Chapter Four; I'm Taking This For All It's Worth
A/N; Sorry it took so long to update, I've had writers block on how I planned to write this chapter, plus school is hell. Anyways, I hope you like this chapter, and reviews are much appreciated! And don't shoot me if I spelled Mrs. H's name wrong ;)
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"Oh hello Emma," Mrs. Hatzilacos opened the door for Emma. "How can I help you?"
Emma stepped into the office of Degrassi's principal and sat down across from her desk. To meet with Mrs. Hatzilacos meant Emma had to push her personal opinions of her aside. Despite the fact that Emma's dad, Mr. Simpson, had been caught kissing her almost two years ago, Emma still despised the woman. Emma forced a small smile and spoke, "I would like to discuss getting Jay Hogart back into Degrassi." Emma was met with a surprised look from her principal. "I know he did some bad things in the past, but I can tell you from personal experience, he's changed. And I'll do anything to help get him back on track and back at Degrassi."
"Well, Emma." Mrs. Hatzilacos got up and got Jay's permanent record. "He was involved in the shooting, there are cases of him stealing. I don't know that I can trust him to be here."
"All I'm asking is that you give him a chance, please. If he can't prove to you that he's changed by the end of this semester then you can kick him out again." Emma pleaded.
Mrs. Hatzilacos was silent for a few seconds, looking over Jay's records and thinking about what Emma had proposed. She then slowly nodded, "Okay, Emma, we'll give this a try, but you're going to have to tutor him if you expect him to walk at the end of this year."
Emma stood up, "Thanks, I promise, you won't regret this." Mrs. Hatzilacos smiled a nodded, holding open the door . Emma walked out and back to her last period class.
Her class seemed to drag on longer than ever, with the news of Jay coming back speeding around in her mind she couldn't focus and she just wanted to meet Jay now and tell him now. It probably didn't help her that she was stuck next to Sean Cameron and he had been glaring evilly at her since she had returned from the principals office. "Take a picture, it'll last longer." She told him icily. Just then the bell rang and she exhaled her breath and walked out of the class. She pulled out her phone and called Jay.
"Hello?" A groggy voice answered.
"You're kidding me right? It's three and you're still asleep?" Emma asked.
"Oh, hey Emma." Jay laughed a little, "And it's not like I have to get up for anything."
"Well get up now and meet me at the dot in fifteen minutes, I have a surprise for you."
"Oh really now?" Jay asked, and Emma could feel the smirk over the phone.
"Jay." She said, annoyed. "Get your mind out of the gutter, and your hand out of your pants." She laughed a little.
He rolled his eyes although Emma couldn't see him. "I'll see you in fifteen minutes."
They hung up the phone and Jay started to get ready while Emma started the slow walk over to the Dot.
Fifteen minutes later Emma had just take a seat at a booth when a freshly showered Jay walked in the door.
"You have a surprise for me?" He asked, half seductively and half jokingly.
"Yeah, didn't I tell you to get your head out of the gutter?" She asked as he sat down.
They both just laughed.
"Anyways, you probably aren't going to be happy with this surprise. . But I worked hard to get it so you're just gonna have to do it anyway."
Jay eyed her suspiciously, "Go on. . ."
"I got you back at Degrassi. ."
"Em." He said, a hint of annoyance in his voice. "Thanks." He told her.
"You have to prove to Mrs. H that you've changed by the end of the semester, or else you're out of there. And I have to tutor you so you can walk at the end of this year. ." She told him.
"Changed? I've changed?" He asked, confused.
"You have in my opinion." Emma told him, and then ate a fry.
"That's a good thing though, right?"
"It got you back at Degrassi, so yeah it is." She smiled.
"When do I start?"
"Tomorrow." She laughed and he just sighed.
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The next morning, Jay pulled up outside of Emma's house. He parked on the side of the road and honked his horn once, just as Emma had told him to do. Less than a minute later Emma popped out of the front door and she headed over to Jay's car. She got in, buckled up, and off they went for Jay's first day back.
When they arrived at Degrassi, a few stared, a few talked, but most didn't care. Mrs. H had managed to set up Jay in most of Emma's classes so that she could tutor him more effectively. After going off their separate ways to go to their lockers, they met back up in their first period class, they took a seat in the back row by Jay's request and class began.
By the end of lunch, most people had comprehended that Jay was back, and were over it, their new line of gossip was yet another steamy video released by Mr. Peter Stone, uncut and unrated. Emma always believed that boy was going to be the next Hugh Hefner.
Fifth period had just ended and Emma and Jay were about to head to their last period of the day when Sean Cameron bumped into Jay. "Hey, watch where you're going you little punk." Sean scolded what he expected to be a freshman, he looked down, anticipating someone shorter than him, then up, to see Jay staring down at him angrily.
"First of all, you should not be calling someone six inches taller than you a little punk, and second, maybe you should be watching where you're going." Jay scoffed, and Sean turned a light pink.
"At least I didn't use my best friend's girlfriend to serial cheat on his girlfriend." He said half not making sense; he looked over at Emma in disgust.
"Look! We were not together, so you just need to get over that." Emma said, coldly.
"Besides man, it's not like you didn't fuck girls up in Wasega." Jay added. "Come on, Em, we're gonna be late for class." They started to walk away.
"We?!" He looked to Emma, "You got that low life bottom feeder back in this school?"
"You shouldn't be talking about low life bottom feeders, Sean. Take a look in the mirror." Emma said before turning on her heels and walking away, leaving Sean agape in the hallway.