Well hey there everyone! I'm back and sooner than expected too. Much sooner. Everything has worked out and there's no need now for me to have to move. Long story... And if you'd like to know it just Message me. You guys have all been so kind to me. So nice. Thanks for all of the support from Dragon, Jwolf, and everyone else. Degrassi returns in four days and I am so happy and excited for it. So I got this up. I wasn't able to start writing again until yesterday. After what took place I needed a break. Again thank you all for your support, and waiting for me to return. Read and review please! Also, enjoy!
Dinner was so very hard to sit through. All Maya wanted to do was continue to sob. Grace didn't even know how the hell she wasn't crying. Sure she knew she had to be strong for Maya.. But she could feel it ripping inside of her. The pain of the loss was just becoming all too much.
Everyone tried to stay on a positive topic while talking and eating. Maya was just picking at her food however. Grace was forcing herself to eat. Finally Maya just started to play with her food. Grace gave her a stern look.
Katie wasn't gonna make Maya eat and her parents weren't going to either. If she couldn't eat... She couldn't eat. But Grace wasn't going to let Maya get away with it.
"Eat," Grace mumbled into Maya's ear.
Maya just looked up at Grace with a sad expression. Her eyes were so red from crying. The blonde just sighed and shook her head, looking down at the floor.
Grace rolled her eyes and glanced at Maya's family. They were all eating and chatting quietly.
"If your family won't make then I will," Grace replied, her voice getting a little threatening.
"Oh and now you're gonna be threatening me?" Maya grumbled, glancing up at the goth girl. "I am not trying to threaten you! I am trying to get you to eat,"
"Well... Maybe I can't, Grace. And it's not my fucking fault!" Maya snapped back, in a whisper.
Grace turned her head away from Maya and bit down on her lower lip, before turning her head back to face her 'sister' and reply.
"You're so fucking stubborn, Matlin,"
"You're so fucking bossy, Cardinal,"
Grace was taken back a bit by Maya calling her by her last name.
"Fine. But you're eating breakfast in the morning," Grace replied.
Maya nodded and with that she simply said goodnight to Katie and her parents, before leaving the kitchen.
Grace followed after her slowly with her crutches and by the time she got to Maya's room, Maya was already laying down in bed.
"Laying around isn't gonna help you,"
"Isn't that you're here? To help me?"
"Yeah, Matlin. But I am also here because... I care about you,"
"I know you do. And I care about you too,"
Grace got into bed slowly and put her crutches up. Then she scooted close to Maya, who just rolled over to her, closing the distance between the two of them.
Grace held Maya to her chest and Maya just laid there. So many feelings were being felt, so many thoughts being thought of by the two girls. "Damn it, Matlin... I cannot believe I am fal-" Grace's eyes widened before she even finished the sentence in her mind. No. Oh hell no. "This cannot be happening I can't... I can't... No! Grace, don't act on your feelings and don't tell her..."
Then just as The goth glanced back down at the blonde-haired girl, she saw that that she was fast asleep.
...
A week later things were looking up a little. Maya ate breakfast the next day, and had been eating ever since. Though she had a lot of mental breaks and panic attacks.
Katie had to return to finish school So she went back to college, but would be back after the year ended.
Grace was right by Maya's side on this morning even more than ever. It was the day that school was opening back up.
It closed due to what had taken place... And honestly no one could blame for closing Degrassi.
Maya and Grace walked up the steps of Degrassi together. There was an assembly being held for the students that had been taken away from the school.
The girls sat together, as the other students gathered into the gym along with them, and took their seats.
Mr. Simpson stood on stage with a microphone.
"Welcome, Back. Degrassi students as you all know we've all lost a lot of great people... Taken away from us were freshmens, sophomores, a junior and most of the seniors... And one of the seniors happened to be my adopted son. So... it hurts... A lot. We even got news of a former student that killed himself, due to the death of one of the students... But all of the people we lost... They were all great. While some of them were nicer than others, some of them more confident or more out going... They were all amazing. I met them all, I adored them all. Only three students out of the event that took place, made it and that's Drew Torres, a senior. While the other two are sophomores. Maya Matlin and Grace Cardinal,"
Maya's body began to shake. She began to breathe heavily. This Grace noticed right away. "I'm here, Matlin.. I'm here," Grace said softly, pulling the smaller girl in for a hug, while the principal continued to talk.
"I-I know... And thanks god..." Maya replied, as she breathed in and out. This time being able to keep herself a little calm.
