New girl's POV: AKA: Lola or Lo
Why did I have to move here anyway? I loved it at my old school and I wasn't even getting into that much trouble. I walked up these horrid steps. There was a girl with red-ish blond-ish hair and what seem to be her friends waiting for me. Were they the kids in the "Welcoming" program?
"Hi my name is Clare, and this is Alli, and KC." She said, shaking my hand and motioning to her friends. "Welcome to Degrassi. You're Lola, um, what was your last name, again?"
"Delacruz, and I like to be called Lo instead of Lola." I stated.
"Well, today I will be like your own personal tour guide." Clare said, heading into the building. She showed me where my locker was. Fortunately, it was near hers. I spotted this guy, he was attractive but I didn't think he was looking at me.Oh gosh, he's walking towards me.
"You're new around here. What's your name?" The guy asked.
"Um, I'm Lo."
"Well, Lo, it's a pleasure to meet you." He picked up my hand and kissed it. I wasn't royalty. Why was he doing that? "My name's Reese." I heard the bell ring, and saw Clare and what was his name? Um, KC, I think. Anyway, they waited for me behind Reese.
"We should get to class." Clare said, motioning to me. I followed her and noticed that Reese was walking in the other direction.
It was lunchtime. I sat beside Alli and Clare. Reese was sitting at another table. I think he was motioning me to sit by him. I gave him the one minute sign and started talking.
"What can you tell me about Reese?" I asked openly. Clare looked at Alli.
"He's kind of like a bad boy. He had a thing for Clare, but I think he's over it." Alli said.
"Do you guys mind if I sit over there?" I asked, halfway picking up my tray.
"No, go ahead." Alli said. I stood up and walked towards the table.
"May I sit here?" I asked.
"Yeah." Reese said. I sat down and started eating the food.
"Tell me about yourself." Reese demanding, breaking off from the conversation he was having with his friends.
"Um, what do you want to know?" I asked.
I told him pretty much everything about me. Then the day was over. I was at the bus stop, and saw Reese walking up to me.
"Do you want to go to the Dot?" He asked.
"What is that?" I questioned.
"Coffee shop."
I paused. "Yeah, do we need to take the bus?"
"We don't have to. But, if you want to, then we will."
"No, let's walk." I knew it would be like 500 miles away, (Exaggerating) but, I wanted to spend time with him.
When we were walking, I felt something touch my hand. My head snapped to my left hand, only to find Reese pull his hand away.
"Is it ok?" He asked.
"Yeah, of course." I said, and he took my hand again. I really blushed.
"You blush a lot. That's one thing I noticed about you." He said, grinning.
"Sorry." I looked away.
"Don't be. It's what makes you, you." He smiled. Too soon enough, we got to "The Dot"
"What do you want?" he asked.
"Whatever you're having." I said, walking through the door. I saw this one girl behind the counter. I think they told me that her name was Holly J.
"You new here?" Holly J asked, just as we were going to order.
"Yeah." I replied.
"Just so you know, we have a ton of drama at this school. Watch your back and don't be stupid ok, what's your name?"
"Lo."
"Ah, I'll have a new name for you soon. So, what would you like?"
"2 coffees with cream and sugar." Reese said, and paid the money. We got the coffees and we sat at the table.
"I like you." Reese said, out of nowhere.
"I like you too." I replied, and my phone rang. It was a text from Clare. We traded numbers 3rd hour. It said, hey. just so you know, I can help you out with the homework. I don't think that you will need it tho. You look smarter than me. =]. I grinned.
"What?" He asked, looking mad.
"Just a text." I said, defensively.
"From who?"
"Clare. Chill."
"I am chilled. Just I wish you wouldn't keep stuff from me." He looked at the door. I knew he wanted to leave.
"I don't want to get in a fight on the first day of school." I looked at my lap.
"This is just a disagreement, Lo. I think you need to take a chill pill."
"You know what? I think I'm going to leave. Thanks for paying. Uhh, I'll see you tomorrow." I started to leave.
He grabbed my wrist. It hurt.
"Don't. Leave." He said devilishly. I sat back down and he let go of my wrist. I slumped back in my chair. It was only a little fit, right? When I was done with my coffee I looked at him.
"You ready to go?" He asked. I just nodded. I looked at the clock on the wall. It was 4:30. I felt my phone vibrate a lot of times, but didn't want to answer it. Reese put his arm around me and we walked to my house.
"So, This weekend. You, me and the movie theater, and maybe my friends."
"Sure, just call me on what time and everything." I replied.
"Have you heard of the ravine?" He asked.
"No, what is it?"
"It's where people hook up." He whispered in my hair. I saw my house in sight.
I broke the silence. "Would you consider going there with me?" I questioned.
He stopped at my door. "Anytime." He said, and kissing me on the cheek. Whoa! We were going really fast! But, he was so cute.
"I have to go." I whispered, and opened the door to my house. I walked in and saw something I wouldn't want to see. A drunken mom in the kitchen, my sister 4 year old sister Lilly being beaten up by Liam and Levi, they knew better though, they were 7, and my 11 year old sister, Lynne was nowhere in sight.
"Liam! Levi! Knock it off!" I yelled as I dropped my bag and ran toward the fight scene. As I pushed Liam off of her, his hand hit the lamp. It fell and shattered. Glass was everywhere. "Everyone in their rooms, now! Be quiet until I come and take your point of view of this disaster!" I screamed. My life was so dysfunctional. Mom was a drunk, dad left us 3 years ago, and when I wasn't home, disaster struck. I walked into the kitchen. "Mom, go to bed." I whispered. She slumped over on me and scrambled to get to her feet. I literally dragged her into her room. I laid her on the bed, and put the covers over her. I left the room. "Lynne! Where are you?" I yelled, again. Yelling was a common thing in this house.
"In the bathroom." I heard a meek cry. I opened the bathroom door. I saw my sister on the toilet. I wanted to leave but, then I saw her underwear. They were filled with blood.
"What's wrong with me?" Lynne asked. She was shivering.
"No, no, no, no, nothing wrong with you. You had your period." I explained. "Didn't you learn about that in school?" I asked.
"I don't know." She said.
"Well, I'll be right back with some new underwear. Throw those away and stay here." I ran into our room, which I shared with Lynne and Lilly. Lilly was in her bed in the corner.
"What's happening to Lynne?" she asked, as I searched for Lynne's underwear.
"Nothing. You'll learn about it when you are older. Now, wait here and don't come out until I say." I ran out and came back in the bathroom.
"Here, put these around your legs." I motioned to the underwear. I opened the cabinet and found the pads. I handed it to her. "Put this right there." I pointed to the underwear. "Ok, I have to go sort out something. If you need me, just holler." I went into my brother's room.
"What were you guys thinking?" I asked. They just sat there."No TV for the rest of the day. Levi, Go get the brooms out of the closet, and Liam, get the vacuum. And someone turn the TV off." I ordered. I ran into my room where Lynne was lying on her bed and watching TV. "Lilly, what happened?" I asked.
"I was playing Barbies and they got mad because I was talking out loud with my Barbies. They were playing cowboys." She explained.
"Ok, are you ok now?"
"Yes."
"The boys will apologize later. Stay in here and watch TV with Lynne." I walked out and walked into the living room. Liam and Levi were standing in the kitchen with the items. I grabbed the broom. "Go apologize, then to your room." I started cleaning up the glass. Out of nowhere I heard a voice. It startled me, I jumped and my palm of my hand crunched into the glass. I whimpered and looked behind me. It was my mom. "Mom. Go back to bed." I demanded. She left and I looked at my hand. It was filled with glass. I stopped what I was doing and cried. The teardrops hit the shards of glass in my palm. I found some gauze and put it around. I would fix it up later. I made a simple supper. "No one in the living room from here on." I kept repeating. When supper was over, I went into the bathroom, and sat on the counter, right by the sink. I grabbed a washcloth and rubbed all of the shards out of my palm. When I was done, I rested my head on the wall. I picked up my phone and called Aunt Kathie. "Aunt Kathie?" I asked.
"Oh, hey Lo, what's up? It's really late, shouldn't you be in bed?"
"We need help." I stuttered. "Come to Toronto. I can't do this by myself." I broke out into sobs.
Ok, that's the end of this chapter. What did you think? Ok, I need some help from you. Reese has like, what, 4 friends or so, could you suggest names? Ok, well yep, thanks if you are going to suggest names. =] I really appreciate it. I can't go on with the next chapter without names!!! =]
