"It's been almost two weeks." Alex stood with Jay and Spinner, at their usual spot in the school parking lot at Jay's car, "It was probably some sick joke and over now."

Spinner nodded, "I changed my number. I swear though, if I ever find out who did it.." he drifts off.

Jay snickered, "You'll what?" he taunts. Spinner ran with the bad boys and girls but he didn't show much fight.

He was like a little cub with a bunch of bears and wolves.

The bell rang and Alex chewed harder on her gum, "So we can stop meeting like this? Go back to not being friends again?" she taunted.

They just stared at her but nodded slowly, Jay shook his head and watched her go with Spinner.

Alex made it into the school and sighed, stopping. She didn't mean it, she didn't mean most mean things she said. Frankly she missed them, she missed old times, them, her Sean, Amy, Ellie. She didn't miss dating Jay Hogart, but Jay was still a close friend, and an old friend.

"Alex!" Marco called her from down the hall, holding some school posters, "I need my school president assistant!" he joked, walking back into the home room he and his friends were in, doing something for school.

She shook her head and went to walk off for her phone to beep and she shut her eyes, slowly getting it out. Text message, from A.. Her shoulders dropped.

'What a cute little life you've got after ruining so many others. Poor little lexy, trying to fit in."

Alex shut her phone hard and stormed off to bump so hard into someone, that someone was chucked back into the lockers and Alex madly glared and the one and only Emma Nelson.

"Watch it." she barked and walked off.

Emma leaned off the lockers, and rubbed the back of her neck.

"You okay?" Toby asked, walking over to her. Emma shook her head, rolling her eyes.

"Just Alex being Alex." she muttered.

Toby glared the way Alex went, "She'll get hers." he nodded toward their home room and led her away but Emma paused near the entrance, seeing Jay and Spinner talking intensily by his car, once again, like the other day. What was up with everyone!?

"Is this an apple or pear?" Manny sat at their lunch table that afternoon

Emma snapped out of it and looked at her brunette friend to smile a little, "That's a pear Manny." she teased.

Manny couldn't help but grin wide, "What would I do without my beautiful brainiac?!" she tugged a piece of Emma's blonde hair playfully then leaned back, texting into her phone.

"Do you and Spinner ever stop sexting?" teased Emma and Manny just giggled. Emma laughed.

Manny then put her phone away and tilted her head at Emma.

"What?" Emma asked and got a little uneasy, what was going on?

Manny shrugged, "Just noticing you..getting better. Makes me happy." she informed.

Emma uneasily smiled, looking down and just nodded. Flashes of Rick raising a gun at her went through her head, she blinked hard a few times, sitting up more in her seat.

Manny cringed, "Is it ok.. to ask how you are?" she asks.

The bell went that ended lunch and Emma tried to muster a smile, "We can talk after school about it." she assured, in the strongest voice she could.

They said their goodbyes and took off to their next classes.

Emma didn't go to her class though, when the hall was half empty she looked around and took off through the back exit. She couldn't do this today for some reason, Manny asking her about it, and the weird vibe she was getting someone was watching her, and something was up.. not to mention Alex's shove didn't feel too good today either.

"Where you running off too little Miss Greenpeace?" teased that voice she knew to well and stopped breathing, stopped walking.

She turned to see Jay against his car, holding a flask. She raised an eyebrow.

"Drinking?" she taunts, crossing her arms over her chest, "In our school parking lot? How predictable of you."

"Walking closer and closer to me." Jay said, watching her walk up to him, "How unpredictable of you." he taunted with a dark smirk and sipped his flask.

He eyed her while gulping the vodka down his throat harshly, she was eyeing his flask.

He raised an eyebrow and put a lid on it, shoving it into his pocket, and she snapped out of it. She was! She was thinking about drinking too. How unpredictable of her, Jay had to notice.

His phone beeped, he sighed, probably that chick from the ravine bugging him to hangout again, hetook his phone out. Fuck.

It was A.

'Let her drink from the flask, or me telling her your dirty little secret will be my next task.'

As if A read Emma's mind, Emma asked out loud, "Can I have some?" she played with her hands nervously, she knew this wasn't like her but she just needed this wierd vibe off of her.

It was freaking her out.

Jay bit the end of his tounge, looking around and darting his eyes for anyone. He huffed, slowly taking the flask out, but thought it over before handing it over to her.

This, and you can watch over her.. or her finding out the secret.

Jay looked away as Emma took it and took a big swig of it, and she shook her head in disgust but swallowed it down. He couldn't help but look but and softly smiled with a silent snicker. Was this her first shot or something?

He then eyed the area again, clearly A was watching.. they should go.

"Come on." he nodded to his car.

Emma raised an eyebrow, "Me? Go with you?" she giggled, taking another gulp and he gave her an amused yet annoyed look. Emma gave him a dull look back and thought about it, "I'm supposed to be rehearsing for Jt and Liberty's play after school." she can't believe she forgot all about it.

Jay shrugged, "and I'm suppose to help build the set, you won't see me in there either." he explained, it was no big deal, just the school looking for something to distract the people about a certain shooting.

Won't work.

And It's not like Emma got a big part in the play, she reminded herself.

"Fine." Emma gulped another and went to go to his passanger side to lose her balance already and almost fell, getting dizzy.

"Woah, tiger." Jay taunted, catching her and she balanced herself.

Emma looked at him and he looked back at her, concerned, until she shot back and took a step back from him, and he dropped his hands off her, scratching the back of his neck.

They ended up at the back of the Dot, and Emma was leaning on the restaurants wall, it was getting dark, and she was almost finished that flask.

Jay sat on a random chair, probably for employees when they came out to smoke.

Emma flew her hands up, "And who does Manny think she is!? Asking me how I am?!" she drunkenly slurred a little.

Jay watched her and guessed out loud, "A worried friend?" he watched Emma shake the flask upside down, clearly it was empty now.

Wow.

"Who do you think you are!" Emma then pointed at him, stepping forward, "Being nice all of a sudden." she eyed him up and down, "Yet still an asshole." she said with a giggle, nodding. Def an asshole!

Jay snickered and then noticed, "You're swearing." he stood up, it was getting really dark now, "You must be drunk." he insists, walking infront of her.

"You must be a goody two shoes." taunted Emma, squinting her eyes and tripping a bit over her feet, he put his hands on her hips and her hands on his shoulders.

"You, Emma Nelson, are a goody." he corrected, staring down at her, and went serious, "And you shouldn't be drinking stuff like this." he grabbed the flask and put it back in his pocket.

He didn't feel very good about this, then again, if A didn't text and blackmail him, would of Emma let him say no to her anyways? SHe was very determined.

"I know." Emma suddenly mumbled, looking down, her hands and his hands still on her.

Jay smirked, happy she knew. 'A' probably thought she would get out of control, and like it too much or something. Crack her, hurt her. But they didn't know how strong and smart...and pretty this girl was. Jay got lost at looking at her before coughing and looking away.

"I'll briing you home." he confirmed and went to help her get to his car.

Emma bent over and puked.

"Right. Ofcourse." Jay insisted.

Emma groaned, now laying in Jay's bed, and he was in his kitchen filling up some water in a cup. He slowly walked back to his bedroom to see what looked like Emma passed out. He chuckled a bit and went to turn quietly.

"Jay." she softly cracked out

Jay paused and looked down before slowly turning and the blonde opened her eyes.

"Do you ever feel like something just keeps haunting you?" she whispered.

Jay stared off, from behind him, on the kitchen counter he could hear his phone vibrating. Probably A. He nodded at Emma who stared at him at him for a moment before sinking back into the covers and closing her eyes.

Jay quietly and softly shut the door behind him and went to his cellphone on the counter, opening it up.

He exhaled, Not A, thank god, Alex.

'A is still texting me, it's not over.-Alex.'

Jay looked back at his bedroom door with Emma inside, no.. it's not. He gripped the phone tight and threw it harshly against the wall, it crashing to bits

Got a secret
Can you keep it?
Swear this one you'll save
Better lock it in your pocket
Taking this one to the grave
If I show you then I know you won't tell what I said
'Cause two can keep a secret if one of them is dead