Welcome to my December Christmas short called Next Flight Home dedicated to my fellow Fimogen and Palex shippers.
This will be a short three shot story that will reunite my top two ships.
The chapters to this will be short but the story will be worth it.
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I posted a note concerning Freeing the other part of me on my Degrassi Saviors page please take a moment to read.
Disclaimer I do not own Degrassi all characters belong to respective owners no copyright infringement intended I only own the plot.
Here are the important things to keep in mind
Takes place during Christmas week of Imogen's freshmen year at U of T she is 19 she broke up with Jack during her senior year.
Alex is 27 and a high school teacher at a private school
Fiona is 20 she did go to Rome but transferred to New York for her job she and Imogen talk on occasion and are friends
Paige is 27 and is a fashion consultant
That should cover it anything else will be in the short.
Chapter1 Memories that Won't Fade Away
Imogen thought she made the right decision letting Fiona go to Rome and accept that internship she really did but over the past year plus since she let Fiona go she couldn't help but feel that when she let Fiona she also let a big piece of her go as well something that became more noticeable with the holiday cheer going around.
Every street corner every side walk seemed to be oozing holiday cheer and as much as she tried to she just couldn't get into the holiday spirit.
Imogen and Fiona had kept in touched since Fiona left for Rome trying to adjust to being friends again after being lovers for while which for Fiona seemed easy but Imogen struggled with adjustment often finding herself looking at old pictures or mementos of her and Fiona together.
There would be nights Imogen would go on her laptop and look at pictures she saved from her time with Fiona and cry herself to sleep thinking of what could have been.
Some nights when she would skype with Fiona Imogen would fight the urge to cry missing her one time girlfriend wanting to hold her one last time.
As Christmas week grew closer Imogen found herself just begging for something anything to take her mind off Fiona but each idea she had seemed to make her feel worse than the last.
Since it was two days before Christmas she figured she would go see her father which turned out to be a minor distraction from Fiona induced heartache since today was one of his rare good days.
After spending most of her day with her father and wanting to go home since her house was empty with Natalie having taken a trip to a symposium in Chicago where she would be spending Christmas and New Year's Imogen decided to take her car and check out the Toronto night life.
Imogen drove for an hour finally stopping at small lounge which was known to have a mellow atmosphere having luckily found parking just a block over from the lounge Imogen made her way inside taking in the homie calm vibe given off by the place.
Imogen found a stool by the bar and thought she might as well order at least order something lite while she cleared her head.
A few moments later a tall brunette female bar keep came over to her.
"What'll it be kid?"
"Just a club soda with a lime please and two bacon sliders thanks."
"Alright 7 even kid."
Imogen pulled the money from her wallet on the inside of jacket and paid for her food.
"I'll be back in a few with your order."
The bar keep went to put Imogen's order in while she listened to the lite music being played on stage.
As Imogen began to fall into a small trance and drum her fingers to music a tall dark hair female knocked her from her stupor.
"Hey mind if I sit here?" the woman asked.
"Knock yourself out."
A few moments after Imogen sat down her food was brought to her while the woman next to was working on an Irish coffee.
As Imogen ate the woman next to her was unbeknownst to her trying to figure her out.
"Listen I hope this isn't to forward but you seem like you have a lot on your mind wanna talk about it?"
"What the hell keeping it in is driving me nuts I'm Imogen by the way."
"Alex nice to meet you."
"Same here." Imogen replied shaking Alex's hand.
"So Imogen what has you in such a down mood during Christmas week?"
"Let's just say this time of year tends to remind me that I'm the biggest idiot in the world."
"How's that?"
"I was dating a really amazing girl back in high school and it was going great until she got the chance of a lifetime to go to Rome and work for this big fashion designer long story short I ended things with her told her to take the job and now every time I think about that day I can't help but get upset because what we had was real and was growing to the point where I felt like she could have been my one."
"Oh the one that got away been there done that."
"Really how'd yours end?"
"Same way as yours except feel hard we were good until I got self-centered got mad that she wanted more and I refused compromised and our thing just ended there with me not willing to at least try and make it work."
"Ouch sorry."
"Don't be I've moved on she's big fashion icon in New York now even if I had a chance she would never take me back what we had is dead."
"Come on Alex you're telling me you wouldn't try again if you had the chance?"
"I mean I would but you only get one maybe two chances with a girl like Paige Michalchuk."
"Wait a minute you don't mean Paige Michalchuk the for Degrassi sprit squad captain do you?"
"Yeah how did you about her?"
My ex was a cheerleader and wouldn't shut up about her every time we past her squads picture."
"Wow so you went to Degrassi?" Alex asked surprised.
"Yeah I did."
"Small world."
"I guess yeah."
"Hey I just had a brilliant but crazy idea."
"Hey I went to Degrassi brilliant but crazy is normal in my book."
"You have a way to find your ex?"
"Yeah I do what are you thinking Alex?"
"Well I'm thinking we fly to New York and try for a Christmas miracle and try to reunite with our exes what do you say Imogen?"
"I say what do we have to lose Christmas is a time for miracles after all."
"Great I have a couple thousand unused airline miles from my aunt it should be enough to get us there for a few days."
"Okay I have some money saved up I can get us back."
"Great if you don't mind spending the night at my apartment I can get us tickets and we leave first thing in the morning."
"I'll do you one better crash at my place it's the least I can do for you after you listen to my sad story."
"Fine I could use a night away from my inconsiderate neighbor."
"It's settled than."
"Cool I just need to go home and pack a bag."
"We'll swing by your place you pack just get our tickets before we fall asleep tonight you can look on the way over to my place."
"Well let's go Imogen we have a Christmas miracle to attempt."
"Right behind you Alex."
The newly formed friends left the lounge hoping their plan for Christmas romance worked.
Next update will be up ASAP including Fiona meeting Paige.