The Real World: Degrassi

Author's Note: I came up with this crossover idea while watching an episode of the RW/RR challenge: Inferno 3. I thought the drama was so intense and it made me think of the N's tagline for Degrassi "it goes there" so that made me wonder what if Degrassi were written like an episode of Real World. This "story" will have thirteen chapters (just like RW has 13 episodes) with a fourteenth chapter written like a reunion amongst the cast members.

I hope you enjoy it. Please review!

Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi nor the Real World. Degrassi is owned by Linda Schyuler and Epitome Productions and Real World is owned by Bunim/Murray Productions and MTV.

This is the true story of seven strangers picked to live in a house and have their lives taped to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start being REAL--

The Real World: Degrassi

Characters:

Emma Nelson--18

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sean Cameron--19

Wasega Beach, Canada

Manny Santos--18

Miami, Florida

Jimmy Brooks--22

Raleigh, North Carolina

Paige Michelchuk--21

San Francisco, California

Spinner Mason--21

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Marco Del Rossi--23

Manhattan, New York

Episode One-They meet

Having grown up in the Toronto area, Emma Nelson was thrilled when she was picked to a part of the show, especially when she figures out she lives only thirty minutes away from the Real World: Degrassi house.

She grabs her last bag and heads out the front door of her house. She's horrified when she sees her mother, Christine, and her step-father, Archie, waiting for her in the car.

"Mom!" she wails. "You are NOT dropping me off at the house like I'm a baby!"

Christine rolls her eyes at her overly-dramatic daughter and got out of the car. "Emma, it doesn't mean you're a baby if we take you to the house," she says calmly. "Besides, I want to make sure the house is safe."

Emma turns to her step-father. "Snake! Help!"

Archie steps out of the car and leans across the hood. "I think she's right, Christine," he tell his wife. "She's a big girl. She doesn't need her parents dropping her off like this is the first day of kindergarten."

"Thank you!" Emma turns to her mother. "Mom, I promise I'll be fine. I called a cab and it'll be here any minute."

As if on cue, a taxi pulled up to the curb. Christine looked at her daughter silently. Finally, she turns to her husband. "Take her bags out of the car and put them in the taxi."

Emma squeals and hugs her mother. "Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you! I promise you won't be sorry."

Emma's confessional

"I'm so glad I changed my mother's mind about dropping me off at the house," she says into the camera. "Can you imagine what my roommates would have thought if I had walked in with my mommy? Talk about embarrassing situation."

Meanwhile, across town...

Sean Cameron steps off the bus in downtown Toronto and shifts his duffel bag on his shoulder. He looks at the map in his hand and determines which way to go to get to the Real World house.

He makes his way through the streets until he stops in front of a building that stretched across an entire block. He lets himself in and drops his bag in the entryway.

As he walks further into the house, he is amazed by what he saw. The rooms are huge, with high ceilings. The kitchen was is off the living room with a huge built-in refrigerator.

Sean's confessional

"The house is phenomenal," he says, "like nothing I've ever seen in Wasega beach. I think I'm gonna like living here."

Sean went through the house in amazement. There were four bedrooms in total. Three of the bedrooms held two double beds each, while the fourth bedroom, the smallest of them all, held one single bed.

As he was discovering his new digs, Sean heard the front door open and voices trail in.

"Whoa! Get a load of this!" A male voice boomed.

"Oh, my God, we're going to be living here?" a girl's voice queried.

Sean goes out to greet them. He sees a wheelchair-bound boy and a dark-haired girl in the living room. "Hey, are you my roommates?"

The girl moves toward Sean and extends her hand. "I'm Manny," she introduces herself. "And that's Jimmy."

Sean shook her hand and nods at Jimmy. "Do you two know each other?"

Manny shook her head. "Nah, we just met at the airport. I'm from Miami and Jimmy's from..." she turns to Jimmy, "where again?"

"North Carolina," Jimmy reminds her, with a slight Southern drawl.

The front door opened again and another girl, this time a blonde walks in followed by a boy with short, spiky hair. "Hi!" the girl greets enthusiastically. "I'm Paige."

The boy stepped up behind her and introduces himself. "I'm Spinner."

The others introduce themselves to them and lead them on a tour of the house. "I wonder when the other two are getting here," Manny wonders aloud. "I'd like to figure out the room situation."

"Yeah, I'd like to figure that out too," Paige concurs.

Paige's confessional

"I'm not ashamed to say I want that single room," she laughs. "That would be sweet! Being the only girl in my family, I've never had to share a room with anyone. I don't really want to start now."

Outside, Emma's cab pulls up to the curb. When she opens the door and enters the house, Sean is the first person she sees.

Sean's eyes light up when Emma walks in. "Hey, "I'm Sean."

"I'm Emma," she says with a smile. "Is everybody here?"

Sean's confessional

"When Emma walked in the house, I was like 'wow', she's hot," Sean says into the camera. "I think she's someone I would like to get to know."

Sean shook his head. "Yeah, well, almost," he tells her. "There's a few people in the other room."

At that moment, Emma was surrounded by the others as they all introduced themselves.

Manny's confessional

"I think Emma might be the person I most relate to," she tells the camera. "That's not saying anything about Paige because I'm sure she's very nice. I just think Emma and I will have more in common."

While they were all sitting around the living room, the door opened again and a dark-haired boy walks in. "Hi, am I the last one to arrive?" he asks, when he sees everyone.

"Yeah, what's your name?" Paige asks.

"Marco." He looked around the room. "Wow, impressive. Is the rest of the house like this?"

"See for yourself," the others told him and they followed him as he explored the house.

As they walk, Paige announces, "I think now's the time to figure out the room situation. Who's going to get the single room? I think it should be a girl, since there's only three of us."

"Why can't it be a boy?" Spinner wonders.

"Well, hon," Paige starts, "that would mean one of the girls would have to room with a boy. Is anyone willing to do that?"

Manny speaks up. "I'm okay with that. I have three brothers so I've seen it all." She turns to Emma. "But I was kinda hoping we could room together."

"That's fine by me," Emma says with a smile.

"Well, I don't want to room with a guy so I guess that leaves the single for me," Paige announces.

The guys laughed but all agreed to let her have it.

Paige's confessional

"Yay! I got the single room," she squeals. "Honestly, I think it only made sense. I mean, Emma and Manny are the youngest. What could I possibly have in common with them?"

Sean and Jimmy decided to room together which left Spinner and Marco to pair up.

"Who's hungry?" Manny asks, after everyone had deposited their bags in their respective rooms.

"Emma, where's a good place to eat around here?" Paige asks the younger girl.

"I know this great diner," Emma answered. "It's sort of eclectic, with lots of different foods on the menu."

They all changed into fresh clothes and trooped out of the house thirty minutes later. Emma led the way to the Dot Grille and they found a booth in the corner.

"So, Jimmy, tell us what happened to you," Spinner urged, indicating the wheelchair.

Jimmy grinned. "I was wondering when someone would ask me that," he says. "I was shot."

Manny gasped audibly. "Oh, my God, when?"

"When I was a sophomore in high school," he answered. "A guy who had been bullied brought a gun to school. He had a grudge against alot of people and unfortunately, I was in the wrong place at the wrong time."

"Wow," Emma says, "what happened to the guy?"

"He shot himself."

There was a lull in the conversation as each of them thought about Jimmy's words.

It was Marco who broke the silence. "I'm gay," he announced.

Spinner laughed. "Did you just come out or something?"

"Nah, I've been out since I was fifteen," Marco grinned. "I just thought I'd change the subject."

Their food arrives at that moment and Emma raises her soda. "To getting to know each other," she toasts.

"To getting to know each other!" they repeated as they all clinked glasses.

Emma's confessional

"I think this going to be a great experience," she enthused. "Everyone seems so nice. I hope we can all be friends after this is over."

NEXT ON THE REAL WORLD: DEGRASSI

Jimmy's confessional

"My roommates are pigs! No one cleans up after themselves."

"Hey, who used my toothbrush?" Jimmy yells from the bathroom.

Manny's confessional

"Okay, let me just say, Paige is a bitch."

"Who died and left you in charge?" Manny yells at the older girl.

"Someone has to be in charge," Paige yells back, "you're obviously too immature to make the right choices!"

Marco's confessional

"I'm surrounded by immature babies," he says. "What have I gotten myself into?"

(Author's Note: Well, the first chapter is done! Hope you enjoyed it. Please review! I really would like feedback on this one.)