December 17th.

Sean woke up with banging on the door and cringed with a curse, "What!?"

Who would be pounding like that at 9am? Did KC need something in his room or something?! Suddenly it was clear there was more than two hands pounding on it and Sean growled, getting up.

"What?!" he flew the door open, the blast from the past standing there with his other good old friend. Jay and Spinner. They cheered and laughed, grabbing Sean into a shoving back and forth hug.

"Get off!" Sean had to laugh though, shoving mostly Spinner away who was the goofball in all this.

Jay stopped first and leaned on the doorframe, looking almost the same as in highschool, if not for the short boxed beard. He even wore his old hat, still put on backwards.

"Why the fuck didn't you tell anybody you were coming down?" snapped Jay, "Ellie had to tell Alex, who then had to tell me."

Spinner shot at Sean, "You too good for your boys now?"

Sean rolled his eyes, "I've been here not even 3 days, and it's been a hell ride." he insisted, "I was going to call."

"Sure." Jay said, rolling his eyes, and Sean heard the sting in his voice.

Sean frowned and itched the back of his head. He did want to call, he just didn't know if he would. He loved his friends, he really did, Jay even felt more like a brother than even Tracker... but that's the thing, Sean was use to seeing the bad when he came home, not the good. He didn't want to miss home when he left again.

"Still that hot shot mechanic?" Jay asked, waving the tension off. Sean nodded with a shrug but he should of known better because the next thing he knew, Jay and Spinner laughed, standing outside with Sean now working on his car.

It wasn't freezing, or windy, and actually the sun was out, but only they could make Sean Cameron to agree to work on their cars out in this weather.

"Fuck you guys." bittered Sean, under Jay's hood and trying to get his tool in the engine. He then glanced up at Jay, "What have you done to this thing?"

Jay shrugged and leaned on Mrs Camerons car that was parked beside his orange civic Sean was working on, "Who knows, you're the genius."

"Yea!" Spinner chimed in, "You tell us." they laughed.

Sean got back to work, wearing his old black tuke and hoody with black winter jacket. His hair peaked out from under his beanie and his blue eyes glanced up when a car rolled into Emma's driveway.

Meanwhile at the same time his cousins came out of the house and Lucas cheered happily when he saw Sean's friends, "The party is here!"

Behind him, Jane and Mia shuffled through the snow towards them. Jay and Lucas slapped hands, always fond of another since they had met through Sean. Spinner stood straight up too when he saw Jane who he crushed on since 8th grade.

"Hey Jane." he greeted, and almost blushed.

She smiled back, crossing her arms together because of the cold and glanced at what they were doing, "Putting him to work near Christmas on his holiday. Aren't you guys great." She said dryly.

Sean had glanced back to Emma's driveway, looking at the black car and wondering who it was parked there. The car was still running, so whoever was inside it was probably waiting for Emma or whoever to come out.

"He wants to do it!" Jay insisted and Spinner laughed, knowing that was a lie. Sean would of chuckled but still looked distracted. Emma's door had just opened and the one and only come out of her house, in just her jeans and shirt, carrying her jacket and looked in a rush, walking straight to the car and getting in quick. She probably hadn't even seen him. He couldn't see through the cars windows either to see who she was with but a jealous stir twisted in his stomach.

He tried to shake it off, but Jay had looked over and saw what he was staring at. When the car was about to pull out, Jay raised an eyebrow at Sean and Lucas caught it, "What?" he asked.

"Still?" Jay asked Sean with a snicker and amazed look upon his face. Sean rolled his eyes and went back to work.

"What?" even Mia grew curious, her arms around Lucas.

"I saw you eying her up, stud." Jay pointed at Sean, "You've always had some Girl Next Door fetish."

Sean rolled his eyes again. This was the only girl he's ever rreally liked that even lived in a 5 mile radius of him. "Shut up." he just growled.

"Emma?" Jane asked.

Sean gave her a strange look, "How do you know her?"

"Last Christmas." she shrugged and explained, "She comes with her mom and sister when your mom throws the friends and family holiday party."

Sean's eyebrows raised. Is that so?

Jay nodded at him, "Sean here has been obsessed with that piece of ass since high school." while he spoke, Sean looked like he was ready to punch Jay in the face. "Never spoken to her though."

"That's not true." Sean said with a tone, looking down and trying to avoid their eyes. They all seemed shocked and impressed Sean was 'shy' when it came to a girl. That never happened.

"Tell us more, Romeo." teased Jay, but he had lifted his eyebrows, also impressed that Sean finally found his balls to talk to the girl.

"Fuck off, Jay." Sean reached his limit and walked off. Talking about this with them, and with all on his mind, he just wasn't in the mood.

"Hey!" Jay yelled after him, "Cam! I'm joking!"

((**))

When Emma had gotten into Manny's car, Manny was already looking to the left where Sean and his friends and family stood. Emma turned after getting buckled in and already rolled her eyes to her best friend staring at them with a growing Manuela Santos seductive, and entertained, smile.

"Em, he's home?" She couldn't believe it!

"He's..around.." Emma drifted.

"Have you done any peep shows for him?" Manny smirked, and shrugged, hands still on the wheel. "Its Christmas, maybe you could go all the way this year."

Emma shook her head but laughed, "Shut up."

Manny stared at Sean again through the group of people, "He's even hotter than he was in highschool."

Emma gave Manny a look who giggled. Manny had always said Sean was hot but she'd never do anything because A) he obviously had eyes for Emma and b) Emma had a thing for him too. And c) his old spiderman phase when they were kids were a turn off.

Manny teased her, "Do you still have a crush on him?" she sang.

Emma rolled her eyes, still smiling, and decided to get her back for that. "Did you notice Jay Hogart is standing over there?"

Now Manny growled back, pulling her car out of Emma's driveway, "Don't remind me of him."

Emma knew Manny was using her all not to look at him. "You said he was the best sex you ever had."

"And greatest liar I've ever known too." she remarked.

After highschool, when Emma and Manny started college, Jay and Manny finally bumped into another at a party Jay was also invited to and they began to talk..and do other things. He said all this stuff that made her heart melt, like he had always been into her even when they had never met in highschool. When they slept together, she found out in the morning he was still with Alex Nunez when she called him and Manny was still asleep in his bed. She never felt so horrible. She never talked to him again despite his phone calls.

Jerk.

Manny had never gotten over it. If he was anywhere she was, she left or stayed across the room from him.

(((((**))))

Sean had went downtown to the famous town diner.

A waitress filled his mug up with coffee and he put his two hands around it, but just glared at it instead of taking a drink.

"I get it." a voice said, sitting down next to him. Seems Jay knew where he'd end up. When Sean glared over, Jay put his hands up. "I can say and do cruel things, I know." he rolled his eyes, "Im a fuck up."

"Yea, you are." he spat.

Jay's mouth fell but then he glared back, "Fuck, I'm trying to say sorry."

"You haven't even said the word." Snarled Sean.

Jay sighed, "I'm sorry."

Sean frowned, and just looked back at his coffee. After a moment, he finally explained, "I went out with her the other night. I got in a fight, was drunk..and totally ruined any shot with her."

"How do you know? Have you talked to her?"

Sean rolled his eyes, "Just trust me."

Jay tried to look on the bright side, "Ellie told Lex that as much as she still hated you, you were still 'fuckable'"

"pass." snickered Sean. Jay chuckled after him.

"Yea I'd pass too."

Sean looked over and mentioned, "Can't believe you and Lex are still friends after all the shit you put another through."

"Turns out, shes a lesbian." smirked Jay.

Sean laughed, not shocked.

((((((((****))))))

That night, after Manny and Emma went Christmas shopping, the two stopped at the Lexicon. Emma followed Manny in who noticed Alex first at the bar and went over, taking off her jacket.

"Two shots of tequila please." Manny ordered. Emma still wore her jeans and t-shirt and sat miserably on the stool beside Manny.

This Bar was Alexs, and the same bar she and Sean were at the other day. Emma now had him on her mind again, dazing out.

Alex nodded, wearing her signature hoop eaarings and long brown hair straightened, "Anything for one of the many girls who my ex slept with."

Alex got to making the drinks, sharing a fake smile with Manny. Manny scoffed and rolled her eyes to Emma. She really had no idea they were still dating then! But it's been a year since and Alex seemed over it other than the cruel reminders.

Alex then passed them the shots. They took it, and Emma thanked Alex. "I really needed that."

"No problem."

After a good hour or two, the girls were lit, even Alex, since it was a little dead in her bar, other than two girls and some guy drinking together in the corner, so Alex she drank with them. They weren't SO bad. She actually deep down liked Manny and Emma. Though she wouldn't be caught dead with them in highschool. My things had changed..

"Boys!" Growled Manny in frustration, leaning back in her stool a little drunkenly.

"You're talking about Jay?" Emma had to ask, not remembering what topic they were on anymore. They kept going back and forth. Even Manny mentioned Sean to Alex. How embarrassing! "Or Brian?"

"All of them!" Manny pointed to Alex, "Especially guys like Jay." Alex nodded and Manny went on, "All the promises he says-"

"And breaks." muttered Alex.

"YEAH!" Manny yelled and nodded, "Screw guys." she lifted her beer up and Alex clunked it with her own, both sharing a smile but Emma stood up.

"I think I'm gonna go guys." She admitted.

Alex and Manny turned, Manny pouting but Alex giving her a taunting look, "Gone so soon again?"

Emma gave her a confused look.

"I heard what happened the other night. A fight in my bar." Alex said. "Nothing gets passed me, I own this bar. You were here with Sean Cameron."

"EMMA!" Manny yelled, feeling betrayed that Emma didn't even tell her this happened. She wanted the gossip!

Emma's mouth hung and she tried to explain, "We only hung out. It was ..nothing. Like Alex said, some fight broke out, Sean hit someone, and then he drove me home."

Both Alex and Manny raised an eyebrow at her.

Emma grew frustrated at their mischievous looks and silence, "What?!"

Manny skeptically questioned her good friend, "You didn't go home with him?"

Emma rolled her eyes and grabbed her jacket, "I'll call you tomorrow."

"I hear hes good." Alex informed, knowing much, too much, from Ellie.

Emma scoffed in disgust, not wanting to know why or how she knew that and stormed out as soon as possible, leaving Manny and Alex alone.

"Closing time!" Alex hollared to the three in the corner.