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The next morning seem to come all too quickly for everyone. Campbell let out a groan as he rolled out of bed. He was sore just thinking about hockey practice tonight. He wished that he didn't have to go so that he could spend the afternoon with Maya. Maya. Just thinking about her brought a bright smile to the young hockey player's face. Checking the time to see that it was almost 7, Cam raced to the shower, excited to see his girlfriend at school. Showering didn't take the young jock long and after brushing his wet, sandy-colored hair, Cam put on some dark blue jeans and a button up red and black plaid shirt. After throwing on his trademark hockey jacket he grabbed his keys, wallet and phone. After bidding goodbye to his host family, Cam drove to school and went to Maya's locker to wait for her.

Hey beautiful. I'm at your locker. Can't wait to see you today. –Cam

Cam wasn't sure when exactly he started beginning every text he sent her with 'hey beautiful.' Cam ached for the days when he could sign his texts 'love Cam' instead.

Maya woke up to a severe pain on the left side of her hip. Reality came crashing back into the young musician as she remembered how angry she'd been and the fight with her older sister, causing her to lash out and hurt herself.

Groaning, the blonde threw back the covers and walked slowly to the bathroom, trying not to upset the fresh cuts on her hip. She closed and locked the bathroom door and slid off her pajama bottoms.

"Jesus." Maya gasped to herself.

There were now 8 angry cuts in her hip and they hurt like hell this morning. Maya worked quickly, spreading anti-infection cream over all the cuts and wrapping gauze around the area to ensure that there would be no blood appearing on her clothes today.

Sighing in relief that her secret would stay hidden another day, Maya quickly showered, applied light make-up and attempted to straighten her frizzy hair. She unlocked the bathroom and quickly walked down the hallway to her bedroom where she found her sister Katie sitting on her bed, looking down at the comforter. Her sister must have showered in her parent's bathroom because she was fully dressed, make-up done and ready for school.

"Katie? Get out!" Maya yelled, annoyed that her sister would invade her privacy.

"I want to talk to you." Katie replied, her face giving away none of her emotions. Maya had no idea what to think of this, Katie hardly ever came into her room.

"Can it wait until I'm not wearing a towel?" Maya asked sarcastically.

Katie looked up, noticing her baby sister's lack of clothing and laughed.

"It's not like I haven't seen you get changed before My." Katie said, getting up off of the bed and walking into the hallway.

"Whatever. I'll be done in like 5 minutes." Maya snorted, rolling her eyes.

Why did Katie want to talk to her? Wasn't she about to kill her last night for not telling her that she was hanging out with Cam after school? Why was she acting like nothing was wrong?

All this trying to understand her sister's motives was giving Maya a headache. Bringing herself out of her thoughts she walked over to her closet, pulling out a pale yellow v-neck t-shirt and black tights with a simple dark grey skirt. She pulled on her clothes and ran her fingers through her semi-straight hair. Sighing, she opened her door to get Katie. As much as she'd entertained the idea of sneaking out through her window to avoid her sister, she knew it was a better alternative to just get it over with and talk to her.

"Oh good, you're ready." Katie commented lightly. "We'll talk on the way to school."

Maya fought the urge to roll her eyes at her raven haired sister. She grabbed her school bag and met Katie at her car, climbing into the passenger's seat.

Katie started the car and the first 5 minutes was pure silence. Too soon for Maya's liking, Katie broke it. .

"Look Maya I know I haven't been the best sister lately." Katie began "But I care about you. I've been dealing with a lot, you know that but I didn't stop to think that maybe you were too."

"Katie it's fine. You don't have to-"Maya began only to be cut off.

"No, it's not fine Maya. I want to be a better sister. I mean we go days without having a meaningful conversation and you're right, I don't know pretty much anything that goes on in your life. And I'm sorry for that." Katie apologized, taking her eyes off of the rode to examine her sister's body language.

Maya nodded slowly.

"Katie stop. It's like you said, you've been going through a lot this past couple months and I understand." Maya said, trying desperately to end this conversation. They were about 5 minutes away from Degrassi now and the blonde girl was praying the time would fly by.

"Maya if you ever need someone to talk to, I'm here for you. I know it hasn't seemed like it, but I am." Katie vowed, a little unhappy with Maya's closed off responses.

As the Matlins pulled into the Degrassi parking lot, the younger girl let out a sigh of relief. She turned to her sister and thanked her for the ride before jumping out and racing to her locker where she knew her handsome boyfriend was waiting for her. When she saw him there, leaning against her locker looking all cute, messing with his phone she couldn't help the huge smile that appeared on her face.

Mindful of her hip, she raced over and jumped into his arms, not caring if anyone stared at her.

"Cam it is soo good to see you!" Maya murmured into his shoulder, breathing in the amazing smell of just him.

Cam laughed softly.

"Well it's great to see you too babe." The jock replied, kissing his girlfriend's cheek.

Just then the bell rang interrupting their perfect couple moment. Both of the teens groaned and Maya pulled herself out of the safety and warmth of her adorable boyfriend's arms.

"So do you want to go to the mall later?" Maya asked softly, taking her boyfriend's hand and walking slowly in the direction of his first period which was conveniently just a few doors down from her's.

"You know I'd love to, but I have hockey practice." Cam replied regretfully. He really did wish he could skip and just be with her all the time. The guys had been much nicer to him lately; even Luke was being less of an ass.

"Oh that's right. I forgot, sorry Cam. Maybe this weekend." Maya suggested hopefully, trying to disguise her disappointment.

Cam smiled, not picking up on his girlfriend's sadness.

"Yeah that sounds awesome M. especially since my host family is out of town." Cam said happily, winking at Maya.

"That would be amazing. Some alone time with my boyfriend at last." Maya said dramatically, smiling at Cam.

"Yup, just you, me and some hot puck bunnies." Cam joked, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.

"Shut up." Maya laughed, playfully smacking his arm. Cam laughed and pulled Maya in for a light kiss before parting ways to first period.


The rest of the week seemed to drag on for Maya. Cam had practice every night this week but at least it ended early on Friday. Maya had planned on telling Katie she was spending the night with Tori and then sleep over at Cam's. She knew that they weren't going to have sex or anything but if she told Katie, she would flip out and not let her go. Maya sighed; she really hadn't seen much of Cam since before school Thursday except for French where they couldn't really talk. Granted, it was now Friday afternoon and she was waiting for Cam to get out of practice and it had really only been like a day and a half she still missed him like crazy.

"Hey there's Cam's girl!" Cheer Mike Dallas.

The big hockey boy raced over to where she was standing, picked her up and twirled her around. Maya let out a squeal of surprise.

"Dallas! Don't break my girlfriend!" Cam joked, jogging over to where his girlfriend and teammate were standing.

"I wouldn't dream of it." Dallas laughed, putting her back on the ground.

Cam joined the two and laughed, pulling his cute blonde girlfriend into his arms. Maya let out a squeal, as the motion had brushed up against her cuts. She winced lightly.

Dallas laughed, thinking it was a squeal of surprise instead of pain. Cam looked confused; he picked up on her discomfort a little better.

"You okay babe?" Cam asked softly, tightening his grip on his girl.

Maya took a deep breath and plastered a smile on her face.

"Yeah, all good babe." She replied easily, leaning forward and kissing his cheek.

Campbell wasn't sure that he completely bought that Maya was 'fine' she really looked hurt when he pulled her close and when Dallas picked her up. That wasn't normal at all. Maya didn't really have that many opportunities to get hurt considering she didn't do sports. Shaking his head, the sandy-haired boy made a mental note to bring it up later.

"Well aren't you two just adorable." Dallas teased, causing both sophomores to blush deep red.

Letting out another booming laugh Dallas left to go to his truck and give Luke a ride home.

"So I have awesome news for you." Maya stated, taking Cam's hand as they began to walk to his car.

"And what's that?" Cam asked playfully, wrapping his other arm around his girl protectively.

"I get so spend the weekend with you!" Maya squealed, jumping into his arms happily and kissing him happily on the lips.

When they decided that they both needed air and broke the kiss both teens were panting.

"That's awesome M!" Cam cheered happily. This was perfect, a quiet, getaway weekend (Well, at his house) for just the two of them. Maya was bound to open up to him sooner or later.

"There is one catch though." Maya admitted guiltily.

Cam raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"And what's that?" He asked suspiciously.

"I haven't exactly run it by Katie yet. And when I do, I have to tell her that I'm staying at Tori's place." Maya confessed.

"So good girl Maya Matlin is going to lie to her sister! Oh my god someone alter the media!" Cam exclaimed with faux excitement.

"Shut up! You're such a jerk." Maya giggled, hitting him in the shoulder.

"Yeah but you love me." Cam said easily.

Both of them froze, unsure how to respond. Maya wanted to say yeah, she did love him but was this the right time? Outside of school after almost 3 months of dating? What if he didn't say it back?

Cam was just as shocked by his nonchalant comment as Maya was. Of course he knew that he loved Maya but what if she didn't love him back? What if it was too soon for her to love him at all? Cursing himself, Campbell tried to diffuse the awkward.

"So I'll drop you at your place and then Tori is going to take you to my house?" Cam asked, clearing his throat. They were at the car now and Maya was just getting the passenger's seat as he began to drive.

"Yeah sounds like a plan." Maya said with a smile. She intertwined their fingers on the console of the car. Cam smiled; maybe things didn't have to be awkward. Maybe she did love him too.

Maya was defiantly nervous for this weekend. She'd slipped up by wincing about her cuts and now Cam was suspicious. He could not find out of Maya would just die, she was sure that he'd leave her and she wouldn't be able o take that. She was also worried that Katie wouldn't buy her story. She was never a very good actress and was even worse at lying to her Katie; the girl was like a walking lie detector. She sighed at they pulled into her driveway. Weren't they literally just at school? Either she was more lost in thought than she thought or Cam was a crazy driver.

"Okay I'll see you in an hour." Maya said softly, leaning over and kissing Cam lightly on the lips.

"Can't wait." Cam mumbled against his girlfriend's soft lips, wrapping one arm around her neck.

"Stop making me want to stay." Maya pouted, reluctantly pulling away from her handsome jock.

Cam laughed and offered his girlfriend a playful wink before driving away. The blonde girl took a deep breath and quickly walked up the steps to her house.

"Katie?" She called.

Suddenly Katie sat up off of the couch where she and Jake were at one point lying down. Katie's hair was disheveled and a faint blush covered her cheeks.

"M-maya you're home early." Katie stumbled over her own words. Maya saw Jake sit up behind her and blindly reach for his shirt.

"Yeah…anyways can I spend the weekend with Tori?" Maya asked casually, trying to keep the nervous tremor out of her voice.

"The whole weekend? Are her parents home?" Katie fired off questions, already back in overprotective sister mode.

"Yes and yes." Maya lied easily.

"My…I don't think that's such a great idea." Katie trailed off. She really didn't want Maya to spend the night anywhere else, especially with her parents out. She was worried about Maya and this wasn't helping. Believe it or not, she didn't want to smother her baby sister by telling her that she didn't want to let her out of her sight at the moment. She was brought out of her thought by her little sister's pleading.

"Katie please? I'll call you every night." Maya begged, hoping Katie would just agree.

"Yeah okay. I guess it's okay. But you better call me Maya." Katie caved, looking back at Jake only to find he was not there but had left to go wait up in her bedroom to give the sisters space.

"Yes thank you so much!" Maya said gleefully, running forward and wrapping her skinny arms around her older sister shoulders. Katie smiled, she couldn't remember the last time she'd hugged her baby sister. Maybe they were going to be okay after all.

There was a little bit more Cam and Maya fluff in there. I figured you should not they have a fun, playful relationship before we get into the heavy stuff here. So the next chapter is the sleepover with Cam. I'm excited haha. So what would you like to see more of or less of? Did you like this chapter? I was thinking a good relationship with the hockey team for Maya and for Cam. Thanks so so much for reading and please leave a review! You guys are awesome.