So, I was thinking, maybe I could do a one-shot series? Leave me your opinion in the reviews. This chapter is a lot longer than the first. Thanks to all the reviews! And, Stewart and Emma WILL get back together. To the guest who calls themself "tris and cass" (correct me if I'm wrong) I will make a Willow Falls fanfic soon. And I have not read 13 Treasures, but I definitely will soon. On with the story!

Jess's POV

A silver car pulls into Half Moon Farm's driveway.

"Is Emma okay?!" I ask Darcy, the lone passenger in the car.

"Why? Haven't you called her? Texted her? Emailed her? IM'd her?" Darcy says.

"Well, duh, but she hasn't been responding," I reply.

Suddenly, the twins burst out of the front door (and almost topple on me, because I'm on the porch steps). "Darcy! We have a birthday present for you!" Dylan calls.

"Um, my birthday was a couple weeks ago, but thanks."

Ryan thrusts him the box. When Darcy opens it, I burst out laughing. So do the twins. Darcy, however, does not.

"Ha-ha, The Little Mermaid, very funny," Darcy says sarcastically, looking at the 'The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition' on the DVD box.

"Well, we wanted you to, you know, fill up those…um, how long was it?" Dylan asks.

"Thirteen years," I inform him.

"Thirteen years," he echoes, "of lost time."

Ryan and I are practically crying right now.

"Jess, you're being cold right now," Darcy fake-scowls at me. "I mean, your little brothers are being mean to me."

"Yeah, yeah, Alcott High's best athlete is getting teased by eleven-year-olds. Wow," I tease him back, and he shuts up.

Josh, our farmhand, is having his brother over for a little bit, starting today. As in Jonas. So I filled Darcy in on New Hampshire, and, surprisingly, he was okay with it. Not that I would prefer he wouldn't be.

As if on cue, Josh's car pulls into the driveway next to the Hawthornes'. "Quick! Hide this!" Darcy exclaims, thrusting the DVD box at the twins. They chuck it in the bushes.

"Hey, Delaneys. Hey, Darcy," Josh greets us.

"Hi," we reply.

"So that's Jonas?" Darcy asks, gesturing to, well, Jonas. I nod. "Eh, I'm still cuter than him." I elbow Darcy.

"Hi, Jess, Dylan, Ryan," Jonas says.

Even more surprisingly, Jonas and Dylan immediately hit it off, talking about the Red Sox season so far (even though it hasn't been too long, I know that, even though I'm not a sports nut). Turns out, the Bates family are pretty big on the Sox, too. I bet Josh told them about it.

"Hey, I'm going to go check with Emma," I tell Darcy. He nods. I relay the same thing to my mom, then get on my bike (it's a super nice day) and ride to the Hawthornes. When I get there, I'm nearly out of breath because I was riding so fast. I ring the bell. As it opens, Pip plays with my blue sneakers.

"Hi, Pip!" I lean down to pet him. He is getting pretty big now, though.

"Hi, Jess!" Mrs. Hawthorne says. "I thought Darcy was at Half Moon Farm."

"Yeah, well, he and our farmhand and his little brother and my dad are going to a Sox game today.

"Oh, that will be nice. He just texted me about it. Anyways, are you here for Emma?"

I nod.

"Just warning you, she hasn't opened up her door since we got home last night," Mrs. Hawthorne says.

I run upstairs and knock on her door. "Who is it?" Emma says stuffy-nose-ily.

I come in. "Jess, I'm sorry what I said. I was just blowing off steam," Emma apologizes. "Although, I was right about my brother." I laugh at this.

"Come on, let's get you dressed and then we can go to my house and bake cookies. Just for old times' sake." I start rummaging through her drawers, but she's used to it. We both practically live at each other's houses. I pull out a purple scoop neck three-quarter-sleeved shirt from one of the drawers, and jeans from another. "Here. How about this? It might not be perfect, but, hey, I'm not the fashion genius. Megs is," I explain, gesturing to my Colonial Academy Equestrian Team long-sleeved shirt and jeans. I get a pair of silver Keds from the closet. "Come on. Get dressed and let's go."

After Emma gets changed and washes her face and brushes her teeth and hair, we head out the door on our bikes.

"I feel twelve again!" Emma giggles as the harsh wind whips our faces. We don't care, though. It's not too cold.

And we feel twelve again as we bake cookies, using the extra vanilla extract from Emma's secret recipe. I grab a small handful of the chocolate chips and pop them into my mouth.

"Jess! Save them for the cookies," Emma fake-scolds, and I giggle.

"Sorry," I apologize with a mouthful of chocolate. Emma starts laughing, too.

We're almost done with our second batch when the Bates brothers, Emma's brother, and my dad walk in.

"Mmmmm! That smells good. Can I have some?" Darcy groans.

"Only one," I say, giving him a hug. I give my dad one, as well.

"Hi, Emma!" my dad says.

"Hi, Mr. Delaney. Hi, Josh. Hi, Jonas—wait, Jonas?!"

"Oh, yeah." I remember I didn't tell her. "Jonas is visiting Josh today."

"Does Darcy know about…..Christmas vacation?" Emma whispers.

"Yeah. He's fine with it," I whisper-reply.

"Emma, if my memory's correct," Jonas says, shaking Emma's hand. Wait, is there, a spark between them?! I never saw that coming. Before I have enough time to think about it, I hear something behind me. I turn around to see some of the cookies gone from the counter and in the twins' or Darcy's hands/mouths.

"Sorry," they say with their mouths full. I roll my eyes.

"No. More." I emphasize each word so they get what I'm saying.

Emma laughs behind me and slings her arm on my shoulder.

I'm glad to have her back!

A.N. I had no idea how to end that chapter. I decided NOT to do any Jarcy drama, because there was already enough Stemma drama, plus I thought it would be funny if Darcy and Jonas actually became friends! I can't believe I posted chapter 2 the very next day! This is NOT regular for me, just warning you. ;-) Chapter 3 will be up very soon, hopefully. Oh, and shoutout to Dess4ever, my first follower, and sunflowerstar481 for the follow and the PM! Both of your stories are awesome! Keep writing! I hope you all liked this chapter, and thanks to all the guests and Dess4ever and sunflowerstar481 for reviewing!

- 3 Alexis