A/N: Here's Chapter five, sorry for the wait! The song is Falling Away – The Fray.

Chapter Five: Is Your Love a Game, Or What?

You swear you recall nothing at all
That could make you come back down
You made up your mind to leave it all behind
Now you're forced to fight it out

You fall away from your past
But it's following you

"Sean!" She stated almost as if he shouldn't be here. Jerking up, she stared down at him until he rose up to her eye level. "What are you doing back?" She asked more calmly, holding her books to her chest. Her arms gave her a ticklish feeling. She was happy to see him. Above all, she was curious to why.

Sean grinned a bit, but it soon eased. He was glad that she still wanted to talk to him. "Parents being a horror, and I thought it was time to come back. Don't you?" He asked, wondering if she was glad to see him. "Thought maybe I'd see how you were doing," He admitted also with a limp shrug.

Emma smiled a bit looking down and then back up at him, "Yeah... definitely time for you to come back. Everyone missed you. I've been okay." She said not exactly going into detail. A lot had happened since he left. A lot of things she didn't like to speak of. Of course she would eventually tell him.

"You're okay?" He repeated, as if wanting to be sure. Usually, Degrassi always has a plan for one of its students. "I'm glad to hear it," He spoke honestly. He sighed a bit. "Have you seen Jay around? He still goes here right? Or did the principal give him the boot?" He asked with a smirk.

Jay was always the type of guy who spited educations, and didn't seem to be the kind to change his mind. The trouble they've caused still ceased to exist, it gave Sean the reputation he has today, even if the shooting changed his perspective upon things.

"Yeah. Good." She repeated. "Mhm, he's here somewhere. He got kicked out for quite some time but he came back this year. I saw him this morning, reading but I haven't seen him since." Emma explained.

A short laugh escaped from Sean's lips, "Jay? Reading? Are you serious? Since when did he start doing that." His disbelief was evident. Since when is Jay read? He was sure the man didn't know where the library was. Not that it was a bad thing.

"I don't know it was new to me. He was also acting pretty nice to Manny and I today. It's odd." She said. Despite the things that had happened between her and Jay she had never expected him to be so nice to her. Something didn't seem too right about it.

"Wow, well I better go talk some sense into him before he becomes the next Flower child," He said with a playful smirk.

"Well I like the nice reading Jay more than the if you even look at me in the wrong way I'll kick your as Jay." She said. Of course he had never hit her, just given her an STD, just as lovely.

Sean raised both eyebrows at this, "Really?" This statement got him into curiosity mode. Usually Jay and Emma never had gotten along, so it shouldn't be a surprise to him that she liked the nice one better. "So, you sure everything's okay?" He always had that feeling that something was wrong. It bothered him, so he had to ask.

Emma appreciated his concern which made it all the more hard to just not spill everything to him but somehow she managed to contain herself and threw on another convincing yet fake smile, "Really I'm fine." The blonde told him. She hoped he'd drop it because she wasn't quite sure how many times she could lie to him.

Sean rose his eyebrows slightly before shrugging, "It's your call," He said dismissively, dropping it for now, he'll try later. Sean didn't want to press, but something wasn't right.

Emma looked around, seeing Craig walk by, "Sean, can we talk later?" She asked, avoiding his gaze: this confused Sean, but made him suspicious.

"… Sure."

"Great, and I'm really glad you're back," She told him meaningfully before rushing past him, leaving Sean in an irritated state.

"Whatever Em," He mumbled before stalking from his spot, heading to Mr. Simpson's homeroom.

Craig turned almost on cue to Emma's arrival, slipping an arm around her slim shoulders, "Two visits in one day, I'm quite privileged." He said with mock surprise. "What's up?" Craig asked before reaching his locker, opening it to grab the remaining contents.

"You know the party Paige is throwing…" Emma started cryptically.

"Yeah, Paige claimed it'd be the 'party of the century'" He said the last part mockingly, before easing into serious mode, but still held a smile. "What about it?"

"You want to go with me?" She asked hopefully. Manny was no longer with Craig, so it wasn't her 'property' as she would continuously remind someone. Her glimmering green irises turn to the direction she left Sean. In some way she felt awful, disoriented, for leaving him in the dark. With all that happened in the past years, wouldn't avoiding it be best? Looking up to Craig, "Well?"

You left something undone, it's now your rerun
It's the one you can't erase
You should have made it right, so you wouldn't have to fight
To put a smile back on your face

You fall away from your past
But it's following you
You fall away

Something I've done that I can't outrun
Maybe you should wait maybe you should run
But there's something you've said that can't be undone

And you fall away from your past
But It's following you

You fall away
It's following you

(Will Craig reject her, or would he rather go with Manny? Okay, not so much as fluff, but they're getting there. :D I was really iffy about posting this chapter considering the lack of reviews. So I want at least four more reviews, please? Thanks! Next chapter, I will send my gratitude toward the people who reviewed. :D Post which characters you want to see and I'll manage it. See ya! )