The big news all week was about the gym conspiracy, how did it set on fire? But soon enough it started to dimmer down, specially when Jimmy was back at Degrassi. Guess people just wanted to ignore bad things now.

Jay walked up to Degrassi when he looked up and just saw Spinner standing there.

Jay stopped beside him, saw him staring sadly up at something, and glanced himself. Jimmy was in a wheel chair up on the top of the stairs before you walked into school, laughing with Craig and Marco.

Jimmy caught Spinners look and smiled a little, waving.

Jay looked at Spinner who just gave a small smile, "Why don't you go talk to him?" he asked, confused.

Spinner narrowed his eyes and bittered, "Maybe because of what we did to him."

Jay looked around before snapping back, "We didn't pull the trigger."

"we might as well have." Spinner hissed back and Jay shut up and slowly glanced back at Jimmy.

Beep, beep.

Riiiing

Both the guys stood there, dread crossed over there faces hearing their phones go off.

"I changed my number twice and.." Spinner went to explain but couldn't, being so upset over it. Who was doing this to them?

The guys glanced down at the text from 'A', 'So Happy to see our old friend, I could kill someone...get it?'

Jay and Spinner looked at another and shared a look before glancing up Jimmy.

Second period Jay decided to actually attend class and smirked, seeing Emma, he failed this class last year so for his entertainment, she was in this grade thankfully. He went over and sat right next to her, even though it was near the front and not the usual back seat he had.

Emma looked at him then did a double glance, "You're actually going to come learn today?"

"Hey, not only you can surprise people" he teased.

From in front of Emma, Liberty turned with a glare, "Shh." she hissed.

Jay looked at her and snickered, even Emma raised an eyebrow. Class hasn't even started yet..

"Good morning class." Mrs Kwan came to the front and clapped her hands, opening her mouth to being to get a glimpse of Jay, "OH, well isn't this interesting." she teased him.

Emma shook her head smiling.

"Today we will just be catching up." Mrs Kwan told them, "We'll be reviewing Shakespear and tomorrow there will be a pop quiz."

Everyone groaned but began to study, sitting with another and going over it, or just talking. As Emma got her binder open Mrs Kwan walked between her and Jay's isle.

"Thankfully you sat next to someone who can catch you up on this." Mrs Kwan told Jay, giving him a stern look then smiled sweetly to Emma, "You think you can give him some notes?"

"won't do anything." Emma muttered loud and clear, writting something down in her binder.

Jay even gave Emma a look, then MRs Kwan when he even heard her quietly laugh, walking away.

Jay then, to Emma's dislike, or was it? moved his desk right up against hers and leaned forward as if interested in what she was writing down. Emma looked up but couldn't help feel that smile of hers peeking out, she corned her eyes at Jay who smirked right at her.

"What's going on with you and Jayson Hogart?" Liberty walked down the hall with Emma at lunch, Manny and Jt met up with them, Toby had some computer thing to go to for extra activity.

Manny gasped looking at Emma, "Are you crushing on another bad boy?" Manny held her books to her chest, swinging her hips, "You know how bad that ended the first time."

"Manny." Emma said, rolling her eyes.

"You cannot date someone whose shoved your own friends into lockers." JT warned Emma, "I won't have it." he put his hands around Emma's throat teasingly, "I'll kill you!"

"As if." Emma snickered, then stopped at her locker, "He's just been, around more." she noticed.

"Yeah he actually showed up to class and stayed all through it." taunted Liberty, rolling her eyes as she adjusted her glasses.

Manny tilted her head curiously, "So he's just been teasing you more, Em? What's the deal? Should we tell Mrs.H?"

"It's not that bad." Emma just shrugged, not seeing the big deal, "I'm use to his attitude." she laughed a little and insisted, "Me of all people can handle him. I always have. It's not that bad."

Sure he called her names, like nicknames..Greenpeace, nature girl..but she was, she took those names as compliments and oddly enough, she believed he didn't call her it to be mean, it was honestly just a silly nickname..Kinda cute.

"It is your guys' usual commitment to make anothers day hell." JT joked

Emma closed her locker, half grinning, "It doesn't feel right til I get my morning cup of Jay." they all snickered and then Liberty grabbed Jts hand

JT smiled to Emma and Manny, "We gotta go." he looked to Liberty, leading her out.

"We got a date." Liberty smirked, walking off with her boyfriend.

Emma's mouth dropped, "when did that happen?" she watched the new couple go.

Manny giggled, leaning on the lockers with her, "The school play brought them together." she breathed dreamily, like it was such a love story.

Emma giggled with her and walked off together. As they walked down the hall they passed Jay with Towerz and Alex, she looked over to catch his eye and held his look until she went into the cafeteria.

"What is that!" exclaimed Alex, hitting Jay's chest but actually, laughing?

Jay snapped out of it and tried to be less obvious, "What?" he couldn't help but think about the short skirt Emma had been wearing today though, and drifted off to how pretty her hair looked curly.

Alex just shook her head while giving him a taunting look, as if telling him she knew. She didn't open her mouth until Towerz slapped Jay's hand and nodded at Alex, leaving.

"You have a thing for Emma Nelson." Alex told Jay, crossing her arms.

Jay's mouth fell and he went to deny and couldn't think of what words to use, and his mouth hung again. She laughed and he harshly glared.

"She got hot, doesn't mean I like her though or have a thing." Jay grabbed his hat out of his locker and slammed it shut. It's like he could even SMELL the lie.

Alex snickered and shrugged, "Sure. She was always our greatest enemy after all."

"Your greatest Enemy." corrected Jay, "I just liked getting under her skin. She doesn't shake me up like she does to you." he smirked, seeing Alex's face darken, cause it was true.

Alex scoffed, "I just hate the way she thinks she knows the good and bad of this world, and that she can fix it or something."

"She's miss 'Save the world' remember?" taunted Jay, reminding her, "She thinks she can fix anything. Hell, she tried with Bam Bam for years. Look how well turned out"

Alex shrugged, "If her plan was to keep him wrapped around her finger, she did it."

Jay paused. Good point.

Jay shook his head, shutting his eyes tight, "Change the subject, I'm not going to talk about me liking Greenpeace Nelson." he walked off, "Never going to happen"

Alex smirked and then followed after him.

Later that night, Jay had drank a bit and sighed, unlocking his apartment door and coming inside. Ravine was a bust, plus, he didn't find it much fun anymore anyways.

He dragged himself to his fridge and then pulled out yet another beer, as if he didn't have enough tonight.

He fell on his couch, sipping it, and lost in thought, he has been all day, maybe all week.. he gulped more, then the whole thing when he cursed under his breath, he hated when he thought.

He finally drank to the point he just passed out on his couch, and didn't even go to his room, and it was a school night.

from outside Jay's apartment, 'A' watched his window from a far with a pair of binoculars.