"He's not coming back, Em." Manny said, standing in front of the burning fireplace. It was now 2am.
Jane and Spinner had gone to a hotel, Jay went to bed, and Liberty and Toby were already asleep in their rooms after they helped clean up the uneaten dinner and smashed plates. Summer had went home. Sean hadn't come back.
Emma had stayed up, sitting on the main rooms couch and staring numbly at the lit up Christmas tree. Her eyes were puffy from all the crying. She was tired, but wouldn't go to bed. The light was off other than the fireplace and tree, making a nice dim light flutter around the room. Emma wore her black leggings and white tank top with a green couch blanket on her. She sat back against the couch and shook her head, "He might."
Manny sighed, looking at the fire going and then huffed, "You know what, even if he does Emma, you don't owe him an explanation."
Emma looked up at her, so confused and hurt, "Then why do I feel like I do?" her voice cracked, her heart breaking to pieces. Why couldn't she escape the way she felt about Sean? Why did she feel like she was even cheating on him when she was with other guys when they were broken up? And why did he even have to pop into her head on her wedding day? Ya. You don't think she thought endlessly about that?
Manny softened and walked to the couch, going right beside Emma and pulled her into an embrace, "Sweetie..." she shook her head though, not sure how to reply to that. Guess deep down she knew Emma and Sean were never really over, they never were, but geez..tonight just really hit the fan. Manny's seen Sean jealous before, for example the time Em was with Peter, but this took the cake.
Emma snuffled and pulled away, shaking her head. "I'm just going to sleep out here, okay?" she turned her head to Manny who sadly took a deep breath but nodded at her before getting up. She went to her room and came back a moment later with a pillow.
"Here." she whispered and Emma nodded, putting it on the end of the couch and finally laid down. Manny turned and walked back to her room but turned to glance back once more. EMma's eyes were glued to the door.
Those two could never really ever move on from another, could they?
Manny crawled into her bed after removing her clothes and throwing on one of Jay's big shirts. She loved them, it smelt of him and they were comfy. Jay groaned when she cuddled up next to him and he wrapped an arm around her but with his eyes still shut. She laid her back against his stomach and couldn't sleep.
He knew her too well. "This isn't our fault."
Manny had to snicker a little at him, "If it was, it wouldn't be mine. It'd be yours,big mouth." she teased.
He sighed and opened his eyes, "How the hell was I to know they divorced?"
Manny sat up and turned toward him, "You didn't.. but what about the part of not telling Sean that Emma got married?"
"I should of just told him from the start, Manny." Jay scoffed and sat up madly, throwing his arm out in madness, "I never should of kept that away from him. We're bros, partners in crime. That was his girl-"
"No she wasn't. Not at the time." Manny insisted, noticing Jay really beating himself up for this.
Jay gave her that 'don't mess with me' look, "She's practically got his imprint written on her forehead Manny. She wasn't suppose to end up with Spinner, you know it. We pushed it. In Niagara Falls, we pushed them together. It is our fault.."
"We didn't think they'd get married." Manny said while rolling her eyes, but looked guilty and gave him a look, "They were both heartbroken about their exs and we thought they'd just have a good time and then move on."
"Instead they get crazy drunk and marry another." smirked Jay, shaking his head. God Spinner and Emma were such idiots back then. Then again, love made you do dumb things..so when that love hurts you and you find someone to fill in the hole of your heart for a bit...you make big mistakes. BIG.
Manny sat up on her knees, and moved one over Jay so she can sit on his lap and rested her hands on his chest, "Lets just..deal with this in the morning." she pouted a bit. He gazed into her puppy eyes admiringly and hypnotized like.
"Don't you have that crazy director of yours to meet in the morning?" muttered Jay, annoyed with her 'star' life. Her director was a perv and Jay was just waiting for the chance to punch him. He always tried making Manny do 'nude' films.
"I'll skip it." Manny declared, "We have our Christmas party and shopping to do, and I'm sure Emma will want a girls day."
Jay nodded and leaned up, kissing her. "Lets go to bed then." he mummered.
Manny kissed him back, and it grew passionate. She smirked sexily against his lips, sliding her hands down his chest to his boxers, "Now?"
He groaned a bit and grabbed her hips to pull hers into his and she moaned a bit, "Alright, not now..but in a bit." he teased and tossed her onto the bed, rolling over her as she giggled and he ripped her shirt off.
Around 3am, when everyone was in bed, not a peep or a sound, was when Sean came in.
Sean stopped in the doorway, taking a deep breath. He looked like crap, miserable. Still hurt. He just couldn't believe she had gotten married to another guy and he had no idea nor did his best friend even tell him. He stopped before he shut the door behind him, seeing through the dim light Emma was sleeping on the couch. The flicker of the fireplace glazed over her, making her somewhat even glow. He swallowed painfully in his throat and then turned away, shutting the door less than quietly. Emma stirred awake and he avoided her eyes when she fluttered them open but he walked towards her and she sat up, shocked he came back but happy.
Yet when he stopped in front of the couch, and she sat up, they were both speechless and he still couldn't look at her. Emma opened her mouth and looked down with sadness in her eyes, "Sean, I'm sorry we never said anything. I just.." she looked up and looked so fragile, "I didn't think you'd care.."
He looked at her in disbelief, "I wouldn't care? You really thought that?"
Emma shut her eyes, running her fingers through her hair frustrated like, "why wouldn't I of thought that Sean?" she looked back at him seriously, raising an eyebrow and he looked taken back and shut his mouth. She was right, they were 'broken up' then. What was he even doing right now?
"Just thought if we were friends, " he viciously hissed the word, "I'd at least even get an invite or I don't know, a letter with an update?"
Emma pierced her lips together and as Sean eyed her, he couldn't believe he started to notice her trying not to laugh. "Sean." She smiled wide now, almost embarrassed and rolled her eyes, "We got married in Niagara Falls. Where I was drunk off Tequila and wine." she wrinkled her nose, remembering the hangover the next day. It was AWFUL.
Sean stared a bit wide eyed at her. That was how it happened?
She shook her head, going serious again as her eyes drifted off and looked around the room, "Me and Spinner weren't even dating." she admitted whisper like.
Sean swallowed his heart down that felt like it was beating in his throat. His stomach flipped and he asked, "So it was a mistake?"
Her big brown eyes looked up at him under her eyelashes, and she nodded. He softened and looked less stressed. Emma finally sucked in a deep breath and exhaled it as she sat up and pulled the blanket off her, "Well.. I should go to bed." she said. This was all so confusing especially with barely any sleep and emotions flying.
He stood there as she passed him, and he stared at the wall across from him with an unreadable look. "You knew though, Emma." he said.
Emma turned, confused and looked at his retreating back until he turned towards her, "What?" she asked, shaking her head.
"You knew." he repeated, and looked at her the way he use to, or always did or UGH, this was too confusing for Emma. She got lost in his blue eyes, staring at her lovingly, and hungerily, "You knew i'd care." he stepped so close infront, she felt her heart pound and breath stop. He leaned forward, crashing his lips onto hers and grabbed the back of her head as they kissed passionately. Emma gasped a bit but shut her eyes, feeling the warmth of his lips back on hers and she couldn't resist, resting her hands on his strong shoulders and kissed him back with as much hunger as he had for her.
She yelped a little when his strong arms carried and pushed her up against the dining table. She moaned a bit when they leaned back on it, him over her and his hands now on her waist, still kissing but she could feel his hardness between them when he pressed against her. He needed her. badly. It'd been forever. His hands moved up her waist, and under her shirt slowly and tortuously. She bit her lip and whimpered, wanting to feel every part of him. He ran his finger tips on her bare skin as he kissed her deeper and softly grazed her bra covered breasts with his fingers. Her fingers ran through his hair, she loved it this medium length, made him look like prince charming. A bad boy prince charming ofcourse.
He then pulled away to begin kissing and sucking on her neck and his hands swayed back down her waist and his right hands fingers pushed down her abodeom and she gasped, moaning but before he went into her panties-
"stop!" Emma sat up, breathless and he too panting, staring at her like a deer in the headlights.
"Stop!?" he had to repeat and looked at her like she was killing him. She had to laugh a little and shut her eyes, shaking her head. This wasn't right. They weren't together anymore and this was just going to confuse her. It'd be the same ol heartbreak all over again.
"We can't do..that." she insisted, now standing and fixing her shirt, running her shakey fingers through her hair and turning back to him as he stared at her unbelievably . Her heart was pounding and she couldn't even catch her breath. Damn he was such a good kisser.
"I'm sure we can." he taunted cheekily, "We were just doing a fine job til you pulled away." he raised a eyebrow at her, trying to hide his smirk and was making her knees weak.
"You know what I mean," she snapped at him, but gave him a look of regret, "Doesn't mean I don't want to but it just doesn't work with us, Sean."
"It didn't work cause we were young and always giving up!" he yelled at her, swinging his arms out angrily, "then we get back together, and the same thing happens again and again. Why can't we just fight through it now? Work through it. We're adults now, not teenagers anymore."
"Yet it's all still the same." she told him, snickering and shook her head, "You're still in the army, and I'm still pissed about it."
He went serious and stepped forward, and when she tried to look away from him when he stepped to close, he grabbed her chin gently with his right hand and made her look at him. "Tell me to come back to you, and I would."
Emma stared at him with tears in her eyes, and he raised his other hand to run it through her hair, caressing it.
Emma's eyes then looked numb, and she dazed off as she muttered, "It's just too much to handle right now with everything, Sean." she couldn't even look him in the eyes.
She took his hand off of her and backed up and he painfully watched her walk away and back into her room.
For a second, Sean looked absolutely crushed, but then he seemed to have a change of heart. He wasn't the guy he was in highschool, he was a man now, a man still in love with the same girl he loved as a teenager only this time he knew what to do to keep her. His eyes twinkled, and he stood straighter. He heard her door close and he walked back to the couch, smirking a little. He met what he said, he wasn't going to give up this time. He'd get her back, for good.. forever. Emma married the wrong man. . The guy for her was standing right here.
He'd show her.