Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi, nor any of the characters/actors in it.

A/N: This is only my second attempt at a Degrassi fanfic (my first won pretty much flopped) and I'm pretty clueless about them, so please excuse me. This takes place the summer before season 4.

Summer vacation was meant for much more than this.

Paige Michalchuk was now regretting not making plans earlier, sitting on the couch alone, watching crappy soap operas and reading old magazines for the so-called heavenly two and a half months when school was out, was not her idea of fun. But with Hazel out in Europe and Spinner working at The Dot full-time, there was really nothing to do. After some debating over whether she should get up or not, she decided she had to, or she would starve to death. Lunch wasn't just going to make itself. Especially in an empty house. Lacking any cooking skills whatsoever, she just took some pizza from last night and heated it.

She thought, maybe if I keep this up all summer, without communicating to anyone at all, my vocal chords will shrivel up and die, but her thoughts were interrupted when she heard the doorbell ring. She hadn't even bother to change out of her pajamas, or put on make-up (a first for her) that day, so as she went to get the door, she felt quite embarrassed. She opened the door, to see, Marco del Rossi, probably here to see her brother.

"Hey, Dylan's not here right now, sorry," she noted, "but feel to come in. I'm boring myself to death, I could use some company."

"So you're saying that you'd rather be at school?" He asked rhetorically. "Yeah, well I actually came here to see you. I had a good idea." Paige noticed that he had a pretty big bag around one of his shoulders, which he seemed desperate to put down as he came in. He was sweaty, like he had been running. He was frantically trying to catch his breath as he sat down on the couch.

"I don't know if I'd rather be at school, but anywhere but here would be better. How 'bout you? What have you been up to?"

"Not much. But I've been thinking, what if we took a road trip to God knows where, for a month or so, just to do something different for once."

"We as in..."

"Just you and me."

"Look, I don't know, I mean what with Spinner and all..."

"You said you'd rather be anywhere but here. Besides, you really could use some fresh air."

"I'll think about it, but seriously, we're 16. How are we going to take care of ourselves?"

"I'm using all the money from my bank account, and there's a lot. I've already packed all my stuff," he said, gesturing to his bag, "we have enough to find a reasonable place to sleep each night. Paige, please, for me."

"You know what, fine."

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