She sat up high, her feet dangling over the edge as she looked at the ground from three stories high. Who would have known that her school seemed higher up from the roof than it did from below. Angles were a funny thing. She could feel the autumn breeze in her hair as she watched the students below her, only some staring up to look at the freak sitting on the roof. Most of them wouldn't even notice that she was there, they were all only worried about their lives and what was going on with them. Little did they know, there was a ticking time bomb just above them. Fiona Coyne felt as if her life was falling apart at the hinges. Her family, including her best friend and twin brother, had the awful thought in their head that she was crazy. She was probably going to have to endure a legal case regarding the boy she thought she loved who had beat her black and blue and her best friend just broke her twin brothers heart, leaving her awkwardly in the middle. And now, on top of all of that, she felt alone. More alone than she ever had in her entire life. She had never really been one to have friends, who else did she need other than her brother? But now he was all the way in New York, and she was sitting on the roof of a school in Toronto. Life had a funny way of working things out, but no matter how much work life did for her, she was always still alone. She hadn't even felt so low when she was left with a nanny she hardly knew in her younger years. And she knew that physically she wasn't alone. She had people around her at all times, but she never really had anyone who was there for here. No one that understood her. With this sad and heavy thought in her head, she took a final glance at the world below her, and stood up. What would it hurt? If she just allowed her self to fall to the ground right now. To step off and feel the wind buzz past her as her body raced to meet the concrete below. Nobody would even care if she was gone. She took a step closer to the edge, letting the toes of her boots inch over. If she did it, the pain and loneliness would stop. Everything would be gone and she'd finally be free. But as she put her leg out, holding it over high up above the ground, watching the few remaining students that hadn't rushed in at the bell, stare up at her, she saw her family and her friends faces flash before her eyes and she took a step back. She couldn't do this. Not now. She couldn't bring herself to do something she knew would hurt them. Especially Declan. No twin could survive without their other half. She knew that if she'd ever lost him, there'd be a huge part of her missing forever. So instead, she picked up her purse, and headed to her first class.
"No man, I think I'll pass." the soft words came out of Adam Torres mouth as he spoke to his best friend Eli, sitting only a seat beside him as their class was about to start. The first bell had already rang and they had about five minutes until the final one signaling that class was starting would go off. Eli had taken it upon himself to fill those final minutes with an invitation for Adam to go to a movie with him and Clare that afternoon. Of course he did want to see the movie, but the thought of being the third wheel, yet again, wasn't too pleasant for him. Ever since Eli and Clare had made themselves official, he was always either left out, or obviously ignored. He hated it. He missed the one on one guy time. But that's how it usually went. Guy gets girlfriend, guy ditches best friend for girlfriend. He just had to learn to deal with it.
"Come on dude, you've been bugging me to see this with you all week." was Eli's retort, but Adam just shook his head in disappointment.
"Yeah, to see it with me." he said putting much emphasis on the me part, "Not with Clare and I."
Eli grimaced, "Dude, she's my girlfriend what do you expect? Besides, she's your friend too."
"I know, but it's different hanging out with the guy and his girlfriend than when it's with just the guy."
Eli didn't have enough time to reply, because as soon as Adam had gotten the sentence out, the final bell rang, signaling the start of wasn't but 10 minutes into that said class, that the teacher was interrupted by the arrival of someone coming through the door. Adam raised his head from the doodle on his paper to join the class in seeing who it first sight of her, and his heart stopped. It wasn't because she was obviously beautiful, or that she held herself with the most incredible grace and confidence. No it was something else. He watched as she glided with ease to the front of the class, handing a slip to the teacher.
"She was on the roof again…" Someone whispered from beside him and his eyebrow raised. What was she doing on the roof? Degrassi wasn't exactly a short building. But then again, he wasn't exactly the biggest fan of heights. The teacher sighed and nodded, motioning her to her desk and as she turned to make her way there, she locked eyes with him. It might have only been for a few seconds, but for Adam, it was much longer. They were a beautiful shade of pale blue, a beautiful color to match her dark brown hair that fell perfectly around her face in small curls. He hadn't believe there was such beauty in the world until that moment. He was only aware of the world around him as he felt Eli reach over to him and pressed his chin up, closing his mouth which at some point had fallen open.
"Shut it man before you drool." he joked, but Adam still couldn't look away, even as she sat in her desk and rummaged through her bag.
"Dude," Eli spoke again, trying to break his trance, "If you don't stop staring, she's going to realize it and think you're a freak."
He took that thought into consideration and turned away quickly, facing the front of the room. Who was she? And why hadn't he noticed her before? She had to be new. But even if she wasn't, it's not like he would have noticed, considering he was a new kid to this school as well. A few weeks wouldn't have given him the opportunity to see everyone. Maybe she had just transferred to the class or something. Either way, he wanted to know who she was and he'd make it his mission to find out.
Class was pure torture for Fiona. She couldn't stand to be sitting in one place for such a long time. She didn't even bother to pay attention, there was really no point. It's not like she actually needed to know the things they were teaching. If she really wanted to, she could buy her way into college. And really, how was algebra going to help her become a famous fashion designer? School was really just a way for her to pass the time. If her parents weren't making her go, there's not way she'd even give this place a passing glance. She doodled outfits that popped into her head and made a list of things she needed to remember to buy while she waited for the bell to ring, and when it finally did she gathered her things up and shoved them into her purse before standing up to make her way through the door. She was the first one out of the class and the first person in the hallway, which she didn't mine, as she made her way to wait by her best friend's locker. But before she could reach said location, she felt a hand on her arm.
"Uhm, you dropped this." a voice said from beside her and she turned to see who it was. She was surprised by the face that belonged to the voice. It had been such a soft voice, so soft that she'd expected a girl, but standing there smiling back at her was a boy. He had soft features, with eyes that felt like they were looking through her. She felt her heart flutter softly as she looked down to see the pen she'd been using in his hand.
"Oh," she began and pulled her purse strap higher up on her shoulder, "Thanks."
She nodded and took the pen from the boy and then flashed him a smile before turning to continue on her way.
"Coffee at The Dot?" She asked as the small red head approached her. Holly J. and Fiona's relationship was so much different now than when they'd first met. She wasn't exactly the girls biggest fan, especially since her brother had decided spending time with his new girlfriend was more important than spending time with his twin sister. She learned to get over it though eventually and as soon as she was okay with the girl, she ended up breaking his heart. Of course Fiona wasn't going to let that affect how she felt about her, because to be completely honest Holly J was her only friend and she didn't see that changing anytime soon. Not many people got Fiona. No one understood why she acted so differently, so strange. Even she couldn't explain it, but she knew that she wasn't like any one at Degrassi so if that meant she had to keep Holly J so she wasn't alone, then she was going to do just that.
"Can't, I've got some stuff I have to stay after school for." Holly J spoke as she shoved things into her locker.
"Hmm, after school stuff right," Fiona began, "Would this after school stuff have anything to do with Sav?"
"What? No." Holly J replied with in an unbelievable tone, "Just school stuff. I care about the school."
"Right Holly J," she sighed, "Fine, I guess I'm stuck getting coffee alone… again."
"It's just this one time Fiona, rain check? I promise next time I'll be free."
"Whatever, I'm used to it now." She said as she tightened her hands around the strap of her purse, and then walked away.