'Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air.

What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away'

December 23rd.

The girls walked through the mall that played Christmas music and had crazy Holiday sales and signs everywhere. A man dressed up in a big white and red candy cane passed the girls a flyer and they giggled wildly, walking by .

Emma moved like a zombie though as Liberty declared, "I'm thirsty." she had bags on her arms, they all did. They went a little crazy on the shopping today.

Manny agreed, "we should stop for something to drink." she nodded ahead, "There's the food court."

"I'll get us some water. You guys should go find somewhere to sit." Liberty insisted and walked off.

Manny nodded, and turned to Emma for her shoulders to drop. She grabbed her arm and pulled her to a table, "Em if all you're going to do is moop today, why not just go talk to him?"

Emma laid her bags down and just sighed, "Manny, there's way too much stuff going on right now." she put her hand on her head and swore, "I feel like my heads going to explode. I started school, I have exams soon, I just moved back into my parents', I'm going through the divorce, and now trying to wrap my head around Sean. I can't do it all at once. You know what me plus stress equals.."

Manny smiled knowingly and sadly. She then grinned mischievously, "I heard you guys foolin' around." she smirked, "You're quite the little moaner."

Emma looked up horrified and groaned.

Manny sighed, "Em, you're clearly meant to be together. Ever since Degrassi you guys haven't moved on from another. Now that's commitment. Why fight it?"

Emma stared off. She had no idea why she was. "Scared of getting hurt again maybe?"

"He told you he wanted to work through it though. Em, he seems different. Going to the army probably changed him, when has Sean ever been the talking and not hitting type?"

"Never." taunts Emma, raising an eyebrow, "Do you not remember Spinner getting knocked to the ground with a bloody broken nose?"

"Ya." Manny giggled a bit, "Jane said their not gonna come over until the Christmas party has started so Spin and Sean can be distanced from another by the crowd of the party."

Emma smiled sheepishly and actually felt a little bad. Liberty came back and sat down with three waters, "What'd I miss?" she asked.

"Ohhh just the same thing as always, Lib." Manny joked, looking back at Emma, "The good ol Semma drama."

Liberty rolled her eyes, "It never ends. Get married already and stop marrying the wrong guys."

Emma gasped and even did Manny before laughing uncontrollably and Emma scowled them.

Meanwhile. Spinner heard his hotel door knock, and he walked to it. Jane was in the shower and he was getting dressed, in his wife beater and black boxers. Around his nose was bruised but the doctor said it'd heal by a week. For now, he had a white patch over it like a cast. He opened the door and almost jumped back with wide eyes

Sean and Jay stood there, Jay put his hand between the two guys when Spinner actually grabbed a lamp from off a table and yanked the plug out from the wall to use as a weapon incase he had to and Sean was looking for another fight.

"Easy, killer." taunted Jay and explained, "Seans here to say sorry and put everything in the past."

"Bullshit." Spinner said and held the lamp infront as a warning. Sean rolled his eyes.

"If I wanted to Spinner, I could kill you from where you stand." Sean simply noted and it was true.. and some of him still wanted to. But he was doing this for Emma..

Spinner shifted slowly, but believed him since well, the guy was in the army now. Spin slowly put the lamp down. "So...what? We call a truce?"

"Truce?" Sean repeated, raising an eyebrow at Spinner ridiculously.

Jay snorted too, "You're the one who tried to steal his chick, Spinster. You need to apologize." he said it so matter of factly and almost sounded like a teacher trying to make two kids get along. It was almost funny.

Almost.

Spinner still looked rather startled, but licked his lips nervously and looked at Sean. It took a few moments, and he struggled for a bit but finally mumbled, "I'm sorry."

"What was that?" taunted Sean, wanting to hear it loudly.

"I'm SORRY." Spinner growled and looked childish, looking down and back up like a sad puppy.

Sean and Jay had to laugh a bit, sharing a look and then Sean shrugged, "No big deal." he declared and Jay had to laugh harder as Spinner glared.

"You guys are assholes" he walked off but let them come in as he got ready and cracked open some booze from the hotel bar. They were going to need some.

Later that night..

Christmas music played softly in the background, and a bunch of people were at Manny's party in her apartment. The Christmas tree was lit up, and all day Emma helped Manny cook, clean and decorate the place to keep her mind off things. There was a mistletoe over the kitchen door, and green and red streamers around the wall. Classy lights around the window where you could see snow falling and by the window, the lit fireplace.

"Beautiful party, Manny." a friend said, passing by her as the door knocked.

Emma smirked to Manny's gushing face. The blonde could tell Manny loved her new home, and Jay being here..she was playing housewife so well. A very good host to a party. Everyone dressed up, including them. Manny wore a bold red sparkling mini cocktail dress, that hung down a bit between her chest..Manula Santos always had great breasts-

"I'll go get the door." Manny announced, walking off and gasped as she turned back and grabbed Emma's arm, "Can you go see if the cookies are done in the kitchen?"

Emma nodded, and giggled as Manny went to the door. She saw her open it up to Summer and some other guy who reminded her of Craig but darker black curly hair and taller. He even wore a leather jacket but had bright blue eyes. This must be Manny's director? She watched him gaze down at Manny's dress, but we all knew what he was really looking at. Perv. Yup, that must be her director, Damon.

Emma turned and walked to the kitchen. She grabbed an oven cloth and brought the cookies out, setting them on a plate for the people at the party.

"These are delicious." Liberty said, mouth full and Emma gave her a look to stop eating them. Liberty shrugged and just took another bite. She wore a dress that was strapless and white up top, but below the belt on her waist, the dress flowed black and sparkly as well. It was tight around her hips and showed off her curves.

Emma wore a sparkling dress too, and it was short and it was thin material and black. With how her hair was right now, in a half updo, slightly curly; she looked great, but like Manny's, her dress caved in a bit at the middle (just not as much).

The front door opened again, and Liberty only noticed and whistled before she left the room, "Here comes trouble." she whispered and brought the cookies out for Emma while she filled her glass of wine up again. She was in need of it, and the reason for it was walking through the door as she looked up.

She was confused by what Liberty said, until Spin and Sean came on in, acting like best bro's and Spinner laughing while Sean just nodded simply in greetment at her.

"Oh! Got any more?" Spinner asked Emma of her wine and she cornered her eyes at him and slowly at Sean. Something was going on and she didn't like it. She eyed Sean going to the fridge and grabbing a beer.

Upon Emma's 'no', Spinner asked Sean, "Pass me a beer, dude."

"You need more after the 7 you just had?" joked Sean but handed him one, and cracked open the other.

Spinner laughed and left the room. Emma wanted to get out of there was fast as she could too and back to the party. As soon as she put one foot out though, Sean stepped in her way, sipping his beer and tilted his head at her.

"since when do you drink wine?" he joked, wondering if this 'classy' Hollywood party was getting to her.

She gave him a look as if she was annoyed and just taunted, "Since I know margaritas nor vodka work for me."

Sean couldn't help but grin, remembering the good ol days. He had to take care of Emma all night when she got drunk and hungover in their last year in highschool. Actually, sadly, the same night JT had died. Suddenly he frowned and looked down and Emma too looked away.

"now please, move." she softly said and tried to go around him. When almost out the frame of the door in the kitchen, his hand grabbed her and she shut her eyes before turning back to him, "What, Sean?" she whined with impatience. Why couldn't he just leave her be right now? "What do you want?"

"You." he simply said, shrugging his shoulder and his eyes twinkling into hers before his eyes moved down her body and dress. She looked sexy and beautiful and-

"Sean, I already told you.." Emma looked away as she continued with an unreadable look, "We can't." she looked back at him, trying to look stern about it and shook her head. But he had seen her do that once before, back in senior year, when he came back to Degrassi. She tried insist she didn't care about him..that she couldn't. . that was a lie and they got back together even then.

Emma turned and when she thought she had made it out the door, she gasped when he pulled her back but into his arms this time. He was so strong, and his mouth landed against hers perfectly and her two faced lips kissed him back. What the hell!? She told herself to resist! She whimpered into it, and he pressed her up on the door frame, resting his arm over her head and kissed her passionately before she pulled him away but both still stood pressed on the wall, him pressed up against her. Her heart pounded irregularly, and her eyes were wide.

"Why can't you listen!" she stubbornly even stomped her foot, and Sean grinned with his famously cute dimples before pointing up.

"Mistletoe." he insisted.

Emma looked up, and glared at the thing on the cieling. She shoved him off finally and went to the party. She couldn't chose weather she liked Manny's director Damon creeping on her and staring at her boobs or Sean in the kitchen trying to seduce her...well, that's face it, she knew what she liked better but was trying to stay away from that trouble.

Damn Sean for always being the unresistable heart breaking charmer.

Emma tried to force a smile to Damon who went on about his movie, "Yea, it's going to be a 4 star." he told her, "In Theatre by next year. I'm trying to get Manny to take the lead part, but she keep turning it down." he leaned into her closer, and she tensed but forced that smile.

She caught Jay's eye who stood near and narrowed his eyes when he heard Damon talking about Manny.

"But let you in on a secret? It's def that annoying little boyfriend of hers." whispered Damon and he leaned back, smirking and eyed Emma up and down. Now she was even more of a fox. I mean, Manny for sure was sexy and smoky. But Emma? Couldn't go wrong with a smoking hot blonde, specailly one so flawless. "You act, Emma?"

Emma tried not to roll her eyes, but it happened. She tapped her fingers on her drink and when her eyes fell on something, she glared back at Sean Cameron. Through the crowd of people, he watched her like he was hunting or something. Keeping his eye on her. He just smirked back as he leaned on the wall by the tree.

Emma was his. She'd see that soon. They were meant to be.

This Damon guy will also see that soon too.