Second Chances
Chapter 1:
Clare put her arm around her cousin.
"You'll love Degrassi." she smiled.
"Really? Don't you like, hate it here?" Anna asked.
"Well, it's alright." Clare shrugged. Anna laughed and followed her cousin into the school.
"So you can sit with me, Eli, and Adam today at lunch, okay?"
"You mean you're not totally embarrassed to be seen with a freshman?" Anna asked, pointing to her yellow polo.
"Totally no, slightly…" Clare trailed off. Anna hit her playfully.
"You know I love you A." they laughed. They walked to Clare's locker, and Clare smiled once she saw Eli next to it.
"Who's Dr. Doom?" Anna asked, pointing to him.
"That's Eli, my boyfriend." Anna's eyes widened.
"Oh gosh, I'm sorry." Clare rolled her eyes, giggling.
"Hey Edwards." Eli flashed a smile.
"Hey Eli. This is my cousin, Anna." she pointed to her.
"Ah, the new freshman." he put an emphasis of the word freshman.
"Yup." Anna answered, feeling awkward.
"Well, I'm going to go see if I can open my locker, later Clare, Eli." Clare and Eli waved as she turned the corner. She roamed the halls, looking at the numbers, getting frustrated when she couldn't find hers.
"Finally." she whispered after ten minutes of looking for her locker. She cleared the dial, and started putting in the combination.
"20, 13, 34… What the fuck?" she tried the combination three more times, and it still wouldn't open.
"Really?" she shouted, and kicked it as hard as she could.
"Need help?" Anna jumped and turned to where the voice came from.
"Ugh, yeah. My locker is just being a jackass." she chuckled, and so did he.
"Well, let's see what I can do." he flashed a smile and Anna was weak. She shakily handed him the piece of paper with the combo, and stepped aside. He whispered the numbers to himself and pulled the latch up, swinging the door open. He turned back to Anna and smiled.
"How did you-"
"Practice." he chuckled.
"Well, thank you…" she trailed off.
"Adam." he said, handing her the paper back.
"Well, thanks Adam, you're my hero." she giggled, sticking her hand out to take the piece of paper.
"No problem…"
"Anna."
"Well, it's what I'm here for Anna." he winked and she smiled. She turned to her locker and looked inside.
"Damn! This is the smallest piece of shit I've ever seen! How the hell am I supposed to fit anything in here?"
"You got a mouth I see." Adam laughed.
"Yeah, and I know how to use it… Oh! That sounded wrong…" Anna bit her lip and Adam blushed slightly, laughing.
"I'll see you around…?"
"Yup." he nodded and continued down the hall. Anna was going to like it at Degrassi, she could already tell.