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Ok this story takes place starting at the car wash. The gist is the same but conversation is different, way it goes is a little different…you'll see! Thanks guys. Oh and it's also (obviously) set during the amazing summer finale.

Emmett POV:

As I stood there, facing Daphne, jaw slack, I couldn't make my stalling brain work. She liked me? Is that what she'd just signed? I couldn't respond right away.

'Are you serious? Daphne this isn't fair! I've waited for you, for eight years!' My hands were shaking as I signed it, but I didn't know if it was from fear or excitement. This was what I'd wanted for half of my life, so why did I feel like I'd just swallowed a brick?

'I'm sorry Emmett! I just…' then she was kissing me and I couldn't stop her. Her lips felt like I'd always imagined they would, soft and supple…but wrong. She didn't taste of peppermint and spices like I'd grown used to. She wasn't Bay. I yanked Daphne back, pushing back tears at her stricken expression.

'I'm with Bay now.'

Daphne was my best friend. I'd had a crush on her for years. But now it was too late. I was with Bay. I wanted Bay. But it was hard to simply ignore all those feelings all that built up yearning. Impossible almost.

Bay POV:

"I cannot believe you did that," I wheezed as Wilke emerged from the car wash, dripping wet. His shirt was sticking to him so closely I could see the outline of his abs.

"Pay up," he ordered Toby, flipping his hair out of his face.

"No way man, you bailed out like halfway through!"

"Are you kidding? It was like a thousand degrees…"

I stopped Emmett as he passed us by, grabbing his arm.

"You will not believe what just happened. Toby bet Wilke…ah what's the sign for bet?" I was still laughing, and having trouble thinking. I decided to just spell it out at which Emmett gave me a disgusted look.

"No, dude, dude," Toby cut in, attempting to explain himself. He's hardly gotten a word out though before Emmett turned on his heel and stomped off.

"What's his problem?" Wilke demanded, sobering. I shrugged and ran after him, kind of hurt by his blatant dismissal.

"Hey, what's wrong?" I both said and signed. He shrugged me off of his arm and whirled around to face me.

'You didn't know the sign for bet.' There were tears clinging to his long lashes. Suspicion began to creep into my mind, marred by confusion.

"Hey! I've been studying my ass off! I've been practicing like crazy. It's a new language, that's hard to pick up in two weeks!" I only signed a few of the words which made me feel like even more of a failure.

'I know.' He wouldn't look at me as he signed it.

"What's really going on? Why are you picking a fight with me?" I demanded. I already knew the answer. What else could make him go off on me like this? Just last night he was kissing my neck in the back of my car and swearing that he loved me. Daphne had gotten to him, I was almost positive.

He sighed then began to sign, pointing at me accusingly.

"Slow down," I begged, unable to keep up with his quick pace. He paused, took a deep breath, and began again.

'You will drop this just like you drop everything.' For some reason I was overwhelmingly glad he didn't say it out loud because it might have hurt even worse.

"Daphne told you that she liked you, didn't she?"

I was right; I could see it in his face. Suddenly I was seized with such a strong hatred for Daphne I could hardly control myself. She'd already taken so much from me, why did she have to take Emmett too? She could have everything and everyone else, but why him?

"Please Emmett don't…" he shook his head, eyes squinted in the sunlight.

'No.' he walked away, leaving me standing alone in the car wash, tears streaming down my face. He'd choose her, I knew it. And who wouldn't choose her over me?

I sucked in a raspy breath and wiped my eyes with the back of my hands. Now wasn't the right time to break down.

"Hey, Bay are you okay?" Toby jogged up to me and put a comforting hand on my shoulder. I could tell by the tone of his voice that he'd seen everything.

"What? Oh, yeah I'm fine." I would have been much more convincing if I hadn't hiccupped a sob on the word "fine."

"Is it Emmett? Do you want me to kick his ass?" he was using that protective brother voice and something just overtook me. I fell into his arms, hugging him tightly. He seemed confused but he hugged me in return, patting me on the back.

Over his shoulder I spotted a flash of dirty blonde hair. Normally, I would have been too scared, too weak, but today it was different. She'd played a role in what Emmett was surely about to do, and I deserved to know why she always hated me. I deserved to know why I was never good enough for her son. I released Toby quickly and ran to the spot where Melody stood, chatting with Regina. They both looked up as I approached. Regina looked mildly surprised, Melody looked mutinous.

'I need to talk to you.' I looked Melody right in the eye. There was no fear left in me because the scariest thing that could happen to me was not being with Emmett, and that had practically already happened.

Melody and Regina shared a glance and then Regina signed something before she walked over to help straighten the banner for Carlton.

'What,' Melody demanded as soon as we were alone. Her arms were crossed over her chest and her hip was popped out in clear agitation. I met her frosty glare, moving my lips deliberately so there was no confusion about what I was telling her.

"Melody I am sorry for what you saw last week." She raised her hands, supposedly to respond but I stopped her. I had something to say, and I was going to freaking say it.

"But rather than that you had no reason not to like me. I'm not deaf. But I understand your son. I love him and he loves…loved me. I don't think you are a bad person but I think that hating me before actually knowing me is unfair. I'm a good person and I am Regina Vasquez's biological daughter. Expecting me to give Emmett up without a fight is just plain stupid." I admired the conviction in my own voice. It was a pity she couldn't hear it.

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