Disclaimer: I only own Carson and his family, that's all, everything else belongs to the people who created Degrassi.

Summary:Okay this is a slash story revolving around Degrassi's hottest new gay guy Riley and my very own OC named Carson who is a new student and a out- of-the- closet gay guy. Riley is on a path to destruction trying to convince himself he's straight, but once he meets Carson can her try to change his ways before he falls to deep?

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I stepped out of my mom's tiny Bug as she pulled up to the front steps of Degrassi High. I looked around at all of the other teens arriving. Some on bikes, some on cars, and other just walking. Being the new kid moving from L.A. all the way to Canada was hard, and I mean super hard. Leaving all my friends, starting over…life sucks.

My name is Carson O'Conor. I was born and raised in the city of Angels , L. A. and I am an "out of the closet" homosexual. I knew I was gay when I turned 14 and I started to think about guys more than I did about girls. I got my first boyfriend, Jackson, at 15, but we didn't last seeing as how he was a complete asshole. My parents are cool with me being gay. Although, it took them a little time to come around but they accept me for who I am now. My father works for some big company that had to move; now we've been planted in Canada so I now have to attend Degrassi High.

"You'll be fine honey. Just go in and be your normal charming self. I'm sure everyone will love you," my mom said as she gave mea an assuring hug. I sighed before gripping the strap to my book bag tightly as I waved to my mom and moved forward up the steps of Degrassi.

"So far so good, O'Conor," I thought to myself as I walked through the front doors of the school.

The halls were crowded with people that of course I didn't know. No one really paid any attention to me which is always a good thing when you're the new guy, but I didn't want to go through high school as a hermit. I was going to begin socializing as soon as I got settled in pretty well.

I made my way over to the front desk right in front of the principal's office. I smiled and gave the secretary a friendly wave as I looked to the door to Principal Shepard's office.

"Hi, my name is Carson O'Conor. I just transferred here and I'm supposed to meet with the principal to get my schedule and my locker number."

The secretary gave me a welcoming smile as she got up from her seat and told me to follow her into his office. I took another deep breath as I made my way into his office.

Inside was the tall blonde man who was sitting sideways in his chair throwing a football up in the air and catching it over and over again. The secretary cleared her throat causing him to jump and quickly turn towards us. He smiled as he placed the football on his desk and turned his chair back correctly.

"Sorry about that, and you are?" he asked referring to me.

"This is Carson O'Conor. He's new and needs his info," the secretary answered for me, which I had no problem with. It felt like my words were all stuck in my throat anyways.

"Ah, our transfer from L. A. Welcome to Degrassi Carson. I hope you like everything in our state of Canada ."

I smiled.

"Everything's been great so far Principal Shepard." Wow, I could speak…surprisingly.

He then turned to me and shook his head.

"None of that Principal stuff. Just call me Shep."

I smiled and nodded.

"Okay, Shep."

He smiled as he got up and went over to a file cabinet. He rummaged around inside before he finally pulled out two tiny sheets of paper, one white and the other blue. He walked over and handed them to me.

"Here is your schedule, and here is your locker number and combination. Enjoy Degrassi!"

I nodded as I followed the secretary back out of his office and made my way back into the crowded halls. I looked at the time. First period was going to start and I had about five minutes to find my locker before the first bell rang.

I ran my fingers through my long black hair as I stupidly walked around the halls having no idea where I was going. I looked down to the locker sheet once more while still moving forward and I then suddenly bumped into someone causing their books to fall to the floor.

"Oh my god! I am so sorry!" I said as I looked up to the female with long black hair, brown eyes, and a nose piercing. She looked like a punk chick, seeing her clothing choice of a long sleeve white shirt under an army fatigue short sleeve shirt, green cargo pants, and sneakers.

"Its okay dude," she said as we both bent down and began picking up her books. She then frowned and looked to me as she grabbed her last book and we returned back to our feet.

"Are you new? I haven't seen you around here before," she asked, still looking me over. I nodded as I extended my hand.

"Yeah, I'm Carson O'Conor."

She smiled and shook my hand.

"Jane Vaughn. Nice to meet you Carson."

I smiled as I once again looked to my watch.

"Only three minutes now, I'm screwed."

"Something wrong?" Jane asked, noticing my troubled expression. I looked to her and sighed.

"Yeah, I'm totally lost. Do you now where locker 117 is? I've checked like everywhere."

Jane nodded as she led me down the hall and we stopped at a long yellow locker.

"Here you go. Um…it looks like you'll be rooming with Riley." She stated, looking to the locker.

I gave her a confused look. "Riley?"

She smiled.

"Riley Stavros. He's one of our big players on the football team. He's a pretty cool guy. I'm sure you two will get along great."

I smiled as I put in the combo to my locker and opened it. The contents inside were a few textbooks, a book bag, and a sweatshirt, and a calendar on the side that had pictures of half-nude women on it. I laughed as I opened my book-bag and removed my notebook and pen before placing my book bag inside.

"Well thanks, Jane. Now one more favor, do you now where Ms. Kwans' class is?"

Jane laughed as she looked at my schedule.

"Yup, I'm going there now...it looks like we have a few classes together so I guess I'm now your official Degrassi tour guide."

I laughed as Jane gestured for us to move forward. I gladly obliged as we began chatting about the schools and ourselves before we reached first period English lit class.

First day at Degrassi and had already made a new friend, maybe things weren't going to be so terrible here…I hope.