Hey guys! Alright! This is my very first fanfic! And I'm doing it for palex…well because I love them. And if you are reading this I'm sure you do too! Ok so I guess I need to do a disclaimer. Umm I do not own Degrassi or any of its characters. I just want a chance to show the stupid writers of Degrassi how the whole palex thing should have gone. Anyway. I'm dedicating this chapter to gold.star.speaker. Because he or she told me to do my own fic so I am. And don't expect this to be perfect or great! But I do hope that you enjoy!

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Chapter 1: My Inspiration

God finally! The last day of school! Right now I'm in Mr. Simpson's class sitting in the back. I could go and hang with Paige and Marco but I wasn't feeling to social at the moment. This morning mom and Chad woke me up extra early with their stupid yelling, and seeing as how I couldn't block it out I just decided to get up and get ready. Then just as I was about to walk out of the door, I accidentally bumped into Chad, and since he was to pissed off to care who it was he was hitting, he elbowed me in the face and sent me flying into the wall. At first I was really dizzy from the impact but then I came to my senses and hightailed it out of there. I ran all the way to school to make it there before any of the other students arrived. I rushed into the bathroom and cleaned off my lip. It was still split and kind of swollen but at least it had stopped bleeding. Then after a trip to my locker and a very painful half hour of listening to the stupid cheerleaders talk about their "Newest and coolest outfit" later, here I am, sitting in the back of the class looking like shit… hmm… Seems just about right.

I give out a sigh. God! Could this class get any more boring?! I lean my head against the wall and I start looking around for something to catch my interest, but I don't have to look far once I spot her. The infamous Paige Michaelchuck in all her glory. A small smile appears on my face. God she is so breathtakingly beautiful. Her hair, her body, her eyes. Oh man her eyes! I mean she has got to have the most gorges pair of eyes I have ever seen It's just to hard to take your eyes away from such perfection. my smile slowly turns into a frown when I see spinner. oh god what is he doing now?! That jerk is putting his hands all over my Paigey! And she's letting him!…wait… a small look of confusion comes across my face. my Paigey?…where did that come form…anyway… she could do so much better than him. I thought as I close my eyes in thought. I mean she is way to good for him. She doesn't even notice how he treats her more like a dog than a girlfriend. Another frown finds its way to my face. And I'm not completely sure, but there is a rumor that he's been cheating on her with that manny chick. Who the hell in their right mind would cheat on her?! he doesn't deserve her. And she deserves so much better. I just wish that she could see that.

I take a deep breath and open my eyes. I look up only to find Paige staring back at me. Our eyes meet and she smiles at me. I return it and our eyes are locked for a little while longer.

"Paige!" I hear from Marco. She quickly re focuses her attention to Marco while giving him an innocent smile.

"ugh! Did you not just hear me?!" Marco says getting a little louder than he needed to.

"sorry hon." she said with her cute Canadian accent. "I just got a little distracted" she glances my way and gives me a quick wink. I smile and blush as she turns away. I like it when she does that. It makes me feel all warm and tingly inside that I just want to sing high school musical with her…ok I am going to pretend that I did not just think that. I am getting way to soft.

sometimes I wonder if she feels the same about me. But then I see her with spinner and I know that she doesn't. it's just so hard to be around her! Not being able to tell her or show her how I really feel. Cus if I did…well…I might not have her in my life at all. Hey…that gives me an idea. I pull out my red composition note book and grab my pencil and just start letting the words flow onto paper. I love my little epiphanies! It just feels so cool to have the words just flow so smoothly onto paper. man I'm writing like a fricken mad woman!… ow! Cramp! Ok yeah good time to stop. I set my pencil down and try to shake my cramp away. man! Stupid cramp…ok all better now! Back to work I say!…ha-ha…I think I could have a career in voice overs…hmm…well maybe not…wow off topic much eh? Ok to the writing I say! I picked up my pencil and was about to write when I heard her.

"Heya stud." I didn't even have to look up to know who it was. I could never forget such an angelic voice…oh yeah…definitely too soft.

"Heya back." I said, not looking up. I notice how close she's standing and I look her up and down. She's wearing a pink shrunken blazer with a white tank top underneath. Oh and some very flattering jeans. Then I notice that I'm staring at a certain area that's not her face with a stupid smile on mine and I look away. I clear my throat nervously. "so, uh" I start off a little squeaky so I clear my throat again. "to what do I owe the pleasure of a lovely visit from princess pink?" I hear her laugh as she takes a seat next to mine.

"well I just noticed that you were a bit lonely over hear and decided to grace you with my presence." I smile as I finally look up at her. Her smile quickly turns into a worried expression. I look at her curiously and then it hits me. damnit. My lip. I try to look away but she places her hand on my cheek and makes me face her but my eyes look elsewhere. "Oh hon." she says in a soft whisper. "what happened?" finally my eyes meet hers with a 'what do you think?' look. She understands and slowly traces my lip with her finger. I close my eyes as I lean into the comfort. No one has ever been so gentle with me like she has. Not even my mom. "we'll talk about this later." she whispers to me once again. I nod my head in agreement and open my eyes. I hadn't noticed how close she had gotten. I could feel her breath on me at this point. But I guess she realized it since she pulled away. She removed her hand from my cheek and folded her arms on the desk. I just sat there waiting for her to say something. Or maybe I should say something. Just as I was about to speak she said "ooh! Whatcha writing?" she said in her squeaky voice. I followed to where her eyes were. Oh shit. My notebook.

"Nothing." I quickly say as I try to cover it with my arm but she's to quick for me. She grabbed it and held it out of my reach.

"aww! Is my wee Lexi writing some lucky girl a love letter a love letter? She taunted me as she stood up. Yeah she new I was gay. In fact everyone did. They don't seem to have a problem with it either. Not that I'm complaining.

"Paige come on." I said as I tried to reach for it again but she held it behind her back. I stood up and reached for it again but she backed up a little. "Paige!"

"Alex!" she said in a mimicking tone. I continued to follow her until she was backed into a desk. She realized that she was trapped and quickly turned so that her back was facing me. I quickly wrapped my arms around her but she held onto to my book tightly. Damn! I thought. This girl has a death grip! So finally I decided on a different approach. I unwrapped my arms and began to tickle the crap out of her sides. yes! That's right! Squirm! Squirm you worthless earthanoid! Mwahahahaha!…ok no more invader zim for me. "Ok ok! You win! Just please stop!" I lower my hands to my sides and smile victoriously. oh yeah! Don't mess with the lexinator!…ok no more late night movie marathons either. she turned around and handed over my notebook. "Not even a glance?" she's says with hope in her eyes.

"Nope. 'fraid not princess." I say as I walk back to my desk and put away my notebook.

" But that's not fair!" she whines with one of her famous Michaelchuck pouts. I can't help but laugh as I turn around to face her once more.

"Life rarely is my dear." I say as I lean in and poke her nose with mine. We both smile as we sit down next to each other.

"Hey there guys" I see Marco and the little gang walk towards us. "Hey." I say unenthusiastically as I watch Paige stand up and greet spinner with a kiss. ugh. Gross. I think as I roll my eyes. Thankfully it went unnoticed. Well maybe. I think Marco saw. "So any exciting plans for the summer?" he asked looking around at all of us.

"well I'm going to Ajax to visit my aunt." Said Hazel. I roll my eyes.

" wow. How exciting!" I say with sarcastic enthusiasm.

" well what's your plans for the summer?" she said taking a step forward. oh a challenge I see? Not far you will go!…no more star wars too.

I was about to speak when I was interrupted once again. "Ok class! Settle down. I know that it's the last day of school but please try to maintain some self control." the class quickly sat in their seats. " ok I have an announcement to make. I'm sure that most or all of you are familiar with the show American idol. They are sponsoring a contest here in Toronto. The class instantly broke out into whispers.

"what's the contest?!" some kid shouted. We all turned and looked at him like he was an idiot. "what?" he asks. what an idiot.

"You have to write and sing your own song, and the winner gets to go to Hollywood, California with 5 other friends on an all expense paid trip to compete in the actual contest over there." Mr. Simpson concluded. The class immediately broke out into a wild, talking, frenzy. Hazel and Paige were talking about how cool it would be to go to California while Marco and spinner were talking about how cool it would be to be on TV. I just zoned out on them as I looked in the direction of my notebook. A smile made it's way to my face as I thought of entering the contest. You see know one but Paige new about my musical talents, and seeing as how we've been friends since we were 11 of course she'd be the only one to know. Oh great…here it comes…a damn flashback.

ok! I have the cup-cake, the ice-cream, the movies, and the present. I continued to make sure that I had everything I needed for tonight until I heard a knock at the door. huh? Oh! Right! "uhh…c-coming!" I rushed over to the door and almost tripped on the rug. "Ah!" I let out a small scream. I stood still for a quick second. ok Nunez! Calm down! Be cool. It's just Paige. Your best friend. Calm down! I took a deep breath and opened the door and was greeted by Paige Michaelchuck in all her very pink glory.

"hey!" she said happily as she pulled me into a bear hug. I hugged her back while trying to breathe. She seemed to notice my dilemma and let go as a small blush made its way to her face. I laughed a little.

"happy birthday." I said as I handed her a pink bandana. She looked at me confused but took it none the less.

"umm…thank you?" I gave another small chuckle.

"No! put it on silly!"

"Oh!" she puts it on her head.

" No." I say with a laugh. "like this." I take it off of her head and put it around her eyes. But at the same time inhaling her scent. Vanilla and jasmine. Beautiful combination.

"ooohhh. I get it now."

"I'm sure you do." she hits my arm playfully. "Ow!" I laugh again while rubbing my arm. "Ok follow me." I whisper into her ear as I lead her into the living room. "alright, uh you sit down," I lead her to the couch and she sits as instructed. "and I will be right back." I walk to the kitchen. "And No Peaking!" I yell over my shoulder. I quickly light the candles on the cup-cake and bring it into the living room. I set the cup-cake on the coffee table in front of the couch and sit next to her. "You ready?" I whisper softly into her ear.

"Mhmm." she says happily. I smile and slowly untie the bandana, enjoying the closeness. Man she smells so good! I toss the bandana next to the cake awaiting Paige's reaction but for some reason she still had her eyes closed.

"Paige?" I ask as I place my hand on her cheek. She slightly leans into it.

"Hmm?" she questions back.

"You can open your eyes now you know." she opens them slowly and softly blushes. But her embarrassment soon fades as a smile takes over her face when she sees the cup-cake on the coffee table. "You should hurry and make a wish before the candles melt onto the cake."

"Aww! Alex! This is so great! thank you!" she threw herself onto me knocking us both over on the couch with her on top of me.

"ow! Yeah hey I'm glad you like it but I don't think my spleen should be feeling pain!" she looked down.

"oh. Haha sorry." she said with some embarrassment. We both sat up.

"well, what are you waiting for?" make a wish! She smiled at me and blew out all the candles. I got her a purple frosted cup-cake with little pink designs. Yeah I'm sure that you're thinking "well shouldn't it be the other way around?" well actually no. you see not many people know that Paige's actual favorite color is purple. I even started calling her Eyeore because of it. So in return she'd call me navy. You know, as in navy blue? Yeah well we would use those nicknames when we wrote to each other in class or when we would talk about each other to our friends but when we didn't want our friends to know it was each other that we were talking about. We had fun.

We spent the rest of the night watching Disney movies and talking about everything and nothing at all. It was almost 11 when we checked the time. "well I better be going. Mom is gonna start to worry." she stood up but I quickly grabbed her hand

"wait!" she turned around surprised.

"what?" she looked at me questioningly.

I stood up. "Um well there is still one more present." she looked at me warily. "please Paige!" I promise it will only take a few minutes!" she gave me another weird look. "please?" I said in a soft whisper and with my bestest puppy dog eyes.

"oh alright fine. You know I can't resist when you give me that look." I smiled and let go of her hand.

"tis the power of the almighty lexi!" I heard her laugh as I ran into my room. I grabbed my guitar and headed back to the living room. She looked at me shocked.

"you play the guitar?" she asked me as I took a seat next to her.

"yeah. I started when I was in like the 4th grade." I took it out of the case. I heard her laugh a little when she noticed the color of the guitar. Navy.

"Navy?"

"You know it" I smiled at her. I pulled the guitar onto my lap and tuned it a little. Once I felt the tuning was set I closed my eyes and took a deep breath before I started. I mean come on. I was about to sing for some for the first time in my life. And not just anyone. This was my best friend. "I worked hard on this so no laughing ok" I looked at her sternly. She nodded her head in agreement. She stayed silent to show me that nothing would come out of her mouth until I was finished. "ok. Here I go." I closed my eyes and started strumming my guitar.

"I won't talkI won't breatheI won't move till you finally seethat you belong with meyou might thinkI don't lookbut deep inside in the corner of my mindI'm attached to yoummmmI'm weakit's truecause I'm afraid to know the answerdo you want me too?cause my heart keeps falling fasterchorusI've waited all my life to cross this line to the only thing that's trueso I will not hideit's time to try anything to be with youall my life I've waitedthis is trueyou don't knowwhat you doevery time you walk into the roomI'm afraid to moveI'm weakit's trueI'm just scared to know the endingdo you see me too?do you even know you meant me!ChorusI've waited all my life to cross this line to the only thing that's trueso I will not hideits time to try anything to be with youall my life I've waitedthis is trueI know when I goI'll be on my way to youthe way that's truechorusI've waited all my life to cross this line to the only thing that's trueso I will not hideits time to try anything to be with youall my life I've waitedthis is true"

I opened my eyes and set my guitar down. I looked up at Paige to see her crying. "aww Paige don't cry!" I said while scooting closer to her. "was it that bad?" I asked in a whisper.

She laughed a little. "no. that was the most beautiful, most wonderful thing any one has ever done for me." she said trying to wipe away her tears. "thank you so much." she pulled me into a hug. I rubbed her back soothingly until her breathing had calmed down. We stayed like this for a little while longer. I looked up and saw that it was 11:30.

"pai-" I was cut off by a small vibrating noise on the table. It was pages phone. I opened it and saw that it was a text from her mother.

:Paige where are you?! Call me back when you get this!: uh-oh. She sounded a little mad. I didn't want to wake up Paige so I text her mom back for her.

:umm…hi Mrs. Michaelchuck. It's Alex. Paige is at my house and she fell asleep. Is it ok if she spends the night?

:oh. Hello dear. Yes it's alright. Be sure she comes home around noon. We are going to take her out to eat. Would you like to come?

: oh well yes thank you very much Mrs. Michaelchuck. Have a good night.

: you too dear. See you both tomorrow. I smiled as I set the phone back on the table. Who new my life could ever be this good. It's all because of you paige. Thank you. I thought silently as I kissed her forehead. She sighed into me a little more and we fell asleep on the couch.

I smiled again at the memory. ahh. Good times. I looked up at paige who was giving me a knowing smile. I smiled back and gave her a quick wink. She laughed. I turned away with a smile.

Translation.

"so are you gonna try out for the contest?"

"what?! And let these poor people miss out on the greatness that is lexi?! I think not!"

"haha. Oh my god lexi. You're so fool of it."

"And don't you forget it!"

I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. I pulled it out and saw that I had a new text from "paigey" :hey you. Are we still on for dinner at my house tonight. Mom is making her specialty.: this is another code we had. But I'll translate in a little. I replied back. :yeah we're on. What's your moms specialty?:

:Italian :

:lol. Good choice:

:come over around 6. K?:

:alright. See ya then. -N:

:see ya! -E: "

Aww but babe! Tonight is our anniversary!" spinner whined. Haha he was reading the texts! what a noisy ass.

"Oh I'm sorry babe! But my mom has been planning this dinner for the past week! One of her partners are coming and I have to be there. My cousin Natalie is interested in my moms line of work so she's coming. She held up her phone to show that she was talking to "Natalie" just now. Smooth paige. Smooth. Haha. "No need to ask he's a smooth operator!" I accidentally hummed out loud. uh-oh…people are staring…no more Sade for me…hehe…but it was still funny.

Translation-

Paige- hey are we gonna go out tonight? Use the code because spinner might be reading.

Alex- yeah sure. What do you want?

Paige- hmm… how about Italian?

Alex- Haha. My thoughts exactly.

Paige- pick me up around 6 ok?

Alex- as always my dear! See ya then. -Navy.

Paige- see ya. -Eyeore.

Alright! My first chapter is done! Now please tell me if I did good or not. Any criticism or advice would be great too! Oh and tell me your favorite love song! Because I will use it in the story. And tell me who you want to sing it and to who. I'll do the rest. Please read and review! I will update depending on the reviews. 5 or more and I will definitely update. But if I don't get any then I just won't update at all. It will take me about a week to update because it does take time to come up with ideas. Although I do have the whole story pretty much mapped out in my head. Yeah ok so r&r!! have a good day!