Chapter 4: Reasons to Lie

There were four large reasons why he hated getting up when he did not have to. One, Emma Nelson. Despite the two being friends, whenever he helped her with whatever, she took charge. Two, Fiona Coyne. Never a dull moment with her nor a quiet one. Three, Peter Stone. His roommate had proven to be quite annoying when he wanted to be. Though it was in good nature, it was still annoying. Finally, and most recently, helping design a school magazine known as The Core with Ellie Nash. Ellie, herself, was not the problem; it was actually Ellie's friend, Jesse. He was bossier than Emma was with more ambition than anyone else James had ever seen.

But today, today was different. Today would be a fifth reason to all of this. And his name was Adam Torres. He was the student James was assigned to be a "big brother" to. Of course, James did not personally know the guy as of the moment, but he felt it in his gut that he would eventually hate the boy. The poor bastard had a death wish without even knowing it.

As James slipped out of his room, he dialed Fiona's number for two reasons: to make sure she was ready and to make sure she was sober.

"Hey!" answered the female Coyne. "What took you so long? I said to be ready in thirty minutes, not forty-five."

"Didn't know you were that good in math bird." James responded.

"Ha-ha," Fiona said. "Just get over here fast. I hear Holly J got some kid name Eli."

"The same kid you were supposed to have before you switched for whatever reason?" asked James. "I'm on my way right now bird. Meet me in front of the building."

"Sure. Bye." Fiona said.

"Bye." James responded before hanging up and slipping his phone in his pocket.

On his way out, he ran into Spinner, Jimmy, and Marco in the small lobby in the dorm building.

"Hey, going to meet one of those little kids at Degrassi?" Spinner asked. James nodded. "Man, I remember the days when we were there. Remember them Jimmy?"

"If you mean me pulling a fire alarm so you could graduate, then yes, I do remember." Jimmy responded.

"Uh, El told me to pass on a message to you." Marco said to James before he left the building. "Meeting at her place later on tonight. Don't be late. That part was added by Alex, but I'm sure it means all the same."

James nodded. "Thanks and tell her I'll be there."

Leaving the building, James made a mental memo to exchange number with his future co-worker or whatever. The Core was meant to be something to keep him away from, well, everyone he normally was. That included Emma, Manny, Fiona, Declan, Blue, Peter, and Mia. He hardly talked to Sav and had already admitted in having a small problem with Derek. J.T and Toby usually stayed busy doing whatever they did, so he did not attempt to bother them, and Sean was normally in class, at work, or sleep. Plus, hanging out with him brought an awkward moment with Emma and thus another meltdown occurred.

Getting into his car, James tossed his notebook out of the passenger seat into the back and started the car up. It was going to be a long drive to Degrassi, a long talk with the Torres brothers, and a long drive back. If only he didn't have to do this.

"It looks old." Fiona commented as the duo arrived at Degrassi. James nearly laughed at the look on Fiona's face. Then again, the always fashionable Coyne had a real distaste for old and stale. "I hope that we're not too late."

"For the fiftieth time, we're not." James said parking in a spot and turning his car off. "Come on. Let's go find these brothers and get the hell out of here."

Fiona smiled. "You don't like kids, do you?"

"Not at all." James said before getting out of the car. Fiona followed him and the two began walking towards the front of the building. "This is nothing like Emerson."

"You went to Emerson?" Fiona asked and James nodded. "Vandy Prep."

"I kind of figured that out earlier when Declan told me." James said as the two entered the school.

"It's even worse on the inside." Fiona stated.

James laughed a bit. "No one can be as modernized as you bird. Now, let's go find this Mr. Simpson character. Bet his a woftam."

"A what?" Fiona questioned.

"Waste of fucking time and money." James explained. "In other words, my uncle." Fiona gave a nod before spotting Holly J. James saw this and sighed. "Holly J," the redhead paused in her advance. "You know where the front office is?"

"This way." Holly J said. "I swear you two make a cute lost couple."

"Why don't you go find Blue?" Fiona asked.

"Because unlike you two, I actually want to pass this stupid class." Holly J said before the trio walked down the hall with Holly J's lead. They soon came to the front office. "No thank yous are necessary, but I still want to hear them."

"Thanks mate." James said. Fiona simply rolled her eyes lazily. "From both of us."

"Whatever." Holly J said. "Just make sure that-"

"Ah," Snake said opening the door. "You three must be from UST. Come this way. They're waiting in the cafeteria."

James and the two girls began following Snake who was filling them in on the Degrassi history, though none of the college students gave him much attention. They soon came to the cafeteria where James immediately spotted the weird kid with the hearse, or as Peter liked to refer to him as, the "creepy ass kid."

"Alright," Snake said. "This is Adam Torres, Drew Torres, and Eli Goldsworthy."

Holly J's shoulders noticeably slumped when she saw Eli, something that neither Fiona nor James missed. Evidently, Holly J must have known this guy.

"I'll leave you six alone." Snake said before walking away.

"So, which one of you is Adam?" James asked. The boy with a hat raised his hand. "Let's go over here."

"Uh, we're supposed to go together." another boy said. "Our mom is kind of like… Well she's a bit crazy sometimes and I'm supposed to look after my little brother."

"You must be Drew." James said. Drew nodded. "Fine."

Fiona threw an arm around James's neck. "I told you we'd be put together."

"Lucky me." muttered the redhead to James right.

"Alright mate, this way." James said. "I guess we'll talk in the cafeteria. The whole introduction and all."

"This way." Fiona said to the two boys in a kind voice as she and James led them a few tables away from Holly J.

As soon as the four sat at a table, James glanced at Adam.

"What?" Adam asked.

"Nothing. There's just…" James paused as he gained a look from Fiona. "I don't know. Something's off about you mate. Don't take it personal, but I can feel something not right with this picture."

"He's as normal as anyone else." Drew stated. "And what's with the 'mate' business? You Australian because you don't sound like one."

"My dad is Australian and I spent some time down there with my uncle and grandfather." James answered.

"Since he forgot to do the introductions," stated the girl to James's right. "My name is Fiona and this is James. But call him Jaime. It makes him mad."

"Are you two dating?" Adam asked curiously.

"No. He's just my best friend and my brother's friend." Fiona answered.

James wondered why Fiona did not tell them about Bobby, but crossed it out of his mind because frankly, he hated the guy.

"So you guys go to Smithdale right?" Adam asked.

"UST." James corrected.

"Oh yeah. UST." Adam replied dryly. "How could I forget about them?"

Fiona grinned. "How about we start with a small introduction about each other? From there, we'll see what happens."

After the meeting with the Torres brothers, James, Fiona, and Holly J were in the front office with Snake as he talked on the phone. They knew that they had to do this for the next four months and the planning had to be precise. Their grades depended on this.

"Alright. Bye." Snake said before getting off of the phone. "Um, I don't know how much I can thank you for this. Then again, I know that you're doing this for the grade, right?"

"It was our pleasure." Holly J said with a smile that made Fiona openly roll her eyes.

"Um," James had no clue on what to say, but he had to say something to stop the two girls from arguing again. "Fiona and my 'brothers' are, well, brothers. Therefore we'll be working together a lot."

"I see no problem with that." Snake said.

"Um, I have to go." Holly J said backing towards the door. "See you..." Holly J paused as she met Fiona's icy stare. She then looked at James. "I'll see you later Jaime."

"Whatever." Fiona said as Holly J left. "Come on Jaime. I have tons of work to do. New ideas for new things."

"Right." James said as the two began to leave the school. "Something's wrong with that Adam kid."

"Leave him alone." Fiona stated.

"I can't help it bird." James replied. "I just have a really strange feeling about him. Kind of like-"

"Jaime, let it drop." Fiona interrupted. "He's just a normal boy like you were. Well, I doubt that you were anything normal." James saw the playful smile and brushed it off as the two continued to walk. "I think Holly J has a thing for you."

"Nah. She just wants me to put in a good word with Blue. Nothing else." James said. "I must say. She knows how to use her resources."

"More like use people." Fiona stated. "Let's get something to eat and go back to my place. I want to show you those designs."

"Sure." James said.

It took the duo around half an hour to get back to Fiona's dorm room where they ran into Chantay and Danny Van Zandt.

"Well look what we walked into." Fiona said with a smile.

James only grinned. It was painfully obvious that nothing was going on. Danny was comfortably lying in Chantay's bed while Chantay was sitting on the edge of Fiona's bed. If anything, the two were just talking.

"Hey," replied Chantay. "How was your first day babysitting?"

"Not bad." Fiona said moving to her dresser. She opened her drawer to retriever her sketch book. "Jaime here was going to look over some sketches. Maybe get them put in The Core."

James blinked before sighing heavily. "Fuck…"

"What's wrong with you?" Chantay asked.

James looked at the time on his phone.

"I still have two hours to get there." James said. "Why does she have to work so late?"

"I don't know, but sit, sit, sit. You have to see this." Fiona said shoving James onto her bed next to Chantay. She handed James her sketch book. "Look at them and give me your honest opinion."

"Man, tough break," Danny said rising off of the bed. "Chantay, I'm going to go ahead and-"

"I'll go with you. When Fi's in this mood, you do not want to be around." Chantay said.

"Thanks a lot mate." James muttered the second girl before Chantay gave him a wink. "You know, you're a lot more help when I don't need it."

"See you two later. Don't break the bed." Chantay teased as she left with Danny.

"These are real good bird." James said as he scanned the pictures. "When'd you-"

"So who's your dad?" Fiona quickly asked. James paused and glanced up at her. "Come on, tell me. I won't tell. It's not like I have a lot of people to talk to anyway."

"Bird, telling you who my dad is isn't going to do you much justice. Just be glad that you know who my mom is." replied James, praying that she let the subject go.

But, this was Fiona he was talking about. The stubborn Fiona that is.

"Please?" Fiona asked.

Sighing heavily, James glanced at her. "Have you ever seen the movie, The Lottery?"

"Only fifty times. Best movie ever." Fiona said. "And Michael Lee Wilder is by far the greatest actor of all times for not only playing his older self in the movie, but directing it."

"Yeah, whatever. Anyway, that movie is by far the largest piece of trash I have ever seen in my life." James stated.

Fiona frowned. "Why are we talking about that movie again?"

"Because he wrote it for me, his only living, breathing son." James said. "And to make the analogy that my mom 'won the lottery' because she was one in fifteen girls to have actually gotten pregnant with the guy is a load of bullshit." Fiona gasped. "Now you know why I don't really like talking about my-"

"Oh my…" James was frightened by the strange sparkle in Fiona's eyes. It did not take a genius to know that her wheels were turning as she began to piece everything together. Then again, the movie did tell a lot. "So, you're like really rich. That's why you said you hated your car because it was a present from your dad."

"Bingo." James said with a small smile.

"I'll be right back. Don't move." Fiona said moving towards the small bathroom.

James sighed before looking at her sketches. The girl had a real talent for designing clothes. Of course, he would never admit to knowing fashion the way he did. He blamed his mother for that one, seeing as she always could tell which item was name-brand and which item was off-brand simply by glancing at the item.

And that rubbed off of him somehow.

His thoughts were broken when he heard Fiona's cell phone ring. Considering that she had answered his phone a number of times, he figured he could pay her back just this once.

"Hello?" he answered.

"Hello? Who is this?" Connecting the dots, James realized that this was Bobby.

"Jaime, Fiona's friend. She's-" seeing Fiona rush out of the bathroom with wet hands James paused. "She's right here."

"Hey Bobby I… No, that's just Jaime. You know, Dex's friend…" James was now confused. Any other time Fiona liked to stake claim in James seeing as he was her only friend and Declan had more. But now he was Declan's friend for some reason. "Alright. Alright I'll see you soon… I lo…." Fiona sighed and hung up. "What the hell were you doing answering my phone?"

James frowned. "Didn't that it would be a problem mate. You seem to answer mine a lot."

"That's different. You don't have a girlfriend." Fiona answered.

"Fiona is there something wrong?" she did not answer him, just lying on Chantay's bed. "Fiona?"

"I think you should leave." Fiona finally said. "Before Bobby gets here."

"Fiona is there something going on between you two?" James asked. "Fiona, answer me."

"I don't have to answer you. Now go!" Fiona ordered.

James rose from his seat. "Listen Fiona, if there's anything going on, you can tell me." Fiona sat up and gave James a pleading look to leave. "I'm going. But you'd best call if something happens, okay?" Fiona nodded. "See you later."

James did not know whether or not something was going on, but his despise for Bobby told him that something was. So here he was, walking down the hallway to the stairs to leave the building. On his way to the stairs, he heard a familiar voice moaning in pleasure, followed by the sounds of a rocking bed and grunts.

"Declan! Declan!" Jane screamed at the top of her lungs.

James smiled. If Gavin did not hear that, then he probably deserved to be cheated on. Brushing his friends luck aside, James made his way down the steps. He was on his way descending the second flight before a voice called out to him.

"Hey Jaime," James turned to see Manny in a wife-beater and shorts, a smile etched on her face. Walking towards her, he saw everything perfectly through the top she had on. "Emma's got a meeting with some environmentalist and I have an hour to do whatever. Do you have time?"

James felt his cell phone vibrate. He took it out of his pants pocket and looked at it. Fiona. Smiling, he clicked ignore and looked at Manny.

"I do now."

Manny took him by the hand and led him into her dorm room, closing the door behind him.

"I missed you." Manny said kissing James. James felt her fingers gripping his shirt and decided to discard it for her. "Besides, I owe you a favor don't I?"

"And what might that favor be love?" James asked with a smirk.

Manny gave him a gentle push on her bed, him sitting up and looking at her. She knelt onto her knees in front of him, grabbing his pants.

"You don't really have to-"

"Ssh… Emma taught me a really good trick." Manny said.

James's mind did a backflip for a moment as he pictured just how Emma could teach Manny anything in this subject. But then focused on the brunette who had pulled his pants down to his ankles, a smile still on her face.

Gripping the waistband to his boxers, Manny pulled them down at a painfully slow speed before tossing her own top aside. James realized that Manny must hated wearing undergarments within her own home as he stared at her breast.

"Now, here we go." Manny said gripping his tool. James let out a small breath. Her hands were soft and cool. Manny began pumping slowly. "Don't blink."

James looked down at the woman who began to lick the tip of engorged pole. James continued to watch the erotic sight as she kept her eyes on him. Dragging her tongue along the shaft and back to the head, James doubted that Manny was a novice in the field. And if that was so, Emma must be a genius.

Manny gave the head a small kiss before taking it into her mouth. The action caused James's fingers to clench for a moment as he watched the brunette take him into her mouth inch by inch. Then she began to bob her head up and down while one of her hands massaged his balls. James restrained himself from forcing Manny to go faster, but his hand found the way her head, his fingers going through the dark tresses. Manny gave a moan and the vibrations nearly sent James over the edge. Thankfully, he was no rookie to the game.

Manny gripped him lightly and pulled him out of her mouth, stroking James with her right hand while the left still rolled his balls in her palm.

"Watch." Manny instructed him again.

"I'm watching love." James responded.

Manny came closer to him and positioned his dick in between her breast, smashing the two soft fleshy organs together. She began to move her breast sensually up and down while James watched with great interest. Manny's eyes never broke off of his as her hot tongue began to lick the tip once more. She began to speed up her ministrations, causing James to let out a low grunt.

And then she stopped.

"Save that for the final." Manny said moving to his lap.

Instinctively, James's mouth latched onto one of her nipples, sucking it like a starving baby. This gained him a moan from the brunette goddess and that urged him to suck harder. By the way Manny's hands were pushing him towards her breast while her back was arched, James knew what kind of attention to give her and switched to the other breast while his right hand played with her right breast.

"Your mouth is so fucking hot." Manny moaned out.

Manny gave a childish yelp as she felt James's hands grip her waist and she went vertical. James turned her around so that her back pressed against his chest, and his hands went back to her breasts. Meanwhile, Manny had turned her head and the two began kissing lustfully.

James took a hand and snaked it down her flat stomach towards the brim of her shorts. Slipping the hand into her pants, he was mildly surprised and annoyed that she had bothered to wear panties this time. However, his fingers moved into the fabric and rubbed his target lightly. She moaned into his mouth before his middle and index fingers plunged into her. James's thumb glazed her clit and Manny's body arched into his hand more. Smiling, James continued to pleasure her with his hand while her body began to writhe more and more. His fingers began to move at a high speed causing Manny's eyes to clench shut for a moment and her lips momentarily left James's. With one high-pitched squeak she came on his hand and began panting lightly, her forehead beginning to sweat.

"You have some magical fingers, I swear." Manny said grabbing his hands from her shorts. She brought them to her lips and sucked his digits dry, a smile coming to her face once more. "You're right. I do taste good."

That sight alone caused James's to nearly come himself. And as if reading his mind, Manny got up from his lap and pulled her shorts and panties down. He watched her walk to her dresser, her lower cheeks jiggling with each step. She produced a condom and quickly ripped it out of its pack.

"When Emma gets drunk, there's no telling what she'll do." Manny answered his unasked question as she slipped the condom onto him. "There. Now, let's have some real fun."

The statement caused James to laugh a bit as she turned around and hovered over him, grabbing his dick once more. She pumped it lightly as she descended on it, her back once more against his chest. Her hips began to gyrate causing both of them to moan simultaneously.

"You're so big." Manny said with her eyes closed.

James cupped her breasts once more before she began to bounce up and down. The pressure of his lower regions caused James to squeeze her breasts harder, and in retrospect she clenched her walls below. Soon, James began to buck up into her, the sound of flesh smacking now accompanying their moans of pleasure.

"God…" Manny let out as she sped up.

Not to be outdone, James also sped up in his thrusts as well. After a few minutes of hectic and powerful thrusts, Manny gave another high-pitch sound and her body quivered. James allowed her to ride out her orgasm and leaned backwards, taking her with him.

"Tomorrow, I call top." James whispered in her ear.

"But for today," Manny said sitting up. She pulled him out of her before lying flush on top of him. "I'm on top."

James smiled as the two began to kiss again, this time more passionate than anything. Manny felt James's member tapping against her thigh and she looked down at it.

"Well, seems as if someone is full of energy today." she said before lifting her lower half up. She grabbed his rock-solid organ before placing inside her once more, both of them gasping in pleasure as she lowered herself down. "Now it's time for the real stuff."

James cocked an eyebrow before Manny sat up and began to rock back and forth slowly as if doing a erotic dance. This made James think about just turning her over and having his way with her, but he remembered their recently made deal. She's in charge for the remainder of this period. James hands held onto her waist as his eyes nearly pleading with Manny to go fast. And faster she went.

"Fuck!" James groaned as she switched from rocking to bouncing.

Manny kept her efforts up, despite feeling the end coming. And after another groan of satisfaction, she felt James's body shoot up into hers and a sigh of release came from his lips. This was only seconds after her body shook, experiencing her third climax of the day. She collapsed onto James trying to regain her breath.

"Damn…" Manny said. "It's a good thing… You don't date Fiona… I'd be jealous."

James laughed silently as his mind then darted to the subject of Fiona. Something was wrong and now he felt bad ignoring her call for sex. Well, he almost felt bad about it. He was her best friend so it was only natural that she called him whenever something went wrong. His mind paused on a terrible thought.

What if something did go wrong? What if Bobby snapped on her?

"Jaime," Manny said looking up at him. James looked into her brown eyes, not even noticing his hand was rubbing her back. "We're sticky."

James looked at area between Manny's thighs and his own thighs, seeing Manny's juices there. It had not occurred to him that she came that much, but he brushed it off. Nothing a shower couldn't solve.

"I think I'm beginning to grow addicted to you." Manny said.

"Me too love." James said as she slid up to kiss him. "You're really a minx, did you know that?"

"Well, this minx wants to go again." Manny said. "You think you can keep up?"

Although he was still thinking about Fiona, he only smiled and kissed her back to answer her. However, before the two could get back into their rhythm, the door opened.

Both turned their heads to see Emma.

"I'm not even going to ask." Emma said moving towards the bathroom.

Manny and James laughed, both praying that Saturday, the blonde kept herself preoccupied elsewhere. Or else.