"You wanna change? How 'bout getting drunk in front of the whole gang and show them what a bad ass you really are? Let's go."
He pulled her into the house. The door was open so they just went straight inside. Jay walked her over to his gang that were sitting on the couch. The gang existed of Towers, Sean, Alex, Spinner and Paige, who had recently been added, being Alex's girlfriend and all. Jay walked away and soon came back with two drinks in his hand. He handed one of the drinks to Emma. She looked down at the cup for a while. Then she looked at all the people on the couch staring at her. She looked down at her drink, then without thinking picked up her drink to her mouth and chugged it. There was a silent acknowledgement that Emma had just been approved by the rest of the group. They heard a chant coming from the kitchen. "Go! Go! Go!" Emma, Jay, Towers, Spinner, Alex, Paige and Sean all walked into the kitchen to find Craig with a funnel in his mouth drinking a keg. Ellie stood next to him and when he finished she screamed and jumped on him like she were proud. Jay turned to Emma and she just shrugged. Then they heard a man call out "Alright! Who's next?!" The whole room went silent. Emma turned to Jay, and he smiled and nodded. She walked up to the man, who she just happened to know, but she didn't care. The guy shook his head at her. "I don't think such a good pretty girl like you could handle it." Emma sucked her teeth in. "Well we will see about that." She grabbed the funnel from his hand. "Bring it." She said with an attitude.
He nodded. "Okay Miss. Emma. Boys."
Two other boys came in from outside carrying in a brand new keg. They set it down on the table next to Emma, opened it and attached the tube to the top.
"Ready?" the man asked.
Emma nodded, put the funnel in her mouth, and one of the boys put the tube in the funnel and started to drink. Everyone around chanted louder then when they chanted from Craig.
"Chug! Chug! Go! Go!"
Jay stared at Emma in disbelief, Some one in the corner was timing it and when she threw the funnel, acknowledging that she was finished, he screamed "Holy sht!" Everyone turned to him.
"She just did that 3 minutes faster then Craig and he held the record." Everyone turned their head to Emma and stared. She smiled at the man.
"Told you I could do it. I guess I'm not such a good girl after all."
She turned and walked away, grabbing Jay's hand as she exited the kitchen. As soon as they got out of the kitchen Jay spoke up.
"So, that was kinda scary, but also really sexy."
Jay smiled, then Emma smiled. They walked out the front door and sat on the stoop. Jay pulled out a pack of cigs.
"Bad a$$, you want one?" He held out the pack to her. She took a deep breath then grabbed the pack. She took one out. Jay light it for her, and as she inhaled, Jay thought she looked like a natural. Then Jay spoke up wondering about something.
"Emma, how do you know Jordan?" Emma looked at him confused.
"That guy in there, Jordan, he's a close friend of mine and he said your name. How does he know you?" The smile that Emma had quickly faded and she looked beyond upset. "I--I don't know. Maybe someone said my name and he heard it."
"I didn't hear your name being said. Emma, tell me how you know him. Are you scared to tell me because you can tell me anything."
Emma looked pale and Jay felt bad for somewhat forcing Emma to tell him.
"You don't have to tell me if-." Emma cut him off.
"I was in the 7th grade. I met this kid, at least I thought he was a kid. He was sweet and I was so gullible. I met him at a hotel. He-" She thought for a moment, took a deep breath, not wanting to say that horrible word. "Um- After he-he(in this fic, Jordan did rape her) didn't want me to tell, so he tried to kill me." Emma took a drag of her cig.
"He is supposed to be in jail. They never told me he was let out." Jay stared at Emma and shook his head.
"Oh-Emma he wasn't let out. Honest Emma I didn't know. I-." He paused .
"What are you talking about Jay?"
"They didn't let him out Emma. He escaped, and I helped him. Emma, honest, he said he was in there for a selling to minors."
Emma walked away, back into the house, with the cig still in her hand. She saw Ellie on the couch sitting next to Craig. Emma walked up to her and said something.
"That was Jordan. The Jordan." Ellie looked at Emma sympathetically. Then she saw the cigarette in Emma's hand as she took another drag.
"What are you doing Emma?"
"I'm smoking a cig and wallowing in self pity. I'm very good at that you know. Gosh Ellie, I am so unbelievably drunk." She started laughing at herself when Sean came by.
"How come you never did anything this stuff when you were with me?"
Emma looked at him, picked up her cig to her mouth taking another drag, then put it back down.
"Because I hate you Sean. That's why, You ruined my life. But Jay, he makes it better. God I'm so stupid. She started to talk to herself. "He didn't know. It's not his fault. I'm so stupid." She took another drag of her cig, and walked away, without saying a word to anyone.
She walked out to the front porch to find Jay still sitting on the steps dumbfounded. Emma threw her cigarette off the porch.
"I'm stupid Jay." He turned around scared. Emma took her place sitting next to Jay.
"I'm stupid and drunk. You didn't know. So, it's okay, I forgive you. I mean-not forgive you but-"
Jay cut her off. He understood and he let her know by kissing her hard on the lips.
Jay pulled away to find Jordan himself standing at the doorway.
"Aw look at the cute couple." Jordan said as he walked down the steps and turned to face the two.
"And look at this. The girl who put me in jail, and the guy who got me out." He stepped closer to Emma, but she didn't move.
"I never got the chance to officially thank you Emma." She cringed as he said her name. She swallowed hard, then got up and walked straight over to him.
"Now before you do anything stupid, I would like to talk to you." He turned to face Jay, "Alone if you don't mind." Jay looked skeptically at him, then turned to face Emma.
"I'm fine Jay. Go inside, I will be there in a minute."
Jay nodded and walked into the house. Emma looked straight into Jordan's eyes.
"What?! What do you want?!" Emma ask him. She held her face strong, not wanting to let a tear fall, or show that he was making her upset.
"You Emma. I wan you. I've always wanted you. You have no idea how long I have wanted you." He moved in closer. "and I know that you want me too. I know it, for Jay's sake anyway. Yoy don't want him to get hurt how do you?" He moved in closer and grabbed her hand. Emma pulled her hand back to her side.
"Are you saying that if I don't go with you, that you will hurt Jay."
Jordan grabbed her hand back and held it harder.
"Something like that. Emma I could give you everything you will ever need. You won't want that loser after you have me." He pulled Emma's face to his and kissed her hard on the lips.