~ Chapter 1~
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Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi or any of the characters on the show.
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~Maya~
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"You did great out there! I couldn't keep my eyes off of you," Zig says as he wraps his arm around Zoe's waist.
"Thanks babe," She replies before giving him a quick peck on the lips.
Kill me now.
Zig insisted on me coming to Degrassi's home game with him to support Zoe and me being me actually agreed to tag along, even though our basketball team sucked. Something that I thought would be a fun time with my friends ended up with me watching Zig hoot and holler every time his girlfriend was in plain sight on the court. And to make matters worse, he hogged all the snacks. Trust me, I'm happy that their relationship is going great, but hanging out with them was a complete waste of time.
"Let's watch a movie together!"
Ends up with them making out.
"Let's go to that cheap concert this Saturday!"
Ends up with them taking cute couple selfies and grinding all over the place.
"Let's go to a party!"
Ends up with me leaving by myself because I can't find the two lovebirds.
And the worst one of all:
"Let's go on a double date!"
"So, are you coming?" Zoe asks me, as we make our way to the doors.
"Where?"
"To the Dot with us. We're gonna meet up with some people from school," She says as she stops to face me.
"Um, no, you guys go ahead. I promised Tristan I would go to his house right after the game," I lie, putting on my jacket.
"Oh, well see you later," Zig says, giving me small smile.
"Hey Madison, wait up!" Zoe yells before running over to her friend, dragging her boyfriend with her.
I sigh, taking out my phone and dialing Tristan's number. We made up about two months ago when Zoe basically forced us to talk to each other. She locked us in her basement until we calmly worked things out.
"Hey it's Tris, please leave a message after the beep."
I hang up, calling him two more times. On the fourth try, he picks up.
"Oh hey Maya! What's up?" He says in a strained voice.
"Nothing really. Are you okay?"
"I'm absolutely fine!" He insists, hitting something repeatedly.
Suddenly, Tristan drops his phone. A mini argument goes on in the background as he chases someone.
"Hey Maya!" Miles's voice appears on the phone.
"Hey!"
Yes, I'm even cool with Miles now.
"Look we're sort of busy at the moment, but if you call back in about half an hour, I'm sure Tristan will love to speak with you."
"Um okay," I manage to say before he hangs up.
Great. My best friends are too busy with their own love lives to mope with me and watch rom-coms.
I head outside, a cold wind blowing through my hair. I start walking home when something catches my eye at the window of a local convenience store that Grace works at.
Gummy bears!
"Hey GraceI" I yell over to her as I run inside, grabbing a pack.
I also take a bottle of Sprie and a bag of chips. Excitedly, I place my items on the checkout counter.
"Interesting items, Blondie. Watch you planning?" She asks as she punches numbers into the cash register.
"Just watching Catching Fire on Netflix, alone," I inform her, exaggerating my words.
I hand her some money, watching as she counts the change. She trickles coins into my palm and hands me my bag. She glances up at the clock before smiling at me.
"My shift ends in five minutes. You wouldn't mind if I tagged along?"
"Of course not. The more, the merrier!" I reply a little too happily.
After her shift is done, we head out the door and to my house.
"Aren't you supposed to be hanging out with rainbow & sunshine today?" She wonders, referring to Zig and Zoe.
"I did. They asked me to join them at the Dot, but there's only so much a girl can take. If I stayed around a second longer, I think I would've exploded," I explain.
"It was that bad, huh?"
"Dont even get me started. They are so perky a-and flirty and sexual. They just annoy me so much sometimes. Zig and I barely even hang out anymore. He walks her to school, he walks her to her classes, he walks her to her locker. He just follows her around like a lapdog. And I know that's what he's supposed to do, but I just want my best friend back," I complain, looking up to see Grace smirk.
"I admit it, Novak has been growing soft, but are you sure that's the reason why you're so annoyed?" She asks, raising an eyebrow.
I stop walking and look at her, confused.
"What are you trying to say?"
Grace just shrugs, picking up her pace. I stand there for a moment and try to figure it out. After realizing what she was thinking, I catch up to her.
"You think I'm jealous of Zoe and Zig?" I question, finally meeting her pace.
She stays silent, looking straight ahead.
"I mean, who wouldn't be? Their relationship is perfect, and I have been single for like five months now. I even heard that they're Degrassi's new 'it' couple," I start to babble.
Grace stops, rolling her eyes.
"I don't think you're jealous of their relationship, Matlin. I think you're jealous of Zoe," She says, annoyed.
"Why would I be jealous of Zoe?" I ask, more confused than ever.
"Maybe the fact that Zig is drooling over her, instead of you. Or that he is spending time with her instead of you. Or maybe, just maybe, because he's dating her instead of you," She finishes, before walking ahead of me once again.
"I am not jealous," I yell after her.
Standing there, I think as a cold breee hits my skin.
Is she right?
Am I really jealous of Zoe?
Could it be that all this time I have secretly had feelings for Zig that I just didn't know of?
Nah.
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"Peeta! My baby! Screw you Haymitch!" I yell, stuffing the last of my gummy bears into my mouth.
The movie was coming to an end and Haymitch rescued Katniss instead of Peeta. Even though I've watched this movie five times and read the the trilogy twice, I'm still pissed.
"At least Gale's okay," Grace says, chewing on some chips.
"I still can't believe your Team Gale," I mutter in disgust.
"How could I not? He's pretty hot."
"You finally like a boy and it ends up being a fictional character."
"Those are the only types I like. Real guys are way too much work. First, you have to get them to actually like you," She replies, defensively.
"Aw, Grace. Has a boy broken your heart?"
"What, no! I meant that its hard to find a guy that genuinely likes a girl. Not for the looks, but for the heart," She explains, looking at me.
Now that was deep.
Our heads snap to the door, watching as Zig and Zoe enter the house.
"Stop it," Zoe giggles as he nibbles on her ear.
Grace clears her throat obnoxiously loud. They look towards us, awkwardly moving apart.
"Hey Grace, Maya," Zig says, nodding his head towards us.
We give him a small wave as we take a sip of our sodas. Silence fills the room.
"I thought you were going to Tristan's house," Zoe gives me a questioning look.
"I changed my mind."
She looks over at Zig. They have a silent argument before she kisses his cheek.
"I'm gonna go now," She announces before walking out of the house.
Me and Grace look at eachother, shrug, and then start scrolling through Netflix for something else to watch.
"Really?" Zig says, annoyed.
"What's wrong Novak?" Grace asks innocently.
"Can you guys not take a hint. We wanted to be alone."
"I'm sorry, who was here first?" I ask him, grabbing our now empty bowl of popcorn and heading into the kitchen.
"You said you were going to to Tristan's and your mom isn't here. We thought we would have some time to ourselves," He replies, following me.
I scoff, "What did you think was going to happen? You're not allowed to have girls in your room without anyone else home. So If you thought you guys were going to have sex or somethi-"
"Who said it was gonna be in my room? The couch is pretty comfy." He interrupts me.
Gross.
"Since when did you care about sex?"
"Since when did you care about my love life?"
We stand there in silence. I push past him, putting a new bag of popcorn in the microwave.
"Just to let you know, I couldn't give two cupcakes about your 'love life'. You aren't exactly living life large. If you live in my house, you follow my rules." I say sternly, turning to face him.
"You're a control freak! You don't run my life; never have, never will. Maybe Miles was right to move on before he got too involved," Zig hisses.
How could he say that to me?
I step closer to him, giving him a shove.
"You're an ass!"
He stares up at the ceiling, trying to control his anger.
"And you're a bitch," He whispers harshly.
We just stay there, inches apart, fuming. I try to calm down, but after what he just said, how could I? It was highly disrespectful and rude, nothing like Zig. But seeing the flickers of anger and guilt in his eyes, I know I should just stay quiet.
"I'm just gonna go," Grace says, awkwardly watching us from the living room.
"No, stay. I'm done with this conversation," I state before grabbing the now finished popcorn and the bowl.
Sitting back down on the couch, I watch from the corner of my eye as he angrily snatches his phone from the counter and heads upstairs. I pour the popcorn into the bowl and hand it to Grace.
"Cupcakes, really?" She finally asks, raising an eyebrow.
"It just felt right to say," I defend myself.
She just shrugs and grabs the remote. We decide on watching Once Upon A Time. As the theme song chimes, a smirk appears acros her lips.
"And you said you weren't jealous."
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Hey it's Mizz Degrassi! This idea just popped in my head and I knew I just had to write it. At first, I was just going to make it an angsty oneshot, but then I saw all the potential it has. I'm sorry if some of the character seem OOC, especially Zig during their fight, but I feel like it just had to be written. I don't know exactly what direction I'm going with this story, so you guys can PM me any suggestions, or thing you'd like to see. Well thanks for reading and don't forget to REVIEW!