Eli, Claire, and Adam exited Degrassi High School together just the same way as they had done ever day for the past several months. Nothing at that particular moment had struck them as unusual. Why should it have when they had no reason to believe that it was going to be anything but a normal school day, when in fact it was going to be a day that they may never forget.

Claire and Eli had walked up ahead, subtly flirting as usual. Adam was following several steps behind trying to shield his mocking glare when he came to an abrupt halt and said, "Hey guys, do you hear that?"

It would have been hard not to hear the sudden blare of scremo music that had erupted around them.

"What is that?" Claire shouted, covering her ears.

Eli, looking extremely pleased, replied, "That's 'The Comedown' by Bring Me the Horizon. I used to love this song."

Adam rolled his eyes, "Shocker."

Claire grabbed Eli's sleeve and started tugging on it frantically, "Eli, either someone else in this school drives a rare vintage hearse to school, or that music is coming from your car."

They all turned around to look, and sure enough the source of the music was none other than Morty himself.

"What the..." Said a rather confused Eli. He stalked over to his car, the other two following close behind him.

Eli stuck his head through the already rolled down window and punched the power button on the radio but the song continued to play. Right before Eli could bring himself to ask where is that coming from, he heard Claire shriek "Eli look out!" And not even a moment later, Eli felt someone jump on him from behind and he fell back onto the curb.

"Get off of me!" Eli yelled. He grabbed the arm of his attacker, and was just about to snap the person's wrist in half when a familiar voice cried "Eli!"

He looked up, and at first he couldn't believe his eyes. It was a girl on top of him. She had wild black hair and her eyes were coated with more eyeliner than the guys from Panic at the Disco. She was dressed in slick black clothes along with a skirt that came up just above her knees. She had big, bulky boots just like Eli's.

Stunned, Eli asked, "Kaylie?"

The girl laughed with excitement, "Eli, it's been forever! Just look at how long your hair got!"

At a loss of words, Eli let go of the girls arm and sat there dumbfounded.

"Well it hasn't been that long." The girl said, folding her arms, "You look like you're seeing a ghost."

"What? No, no..." Eli said, snapping out of his trance, "I...I'm just surprised is all."

Adam cleared his throat awkwardly and nudged Claire's arm, "Am I the only one who feels like they've missed something here?"

"Oh," Eli said, casually trying to hide the fact that he had forgot Adam and Claire were still there.

He and Kaylie got to there feet and Eli said, "Guys this is my...well this is my sister Kaylie."

Claire's eyes widened with surprise, and Adam chuckled, "I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that you two are twins."

Standing side by side, it was pretty obvious of their resemblance, and how they looked almost embarrassingly alike.

Kaylie scanned herself, than looked to Eli and smiled, "Well I wouldn't say that it's the most well kept government secret."

"No kidding." Said Adam.

Claire opened her mouth into a near perfect oval, clearly still trying to wrap her brain around the situation.

"I'm sorry," Kaylie muttered, "I'm being rude aren't I?" And she walked over to a stereo that was sitting on the sidewalk and turned off the music. "Eli and I used to listen to that song all the time, and I just got really bored waiting here all day." She spoke about a million miles a minute.

Claire took a breath and turned to Eli, "You never told us you had a sister, let alone that you were a twin."

Eli paused, "It didn't exactly come up in the context of conversation."

Kaylie frown, her cheerful mood was now weighed down by sadness, "You mean you didn't tell them about me?"

Eli opened his mouth to answer but Adam quickly interjected his skepticism, "Wait, if you're Eli's sister than why don't you go to Degrassi too?"

Kaylie and Eli exchanged looks.

"Because," Said Eli quickly, "Kaylie was living with our aunt in Arizona for the past few months while we were adding an edition on to our house."

Adam raised his eyebrows, but Eli pretended not to notice. He jammed his hands in his pockets and said, "I should take you home Kaylie. Dad is probably panicked with fear that you've been kidnapped by gypsies again."

"Yeah...I guess. Well..." Kaylie bit the corner of her lip, "It was nice meeting both of you."

"I'll call you later." Eli told Claire as he slid into the driver's seat. Kaylie hopped in the other side and they sped off. They both stayed eerily quiet for the entire ride home but they remained in the car even after they pulled into the driveway.

Finally Kaylie broke the silence, "Why didn't you tell your friends about me Eli? Is it because you're ashamed of me?"

"What? Of course not! How could you possibly think I'm ashamed of you?"

"Well you didn't look all that thrilled to see me in the parking lot."

"That's only because I was so surprised...I just didn't know you had come home." He added when he saw the disappointed look on her face. He took her hand gently, "Look, you caught me off guard. I couldn't be happier that you're home, honest."

Kaylie smiled faintly, "I tried really hard back there with your friends, you know. I tried so hard." She blinked and tears welled up in her eyes but she quickly wiped them away with her hand.

Eli reached over and lifted her chin with his finger, "It's alright Kaylie. It's going to be okay."

Kaylie nodded half heartedly, "Hey, isn't that my necklace?" She asked, trying to lighten the mood.

Eli touched the silver guitar pick necklace around his neck, "Yeah, I know it was important to you and I didn't want it to get lost. I haven't taken it off since the day you left."

Kaylie brushed away another tear from her cheek and whispered, "Thank you Eli... So are you ever going to tell your friends the real reason I was gone?"

Eli turned away and grabbed the steering wheel, suddenly looking serious, "I will, but only when you want me to tell them... only when I know they can handle it."