For those of you who are as obsessed with Degrassi as myself than I'm sure I'm not the only one obsessive over these brilliant new characters... I did have another fanfiction for degrassi...But this weeks episodes on the boiling point have simply fascinated me...I love Adam and I adore Eli...and enjoy Fitz...So here's to you newbiez...
Yes. I'm using my OC...I didn't use the same name as my other Degrassi fanfiction however.
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And leave reviews and suggestions..This will NOT be a one shot..I plan to add on to this story daily/weekly at the latest (:
"Plain Ole Social butterfly"
Chapter one
Sadie was not anywhere near accustomed to being around her peers, those of which her own age…. that much she had in common with the rowdy students at Degrassi. That of age. That being the only common trait between Sadie Vardella and those attending Degrassi. She was different than most kids her own age.
She had developed a brilliant adaptation to moving around and going new places, as she had been a foster child for most of her life and was continuously tossed from two bright willing parents, to the next lottery winners.
However the young Sophomore had never quite grown an adaptation for making friends, and conversing with individuals her own age. Sadie had grown more of a repellant. Chasing off those looking for friendship, Sadie knew better than to trust the word of a teenager in any situation.
And mingling with peers had never been an issue to begin with, she had always been home schooled. And Sadie counted this as a very deep blessing. She had learned so much more on her own time…She loved learning new things and experiencing new things as well.
But now everything was different.. Sadie had officially been adopted. Which she wasn't thrilled about, but had no prominent dislike about either. She was happy a family had accepted her and very much flattered.. Sadie must have been doing something right..Even being her antisocial semi reclusive self. She knew the Vardellas accepted her as she was, and even appreciated the quiet she brought to the household.
Sadie sat on her fluffy, enormous bed. Glancing around the large room, inhaling every which detail that erupted in this masterpiece that was her bedroom.
"Hey sweetie…How do you like it?...I didn't know what furniture would suit you….But you look like a lighthearted kind of gal…so I went with the canopy bed…with the dresser and loveseat set…." Mrs. Vardella said with a warm inviting smile.
"It's great Mrs. Vardella….Really glad I could finally officially move in…" Sadie replied shyly.
"Honey…We're family now…and while I don't expect you to call me mom…." She stopped midsentence and paced over and took a seat on the bed next to Sadie.
"You are welcome to call me Misty….And of course Mr. Vardella…well you can call him Will…"
Sadie nodded. "Well I guess I should unpack…"
Misty smiled and put her hand on Sadie's shoulder. "We're so happy this adoption went through….And I have a wonderful feeling you're going to love Degrassi…"
Sadie fought back the urge to gag. Instead she lied. "Yeah…Sure I'll love it…"
"I can't wait for you to make friends…and really experience being a teenage girl….You deserve all of this…and now you can finally relax….No more moving…." Misty practically beamed as she serenaded Sadie with her kind words.
"Yeah…Thanks…"
With that conversation under wraps, Misty stood up gracefully and walked out of the room, her long blonde hair dancing down her back as she did so.
Sadie sighed, dreading the next day, carefully plotting in her head how she could avoid the social chaos of high school, coming to the unpleasant conclusion that she was just going to have to stick it out.
Sadie was awoken by the soft voice of Misty gently cooing her awake.
"Honey….First day is here…We leave in an hour and a half…I didn't know how much time you needed to get ready…" She said from the doorway.
Sadie's eyes fluttered open, she squinted barely opening them as she adjusted to the harsh lighting in the empty still undecorated room.
"I'm up…." Sadie said as she stretched and yawned, she was still exhausted. She had stayed up until 1:30 previous night unpacking her clothes and books and putting them away. Sad fact, she still had unpacking to do after school.
Sadie got out of bed and headed to the bathroom that she had to herself, another adoptive perk. She had her own room, own bathroom, no other kids running around downstairs, no flustered foster parents rampaging through the house after the untamed children acting up.
All in all. It was refreshing. And it helped that Misty and Will seemed absolutely wonderful.
Sadie looked over her messy appearance in the mirror. Her black hair was a wavy mess. She smiled at her reflection, a laugh threatened to emerge from her belly. She walked back to her room slowly and quietly and retrieved the outfit that she had selected the night before and her straightener from a box she had yet to unpack.
It took only a brief half hour for her to fully straighten her hair, but that brief half hour was much to long for Sadie's liking so she made a mental note to straighten her hair before bed so it wouldn't take near as long in the morning to do her hair.
She hurried and threw on a pair of dark skinny jeans and a while floral V neck that showed her defined collarbone.
"Ready to go?" A voice asked.
Sadie jumped. "Oh…Misty…you scared me…" She said as she exhaled a deep breath.
She examined herself in the mirror. Her light brown eyes shimmered in the light contrasting with her dark black hair, that was straightened down, the beast that was Sadie's hair had alas been tamed.
Sadie smirked at the inside joke. "Yeah…Guess I'm ready…."
The car ride there was silent, except for a few words exchanged between Will and Misty about the big corporate meeting they would be attending in but a few mere hours.
"Here we are Sadie…" Will said as he pulled into the Degrassi parking lot.
"Excited?" Misty said as she turned in the seat to face Sadie who was absolutely mortified.
"Yes…." Sadie lied as she grabbed her shoulder bag and got out of the SUV.
"Bye…Misty…Will…" She said nervously.
Misty flashed a white smile. "Have a good first day..We'll be right here after school…"
Sadie nodded, turned and began up the steps. She frantically looked around the mess of students mobbing all around her. It would still be a horrible experience if she were starting at the beginning of the year… However being that she was starting a few weeks in, made this all the worse.
She was not much for asking for help, but Sadie was clueless as to where the office was, and needed to grab her schedule and textbooks now before classes actually began.
She noticed a boy before her, young had a baby face, and looked somewhat feminine in facial features..But masculine in wardrobe choice.
"Uhm…Excuse me…." Sadie said at practically a whisper, she tapped the boys shoulder lightly, barely grazing his shoulder.
The boy glanced at Sadie and looked her over carefully.
"Yeah?" he asked cautiously as if he were expecting something negative to escape from Sadie's lips.
"Could you…Could you tell me where the front office is?" She stuttered at the boy who looked relieved.
"Of course…Just…follow me.." He said with a goofy grin.
"I'm Adam…" He said looking at Sadie who was searching for her words. She had never been good at making small talk.
"Sadie…." She said offering a weak nervous smile.
"First day?"
Sadie laughed a little. "Is it really that obvious?"
Adam smirked. "Honestly?"
She nodded.
"Yeah, well it's pretty obvious….You look kinda scared.." he said in an understanding tone.
"But I promise…you'll like it here…its pretty uhm…interesting here at Degrassi.." Adam persuaded.
"So basically you're saying its drama drama here…." She said sarcastically.
Adam paused for a moment as he stopped in front of what was clearly the office.
"Basically…." He laughed. "Well here you are…Catch ya later…" Adam said with a smile as he walked away.
Sadie read over her schedule carefully and glanced over the room numbers trying to memorize them strategically.
First period: English 2
Second Period: Geometry
Third Period:P.E
Fourth Period: Chemistry
Fifth Period:Lunch
Sixth Period: Creative writing
Seventh Period:Choir
Sadie grinned, Misty had managed to get the electives she had hoped for, this was one positive in a day filled with negativity.
She slowly trudged down the hall, glancing at the room numbers on the wall. Again she didn't want to rely on asking for help but it was beginning to look as though that was what was going to have to happen.
That was until she saw the number on the next door she passed.
"24B"
Sadie walked in the classroom slowly, she analyzed the faces that sat within the room.
"Hey! Sadie!" A seemingly familiar voice called from the back of the room.
"Hey Adam…." Sadie smiled, somewhat relieved to see someone who knew her even a bit. Made her feel like less of a loser.
"Sit here…." He said motioning to the seat next to him which was in front of another boy, who immiediately caught Sadie's eye.
Sadie obediently sat down next to Adam and looked around the room uncomfortably.
"So this is the girl from this morning I've heard so much about…Must have made quite an impression on Adam here…" The boy sitting behind Savannah said with a smirk.
Sadie turned to Adam who was flushing a dark shade of red.
" Yeah…I'm Sadie…" She said turning and holding out a hand politely to the boy behind her.
She looked him over, taking in his face..He had shaggy dark brown hair and the most interesting sense of fashion. He was very attractive overall. And he seemed nice enough. A friend of Adams? Sadie wondered to herself.
The boy smiled beautifully and took her hand, shaking her small porcelain hand firmly.
"The name is Eli…." He said with a feisty tone
"Well…Nice to meet you…." She said shyly not looking him directly in the eyes.
"Are you nervous or something?" he asked, amused by her being so bashful.
"I'm just not a very social person…I'm more of a loner…" She said, only realizing how ridiculous she sounded after the words had crept their way out of her mouth.
"Oh…A loner eh?" Eli said fighting back laughter.
"You don't look like a loner…." Adam scoffed.
Sadie flushed with embarrassment.
"Looks can be deceiving" she retorted quietly.
"Well I guess Adam and I will have to stay by you're side….I mean loners at this school tend to be messed with….Wouldn't want that happening to our new friend here…" Eli said patting her on the back.
"No….Guess we wouldn't want that…" Sadie said looking up at the board tentatively.
She could feel Eli's eyes on the back of her head, this wasn't such a bad first day so far was it? She smiled to herself, she already had two friends. Maybe Sadie was more social than she gave herself credit for.
Sadie was shaken from her notes which she had been studiously scribbling away at, as the dismissal bell rang. She slowly stood up, her elbow hit her notebook edging it off the desk and crashing down to the floor.
Sadie glanced down at the yellow notebook, about to reach down and pick it up when Eli and Adam nearly crashed into one another as the two both raced to get the notebook.
Adam however had quicker reflexes and had the notebook in hand before Eli had time to think what happened.
"H…Here..Ya go Sadie…." Adam stuttered with a cute smile spreading across his flawless face.
"Thanks Adam…and uhm you to Eli…it's the thought that counts right?" Sadie said with a small chuckle.
Adam ignored the scowl that he was getting from Eli and pressed on.
"So uh…Sadie….Can I …Can I get yo digits…." Adam said in a goofy awkward tone.
Sadie looked a little surprised and bit her lip. "I actually am not getting my cell phone until like this weekend when I get my liscense.. That's when Misty is taking me out…" Sadie said nodding as she spoke.
"Oh…." Adam Said looking a bit disappointed.
"Whose Misty?" Eli chimed in.
Sadie sighed. "Misty is my… guardian…" She said searching for the right words.
Adam and Eli gave her a confused look.
"Guardian….You mean you're mom?" Adam asked with a sarcastic undertone.
"No….Misty just adopted me…Misty and Will that is..So I guess that makes them my parents?" She shrugged as if it were no big deal.
"Wait…When did you get adopted…Like when you were little?" Adam asked even more confused than he had previously been.
"Uh… I should probably get to second period guys….And so should you two…Hope we're not late because we're just so social…." Sadie joked, making fun of her loner comment earlier.
Adam nodded and gathered his things, Eli held his one folder in hand and also nodded at Sadie's suggestion giving her an alluring smirk.
"Guess you're just a plain ole social butterfly…." Eli said as the three retreated the classroom.
"So….Being that I'm still working on the whole social thing…And you two are the only people I know so far…lunch….maybe I could sit with you guys?" Sadie asked nervously. Not wanting to intrude on their time by any means, but wanted to plan ahead of time as lunch was the most dreaded part of the day for any new student.
Adam nodded vigorously
"Of course you can sit with us at lunch!" He said with a mile wide grin.
Eli rolled his eyes.
"Yeah…what he said…."
With those words exchanged, the three parted ways and went onward to their next class of the day.
Please Review and let me know you're thoughts thus far I have big plans for Eli, Adam, and Sadie...And even Fitz in the next few chapters..(: Enjoy. Please by all means critisize me...Help me make this a fabulous story(: