I'm back. Did you all miss me? Probably not but that's okay. So I don't want to babble too much so I'm just going to go on with the story. Please remember I love hearing your thoughts so an extra thanks to those who reviewed, you guys are amazing. By the way if words are in italics that means that it's a flashback.

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Campbell POV

I was speechless. I felt like I just got the wind kicked out of me. I couldn't move, I couldn't even breathe. My secrets out, that was the only thing running through my head at the moment.

"Cam, Cam, come on man snap out of it." I heard Taylor say.

I felt like I was going to break down into tears so I just fell on to my knees and silent tears ran down my face.

"Cam, it's going to be alright." Taylor said while attempting to comfort me. I ended up pushing him away and running. I just ran and ran, and all I knew was that I had to get as far away as possible. That was the last thing I remember before I blacked out in the clearing in the middle of the park.

OC POV

"Come on guys, don't just stand there. Help me tear these down." I asked my friends.

We began taking down the posters while everyone started going to class. After we finished, I asked Maya to stay behind.

"So, are you mad?" I asked.

"Well a little but mostly just because you guys kept it a secret. I mean we're your friends, you can trust us."

"Maya, you know what I mean. I know you had a thing for Campbell."

"I know, but we are just friends and now I know that he'll never be happy with me and deep down I just want him to be happy." She responded.

"So, we can still be friends?"

"Of course, now come on we should probably get to class."

"You go, I think I'm going to go after Cam." I said as I started to go down the steps.

"I don't know Taylor, I think right now Cam just needs his space to deal with everything." Maya insisted.

"Ok you're probably right. Let's go." And we started to head to class.

I was on my way to my next class when I walked by the front office.

"What?" I heard a women yell.

"Miss could you please calm down." I heard Mr. Simpson ask.

"I most certainly will not calm down! I was housing this, this abomination in my home. Well I won't stand for it, I simply won't." The snobby woman said. That was when I realized who she was, she was the lady who took Campbell in when he moved here for the hockey team. That was also when it occurred to me: what are Campbell's real parents going to say when they hear about everything.

Campbell POV

I finally came to after a while. I just turned over and stared at the sky. All of my focus was on one word? Why? Why would someone do this to me? What did I do to make someone hate me so much that they would want to completely destroy me like this? I looked at my phone and I saw that school was almost over. I also noticed that I had a couple missed calls from Taylor and Maya and oddly enough I had a single text message from the women I was staying with. She probably heard about the incident at the school and kicked me out. I knew she was really homophobic so it wasn't much of a shock.

"Great, so now I have no home, no hockey team, and I'm pretty sure my friends aren't going to want to talk to me after I froze them out." I said to myself.

So I got up and headed to the one person I owed the most, the one person who I cared more about than anything else. I headed to Taylor's house.

OC POV

It was finally time to go home. I had no idea what to do and I was honestly a little upset with Cam for ignoring me. I mean what if he thinks that this is my fault? I could never live with that kind of guilt. I could feel my lunch ready to come back up again and it already took all my willpower to eat and not purge after lunch. I started remember how my bulimia started back home.

Even though everyone at school hated me, the one thing that got me through the day was my excitement for swim practice because it was my safe haven away from school. I swam for a team at the local gym and I was pretty good. My team didn't really know about my sexuality, I knew that athletes of all people were the least comfortable around people like me.

It was my turn next, the announcer just announced the 200m Boys Medley*. I got into position and waited to go.

Beep. Beep. BEEP!

And I jumped in, and I swam with everything I had. I had to win this, if I got first place, my team would win and go to the state championships. My team would be proud of me. I'd finally feel accepted. It was down to the final leg of the race. 50m of water between me and victory and I had a pretty solid lead. I could hear the crowds cheering me on. "Garcia! Garcia! Garcia!" BEEP! Went the scoreboard.

"And the winner is… Taylor Garcia in first place! It looks like the Montclair Mayans are going to state." The announcer said.

My team huddled around me cheering my name, "Taylor, Taylor, Taylor!"

"Wow, so you do have a life afterschool." Said a familiar voice. It was Matt, a boy from my school who absolutely loved bullying me at school. He was definitely at the top of my Guys I Would Love to Watch Burn in Hell for All Eternity List.

"Matt," I said nervously, "Wha... What are you doing here?"

"They don't know do they?" I knew exactly what he meant and I just looked away.

"Um are we going to have a problem here?" asked my closest friend on the team John.

"Alright listen up everybody," Matt said with a smirk, "I got a little secret about your new champion that you might be interested to know."

"Matt, please." I pleaded.

"Yeah, I knew you'd want me to stop, just as much as you want dick, faggot."

"Taylor, what is he talking about?" asked John.

"I'm talking about the little secret he's been keeping from you guys. Probably because he wants to be able to see you guys in your swimsuits up close like the pathetic perv he is."

"You and I both know that's a lie! I come here to get away from people like you." I exclaimed.

"Really, well you don't do a very good job. Because who would want anything to do with a stupid, fat, pathetic loser like you?" Matt said.

"My team isn't anything like you. They support me and they're proud of me."

"I wouldn't be so sure."

I turned to my team, "He's wrong, right guys? Please, tell me he's wrong." No response.

"I told you so." Matt exclaimed before he left.

"How could you guys. I can't believe after everything we've been through as a team, you guys are just like him!" I screamed with tears in my eyes.

"I think you should leave Taylor," said John who still couldn't look me in the eye. That was when I lost it, I ran and I ended up in the bathroom. I just broke down and cried over the toilet. I felt so worthless and unwanted. I don't know what took over me that day, but my hand just stuck a finger down my throat and I was puking my guts out into the toilet. It made me feel better in a sick and twisted kind of way.

I didn't go back to the gym after that. After I told my mom about my victory, I told her about what happened with Matt and how he outed me in front of everyone and they betrayed me. She told me to focus on the positives, that not everyone could pull off a victory like mine under so much pressure. After that day my purging just continued. It started with me purging once every other day but it quickly got worse. It got to the point where my body would just make me throw up whenever I ate without a second thought. I had gone nearly a week without keeping anything down and I was finally too drained to the point where I collapsed on the bathroom floor. My mom came home and found me unconscious on the floor and called 911. Once I arrived at the hospital, the doctor told my mom that I had developed severe malnutrition due to bulimia and that I would need to remain in the hospital for a couple weeks on an IV to sustain my body and keep a sustainable weight. After I had a normal weight I would have to undergo therapy sessions to help with my negative body image and then I would be free to go. After everything was done and I had recovered, my mom decided it was time to move because of so many bad memories. That was when we moved to Toronto.

I still couldn't get my mom's face of disappointment out of my head when the doctor told her I had an eating disorder. But I had to stay strong if not for myself, then for Cam. I looked up and noticed Cam waiting for me.

"Hey, can we talk?" asked Cam who was sitting on my front porch.

"Are you sure you want to be around me right now? I thought you needed space?" I questioned.

"Taylor," he started with tears forming in his eyes, "I don't know who else to turn too, I feel so abandoned and I know after everything you probably don't want to forgive me and I don't blame you but please. I... I need you." He was full on crying right now.

"Oh Cam, come here." I hugged him and he just cried into my shirt mumbling I'm sorry over and over again.

I was finally able to get him inside and we just sat on the couch until he fell asleep crying. I felt so bad for him. I knew I had it rough but Cam must have it so much harder. He was all alone up here. He had absolutely no one. Suddenly I felt him stirring.

"Cam? Cam?" I whispered.

"Ughgh, yeah?"

"Are you okay?" I couldn't help but ask.

"Well obviously I'm not okay. I have no friends, no family, no home. I've lost everything."

"You do have us. Me, Maya, Tori and Tristan. We're still your friends." I explained, "And as for a home you can stay with one of us if you want. We could be your family."

"How could you take me in, after everything? How can you, specifically, not hate me?" he asked ready to burst into tears again.

"Because Cam, you are such a good, strong, and amazing person. I went through the exact same thing you're going through when I was forcibly outed, except I didn't have a friend to help me get through this and you know what I did? I almost killed myself. I felt so worthless and alone and I almost gave up, and I can't let that happen to you."

"But why?" he asked.

"Because, because I love you." I just blurted out without really thinking. He just stared at me with a blank expression on his face.

"I can't… I just don't…" He tried to say

"And I know that you don't like me the same and I accept that, but your still my friend and I want to help you." The doorbell rang. "Hold on, let me go get that."

"Hey, where is he?" Maya asked.

"Follow me." I said, "Alright you can take him."

"Wait what?" Cam said confused.

Maya answered, "Taylor called me when you fell asleep and we think it would be best for you to come and stay with me at my house until you can get back on your feet. I already called my mom and she said it would be fine after I explained the situation. She's informing your parents that she will be taking care of you for a while as your new guardian."

"You guys don't have to do this…" he quickly began.

"Yes we do, we're doing this because we care about you." I said.

"My sister just texted me, she and my mom are outside." Maya said quickly.

"Alright you better go." I told Cam.

"Thanks Taylor, for everything."

"Don't mention it." I said closing the door. I just went upstairs and tried to forget about everything before I lost consciousness and fell asleep.

Campbell POV

"Oh dear come here" said Mrs. Matlin as she hugged me, "Don't worry dear as long as you're with us, you'll always be safe."
I still couldn't believe that Maya was seriously taking me in. I can't believe she would do this for me and then there's Taylor. He said he loved me. When he said that I felt… I don't know what I felt.

"Ok so first of all you don't have to go to school tomorrow, so just focus on resting and later we will go and look for basic things you'll need like clothes. Is that ok, because if you want to go slower and rest more that's ok as well." Said Mrs. Matlin.

"No its fine, I'm already asking for so much, it's perfectly ok with me." I said.

"Alright well then, it's time to go." She said and we were on our way to my new home.

OC POV

I met up with Maya at school early in the morning, "So how is he?" I quickly asked.

"He's keeping it together. My mom and I are trying to make him feel welcome, my dad is a little suspicious and my sister is just staying out of our way."

"All right well let's just go to class."

Suddenly, the PA system comes alive , "Will Taylor Garcia please report to the principal's office. Taylor Garcia to the principal's office."

"Good luck," said Maya as she walked away.

"Here we go." I entered Mr. Simpson's office.

"Ah Mr. Garcia please sit. I wanted to discuss with you the incident involving you and Campbell Saunders."

"Yes, umm what exactly do you want to talk about?"

"No need to be nervous, you're not in trouble. I just want to know if you know anyone who would do this to you or Campbell."

"I really don't think I should say anything unless Campbell says its okay."

"Look Taylor, from what I've heard I understand you have strong feelings for Campbell, so I know you want to catch whoever did this to you guys as much as I do. So please tell me, do you know anyone who would do this?" Of course I had an idea but I still didn't respond.

"Okay. Well then if you want to talk to anyone we do have an LGBT Club here at the school and I do believe they have a meeting tomorrow afterschool so if you can't talk to me then they'll be all ears."

"Thank you Mr. Simpson. Can I please go now?"

"Yes you're excused."

"So what did Simpson want?" Maya asked.

"He wanted to know if I knew anyone who would do this to me and Campbell."

"So what'd you say?"

"I told him I didn't know."

"Alright so what's the plan?"

"My plan is to remove everyone's attention from Cam and move it to me. I can take it a lot better than he can."

"Are you sure? Well what are you going to do?"

"You're just going to have to wait and see. Wish me luck though."

"Good luck."

"Hey where's Taylor, I thought he was going to eat with us?" Tori asked Maya.

"I don't know, all he told me was that he was going to try and fix the situation with Cam." Maya responded.

"And how's he going to do that?"

"I guess we're going to see soon?"

I was waiting right outside Mr. Simpson's office. "Alright I'm going out to lunch, I'll be right back." Mr. Simpson told his secretary. I managed to sneak in without anyone seeing me. I quickly locked the door and turned on the PA system.

"Hello, can I have everyone's attention. Okay as you all know yesterday the front doors of Degrassi were covered with a picture of Taylor Garcia kissing Campbell Saunders. Well this is Taylor and I just want to clarify some things. First of all, I'm the one who's gay not Campbell. And second, I kissed him, he had no say and it was as much a shock to him as it was to you. So if you're going to pick on someone pick on me. This whole situation is my fault and I'm trying to do the right thing and own up to my mistake. Thank you for listening."

I unlocked the door and I was greeted by a cop and Mr. Simpson. "I know, I know, I'm in trouble. So what's my punishment?" I asked nonchalantly.

"Thank you Officer Turner, that will be all. Alright Taylor, what you did was clearly wrong. However, I admire that you would stick up and try and divert all the attention to yourself for your friend like that, so I'm not sure if I'm doing the right thing here but I'm going to give you a suspension for the rest of the day and you can come back tomorrow."

"That's it, really?" I said in disbelief.

"Yup, you're excused."

"Okay, thank you Mr. Simpson."

"Yeah yeah, I'm the best principal ever, I've heard it all before." I laughed slightly but hey everything worked out for the best. Now hopefully Cam will get off easier now.

*So the medley race is a competition where you swim from one side of the pool to the other with the butterfly stroke, then you return using backstroke, then you go across again using breaststroke, and you finish in freestyle stroke.

Well then. Obviously a lot has happened this chapter so i'm just going to let you take it in. I gave Taylor a little more background, don't worry there will be plenty more but as for this part of the story we are going to focus on Campbell. If something was unclear or you have a question feel free to ask. I will be more than happy to explain. I'll try and get in an update tomorrow (Monday) but i might not be able to. Happy Sunday!