Disclaimer- I do not own Degrassi or any of the characters, except for Athena Antonio. Please do not take her!
Jimmy Brooks was sitting in Mr. Simpson's homeroom, joking and laughing with his three best friends: Marco del Rossi, Craig Manning, and Spinner Mason. Even though things between him and Spin were weird lately, they were still best friends. Right now Spinner was imitating Craig smacking himself in the head with his guitar while trying to pull off a Pete Townshend-style windmill. He fell to the floor and everyone was laughing, even Craig. But all the prattle quieted when someone knocked on the door. Mr. Simpson told Jimmy to go open the door, and in stepped the most stunning girl anyone had ever seen.
She was only about five foot three, but achieved a statuesque stance that no supermodel could ever pull off. She had glowing olive skin, and her shining dark brown hair with thin blond streaks fell to her elbows and curled at the ends. You could feel the piercing ice from her cool green eyes framed by long lashes even through the thick, red and black square frames of her glasses. Most interesting, though, was her large nose that gave her face a Nerfertiti-like quality. She wore a vintage Kinks t-shirt, pinstriped pants, and box-toed black and white high heels. No one at Degrassi dresses like that, Jimmy thought. He was taken aback even more so when she opened her mouth.
"Is this Mr. Simpson's grade 10 homeroom?", a smoky British female voice asked.
"It certainly is", replied Archie. He took the slip of paper from the girl and read it to himself. "Class, we have a new student. This is Athena Antonio, and she just moved back to Toronto from London a few weeks ago. Let's make her feel welcome."
All the while, Spinner had been staring at her, puzzled. "Tiny?" Spinner said.
"GAVIN?!?!" Athena replied. "Oh goodness, I thought it was you! You've grown up quite a bit since I saw you last." She ran over to Spinner and gave him a huge hug.
"You…know each other?" asked Mr. Simpson
"Oh yes…yes of course. We used to play together when we were little. I lived right next door."
"So was Spin always this dumb, or did his brain just atrophy?" asked Jimmy. Spin punched him hard on the arm, but Athena was laughing right along with them.
"Well Miss Antonio, would you like to tell the class some more about yourself, or would you just like to sit down? I can understand if you're nervous", said Mr. Simpson.
"Oh no, it's quite alright", she replied. "Let's see…I moved to London with my father when I was five. He's a record producer and a manager. I went to a private school for "gifted" children, then attended a high school for the performing arts and design. I play the cello, bass guitar and piano, and also write a lot of songs and poems. I design and sew clothes for my father's clients, and just in general. My stepmother an artist, Estelle Antonio. I'm half Greek and half Italian, which explain my silly first name. I mean, who names their children after deities, really. Next people will be calling kids 'Jesus'.." The class burst into laughed. Athena was charming, and had a real talent for public speaking. People loved listening to her talk. "We moved back because I have dreadful asthma, and all the dirt and stuff in London was hell on my repertory system. Plus my father was born here, and he really missed it. I think that's about it."
"Thank you. You can go sit next to Jimmy over there", Jimmy raised his hand. Athena strolled to her seat, and smiled at Jimmy as she sat down. She's even more gorgeous up close, he though dreamily to himself. But the bell woke him up and everyone filed off to class. It turned out Athena was in a lot of his classes, and that she really was incredibly brilliant. He walked around in a daze; he couldn't bear to drag his eyes away….
I cherish you...I cherish you. Just say you would do the same for me. Just say you would do the same for me. Say you would do the same... Just say you would do the same for me.
-From Autumn to Ashes "Short Stories With Tragic Endings"
{A/N}-Ugh, I know it's starting off bad but believe me it will be better, I promise. I'll update soon. So we can get to the good stuff ;-). And I know that someone had FATA in their story too, I'm well aware. But it's not really crucial to the story, there will just be song lyrics at the end of every chapter.
Jimmy Brooks was sitting in Mr. Simpson's homeroom, joking and laughing with his three best friends: Marco del Rossi, Craig Manning, and Spinner Mason. Even though things between him and Spin were weird lately, they were still best friends. Right now Spinner was imitating Craig smacking himself in the head with his guitar while trying to pull off a Pete Townshend-style windmill. He fell to the floor and everyone was laughing, even Craig. But all the prattle quieted when someone knocked on the door. Mr. Simpson told Jimmy to go open the door, and in stepped the most stunning girl anyone had ever seen.
She was only about five foot three, but achieved a statuesque stance that no supermodel could ever pull off. She had glowing olive skin, and her shining dark brown hair with thin blond streaks fell to her elbows and curled at the ends. You could feel the piercing ice from her cool green eyes framed by long lashes even through the thick, red and black square frames of her glasses. Most interesting, though, was her large nose that gave her face a Nerfertiti-like quality. She wore a vintage Kinks t-shirt, pinstriped pants, and box-toed black and white high heels. No one at Degrassi dresses like that, Jimmy thought. He was taken aback even more so when she opened her mouth.
"Is this Mr. Simpson's grade 10 homeroom?", a smoky British female voice asked.
"It certainly is", replied Archie. He took the slip of paper from the girl and read it to himself. "Class, we have a new student. This is Athena Antonio, and she just moved back to Toronto from London a few weeks ago. Let's make her feel welcome."
All the while, Spinner had been staring at her, puzzled. "Tiny?" Spinner said.
"GAVIN?!?!" Athena replied. "Oh goodness, I thought it was you! You've grown up quite a bit since I saw you last." She ran over to Spinner and gave him a huge hug.
"You…know each other?" asked Mr. Simpson
"Oh yes…yes of course. We used to play together when we were little. I lived right next door."
"So was Spin always this dumb, or did his brain just atrophy?" asked Jimmy. Spin punched him hard on the arm, but Athena was laughing right along with them.
"Well Miss Antonio, would you like to tell the class some more about yourself, or would you just like to sit down? I can understand if you're nervous", said Mr. Simpson.
"Oh no, it's quite alright", she replied. "Let's see…I moved to London with my father when I was five. He's a record producer and a manager. I went to a private school for "gifted" children, then attended a high school for the performing arts and design. I play the cello, bass guitar and piano, and also write a lot of songs and poems. I design and sew clothes for my father's clients, and just in general. My stepmother an artist, Estelle Antonio. I'm half Greek and half Italian, which explain my silly first name. I mean, who names their children after deities, really. Next people will be calling kids 'Jesus'.." The class burst into laughed. Athena was charming, and had a real talent for public speaking. People loved listening to her talk. "We moved back because I have dreadful asthma, and all the dirt and stuff in London was hell on my repertory system. Plus my father was born here, and he really missed it. I think that's about it."
"Thank you. You can go sit next to Jimmy over there", Jimmy raised his hand. Athena strolled to her seat, and smiled at Jimmy as she sat down. She's even more gorgeous up close, he though dreamily to himself. But the bell woke him up and everyone filed off to class. It turned out Athena was in a lot of his classes, and that she really was incredibly brilliant. He walked around in a daze; he couldn't bear to drag his eyes away….
I cherish you...I cherish you. Just say you would do the same for me. Just say you would do the same for me. Say you would do the same... Just say you would do the same for me.
-From Autumn to Ashes "Short Stories With Tragic Endings"
{A/N}-Ugh, I know it's starting off bad but believe me it will be better, I promise. I'll update soon. So we can get to the good stuff ;-). And I know that someone had FATA in their story too, I'm well aware. But it's not really crucial to the story, there will just be song lyrics at the end of every chapter.
