Caught In a Lie

Ok…so my original intention was to cast Clare, Jake, Imogen, and Eli in the major rolls however I changed my mind because it was easier to replace 'Alli' with 'Sammi' when the time came LOL…anyway this is an AU Degrassi-fyed version of the web-series Little White Lie… This is my first time in a long time writing a straight up Degrassi fic and I know that I'll most likely take a mini hiatus once nanowrimo starts next Tuesday but I thought I'd just throw this up into the Degrassi ff universe and see where it lands

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The Dot was having their bi-monthly open mic night and once again her brother signed them up to play.

Sucking in a deep breath Alli took a seat on the make shift stage sucking in a deep breath of air nervously looking out at the crowd silently hoping that this time her brother Sav's lyrics clicked and people would like their song.

"Good Evening," Sav spoke kicking Alli out of her thoughts, "I'm Sav and this is Alli and we're the Bhandari babes."

Alli rolled her eyes at the name wishing she could come up with something different and slightly more cooler however as Sav was the older sibling he always seemed to have a creative pull as far as things went.

As they played Sav's song a pout fell onto Alli's face as her worst fears were realized…they sucked and the people who were still sitting in the diner couldn't stop reminding them of this.

As they were packing up shop, Sav turned to his sister.

"I'm sorry Alli; I really thought this one would have been a hit."

Smiling at her brother, Alli could have said a whole lot of things to him however instead she just shrugged her shoulders.

"It's ok, I'm sure you'll find your niche before battle of the bands."

Sav just nodded thinking of competition that was coming up as at Degrassi it seemed that being in a band meant everything and that was when it hit him.

"Alli," he asked, "What day is it today?"

"Wednesday why?"

It was then the duo looked at one another and freaked out.

"Crap," they both said as they ran all the way back to Degrassi hoping they weren't late.

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Arriving at the school, slightly out of breath the duo spotted Dave Turner sitting behind a table in her hallway manning the signup sheets. Dave wasn't actually in a band per say but he was the MC of the battle and also took care of the sign ups.

"I'm sorry," Dave said once they reached the table, "but sign ups ended five seconds ago."

Alli looked over to her older brother and then back to Dave.

"It's in the bag," she whispered to her brother as it was no secret Dave had once harbored a crush on her.

"Dave," Alli said in a sweet yet seductive voice, gently running a hand down his cheek, "please make an exception…I promise I'll make it worth your while."

Dave blushed a bit at Alli's advances and was moments away from caving and letting the duo sign up when another person entered the hallway.

"Hey Dave," Jenna Middleton said reaching over and picking up a clipboard, "pen."

Dave handed Jenna a pen without a question as the Bhandari siblings just stood with stone cold stares on their faces.

"How come you are letting Jenna sign up," Alli asked.

"Well," Dave said making flirtatious faces toward the blonde, "Jenna is the lead singer of the Hot Girls the raining battle of the bands winner."

"I think it's cute that you want to sign up Alli," Jenna said with a smile, "after all Bhandari's Babes are well…unique."

Sav glared at the blonde as she said that as she clearly meant it as in insult though he wasn't going to talk back to her because he kind of found her attractive.

Tossing the pen over to Alli, Jenna grinned.

"You two should sign up; it'll make things a bit more interesting."

Grabbing the pen Alli smiled.

"We're not only going to sign up but we're going to win this."

Jenna just let out a cute little laugh as she walked off on her way.

"God I HATE Jenna Middleton," Alli moaned once she and Sav were making their way out of the school.

Sav was about to reply back however in that moment they watched as Owen Milligan was acting in his typical bullish ways toward Wesley Betenkamp.

"Hey," Sav said, "Pick on someone your own size."

Owen glared at Sav and Alli for a moment as the duo feared he'd redirect his aggressing toward them however with one final push at Wesley he moved down the hall toward the gym.

"Thanks," Wesley spoke in a tone that indicated the siblings really didn't need to fight his battles before he ran down the hall in another direction.

"You know, I've been in school with Wesley for the past two years and you know I really don't notice him."

"That's because he's in the gifted program which makes him invisible."

"But you're in the gifted program Alli."

"Exactly," Alli replied to her brother as they headed back out the building and back toward their house, "which is why we need to win battle of the bands…"

As they walked Alli continued to brainstorm and once they stood in their driveway a light bulb flashed above the younger siblings head.

"We should expand from a duo into a full on band, you know hold auditions, get some fresh perspective…"

Sav nodded and the following day they began Operation Expand the Band. Yes it was a lame name but naming things was definitely not a strong suit of theirs.

Making their way into the small music store next door to the dot the following afternoon Alli couldn't help but pause as she noticed Drew Torres sitting amongst the stacks of record.

'Drew Torres…perfect' she thought as Sav stood behind her.

"Oh my god Drew we should totally ask him to join the band."

"You can't just go up and ask him," Alli said as a familiar blond walked into her frame of sight.

"Whatever…what about saying hi to Jenna."

Alli bit her lip as she watched Jenna and Drew get all flirty with one another causing a pain to jab her in the stomach.

'Drew Torres,' she thought to herself, 'the only imperfection he has is that he's dating Jenna Middleton.'

TBC

There you have it Episode 1 Part 1…if you can't tell Alli is Sammi, Sav is Duder, Dave is Zack, Jenna is Tanya, Drew is Toby, Owen is Jim, and Wesley is Kevin….

Hope you like this….