Summary: Letters sent while Craig is in rehab. Rated T for language.

Author: Aiedail! Margee!

Music that helped: Cute is What We Aim For

I guess this is another "Craig-in-rehab" story... but told in letters! Yeahhh!

How Soon is Now is a song by The Smiths.

Disclaimer: I don't own Degrassi.

So... here it is.

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How Soon is Now?

Chapter 1: How Soon is Now?

I am the son
and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
of nothing in particular

You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does

There's a club if you'd like to go
you could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go, and you stand on your own
and you leave on your own
and you go home, and you cry
and you want to die

When you say it's gonna happen "now"
well, when exactly do you mean?
see I've already waited too long
and all my hope is gone

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Dear Ellie,

I don't expect you to write back. Hell, I don't expect you to even read this.

But as soon as I got here, you were the first person I wanted to talk to.

You're probably never going to forgive me. But I wanted to say that I'm sorry. I know, I know, I've said it so many times. I'll change, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you...

This time I mean it. I meant it with all my heart. You are so important to me and I don't want to lose you. And I'll keep telling you this until you forgive me.

-Craig

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Dear Joey,

I'm settled in fine. Everyone here is nice, if not overly-friendly.

Our days are great! We have delicious food, and everyone (surprisingly) gets along. We all share and help each other out.

My roommate's name is Jake. He's so funny! We have a ton of stuff in common.

I talk to my therapist and he's really helping me to get better.

See you soon and say hi to Angie for me!

Craig

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You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does

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So... review and tell me what you think! It's not much for the beginning, but I've got more coming up.