The next morning Jay beat Mommy-dearest to the hospital. Alex signed herself out and sat in the front seat of Jay's car. They sped back to Ellie's apartment, windows open. Jay turned to look at Alex.
"You sure feel okay?" She smiled.
"Jay, I'm fine. Believe me."
"Okay, okay. I just want to make sure."
"I know."
"So what do you wanna do tonight? I mean we could just chill if you want, we have school tomorrow."
"Oh please, like you care about school. Isn't there anything going on at the ravine tonight?"
"Always. But I didn't think you'd wanna go. I assumed you wouldn't be in a very party mood." Alex leaned over and pulled the sunglasses from Jay's head and put them on.
"Actually I am. It's been a while since we raised hell together. Besides, I need to send a final message to those skanks to keep away." Jay laughed slightly. "And I've missed you."
"Me too."
The rest of the day was pretty boring. Alex and Ellie stayed at the apartment while Alex ignored calls from her mother and Jay went to work. Around nine the three of them got into the car and to the Ravine. There was lots of music, people, alcohol and other such lovely items. Ellie went off with into the crowd and danced. In light of not having Sean around she had become quite the party girl. Jay grabbed a beer and sat down on top of a picnic table. Alex sat on the seat, arms resting on his knees. A few girls stood near the three vans, staring at Jay. Alex had definitely noticed. She stood in front of him and took a sip of the beer.
"Are they on the list?" Alex asked, nodding at the girls. Jay saw them and they smiled at him, trying their best to be seductive. Jay looked back at Alex and nodded. "Well, that's just too bad. Cause I'm about to make them jealous. Come on." She put the beer on the table and grabbed both of Jay's hands. He followed her to the middle of the dancing crowd, in plain sight of the vans. Alex protectively wrapped her arms around Jay's neck and kissed him. He responded and put his arms around her waist, fingers in the belt looks of her jeans. Then they started dancing, if that's what you want to call it. More like a lap dance standing up. The other girls looked away, trying to find someone else who would gladly give them bracelets. Once her job was done Alex yelled over the music.
"Can we go somewhere and talk?" Jay nodded and led them to a more secluded place where he had parked his car. The music was low and there was nobody around. Alex leaned on the hood of the car and Jay stood two feet away.
"What's up?" He asked.
"You were right, I didn't want to be here tonight. Jay walked forward and closed the gap between them. "But I definitely did want to be with you." Alex pulled the front of his t-shirt and kissed him. He instinctively wrapped his arms around her waist. She pulled away and put her hands on his shoulders. "Let's get out of here."
"Okay." He kissed her lightly. "Get in." He let go of her and went to the driver's seat. He could barely close the door before Alex grabbed him and kissed him again. Jay laughed slightly and Alex pulled away.
"I told you I missed you."
"I know, I missed you too." She smiled and kissed him again, but this time harder, more aggressive. Jay pulled away and saw Alex's intense brown eyes.
"What?" she asked, confused at why he had stopped. Jay sighed and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
"We have to be more careful, Lexxi."
"I know and we will. C'mon Jay quit pretending like you don't want to."
"Of course I do but it is still just, I dunno. Its different now."
"Stop. Don't think so much." She said as she went to kiss him again.


The rumors were flying about the last three days.
"I heard she was pregnant and had the baby already."
"I heard that Jay wasn't the father at all, in fact it was some 30 year old guy."
"I heard that Jay is actually gay and he came out to Alex but doesn't want anyone to know so they pregnancy was a cover story."
"Really? I thought Alex was the gay one?"
"I heard she had an abortion. And then her and Jay went off and slept together and now Alex is pregnant again!"
That's the basis of high school isn't it? Drama, sex and gossip.

Jay pulled up in front of Degrassi with Alex and Ellie in the car. They were both unusually quiet, he knew something was going on. The minute he was out of ear shot, they were going to start talking, most likely about him.
Oh and was he right. They girls got out while Jay attempted to find a parking space. They walked up the steps into Degrassi towards Ellie's locker.
"So? How was it?"
"What?" Alex asked, staring off into space.
"You and Jay? Last night? I'll forgive you for ditching me if you give me details of some kind." Ellie entered her combination into the lock.
"Nothing happened." Alex answered with a sigh.
"Nothing? Define nothing!"
"Nothing, not a thing. Not at all. Nothing, nada."
"Why not?"
"That is a good question. Why don't you ask Jay." Ellie got her books out and slammed the locker shut.
"You're not seriously telling me a guy turned down sex. Jay Hogart of all people?"
"Shocking but true."
"Did he say why?"
"That its different now and we have to be more careful. It's not like we weren't careful before. I seriously don't even know how it happened." Alex said with exaggeration in her voice. "I was just really awkward. I'm not sure why he was so damn…priestly."
"Well where did you guys go?"
"We drove around aimlessly. Disappointing I know. Then he took me home and sat there until I fell asleep of boredom around 3am. When I woke up he was gone but came and picked me up for school."
"Wow, interesting." Ellie said sarcastically.
"I don't know what his deal is."
"Well here comes our favorite celibate. I'll see you later." Ellie walked away.
Alex turned around to see Jay.
"Hey." He kissed her lightly on the cheek. "What's up?"
"Apparently nothing." She opened her locker and started shuffling things around.
"You're pissed."
"Not pissed."
"No what are you then?"
"Just confused."
"About what?"
"About you Jay."
"What, about me?'
The bell rang and everyone began filing into classrooms. Alex slammed her locker shut. "Nothing, forget about it. I'm gonna be late."
"Why are you even bothering with school? We only have like a week left."
"Because I need the distraction." She started walking the long hallway. He chased after her.
"From me?"
"I really don't know anymore. Let it go." She stopped at the classroom to her left and went inside just as the late bell rang. Jay sighed, slightly exasperated. He never seemed to do anything right. He walked in the other direction, thinking he might as well finish the year.
They barely saw each other all day and even when they did it was just awkward silence. Jay honestly couldn't understand what he could have possibly done. He didn't want another fight, he wanted them to just be happy. When the last bell finally rang Alex and Ellie made their way back down the stairs. Right in front of the school, sat Jay, leaning on the hood of his car. Tomorrow was some kind of holiday and they had the day off. Alex came towards Jay and didn't say a word.
"So do you want to tell me what's going on?" Alex crossed her arms over her chest.
"Not really." She answered truthfully. How does a girl go about telling her boyfriend to just have sex with her. She just let it go, there were other things on her mind.
"You're sure?"
"It's nothing. Don't worry about it."
"And if I want to worry about it?"
"Resist the urge." Alex retorted sarcastically. Jay sighed again and finally gave in.
"Fine. Let's go. We have to leave now or else we'll hit traffic." Alex sat down in the passenger seat and Ellie in the back. They were going to Wasoga to visit Sean. After barely ten minutes, Alex leaned her head against the closed window and fell asleep.
((A/n- Okay so it gets kind of weird here, it's like a peak into the future, about 15 years or so. You'll understand the significance of it later on, but for right now bear with me))

Alex Nunez was lying on the couch in the living room. She awoke when the front door opened.
"Ma! I'm home." Alex sat up. Standing in the doorway was Jay…except his hair was jet-black.
"Hey, A.J. Didn't Emily come home with you?"
"Yeah. She is getting her stuff out of the car." He left the door open, dropped his book bag by the door and started up the stairs.
Not a minute later someone else appears in the door frame. Tall, blonde, pretty, wearing an Artic Monkeys shirt is Emily. She hoists a large duffle bag over her shoulder.
"Hi Alex. Is my dad here?" She said without changing her indifferent facial expression.
"No, he is at work." Alex got off the couch and stood up, showing quiet clearly that she was eight months pregnant. "How was school?" She asked brightly, trying to be cheerful.
"The same."
"And your mother?"
"She's good."
"Oh, good." Alex said with a smile. Like she gave a fuck.
"Okay. I'll be upstairs." Emily said. She dragged her bag up the stairs. When Alex heard the bedroom door shut she sat back down on the couch and pulled the phone toward her. She quickly dialed a familiar number.
"Hello?" The male voice on the other end answered.
"She fucking hates me."
"Who?"
"Your daughter, she hates me."
"No, she doesn't hate you, Lexxi."
"Jay, I'm pretty sure I'd know when someone hates me." Alex sighed into the phone and propped her feet up on the coffee table. "Did you ask her mother how long she'll be staying?"
"Yeah, I talked to her yesterday. She'll have to stay for a week because Emma is going to New York."
"Fantastic." Alex said sarcastically. "How soon are you going to be home?"
"I'm on my way, twenty minutes or so. Are Sean and Ellie still coming over for dinner?"
"Yeah, they'll be here soon. Hurry up."
"Okay, love you."
"You too."
"Bye." Alex hung up and dropped the phone next to her. Then she ran her hand over her bloated stomach and smiled. It was a girl this time…
The phone next to her rang loudly. She picked it up and answered it.
"Hello?"
"Alex? Hi, it's Emma Nelson. Can I talk to my daughter please?"
"Sure, hold on a sec." Alex pressed the phone to her chest to muffle the sound.
"Emily!" She stopped her self from saying 'Emily Riley Nelson' in the same tone that her damned mother insisted on answering on the phone.
"Yeah?" Emily's voice came from upstairs in her bedroom.
"Pick up the phone, it's your mother!"
"Okay, got it." Alex clicked off the phone just as the doorbell rang. She got up and answered it. Standing on the welcome mat was Ellie, Sean at age thirty-four and a sixteen year old boy that was the exact mixture of each of their features.
"Alex, you're so big."
"Thanks El, I didn't realize." She retorted as she hugged her old friend. "How are you?" she asked as she hugged Sean as well. "Hi, Hayden. A.J. is upstairs in his room."
"Thanks." He said as he climbed the small staircase. Alex sat down on the same couch with Ellie and Sean. It had been a long time since they had all hung out together. Though they couldn't say the same for their children.
"Where's Jay?" Sean asked before taking a sip of his drink.
"He'll be here any minute." Just then Emily came down the stairs. She paused awkwardly on the last step.
"Oh, hi everyone. Uh, Alex, I need to get something I left at my house. I'll be back soon."
"Oh, sure."
"Okay." She grabbed her denim jacked from the rack and left.
"Well, now, that was sufficiently awkward. Jay's daughter is staying with you?"
"For a little while." Alex leaned back into the couch and rolled her eyes. "She despises me."
"It must run in the family then." Alex laughed a little and relaxed.

((Okay the bizarreness is over.))

Alex woke up as they came to a stop. They were back at Wasoga, in front in Sean's parents' house. Sean was waiting outside for them. The three of them got out of the car. Jay and Sean greeted each other in that way that guys do before Sean came and hugged Alex. Then Ellie and Sean got very caught up with each other and went around the corner leaving Alex and Jay alone. Alex sat on the hood of the car, her feet dangling. Jay stood in front of her, his hands on her knees. She was staring at the ground, deep in though.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah." She looked up at him.
"Yeah I don't believe you. What's going on?"
"Did you hook up with Emma Nelson?"
"What?" Jay said surprised.
"Oh, you heard me. Emma."
"I...it was a..." He averted eyes.
"Jay," She took his face in her hands and looked him dead in the eyes. "Couldn't you ever just answer me straight?"
"It's complicated, Alex."
"No. It's a yes or no question. Did you or did you not hook up with Emma Nelson?"
"Yes. I did." Alex took her hands away.
"Okay."
"Okay?"
"Yupp. Okay."
"Why did that even come up anyway?"
"No reason..."
"And your okay with it?"
"Not at all. But I just have to deal with it right." She hopped off the car and went and sat on Sean's porch. "Just out of curiosity, Jay...how desperate were you?"
Jay rolled his eyes in frustration.
"Alex. It was a mistake okay?" He walked over and sat next to her
"Okay. But you know it isn't even like I ever denied you anything. It's like kind of stupid of you. Your overpowered testosterone gave the whole school a STD epidemic. That's really awesome of you
"Damnit Alex. You're never going to let that go are you?" She got up because she saw Sean and Ellie walking towards them.
"Aww, baby. You thought you would?" She tsk tsked her mouth sarcastically. "You're dumber than I thought." She playfully slapped his cheek and went to meet Sean and Ellie.
"Hey guys. There is a party down by the beach. Let's go."
"Why not." Alex said, linking her arm with Ellie's and leading the way.
They all walked in silence. Sean fell behind to talk to Jay.
"What'd you do?"
"What do you mean?"
"She's freezing you out. She's pissed. What'd you do?"
"You're not going to like it." He sighed loudly. "I cheated on her."
"Bu--"
"With Emma Nelson. Her fucking mortal enemy." Sean stopped suddenly.
"What? Are you kidding?"
"No. Why would I be kidding?"
"You hooked up with Emma. Wow." He kept walking behind the girls.
"Yeah. It just happened." Sean laughed out loud. "What?"
"I can't believe that."
"Yeah well, its always one hell of a beach party when your girlfriend wants to drown you."

((I really wanted this to be the last re-write. But it isn't. I didn't like what happened after this so I'm changing it. There'll be one more rewrite after this. Some people asked me about what I think about the whole Alex lesbian thing so I must answer:
I had heard rumors about Alex and Paige long before the new season started. When I finally saw it, I was not disappointed. I mean well, yeah I was. Alex is a lesbian which completely dashes all of my hopes of her and Jay getting back together. But the episode was excellent, well written, and if it had to happen then I wouldn't have it any other way. Besides there was plenty of Alex, Jay action, that was hysterical. And it made me realize that the way I wrote them was kind of freakishly accurate. The season final was good too, more Jay action. I love him, HE IS SO HOTT. Lol anyway. Yeah…))