Chapter 2: Meet The Girls

Dallas' POV:

So I walk into the Degrassi hallway and girls were staring at me, then they started smiling and waving their hands at me, all I did was smiled and wave back at them. As I continued walking, three guys, wearing Ice Hounds jackets, similar to what I'm wearing, walk up to me, giving me hand shakes and pats on the back, then continued walking the opposite way. All I did was play it cool. It was weird at first, but I kind of like the attention.

When I finally reached my locker I put my duffel bag and hockey stick inside and took out my chemistry textbook. As I closed my locker I saw a beautiful girl on the right side of me, taking a textbook out of her locker. She has black long curly hair and was wearing light blue, v-neck, short sleeve blouse and black knee-length skirt and black high-heeled boots. I gave her a charmed smile and she just looked at me in a weird way; so I approach a conversation with her.

"Hey locker neighbor, I'm Dallas, and you are?" I asked with my flirty face

"The wrong tree to be barking up." she answered, being ignorant.

"That's a terrible name. You should change it." I said still smirking at her.

"It's Fiona Coyne. Look, I'm flattered, but not interested." She shook her head,

"Well, I love me a challenge." I said trying to play with her.

"And I love me girls. Look I don't have time for your silly games, so please leave me alone!" she said closing her locker, getting annoyed, and about to walk away.

"Wait!" I said, turning serious, realizing I've pushed too far.

"What!?" she said turning, getting really annoyed.

"I'm sorry it wasn't really my intention to annoy you or play games with you. It's just that I'm new here and I just want to make friends, and fit in and try to engage a conversation with someone."

Her mood changed from annoyed to pity and she walked towards me, looking me.

"Look I'm sorry for being so up-tight. I know how it feels being the new kid. I would love to be your friend and ONLY your friend." she said emphasizing 'only'.

"Cool, is okay if you could spare some time and chat?" I asked hopefully.

"Well we only have 10 minutes till the bell rings and I don't have better things to do, so yeah, sure." she said sitting on the floor, leaning against her locker, and patting on the floor next to her for me to sit down on.

We talked, listened, and laughed. But she had a lot to talk about than I did, like her living in New York, moving to different countries when she was young, and a lot about her girlfriend, Imogen. Me, I just talked about being the new kid and my interest in Hockey. No big deal.

(Bell Rang)

"It was really nice chatting with you, Fiona. Finally! I have a real friend here." I said getting up.

"It was my pleasure Mr. Dallas. You know, you're not half as bad as I thought you were. Again, I'm sorry for being judgmental and up-tight, I realized that not all Hockey Jocks are players. And remember don't pretend to be something that you're not because you might not know that someone will like you for being yourself." Fiona said, getting up and smiling at me.

"Thanks for the advice, so I guess I'll see you around, locker neighbor?"

"I guess you will, locker neighbor." she said as we walked our separate ways.

You know Fiona is a really nice girl, out-spoken, and sure can be trusted. I guess I found my first Angel, one down, three to go.

I arrived in Chemistry class where I sit down and wait for the bell to ring. When the bell rang for class, the Chemistry teacher stand up and started talking to the class.

"Good Morning class, today you'll be assigned to do a lab experiment, so I assigned each of you partners to work with. Remember your partner that I assigned you to will be your partner for the semester, so no rearrangements." The teacher started reading the list of partners we'll be working with.

"...Jake Martin and Marisol Lewis and last but not the least Katie Matlin and Mike Dallas." the teacher said as she finish reading the list.

I got up and look around for my partner, and then a girl, with tied up black straight hair with bangs and wearing a green plaid shirt and blue jeans and black sneakers, waved at me with a fair smile on her face. I'm guessing that's Katie, so I walk up and sat down next to her.

"I'm guessing we're partners for the semester, by the way I'm Dallas, Mike Dallas." I put my hand out and smiled.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Katie, Katie Matlin." She put her hand into mine and started shaking it.

"Nice to meet you too, well we should start on our experiments now." I said, as we both put our goggles on. As we were about to start, I saw her, a little sad, looking at another lab table with a guy and a girl do their experiments.

"Why so glum chum?" I said, in a soft voice.

She turned and looked at me, "Huh? Oh sorry. No offence, but I was hoping that my boyfriend, Jake, would be my partner, but he's now my best friend's, Marisol, partner." She turned again to the guy and the girl, who I assumed that's Jake and Marisol, then turned back to look at me.

"It's okay, I'm not offended, but don't worry you'll like me, I'll be the greatest lab partner ever. I promised you won't get bored and annoyed by me. Plus it's a great opportunity to make new friends." I said cheering her up.

"Ha-ha, I like you already. I bet you make all the girls laugh and smile." She said, giggling.

"Well, I don't try to it's just a natural habit of mine...we should get started on our experiments" I said smiling.

As we started doing our experiments, Katie and I are surprisingly getting along. It was 15 minutes before the bell rings and it was a free class time. We used that time to talk and get to know each other a little more. As the bell rings for our next class, I got up and turn to Katie.

"I had great time talking to you Dallas, so I'll see you around okay? She said.

"Yeah sure, and it was nice talking to you to Katie." I said as she smiled and turned around and headed out the door.

As I walk to my next class I was thinking about Katie. And no not in a 'I-think-I'm-in-love-with-her' kind of way and plus she has a boyfriend, so no. Anyways I was thinking about Katie.

Hmm, Katie is a nice girl with a good personality, and she's like an Angel. Wait! Like an 'Angel'. I guess I found my second angel. Two down, two to go.

Finally, the bell rang for lunch. My second class was really terrible and boring. Most of the students were guys and they're rude to me when I talk to them. And the only two girls in my class were ignoring me and giving me stick faces when I smiled at them, they were treating me like I'm some sort of Hockey Jock Playboy, which is true. (I meant true about the Hockey Jock thing not the playboy thing, just to clear things up.) So I force myself to listen to the teacher's lecture, which is the boring part.

I didn't feel hungry so I went to the roof garden to have some alone time, cool off, and maybe think more about my mission. As I sat down and think, I heard giggling, and realized that I'm not alone. I stand up and look around to where the giggling is coming from.

I stop and I saw it was two girls sitting down, chatting and laughing. One had short curly light brown hair, wearing plain yellow long-sleeved shirt with khakis and brown ballet flat shoes. The other girl has black long hair and dark skin and wearing a light purple sleeveless shirt, dark purple capris, and dark purple sneakers.

The curly-haired girl saw me looking at them and she tapped her dark-haired friend and her friend also looked at me. It was an awkward stare between me and them, so I was the one to break the silence.

"Sorry, I thought I was alone. I should go." I said, turning around about to head out.

"No it's okay, we thought that we were alone too." The dark-haired girl said, as I turned around and she was looking at her curly-haired friend, and then looking at me.

"Yeah, you can stay if you want, we don't mine." said the curly-haired girl, smiling at me.

"Thanks, I was expecting you guys to brush me off and judge me since I'm a Hockey Jock." I said, hesitantly putting my hands on my Jacket pocket.

"Well, you are a Hockey Jock, but we're not judgmental on people's appearance, and not all hockey jocks are bone heads, and you're pretty much a decent guy." Said the curly-haired girl.

"And even if you're like one of those hockey players, just remember that not all girls are easy to play with and we're one of them." Added the dark-haired girl, half smiling and half serious.

"Plus, we both have boyfriends, so if you were about to flirt with us, sorry we're taken." Added the curly-haired girl.

"Okay, one, I appreciate you guys not judging me, two, thank you I am pretty much a decent guy, three, flirting with you guys is the last thing on my mind now, and four, I'm new here so I just want to make friends." I said, smiling making a point

"Oh well sit down, and lets chat. By the way, I'm Alli Bhandari." said the dark-haired girl as she extended her hand for me to shake. I sat down between the girls and shook Alli's hand.

"And I'm Clare Edwards." said the curly-haired girl as I turned to my left, facing her, and shook her hand.

"It's nice to meet you Clare and Alli, my name is Mike Dallas, but you guys can call me Dallas." I said, turning my head, looking at both of them.

"Okay" both of the girls said at the same time, giggling.

So we chat, talk, and laugh. I learned that Clare and Alli have been best friends since their freshmen year. Clare talked about her boyfriend, Eli and Alli talked about her boyfriend, Dave. Me, I just talked about hockey and just adjusting here in Degrassi. Then we end up playing, 'Would you rather'.

"Dallas, would you rather die drowning or die by getting eaten alive by a crocodile?" Alli asked.

"Is there another option?" I asked hopefully

"No" both girls said at the same time.

"You have to choose one Dallas." Clare said like I have no choice.

"Okay, okay, I'd rather die drowning, and plus I don't want to end up being Dallas a la mode for a crocodile." I said making a point.

Both girls were laughing hysterically. Then it was my turn to ask.

"So Alli would you rather be my Angel for a day or streak around the school?" I asked Alli.

"Well I know myself pretty well to know that I'll be pretty embarrassed if I streak around the school, so I'd rather be your Angel for a day." Alli said, very sure to herself.

I turned and looked at Clare, "So Clare, same question, would you rather be my Angel for a day or streak around the school?"

"It depends, what would you do to me or what would I do if I choose to be your Angel?" Clare asked, smirking at me.

Clare is a very clever girl, so I cleared things up a bit. "Well nothing inappropriate, if that's what you're thinking. You know be my slave in a good way like maybe make you do something to make the world a better place to live in and spread good to other people."

"Okay, well streaking around the school is so not me, and I love making the world a better place, and giving back to the people. Since you made it clear enough; I'd rather be your Angel for a day." Clare said, very sure to herself too.

All I did was smile at them. Then the bell rang for third period and both girls stand up and I just stay sitting.

"It was nice meeting you Dallas." Clare said

"Yeah we really had a great time." Alli added

"Well thank you for giving a chance to chat with you girls." I said

"No problem, we're friends now are we?" Clare asked

I couldn't stop smiling when Clare said that. I was over the top happy when I'm officially Alli and Clare's friend.

"Well we should be going now, see you around Dallas." Alli said in a happy mood and grabbing Clare's left arm as they both head out the roof garden.

"Okay see you!" I yelled

Alli and Clare really made my day. I feel lucky because I realized that I already found my last two Angels.

So I got up and headed to my third class of the day.

The last bell rang for after school and I went to my locker to grab my things for, of course 'Hockey Practice' when I approach to my locker, Fiona was at her locker and notice my happy mood.

"Someone in a happy mood today, how's your day Dallas?" Fiona asked

"Well, for your second question Ms. Coyne, I had an awesome day and for your first question, the reason I'm in a happy mood is because of your advice, I made some new friends that like me for me and not judge me for being a hockey jock." I answered

"That's great, I'm happy for you that you're settling in." Fiona said as she open her arms and pulled me into a tight hug.

Obviously, I hugged her back. As we hugged a petite girl, with glasses and pigtail hair, approached to our locker; she didn't seem really happy when Fiona was around my arms. Fiona, in the other hand, didn't notice her because the girl was behind her.

"Fiona, I think we have company." I said looking at Fiona, then at the girl, and back at Fiona.

Fiona turned her head at the girl. Realized that we're still hugging, she broke the hug.

"Hey Immy!" said Fiona as she approached the petite girl and kissed her on the cheek.

"Hey Fions." The girl said in a slightly stern tone, she looked at me in a suspicious look.

I felt uncomfortable and awkward on how she stared at me. Fiona noticed my facial expression, and then she broke the silent.

"Uh, Dallas this is Imogen, my girlfriend, I've talked to you about. And Immy, this is my new friend Dallas, he's new here." Fiona said trying to make things less awkward.

"It's nice to meet you Imogen; Fiona has told me a lot of good things about you." I smiled awkwardly, extending my hand for her to shake.

"Did she now, nice to meet you too." Imogen said slightly tilting her head, still staring at me, and folding her arms together.

I guess she doesn't want a hand shake, so I awkwardly put my hand down.

"I guess we should go now, nice seeing you again Dallas, come on Immy." Fiona turning and turning Imogen as they headed towards the exit of the school. As they walk, Fiona wrapped her right arm around Imogen's waist, and Fiona turned her head at me mouthing the word 'sorry' at me. I smiled and nod at her, showing her it's okay. Fiona turned back and they exit the school.

Okay that was awkward. Oh well, I grab my things in my locker and head to hockey practice.