My name is Roxanne, Roxy for short, and that's what I am, short. I'm a 5 2' blonde haired blue-eyed petite junior that just transferred to degrassi community high school. I'm not particularly excited, because I'm used to moving. Having a dad in the military is kind of a bummer because every time I make a friend I move. No time to get romantically involved. But here, in Canada, will be different. I will make a name for myself I will get noticed and when I move I will be missed. This is my story.

Day 1

Not only did I spend a ton of money on a new wardrobe for my 'new start' but I Loved all my new clothes, that's right, lov-ed. Past tense and by that I mean that the wonderful castle they call degrassi has uniforms. At my last school (a private all-girls school) my dad got the principle to lift the whole 'school girl' uniform. I had no way to express myself through those clothes. Hemp pleated plaid was not the message I wanted to send off.

"Rox! Time to get goin' I gotta go to work!"

"Coming Daddy dearest! I'll be down after I finish hanging myself from my fan on these khaki pants!"

"Can you hurry up, Rox? Not the perfect time to be late!"

I met him at the bottom of the stairs with my hands in my pockets and an artificial smile on my face.

"Good morning sunshine, here's your lunch"

"Dad, no one takes lunches to school anymore, can I have some money to go out for lunch?"

My dad handed me a crisp fifty, when I gave him a questioning look he said, " I'm working a double shift, won't be home until late. Can you go grocery shopping for me?"

"Okay, but don't work yourself too hard this time daddy. You know what happened last time."

"I know, I have it under control, you don't need to worry about your old man anymore."

And so I gave him a peck on the cheek and headed out. My uniform was on the fence between appropriate and breaking the dress code, and I didn't know if they would let me wear it. I did some tweaking here and there but now I would actually wear this on the weekends. Or not. I was wearing a red tank top with a long, one size too big degrassi jacket, buttoned on the middle synched in the waist by a thin red belt. The only thing I would change was the pant. I was wearing cargo pant capris they were khaki but not the pants Degrassi had in mind, with my red flats and hair in loose bohemian curls. I was a showstopper.

I arrived in my red convertible bug and I felt amazing, that is before I saw everyone sitting outside the steps. Everyone looked like they stepped out of GQ and into everyday modern high school. The girls all looked like they had a personal stylist and the guys looked good enough to eat. I re-applied my lip-gloss and held my head as high as I could get it and sashayed into the beginning of my most memorable year yet.

Locker number J199. J? What is J? Where is J?

"OOOFF!" All the air in my lunges rushed out.

I was to busy looking down at my schedule to notice I was weaving in and out of my lane in the hallway. So of course I ran into someone.

"I'm so sorry," I said as I was separating our things into neat piles. I stopped when I saw my favorite issue of 'The Goon', " this is my favorite issue much better then the privy-."

I stopped when I looked into the questioning glance of the first GQ model I met that day. And I wasn't disappointed.

"Hi, my name is Roxanne, Roxy for short."

"Eli." He said answering my unspoken question.

"Sorry about before I was just spacing trying to find my locker…." I said while lifting my slip of paper with my locker information on it.

He slyly slipped it out of my hands and lifted one side of his mouth in the cutest half smile I have ever seen.

"Right next to mine. Follow me."

I trailed behind him looking at his red collared shirt and khaki pants. His shoulders were broad and muscular. He had the most perfect dark brown shaggy sex hair I had seen.

"I was gonna have my girlfriend move into it. But I guess ill have to wait."

My disappointment was written all over my face, and he could tell.

"Where's your first class?"

" Biology room 217?"

"I'll walk you there."

"Thanks." I blushed and gave him a shy smile.

He wasn't the tallest person that I've met, but I still had to look up in order to meet his mysterious green eyes. Which were now filled with humor.

"What?" I asked.

" Your pretty cool."

"Thanks.' I said again, blushing in the process.

"You say that a lot."

I haven't been here for an hour and I think I'm in love.

So when I walked into my first class on the first day at my new school. I was late, which automatically gave everyone the right to turn around and look at me while I entered Mr. Sheeleys class. They were all getting ready to do a Lab where we're gonna test algae for ecoli. Did I forget to mention, I'm a humongous nerd? So when the teacher announced me and set me down at my lab station with my very own pair of goggles, gloves, and apron. I finally looked up at my lab partner.

He was a tall, tan, muscular, dark haired, GOD. He had a smile as white as snow and eyes that twinkled like stars. His black hair was gelled up in the front giving him the perfect look.

"Hey, I'm Drew Torres, you must be new here. Well, duh, your new."

"I'm Roxy. And it's okay I babble a lot of the time too." I gave him a re-assuring smile that he accepted immediately.

"So, I have to be honest by saying, I don't know how to day any of this stuff, and will probably never learn."

"It's ok, I did this same section at my last school."

"Cool." He chuckled nervously. Awkward.

I wanted to see Eli again; he was nice and had a dark side. I loved it. I walked to my locker to find a pale short curly haired girl standing in front of Elis locker. She looked a little upset. So this is the Girlfriend. I thought menacingly.

"Hello." I started.

"Good afternoon." The girl said.

"I'm Roxy."

" My name is Clare, it's a pleasure, Roxy." Literated little girl, isn't she?

Our conversation stopped when Eli met Clare at his locker.

"Clare, I don't want to this now, or here." He complained.

"When are we going to talk about this Eli?"

" When you finally see it's never gonna happen, and we can have a discussion based on facts and not faith."

They're fighting about religion, as far as I can tell. He's an atheist. She's a….. Christian? She has a cross necklace and a purity ring, and she was wearing conservative clothing, even with the uniforms.

"See you in English?" She asked timidly.

"Whatever."

She bit her lip and looked at him, seeming to have an unspoken conversation. He sighed and opened his locker, which was cluttered slightly.

"Where's room 119?" I asked.

"I'm going there too, we can walk there together."

I tried not to seem to excited when I agreed, but I was still trying to hide the enthusiasm in my face. Unfortunately Math was not my best subject.

"Was that your girlfriend back there?" I asked, in order to get more information about his relationship status.

"Yeah, she's been bugging me lately about my beliefs." He scoffed

"I don't really think of that kind of stuff."

"That's how I wish she was, I mean, I accepted the purity ring and going to church every Sunday thing. But she needs to give me my space." He seemed really annoyed.

"It really does bug you, I mean, the whole purity ring thing." I stared deeper into his eyes, which seemed to be holding his soul on display for me to see.

He shrugged," It's what she wants, and who am I to choose what she believes in?"

"You mean like what she's doing to you?" I asked almost confused.

"Yeah, I guess." He seemed kind of bummed out, but I let it go.

" Do you know any good places to eat around here?" As if on que my stomach growled signaling that it was almost my time to eat.

"Yeah there's this Café called 'The Dot' it's kinda like the place to be around here."

"Great, Do you know the address?" I asked, hopefully he wouldn't and have to show me, this Friday night, alone, and then guide me there with his lips-

"I'll show you at lunch, I don't feel like dealing with Clare." Yes, that's 1 for Roxy 0 for Clare.

"Than-I mean Cool." Wow, I do say thanks a lot.

The class seemed to roll on forever, unless I was looking at Eli, or out the window. Linear functions were interesting, but I already knew how to solve them, so I wasn't loosing anything by dozing off.

"Ready to go Roxy?" God damn, I loved it when he said my name.

"Yeah, let me get my coat…Do you wanna drive or shall I?"

"Mortys having a slight problem with his carburetor, so if you wouldn't mind…"

"No problem, Galaxiattacks fairly new, so we shouldn't have any problems."

"Galaxiattack?"

"She's a disepticon."

"Ahh, I see." We both grinned at each other before leaving to eat lunch together.

"No, there is no way that you have every issue of The Goon. That is my favorite comic!" Said Eli Disbelieving.

"It's true, I have every single one. Even down the last editor's copy. I'm a solid Goonatonian." I said while chuckling.

"You have got to let me see them sometime." Eli said," You know, with my friend Adam." He added awkwardly.

"Anytime, I have this weekend open, my dad has PT and wont be back until Wednesday." I informed, a little hopeful that he'll take me up on the offer.

"Great." Eli said.

"Yeah, great." I couldn't contain my smile from the arrangement we had just made.

"Hey, listen, we better get back to school, my next class starts in 10 minuets." Eli hinted, while changing the subject.

"Oh, yeah, me too. I have English next." I said.

"Really? With who?" Eli asked. He looked hopeful, but it was probably just my imagination.

"Uhmmm, Mrs. Peters." I answered, hopeful we had the same class.

"Oh, you're taking the college level class, as a junior. Impressive." He said while standing up with another famous smirk.

" Yeah I guess. I wish I could take the normal one though; I hate being the wiz kid all the time. It's only because I moved that I know more. Not because of some supernatural ability, you know?" I asked

" I don't know, but I guess so." He said, and we shared a laugh.

We exited the doors to The Dot, and entered my little car, returning to the school of drama.

As I walked into my next class, I saw a familiar face.

" Holly J?" I yelled excited.

" I said I would review the yearbook aft—Roxanne? Oh my God, what the hell are you doing here?"

"My dad got transferred, again. I didn't realize you went here!" I was so happy and confused. I felt like throwing up rainbows.

"Oh, yeah, I forgot the whole military thing. Must be a pain, huh."

"Yeah, kinda, but the worst part is—" I was interrupted by the teacher. " Dot, after school?" I asked Holly J.

"You have this town memorized already? Okay sure, but we better make it tomorrow, I have to read some article in the new yearbook layout and-ugh."

She rolled her eyes, and took her seat to the right of me and up two seats, next to a dark brown curly haired girl, who I recognized, but couldn't pinpoint her in my memory.

Me and Holly J met at a internship with a magazine a few years back, we both shared the same love for writing and clothes, of course Holly J was looking for another little something to put on her college application, but I, was seriously interested in the art of fashion.

The whole time I couldn't help but stare at Mr. Tall Dark and Handsome sitting in front of me. He looked Indian, it was unique, and I like that. I waited until the last 10 minuets of class, which was our 'free time' to talk to him, and introduce myself.

"Excuse me?" I said.

He turned around when I tapped on his shoulder lightly. At first he seemed kind of tired and sad, but then he put on a fake smile and said his hellos.

We only talked for the next 7 or 8 minuets, but I could tell he was carrying s lot of extra baggage, not attractive.

The rest of the day went by pretty smoothly, I met some grade tens who seemed really interested in me. Weird. And I kept getting glances and side smiles from Elijah Goldsworthy. And, yeah, maybe I looked him up on the school computer and happened to read all of his 'achievements', which, there weren't very many. He took shop his freshman year, and he accels in English, even though most of his poems and stories all include a dark underlying topic. I was still very interested in winning him over.

The last bell rang, and I left school slowly, wanting to see Eli at his locker before I went home for the day. I herd him talking to his girlfriend again.

"But, Eli, when we have kids, how are we going to raise them? Christian or atheist? Are we going to stress the importants of school or music? I don't understand how our future will look together. But I do want a future together." The girlfriend said.

"Well Clare, as long as you're deciding my future for me. I'm gonna start living in the now. I can't be with someone who cant focus on today, and only thinks about our differences. I need someone more like…. like…. like Roxy." He sounded strained, but like he knew what he was going to say, when he said he wanted someone like me, he sounded almost as surprised as I felt. I herd Clare gasp and sniffle.

"If that is what you want. Who am I to stand in the way or your happiness? Go, and be with the girl you met this morning. I'll be waiting here when you see you don't know her at all. I'll be here. I will. I promise." She started sobbing quietly and backed away and started walking the other way. Maybe if I come down the longer side of the hall, he wont think I was spying on him, but just when I turned the corner putting the smile back on my face, I herd him punch the lockers as he yelled.

"GOD!"

"Hey stranger." I said timidly, making my way toward him.

He took deep breathes in and out of his nose, but he acted calm when he saw me." Oh, he-hey, Roxy."

I was excited because I thought he was gonna ask me out almost immediately, but when he turned around with his hands behind his head, I knew he was livid, and wasn't in the mood for romance. I grabbed my books and walked outside to see Eli in a black hearse with skulls all over it, drive away in record time.

I quickly got into Galaxiattack and went to the grocery store.

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"Home sweet home" I said while putting my keys in the bowl by the door and carrying the groceries inside. I shut the door behind me and started to put everything away. When I put the last soup can away, I looked over at the time. Eight forty-seven. Oh joy, dad still isn't home. I decided to text one of my newly made friends today.

Hey Jenna Its Roxy

Hey Rox! Wats up gurl?

Oh nothing, just waiting for my dad to get home.

Dos he always wrk l8?

Yupp, and he's never home on weekends, usually:/ R u thinking wut im thinking! :D Haha, no, what are you thinking? PAR-TAY!

Ohhhh yeeeahhh ;)

So me and Jenna started planning the most epic party degrassi has ever seen. When my dad got home it was almost ten and I was done with all of my homework, including French.

"Hey dad, can I have some new friends over this weekend while you're at PT?" I asked sweetly.

"How many?" Damn. I was hoping he wouldn't ask that.

"Oh, I don't know. I just thought it would be a good way for me to actually make some friends this time." I pulled out the military card. Daddy could never say no to my puppy dogface.

"Oh, uh, sure thing sweet heart. I'll just give you the credit card. But I wan the whole place clean when I get back. And no more than 200 on food. I expect only 200 to be spent. 200 only okay. 200. Do you understand, or do I have to say it a couple more times?" My dad said, holding back a chuckle.

"Wait so 300?' I said.

"Night Roxanne."

"Goodnight dad." I went upstairs opened my laptop to a picture of Eli, "Good night, Elijah." And went to sleep.