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A/N Hey everyone! I'm SO SUPER SORRY ABOUT THE LONG WAIT! I was planning on making this chapter super long as an apology, but I got sick yesterday and haven't had the energy to make it as long as I wanted. I would have extended the length and updated in a few days, but it was really important to me that I updated TODAY. Anyways, thanks for the wonderful reviews! Every review counts! :D Whenever I see a review, I smile, and I stay that way for the rest of the day! I love you all. Thank you a billion times! Xoxo
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Autumn and Eli make their way to Principal Simpson's office to get their schedules, and when they get there, it seems as if he were expecting them.
"Hello! You must be Autumn Reeves," he says with a smile as he shakes Autumn's hand. He is balding, but he has a little bit of red hair and pale skin. He has blue eyes and he seems welcoming.
"And Elijah Goldsworthy! How nice to meet you both," he says politely and shakes Eli's hand as well.
"Call me Eli," he replies smoothly with an annoyed smile. Mr. Simpson nods his head and turns to grab 2 pieces of paper. He hands each of them one piece of paper, and they see that it's their schedules.
"There are your schedules. Now hurry to class! Don't want to be late on the first day!" he says and shoos them off. They shuffle out the door and the hallways are still crowded. They examine their schedules and locker numbers.
"Look, Eli. Our lockers are next to each other," Autumn states with a smile, looking at her best friend.
He looks back at her and smirks. "Awesome."
When they get to their lockers, they put in whatever they don't need and go to their first period classes after discovering they have lunch, English and History together.
Autumn has math 1st period, so she waves goodbye to Eli before hurrying away to find the math classroom. She finds the room and, seeing that it's still fairly empty, breathes a sigh of relief. She goes to the front of the room where her teacher sits at a desk. He looks up from his papers and smiles welcomingly at her. He is big and muscular, with tan skin and curly brown hair.
"Ah! So you must be our new student here at Degrassi! What's your name?" he asks her politely.
"Autumn," she replies sweetly with a smile.
"Well, it's great to have you here, Autumn. I'm Mr. Armstrong. Why don't you take a seat in the back next to Owen?" he says, gesturing to an empty desk in the back of the room next to a kind of handsome dark haired boy, whose name was apparently Owen.
She walks to her desk and sits down quietly while people chat all around her. Owen scoots his desk closer to her and puts his arm on her desk. She looks up in annoyance.
"Hey there, beautiful. What's your name?" he says flirtatiously. He has messy black hair, sort of pale skin and thick eyebrows- and he is smirking creepily.
"Uh, Autumn…" she replies and looks back to the front of the room.
"So, Autumn. Got a boyfriend?" he asks, his hand now on her leg.
"Um, I don't see how that's any of your business, but if you must know, then no, I don't have a boyfriend right now…" she says uncomfortably.
"Well, I don't know how such a pretty girl like you isn't taken… maybe you can call me sometime…?" he says, his hand slowly inching up her thigh.
"Sorry, but I do not see that happening," she scoffs and shoves his hand away from her.
"Oh, feisty now are we? I like girls who play hard to get," he whispers, his face close to her ear. He puts his arm around her shoulder and slowly moves it down her arm, gently moving to her back, down to her lower back.
"Get. The. Hell. Off. Me. You. PERV," she says angrily before yanking his arm off her and pushing him away harshly.
"Owen! Leave the girl alone and stop being a jerk for once," Autumn hears a voice yell from the front of the room. She looks to where the voice is coming from and sees a girl standing at the door with her hand on her hip. She has very curly dark brown hair and tan skin. She is wearing huge silver hoops, lots of lip gloss and mascara, a red Degrassi polo, black boots with 4 inch heels and the Degrassi uniform khaki skirt, but rolled up at the top to make it very short. She pops her gum and struts to the back of the classroom where Owen and Autumn are, with every eye on her. She was very pretty, but she seemed tough.
There's actual fear in Owen's eyes as he glances at the curly haired girl and moves away from Autumn, placing his hands on his desk as if he's a 5 year old whose been caught doing something he wasn't supposed to by his mom.
The curly haired girl stops in front of Owen and glares down at him. He looks up at her and she moves to his right side. She leans down next to him and whispers in his ear, placing her hand on his shoulder.
"Listen here, babe. You are going to stop being a pervert and harassing girls, or else…" she gently moves her palm to the back of his neck and begins stroking up and down his neck softly with her tips, but then starts to dig her nail extensions into his neck. He cries out in pain.
"Okay, okay! I'll stop, I swear!" he gasps.
"Great!" she says evilly and stands up straight, smirking. She goes to the other side of Autumn to a desk where a small, nerdy looking boy sits. She simply stands in front of his desk with her arms crossed and eyebrows raised, tapping her foot impatiently before he scrambles out of the seat and runs to another desk. She smirks again and sits down coolly before turning to Autumn.
"Sorry about Owen- he's such a disgusting pervert. He pretty much mentally undresses every pretty girl he sees," she says, rolling her eyes and putting her feet up on the desk. She folds her arms behind her head and kicks back to relax as if she were at home.
"It's fine," Autumn replies with a chuckle, shaking her head. "I'm Autumn- I'm new here. Just moved in from Orlando."
"Oh, so you're the new girl everyone's been yapping about! They were right… you are kind of pretty, I guess," she mumbles the last part to herself while scanning Autumn over. "I'm Bianca. Well known amongst the Degrassi student body…"
"Cool. I think out of everyone I've met so far, you're definitely my favorite," Autumn replies- and she means it. She really liked this Bianca girl. Sure, she didn't seem like the sweetest or smartest or best behaved or down to earth person she's ever met, but her and Autumn just automatically clicked.
Bianca smiled at her and Mr. Armstrong started the class. "Alright, class. Settle down. Go to your seats. Class is starting," he shouts to the class. Everyone goes quiet and takes their seats as he begins teaching.
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Halfway through Math, Autumn's phone vibrates in her pocket. It's a text message from Eli. She hides the blackberry under her desk as she reads.
Hey. Meet me at our lockers before lunch. I'm bringing someone, u can 2 if u want.
-3 Eli
She smiles at the thought of Eli making a friend. That's progress. Should she bring Bianca? Was it too soon to ask her to hang out with them at lunch? Well, Bianca seemed popular enough, so maybe she would bring some other people she could introduce them to. Autumn shrugs and decides it's worth a shot.
When the bell rings at the end of class, Autumn turns to Bianca.
"Hey, Bianca. I was wondering if you wanted to hang out with me and my friend Eli at lunch…?" she asks hesitantly. The corner of Bianca's pink mouth pulls up in a half smile.
"Hmm… lunch with the new girl… It's unlike me, but okay. I'll go. Maybe I can teach you a few things about the school. Let's meet at the Dot," she says, the smile not fading from her pretty face. She walks out of the classroom, her hips swaying from side to side and heels clacking against the tile floor. And by just walking out of the classroom, she draws more than a little bit of attention to herself.
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The next classes are a blur, and soon enough, it's lunchtime. Autumn goes to her locker and waits for Eli. She is putting things in her locker when two big, strong hands cover her eyes softly.
"Guess who," she hears a familiar guy's voice behind her- she could recognize that voice anywhere.
"Hmm, I don't know," she says, playing along. The 'stranger' chuckles and removes his hands from her eyes.
She turns around to a surprisingly happy Eli. He is smiling genuinely and it reaches his eyes- for once there isn't a dark, empty look in his eyes. He looks actually happy. But what could make her scarred for life best friend happy again after being depressed beyond repair for the past year?
"Hey there. Hurry up- we're supposed to meet someone at someplace called 'The Dot' for lunch."
Who was this someone that could make Eli so happy? "Okay, hang on. I told my friend to meet us, too."
She shoves her books in her locker and she and Eli stroll down the halls, both with smiles, heading toward the Dot.
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