CHAPTER 2
UNIFORM COMPROMISE
Fitz woke up early the next morning and got ready. He was lucky that his stepfather wasn't home last night,so there were no sessions at the gym in which Fitz was the punching bag. For the first time in forever he was excited to go to school, well he was excited to see Natalia. Fitz walks downstairs into his kitchen, where his mother is currently drinking her coffee. He smiles widely at her.
"Hey Ma."
His mother,Theresa Fitzgerald sets her coffee on the island and looks at him suspiciously. He was not known to get up early or to be this happy.
"What's going on?"
"I met this girl. She's incredible. She know's what I did and she doesn't think I'm a monster."
His mother looked at him.
"Sweetie you're not a monster-
Fitz interrupts her.
"Then if I'm not a monster why wont you look at me the same and why do I feel like one?"
His mother got up from her seat at the island and hugs him.
" I don't think you're a monster. I know you are not a monster. I was just a little disappointed thats all."
He hugs her back for a second. Pulling back he say his goodbye and heads to school. Parking in the school lot he see's Owen,Tyler and Bianca talking.
"Sup." He nodded his head in acknowledgement. He looked around trying to spot Natalia.
"You looking for somebody,Fitz?" He heard Bianca ask.
"Yeah. I'm looking for Natalia."
His friend looked at him in confusion. He sighed.
"You know the new chick from yesterday."
Owen grinned. "Damn Fitz, you work fast."
He was just about to tell Owen that they were only friends when he heard her voice.
"Just come into the fucking school for one minute and tell them about what the crazy bitch did."
Fitz whipped around to see Natalia talking to someone through a car window. Her uniform,although she wore the colors was somewhat inappropriate. She wore her purple polo with khaki shorts and black heels that he would guess was about five inches high. Her long brown locks was tied in a high ponytail.
The driver door of the car opened and a man stepped out. Natalia sighed and muttered something under her breath. The man had brown hair and brown eyes. He was tall over 6 feet. Fitz walked over to Natalia.
"Hey Natalia." She looked up at him and smiled.
"Hey Mark"
Natalia turned to the man that Fitz assumed was her father.
"Daddy,this is Mark. Mark meet daddy."
Natalia's father nodded his head and outstretched his hand. Fitz shakes the outstretched hand.
"Call me Nathan."
Natalia smiles widely.
"OK. Let's go daddy. You coming Mark?"
Fitz nods his head, anything to spend time with her. They walk through the school and stop at the office. Her father goes inside and talks to the principle and they wait.
"You know you're gonna get in trouble for wearing that,right." He looks at her shorts and heels.
"That's why my dad's here." Natalia sighs.
"What happened?" He gestures to her outfit.
"My dad told my step mom he wanted a divorce. The bitch went crazy and started tearing up the house,starting with my closet. I was out so there was nothing I could to till I got home. One of the security guards finally got her out after half of my closet was gone. They were dragging her out when I got home."
Fitz burst's out laughing. Clutching his sides, he gasps for breath. The students passing by looks at him as though he is crazy. Natalia watches him with a raised brow and a smile on her face. When he is finally done he still has a smile on his face.
"What's so funny?" Natalia says crossing her arms over her chest.
"I'm just picturing them dragging you stepmother out of the house." Fitz says laughing again
"Yeah, It was pretty funny" Natalia giggled
Fitz turns to her and he has a serious look on his face.
"That kiss yesterday. What does it mean?"
Natalia looks down chewing her lip nervously. Looking up she tucked a lock of hair behind her ear.
" I don't know." She sighs running her fingers through her hair. "I like you. But what did the kiss mean to you?"
Fitz looked at her with a goofy smile on his face. He set his hands on either side of her body,trapping her between himself and the wall. He brought his face closer to hers.
"You like me."
Natalia rolled her eyes.
"Yes I like you."
"Then, you'll go on a date with me." He stated hopefully. Natalia smiled and nodded her head. Natalia's father, Nathan walked out of the office and smiled at his daughter.
"You're off the hook for today."
Natalia and Fitz say goodbye and walk to class. Their classes pass quickly and before they know its lunch. Natalia walks to her locker and puts her books away. She was interrupted by someone's voice.
"You're seriously hanging out with Fitz?"
"What do you want Eli?" She asked not bothering to look up. Eli sighed. In all the years he knew this girl she was always stubborn.
"You know Julia wouldn't be happy with you talking to people like Fitz." Natalia turned and glared at him. How dare he bring Julia into this?
"Yeah,well she isn't here to tell me that,now is she?" Eli flinched. He knew it was his fault that Julia was dead. He had met Natalia a few years back. He instantly liked her and fell for her cousin Julia. They were all friends but then Julia died. At the funeral Natalia didn't even look at him. He knew she blamed him too.
Natalia slammed her locker and proceeded to walk away leaving Eli standing there sadly. She knew she was being a bitch but Julia was like a sister to her. She didnt blame Eli for Julia's death. If anything she blamed herself. She shouldn't have agreed to let Julia sneak out that night. She knew that Julia was angry when she left, but she did nothing to stop her.
Natalia walked into the Cafe and walked toward Fitz. She sat down and smiled.
"Hey."
Fitz smiled back. He was about to say something else when three people sat down. It was Owen, Bianca and Tyler. Natalia looked up at the boys who were looking at her pervertedly and the girl that was glaring at her. Natalia raised an eyebrow.
"Do I know you?" She asked rudely.
Bianca glares at her harder. This girl had guts. Most people shied away from her glare but his little bitch was coming full force towards it. Bianca felt her anger flare up at the tiny girl.
"Excuse me?" Bianca mentally slapped herself. Thats all she could come up with.
"Well you were staring pretty hard like you know me." Natalia said. Bianca glared harder, as if that was possible. Bianca stood up from her seat and stood over Natalia threateningly. Natalia also stood up but her height in heels, was a measly 5'3 compared to Bianca's 5'8. Bianca stood closer to Natalia and by now most of the kids were watching this.
"Listen little girl. You watch how you talk to me or-" Natalia cut her off with a harsh laugh.
"Or you'll what?" Natalia raised her brow again and tilted her head feigning innocence. She stepped closer to Bianca arms crossed over her chest.
"What are you gonna do about it skank?"
Bianca's anger flared and she saw red. Clenching her hands into fists she pulled her hand back and snapped it forward. When her fist was about an inch from Natalia's face another hand clamped down on it.
"Don't you fucking touch her."
A/N: I KNOW ITS A CLIFFIE. WHO DO YOU THINK IT IS. ELI OF FITZ? I'LL POST SOON.I JUST SAW A PICTURE OF WHAT THE NEW DEGRASSI UNIFORMS LOOK LIKE. IN THE PICTURE IT SHOWS THAT THE DIFFERENT GRADES WEAR DIFFERENT TOPS WITH KHAKI BOTTOMS. THE LINK IS ON MY PROFILE ALONG WITH THE LINK FOR NEW DEGRASSI RULES.
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