Title: All I Want Is You
Summary: On his first day of grade 11, Adam meets Daniela Coyne; a girl with a few secrets. Their friendship soon blooms into something more. Will they be able to accept each other's hidden pasts?
Genre: Romance/Drama
Rating: T
Author's Note: This is my first fanfiction for Degrassi! It's about Adam, but they'll be appearances from Drew, Eli, Clare and other Degrassi characters. The story takes place in Adam's grade 11 year. Tell me what you think about it. The review button is at the bottom ;)
Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi or any characters from Degrassi, I only own Daniela.
Chapter 1- Back at Degrassi (Adam POV)
Beep! Beep! I abruptly wake up when I hear my alarm clock loudly beeping on my bedside table. I shut the irritating noise off and groan from my sleepiness while getting out of bed. I want to fall back asleep, but I don't want to be late for my first day of school.
Last year was a rough year, so I'm hoping this year will be better. When I first came to Degrassi I tried to hide my secret. I was worried what people would think of me when they find out I'm an FTM transgender. I was embarrassed and ridiculed in front of the whole school and even got pushed through a glass door after people found out. Eventually the bullying stopped, but that doesn't mean everyone accepts me for who I am. I've slowly learned that I can't force my parents and my peers to understand my decision to be a boy. All I hope for this year is that my past as "Gracie" won't cause problems at school.
I hear the door to my room creak open. My brother Drew comes through the door, already dressed in his blue polo shirt and khaki dress pants. "Dude today's the first day of school!" Drew says, seemingly excited. "C'mon, get dressed. We can't be late today!"
"Ok, I'll be downstairs in ten minutes," I answer. I can't help but roll my eyes at his excitement. I wish I was as eager for school as he was, but I'm a little nervous to be a junior. So many bad things happened at school last year; I don't know how Drew can be so excited and happy. I suppose after all the drama he went through last year he's looking forward to a fresh drama-free year. Like that would happen.
After about 15 minutes I arrive in the kitchen. It took my longer than I thought to get dressed. I wanted to make sure my binder was on securely and my new red shirt fit right. It feels weird to be wearing the red polo shirt, last year I wore purple every year for being in grade 10. I'll adjust to it. Red's not a bad colour on me anyways.
Drew's ready for school with his backpack slung over his shoulder. He smiles at me as I walk into the kitchen. "Are you excited for the first day of school?" he asks me.
"I guess so," I mumble in reply. I grab a bagel off the counter while my mom walks into the kitchen. Once we all finish eating, we leave for school.
"Listen boys, if there's any problem at school this year-"
"Don't worry mom," I interrupt her. "This year will be different. Gracie won't cause any issues at school, and I'll stay away from trouble."
"And Vince is out of my life for good. All I want is to have a fun senior year with my friends and my girlfriend."
"I'm just looking out for both of you," she says. "It's hard not to worry with everything that went on last year." She sighs and pulls up to Degrassi.
Me and Drew jump out of the car and say bye to our mom. As soon as we get out Drew rushes to his friends. I see him approaching his girlfriend Katie, her best friend Marisol, and a few senior boys I don't know the names of. Katie cheerfully runs up to Drew and hugs him, while Marisol is shamelessly flirting with several of the boys.
I had a big crush on Katie last year. I tried to be friendly and flirtatious with her, but she rejected me. Marisol told me it was because of my body, but a week after she told me that Katie and Drew became a couple.
I got over my crush on Katie and we stayed at our "just friends" status when she and Drew started dating. I guess me and Drew have a similar taste in girls. Bianca, Fiona, and Katie; he's liked all the girls I've liked at Degrassi and dated two of them. Drew gave me a chance with Fiona but she had to go off to rehab to deal with her alcohol addiction. When she came back from rehab, she discovered that she's a lesbian. I'm not the luckiest with girls.
"Adam!" I look to my right to see Clare running towards me. She has a huge smile on her face.
"I haven't seen you in so long! How was your summer?" she exclaims while giving me an awkward hug.
"Spent most of the summer playing x-box, but I still had a good summer. What about you?"
"My summer was a ton of fun, except for the bizarre change that my mom is marrying my ex-boyfriend's dad."
"Must be awkward," I reply.
"Yeah it's definitely awkward. The wedding is coming up pretty soon and after that we'll be living in the same house. I don't think I'll be able to stand it. Anyways… let's talk about you. What happened at the court case about Vince?"
"Thankfully we won the case. Vince was found guilty and got sentenced to prison."
"I'm glad he was. I still can't believe there wasn't better security at the dance; they let in a gang member with a gun come to our prom!"
"Degrassi's school dances always end in disaster," I state. I look to my right to see Eli walking down the block. I wave him over to me and he eagerly walks over to me and Clare.
"Hey guys. Ready for another crazy year at Degrassi?" Eli playfully asks with his infamous smirk.
"Of course I am. Relationship drama, boiler room incidents, school shootings, Degrassi is an adventure. Let's hope we make it out alive."
"Well Adam you did get shot at prom… maybe we won't make it out alive," he jokes. I grin at the irony, given that me and Clare were just speaking about that.
The first bell rings, signalling that we only have 5 minutes to arrive at our homeroom class.
"If we don't get to class soon we won't survive." Clare reminds us. We walk inside the school and head to our lockers, which are thankfully in the same direction. "What class do you have first period?" Clare questions the both of us. I pull out my schedule from my backpack. I check my first period class. Geography.
"Do you by any chance have geo first period?" I hand her my timetable to compare.
"No, but it looks like we have 2 classes together. We both have science next period and grade 12 english with Ms. Dawes after lunch." She hands back my schedule.
"Me too." Eli remarks. "I guess the three of us can be partners again."
We share a friendly smile before parting our separate ways. I can't help but be relieved that Clare and Eli are on speaking terms again. After their break-up they acted all tense around each other. Not much later Clare moved on and started dating the new guy Jake, while Eli was washing away his emotions with anxiety pills. When he got off his meds he became an emotional wreck. Eli even tried to sabotage Clare's relationship. Eventually he apologized and they rekindled their friendship.
Right before the second bell rings I enter my geography classroom. Most of the seats are already taken.
"Adam!" someone shouts. I look to the far end of the room to see Dave waving me over to the seat beside him. I fist-pump him and sit down next to him. The teacher silences the class and introduces herself. She starts talking about classroom rules and school polices like every first day of school. While she's lecturing us about skipping classes I look around to see who else I know in this class. I see a few familiar faces. Wesley is sitting in the first row of desks beside some red-head chick, KC and Jenna are sitting on opposite sides of the room, and Alli is seated beside Jenna.
I glance to my right to see who's sitting on the other side of me. I see a girl I don't recognize from last year. She has long blonde hair that drapes across her shoulders and is wearing a cute cardigan on top of her uniform shirt. She looks perfect from her flawless curls to her luscious pink lips. I wonder if this is her first year at Degrassi. Maybe I could show her around.
"Who are you kidding Adam. She'd never want to talk to a freak like you," I think to myself. I sigh, realizing the truth in that statement.
I know this was a slow chapter, but it's only the beginning of the story! More things will happen in the next chapter. Adam and Daniela will interact and we'll find out about her character. I will try to update asap if people like the story. Please review! I welcome suggestions and advice. Tell me if anyone seems ooc.