gay comments.
"Now the guys might think this is stupid but the girls'll probably love it. Keep in my mind, I am gay." Marco laughed slightly.
"So what's the game, Marco? We're waiting." Jay said, sounding bored.
Everyone looked at Jay in shock. Emma smiled to herself.
"D-did you just call me Marco?" Marco asked.
"That's your name, isn't it?" Jay said, snidely.
"Well, yeah. But what happened to Homofreak?" Marco asked, still amazed.
"Someone told me that the nicknames were disrespectful. I decided to stop." Jay shrugged.
Everyone looked at Emma who shrugged innocently. Her and Marco made eye contact and he mouthed, "Thanks." She just nodded.
"So what's the game?" Spinner asked.
"Well, we move the desks into a circle and we go around saying what we're doing here and one of our deepest secrets." Marco said.
"I already know what I'm gonna say." JT cooed.
"Shut up, Geekboy…er-JT. We don't even know if we're playing or not yet." Jay said.
"I wanna play."
"Me too."
Everyone wanted to play and Jay sighed reluctantly.
After a minute all of the desks were in a circle and Marco was starting.
"I'm here for vandalism. Even though I didn't do it."
"Who did?" Emma asked.
"Mr. Gavin "Spinner" Mason." Marco shot Spinner a death glare, "And my deepest darkest secret…does it count if everyone already knows?"
"It's your game." Ellie shrugged.
"But I say no." Manny said, "Everyone knows your gay. That shouldn't even count as a secret."
Marco nodded and continued, "My deepest secret would have to be…that I have this huge crush on JT."
JT's eyes bugged out and he feel out of his seat. Emma and Manny laughed. Even Jay cracked a smile.
"Okay, JT, your turn." Marco said.
JT got back into his seat, "I'm here because Spinner and I got into a fight on the street. My deepest darkest secret is that I'm…" He paused and everybody pleaded with their eyes for him to continue, "I'm bisexual." JT muttered and buried his head in his arms.
"Aw…Marco might just have a chance with his crushy-wushy." Spinner taunted.
"Shut up!" JT muttered.
Marco had a broad grin on his face, "Your turn, Spinner."
"I'm here because of the fight with JT. My deepest darkest secret is that I lost my virginity when I was ten-years-old with my babysitter, Maria. Damn, she was fine." Spinner said, reminiscing.
Emma, Ellie, Manny, Marco, and JT cracked up. Sean patted Spinner on the back and Jay said, "You are my new idol."
That just made Emma laugh even more. Jay looked at her and they both smiled, taking in the moment of peace between all rivalries of people in the room.
"Ellie's turn." Emma said, once everyone had calmed down.
"Okay, I'm here because my mom started drinking again and I had no where else to go. My deepest darkest is that I used to cut myself, but I guess everyone already knows about that. So, um, Manny, don't get mad, but my deepest darkest secret is that I have this major crush on Craig." Ellie said, smiling innocently at Manny.
"I'm not mad. He's probably gonna break up with me anyway, once Marco tells him about Peter." Manny shrugged.
"Whoa, wait. What happened with Peter?" Spinner asked.
"She cheated on Craig with him." Jay said, matter-of-factly.
Spinner looked at Manny and smiled a bit. She smiled back.
"O-kay. Uh, Manny, can I talk to you for a second?" Emma asked.
Manny was confused but nodded and they walked to a different part of the room.
"So I noticed the sparks between you and Spinner. Do you wanna call Craig and break up with him? So you can be free to do whatever you want today." Emma said, after they gave each other some uncomfortable glances.
"I guess." Manny said, taking Emma's phone, "Em, I have a question."
Emma nodded.
"Can't we just put everything behind us and be friends again?"
"I'd like that." Emma said and they hugged.
Marco and Ellie were watching Emma and Manny make up and they looked at each other somberly.
"Do you think we could try that?" Marco asked.
"I don't know." Ellie said, and looked away from him.
After Manny and Emma went back to their seats, Spinner curiously asked, "What was that all about?"
"Emma and I made up. Then I broke up with Craig." Manny said.
"Why'd ya do that?" Marco asked.
"There was someone else." Manny slyly smiled in Spinner's direction, "Anyway, I believe it's my turn."
Everyone nodded.
"Okay, well, I'm here for dying a tampon red and putting it in Heather Sin Clair's locker." Manny started, "And at this very moment, the secret I wanna share is that I have a tiny little crush on Spinner."
"Yay me! I have a tiny little crush on you too, Manny." Spinner said, smirking.
"Wait, rewind to the tampon thing. That was awesome!" Ellie exclaimed.
"So you're a Heather Sin Clair hater yourself?" Manny asked.
"All the way, sister!" Ellie smiled.
The prep and the punk just became friends.
"My turn!" Sean said, excitedly, "I'm here for being here when I shouldn't be…" he started but was cut off.
"Wait, that's confusing. What?" Ellie asked.
"I've been living at school for the past few days. Emma found me in the supply closet, brought me back here, you said something mean to me, I got sad, I walked out, Raditch caught me, and told me to stay in here." Sean said, making it easier for everyone to understand.
"You sound like a child. 'You said something mean to me. I got sad.'" Ellie mimicked Sean, "Why would you be sad if I said something mean to you?"
"Guess I never got over you." Sean shrugged.
Ellie just looked at him, then to Marco, then back at her desk.
"So where're you gonna live now, dude?" Spinner asked.
"Emma's."
"Wait, Emma? You're letting your ex move in with you?" Spinner asked, confused.
"Yeah, so?" Emma said, nonchalantly.
"That's pretty hot." He smiled flirtatiously at Emma. She smiled back, just the same way.
"So what's your deepest darkest secret, Sean?" Manny asked.
"I dunno." He shrugged, "Probably that I'm madly in love with both of my ex's."
Emma and Ellie looked at each other. Ellie understood exactly what Emma meant and she nodded. They both sprung at Sean and started tickling him and poking him. They all laughed.
Once they caught their breath and were sitting back in their seats, JT said, "Emma's turn."
"I'm in here for trashing the teachers' lounge. I broke the coffee pot, threw all the food everywhere, and put a whole in the soda machine with a bench I broke." Emma said.
"Now that's my kind of girl." Jay laughed, "What's your deepest darkest secret?"
"Well, um, you see, this is kinda hard." She giggled nervously, "I, uh, still like Sean and, uh, I kinda like Jay a little, and I have a small, tiny, eency, weency, molecule sized crush on Spinner."
"Wow, the two girls I have a crush on in this classroom both like me back. This must be my lucky day!" Spinner cheered.
"Lemme remind you about something, Spin." Ellie said, "She also likes Sean and Jay, so you don't have a chance."
"But I have Manny." Spinner pretended to pout, then smiled at Manny. She glared back. "Or not." Spinner said and laughed nervously then sighed.
"So, tell me Ellie. Do you still have any feelings for me?" Sean asked.
"Well, yeah. We only broke up about two weeks ago and I loved you. Love can't fade the fast." Ellie said.
"Then, Spin, the two girls that I like, like me back too. Stop flattering yourself." Sean laughed.
"I believe Jay still has to go." Emma said and looked at Jay who hadn't spoken for a while.
"Right, well, uh, I'm here cause I, uh, um, I put a flyer up on the bulletin board that said 'Free Fun at the Ravine-every night from 10:30 to whenever.' I expected Raditch to think that it meant games like Poker and that crap but apparently he heard about the blow jobs and here I am for three months." Jay said, "I have an idea of who might've tipped him off."
"Who do you think it was?" Emma asked, in a squeaky voice.
"Alex, probably. When she found out about Amy she totally flipped. She told the whole school that Amy got gonorrhea, too." Jay shrugged nonchalantly.
"O-oh. Did she know about anyone else?" Emma asked with growing worry.
"No. Now about that deepest darkest secret thing…" he gave Emma a look that said 'If you keep talking they'll find out.' "My deepest darkest secret is that I have been in love with Emma since the beginning of last year. With the whole Rick thing and all. The anti-violence."
Everyone cheered.
Emma just smiled to herself.