Paige sat quietly on the couch with Marco, watching Project Runway. Ellie was out with Jesse yet again, and Griffin was out doing a music gig. She spent most of her time at work these days, being a fashion slave, but when she was off, she usually watched TV with Marco. It was not a very exciting life. And she hated to admit it, but she had basically no social life. She felt too weird hanging out with her friends who were still in high school, she had broken up with Alex, Ellie had Jesse, so she was never in, and Griffin actually had a life. Unlike her and Marco, who obviously didn't. It was nice to at least have Marco in the same boat as her. They had both had recent break-ups, so it worked well in that sense.

"I think I'm going to go to bed, Marco," Paige said suddenly.

"Paige! You can't, someone's about to be auf'd by Heidi. Besides, it's not even 11 o'clock yet," Marco responded.

"I'm probably going to have a long day at work tomorrow, Marco," she added. "You know how it is."

"Fine, but you better be in a great mood on Friday because I've decided to have a party," Marco added happily.

Paige groaned inwardly when she heard that. Marco was her only companion, and suddenly even he was getting a life? "Here? You're having a party here?" She asked, hoping the answer was no.

"Well, of course, silly. Spin just finished his chemo treatments and Jimmy wants to throw him a party. They don't have a good place for it, since they're all still living at home, so I offered," Marco replied. "And really, you can't be a bitch about this one, Paige. Spin has cancer, and this is to cheer him up."

"Don't just assume I'm gonna be a bitch about everything!" Paige snapped. "I know I've been grumpy lately, but so have you."

"You're right, and that's partially why I'm doing this. We need to snap out of our funk, Paige. It's time."

"I guess so. I can't really lounge around eating Doritos forever," Paige replied, getting happier by the minute.

"So you'll be at the party AND in a good mood?" Marco asked trying not to get his hopes up.

"Not only that, I'll also look fabulous!" Paige exclaimed, excited at the prospect of dressing up. "And I'll help you decorate."

"Look at us now, we actually have a life," Marco replied, smiling delightfully.

The next day, which was Thursday, Paige got home from work at around 8 o'clock. She had worked late that day so she could get off early the next day and help Marco and Ellie set up for Spinner's party. All the talk of Spinner and his cancer made Paige realize she hadn't seen Spin or even talked to him in forever, so after she arrived home, and read notes from all her roommates saying where they were (Marco and Ellie were shopping for the party and Griffin was working), she picked up her phone to call Spin.

She hesitated as soon as she scrolled though the names and landed on Spinner's. Would he even want to talk to her? When Jimmy had been over recently, he had mentioned Spinner's new girlfriend, some girl from Lakehurst. But she'd see him tomorrow at the party and she needed to make sure things wouldn't be weird before then.

After holding her finger over the send button and debating it in her head for a few minutes, Paige sighed and pushed the button before she could stop herself.

Spinner was just leaving The Dot after a long shift when his phone started to belt out his newest ring tone. It's probably Jane, he thought to himself, before reaching into his pocket to grab it. However, when the name Paige flashed across his screen, he was extremely surprised, but didn't hesitate to answer the call.

"Hello?" Spinner said after picking up the phone.

"Spin, hey. It's Paige," she replied in a shaky voice.

"Yeah, your name showed up on my screen," he replied simply.

"So, I know this is out of the blue, but I realized we haven't talked in a while. I just feel like I haven't been a good friend to you," Paige said, a sad tone to her voice. "You've been having chemo and going through this huge thing and we've barely talked."

"You shouldn't blame yourself for that Paige. We're at different points in our lives," Spinner responded. "Besides, you and me will always be friends, Paige."

"So your big party's tomorrow," Paige said, happy to move on to a more lighthearted subject.

"Yeah, it is. I'm pretty excited. You excited?" Spinner asked.

"Definitely. It'll be good to see everyone again. You, Jimmy, Ashley, whoever else. Jimmy did all the inviting, so I don't even know who's coming. We're just the hosts," Paige said, her voice brightening with every sentence she said.

"It's not gonna be too many people. Mainly our whole group. Jimmy's bringing this new girl, Trina. And my girlfriend Jane's coming, of course," Spin added, hoping to get that out before he just showed up with her tomorrow.

"Oh, Jimmy told us about your girlfriend last time he was over. She's from Lakehurst, right?" Paige asked nicely.

"Yeah, she just started going to Degrassi this year. She's a cool girl. Pretty much the complete opposite of you, though," Spinner added, a little edge of laughter in his voice.

"Well, I think you know not everyone can be like me, Spinner. I am one of a kind," Paige exclaimed as she dug through her closet, looking for the perfect outfit for the party.

"That you are, Paige," Spinner said.

Right after Spinner said this, Paige heard a commotion and walked down stairs at a brisk pace. Ellie and Marco had returned, laden with bags and bags of food and decorations for the party. "Well, this was a good talk, but I should be going," Paige said, upon seeing her roommates and their many purchases. "El and Marco just came home with enough food to feed an army and they look like they need some major help."

"Food for my fiesta, I assume?" Spin joked. "Well, I wouldn't want to keep you in that case."

"Bye Spin," Paige replied softly. "See you tomorrow!"

"Yeah, I will definitely see you tomorrow night at my rockin party," Spinner responded, before hanging up the phone and staring at it for a few seconds.

He trudged out to his car slowly and silently, until it suddenly dawned on him that he should call Jane.