It was an uneventful day. Ever since the Spring Formal, the drama at Degrassi had calmed down considerably. Mostly, it was the simple thought that school was coming to a close and need of drama subsided to finishing the term.

The main hallway was packed with students.

At the end of the hall, Drew Torres stood alongside KC Guthrie. The two were animatedly talking sports.

Wesley Betenkamp and Connor DeLaurier were with Dave Turner and his girlfriend, Sadie Rowland, at her locker.

Nearby, Clare Edwards and Alli Bhandari discussed Alli's recent home life development.

Alli's brother, Sav Bhandari, leaned against a locker next to Eli Goldsworthy. Both had headphones in listening to Dead Hand.

Further up, Anya MacPherson, Holly J Sinclair, and Fiona Coyne were laughing.

Bianca DeSousa took turns between scowling at the Anya, Holly J, and Fiona and the cheerleaders across the hall.

Jenna Middleton and Chantay Black were trying their best to ignore the dirty looks from Bianca. Instead they turned their attention to new gossip.

Riley Stavros held hands with Zane Park as the two got cuddly with each other.

Everything seemed quite normal at Degrassi Community School for once. Adam Torres smiled to himself as he closed his locker. He had been through a lot this year: being outed as transgendered, being bullied, his best friends' relationship, his very own relationship. So he was happy to see everything so peaceful for once.

"Hey freak," Owen Milligan called out. Adam ignored the comment and began to walk down the hall when Owen spoke again, louder, "Freak! I'm talking to you!" His voice echoed through the hall and heads snapped in his direction.

Adam paused. Owen's footsteps were getting louder so he was getting closer. Peace just wasn't possible at Degrassi. Owen stopped and Adam turned to face the junior. He was a football player so he was much bigger than Adam, but he wasn't the smartest kid in the world.

"Well, well, well," Owen mocked, "looks like tranny here doesn't have any friends. I don't blame people. You're a freak."

Everyone's eyes were glued to the scene. Adam was known to push back and no one wanted to miss a fight, even if it was going to be one sided.

Adam didn't respond to Owen; he wasn't worth it. Owen smirked at the sophomore and raised his arm. He shoved Adam causing him to stumble backwards, but he stayed on his feet. By standers watched. Not one person offered help.

"Come on freak!" Owen yelled. "Fight back!" He shoved Adam again. And again. Each time Adam stumbled, but he never went down.

With each push, Adam clenched his fist and tightened his jaw. He wanted so badly to hit the oversized bully right now, but restrained himself. Fighting would only get him suspended. Plus, he didn't want to give Owen the satisfaction of getting a rise out of him.

Owen snickered as he watched Adam slowly unclench his fist. "Not gonna fight back?" he taunted. "Well, I guess that's for the best; girls can't fight anyway."

He burst out laughing at his low blow. Owen held his side as he let out his laughter. Adam stood, watching, stoic. He wasn't going to show emotion.

"Hey Owen," Adam said calmly and evenly. This caused Owen to snap from his laughing fit and face the younger boy. Adam seemed unfazed by Owen's challenging look. "Don't you think it's a bit sad that you have to undermine my gender to get some sort of sick satisfaction? Isn't it even worse that you make a hobby of it? I mean, most guys just get a girlfriend or hang with friends. But I guess you don't have any of those."

Rage began to take over Owen as well as embarrassment. How could he let some he-she talk to him like that?

Adam continued in his calm demeanor. "I guess I can't blame you for questioning what you don't understand; everybody does it. But guess what?" Adam said gaining confidence in his voice. By standers stood on edge with his every lingering word. "You're just too ignorant to understand."

A smirk found its way onto Adam's face as Owen's went sour. Adam figured he probably didn't know what ignorant meant. With that smirk on his face, Adam turned away and proceeded to get to class. He left Owen standing alone both bewildered and enraged.

Looking up, Owen saw fellow classmates' disappointed eyes. He huffed and then walked away. His opinion forever changed of Adam Torres.

His thought on Adam weren't the only ones changed. After that incident, everyone had a new mindset about the young, transgendered sophomore who believed in himself enough to go up against the biggest school bully and win.