Jay had never been close to his cousin. They hung out one or two times at the few family gatherings their parents held. Unfortunately the majority of them ended with drunken blows exchanged between both their fathers, leaving Jay and his cousin to side with their drunken parentals. That resulted in a continuous ten year feud. But Jay, being the only one who didn't pack up and leave Toronto, was the go-to guy when his cousin's parents were too drunk to do anything. So surprise, surprise when drunken Uncle Alfred phoned his cell to tell him he was too wasted to pick up his son from school, leaving Jay to do the job.

Jason Hogart miserably sighed when he pulled the Tow Truck up to the driveway of Degrassi Community School. He dreaded the place; getting kicked out was probably one of the best things that happened to him. He didn't understand how Spin managed the extra two years he chose to endure just to graduate. That would never be Jay, not in a million years.

He spotted his younger cousin, Johnny DiMarco, walking down the stone steps, two other guys following him. It seemed as if they all dressed alike. The same caps, vests, and baggy jeans layered them; their hair even seemed to be the same length.

"Hey, DiMarco!" Jay hollered, honking the horn of the truck.

Johnny looked up and immediately frowned. Several other students on the grounds looked to the truck, then at Johnny for a laugh.

Jay didn't care if he embarrassed him, his job was to pick him up and drop him off. If he embarrassed him in the process…oh well.

Johnny's two lackies nodded him goodbye and walked off. Johnny unwilling approached the truck.

"What the hell are you doing here?" he frowned, looking into the open window of the tow truck.

"I'm picking you up, get in the car."

"What?"

"Look, I really have other things I have to do, so can you just get in the damn car?"

After glaring at him for a few moments, Johnny nodded and hopped in the passenger seat of the truck. He threw his book bag in the back.

"Thank you," Jay frustratedly said as his cousin closed the door.

Johnny leaned back in the seat and folded his arms.

"Bite me," he muttered.

"Excuse me?" Jay looked to him, hoping he found a reason to kick him out the truck.

"Nothing, nothing." Johnny looked out the window.

Jay turned back to the road and started up the truck.

This was gonna be a long ride.

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Author's Note: I know the show hasn't even alluded to these two being related, but I kinda saw a connection and thought to go for it. Tell me what you think.

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