Everything was getting back to normal. Everyone seemed alright now. Sean was even throwing a party the coming weekend.

Speaking of Sean, where has Ellie been?

The guys, Spinner, Sean and Jay, met up in the work out room during gym class.

Jay was doing pull ups, trying to ease his bullet scars pain away.

Sean did his normal weights and Spinner decided to skip with his rope, that made Sean laugh.

"Haven't heard you laugh in a while." Jay said and then breathed heavily, pulling himself up on his bar.

Sean nodded and put his weights down, "Ellie's still... a little out of it. It's sort of bothering me."

"With what? The shooting still?" Jay asked. Ofcourse they'd always remember it, how could they forget it?

But to keep yourself this depressed for this long, wasn't good. It had to be something else.

Ellie sat in her bathroom and stared at a pregnancy test.

She breathed in a shaky breath... until bursting into tears.

This wasn't the place for a baby. Ellie was still being harressed by a drunk of her mother, she didn't know if her dad back in the army was alive or not, seeing Jimmy shot? Rick dead... Ellie couldn't have a baby. Not here...

"Ellie?" a voice suddenly appeared. Sean. Ellie quickly hid everything and whipped her tears. She put a fake smile on and then headed out.

Then school came the next day...

"I think you owe me lunch." Jay said, coming around Emma's locker and leaning on the one beside.

"Oh I do?" Emma teased, closing her locker and he went around her, pulling her to face him and leaned her back on her locker.

"That or we deal with something else." He confirms with his famous smirk and peered down at her, his hands on her hips.

Emma frowned remembering, "I can't do lunch. I have to meet Toby and Jt. Their trying to form our dysfunctional friendship again." She saw the frown from Jay and said, "Can I give you something else?"

"Yeah." He nodded and leaned down, kissing around her neck, "You."

Emma bit her lower lip trying not to moan. Jay seriously drove her insane. But she wasn't suppose to be Miss Virture... this was bad, right?

Then why'd it feel so good?

"Makes me sick." Alex said over across the hall, standing with Amy.

"Stop being jealous." Amy snickered, watching Hogart mack on Greenpeace, then added to Alex, "It's an ugly color."

Alex glared at her and walked off.

Back with Emma, she groaned pulled away from the kiss, "Fine. I can mayyybee meet you after."

"Maybe's not good enough." He playfully said.

"I'll be there." She promised with a smile.

He nodded and the bell rang so she had to go, on her way of leaving him he hit her but and she squeled to glare over her shoulder at him but they then laughed.

Jay was waiting for her later at the Dot when Amy and some girl came in and over to him.

"Hey Hogart." Amy purred.

Jay leaned back in his seat, trying to not roll his eyes.

"Sup Hogart?" the other girl winked, walking off. But Amy stayed.

Amy leaned on the counter he was and said, "So... word is... you're dating Emma Nelson?"

"Is that so?" Jay asked, narrowing his eyes to her. It was none of her business.

"Well me and Alex did catch you guys making out this morning." Amy laughed and said, "She was awfully jealous. I was a bit too."

Jay just clenched his jaw and looked away from Amy's seducing eyes, she frowned.

"You can't seriously be taken Jay Hogart... it's just not you." She explained.

"If by taken you mean with a girl, and I won't do a thing to mistreat her or disrespect her... then yes, I'm taken." He ended with a grin and Amy just rolled her eyes.

"That's a damn shame." She then saw Emma come in and coming over, eyeing her back so waved to Jay and left.

Emma crossed her arms in front of Jay and asked, "What'd she want?" she felt some anger rise up in her.

She hated Alex, she hated Amy... she hated that stupid girl at the corner staring at Jay-

"You're jealous." Jay said watching Emma closely and had a big grin on his face.

Not many people saw Jay without that smirk, but imagine his smile... just as hot, but still smart ass looking.

Emma glared at him and annoyingly went to leave til he grabbed her waist and pulled her back to him.

Emma turned and was in between his legs since he sat on a stool.

"Hey." He said, bringing her chin down to him so she looked at him and went serious, "I wanna ask you something."

"Fine." She breathed, crossing her arms.

Last year, Jay loved pissing her off, but that's when they were young... now he hated it. He softly took her hands into his and she finally softened and unfolded her arms, holding his hands.

Jay licked his lips nervously and asked, "You will be my girl friend?"

Emma raised an eyebrow, "We're already kind of a... thing, aren't we?" she asked.

"I don't wanna be a thing, I wanna be yours." Jay said sincerely, he wanted to do this right. She wanted him by his side, he wanted to make her laugh... he wanted her to be completely his, and no one elses.

"Kay." Emma said with a soft smile and leaned down, kissing him quickly but longly.

"How cuuuuteee." Sang Spinner, working around the counter.

They pulled apart to glare, Jay stood up and started leading Emma out, taking one of Spinner's muffins on the way.

"Hey! I hope your paying for that!" Spinner exclaimed but Jay just smirked and left with his girl friend.

Yeah.

Girl friend.