Disclaimer: I don't own Degrassi.

A/N: This originally wasn't a Degrassi fic but I decided to make it one so if any ones ooc chalk it up to that and the fact that I'm only a casual fan of the show.

The events of this story take place right after the Karma Chameleon episode.

The leaves of the park trees where turning brown and orange. The air had a cold chill to it. All was quiet and serene. Yet as she sat crying on a wood bench, Ashley couldn't care less. She had no idea about her surroundings, as she was rightfully absorbed in her sorrowful thoughts. Everything was going wrong for her. She thought she had her friends back, but she was wrong. She thought no one would care if she went out with Sean, but she was wrong. She also had lost her best friend Terri, because she said something that was by all means, wrong. Oh yeah and it all start by making a decision that was, well you know. She had no clue how long she had been sitting at the bench. She had gone there soon after school got out. But in all veracity, Ash didn't even care. As she sat with her head buried in her hands, tears streaming from her eyes, she had just one thought. 'My life is over.'

"Do you wanna talk about it?" a voice said as it sat down next to her. She looked up to see a light skinned, brown eyed boy with dark hair that looked to be in total disarray, except for the fact that the gel in it told you he wanted it to be like that.

"No," she spat out. Her word had such harshness in fact that the boy nearly winced. He paused in thought and reached into his jeans pocket and pulled out a pack of cigarettes.

"Hhhmm, you know, sometimes it helps to talk about these things," he sparked up before continuing, "I might be able to help." He held out the pack offering a cigarette to her, which she waved off. He shrugged and put his pack away.

"It's not something you talk about to strangers," she said rebutting his last words.

"Well at least you've stopped crying," he said with a warm smile. She hadn't even realized that she had stopped, that brought out a small smile. "Stranger huh, well then we'll have to fix that, My name is Robert."

"I.I'm Ashley," she said as she wiped her tears.

"So you go to Degrassi, right?"

"Yea, how did you know?" she asked wondering if he went there too.

"Your sweatshirt," he stated with a smile, the obvious of that causing Ashley to smile too. A few boys on the basketball court called for Robert.

"Anyway I have to go, but could I.uh," suddenly his confidence fled him, he puffed at his cigarette, 'calm down' he thought as he exhaled, "could I get your number?" Ash pondered his question for a minute, and with the reasoning that no one else she knew would even talk to her she decided to let him have it.

"Ok," she said, as he pulled a pen out of his pocket and handed it to her, then offered the back of his hand as a place to write it. She wrote it, capped the pen and gave it back.

"Do you think I could call you tonight?" he asked now brimming with confidence.

"Sure," she said smiling.

"Ok, I will, nice meeting you," he waved and ran to the court.

"Yea," she said to herself. You would still have to say that this was overall a bad day, but this was nice. She finally peeled her self from the bench and begun the walk home.