Chapter 4: Sean's Apartment
After Jimmy, Manny, Craig, and Emma had gotten their bags, everyone headed out to catch a cab to Sean's apartment. Sean's girlfriend Chelsea had to get back to work, and took a separate cab. When they learned of Chelsea's choice of occupation, it took everything Manny and Emma had not to start laughing.
"Guys, chill out on Chelsea, okay?" Sean warned.
Manny mock saluted. "Yes sir, Captain Hooters." Sean rolled his eyes. "So, does she wear the orange shorts around the house too? You know, to break them in?"
"Manny, shut up." Sean replied. He stepped out in the street and hailed a cab.
Emma and Sean squeezed in front with the can driver, much Emma's dismay. Craig, Jimmy, and Manny were left with the backseat. Craig looked at his companions and groaned, quickly looking away.
"We haven't been in a cab ten seconds and already you're making out." He groaned.
Jimmy didn't bother to make a comeback. That require him to stop kissing Manny, a strength he lacked. He settled for flipping Craig off.
"Hey, Sean, you wanna trade places?" Craig asked.
"It'd be nice." Emma said.
Sean rolled his eyes. "Look, Emma, I didn't plan this. It just sorta happened."
"Sure you did, Sean. So did you meet her at work?" Emma asked.
"Emma, I don't think we should..."
"I wanna know."
Sean sighed. "Yes, I met her at her work."
"Sleeping with the customers? Very classy." Emma replied.
"Em, it wasn't like that. We just connected."
"Connected? How can you possibly connect with someone from Hooters, Sean? How old is she anyway?"
"Um, twenty two."
Even Manny and Jimmy stopped kissing to blurt out "Twenty two?" along with Craig and Emma.
"Isn't that illegal?" Manny asked.
"Does she know you're sixteen?" Craig asked.
"He's not sixteen yet." Emma replied. "He won't be, until..."
"...next month." Sean finished. "Look, she thinks I'm nineteen. Don't say anything." Emma gave him a Look. "Maybe that was a bad choice of words."
"You think?" Emma glared at him, and turned her head, staring out the window.
A few minutes later, the cab stopped. Emma quickly got out, along with Craig, Manny, and Jimmy. Sean paid the cabbie and led them into the building.
"This is where you live?" Emma asked. "Classy."
Sean glared at her as he pushed up the wooden wall to the loft elevator. "Emma, do you know much Manny pays for her luxury apartment in Degrassi?"
"A thousand a month." Emma replied as everyone stepped on the elevator. "Why?"
"I pay twice that, for an economy one bedroom. In American dollars. I do what I can, alright?"
"If you would have stayed it wouldn't be a problem." Emma shot back.
"Em..." Manny warned. "You don't know the whole story."
"I don't have to, Manny!"
"Yeah? Did he put a gun to YOUR head, Emma?" Manny snapped.
Jimmy glared at Sean. "You put a gun to her head?"
"Jimmy, it's really hard to explain." Sean replied.
"I got time." Jimmy replied, crossing his arms.
"Damn, this is better than an episode of Jerry Springer." Craig said.
"Pipe down, Manning." Sean snapped. The elevator stopped, and Sean opened the door. Unlocking his apartment door, he opened it.
"Alright, this is my humble abode. Enjoy." Sean replied.
"This actually isn't half bad. Kinda funky and urban." Manny commented as she looked around.
"Manny, how can you be calm around someone who held a gun to your head???" Jimmy demanded.
"Look, he didn't have a choice. Dean told him to."
"And I couldn't shoot her. I mean, I've known the girl most of my life." Sean replied.
"So that's why you left? You couldn't do a hit?" Jimmy asked.
"Basically. And I owed Marin ten grand." Sean replied.
"Lovely." Craig said, flopping down on the couch. "Take a look at who you consort with, Em. Drug dealers, software pirates, murderers, hitmen. Ever thought it'd end up this way?"
Emma sat down next to him and sighed. "Can't say I did, Craig. Can't say I did."
Later...
"Okay, so, you guys need to meet my boss. I've already set up a meeting." Sean said to Manny, Jimmy, and Craig.
"So what exactly would we be doing?" Jimmy asked.
"Dealing. Running. Whatever." Sean replied with a shrug.
"No. No way. I got out of that after I almost got my arm lobbed off by a Glock." Jimmy replied.
"Well, you could work my line of work." Sean replied.
"What's your line of work?" Jimmy asked.
Sean looked at Emma, then back at Jimmy. "Can we get into this later?"
"Hey, no need to censor yourself because of me, Sean. I'm just your ex- girlfriend you cheated on with a Hooters girl. Nothing special." Emma replied.
"Are you still in your old line of work, Sean?" Manny asked, sitting on the arm of the couch next to Craig. She looked down at him. "Scoot over a little?"
"Don't mind me, I'm not even here." Craig grumbled.
"Basically. I dabble a little in retrieval and stuff like that, but my main thing is settling disputes." Sean replied.
"Settling disputes?" Emma asked quizzically.
"Em, have you ever seen Scarface?" Craig asked.
"Yeah, why?" Emma replied.
"Do the words 'Say hello to my little friend' ring any bells?" Craig responded.
"Oh god." Emma put her head in her hands. "I can't believe what you people have turned into! You're like this big twisted mafia family!"
Manny and Craig glared at each other. "I wouldn't go right to family." Manny replied. "Family doesn't knock you up then dump you for another chick, right Craig?"
"Bite me." Craig replied.
"They might in Kansas." Sean commented. Emma rolled her eyes.
"Anyway. So, you guys mind telling me exactly what your plan of attack is?" Emma asked.
"For...?" Manny asked.
Emma glared at her. "For dealing with Dean's brother, dumbass."
"Oh that. Right. Um, Craig's handling that angle."
"I have some contacts in BC that'll take care of it for me." Craig replied.
"Take care of it?" Emma asked. Jimmy made a gun out of his two fingers and thumb and held it to his head, making a clicking noise with his tongue. She rolled her eyes. "Sorry I asked."
"Look, Em. Like I said before, we really didn't plan on any of this. Things just got way out of hand." Manny replied.
"Yeah, because that never happens with cocaine." Emma replied sarcastically.
"Em, like I always say, don't knock it til you've tried it." Sean replied.
"That your point of view on Hooters too?" Emma asked.
Sean rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Jimmy, Manny, you guys are coming with me, Craig, stay here, keep Emma company, make sure she doesn't destroy anything."
"Screw you." Emma replied.
"You had your shot." Sean replied, grabbing his coat. Emma scowled and looked away. "Let's go."
After Jimmy, Manny, Craig, and Emma had gotten their bags, everyone headed out to catch a cab to Sean's apartment. Sean's girlfriend Chelsea had to get back to work, and took a separate cab. When they learned of Chelsea's choice of occupation, it took everything Manny and Emma had not to start laughing.
"Guys, chill out on Chelsea, okay?" Sean warned.
Manny mock saluted. "Yes sir, Captain Hooters." Sean rolled his eyes. "So, does she wear the orange shorts around the house too? You know, to break them in?"
"Manny, shut up." Sean replied. He stepped out in the street and hailed a cab.
Emma and Sean squeezed in front with the can driver, much Emma's dismay. Craig, Jimmy, and Manny were left with the backseat. Craig looked at his companions and groaned, quickly looking away.
"We haven't been in a cab ten seconds and already you're making out." He groaned.
Jimmy didn't bother to make a comeback. That require him to stop kissing Manny, a strength he lacked. He settled for flipping Craig off.
"Hey, Sean, you wanna trade places?" Craig asked.
"It'd be nice." Emma said.
Sean rolled his eyes. "Look, Emma, I didn't plan this. It just sorta happened."
"Sure you did, Sean. So did you meet her at work?" Emma asked.
"Emma, I don't think we should..."
"I wanna know."
Sean sighed. "Yes, I met her at her work."
"Sleeping with the customers? Very classy." Emma replied.
"Em, it wasn't like that. We just connected."
"Connected? How can you possibly connect with someone from Hooters, Sean? How old is she anyway?"
"Um, twenty two."
Even Manny and Jimmy stopped kissing to blurt out "Twenty two?" along with Craig and Emma.
"Isn't that illegal?" Manny asked.
"Does she know you're sixteen?" Craig asked.
"He's not sixteen yet." Emma replied. "He won't be, until..."
"...next month." Sean finished. "Look, she thinks I'm nineteen. Don't say anything." Emma gave him a Look. "Maybe that was a bad choice of words."
"You think?" Emma glared at him, and turned her head, staring out the window.
A few minutes later, the cab stopped. Emma quickly got out, along with Craig, Manny, and Jimmy. Sean paid the cabbie and led them into the building.
"This is where you live?" Emma asked. "Classy."
Sean glared at her as he pushed up the wooden wall to the loft elevator. "Emma, do you know much Manny pays for her luxury apartment in Degrassi?"
"A thousand a month." Emma replied as everyone stepped on the elevator. "Why?"
"I pay twice that, for an economy one bedroom. In American dollars. I do what I can, alright?"
"If you would have stayed it wouldn't be a problem." Emma shot back.
"Em..." Manny warned. "You don't know the whole story."
"I don't have to, Manny!"
"Yeah? Did he put a gun to YOUR head, Emma?" Manny snapped.
Jimmy glared at Sean. "You put a gun to her head?"
"Jimmy, it's really hard to explain." Sean replied.
"I got time." Jimmy replied, crossing his arms.
"Damn, this is better than an episode of Jerry Springer." Craig said.
"Pipe down, Manning." Sean snapped. The elevator stopped, and Sean opened the door. Unlocking his apartment door, he opened it.
"Alright, this is my humble abode. Enjoy." Sean replied.
"This actually isn't half bad. Kinda funky and urban." Manny commented as she looked around.
"Manny, how can you be calm around someone who held a gun to your head???" Jimmy demanded.
"Look, he didn't have a choice. Dean told him to."
"And I couldn't shoot her. I mean, I've known the girl most of my life." Sean replied.
"So that's why you left? You couldn't do a hit?" Jimmy asked.
"Basically. And I owed Marin ten grand." Sean replied.
"Lovely." Craig said, flopping down on the couch. "Take a look at who you consort with, Em. Drug dealers, software pirates, murderers, hitmen. Ever thought it'd end up this way?"
Emma sat down next to him and sighed. "Can't say I did, Craig. Can't say I did."
Later...
"Okay, so, you guys need to meet my boss. I've already set up a meeting." Sean said to Manny, Jimmy, and Craig.
"So what exactly would we be doing?" Jimmy asked.
"Dealing. Running. Whatever." Sean replied with a shrug.
"No. No way. I got out of that after I almost got my arm lobbed off by a Glock." Jimmy replied.
"Well, you could work my line of work." Sean replied.
"What's your line of work?" Jimmy asked.
Sean looked at Emma, then back at Jimmy. "Can we get into this later?"
"Hey, no need to censor yourself because of me, Sean. I'm just your ex- girlfriend you cheated on with a Hooters girl. Nothing special." Emma replied.
"Are you still in your old line of work, Sean?" Manny asked, sitting on the arm of the couch next to Craig. She looked down at him. "Scoot over a little?"
"Don't mind me, I'm not even here." Craig grumbled.
"Basically. I dabble a little in retrieval and stuff like that, but my main thing is settling disputes." Sean replied.
"Settling disputes?" Emma asked quizzically.
"Em, have you ever seen Scarface?" Craig asked.
"Yeah, why?" Emma replied.
"Do the words 'Say hello to my little friend' ring any bells?" Craig responded.
"Oh god." Emma put her head in her hands. "I can't believe what you people have turned into! You're like this big twisted mafia family!"
Manny and Craig glared at each other. "I wouldn't go right to family." Manny replied. "Family doesn't knock you up then dump you for another chick, right Craig?"
"Bite me." Craig replied.
"They might in Kansas." Sean commented. Emma rolled her eyes.
"Anyway. So, you guys mind telling me exactly what your plan of attack is?" Emma asked.
"For...?" Manny asked.
Emma glared at her. "For dealing with Dean's brother, dumbass."
"Oh that. Right. Um, Craig's handling that angle."
"I have some contacts in BC that'll take care of it for me." Craig replied.
"Take care of it?" Emma asked. Jimmy made a gun out of his two fingers and thumb and held it to his head, making a clicking noise with his tongue. She rolled her eyes. "Sorry I asked."
"Look, Em. Like I said before, we really didn't plan on any of this. Things just got way out of hand." Manny replied.
"Yeah, because that never happens with cocaine." Emma replied sarcastically.
"Em, like I always say, don't knock it til you've tried it." Sean replied.
"That your point of view on Hooters too?" Emma asked.
Sean rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Jimmy, Manny, you guys are coming with me, Craig, stay here, keep Emma company, make sure she doesn't destroy anything."
"Screw you." Emma replied.
"You had your shot." Sean replied, grabbing his coat. Emma scowled and looked away. "Let's go."