So this year wasn't going well for Jay and nothing was anything he expected.

Since Emma had slapped him she avoided him like the plague. I mean, before he could catch up but now she went down halls and corners just to out smart him. The best he could do was watch her as he leaned on the stairs of Degrassi when she sat against the wall, near the entrance below, studying.

He decided to give her a months rest, but it was killing him.

Espashally when he had to see what he did today.

He was skipping his first class, as usual, Emma wasn't in it so what was the point? He spotted her inside her science class trying to watch some experiment she was having with her lab partners. He smirked, such a hottie for a nerd.

That's when Rick and Toby had come up, and Rick had said something that made Emma roll her eyes but then lean in and kiss his cheek.

Jay felt his blood boil. He wanted to snap Ricks neck.

"Mr Hogart." Raditch bittered, walking over to him, "Don't you have a place to be?"

Rick had noticed movement outside the class door and he caught Jay's death look.

"I said, don't you have SOME place to be?" Raditch snapped again.

Jay watched Rick give him some sort of smirk before talking to Emma again. Jay wanted to go charging right then and there but scoffed when Raditch spoke up again.

"Yeah, going." Jay snapped at Raditch madly.

Raditch nodded and went to walk off, "Good. You can see me for detention after school as well." He tossed over his shoulder.

"Did you see that?" Rick as Toby after class and went walking towards his lockers, "I won." He simply said.

"No, she kissed me too." Toby snickered, talking about Emma. They were playing 'who gets a kiss first' game.

"Technically it wasn't on the lips though." Rick admitted, deep in thought that he didn't notice Jay leaning on his locker.

Toby was too busy talking to notice either, "Yeah, but your still blushing." He teased.

"Think would maybe Emma, I don't know, would like me back?"

"Hardly." Jay harshly spat at Rick while grabbing his collar, opened his locker and stuck him in.

Toby went to run as Jay locked Ricks locker who was pounding on it to open. Jay caught Toby's bag and Toby groaned falling back, "noooo." He whined, he hadn't missed Jay's bullying.

To be honest, he wasn't as bully addicted as last year.

Emma was walking down the steps with Manny as they noticed people laughing, pointing up at a flag pole. Toby was taped to it.

When people finally got him down, he walked home in shame with Manny and Emma.

"Who did this?" Manny asked him.

Toby grumbled, "Why Jay ofcourse. We caught up on old times."

"Jay did this?" Emma asked in shock and scoffed.

Toby groaned, "Oh crap, Rick's still locked in his locker."

"I'll go back." Emma declared, charging back to school.

On her way back, the 'crew' stood around Jay's orange civic, laughing and talking. Probably laughing about Toby and Rick.

"Why do you have to be such an asshole?" Emma barked, she had walked right up to him, infront of his friends. She didn't care anymore.

Alex, Amy and Ellie stood off to the side talking while Jay stood with Towerz, Spin and Sean.

Sean looked between Jay and Emma and raised an eyebrow to find Jay a bit shocked she came up to him.

"I'm taking it you mean Ricky boy and Issacs." Jay says and she gives him a duh look, he sighed deeply.

"What makes you think you have the right to do that? Your just like him! You like to hurt." Emma bitterly shot at him and he looked away from her.

"Cause girl doesn't-"

"Shut up, Alex." Jay snapped at her before she could say another word and she glared at him, giving a 'what the hell' look. Even Emma was a bit taken back but held onto her pissed off face.

"Emma I didn't do it for that." Jay said softly to her. I did it for you, he had his hands all over you..

That was wierd, he called her Emma in front of his friends.

"Just stay away from us." Emma said in a low kind of voice, staring him in the eye almost pleadingly. She couldn't take it anymore.

Jay watched her go and Sean was still watching him rather curiously.

"Quite the scene back there." Sean told Jay once everybody have left but him, Spin and Towerz. But Towerz and Spin were busy looking under Jay's hood.

Jay shrugged, he didn't know what to say either.

"Isn't it kind of rude to tell your girl friend to shut up?" Sean asked.

Jay gave him a look, "Alex isn't my girl friend, I dumped her before school even started." He snickered a bit. Did people still think they were dating? He barely hung out around her other than today but that was cause they were all hanging out.

"Why would you do that?" Sean asked like he was insane and then huffed. Silence. "Do you have a thing for Emma?"

Jay blinked. Wow. Finally, he gets it.

Spinner and Towerz finally turned, staring when they heard that. But- but Emma was so out of Jay's league! No offense to their friend.. someone like Emma would probably wind up with some rich guy, 7 kids, and her own environment show, like Caitlin Ryan.

"Took you long enough." Jay snickered at Sean who clenched his jaw and started to pace a bit madly, "Woah, easy princess. It's more than you think."

"You don't deserve her." Sean spat.

"Clearly." Jay said after rolling his eyes.

"What?" Sean stopped. He didn't expect Jay to admit it, usually Jay went after things and didn't stop until he got it.

Jay bit the end of his tounge and closed his eyes before sighing and finally explained, "I had her Cameron.. and I lost her."

"You stupid fuck." Sean simply stated, shaking his head at Jay.

"What? You just said-"

Sean yelled back "I'm talking shit! I didn't know you already had the chance. If Emma allowed it she must of seen SOMETHING in you. Have no idea what but your an idiot for giving that up."

"I didn't give it up!" sneered Jay, "I said I lost her! She took something I did and said the wrong way but I was doing it to get to know her better, to give me time to BE better... for her."

Sean stared at Jay and actually believed him. Since when did he change.

Jay just shook his head and got into his car. He sped off.

"wow" Towerz finally spoke and Sean blinked, Spinner nodded.

"Do you think he went after Rick for jealousy then?" Sean asked them.

Spinner snickered, "Either way that punk deserves more than just being locked in a locker." He said, "He hurt Terri, and now he's after Emma."

"We should do something" Towerz said, "Emma's now Jay's girl so we gotta."

"Hey!.. Emma is...not.. Jay's.." Sean even had a rough time saying it, letting all the wierd moments between Jay and Emma from the summer flow back to him. It was all making sense now.

Spinner smirked, "I got a plan, but we need Alex's help." They all nodded.

Meanwhile, after Emma let Rick out, she started walking home when Sean caught up with her.

"How could you?" he asked, grabbing her hand, "With Jay?"

Emma turned and her mouth dropped a bit.

Sean madly threw his arms up, "He was there when I stole Snakes lap top! HE broke us up, he was the one who set the dance on fire in the gym! He's JAY HOGART."

She suddenly bursted into tears, "Sean I can't talk about him." She shook her head frantically.

"He hurt you?" Sean asked, softening. He noticed how heartbroken Emma looked. She didn't even look this way when they broke up.

Emma cried, "I fell for him Sean, I was so stupid."

"Come here." Sean said, pulling her into a hug and she shook uncontrollably.

The next week was game week. Emma was in it, and Jay usually didn't stick around for stupid assemblys like that but he wanted to.. in a wierd way, support her? Though he wasn't into that stuff at all.

Her team was winning, mostly, and oddly, because of Jimmy Brookes. They were a team plus Toby and Rick, against the other school.

Jay turned his head to see Spinner getting up with Towerz, "where you goin?" Spinner just shrugged but still left and tapped Alex's shoulder.

Jay just shook his head and stayed back with Sean, watching Emma to then sit up a bit. They had won the game but he noticed Emma not even like that Rick had grabbed her hand. She was trying to yank her hand back but Rick was holding on tight.

"Jay." Sean warned but Jay was already out of his seat as students were applauding and a buzz was ringing winner style.

Before Jay could get any closer to the stage, suddenly yellow paint went everywhere, well...down on Rick Murray.

Everyone shut up and stared. Some were laughing.

After the paint, feathers flew down and stuck to him.

Emma stared at Rick through the deadly silence, then looked down and noticed Jay staring up at Rick too but she got angry, thinking he had something to do with it.

"Come on Rick." Snake said, coming over and pulled Rick off stage.

Jay caught Emma's look, and knew just what she was thinking.

"Emma I didn't-" he yelled but she already went after Rick.

"Rick!" Emma chased the boy in feathers who walked down the hall numbly.

He turned and Emma shook her head, looking him up and down.

"The people who pulled that prank? Their losers, and you Rick? Are better, and smarter than them. Don't let this hurt you." she said firmly.

Rick stared at her to then soften up and smile. He leaned in and crashed his lips to hers. Emma immediately shoved him off.

"What are you doing!" she freaked out, she had some paint on her sweater now and tried rubbing it off to glance up, giving him an insane look.

Rick stuttered, "I-I thought you liked me."

Emma shook her head, "I was being your friend, I felt sorry for you." she scoffed. Jay was right, she should of stayed away.

She turned and fled, going to the bathroom to get cleaned up.

Rick shook with anger.

After 20 minutes Emma finally came out of the bathroom to then bump into Jay. Jay looked at her with sorrow and then gazed down at her, he could still see some yellow on her.

"What's happened?" he asked her.

Emma didn't want to say it but, "Rick."

"What'd he do?" Jay tensed up.

"IT was nothing, he thought I liked him or something" she sighed, shaking her head at her stupidity.

Jay snickered and she rolled her eyes at him.

"You were right, I should of stayed away ok? Now have a good day and nice, disgusting prank you pulled." She bittered.

He blocked her way of leaving, "I had nothing to do with that." He promised.

"Like you had nothing to do with the fire at the dance?" Emma snapped with a snicker.

Jay shut his mouth.

Fucking Cameron.

"Emma-"

"Or being there when Sean took my sick step dad's lap top?"

"I was different then."

"As if you've changed."

"Emma!"

Emma didn't turn back, just stormed off. It's been a long day, time to go home. Emma stopped at her locker and noticed Toby at his.

It wasn't a minute after there was a loud bang.

Students started running through the halls as Emma looked over her shoulder to see. Toby also slowly shut his locker, wondering what was going on.

Sean had appeared and curiously walked slowly the way students ran from, even Spinner ran past but didn't have time to say anything.

Emma and Toby followed him and then stopped in their tracks when Rick came walking up to them with a gun.

"LOCKDOWN. LOCK DOWN." The speakers of the school started repeating and people piled outside or in their classes while sirens rang loudly.

"You don't have to do this." Sean said, standing infront of Emma who stared in horror.

"It's too late." Rick raised his gun, "I already shot someone." Emma cried out but Sean had tackled Rick before he could do anything.

BANG

"NO!" Toby screamed.

OUTSIDE:

Cops were everywhere. Jay stood with Ellie and Alex as Spinner came running out with a few other students, led by a swat team.

"What's going on?" Ellie asked, grabbing Spinner's arm who looked frantic.

"R-Rick! He-he-he had a gun and.. he shot, he shot Jimmy!" he cried.

Jay stared and glanced back at the school then turned his head around, his eyes darting everywhere looking for Emma.

"Sean's still inside." Spinner cried, running a hand through his hair as he looked to Jay, "A-and Emma. I'm so sorry! I was scared! We did this." He bursted into tears looking at Alex who put her hands on head, freaking out.

"You did this!" Jay freaked out and shook Spinner by the shoulders.

Spinner sniffed and kept crying, apologizing.

"I got to get Emma." Jay said to himself and ran up the stairs.

"You can't go in there!" a cop yelled and a few swat gaurds turned and grabbed Jay.

Jay was quick and punched one, the other grabbed Jay's arm but he fought as hard as he could until the cop ran up and grabbed him to the ground.

"EMMMA!"

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Like Jay had said from the beginning.

This year was nothing like anything he had expected.