Chapter 14 'Unresolved Feelings'
Emma had been at home for nearly two weeks and things were going great. Nick and her were going to be celebrating their one year anniversary tonight. She knew he had something big planned for her because he was sneaking around. "Come on mom," Emma whined.
"No," Spike said in a firm voice. "I am not going to say," she said firmly.
"But I want to know," Emma said with a sad face. "Just a hint on what he is doing and I won't say another word," she said putting her hands together begging her.
"No," Spike said picking up Jack and walking up the stairs. She looked over at Snake with a smile and he just shook his head.
"Grrrr," Emma said to herself and went down to her room. Manny came over later that day to get her out of the house since she was going crazy.
"We're going over to Alex and Paige's apartment," Manny said softly. "Watch some movies get your mind off of it," she said as her friend grabbed her purse.
"Okay," Emma said following her out of the house. They finally got to the apartment and knocked on the door. "Hey," she said to Paige who opened the door.
"Emma please don't get mad okay," Paige began. "Sean invited him," she said as they came into the house and she saw the one and only Jay Hogart.
"Hey Ms. Nelson," Jay said with a smirk on his face. "How are you on this fine day?" He asked wrapping his arm around her.
"Fine," Emma said moving his arm away. "What movie are we watching?" She asked putting down her purse.
"Something scary," Alex said looking through the tape she got. "There is some food in the kitchen," she said motioning over to the corner.
"Food," Manny said running to the kitchen with Emma following her. "Oh my gosh," she said looking at all the food.
"Whose the veggie burger for?" Emma asked looking at it on the counter. Jay came walking over to her with his hands behind his back.
"For you," Jay replied. "Think of it as my welcome home gift to you," he said with a small smile on his face and she looked at him in shock.
Emma couldn't tell if he was playing a game with her or being really sincere. "Thanks," she said picking it up from the counter.
"Anytime," Jay said watching her walk back into the living room. They sat their watching the movie and then went on talking.
"I heard Nick has got something special planned for you," Manny said smiling causing her to nod her head slowly. "You hate not knowing," she said smiling.
"Yes," Emma exclaimed. "I just want a little hint but nothing," she said softly. "Reminds me I gotta get going before he gets home," she said softly.
"I don't want to go yet," Manny said with a sad look on her face.
"It's okay I'll walk," Emma said waving her hand in dismissal.
"No let me give you a ride," Jay said causing her to look at him. "No strings," he said holding his hands up and she nodded her head.
"See ya guys later," Emma said waving at them and then walked out. Jay grabbed his jacket and then followed after her.
They remained silent the rest of the drive back to her house and it was bothering him. "We're here," Jay said in a low voice and she nodded her head.
"Thanks," Emma said starting to get out and he grabbed her arm.
"Wait I just want to say," Jay began looking down and she looked at him.
"What?" Emma asked causing him to look back up.
"That I am sorry," Jay said in a low voice. "I am really sorry," he said running his hand across her face and she leaned closer to him.
Their lips met in a slow gentle kiss forgetting that fact that they were not together. Jay grabbed the back of her head and pulled her in deeper. Emma began to lose all her control and she wasn't even thinking about Nick at the time. Jay ran his hand up and down her leg and ventured to her sensitive section. She moaned into his mouth and he made his way to her neck. Emma pulled away quickly from her and regain control of her breathing.
"That shouldn't have happened," Emma said grabbing her purse and walking out. Jay hit his fist against the wheel and started up his car again.
Emma walked into the door quickly and leaned against it for a minute. "Anyone home," she said coming into the room to see it was lit with candles and roses scattered everywhere.
"Hey," Nick said smiling up at her. "Happy Anniversary," he said handing her a rose.
"Oh my god," Emma said looking at the kitchen table set for two. "Where are my parents and my brother?" She asked causing him to wrap his arms around her.
"They went over to Joey's house so we have the house to ourselves," Nick said kissing along her neck and she giggled a little.
"What's for dinner?" Emma asked turning and wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Veggie Pasta," Nick replied smiling. "I made it just for you," he said softly. They sat down and had dinner drinking some of his favorite wine.
"This is the best anniversary present a girl could ask for," Emma said smiling at him. Nick held up his hand and pulled something out of his pocket.
"I have something else," Nick said getting down on one knee next to her chair. He pulled out the gold band solitare diamond ring and she gasped.
Emma felt her whole body go completely numb and he took her left his hand in his. Nick placed the ring on the tip of her finger and looked up at her. "Oh my god," Emma said.
"Emma Nelson will you marry me?" Nick asked causing her to be at a loss for words.
"I don't know what to say," Emma said looking down at the ring.
"Say yes," Nick said laughing. "Please say yes," he said hoping she would.
"Yes," Emma said with tears in her eyes. "I will marry you," she said smiling. Nick slipped the ring on her finger and lifted her up from the chair.
Nick blew out the candles on the table and led her down into her room. They met in a soft gently kiss and lowered down onto the bed. Emma was finally happy with her life and she didn't even think about her kiss with Jay. Nick raised her up a little slowly taking off her shirt and tossing it to the side. Emma did the same with his and they resumed their soft gentle kissing that turned very passionate.
"I love you," Nick said kissing him way down her chest.
"Oh," Emma said biting her lip. "I love you too," she said softly. Emma sat up removing her bar and set it down on the floor.
"You look so beautiful," Nick said placing his mouth of the sensitive flesh. He flicked his tongue over her nipple and she threw her head back.
Nick kissed her way down to her stomach and slowly unbuttoned her pants. He pulled them down slowly taking her lace blue panties along with. She looked down at him as he kissed his way back up to her lips. She reached in between them helped him room the rest of his clothes and they laid their comfortable with each other.
"Are you happy?" Nick asked causing her to nod slowly. "Me too," he said smiling down at her and entered her slowly.
Their moans, gasp, and grunts filled the entire room as they moved with each other. Emma clung to his back and wrapped her legs around him. "Oh Nick," she moaned.
They began to pick up the pace feeling comfortable with each other as time went on. They had done this before but only a few times. Emma felt herself coming closer to the edge and he felt the exact same thing. They reached their peak after what seemed like hours of sweet torture and came tumbling back down to earth.
"Wow," Emma said throwing her head back.
"Yeah," Nick said rolling off of her and they snuggled close together. They eventually fell asleep in each others arms and went to bed completely happy well at least one of them.
Sean came walking back into the garage after hearing the news from Ellie. Jay had told him what had happen last night and felt he had a right to know. "Um Jay," Sean replied.
"Yeah," Jay said looking over at him.
"Emma she is uh," Sean didn't know exactly how to say it gently.
"What is she hurt?" Jay asked causing his friends to shake his head. "What then?" He asked looking over at him and he stood in front of him.
"She's getting married," Sean replied. "Nick proposed to her last night," he said in a soft tone and Jay looked down at the floor.
"Oh," Jay said. "We better get this car working," he said turning back to work.
"Jay man," Sean said turning him around.
"Look it's not like I care it was just a make out that's all," Jay said firmly. "I don't care about her remember," he said turning back to the car.
"Okay," Sean said going back to work with him. Three days had past since their engagement and she was eating her breakfast with him.
"Hello," Emma said into the phone. "Yeah I am back in town…..sure…..i'll be there in a minute…..anytime," she said laughing and hung up the phone.
"Where are you going?" Nick asked looking up at her.
"I am going to this animal shelter across town," Emma replied. "I told them to call me if they ever needed help," she said smiling.
"Okay," Nick replied giving her a kiss.
"I'll be back late," Emma said kissing him again.
"I love you," Nick yelled out but she didn't respond back. He looked down at the table and then went back to playing with Jack.
Emma had been there all day trying to get some of the animals adopted. It was getting late and there was a huge storm on the way. "You can go Emma," a man replied.
"Thanks Carter," Emma replied. "I'll back tomorrow," she said picking up her purse. "Bye guys," she said waving to the animals.
"Bye," Carter said laughing at her and she left. Emma was driving down the road when her car started to break down and she pulled it to the side.
"Great," Emma said getting out of the car in the pouring rain and putting up the hood. She heard loud music playing and it was coming closer to her.
"Need some help," Jay said looking up at her.
"What are you following me?" Emma asked glaring at him.
"No I work up the street," Jay said getting out of the car. "Look the batteries probably dead and it's to risk to drive back home in this rain so why don't you come back to my place and go back home in the morning," he said firmly.
"I don't know," Emma said looking down but didn't want to be out in the rain. She knew he was right it be too risky to go all the way back across town in this storm. "Okay," she said.
Emma closed the hood of her car, grabbed her purse, and got into his car. She was shivering from the cold rain and he turned on the heater. "There is a blanket in the back," Jay said in a soft voice. "We'll be at my place in like five minutes," he said softly.
"Okay," Emma said covering up with the blanket and they finally got to his place. They came into the apartment and she put down the blanket and took off her coat.
Jay walked back into the room and came out with some of her clothes she left behind. "Um you left these here," Jay said handing her some sweats and a white tank.
"Thanks," Emma said walking to the bathroom. "Where is your mom?" She asked.
"Uh she died," Jay said looking down. "She was in by a drunk driver a year ago," he said.
Emma walked out in her dry clothes and came walking over to him. "I am so sorry," Emma said wrapping her arms around his neck. "She was so sweet too," she said softly.
"Yeah she liked you a lot," Jay replied. "And kicked my ass for breaking your heart," he said causing her to get really quiet.
"Yeah well that's the past," Emma said looking down. "I am look to the future," she said sitting down on the couch and he sat next to her.
"With Nick," Jay said looking down at the ring.
"Yeah," Emma said nodding her head.
"After your married you staying here or moving to Texas?" Jay asked causing her to think for a minute.
"We haven't really talked about it," Emma said in a low voice. "Probably here because I want to be with my family," she said softly.
"But his families down in Texas shouldn't he have the right to want to be with them," Jay replied causing her to sigh deeply.
"Yeah," Emma said nodding her head. "Like I said we haven't talked about it," she said standing up and he stood up with her.
"What about working?" Jay asked. "Are you going to be staying at home and he's going to work or are you both going to be working?" He asked.
"I am going to work that's a given," Emma said firmly.
"How many kids are you going to be having?" Jay asked looking down at her.
"I don't know," Emma said turning to him. "Look these things will be talked about later on not right now I mean its not like we have to get married right away," she said.
"But you love him," Jay said backing her into the wall. "What's stopping you? Is it me?" He asked causing her to laugh slightly.
"No," Emma said looking down at the floor and he came closer to her. Jay lifted her chin up and leaned in closer to her lips.
"Why aren't you stopping me then?" Jay asked kissing her softly on the lips. Emma's head was telling her to stop this right now but her heart was telling her different.
"Well?" Jay asked looking into her eyes and she looked up at him.
"Shut up," Emma said pulling him into a deeper kiss. Jay lifted her in his arms and she wrapped her legs around his waist.
They headed for his room discarding close along the way and kissing passionately. Emma didn't know what the heck she was doing but it felt so good to her. Jay lowered her down onto the bed and removed her sweat pants. He arched his eyebrow noticing she wasn't in her underwear and she smiled at him. "They got wet," Emma replied kissing him again.
Jay laid down on top of her after removing the rest of his wet clothes. "You sure?" Jay asked causing her to look at her ring and she took it off putting it on the floor.
"Yeah," Emma said pulling him back into a kiss. Jay pushed himself inside of her and began to move in and out of her gently.
"I've missed you," Jay whispered into her ear. She threw her head back slightly and clung to his back as he went in and out of her even faster.
"Oh god Jay," Emma said feeling herself losing control. She missed him so much and felt so complete when she was with him and he felt the same way about her.
"Emma," Jay said feeling himself coming closer. "Cum with me," he said nibbling on her neck and she called out his name reaching her climax.
Jay pushed himself into her a couple more times and then felt his own peak. They fell back onto the bed and regain control of their breathing. Jay rolled off of her slowly and pulled her with him. He looked down at her seeing that he eyes were closed and smiled.
"I love you Emma," Jay said kissing her forehead and closed his eyes. She opened her eyes hearing what he had said and felt a tear fall down he face.
Emma knew she had did something that went against everything she believe. But she felt so right lying with him and just being with him. There was obviously some unresolved feelings between them that they needed to figure out.