Author's Note: I know it's been almost a year since I updated. But let me say I've been busy :D I will try to update more often, that goes for this story and my Gilmore Girl's story. Well anyhow hope you enjoy this chapter. Also now that Switched at Birth is back for the fall, I feel inspired. So I should be updating weekly. Once it airs again :D Enjoy!

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The Beauty of Hands

Chapter Five: Surprises Arise

Daphne and Liam make their way back to the dance. They catch up with Liz and Megan.

'Hey Megan.' Daphne signs and speaks at the same time so Liam is able to understand, 'We would love to attend your party, but Bay and Emmett aren't joining us.'

'Okay. Cool see you after the dance,' Megan signs before her sister, Liz, pulls her back to the dance floor.

Liam taps on Daphne's shoulder causing her to turn and face him, "Do you want to bust some moves before we go."

Daphne giggles, "Sure I'll 'bust some moves'."

'Are you sure you don't want to go with Megan and Liz?' Bay signs to Emmett, who continues to eat another slice of pizza.

'I'm not really friends with them. They're Daphne friends not mine.' Emmett explains.

Bay nods before smiling sweetly, "I have a really fun night."

'Me too.' Emmett's blues eye sparkle from the candle he hovers over. He places a peck on Bay's glossed lips before pulling away and standing up.

'Where you going?' Bay questions.

'Follow me,' Emmett takes hold of Bay's hand and leads her out of the green house.

Emmett stops in front of the limo, opening the door for his girlfriend. 'Get in.'

'Where are we going?'

'Just get in.' Emmett waits until Bay is seated before climbing in next to her.

' Tell me where we are going!'

'My house. I want to show you this movie.'

"Movie?" Bay says aloud, thinking what possible movie is so urgent to see. "What is it called?"

Emmett places his index finger to Bay's lips. Bay continues to talk through her blocked lip. Emmett then replaces his finger with his lips, kissing her softly.

Bay's questions are put on hold as her mind and lips wander.

"We're here!" The limo driver says as he pulls to the stop in front of Emmett's house.

Bay pushes Emmett gently backwards, causing their lips to unlock.

'What's wrong?' Emmett signs with a worried look on his face.

Bay points through the tinted windows, "We're at your house."

Emmett just smiles and scoots out of the limousine. Once he is completely out, he reaches his hand to Bay, helping her out.

Once they are in the house, they remove their coats and uncomfortable dress shoes. Bay collapses on the couch while Emmett grabs them a few lemonades.

'So what is this so special movie we had to leave the dance for?' Bay asks anxiously.

Emmett grabs an unlabeled DVD case on the end table. He pops the DVD disc in the player. 'Ready?'

Bay nods and smiles widely. Emmett smiles and takes a seat on the couch next to Bay.

Bay watches as the television screen goes from black to a picture of her and Emmett. 'What is this?'

'Just watch.' Emmett turns her head to the T.V screen, adverting her attention to the movie.

Bay continues to watch as the picture change of her and Emmett. There was one of them the first time her gave her a ride home. A picture of the billboard Emmett had surprised her on her 16th birthday. One of her favorite was a picture of her sitting at the creek, near her house, skipping rocks. That day was loads of fun. The most fun she had in ages.

Before the movie of pictures had ended, a clip of Emmett appeared. 'Many more pictures and memories to come.' He signed before ended the video.

'So did you like it?' Emmett wondered.

Bay didn't know what to say, it was the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for her. It was the one thing that could make her whole 'switched-at-birth' situation a little better. Bay, speechless, just leans in a kisses Emmett passionately.

' I'll take that as a yes.' Emmett signs before he gets pulled back into Bay's embrace.

Thankfully, both Bay and Emmett are able to enjoy an activity that requires no verbal communication. Bay's hands find Emmett's hair as his lips touch hers once again and something ignites inside of her. Something wonderful, something powerful, and something she can't even begin to overcome. She closes her eyes and opens up her senses feeling Emmett's beautiful hands roam her body through her top and gasps as his fingers find their way underneath and he touches her bare skin. She feels like she could stay like this forever with him as long as neither one of them runs out of air.

Although Emmett cannot hear the little soft moans coming from his girlfriend he can certainly feel her reaction. His hands tingle as her skin heats up beneath his touch. He wants her. He wants her more than anything. They fall back on to the cushions and pull away from each other more desperate for oxygen. Emmett stares down at Bay's pouty, bright red lips, swollen from his kisses and her hair fanned out over the couch pillow and thinks to himself that he has never seen anything so beautiful.

Bay smiles back with butterflies in her stomach, unsure of what this feeling is but reckons if it is what she hears described in radio pop songs and sappy romantic comedies then she might just be falling in love. She bites her lower lip and lays down on the outside of the sofa. Emmett smiles, holding his girl in his arms. Bay, taking her cue, rests her head on his chest happy. Emmett revels in the sensation of holding her. Bay gets lost to the sound of his beating heart, and without another word they both begin to drift off into a dreamland together.

Melody walks through the front door, hangs up her jacket, makes her way to the kitchen and tosses her car keys on the counter. The keys fall to the floor making a loud 'clunk'. Unable to hear them fall, she goes on with her life. She glances across the kitchen, into the living room, noticing the television was left on. She walks around the counter, stepping on the keys that had fallen. She bends down to pick them up, as she reaches for the key ring, she notices a pair of heels, a purse, and a shawl, tossed on the ground near the couch.

She walks over to the couch, to her surprise, to see two sleeping teenagers embraced in one another's arms.

Unsure of what exactly to do, Melody pick up her phone and dials Regina's number. She then grabs the small monitor which reach reads her as she signs.

"Hello?" Regina answers.

'It's Mel. I'm not sure what to do…or how to say this…'

"What's wrong?" Melody watches the monitor, as the man on the screen, interprets Regina's words into signs.

'I came home to find Emmett and Bay asleep on the couch.'

"When did they get home?"

'I'm not sure. I assume last night. They are still in their clothes from the formal.'

"I'll be over in a second to pick Bay up."

'Sounds good. Oh, Regina?'

"Yeah?"

'You don't think they slept together?' Melody signs, as the interpreter interpret what she signs into words, so Regina can understand.

"Well talk about what they did or didn't do when I get there."

'See you soon.' Melody says before she hangs up the phones. She turns back around, to the couch, and lets outs a sigh. She hopes she raised Emmett well.

Regina arrives about ten minutes later, wondering what she is going to say to Bay and how she is going to handle the situation. She wonders if she should tell Kathryn and John or if she should just keep the whole thing to herself. The severity of it all weighs on her and she rests her head on the steering wheel trying to think. Only to be scared nearly to death by a loud tapping on the window. She jumps, looks over and sees Melody staring in at her with a look on her face that lets Regina know she has just as much on her mind.

Regina rests her hand on her heart trying to catch her breath and finally opens the door. She steps out.

Hey. She signs. I got here as fast as I could.

I am glad you came. Melody signs back. I'm freaking out here I don't know what to do.

Where are they?

In the living room. Melody tells her before taking her inside and showing her where the kids are.

Regina doesn't know what to say seeing the kids in such an intimate position. She reaches down and shakes Bay's shoulder. "Wake up Bay, it's time to go home."

Bay wakes up slowly but is completely startled when she sees Regina and Melody standing over her.

Feeling Bay stir Emmett wakes up as well. What is going on? He signs immediately on alert.

I was going to ask you the same thing. Melody signs trying not to blow up. Did you sleep with her?

What? No!

"Wait, do you think we had sex?" Bay says looking at Regina.

"Lets just go, Bay. We'll discuss this in the car."

"We did not sleep together. We just feel asleep!"

"Bay, now!" Regina says grabbing Bay's hand and pulling her out of the house after waving goodbye to Melody.

"You want to tell me what happened last night?" Regina questions Bay.

"I told you already. Nothing happened. Emmett and I just came home from the dance and watched a movie, then fell asleep." Bay says, frustrated that neither Regina nor Melody believe her.

It was almost seven in the morning when Bay arrives back home. She walks through the backdoor, hoping to avoid her parents. She slips off her heels, to decrease the noise, and tip toes to the stairs. She grasps the railing, just as she was about to make her first step up the stairs, she hears the front door open and close. She quickly walks up the stairs and to her room. She takes off her dress as she enters her bedroom. She tosses it to the floor, not bothering to hang it up. She removes her jewelry and her corsage, places them on her dresser. She rummages through her drawers, taking out some sweat pants and a t-shirt. Once she is dressed, she tousled her curly locks, as if she had bed head.

She glances at herself in the mirror hung above her dresser; she smiles at how well she accomplished the look that appeared she has just awoken. She opens her bedroom door, ready to walk out, "Ahh geeze!" she screeches, startled to see Daphne standing in the doorway. "You scared me!"

"Sorry." Daphne stares at Bay's attire. "When did you get home?"

"Ohh...I…I got in…" Bay stumbles over her words, trying to think of what to say, "I got in around midnight." She lies, not wanting to tell Daphne that she literally just got in.

"You did?" Daphne cocks her head to the side, looking at Bay questionably, "That's funny, Kathryn came in to check on you, and she said you weren't in your room."

"My mom came in to check in on me?" Bay asked panicked.

"Yeah," Daphne signed, "but I knew you were probably coming home, so I told her you had left your phone at Carlton."

"You lied for me?" Bay whispered as she signed.

Daphne shrugs her shoulders, not seeing what the big deal was. "So?"

"Nothing. It's just you aren't the one who lies and covers for someone,"

"Sometimes people surprise you." Daphne signs before walking away.

"They sure do." Bay watches as Daphne walks back downstairs.

She hears her phone beep, signaling she has a new text message. She flips open her cell and read the text, which was Emmett.

"Is it safe to talk? No hovering parents?" Bay reads the text aloud.

She smiles and laughs slightly, "It's safe to talk. So how's your mom? Has things calm down?"

"No. My mother said she is taking away my phone. But she let me tell you before she did."

"That sucks!"

"Have to go. Mom is like a helicopter. Morse code later?"

Bay laughed at Emmett's joke before replying, "Meet me the billboard at 10." Bay sent the message and waited patiently for a response.

Bay stared at her phone for about five minutes until she was interrupted by a knock on her door, "Come in!"

Regina opens Bay's door and peaks her head in, "Can we talk?"

"Not again!" Bay huffs, "I told you nothing happened."

Regina takes a seat next to Bay on the bed, "I know nothing happened, I just wanted to tell you what to do if 'it' does happen."

Bay's eyes widen and she jumps to her feet, "Okay, so I know we are new to the mother-daughter thing, but Kathryn already covered the whole 'my body is a virtue. Use condoms. Blah blah blah…"

"Well as a mother…as your mother, I have to tell you these things." Regina says softly, "So you and Emmett aren't-"

"No!" Bay says frustrated. "Don't worry once we do, I'll send you a tweet."

Regina chuckles, "You know I worry because I care."

"I know." Bay nods and smiles.

"So care to tell me all about the dance?" Regina gushes, wanting gossip.

"Well first once we got out of the amazing limo…" Bay went through the night, detail by detail, as her and a Regina say on her bed together.

They we interrupted by Daphne storming through Bay's bedroom, "You stayed over Emmett's and fell asleep! Why did you lie to me?!"

Bay and Regina both stare at one another, before they both swallowed loudly, and stood still, frozen.

To be continued…..

Hope you guys like this chapter. I know it's sort of left undone, but I have more to come for the next chapter. Can you say drama?

Just remember you never know what life has to surprise you with.

~Coffeebeanner