*THIS STORY TAKES PLACE DURING SEASON 13C, WHEN MAYA ENTERS THE RUBBER ROOM FOR THE FIRST TIME.*
I love this show a lot, and I show a lot of interest in the "Zaya" relationship. Please note this is my FIRST ever written story, so I may be rough.
*I DO NOT OWN THE SHOW DEGRASSI. I DID NOT CREATE THE SHOW, I SIMPLY JUST WATCH IT AND I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP MY IMAGINATION TO EVERYONE ON HOW I WISH THE ACTIONS OF THESE CHARACTERS!*
If you do not watch the show Degrassi, "Maya" is played by Olivia Scriven, and "Zig" is played by Ricardo Hoyos.
"Mr. Simpson, please, I beg you. Do not put me in the Rubber Room," Maya cried, following the principal down the hall. He was leading the way into the Rubber Room, which was kind of like detention, but during the school day. But it was worse than detention, because it was two times a day.
"Maya I have no choice, I'm sorry! I wasn't the one who decided to have a physical fight during class hours." He replied.
"But Mr. Simpson, I've heard horror stories about the Rubber Room, please, I will do detention for a month, two months! I'll even wash your car, just please don't put me in there." She kept following Mr. Simpson down the hall, passing other students on the way. It was the first period of the day.
"Here we are Miss Matlin," Mr. Simpson said pointing to the entrance to the Rubber Room "Consider your time in here your punishment. Mrs. Grell is a wonderful teacher, she will take care of you." Maya looked inside and saw people, including some of the boys, wearing black eye makeup. None of the people in there even wore colors, just black and grey. Maya sighed and entered the room. She knew absolutely no one.
Mrs. Grell assigned her a seat, and Maya sat down. She looked around. There were a lot of pretty scary people in there. People she saw selling drugs on the side of the streets, people who had tons of piercings in places she had never imagined. She was practically the only person in there wearing a different color that wasn't black or gray.
"Hey Blondie." A random girl plopped down in the seat next to her. She had black hair with dark blue on the tips. Maya all the sudden got really nervous.
"Please don't steal anything from me, I promise I won't bother you." Maya cried. It was her first instinct.
The black haired girl laughed. "Relax, princess. I don't want your stuff. I'm Grace," Grace said, "You must be Maya, Mrs. Grell told us you would be joining."
"Yeah, I got into a fight."
Grace chuckled and relaxed in her seat. She wore a black jacket with a dark blue skull shirt underneath. She had piercings on her lips and nose. "You? In a fight? That's shocking." Grace replied. She eyed Maya, looking at her pink shirt and white skirt.
Mrs. Grell then came over and told Grace to go back to her assigned seat. On my right side I had an African American boy with a orange Mohawk, eyeing me, and on my left was an empty seat.
"Okay, class! Let's get started. Let's get into groups of three." Maya all the sudden got very nervous, she had no idea who anyone was. Everyone got up and got into groups as Maya sat there, terrified. All the sudden she saw a boy with black hair and a black leather jacket walk in, but she didn't really see his face.
"Oh, look who decided to show up!" Mrs. Grell said as she walked over to the mysterious boy. He looked up at her. Oh god. It was…Zig? The Zig from freshman year? The Zig who dated her ex best friend, the Zig who she kissed, the Zig who liked her? It couldn't be. Last year he had long hair, that covered his entire forehead. But it was him. Everything came rushing back into her mind.
"Maya!" Mrs. Grell called, "You can work with Zig. I don't know if you two know each other but you have to get into a group." Zig looked over at her and he had sort of a shocked but mysterious look on his face. He then smirked.
"Oh, I know Maya." Zig smirked and walked over, putting one arm around her shoulder. Maya didn't know if she should feel nervous or relieved that she knew someone here. Zig seemed different now, why was he in the Rubber Room? He wore a black leather jacket and black pants.
"Okay…Grace! Come work with Maya and Zig." Mrs. Grell called to Grace. Zig and Grace must have known each other, considering the look they gave each other. We all sat down and just looked at each other for a second.
All the sudden Maya felt awkward. Her and Zig hadn't talked since the end of last school year. Zig had loved her all freshman year, even when he had a girlfriend. Then everything went down with Cam, Maya's former boyfriend, who had killed himself. Zig was then single, and so was Maya. Zig told her he would wait for Maya, that someday they would be together. Maya had ignored his texts all summer.
"So this project is going to be all about getting to know each other," Mrs. Grell said, "Ask each other questions and we will present to the class." Seeing Zig again was just weird. She felt ashamed for not talking to him all summer. He didn't even look like the Zig she knew.
"So…" Maya began, "we should probably get started." Maya got her pencils out and took a deep breath. This wasn't going to be easy.
"So, Blondie, you said you got into a fight?" Grace asked. That got Zig's attention, Maya knew it did because he then looked up and eyed Maya, interested in what she would say next.
"Uh…yeah, I did," Maya replied, but Grace's look on her face showed she wanted to know what happened. "It was with this girl, Zoe."
"Zoe Rivas, that girl from that TV show?" Grace asked, and Maya nodded.
"Yeah, it's a long and confusing story actually. Let's just say it was about a boy, Miles." She suddenly remembered that Zig knew about him, from the Beach Bash party. He saw Maya there with him. "She liked him, but he and I dated instead, and she got mad."
"Oh yeah, that was what that page with naked pictures of you was." Grace laughed. Maya wondered if Zig saw those.
"FAKE naked pictures," Maya shot back. "They were fake, anyway we got into a fight and now I'm here while she gets to walk around like a good girl." Zig wasn't saying anything. "Why are you here?" Maya asked Grace.
"Oh, I brought a gun into school and threatened it on a student." Zig then laughed. Maya then got very nervous and gasped a little. Grace noticed and laughed. "I'm kidding, princess. I'm not dumb, I wouldn't bring a weapon to school."
"So we should probably get onto our project?" Maya just wanted to get the project done and over with. Being around Zig was just awkward. Grace got up and went over to Mrs. Grell.
"I have to go to the bathroom." Grace said. Maya eyed her and Grace got up and left. It was just her and Zig.
"So I texted you this summer, more than once," Zig said, quietly. Maya was speechless, she had no idea what to say. "Too busy with your new boyfriend?"
"I um…I went to Paris this summer." Maya replied, feeling small.
"Oh, you went to that? I should've guessed. Guess that's where you met your new boyfriend?" Maya began to grow uncomfortable with the conversation.
"Zig, why are you here?" Maya asked. He hesitated at first.
"And why do you care?" Zig shot her a nasty look. Maya began to feel very ashamed. She had promised him she would wait for him, and gave him hope that they would be together someday, but she ignored him all summer.
"Come on Zig, we need to get out of here. These people…" She hesitated. "They aren't good."
"Well 'these people' happen to be my new friends. Stop pretending you're better than all of us, because you aren't." He sat back in his seat. Maya sighed and sat back in her seat. She had to know why he was in here, why he's suddenly being like this.