A/N: This is my first Degrassi fic and I'm in luv wit the new season and Eclare, so I'm making this. Hope u like!
Chapter 1:
I've Seen It All
I've been in Degrassi for 3 years now. I'm in the 11th Grade, I was once a freshman, and I despised every minute of it. You already know Degrassi for its reputation of being filled with drama. Well, I've never been in any of that. I just always used to watch, and sometimes pick a person up. But now, I'm tired of being behind the scene. I'm a junior now; I need to make a name for myself. At the moment, I'm Scar-Face. Long story short, I grew up in an abusive family. This left me with a scar over my right eye. I usually wear skinny hoodies with the hood up, so no one notices unless I accidently fall in the hallway. My real name is Georgia 'Ghost' Giovanni. My friends call me Ghost because I'm usually in the crowd and if I could, I'd be in the school walls, hearing everyone's little secrets. My friends consist of Clare, Adam, Eli, Drew, Alli, and more people that I can't count. They all became my friends this year, geniuses. I helped them out so we sorta became friends. And they helped me in return. You'll figure it out as the story goes on. And you'll figure out a few of my secrets. So, here we go. This is like, right before I re-met Eli or Adam, around the time that the rumor about Clare started.
"You are, like, so weird to me, G. You hang with us. And we're only in the 10th Grade!" Alli said throwing her hands up for exaggeration. I rolled my eyes and said "I hang with you guys because you aren't exactly like the other kids in this school. Stuck up and bully-ish." She was asking me why I hang with 10th Graders. What's so wrong with that? I could hang with the whole school if I wanted to, but I honestly don't want to.
"But, you could be massively popular if you didn't! Why would you risk all of that?" she asked. I stopped walking with her and said "I'm not risking anything. Besides, if anyone wants to say anything about it, I'll kick their ass." I said and continued to walk to the school.
"Ok, but what about your clothes?"
"What about my clothes?"
"It's not exactly eye-catching. Sorry, I thought you knew!" I sighed and pushed my brown hair back. Sometimes hanging around Alli really annoyed me, but I love the girl for it.
"Well, what do you want me to do about it?" She thought for a second and then said "Come with me and Clare shopping after school. We'll get you something that's oh-so your style." She finished with a smile. I thought for a second and let out a "Sure." She squealed and we continued to walk towards the school. Who knows how that will end up.
In the middle of the day, I started hearing about a rumor going on that Clare got a boob job. Which I couldn't help but laugh at. I mean, it's Clare we're talking about! She would never do something so desperate. So I asked her about it after school when we (me, Clare and Alli) since we didn't have any classes together on Thursdays.
"So, you had laser eye surgery? And Jenna overheard and thought you were talking about a boob job?" I asked and Clare nodded. She didn't have her glasses on and her eyes were more 'out there' now. "How the hell does a ditz like Jenna get eye surgery and boob surgery mixed up? Do you want me to punch her for you?"
"No, I took care of it." She said and I smiled. She was definitely getting her badass-ness from me. She took her old glasses from out of her pocket, looking at them sadly.
"Maybe I should just, I don't know, go back to the old me." She said holding them up to her face.
"Uh, no way!" Alli said laughing, trying to stop Clare, but she ended up knocking them out of her hands into the street.
"My glasses!" Clare yelled as a car rolled over it. A car that I recognized as a hearse. The car stopped and a guy with black shaggy hair stepped out with screamo music blasting out of it. He was wearing all black, in all of this heat. He picked up the smashed glasses and handed them to Clare saying "I think they're dead." I looked up at the guy and was shocked.
"I uh, it's okay, I-um…got…laser eye surgery." Clare stuttered and he looked at her and she looked back.
"You have pretty eyes." He said and I rolled my eyes, surprised that he didn't notice me yet.
"Thanks. See you around?" she asked hopefully. Me and Alli shared a look.
"I guess you will." He said as he got back in his car. Before he drove away, I pounded on his car. He stopped and opened his car door again. He looked up at me and was shocked. I gave him a smile and said "Hi to you too, Eli." He smiled and gave me a hug.
"Well if it isn't little Georgia. What are you doing here?" he asked pulling back. He looked at me up and down and asked "Did you get bustier?" I gasped and punched his shoulder.
"Glad you noticed." I said sarcastically. He laughed and said "Look, I gotta go, but we'll talk later, okay?" I nodded. He closed his door back and drove off. I sighed as Alli and Clare ran up behind me.
"You know him?" they both said and I nodded.
"We went to the same middle school." I said remembering when he stood up for me in the 7th grade. Me and Alli both looked over to Clare, who was staring dreamily at the hearse in the distance.
"I've seen that look before." Alli directed to Clare. She turned and said "I have no idea what you're talking about." I smiled at her and threw an arm over her shoulder. We continued to walk until we passed by a garbage can. Clare took one last look at the glasses before dumping them in the trash. We continued to walk until we made it to the bus stop, which we took to the mall. Alli and Clare had me running in every store that they think I would like from Hot Topic to Aeropostalé to Journeys. I had to admit, one of the reasons I loved Alli was that the girl could give a makeover to anyone, and I mean ANYONE. After we were done shopping for about 30 outfits, we went back to my house so I could model the stuff we bought. After I tried on everything and they gave me thumbs up on everything, they had to leave. We said our goodbyes and I went to sleep, eating in my room.
I woke up to my phone dinging. I answered with a groggy "Hello?" "Wake up, Ghost. It's time for school." She said and I groaned. I heard my mom yell a "Get out!" and quickly said "Listen, Clare, I'm gonna be to school a little late. I'll talk to ya later, k? K!" Before she could question me, I hung up and opened my bedroom door, peeking through it. I gasped and locked the door, afraid he might've saw me. 'Dad!' I thought throwing some clothes on(not my new stuff). I heard running up the stairs and quickly locked my door.
"Georgia! Honey, run!" I heard my mom yell.
"Be quiet!" I heard my dad say from the other side. I quickly threw all of my clothes and toiletries into a bag and tossed it out the window. I heard the door handle shake as I opened the window wider.
"Georgia, open the door!" my dad yelled again and I could hear him ram it with his shoulder. I hopped out from the 2nd floor and landed in front of the house in the bushes. I grabbed the duffel I threw everything in and opened the large window in the living room and grabbed my book bag. I quickly ran away from my house, trying not to look back. My mom had told me what to do if he ever came back when she wasn't home or if she was home. I just never thought he would come back. I had to leave my mom behind, which sucked even more. Now the real question was where was I gonna go? I stopped running when I was about 3 blocks away from my house and thought where to go. Everyone was probably at school already…wait, no, not everybody. I quickly ran to my destination, hoping that he still had the same address. I saw his hearse in the driveway and saw him walk out the door of his house. He didn't notice me until I whispered a faint "Eli?" He looked up and stared at me, confused. I walked up to him and collapsed in his arms.
"I need a place to stay. My dad came back… you were close…I ran all the way here…dot dot dot…etcetera." I faintly said.
