"Jay seriously stop it," Emma spat out while rolling around on the couch and being tickled by Jay.
He smirked and finally removed his hands from her torso. He stood in front of her as she laid on the couch. He went to walk away but Emma's hand reached up and grabbed the hem of his shirt. She pulled him down towards her and pressed he lips firmly to his.
He crawled onto the couch and hovered over her happily. She smiled against his kiss.
She kissed him again this time letting his tongue enter her mouth. He took a hand and set it gently inside her shirt on her hip. He kissed down her neck. His phone started going off in his pocket. Without stopping he pulled out his cellphone and handed it to
Emma, who flipped it open. "Hello, Jay's busy right now. What can I do for you?" She tried desperately not let her voice hitch as jay moved towards her chest.
"Hi Emma," she heard Alex say flatly into the phone. Emma pulled away from Jay and sat up.
"Alex, why are you calling Jay?" Emma sat up with an annoyed look on her face and Jay gave her a questioning look.
"Oh you know, Jay and I we're hooking up behind you're back so I thought I'd call to see if be wanted to get some today since you're not giving him anything," Alex said trying to make Emma angry. It worked.
"Bye Alex," Emma said hanging up the phone and sitting back and crossing her arms.
"What did she say?" Jay said turning toward her and setting a hand down on her thigh.
"Oh just that you're a cheating bastard," Emma said angrily.
"Oh come on Em, you don't really believe her to do?" Jay said trying to look her in the eyes.
Emma shrugged, "I don't know Jay. How well do I know you? How often do you cheat on your girlfriends?"
Jay sighed and wrapped both arms around Emma, "Yeah okay, I have a bad reputation but I promise you I have never cheated on your beautiful face and I won't ever. I love you Emma. And besides what would I want anyone else for, you're amazing in bed."
Emma laughed, "I love you too Jay. And I suppose you're not so bad in bed either."
Jay and Emma both laughed this time and sighed simultaneously. He felt bad that Emma was nervous about their relationship. It was completely understandable. He pulled her tighter into his arms and she let her head lay on his chest. She sighed and closed her eyes. She needed to trust Jay.
"Emma?" Jay asked quietly rubbing a hand up and down her arm.
"Mhm," she responded not opening her eyes.
"You trust me right? Like you trust me enough to be honest with me and stuff right?" Jay asked curiously.
Without opening her eyes she furrowed her brow, "Of course I do."
He took a deep breath and Emma sat up and looked him in the eyes, "What is it Jay?"
"This summer Sean mentioned something about a rapist that you had a past with," Jay trailed off when he saw Emma's face.
A tear trailed down her face and she wiped it away, "He told you about that?"
Jay was looking down and he nodded. Emma wiped some more tears away, "I can't believe him."
Jay looked up, "Em, tell me what happened. Please."
Emma took a deep breath, "He was a creep from the Internet and I met him at a hotel but nothing happened and I got out safe. This summer me and Sean ran into him and then he showed up in Toronto."
Jay's eyes widened, "Where is he now?"
Emma's tears continued to go down her face, "In jail. They took him away forever."
Jay sighed in relief and pulled her in close, "Em, I'm so sorry."
Emma sniffled her tears and shrugged, "I'm fine now. He's gone and I have you to protect me."
Jay smiled, "You know it Baby-girl."
"What brought that on?" Emma asked quietly.
"We'll you said we don't know each other that well so I was trying to think back to anything Sean had said that's all," Jay shrugged.
Emma laid her head on his chest again and smiled, she knew she was loved and safe.
xxx
"Emma," called Sean down the hallway of Degrassi.
Emma rolled her eyes and kept her pace up and walked on. "Emma, come on," Sean said catching up to her.
She finally stopped and turned to him, "Yes Sean?"
He took a deep breath, "Can we move on and be friends?"
Emma snickered, "Yeah right. I may have moved on and I may be happy but maybe that's because you're out of my life."
Sean opened his mouth to reply with a snide comment but Jay appeared at Emma's side. He threw a casual but protective arm over her shoulders and widened his eyes. He looked at Sean as if to dare him to make the comment. But Sean didn't, he turned with a grunt and walked away.
"I didn't need you to protect me from Sean. I can handle myself you know," Emma said and she walked away with Jay.
He smirked and spoke in a sarcastic tone, "Yeah okay Emma."
Her mouth dropped in shock, "What you don't think I could handle myself in a situation?"
Jay smiled, "You'd get all flustered which is adorable but wouldn't get you anywhere."
Emma pulled away from jay and stood in front of her class, Jay had auto shop this period, "Whatever Jay."
Emma turned to walk away. She was angry at Jay and had reason to be. Jay stood in the doorway and spoke even though she was long gone, "Love you Em."
xxx
"Hey Em, it's Jay again. I don't know if you're ignoring me or you don't have your phone close by. You seemed upset today before last period. Please call me back. I love you so much Em," Jay hung up his cellphone again. He was sitting in the food court at the mall.
Emma stood behind him without being noticed she had heard the last two messages he had left a moment ago. She sighed and he turned around, "Em, hi."
She gave a weak smile, "Hi."
She sat down across from him, "I heard your messages. I'm not upset with you I'm mad and hurt."
Jay sighed and looked down, "Why? Was it what I said about you being able to handle yourself? I'm sorry Em, I shouldn't have said that. I should know that you can take care of yourself."
Emma twirled her phone in her hands on the table, "Jay, I love you and I love that you want to protect me but I don't need it all the time. I can handle myself and I know you know that," Emma said quietly.
Jay nodded, "I know. I just I was with Alex and Manny before you and they were both so headstrong you couldn't ignore it. You're headstrong in a different kind of way, and I love that part of you but I forget it's there sometimes. I see this beautiful and gentle girl that I love. Not a headstrong scary girl, and I should know your both."
"Thank you," Emma said finally taking his hand, "I understand where your coming from but please don't forget, it makes me feel weak."
Jay widened his eyes and tightened his grip, "Emma Christine Nelson you are not weak. I'm so sorry I ever made you feel like that."
xxx
"Hey Emma," Jay said coming up I her locker. She looked stressed and in a hurry.
"Hey Babe, listen I'd love to stay and talk but Liberty needs my help with student council meeting stuff," Emma said closing her locker and turning to walk away. She sure wasn't in the mood to talk today.
Jay caught her arm, "It's Friday. You should come stay over. I feel like I haven't seen you all week. I miss my girl. I can wait until your meeting is over and then we can go home."
Emma tried her best to smile, "I miss my Jay too but I'm so exhausted I'll be no fun tonight."
Jay smirked, "Then we can pop in a movie and sleep as long as you want. I just wanna be with you."
Emma kissed him chastely and quickly, "Okay, meet you outside at 430. Love you."
Jay smirked and watched her go down the hallway, "Love you to Greenpeace."
xxx
"Jay, I'm sorry I'm late. You know how Liberty can be," Emma said rushing out to the car.
He stood up off the hood of his civic and smiled, "It's okay Em. I don't mind waiting."
Emma shoved he stuff in the back of the car and gave Jay a quick smile before hopping in the car. "I love you Em," Jay said climbing next to her.
"You are so cute," she said and kissed his cheek.
Jay smiled, "I just love you that's all."
"I love you too, you've even saying that a lot lately. What's going through your head?" Emma asked sensing there was more to this than he let on.
He shrugged, "I don't know. I just want you to know I'm here and know how I feel."
Emma turned towards him slightly in her seat and ran her fingers through his hair, "Babe, you are it for me. I'll love you forever and I know you feel the same so we're good."
Jay sighed, "Emma, what if things aren't always as simple as you saying right now?"
Emma swallowed the lump in her throat, did he know? "We will figure it out. We will face things together as they come at us, no matter what. I promise."
Jay sighed again, "Emma, are you pregnant?"
Emma's jaw dropped, how did he know? She had only told Snake and Spike. They had just found out last night, she thought she was putting on a good show for Jay until she was ready to say something but apparently he knew her better than she thought.
"Jay, who told you?" Emma shook her head and pulled away from him and looked down into her lap.
"Snake took me aside today when you were in your meeting. He yelled at me and I didn't even know what he was talking about until the words came out of his mouth," Jay said calmly but he was still clearly upset.
Emma sucked in a shaky breath, "Yeah I am, I only found out last night and I was trying to find a good time to tell you but I guess there isn't one really. You can go ahead and take me home if you want, you're probably angry or scared or wanting to leave me or something along those lines."
Jay ran his hand up and down her back, "Emma did you miss the last 10 minutes? I love you to death and I'm not going anywheres. We're going to my place and we're going to figure out what this means but first you need some sleep. You clearly didn't sleep last night."
Emma smiled and sighed, "You're too good to me sometimes. I kept something huge from you and you're not even mad."
Jay began to drive, "It's hard to deal with and it was barely a day and I get what was going on it's okay. I'm just worried that I'm going to screw up."
Emma laid a hand on his thigh, "We're going to do this together."
He pulled up in front of his apartment and took Emma upstairs. She flung her shoes off at the door and walked straight for Jay's bedroom. She crawled up on the bed and Jay laid down beside her and pulled her into his arms.
She let one hand rest on his chest and the other hand on her own stomach. This was scary and Emma wasn't sure she was ready for this but she was going to have to be.
The week's events were catching up with her now, she let a few tears escape her eyes and Jay only held her tighter. He knew she was scared and he was determined to be the best he could for her.
"I love you Emma Nelson, forever," Jay whispered quietly before placing a light kiss on her head.
She smiled and she drifted off into a peaceful sleep. Jay couldn't sleep however. He glanced over at he drawer next to his bed. It contained the ring he was planning giving on Emma for their 6 month anniversary. He was beginning to think he should give it to her now to prove that he wasn't leaving.
He carefully pulled the drawer open without letting go of Emma completely. He grabbed the velvet box and opened it carefully.
Jay removed the ring from it's box and placed it slowly on her finger. His intention was not to wake her but her eyes fluttered open when he slid the ring on her finger.
"What are you doing?" She asked curiously with a smile. The simple silver band was really pretty.
"Happy early 6 months Em. I know it's sappy but it's a promise ring. I promise you that someday you will be my wife. I need you to understand right now that I'm not leaving," Jay said resting his head on hers.
She smiled, "Jay you could not make me any happier. I love you so much."
Jay kissed her head, "I love you Greenpeace. To back to sleep."
Emma shook her head and sat up to face Jay, who also sat up. "I can't sleep now. I'm too happy."
Jay gave her a loving smile and held her hand and admired the ring that he placed there, "What are we going to do about this baby Em?"
Emma sighed, "There is no way I'm getting an abortion. So we have adoption or keeping it."
Jay looked down in thought, "Emma, I love you and will support you no matter what you decide as long as you're happy."
Emma brought his chin up and looked him in the eye, "Jay I know you'll support me. I want your honest opinion right now even if I don't agree."
Jay sighed and mumbled, "I want to keep it."
Emma offered a small smile, "Jay, it's okay to state your opinion here. I'm not mad, it's just as much your choice as mine."
Jay gathered up all the courage he could ever have and spoke, "I think we should keep our baby and you should move in with me and we can be a family."
Emma nearly knocked them both off the bed when she jumped into his arms. She wrapped her arms firmly around his neck and didn't let go. He reciprocated and locked his arms around her tiny waist. She loosened her grip and met her lips with his. She was gentle but passionate. She had never loved someone as much as she loved Jay right now.
"I love you so much, and I love your idea, and I love how perfect you are," Emma sputtered between kisses.
Jay smiled as he pulled away and rested his forehead on her shoulder, "I love you and this is going to be hard but whatever it takes I know we can make it through."