AN: Hello, everyone and welcome to my new story: Still Holding On. This is the sequel to Red Lights & Warning Signs AND this is my Camaya/Matlingsworth story. I decided to do it all in one. The first chapter is Maya and Cam's POV, but throughout the rest of the story, everyone who's important in here will get a POV.

I know I was supposed to update The Clare Edwards Story yesterday, but I have writers block on that story, so I'm putting it on hold while I work on the next few chapters. My new story will be published tomorrow and if you have any questions about it, please feel free to PM me.

By the way, Cam won't be all sunshine and rainbows in this story.

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Disclaimer: Stephen Stohn owns Degrassi!

Chapter One: Stuck in Our Memories

(Maya)

I have survived my first year of high school! After Cam's meltdown with the Ice Hounds, they've treated him better… especially Dallas. It was actually good to see Cam smile so much. All of the stress has been taken from him and he was doing so much better—our relationship was doing so much better.

Summer has now arrived and I have nothing planned. All of my friends are busy this summer. Owen has just graduated and he'll be going to TU this fall. He's busy preparing for college and helping Tris get in shape for the next school year. Cam went away to visit his family for the summer. He does call and Skype me almost every day, but it doesn't feel that void.

I decide to go for a walk. It will be nice to go out and get some fresh air. As I walk down the street, I find myself becoming hungry. I choose to head to The Dot and grab a quick bite to eat. When I arrive there, I go inside and sit down at an empty table. I look at the menu and scan through it until I feel someone staring at me. I look up and see two boys. My face gets hot with awkwardness and I hide my face behind my menu.

"Excuse me," a soft voice says and I look up to see it's the two boys who were staring at me. The one with the dark hair and glasses is the one talking. "My friend and I are wondering if we can sit with you." he says, but it comes out as a question.

"S—Sure," I stammer as I set my eyes upon his friend. He gives me a shy grin as I gesture for them to sit down. Once they're seated, I take the time to introduce myself. "I'm Maya."

"I'm Winston, but I go by the name Chewy," the dark-haired boy said.

"I'm Miles," his friend says with a smirk and I can't help but blush.

Get it together, Maya! I scold myself. I'm drooling over a boy I just met even though I have a loving, sweet boyfriend.

Our waiter comes to our table and takes our order. Once he leaves, we began to converse briefly—getting to know each other. They tell me how they're both attending Degrassi next year. I tell them what to expect at Degrassi and I fill them in on the things that happens there. I don't forget to mention how my boyfriend is the best hockey player there. I sort of gloat about him until the waiter comes with our food.

Once the waiter leaves, again, we continue to talk and eat. I actually have a good time with the two of them. I learn that Miles father is running for mayor here and that Miles has two twin siblings. I learn that Chewy is the only child, but he considers Miles as a brother. He tells me how he and Miles have been friends for a long time—since diapers to be exact. I check the time on my phone and it' going on 5:30. I hate to leave, but it's time for me to head home. I know my mom will want me to help her with dinner and help her clean the kitchen. I say goodbye to the guys, but before I leave, we exchange numbers. I walk down the street, feeling a smile tug on my face. Maybe this summer won't be so bad after all.

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(Cam)

"Oh, my baby boy is home!" my mother squeals. She runs to me and wraps her arms securely around me. I feel my bones crush and I can't help but let out a little yelp. Mom breaks apart the hug and giggles an apology. She wraps her arms around me once more—softly this time—and tells me how much she missed me.

"Come inside, dear. I have a wonderful surprise for you," mom beams as she helps me with my bags.

Once we get inside, I hear a chorus of "SURPRISE!" I flinch a little, because I'm startled. My family is here, smiling at me with presents and a cake that says, "WELCOME HOME OUR STAR PLAYER!" I can't help, but tear up. I feel so loved and welcomed. I go around the room, hugging everyone and getting chatted to. I talk to my nana and my twin sisters, informing them about school and sports before my dad pulls me away from them. He gives me a bear hug, crushing me tighter than mom.

"Dad," I complain, "can't breathe."

"Aw damn it, Cam," Dad says as he loosens his grip, "I just missed ya so much, ya know? My star hockey player. How's life in Toronto?"

"It's good, dad." And it really is good, now. Dallas and the team have been really good to me. They're even more protective than Owen. Once he graduated, Dallas—since he's being held back—and the team vowed that they'll look out for me. They said they were going to take care of me and keep a close eye on me just in case someone tried to bully me. I couldn't be safer.

Maya and I relationship is stronger than ever. She no longer has to worry about me having a meltdown or cutting myself again. I said goodbye to the cutting when Owen and I talked to the team. I am leaving the cutting behind and I mean it—I promised Maya, my billet mom, Owen, Tristan, and the Ice Hounds that I was done cutting.

"You gotta girlfriend yet, Cam?" Dad asks me and I feel my mouth curl into a wide grin.

"Yes, I do. Her—"

"My Cammy has a girlfriend?" Mom asks as she runs over to me. She squeals and kissing my cheek. "I want to hear all about her, dear!"

"You will—you both will—after the party," I assure them.

They groan, but decide that I'm right. I socialize some more and we eat the feast my mother has prepared upon us: chicken, spaghetti, garlic bread, garlic sticks, Caesar salad, chicken salad, and fruit salad. She also has different cakes, ice cream, cupcakes, pies, cookies, and many more! I am actually shocked my mother made all of this, but I don't utter a word about it. I decide that I have to take an advantage of this because I'm leaving a couple of weeks before school starts.

Everyone digs into the food, complimenting my mom for the dinner. Afterwards, I get presents and I'm actually ecstatic because it's not even my birthday! My nana shoves me hers first. She gets me a new pair of hockey skates. I thank my nana and give her a hug, followed by a kiss.

Next, my sister, Camry hands me a picture of me, her, and our other sister, Camille. It's actually my favorite picture of us. Mom and Dad took all of us camping and we had such a blast! The picture has the three of us sitting in front of the camp fire, roasting marshmallows for our s'mores. I thank both of my sisters, smiling and hugging them.

Many more people give me gifts and I can't help but feel my smile get wider. If this is how I get treated for going away, I should leave more often!

My parents are the last to give me my gifts. They hand me a photo album. I go through it and see its pictures of me growing up along with my family. It has some very memorable pictures and I hug my parents tightly. It was probably the best gift I've received because it has so many good memories in here.

Everyone leaves an hour later and I, dad, and the twins help mom clean up the mess. Afterwards, we all go sit on the sofa and decide to watch a movie. Mom says that she's going to make popcorn while we decide on the movie. They all let me choose and I pick The Lion King. It will forever be my favorite movie.

Mom comes back on the sofa as dad presses play. We haven't even started the movie without dad talking. He asks me about my girlfriend.

"Yeah, tell us Cammy!" Camry says.

"Okay, well her name is Maya—"

"Oooh!" Camille squeals and I roll my eyes at her before continuing.

"Anyways, she's amazing and so talented. She plays the guitar very well and she's so sweet—so gentle," I say in a daze.

"What she look like, Cam?" Camille asks me.

"Yeah, what she look like?" Camry asks, getting excited.

I take out my phone and scroll through my pictures. I show my family a picture of my gorgeous girlfriend. They all compliment her, telling me how beautiful she is and how I better keep her. I can't help, but gush as I think about Maya.

I look at the time on my phone and see that's it a little past ten. I send Maya a good night text, telling her that I love her and I'll call her tomorrow. When she doesn't quickly respond, I assume that she's asleep. Just when I'm about to put my phone back into my pocket, my phone goes off. I look at my phone and see that it's a text from Maya. She tells me that she loves me, too and how she can't wait to hear my voice.

"Look-a here, Nora," dad tells my mom with a small smile. "Our son here is in love."

"Yeah, Bill," mom coos, "it's so sweet."

"Guys, I'm right here!" I say with a laugh.

"We know baby," mom says with a giggle, "we know."

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"Hey, honey, I miss you," I tell Maya when I see her face on my laptop screen.

"I miss you, too Cheesy," she grins. "Having fun?"

"Yes! My parents and—"

"Cam, mom wants—oh you're talking to Maya," Camry says, singing Maya's name.

"Hi girl who knows my name," Maya laughs.

"My, this is my sister Camry."

"Oh yeah, I totally forgot you have sisters—twins at that."

"Yeah," I say with an eye roll before turning to Camry, "What does mom want?"

"She wants you to go over Auntie Susan house since she wasn't able to make it to the party."

I nod my head and tell Camry to tell mom I'll be down in a minute. I turn back to Maya and give her an apologetic smile. We were supposed to Skype for about an hour or close to it. We've only been on for three minutes and barely talked.

"It's fine Cam," Maya says, as if she's reading my mind. "I actually have plans so—"

"Well, that's good! You're hanging with Tris?"

"Actually, no. I met a couple of people at The Dot yesterday. They're really cool and—"

"Cam!" my mom yells, "Come dear, we can't keep Aunt Susan waiting! She's not getting any younger, you know."

"Okay!" I call out. "I love you, see you later."

"I love you, too."

I log out of Skype and turn off my laptop. I go downstairs and look at my mother whose applying lipstick. When she spots me, she gives me a small smile. I return the smile.

"You can talk to Maya later, dear, but Aunt Susan—"

"I know, mom," I sigh.

Mom grabs her keys and we leave off for Aunt Susan's house. On our way there, I glance out of the window, daydreaming about Maya. I'm hoping she's not having too much fun without me.

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(Maya)

I knock on the door to the Hollingsworth residence. A woman answers the door, staring at me. Her arms are folded across her chest and she's tapping her foot impatiently.

Maybe I shouldn't be here.

"I—I—"I stammer.

Miles comes to my rescue. He introduces me to his mother and lets me come into the house. We go around back and I gape at how huge his backyard is. When I see his pool, I get a grin on my face. I was glad that Miles had text me and told me to wear a bathing suit. I could go for a swim!

"This place is amazing, Miles!"

"Thanks," he smiles. "Chewy should be on his way over in about fifteen minutes. Uh—"

"What's up with your mom?" I blurt out.

Miles chuckles and shrugs. I let out a laugh and decide to take off my clothes. Miles stares confusedly at me until I reveal my pink bathing suit top and my matching bottoms. I tie my hair into a messy bun, take off my glasses, and jump into the pool. I shivered at first, not being entirely used to the water, but it felt good. Soon after, Miles joined me. We swam around and began splashing each other. Then, we decided to have a swim contest. As we swam to the other side of the pool, I felt Miles bump into me. I stopped at stared at him, confused, and then I caught on to what he was doing.

He cheated!

"I won," he says with a smile.

"You cheated!" I laugh.

"What? Me?" he feigns innocently, "I don't cheat."

Miles swims back to me and we argue about how he cheated. I shove him playfully and he shoves me back. We go at it until Mile's grabs the back of my neck and pulls me into a kiss. I kiss him back for a split second until I realize that I have a boyfriend! My eyes pop open and I use all of my strength to push Miles off of me. I swim to the exit of the pool and climb out. I hurriedly grab my clothes, glasses, and I run out. I ignore Miles calling after me.

I keep running until I spot a car driving on the side of me. When the window rolls down, it reveals Owen.

"Get in," he demands.

"But I'm—"

"I don't care, get in!"

I get into his car and he continues to drive. I shiver at the cool air in the car. Owen looks over and turns off his air conditioner. He rolls down the windows a bit and clears his throat.

"What the hell are you doing running around in a wet bathing suit?" he yells.

"I—"I stopped myself. Did I want to tell Owen what was happening? He and Cam are so close, so he might tell Cam. I didn't want Cam to freak out over a little kiss that never meant to happen. I love Cam, I'd never want to cheat or hurt him.

"You what? Tell me!"

"I can't," I respond softly.

"But, you will. Now, spill Maya," Owen demands angrily.

"You'll tell Cam," I whisper, feeling tears getting ready to spill.

"I won't," he promises, "it'll stay between us."

"Okay." I tell him about how I met Miles and Chewy. I go into full details about what happened today—starting with me going to Miles' house and ending with me running away from him after the kiss. Owen stops the car and stares at me. He looks like he's ready to explode with anger.

"What the—Maya! Why the hell did you—"

"I didn't mean to! I guess I just acted on impulse," I say, feeling the tears fall.

"Do you like him?"

"I can't like him, Owen. I just met him and I'm in love with Cam. Cam and—"

"Do you like him?" Owen repeats.

"No," I answer.

"Well, he sure as hell likes you. I don't want you near him, again. Got it?"

"Got it," I say firmly.

Owen drops me off at home and I go straight to my room. I change out of my bathing suit and into some clothes. I flop on the bed and begin to think. Did I like Miles? Sure, he was sweet and that kiss was—something special, but I couldn't like him. I have Cam! He's all I want.

AN: I have a question, did last night's episode anger anyone? Am I the only one? I'm going to miss the Tristan and Maya friendship. I know what Tris was doing was wrong, but Maya should have kept her mouth shut..for the sake of their friendship. :(