This is my first Degrassi fic. I'm still trying to work out the kinks, but I'll get it eventually. This is set after Bittersweet Symphony (1) and what could've happened if Cam survived. I know this has been done before, but I still want to have my own take on this. Enjoy!

They found me. They found my slashed wrists, the pool of blood, and my eyes almost closed. Some people were walking around Degrassi and found me lying there inside, still conscious but bleeding a lot. Next thing I knew, I was lying in a hospital bed. My wrists were bandaged up and there were some medicines near me. What am I still doing here? I was supposed to go…

As soon as Campbell woke up, the doctor had entered his hospital room.

"Well, Campbell. It looks like you cut an important artery in your wrist. Luckily, you didn't lose a lot of blood. It was a miracle that they found while you were still conscious. As soon as they brought you here, you were comatose. Your lacerations were quite deep so we needed to cauterize your wrists. A little later and it would've been too late. Why would you do that to yourself?" asked the doctor.

"Sigh. It's a long story, Doctor. Things haven't been going well for me." Cam replied.

"Did something happen, Campbell? There are many ways to deal with your troubles. But self-harm isn't one of them."

"I know, but lately I've been feeling lost and alone. I'm so far away from home, hockey practice is rough, and just recently, this guy told me I was psycho after I gave him a black eye because I felt like he was trying to steal my girlfriend from me. Normally, I wouldn't act like that. But I just couldn't keep in my anger."

"Violence towards others isn't really a good way to deal either. But my concern right now is how you're feeling lost and alone. How do you feel right now?"

"Doctor, I don't think I feel right. I feel really messed up."

"If that's what you're feeling, Campbell, then perhaps I can offer some help." offered the doctor, with much concern. He gave Cam a business card that read:

Dr. Jeffrey Collins

Psychiatrist

4th Floor, No. 47 Building, Corduroy Lane, Toronto

Tel no. 427-9371-8324

"A psychiatrist?" the boy questioned.

"I hope I'm not offending you. But after hearing your issues, I think you need to be kept on track."

"I don't know, Doc. I do want to get better. But I'm not sure if therapy can help me."

"Well, okay. But just in case, I want you to keep that card. You never know."

"All right. I'll consider it." he answered as he put it in his bag.

"I'm glad you're considering this. By the way, somebody's here to see you."

When the doctor slowly opened the door, there was a blonde girl with glasses carrying a basket of flowers. Her eyes began tearing up when she saw that Cam was alive and breathing.

"Cam, you're okay…" she sniffled as she walked up to him and held his hand. Cam started to break down too as she kept holding it.

"Maya, I'm so sorry. Everything has been so—"

But before he could finish, Maya shushed him with a kiss and embraced him.

"Just tell me everything later, all right? Right now, I want to focus on the fact that you're okay."

Cam was speechless, but he nodded anyway. Maya sat next to him on his bed and cuddled up to him.

"So, how you were able to make it here? Shouldn't you be at school?" asked a curious Cam.

"The paramedics got a hold of your phone and called the number of the most recent missed call, mine. As soon as I got that call I had to wake up Katie and tell her to bring me here. When I got here, we had to practically beg the doctor to let me see you. We've been here since last night." revealed Maya.

"Really? You didn't have go through all that for me."

"Are you kidding? Are you saying I shouldn't be with the person I love in his time of need?"

"No! I never said tha— Wait. I'm the person you love?"

"Of course you are. I haven't told you yet?" asked the girl.

"No. Well, until now."

"Oh. Sorry."

"Hey, don't worry about it. I love you, Maya."

This was Cam's first time to say, "I love you" to Maya. Knowing that, more tears rolled down on her face. She had just given him another kiss, a longer one, when Katie walked in.

"Hi. Is everything all right?" questioned the older Matlin girl.

"Everything's fine, Katie." replied her sister. Katie glanced at Cam's bandaged wrists and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness you're okay, Cam." said Katie as she sat on the nearby chair.

"Thank you, Katie."

"You know, the doctor said that they're going to release you after one more test. And since I called Simpson this morning telling him about what happened to you, he gave Maya and I the day off. Would you like to stay with us today?" asked Katie.

"Are you sure it's fine? I don't want to impose or anything." said Cam.

"It's perfectly fine, Cam. All we want right now is for you to feel okay." Maya answered happily.

"Well, in that case, sure, I'll stay at your place." said Cam.

After he finished the last blood test, Cam changed his clothes, fixed his things and hopped into the backseat of Katie's car, next to Maya.

"I don't know if I'm ready to tell Maya why I did that." Cam thought to himself as he held Maya's hand.

As soon as they reached the Matlin house, Katie, Cam and Maya made their way inside.

"Make yourself at home, Cam. Katie and I will get some food for us to eat." said Maya.

"Okay. Need any help?" he asked as he stood up.

"Um. No, thank you. We can handle it!" stammered Maya, smiling nervously as she sat Cam back down.

"Oh. All right then."

Maya then grabbed Katie's wrist and dragged her into the kitchen. When her boyfriend was out of sight, Maya's smile disappeared and she started to hyperventilate.

"Keeping that in was harder than I thought." admitted Maya.

"Are you sure you don't want to ask him yet? I mean, he looks like he's okay."

"Katie, they found him in the greenhouse bleeding his wrists out. He's had a long day. The last thing I want to do is to stress him out."

Katie understood where Maya was going with this. She too, also knew of Cam's issues.

"If you say so, Maya. But sooner or later, you're going to have to ask him. You have to know. You're his girlfriend."

"You're right, Katie. As soon as we're finished eating, I'll ask him."

Twenty minutes later, Katie and Maya set the table with some re-heated leftover steak and mashed potatoes with gravy.

"I hope you're okay with leftovers, Cam." assured Katie.

"Don't worry, it's fine. Thank you very much for the food."

The three sat down on the table and started to eat. Maya sat across Cam, pondering on what happened the night before.

"Cam, you can tell me anything. What happened?" she thought.

Author's note

So yeah, first chapter. Don't forget to review! Thanks! :)