"Mackie we need to leave." K.C. said pocking his head in my door. I threw a pillow at the door. "Mackie! Seriously?"
"Go….away…" I moaned.
"Alright, I can't wait to fill in Degrassi with all your secrets."
I sat up straight as a board, "You wouldn't." I glared.
"And the first one will be about how you dated a guy who Lady Gaga wrote a song about." He smiled, "Ale-Alejandro!" he sang.
"Erg!" I yelled in frustration, jumped out of bed, slammed the door locked and proceeded in getting ready for school. Degrassi, here I come.
I was slightly bobbing my head to song playing in my ears.
K.C. was talking to Jenna, a power squad-er who I had be-friend over the summer despite of K.C.'s complaining. I pulled out my iPod and changed the song.
"Your iPod is so old!" Jenna exclaimed snatching it out my hands. I immediately snatched it back.
"And? It still works." I replied, finding a song and hitting play.
"I'm going to buy you one for Christmas, or birthday, whichever comes first." she said, then starting talking to K.C. about the upcoming Football game.
I put my thumbs through the home-made holes in the sleeves and stuffed them in my pockets. Sure it's summer, but I'm freezing.
"Hey Loser." despite myself, I looked up at K.C., who had an all-knowing smirk.
"What dweeb?" I replied, glaring my eyes slightly.
"Welcome to Degrassi!" Jenna smiled, giving me an awkward sideways hug. I looked around and saw students in various places on the campus, giving this school a care-free aura to it.
"I'll go get your schedule." K.C. said, kissing Jenna's forehead and then jogging off into the school, several guys saying "hey's" and such to him.
"Excited?" Jenna said smiling at me.
"Yeah…I guess." I said slightly turning down my iPod. I pushed the nose of my glasses up more.
"Your really pretty Mackie, you should wear you contacts more."
"I only wear those to shoots." I said, referring to my 'double-life'.
I model part time for various clothing stores and magazines. When ever I'm at a shoot or anything else having to do with my job, I become a fabulous girl who every girl dreams to be. The perfect hair, bright eyes and flashy smile. But when I'm at home, I'm in my glasses, a t-shirt, jeans, and converse. Go ahead, call me Hannah Montana, but it's just the way I am. I change to something everyone wants to be to get paid, to have money, but then I'm me every where else.
"Still, the guys here would be crawling all over you. K.C. would become even more protective." she laughed, looking at his approaching figure.
"Uh no thanks," I laughed. K.C. is like my brother now.
"Your first period is English 11...wait aren't you only a sophomore…?" he said squinting at the piece of yellow paper.
"Yeah, I'm good at English though." I said taking the paper out of his hands.
"Okay well its room 201," and as if we where in some story, the bell rang, "good luck." he smiled and dragged Jenna off. She went willingly will waving furiously at me. I chuckled and walked up the steps into Degrassi.
I kept low in the hall, bumped a couple people in the shoulder…but kept low. And still…I got lost.
"Get lost?" someone said from behind me.
"Shut up K.C." I sired.
"loser your class is right there." he said. I turned around and noticed that he was pointing at a door I've walked by five times. Smooth, Mackenzie, smooth.
"Kay, well, by dweeb." and hurriedly walked to my class.
I opened the door and the teacher was taking roll.
"Uh…" I said shyly.
"One second dear." she said, she seems nice. "Clare Edwards…?"
"Here." said a girl with short curly hair, kind of pale, and blue eyes. She seemed like the kind of girl who got honor roll her entire life. I zoned out, standing awkwardly in the door frame.
"Elijah Goldsworthy?" the teacher…what's her name said snapping me back.
"Here." said a….good looking guy with dark hair that could cover his eyes, green eyes, and nice smile. He seemed like my kind of guy…great Mackenzie first day of school and you already have a crush.
"Uh…Mackenzie Annabel Baylee Marie…Guitar-as?" said the teacher, a few students looking around, and giggling. Although dreamy-Emo dude was staring straight at me.
I blushed several shades of red, in which no human should be able to produce,
"uh just call me Mackie." I said stepping out the door way. "And its goo-ty-air-res" I put it in pronunciation terms. Damn my dad for having a Mexican last name. Why couldn't I have my moms surname? Keel? Its easy! But no…I got stuck with Guitar-as.
"Okay Mackie, I'm Mrs. Dawes. Clare move to in front of Mr. Goldsworthy," Clare nodded and moved, "Mackie please take the seat behind him.
"thanks." I muttered, and walked to the seat, and sat down…all eyes on me. I pulled out a note book and began sketching to get the thought of everyone's eyes on me out of my head.
"and, Adam Torrez?" Mrs. Dawes said, finishing up role.
"here." said the boy beside me. I looked at him, he didn't…look exactly like a boy. I looked away before I was caught staring.
"Alright, class get into your English groups for the assignment, Mackie…uh, join Clare's group."
"Yes ma'am." I said still looking down, finishing my sketch.
I looked up and noticed Clare, Elijah and Adam was staring at me.
"um….can I help you?" I said slowly closing my notebook.
"Your new?" Adam said.
"Naw, I'm just here for the day then I'm leaving." I said sarcastically. Adam and Clare laughed while Eli stared with a smirk on his lips.
"Well in that case we need to get to work." Clare said, pulling out a notebook.
"How about we get to know the new girl." Elijah said, still staring.
"A couple questions, lets not scare her yet." she said, giving me a small smile.
"Alright, where are you from?" Elijah said.
"Puerto Vallarta, Mexico." I said, it flowing it perfectly.
"So your Mexican?" Adam asked.
"Half, my mom's from Cali."
"Why do you have so many names? I mean-" Clare said.
I laughed, "My parents couldn't decide on a name. My mom already had a daughter and my dad had a son, so they both had names and middle names ready. To solve it they just gave them both to me."
"So you have four names?" Elijah said.
"Yup." I said proudly.
"So what's the two sets?" Clare asked.
"Mackenzie Baylee was my mom's, and Annabel Marie was my dad's."
"oh, so why'd you move here?" Clare continued.
"Uh….my home life was…hard, so moved here with my cousin."
"Who's your cousin?" Adam asked.
"K.C. Guthrie, you know him?" I said looking at all of them. Clare went a bit ridged. "I moved into the Group Home with him."
"He's on the football team with my brother, Drew."
I nodded, and fiddled with edge of my notebook.
"Well, let's get to work."
After a while of discussing, our project was to do a scene about Romeo and Juliet but a modern twist to it. Clare was to be Juliet and Eli, Romeo. I would supply clothes and camera, Adam would record it. I felt a pang of jealousy when I found out Clare would be kissing Eli. And trust me, she didn't seem so distraught about it.
"So where are you going to get the clothes?" Clare asked.
"Probably my shoot this weekend." I replied.
"Your what?" Eli said, I called him Elijah and he didn't like it to well…
"I'm a model." I said quietly. Adam and Eli high-fived.
"not that kind of model!" I said covering my face with my hands,
"Then what?" Eli said laughing.
"for like Wal-Mart…"
"Oh well never mind." Eli said, smirking.
"Whatever." I laughed.
"So what's your shoot for this weekend?" Clare asked. Normally girls would be threatened, or shocked, she seemed stoked. Either the fact she new a model, or she was going to get a free awesome dress.
"Hot Topic," I saw Eli smirk, "Rue 21," Clare smiled wider, "and Ed-Hardy." Adam nodded. "Do you want to come?" I asked.
"they allow that?" Clare sounded shocked.
"Yeah, I'm not the only model who supposed to be there…and to be a bit stereotypical I hate models."
All three busted out laughing.
"Sure I'll come." Clare said, after the laughing died down.
"Be around model's for hours, what kind of guy would I be if I didn't?" Eli smirked.
"You had me at Models." Adam smiled.
"Great, meet me at the Dot on Saturday." I smiled, and the bell rang.
We all piled out the room.
I think I'm going to like Degrassi.
