Chapter 2

Manny woke up that morning feeling disoriented. She felt the throbbing in her head as the night before slowly started to trickle back into reality. She quickly sat up in the bed she was lying in and noticed that the unfamiliar room was spinning.

"Where… Where am I?" she rasped feeling as if she had swallowed a giant cotton ball sometime during the night.

"Relax Santos and lay back down. The spinning'll stop soon." she heard the amused voice of Jay Hogart coming from the opened bedroom door. She looked up to see him coming into the room with a steaming cup in his hands that he sat down on the rugged table next to the bed she was lying on.

She looked at his skeptically. "Where am I and what are you doing here?" she asked him.

She heard him sigh as he leaned against the wall. "You're in my apartment after I saved you from some perv trying to film you last night." he told her.

She sat up in bed again and glared at the one in the middle that wasn't moving around. "Really? You saved me? How do I know you're not the pervert that got me drunk last night?"

Jay glared back at her. "You're still clothed aren't you?" he said sounding irritated. "Drink up. You've gotta get to DCS and I gotta get to work."

She watched him storm from the room and groaned. She looked over to where Jay had sat the cup of what smelled like coffee and found two pain relievers to get rid of her headache.

"Come on Santos! I ain't got all day!" she heard Jay yell as he walked out of the door. She quickly dry swallowed the pills and grabbed the cup to drink on the way to school. She rushed out of the door to find Jay sitting impatiently in his orange Honda Civic. He glared at the cup in her hand as she got settled in the car.

"Don't you dare spill that." he said revving the engine and speeding out of the apartment complex drive way.

As they were on their way to Degrassi Manny looked down at the contents of the coffee mug before taking a sip. She swallowed it quickly instead of spitting it back out when the taste of it hit her tongue.

"Gah!" she shrieked causing Jay to quickly hit the breaks wondering what was wrong.

"What the hell was that?!" she shrieked again glaring at the object in question.

Jay looked over at her in exasperation. "It's the quickest hangover remedy you'll ever find, you don't wanna know what's in it. Now can we go?"

"Fine." she sighed and shrieked as she was jerked back when he pressed down on the gas pedal. If getting stuck with the likes of Jay Hogart is what happens when you drink she was never touching vodka again.

Not too long afterwards they arrived in front of Degrassi where a bunch of students were still trickling in. Manny opened the door and set one foot on the ground when she felt Jay grab her arm.

"You gonna need a ride later?" he asked her looking back out at the road in front of him.

Manny looked back at the school and shrugged not knowing how she would be received if she tried to go home just yet. "I don't know."

She felt him reach over and grab her cell phone out of her back pocket. "Hey!" she said as she watched him flip it open and press a few buttons before handing it back.

She opened it up to find a new entry in her contact list. She looked back over at him quizzically. He sighed. "If you still need a ride just call alright. Now get out, I got to get to work."

She stood on the curb watching as Jay sped off to the garage. Seriously, she was never touching vodka again. Manny shook her head before heading into the school. Hopefully the day would go by quickly.

TBC...