Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, they belong to Degrassi etc… etc… etc… you know the drill…

Background Info: Ok so this all takes place after "Holiday" when Craig cheats on Ashley with Manny. Then he tells Manny that he has broken up with Ashley, when he really hasn't. Both girls eventually find out about Craig's lies and Craig goes from be super stud with two girlfriend to lonely little boy with no girlfriends.

The Right Choice

Chapter One/1: Locker Encounters

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Manny groaned as she hit the snooze button on her alarm. Another perfectly amazing dream interrupted by school! She said to herself as she thought back on her dream. It was about Craig. It was always about Craig. She hated herself for that but she couldn't help it… she loved him… She slowly got up from her bed and went into the bathroom to get ready for school.

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"This stupid locker!" Manny shouted as she tried to get her locker open.

"I can help." said a familiar voice from behind her.

"Craig thanks but no thanks." she said coldly not even turning to look at him.

"Oh come on Manny, please." he said while turning her gently to face him. As he turned her, she slowly began looking into his eyes, melting away in them, but she quickly turned away.

"Fine go ahead." she said stepping aside to let him get to the locker. A few seconds later he had opened it.

"Done! There you go, beautiful!" he said with a smile.

"Thanks, and please don't call me that." she said quietly while moving past him to get to her locker.

"Oh sorry…" he said disappointed by her detachment.

He stood there for a moment in silence until he finally said "Manny I'm really sorry for what I did. I should have told you about Ashley but now…"

"Craig not now, not this now." she said interrupting him.

"Ok but we need to talk Manny, I need to talk to you, about what happened, about us."

"Ok Craig there is no us. There's you and there's me but there's no us. And there's nothing to talk about. You broke my heart again, that's all there is to it." she said still staring at her locker intently. She couldn't look at him. She couldn't look into his eyes or see his smile. It would break her. Make her cave to his every word.

"Manny…" he said sweetly, dragging out every syllable as he gently turned her around so they were face to face again. Then while looking into her eyes he said "I love you, and I miss you. I miss your smile, your laugh, I miss everything about you. So please give me another chance, just one more chance, to prove to you that I really want to be with you, and only you."

Manny looked down, then up, then back at Craig "Craig why do you do this to me?" she said with a slight smile.

His eyes lit up and he said "Great can you meet me in my garage after school? To talk, I man, just talk."

"Ok but just to talk."

"Of course."

"Ok."

"Great I'll see you then." he said smiling brightly as he made his way down the hall.

Manny stood there for a moment before taking a deep breath and whispering to herself "What have I gotten myself into?"

Authors Note: So how was it? Did you like it? Well tell me what you thought. R&R please cause I need to know if I should continue, or if I'm doing good, or if I need to improve. Review honestly and don't be afraid to criticize, tell me what I need to work on and what I did good. Be honest but don't bash me to badly, lol. (This is my first fanfic.)