As, Emily finishes her book she finally sees her mom pull around the corner and by that time she knew she had to prepare herself for an earful. "Well here goes nothing." She said to herself.

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"Emily Hope Nelson, what is the matter with you how could you get suspended on your first day and what happened to your hand." Emma said slightly grabbing it. "Nothing," Emily said pulling back. "Look we'll talk about this later. I need to get you home and still be back at work in the next hour."

The rest of the car ride was silent after that. If there's anything Emily hates most it's disappointing her mom. I mean everyone knew Emily wasn't very well behaved and her attitude could be a little better but the only person really saw through all of that was her mom. It's like her mom always found a way to see that Emily meant well in the things she's done. In this case Emily did think she was doing the right thing by teaching that guy that it isn't okay to litter and ruin the environment. However, this time Emma didn't see it that way. Emily couldn't blame her though. Emma's a hard working single mother and barely gets an eight hour sleep. If anything she's never seen her look so tired and stressed out lately. Emily knew she didn't deserve to have to leave work just to bring her suspended daughter home.

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While pulling into the driveway Emily was still in thought about how horrible of a daughter she felt. "Emily, Manny should me home, she'll keep an eye on you and I'll try to be back as soon as I can. Try not to get into any trouble okay?" Emma said in her most pleading voice. "I won't." Emily said while looking down avoiding eye contact. "Emily I'm not mad it's just, I know things are hard right now and I'm just trying my best and I need you to do the same. I thought were in this together. New Year fresh start. You told me if I allowed you to skip fifth and sixth grade and attend Degrassi, you'd be done with all your fighting and shenanigans! You broke your promise young lady!" Emily said in her most stern voice. She never raised her voice like that to her daughter but she's finally reached her breaking point.

"I'm sorry Mom," Emily said with a soft voice. "I know sweetie. I love you I just need you to make better choices. We can talk about this later. Go get some rest I'll be home soon." Emma said while hugging her daughter. "I love you mom." Emily said while getting out of the car. "Love you more." Emma replied.

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Emily walked into her home trying not to make a sound. That last thing she needed was running into her aunt Manny and having to yet again explain the stupid reason she got suspended. She must've thought too soon because Manny was right in the kitchen. As soon as she tries to get to her room she hears foot steps behind her and decides to walk faster. "Your home early." Manny says with a grin. "Wow just noticing." Emily responded while trying to slam her door behind her.

Manny caught it with her foot instantly and with that she plopped on the bed right next Emily while almost hurting herself. "Your eight months pregnant. You shouldn't be so rough." Emily stated while trying to blast her rock band music on her headphones. Manny rolled her eyes at that comment. She wouldn't have to be so rough if she never tried to slam the door in her face.

"Look we need to talk. Why are you always acting like such a sour puss? You were never like that before we moved in. Especially towards me. Why do you hate me so much?" Manny asked. "What is it bothering you Mommy Dearest?" Emily asked in a sarcastic tone. "Why are you being so mean to me?" Manny asked with hurt in her voice and tears streaming down her face.

Emily was slightly confused then realized it's the hormones as soon as Manny broke down into her lap and cried harder. "Umm are you okay?" She said slightly patting her back trying to figure out what to do. "I mean I understand why you hate me. I mean I'm fat, and I look like a slob." Manny replied with mascara running down her face. "What are you talking about Aunt Manny your beautiful? You have long gorgeous hair and great style." Manny said trying her best to reassure her. "You know I used to be the hottest girl growing up and now look at me? My body looks like a snow man." Manny complained.

"You mean you used to look like this?" Emily said while pulling out that Degrassi Reunion year book she found earlier. Emily showed her the picture of Manny in a blue cheerleading uniform. Manny still had the same beautiful smile and dimples just with a little weight added on. "You know, I used to be one of the hottest girls at Degrassi!" Manny said with a bright smile while falling back onto the bed. "Yeah once you fixed the unibrow." Emily chuckled. Manny gasped and playfully kicked Emily in the back. "I'll have you know I was a guy magnet back then and I only got hotter and hotter." Manny smiled.

"Yeah lucky you," Emily responded. "You know your beautiful too Em. Maybe stop dressing like a vampire and add a little pop of color and you'll see a huge difference." Manny added. "No thanks." Emily said while shaking her head.

"Hey aunt Manny who's this guy?" Emily asked in a serious tone pointing the picture of a boy no other than Sean Cameron.

Manny knew it wasn't her place to talk to Emily about this and wished Emma would've done it a long time ago. She knew once Emily grew older she'd want to know at some point. After all Emma was the same way. Manny opened her mouth not knowing what to say. "Hey, I'm gonna go take a shower. I'll talk to you later okay?" Manny said in a sincere voice.

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Once Manny left, it gave Emily some time to piece this all together by herself. This guy has been in the back of her mind the whole car ride home. Emily wasn't dumb, this guy had to have been someone special to her mom if he's been in her life from when they were her age up until they were teenagers. But the real question was why he isn't in her mother's life now. After all he must've meant a lot to her. It almost looked like they were in love.

"Wait a minute." Emily said to herself. She continued scrolling through pages and then soon realized something. She went back to that last picture of her mother and Sean from when they were at a basketball game. "If they were together in 2007 and I was born in 2007…."

She couldn't believe it. More so she couldn't believe her mom tried to keep this from her. No matter how smart Emily proved to be to her mother Emma still felt she needed to wait until she was older to find out about her father. She never told her why either so Emily never bought it up no matter how far in the back of her mind it was. It didn't take rocket science to figure out that guy was her father. It had to be. If they were together in that year she couldn't have been anyone else's and obviously her mom wasn't that kind of girl. Now she just needed to find out who this guy really was. She instantly flipped back through the pages to find his name.

"Sean Cameron?" she whispered to herself. She spent three hours looking online for information on him and before she knew it, it was dark out and she slowly found herself falling asleep.