Manny's old best friend Carmen is everything she wants to be. Carmen is a sexier, funnier and a model. Carmen lived in New York modeling but her behavior became too wild her parents kicked her out (like Manny). So she headed to Canada and got her own apartment. After she hears about Peter and Manny she shoves her nose where it doesn't belong, literally.

Also some Darcy and Spinner and bits of JT and Liberty.

Chapter/Episode One Part One

"Your past makes you, you"

"Wow your place is so cool" said Manny walking around her old summer camp friend Carmen's apartment. It was on the second floor of a four floor building. It had a big living room/kitchen, a bedroom with a full bathroom and a long hallway leading down to another room which she made into a photo studio. She loved taking pictures and painting.

The rooms looked like rooms right out of a pier one magazine.

Carmen smiled to her friend "thanks" she said walking out on the balcony. Manny followed "So guess we were never apart I mean we always did stuff together and here we are kicked out and known as sluts.

"Speak for yourself" Carmen winked at her lighting a cigarette. Manny laughed and wrapped an arm around her. "Glad you're here Car"

"So am I" Carmen said "Can't wait to meet this Peter guy" she said blowing the smoke out of her nose.

Manny watched as it disappeared into the air and shook her head "No Carmen its fine, I mean everyone saw it last year when it came out and I'm over it"

"So I can't talk to him, I thought he was cute" she said.

Manny shrugged and slipped on her pink and white track jacket "You know Carmen I always looked up to you, even though you're a year younger. I mean you have everything" she said.

Carmen throws her bud off the ledge and walked over to Manny "I did have everything, but we both know that I don't anymore" she said to her friend.

"Have more then me" Manny said "Well see you tomorrow" she said running out the door.

JT lightly closed the door to the Van Zandt's basement not to wake baby Veronica. Liberty's parents had let him move in after the baby girl was born last year. Liberty still had her room upstairs with the baby, but they were always downstairs.

He placed his book bag on the table and walked over to the couch where Liberty sat reading slowly pushing the cradle with her foot. JT smiled in the basket to his daughter. She was still so little, he ran a finger over her small tan skin.

He sat down next to Liberty but she kept her eyes on her book. She was determent to keep up in school. Her father had given her a tutor and she took weekend classes as well.

"I love you" said JT

Liberty smiled at him and gave him a kiss on the cheek "Love you too"

JT smiled his life was almost perfect, almost.

Darcy slipped a piece of popcorn in her mouth as she watched the movie.

She saw that her boyfriend Spinner was smiling at her. She leaned over and grabbed the side of his face pulling him in for a kiss

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"Fucking phone" mumbled Carmen shutting her timer on her phone off. She pulled herself out of her bed and went t her bathroom. She pulled her shoulder length brown hair in a bun. It had blond highlights and was smooth and straight. She rubbed some soap on her tan mocha almond skin. She was Latino and proud. Her deep brown eyes closed as she slashed water on her face.

She peeled off her clothes and took a quick shower. She spent the next 15 minutes blow drying her hair then straightening it.

She applied some eye liner, eye shadow and some lip gloss before she put some tight paint spatter jeans on and a pink spaghetti strap tank which showed her nice figure.

Carmen smiled and grabbed her cell phone and camera and stuffed them in her bag and headed to school.

Darcy straightened her denim mini skirt and baby green tee shirt as she got out of Spinners car. She pulled her wavy hair in a pony and grabbed Spinners hand as they walked in.

"So has Jimmy talked to you yet" she asked as they walked in to their lockers. "No" said Spinner "I don't think he ever will be, I know I wouldn't talk to the guy whose the reason I can never walk again, face it Darc there never goanna talk to me".

Darcy signed and grabbed her books "Well don't give up hope ok" she smiled. He smiled and nodded.

Carmen slammed her hand on her locker getting mad with it. "Got dam it" she said pulling it.

"Hitting won't do anything" she heard behind her

"Well it's funner then entering the code" she joked rolling her eyes.

She turned around and saw a boy her age with blondish hair which was spiked. He was wearing some brown loafers and a short sleeve green and blue stripped polo over some dark almost black jeans.

"You must be new" he said taking the paper from her and entering her code.

"Yeah" she said "I'm New York, in America"

"Yea I could tell by the way do talk, the New York Accent" he said pulling her locker open "And your temper" he smiled.

She mumbled a thanks and she put her books in, she could feel his eyes on her back "well thanks" she said not turning around.

"What's your first class" he asked.

"Math 32"

"Oh, well you have second lunch right"

"Yea" she said shutting her locker

"Well see you there" he said "what's your name"

"Carmen" she said walking away.

"Ok see you later Carmen and I'm Peter Stone" he yelled.

"Peter Stone" she said to herself she turned around "Do I know you" she said but he was gone.

She shrugged and walked to her first class.

OOC: sorry its so short!