Chapter 6

"Don't you dare leave again" Hal said, still holding on to her arm. "You can't just get up and leave everytime things are ackward or not going the way you want them to"

"That's not what I'm doing!" She said, not only trying to convince him, but herself as well.

"Oh no, then why are you leaving?" Before she had time to answer him, he quickly went on. "Look, I know this is probably weird, being her with me and Parker after there was talk of getting a divorce, but it would really mean a lot to both of us if you could stay and help us decorate his new room. Wouldn't it buddy?"

Parker nodded his head like crazy and lifted his arms up, signalling to Emily to pick him up. "Emily help" he said and clapped his hands together.

She picked him up and looked at Hal. "Don't look at me like that, I didn't do anything" He said, putting his hands up in surrender.

"Fine" she gave in "But... I will come by first thing tomorrow morning, because right now I have to go see your mommy about something" she said, talking to Parker now.

She kissed his cheek and laughed when he flung his arms around her neck and gave her a hug before she could put him down again.

"I'll see you tomorrow" she told Hal, before making an exit that still looked like an escape to him. He looked at Parker and smiled "Lets get you some stuff for your new room"

While Parker and Hal looked for new stuff for in his room, Emily quickly called Carly.

"Ah, you're home" She breathed a sigh of relief when Carly picked up. "Yeah, I'm home. What's wrong?"

"I need to talk to you. I'll be right there okay?" Without waiting for an answer, she disconnected the phone and drove the car to Milltown.

When she got there, Carly and Sage were already waiting for her outside. The weather was beautiful, so when Emily arrived, they stayed out on the porch instead of going back inside.

"What's up?" Carly asked with a hint of worry in her voice.

"I almost kissed him!" She said as she practically fell down on the bench next to Carly.

"Almost kissed who? Don't tell me you tried to kiss Paul again after you said you'd go talk to him and break it off between you two"

"What?" Emily said confused. "No, Hal! I almost kissed Hal! He asked me for help with decorating Parker's new room, so we went to the paintshop and we finally had a normal talk without one of us getting angry. We talked about my relationship with Paul and how there no longer was one"

"So you did break it off?" Carly asked relieved.

"Yes, I broke it off and Hal didn't even gloat. He just smiled at me with those Cuddlebear eyes and said he was sorry and you know what? He seemed to really mean it. Any other guy would have probably gloated and said 'I told you so' but Hal didn't. He genuinly felt sorry for me"

She turned to Carly and sighed. "God, I love that man!"

"Well, that comes in very handy" Carly said with a big smile on her face "Because, let me tell you, he loves you too"

While Emily and Carly talked about all that had happened between Emily and Hal at the paintshop, Hal was telling Jack the exact same thing.

"I'm telling you man, if she hadn't jumped up, I definetly would have kissed her"

Jack looked at Hal and took a deep breath to calm himself down. After all Emily had put him through, Jack was pretty convinced that the only solution for both of them would be a divorce, but the way Hal talked about her just now, made him doubt that feeling.

"So, you're telling me that in the few hours you spent together, you have gone from wanting to get a divorce because she's never hurt you like this before to wanting to kiss her and never let her leave your life again?"

Hal thought about it for a few seconds and said "Yeah, that's pretty much what I'm saying. Come on Jack! You're my best friend, you know how I feel about Emily. And you and I both know that I never would have gotten this divorce in the first place if it weren't for my pride"

"Probably, but come on Hal, she cheated on you. I think you have the right to be angry and too proud to forgive her. And it's not like she was all that willing to beg you for forgiveness or another chance like she was the last time this happened. And speaking about that last time..."

Before Jack had a chance to go on, Hal interupted him. "You know, you're not really helping. I know Emily made a lot of mistakes, but the last time with Chris has nothing to do with this"

Hal knew that Emily made a lot of mistakes, but he still loved her and he still had the need to defend her.

"Look, I know you're trying to look out for my best interest, but what I need more then anything right now is to have a normal talk with my wife so we can finally tell eachother how we really feel"

With that in mind, he picked up the phone and dialed the cellphone number he knew by heart.

To Be Continued...