Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own Degrassi or any of the characters mentioned in this story:/

Ok so this is my second crellie story. It's a bit AU, Julia is alive in this story and married to Joey still, so Craig never gets abused or anything. I really love writing crellie, so I hope you like this and any feed back is greatly appreciated:D

The 5-year-old ginger laughed loudly as her dark-haired best friend chased her around the playground.

"I'm gonna catch you El!" Craig yelled as he got closer.

"In your dreams!" Ellie hollered back. Craig made a final leap, landing on top of Ellie.

"Gotcha!" He smiled proudly.

"Just a lucky day." Ellie murmured, smiling along. The school bell rang and the two quickly jumped up and ran into the class. The little class chattered while calming down from playing outside.

"I love you Ellie, you're my best friend...We should get married!" Craig suggested suddenly.

"Married?"

"Yeah. My Daddy and Mommy always say they are best friends, and they're married, so...we should too!" Ellie turned her head slightly, then nodded eagerly, agreeing.

"Ok class, let's settle down and write in our journals. Today we're going to write about what we want to do one day." The kids opened up their journals and turned to a page with the words 'One day I will...' already written on the page.

"Let's write it down El, so we won't forget." Craig insisted.

'One day I will...' Marry Ellie Nash

'One day I will...' Marry Craig Manning

"Now we have to pinkie swear on it, Craig." Ellie said holding out her pinkie. Craig smiled brightly, linking their pinkies.

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Ellie raised her eyebrow, questioning who Craig was talking to by his locker.

"Hey Craig." She walked up to them, glaring slightly. For some reason she wasn't to fond of this blonde-haired blue-eyed girl who was talking to Craig.

"Ok, see you then." Craig smiled as the girl walked off. He turned to his best friend, excited to tell her the good news.

"Hi El, you won't believe what just happened." Ellie's eyebrows furrowed together, what could have just happened between him and the blonde?

"The Craig Manning just got himself his very first date!" Ellie's heart sank as he said that, and honestly, she didn't know why.

"That's-that's great Craig, I hope you have fun." She faked a smile.

"Thanks, see you in class." He said. She turned to watch him walk off, wondering why she felt like this. She should be happy for her best friend, he just scored himself a date. Not that it would amount to much, they were only 13, but it was still good, wasn't it? Ellie shook her head as she tried to clear this feeling from herself. This was her very best friend, she should be ecstatic and happy for him. So why did she feel so...jealous?

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"Can you believe it El, today is our first day of high-school!" Craig couldn't wait to get out of the car. Ellie and him were both transferring to Degrassi Community School. There would be new people, new teachers, and Ellie would be there every step of the way. Ellie and Craig grabbed their bags as Joey pulled up to the school. They climbed out of the car, taking in the front of the school.

"I know Craig, Degrassi is gonna be so much better. I can't wait to meet new people, try new things. All while having my best friend with me." She couldn't contain the smile that spread across her face. All their lives they had been best friends, and it could get overwhelming sometimes. For a while, Ellie denied the feelings she had for her curly-haired best friend, but then she just accepted it. She never did get the chance to tell Craig however. She found out that Craig was quite the player. Since his first date a year ago, he'd gone through girlfriend after girlfriend, unintentionally hurting Ellie. She would be so grateful to start fresh in a new school, where no one knew them. Then maybe she could tell her feelings to Craig and hope he felt the same.

"This school doesn't start at noon, go on you two!" Joey shouted from the car. He waved to them one last time before driving off.

"Ready El?" Craig asked, holding out his hand.

"Of course." Ellie nodded, taking his hand as they walked up the stairs of Degrassi, excited to find out all that it had in store for them.