Disclaimer: I don't own Degrassi or anyone from it except Lily Evans.
Authors Note: So this chapter is pretty short, I agree, they will gradually get longer as I keep writing chapters. This is sort of just an introduction of whats to come.
There will definitely be some Lily/Eli interaction next chapter and a little insight on Lily's life & how it was before she moved to Canada.
There will definitely be more character depth in the next chapter I believe, this ones a little boring, first day of school & all.
Next chapter I'll be skipping a month. I know I know! CRAZY, but, there will be flashbacks of anything juicy thats happened in the last month.
I'm starting this right after season 10 of degrassi, except some minor tweaks & changes. For example: Even though Eli went all nutty with Clare, they talked and now they're strictly friends. He's a lot better, still a little nutty but not nearly as bad as he was before.
Well this is my first Degrassi fan fic, I never see any that I like that are OC's so I decided to give it a shot.
PLEASE R & R.
It would be GREATLY appreciated!
Thanks! x
She stood in front of her new school, her dark brown curls swaying in the wind. She carefully pushed a strand of hair behind her ear and took a nice slow breath. She wasn't nervous about going to a new school and making friends, she's always made friends wherever she went, she was just uneasy about going to this particular school. She was from Surrey, England, and even she had heard of Degrassi. People got shot here, cops were here almost every single day, something was always hustling and bustling in this school. No, she wasn't nervous or worried, just intrigued. Curious actually about how her Junior year would go at this fascinating place they call a school. She sighed and took a look at the watch that was around her wrist. 7:02 is read. Which meant she had to start getting into classes. Today was her first year as a Junior where she didn't know anybody. She was determined to leave her mark on this school, she was determined to make a statement today. She smirked as she took her first steps into Degrassi.
She walked the halls of Degrassi having no clue where to go. She was lost and she damn right knew it.
She took another look at her schedule and seen she had English 12 at this time. She slapped her hand to her forehead for being so dense as to not know where the English room was.
"Hey there, you look lost." She turned around to see a pretty Indian looking girl staring at her with wide eyes.
She laughed. "Guilty as charged. Today's my first day here and I know absolutely no one, and I have no clue as to where anything is in this damn school!" She said with amusement.
"I'm Ali Bhandari." The kind girl said while holding out her hand.
"Lily Evans." She replied while shaking Ali's hand.
"You have an accent. Are you from England?" She asked sheepishly.
"Again, guilty as charged." Lily said with a smirk. Ali then took Lily's schedule and looked it over.
"We have 4 classes together, AP Math, Gym, Global Studies, and Lunch if you count that as a class." Ali said, and then handed Lily back her schedule.
"I hate to ask but could you show me where the English room is?" Ali smiled and nodded at Lily while taking her hand and leading her through the halls of Degrassi.
They came to an abrupt stop when they reached their destination.
"Here's your stop." Ali said. "Sit with me and my friends at lunch today okay?" She added as an afterthought. Before Lily could even reply Ali had run off to god knows where leaving a confused looking Lily. She huffed and made her way through the open door.
"Ahh, and who might you be?" A women who Lily presumes to be the teacher asks.
"Lily Evans. Pleased to meet your acquaintance." Lily said to her teacher.
"Okay everybody, this is Lily Evans." She said to the class.
Lily looked over her classmates with a smirk before looking back over to her teacher.
"Where are you from?"
"I'm from England Miss." She replied confidently.
"Hmm, interesting. Well go sit next to Mr. Goldsworthy." She watched as a boy with shaggy black hair wearing eyeliner raised his hand. She smirked and took her seat next to the boy.
She looked over at him to see him staring intently at his hands. She found this boy to be curious, fascinating even. She eyed him up and thought he was even sort of cute. He suddenly turned her way and she found a pair of soft green eyes piercing through her.
"Like what you see?" He asked in a silky yet rough voice.
"I find you fascinating that's all." She replied in an amused voice at his question.
"Really?" He asked while arching his eyebrows in curiosity.
She just smiled and turned to look at the blackboard.
Eli sat in his chair wondering about this new girl sitting next to him. She was so vague and different seeming. She had long curly chestnut brown hair that framed her face perfectly. Dark blue eyes that looked so magical and inviting. She also had these perfect small pink heart shaped lips. She was at least 5'5 in height. She was thin but had curves in all the right places, and milky complexion. She was gorgeous to him.
He found her accent to be kind of annoying though.
He looked up to see her staring off into space. He wondered what she was thinking about.
"Alright class, tonight for homework I want you all to write a poem. I have no specific genre for you, just write something from the heart." Miss. Jennings voiced throughout the classroom.
All the students groaned and moaned as they got up from their seats and made their way to whatever class they had next.
Lily huffed knowing she would just get lost again. She looked around the room to see if she could acquire directions from somebody. Her eyes landed upon a girl with very short curly hair. She was pretty, she looked innocent too. Lily walked over to the girl and extended her hand.
"Lily Evans." She said nonchalantly. The girl smiled and took her hand. "Clare Edwards." She replied.
"It's nice to meet you, but could I ask you for a favor?" Lily asked sheepishly.
"Of course."
"Well, could you give me directions to my next class?" Clare grinned and took a look at her Lily's schedule.
Her eyes widened in shock and her grin only grew wider.
"You're really smart aren't you?" The petite girl asked.
Lily just shrugged. "Well I'm no Einstein but I guess."
"We're in the same math class. Only really smart people get in though. Come on, we can walk together." Clare said while walking towards the door. Lily quickly followed behind Clare, walking swiftly.
"So, your first year at Degrassi huh?" The girl asked.
"Yeah, I just moved here from London, so I'm a bit new to all this American tripe." She replied in a mock tone.
Clare laughed and soon Lily followed. The two girls talked about random things while walking together. They discovered that they actually have a lot in common and became quick friends. Clare even suggested that Lily sit with her and Ali today at lunch which was right after math. Lily smiled at her new friend and quickly agreed.
"Everybody this is Lily Evans, she's from London and this is her first year here." Clare said to everybody in their class. The students seemed intrigued by having an English girl around. Lily groaned as one of the boys known as Dave winked at her.
"So Lily, are you sitting with us today?" Ali asked her new friend while scribbling down problems in her notebook.
Lily nodded. "Of course, I wouldn't miss it for the world." She replied eagerly.
During the whole class Clare and Ali filled Lily in on all the drama that goes down at Degrassi. They told her all about last year and the drama and the people that were involved in it.
Lily was actually quite surprised when Clare told her about her ex cheating on her with one of her good friends and then got punished for it by becoming a father. Lily didn't judge. It wasn't her life, and she didn't know these people they talked about, so who was she to judge someone else's life?
"Wow." Lily said with a dazed expression. "That's a lot to take in." She added in.
"Yeah, believe me we know." Ali added.
Clare laughed. "It's crazy isn't it?" Lily nodded. "There's still so much more you don't even know yet, but I know you'll know everything you need to in a matter of days." Clare said with a smile.
Lily liked Clare and Ali. They were nice, insightful and fun to be around. She felt secure around them. They were definitely going to be best friends this year. She could feel it.
The three girls were on their way to lunch when Ali's brother Sav stopped them in their tracks.
"Hey Ali are y-" He stopped in mid sentence as his eyes wandered over to a beautiful girl with long dark curls.
"Who's this?" He asked gesturing to the strangely beautiful girl before him.
"Oh this is Lily. Lily this is my older brother Sav. Don't mind him though. He's a pain." She said mockingly and then stuck her tongue out at her brother before walking away and dragging Clare and Lily along with her.
"Sorry about him, he can be so nosy sometimes!" Ali cried out dramatically and then groaned.
They took their seats at a table towards the back of the lunch room.
Lily watched as the boy she sat next to in her English class walked towards their table with a girl who was dressed like a boy.
"Ahh hello there Miss. Vague. We meet again huh?" The dark haired boy said to her sarcastically.
"Don't mind him, he's always like that." Lily smiled and looked away. "I'm Adam by the way." The boy added.
"Lily Evans. Nice to meet you Adam." She said slowly. "And by the way Mr. Sadistic I have a name and it's Lily." She retorted back. He rolled his eyes and snorted with laughter.
"So what is it about me that seems so fascinating?" He asked with air quotes and a mock tone.
She scoffed. "You're just different from everyone else I've seen around here."
"It just seems like there's something more to you then what meets the eye." She added as an after thought.
He looked at her and arched his eyebrows before sipping on his juice.
She sighed and began to pay attention to Ali's brother talking on the stage.
"Well, since today's the first day of school, any student who wants to come up on stage and display a talent can surely do so." He said into the mic.
No one really seemed to be paying attention so Lily thought that this might be the time to make her big statement. So that everyone in this school would know who she was.
She unzipped her bag and dug around for her CD which took her a few moments to find. When she pulled it, she smirked and rose from her seat. She walked to the stage and gave the CD to Sav.
"What are you gonna be doing Lily?" He asked her with smile.
"I'm going to sing a song that I recently wrote myself." Was all that she replied.
He nodded and popped the CD in, and everyone looked up when they heard catchy music play through the loud speakers to see Lily holding a microphone.
[Spoken]
It doesn't matter if you love him, or capital H-I-M
Just put your paws up
'cause you were Born This Way, Baby
("What is she doing up there?" Ali asked the whole table.
Everyone just shrugged and turned their attention back to the stage.)
[Verse:]
My mama told me when I was young
We are all born superstars
She rolled my hair and put my lipstick on
In the glass of her boudoir
"There's nothing wrong with loving who you are"
She said, "'Cause he made you perfect, babe"
"So hold your head up girl and you'll go far,
Listen to me when I say"
("She's amazing." Adam spoke up.
"I know, I never knew she could sing like that, let alone at all!" Ali replied.
Eli just smiled. Not wanting to admit that her voice was indeed hauntingly beautiful.)
[Chorus:]
I'm beautiful in my way
'Cause God makes no mistakes
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born this way
Don't hide yourself in regret
Just love yourself and you're set
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born this way
[Post-chorus:]
Oh there ain't no other way
Baby I was born this way
Baby I was born this way
Oh there ain't no other way
Baby I was born-
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born this way
Don't be a drag -Just be a queen [x3]
Don't be!
("Who is that girl?" Drew asked K.C.
"I don't know man, but she's hot and her voice is really good.")
A different lover is not a sin
Believe capital H-I-M (Hey hey hey)
I love my life I love this record and
Mi amore vole fe yah (Love needs faith)
[Bridge:]
Don't be a drag, just be a queen
Whether you're broke or evergreen
You're black, white, beige, chola descent
You're Lebanese, you're orient
Whether life's disabilities
Left you outcast, bullied, or teased
Rejoice and love yourself today
'cause baby you were born this way
(Everyone was shocked and surprised.)
No matter gay, straight, or bi,
lesbian, transgendered life,
I'm on the right track baby,
I was born to survive.
No matter black, white or beige
Chola or orient made,
I'm on the right track baby,
I was born to be brave.
("I think I'm in love with her." Adam said to Eli seriously.
"She's beautiful." Was his reply.)
I was born this way hey!
I was born this way hey!
I'm on the right track baby
I was born this way hey!
Lily out of breath stared at the people before her, as they clapped and cheered and cat whistled for her brave performance.
"That song that you all just heard was a song that I wrote. It's called Born This Way and it's basically saying that it's not about what you are, but who you are. You're all beautiful in your own way, so don't let people bring you down if they don't think so." Everybody clapped and Ali ran to the stage and hugged her new friend. "By the way, for those who don't know me, which is most of you, I'm Lily Evans and I'm making a statement at this damn school!" She yelled into the microphone which made everybody clap harder.
"You were amazing!" Clare yelled as Ali and Lily sat back down.
"Not really, I'm not much of a singer, and I'll never be doing it again, but I just wanted to make a statement. Make myself known at this school." She replied nonchalantly.
"Did you mean what you said in your song?" Adam asked.
"Of course I did!"
"Well your song really made me feel a lot more confident in myself. As you can probably already tell, I'm a transgender. I'm a girl, but I'm a boy between the ears, and I just want you to know that I think you're amazing." Adam said honestly.
Lily started to blush at what he said so she looked down and mumbled a 'thanks'. When she finally looked back up she caught the boy wearing eyeliner staring. She smirked.
"Look who's staring now. By the way I never caught your name."
"It's Eli, and sorry but you just 'fascinate' me thats all." He said with a smirk using her own words against her.
She rolled her eyed and came to the realization that this boy was going to be a major problem for her.
But this was only the beginning, this was the start of something new, life changing, mind boggling.
She wanted to know this boy, she wanted to know everything about him yet she had no clue why.
She sighed.
This is going to be one very long year.
Authors Note: Now I know Lady Gaga obviously wrote that song & everyone knows it, I was just using it as a sort of filler to go with the story,
Trust me, it'll all make sense in time.
This is only the beginning. None of you really know anything about Lily yet except that she's determined for everyone to know who she is, & she's determined to REBEL.
I hope you all like this, more to come soon!
xoxoxoxo TATA MY LOVELIES.
L.S.S.A ;D.