Just found out some devastating news. Degrassi is ending at Season 14b. Is this true? Is it really ending? Omfg. I just can't...
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Ch. Two - The Going Away Party
(ZIG)
I've been staying with the Milligan's for four days now. Today is Friday and it's time for Tristan's best friend, Tori's, going away party. Tristan tells me the theme is a luau so we have to dress Hawaiian. After being dragged around the mall all yesterday with Tristan and his other best friend, Maya, we all found nice outfits to wear to Tori's party.
Maya is something beautiful, but she seems shy and standoffish. It's amazing how she and Tristan are actually friends. She dresses kiddish and hides her bright, blue eyes behind her thick glasses. She wears her blonde hair in messy curls and keeps her head down as she walks. I want to question Tristan about her standoffish behavior, but something tells me not to.
I dress in a red and white button up Hawaiian shirt with khaki shorts. I put on a pair of flip flops and stare at myself in the mirror. I groan at the uncomfortable feeling that stirs inside of me. I'm used to wearing my leather jackets, sleeveless shirts, and my ripped jeans with combat boots. This attire is definitely new and if I tried to get out of this look, Tristan would yell at me. This look was all his, and Maya's, idea. If it were up to me, I'd be the only one looking as if I stepped out of the Grease movie.
"Ready in there, Zig?" Tristan asks, knocking on the door.
"Yeah," I call out, sighing before stepping away from the mirror.
I open the door and Tristan squeals. He's wearing a blue Hawaiian shirt with a pair of white capris that he rolled up. He's wearing a pair of white flops.
"Owen's down by the car waiting on us. Come on."
Tristan and I go down the steps and out the door. We climb into Owen's truck and drive to the party in silence. The only sound filling the car is music that Tristan insisted on listening to. After listening to Tristan sing just about every song on the radio, the car comes to a stop. I let out a sigh of relief as Owen unlocks the door and tells us to call him when we're ready to leave.
The muffled music is blaring loudly. I hear laughter going on as well. I follow Tris as he leads me around back. The backyard is indeed a Hawaiian theme. Girls are wearing grass skirts and some are wearing coconut bra's. A lei is placed around Tris and I's neck. I turn around to see that it's Maya. Her cheeks turn a shade of pink as she looks briefly into my eyes before turning away to give Tristan a hug.
"Where's Tori?" Tristan asks, returning the hug.
"Here she comes now."
I whirl my head around to look at a very beautiful, cheery girl coming our way. She has a bundle of curls flowing as she struts over towards us. She's wearing a coconut bra with a grass skirt and a colorful lei around her neck. In her hand is a plastic coconut cup with a straw sticking out from it. Once she stops in front of us, Tristan snatches her up into a hug.
Once they pull apart, she turns her attention to me, eying me before asking, "This is Zig?"
"Yep," Tristan says, popping the "p".
"He's cute," she adds bluntly.
"Thanks," I grin.
"Too bad I'm not staying. You and I would make one bad ass couple."
"Yeah, too bad," Tristan sighs sadly.
"Oh, Tris. I'm going to miss you so much, but you have Maya and now Zig. I'm sure the three of you can make sophomore year rock."
"It won't be the same without you Tori," Maya whines.
"You'll be fine; trust me. I'll video chat everyday, I'll make sure to call and I will even write. Okay?"
"Fine," Tristan and Maya mumbles.
"Now, enough sad stuff. Let's go have fun before I leave."
I watch the three of them go dance. I just stand off to the side, looking around and soaking in my surroundings. I would occasionally get asked to dance but I politely declined. I watched as Maya let loose and let her guard down with her friends. Although she has no rhythm, she seems to have no care in the world. She's having fun with her friends and that seems to be all that matter.
When Tristan, Maya and Tori catch me staring, they begin to giggle. Chuckling, I turn away briefly and go grab me something to drink. Afterwards, I go inside to find out where the bathroom is. When I see the one downstairs is occupied, I wander around and go upstairs to find one is vacant. Letting out a sigh of relief, I go inside the bathroom and use it. After flushing the toilet and washing my hands, I open up the door to see Tori is standing there, raking her fingers through her hair.
"Shit, you scared me," I gasp.
"Sorry," she giggles. "Having fun?"
"Yeah," I comment. "This is cool."
"It sucks that I won't be here to get to know you. Tristan and Maya says you're really cool and fun to hang out with."
"Yeah, I heard the same about you."
Silence falls between the two of us. I get ready to walk away when Tori grabs my arm and stops me in my tracks. When I whirl around, she stands on her tiptoes and pulls me into a kiss. Stunned, I begin kissing her back until I hear a soft gasp that breaks the kiss apart. I turn around to see Maya standing there, her cheeks turning bright red. From behind me I hear Tori say, "You know, Maya, you shouldn't really sneak up on people."
"I - I'm sorry," Maya squeaks out before running back down the stairs.
What was all that about?
"Now, where were we?" Tori asks, spinning me back around, but this time I put my hands on her shoulder to stop her.
"Uh, I should probably get back to the party," I say, turning away and beginning to walk away.
"So, it was her you was looking at," I hear her say. "Just watch out, Zig. There's a lot to Ms. Maya Matlin that you have no clue about."
Instead of turning to ask her what she meant, I continue to walk and head outside to find Maya. When I can't find her, I spot Tristan talking to someone. I decide to go ask him where Maya is.
"Hey Tris," I say.
Tris tells his friend to hold on as he turns his attention to me.
"You seen Maya?" I ask.
He sighs heavily before saying. "Just leave her alone, Zig."
"Where is she, Tris?"
"She went home."
(MAYA)
Since I spent the night at Tori's last night, I was the first guest at her party. Before her parents left to give us privacy, she and I helped them decorate the house. After they gave us a list of rules and told us the neighbors would be watching, they left without another word.
I changed into my clothes for the party and began to absentmindedly think about Zig. I don't know what made me suddenly think about him. He popped in my mind and now I can't get him out. The structure of his toned, tall body, his dark hair and his moss green eyes. He's opened to talk about anything and although he had just met Tris, he's protective over him - just like Owen is. Zig has even told me that whenever I'm in trouble, he'd be there for me. I know he meant that as a friendly gesture just because Tris' best friend, but I took it to the heart. I took his words and recited them in my head numerous of times.
I haven't felt this way since...
"...and then, we're going to have a limbo line so - Maya! Are you even listening?"
I snap my head up and look in the direction of Tori. She's talking a lot, moving her hands around in an excited gesture with a grin on her face. I smile before apologizing sheepishly at her.
"What's got your mind all spaced out, My?"
"Just thinking about someone," I gush.
"Ooh, is it a boy?" Tori asks.
When I don't answer and I feel my cheeks grow hot, I know I'm blushing. Tori squeals and begs for details. I'm going to miss this about her. I'm going to miss the trio always being together. I'm going to miss the slumber parties we had at each other's houses. I'm going to miss the little wild things we did together. I'll never forget how she and Tris was there for me when I went through the toughest time of my life last year. My innocence was ripped away and I changed my outlook of life.
"It so is a boy! Who is this mysterious guy that has my Maya's head all in the clouds?" she asks, clasping her hands together.
I've made this mistake before. I told Tori who I liked and she tried her best to steal him right behind my back. It worked, too. I caught the two of them shoving their tongues down each other's throat. My feelings was hurt; I felt betrayed and my heart broke tremendously. The thought of my "best friend" and my "boy friend" making out brought tears to my eyes.
"Um...Zig," I mumble.
"As in Tris and Owen's adoptive brother, Zig?"
I nod my head, feeling my hair fall into my face which I'm thankful about. One thing that hasn't changed about me is my shyness. No matter what, the shy affect that guys have on me is still the same. Even after he cheated and hurt me.
"I can't wait to meet this dude then; especially if he has you going into a loving state of mind," she jokes. "Now, come on, let's go finish getting ready for this party."
o`o`o`
The guests are beginning to arrive. I nervously tug on my itchy grass skirt as I watch Tori's backyard fill up for the last time. Familiar faces at Degrassi goes over to Tori to say their goodbyes before dancing, mingling, and having a good time.
I keep looking at the entrance, wondering when Tris and Zig will show up. When I finally see them, I grab two leis over by me and walk over towards them, placing the leis over their neck. When the two turn around, Zig and I's eyes lock briefly before I turn my attention to Tris, who I pull into a hug. After the two of us pull apart, he asks me where Tori is. Just moments later, she struts over towards us and I see the way Zig looks at her. Biting my lip, I allow my head to hang lowly as I think about how stupid I am. Of course someone like Zig won't go for a girl like me; he's into girls like Tori - girls who are determined to get what they want.
After listening to Tori flirt with Zig, Tris decides to drag us to the dance floor where the three of us begin to dance. We laugh, joke around, and that's when I feel someone staring.
"Who is Zig staring at?" Tori asks, stealing the thought right from my mind.
Tris and I look and that's when the three of us giggle. Zig chuckles before turning to walk away. He goes into the house - I assumes he went to use the restroom. After dancing for a few more seconds, Tori decides to slip away from us. She tells Tris and I she's going to get some more punch, but my eyes follow her as I watch her disappear into her house. Sighing, I shake my head. I had forgotten all about the Tori was determined to get any guy she landed her eyes on - even if that meant the guy I liked. It happened once, last year, but I forgave her because of Tris and because she was determined to help piece me back together. She was willingly helping pick up the damage she has caused.
I can't believe she's doing it, again.
"My, what's wrong?" Tris asks, snapping me from my thoughts.
"I don't know, but I'll be back," I say as I walk away, not giving Tristan time to respond to what I said.
I go into the house and go to the first bathroom that's downstairs. When I see it's unoccupied, I decide to go upstairs and that's when I see it. I see Tori and Zig kissing. A quiet gasp falls from my mouth; it was evidently loud enough to cause the two to break apart.
The look on Zig's face: unexplainable. The look on Tori's: smug. I couldn't believe I had let her do this to me, again.
"You know, Maya, you shouldn't really sneak up on people," she replies, smirking.
"I - I'm sorry," I say before quickly turning around and running down the steps. I run back out to the party to find Tristan. I tell him that I'm leaving the party and I'd talk to him tomorrow.
"Don't you want to do our little performance for Tori?"
"No," I growl.
"Maya, what's wrong?"
"I saw Tori and Zig kiss," I sigh before turning away and calling over my shoulder, "I need to go."
I quickly exit the party and begin running. I run to my house which is directly around the corner from Tori's. After opening the door and walking in, without mentioning I'm home, I go up to my room and slam the door. It was good that Tori is leaving. Maybe this can be my chance; it can be my chance to finally shine.