Hey guys, it's me, Erin. Some of you may know me, I review alot of Degrassi stories. I'm writing a story for the Friends section of this site, but I wanted to start a Degrassi one. I hope this one doesn't suck , I don't think it does but you never know. I had a good experience with my Friends story, I hope I have the same with this one. This is a story about the kids who were in Grade 7 when the show started. They're in their senior year. This is just 4 kids' thoughts on the morning of the first day. So, try to enjoy this, and I hope you leave me a review! Flames are accepted, but not enjoyed by me very much. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
Going back to school. It always has that negative feeling, like the end of freedom or something. Kids cringe at the thought of walking through those double doors at the end of August. It's always nice seeing faces of friends you haven't seen for three months, but you always wish summer would go on forever. Well, unless you're a senior, that is........
17-year-old Emma Nelson groggily rolled over in bed at the sound of her alarm clock. "God, that thing is so annoying", she muttered as she thrust an arm out from under the covers and lazily slammed a fist on the snooze button. "Ah, 10 more minutes of sleep", Emma mumbled as she fell back into her slumber. Although she wasn't really sleeping, Emma loved just laying in bed. She was so tired and did not want to go back to school. Just the thought of it made her weary. Just as she was beginning to open her eyes, however, the very annoying alarm went off again. But this time, Emma was more ready for it. She sat up in her bed and stretched, then got up and walked over to her closet.
"Um, let's see......what should I wear for my first day as a senior?" she wondered aloud, browsing through the many articles of clothing neatly hung in her walk-in. As she said the last word, a smile crept upon her face. "Maybe this year won't be so bad after all......ah! Here we go!" Emma said, pulling out a light brown khaki skirt that hung low on the hips and came up to mid-thigh. "Awesome! This should be great!" She walked further in to look for a shirt, ending up with a blue Hollister baby tee. Smiling at her selections, she walked across the hall into the bathroom to change and do her hair.
"Morning, mom!" Emma said, walking up into the kitchen. "Good morning, Em. You're bright and chipper this morning." Spike greeted her daughter. "Yeah, well, I didn't want to go to school until I realized it's senior year!" Emma smiled at her mom and went over to get cereal, milk, a bowl and a spoon. She poured herself some Cinnamon Toast Crunch and ate it. Emma loved Cinnamon Toast Crunch, it was so delicious. "So you're gonna drive to school this year, right?" Spike asked. Emma had just gotten her driver's license when school let out last year. "Yep, yes I am. And don't worry about my parking permit, I'll get that later this week." Emma replied, putting her dirty dishes in the dishwasher. Just then 2 ½ year old Jack began moaning upstairs. "I'll be back sweetie, little brother awaits." Spike said hurriedly, running up the stairs.
Emma took that opportunity to finish getting herself ready. She walked downstairs and re-entered the bathroom, which was right across from her room. She brushed her teeth and checked herself one more time. Then she went back in her room to get her books and car keys. Snake and Spike had gotten her a new silver 2004 Nissan Altima a week after she got her license, and Emma considered herself lucky that her parents bought her car. They said they'd pay for insurance as well, so long as she didn't get any tickets. She smiled once more to herself, walking back upstairs to the entryway.
Spike was playing with Jack in the living room, so Emma walked in really quick to say goodbye. "Bye Mom, I'm off to the start of another fun year at Degrassi Community School." "And might I add your last. Aw, come here, my big senior of a daughter!" Spike pulled Emma into a hug, and she smiled again. This year was gonna be ok after all. "Bye Jack." Emma waved to her little brother, who lifted a chubby fist and waved back. Emma smiled again and walked out of the house to her car. As she got in and started the engine, backing out and heading to her boyfriend's house; she wondered what kind of a morning her best friend, as well as one of her fellow seniors, Manny Santos was having.
Manny Santos, also 17, arose to the sound of her mom pounding on her door. "Manuella, get up. Time for school!" Her mom said, like it was some big deal. Manny rolled over in her bed, facing the digital clock on her nightstand. "Just like mother, has to beat the alarm clock." She muttered, then sighed. Her alarm wouldn't go off for fifteen minutes yet. "Fifteen minutes of my precious sleeping time." Manny slowly got up and stumbled over to her vanity, which was right next to her bed. She looked in the mirror and gasped. She had gotten a perm a couple weeks ago to permanently straighten her long brown hair, and she still wasn't used to it. "Oh my gosh, my hair looks horrible!" She squealed, but then sighed. "Oh, well, it's not like there's gonna be anyone there that cares." She slumped her shoulders, and thought about Craig Manning, her on-again, off-again love interest. He had graduated from Degrassi a year ago, and had gone down to the states to go to the University of Illinois, majoring in music. She missed him, and had gotten one phone call from him all summer, which sucked. Emma said she should find a new guy this year, but she didn't want to. She wanted to go to U of I with Craig next year.
Manny ran a few strokes of her brush through her hair, then went over to her dresser to look for clothes. She decided on tight, flare hip-hugger jeans and a pink tank top with rhinestone lips in the middle of it. "Oh well, just because Craig's gone doesn't mean I can't still dress sexy." She said to herself, changing into everything by her dresser. She still wanted to be one of the hottest girls in school. "There, perfect. Oh my god I'm a senior!" Manny realized, hopping up and down with a big smile on her face. She went over to her vanity again, put on some eye makeup and stuffed some lip gloss in her pocket, then grabbed her backpack and went downstairs.
"Morning, mom. You know I really appreciated you beating my alarm clock again." Manny said, walking into the kitchen and getting things for breakfast. She sat down and poured herself some Cocoa Pebbles and started eating. "I just wanted you to get up Manuella. I don't want you to be late." Her mom replied. "Oh, so you have to wake me up at 6, when school starts at 8:30" Manny rolled her eyes and finished her cereal. She then went over to the sink and dumped all her dirty dishes in. "Manuella?" Her mom asked. "Yes, mother, what?" Manny rolled her eyes again. She was kinda sick of the way her mom always nagged her. "Are you gonna drive this year?" "Of course, why wouldn't I? I drove last year." Manny had gotten her driver's license during the middle of last year, so she drove second semester. "Oh, and don't worry about my parking permit. I'll get that Thursday or Friday." She continued. Manny ran upstairs to make sure she had everything. Once she was sure everything was in her backpack, she went downstairs again. "K, k, bye mom." Manny tried to get out the door, but her mom pulled her into a hug. "I'll see you after school, baby girl. Oh, my big senior Manuella, I can't believe it." Manny smiled again behind her mom's back. Maybe this year wasn't gonna be so bad after all, even with Craig gone. She'd just learn to deal, that's all.
When her mom released her from the hug and gave her a sort-of-sloppy kiss on the cheek, Manny hurried out to her car. She had a black 2001 Oldsmobile Intrigue. Sure, it wasn't as nice as Emma's car, but it got her around. And she bought it herself, with money she earned working at the Dot last year. Manny got in the car, and sat there in the driver's seat for a while fiddling with the radio. Once she found a good hip-hop jam on Toronto's KISS-FM, she closed the door and zoomed off to Degrassi Community School.
18-year-old Sean Cameron awoke to the annoying buzz of his alarm clock. He lazily sat up in bed, stretched, and wiped his eyes. "Man, I'm still so tired. Why can't school start tomorrow?" He asked no one in particular, getting up to get himself dressed. He walked over to his dresser and pulled on some faded jeans and a black t-shirt. Then he walked back over to his bed and let himself free-fall on it. "So, senior year, huh?" Sean smiled to himself. He was going to be the first one in his family to graduate high school. He was so proud of himself. And it was pretty much all because of a certain blonde someone named Emma Nelson. He had had an ongoing thing for her since Grade 7. They had had an on and off relationship for 6 years, and currently it was on. The pair had gotten back together sometime after the shooting at DCS. One of his friends, Jimmy Brooks, a high school graduate and going to Marquette University in the states on a basketball scholarship, had been severely injured in the shooting. The other victim, the arch enemy of everyone at Degrassi, Rick Murray had killed himself in the shooting. And Sean almost had been a victim himself, having stepped in the way of a bullet meant for Emma. Him and Rick had wrestled with the gun and it had gone off at Rick. Sean and Emma had been an item ever since they got back together sophomore year, and were doing fantastic. He loved her so much, and would do anything for her. He even smiled very wide to himself as he thought about her.
Snapping himself out of daydreams about his girlfriend, Sean got out of bed and pulled on a jean jacket over his black shirt. He looked at himself in the mirror and sighed. "My hair looks awful." He said and picked up a comb, running it through his dark blonde hair a few times. "There, that'll have to do." He said and went downstairs to get breakfast. He walked downstairs to an empty house, Tracker was still gone and he was still emancipated. He pulled a bowl and spoon out of their cabinets and grabbed some Cinnamon Toast Crunch. It was both him and Emma's favorite cereal. As he thought about her once more, he looked at the clock and gasped. Emma would be here in ten minutes to pick him up. "Oh my god, I've gotta eat and brush my teeth and get my books together yet!" He shouted, pouring cereal and eating quickly. Then he rushed to the bathroom to brush his teeth. Then he ran back upstairs to his room and got his stuff together so he wouldn't keep his love waiting. As if on queue, he could hear a car horn sound as he was tying his shoes. Sean gathered all his stuff and exited the house, locking it up as he went. Then he ran over to her car.
"Oh my god, hey Em! We're seniors!" Sean exclaimed as he entered the passenger side of her car and shut the door. "Yeah, someone's a little excited!" Emma exclaimed back. Sean smiled slyly at her. "I know, I'm almost as excited as you are. Come here first though." Emma said, pulling Sean to her and entrancing him with a warm kiss. "Wow, that was amazing. Great way to start my day." Sean said, looking at his girlfriend with a big smile on his face. "Oh, but baby, what did you mean when you said you're almost as excited as me?" he wondered, still locked in her gaze. "Well, Sean, you've got to be just ecstatic. You're the first one in your family that's gonna have a senior year!" She told him, and he smiled again. "Yeah." He turned his head to look forward in wonder. "I am." Emma giggled a little and drove off to Degrassi.
17-year-old JT Yorke shot out of bed at the sound of his alarm. He was more than excited for the first day of school. It was a day he had been preparing himself for all summer. He was finally gonna do it; ask out the object of his affections for 3 years, Manny Santos. Deep down, he knew she'd probably reject him again, like the last time he tried. But he was trying to think positive. They were going to be top class this year, there'd be no more Sullys and Craigs for her to reject him with. He hopped out of bed and walked over to his closet. Settling on an orange tee and some faded jeans, he grabbed them out and pulled them on. Then he went over to his dresser and put on a couple puka necklaces. He grabbed a comb and brushed through his long, shaggy brown hair a couple times, then walked downstairs to greet the morning and have some cereal.
"Good morning, mom." JT brightly said as he entered the kitchen. Mrs. Yorke was sitting at the table, sipping morning coffee and looking at a magazine. "Morning, James. You're sure in a good mood for the first day, what's up?" His mom turned to look at him. "Well, first of all, I am going to ask Manny out today." He said, smiling. He grabbed a toasted bagel and sat down at the table across from his mom. "Oh, Manuella Santos? The one you've been looking at since freshman year? Didn't you kinda go out with her sophomore year?" "Yeah, but she dumped me. Said I was too immature and plus, she was still hung up on this Craig guy." "Oh, I see. So you're gonna go for it again?" "Yeah." JT smiled thinking about Manny. "Well, James, I hope she says yes. You guys were cute together." Mrs. Yorke told her son, getting up. "Well, I'll just go in the living room and stop asking you questions about your love life." "Ok, mom. Thanks." JT sighed with relief when his mom walked away. He finished his bagel in silence and went upstairs to brush his teeth.
When he finished brushing his teeth, JT hopped up on the counter in the bathroom to think. He thought about senior year, and the excitement that comes with being top class. "Man, this is gonna be a great year." He said to himself with satisfaction. "And if I'm with Manny the whole year, that would make it even better." He sighed dreamily at the sound of her name. She was so sexy and he would do anything to have her. He only wished she felt that same way about him. He wondered if she even thought about him this morning. "No, she probably just thought about Craig. 'Oh, my big U of I stud. I miss you sooo much'" He mimicked, dropping himself on the ground. "We'll just see about that. Man, I want her." He walked back into his room and grabbed his books, and his car keys to his new 2004 Ford Taurus. He had gotten his license this summer too, like Emma.
"Mom?" He called, walking into the living room. Mrs. Yorke was still sitting in the living room, sipping the same coffee and looking at the same magazine. However, she put both things down and stood up to say goodbye to her son. "Bye James. Oh man, you big senior, I just cannot believe it!" Mrs. Yorke gave JT a hug. "I'll see you after school." JT said, pulling away from his mom. "Yeah, I might be at the office still when you get home, or I'll see ya." She replied. JT started to walk toward the front door, and his mom shouted after him, "Good luck with Manny." "I hope, but thanks for the support." JT said as he opened the front door and let himself out. He hopped in his car, turned on one of Toronto's rock stations, and backed out of his driveway. "Degrassi Community School and Manny Santos, here I come!" He exclaimed as he sped off toward school.
So there it is. I hope at least some of you who read it liked it. Those who liked it, don't forget to please leave me a nice review! It would make me very happy. And I'm gonna keep reading and reviewing other stories too. So yeah, I guess I'll stop for now, but I'm into this story so if I get enough reviews, I'll give you guys a second chapter focusing on the kids' actual first day at school. Alrighty? Hey, and guess what? I got my driver's license this morning so I'm happy! Yay me!
As always, Erin :)