A/N: DURR HURR. Another chapter awaits you, my loves. :3

Chapter 10:

(Julia's POV)

Alexandria Ashtyn Goldsworthy. A long, but beautiful, name. It was the name of the woman who broke my parents apart. It was also the name of my half sister. Great, right? Well, Alexandria was pretty awesome, but the fact that my parents were broken up was not so awesome. Things sucked without having my dad around. Mom was distant, like she always was when she was sad. Raechel cried all the time. Munro, Blake, and I didn't show our emotions. That's how it always was. Alexandria was helping us though and I loved that. I'd always wanted an older sister and now I have one. Either way, it didn't change the fact that Mom and Dad didn't show any signs of getting back together. I suppose Mom isn't going back on her word to get a divorce. I was sure that Dad was going to come up with something to get her back. Knowing him, he wouldn't let this happen. Unfortunately, Mom really had her mind set on getting a divorce. I suppose whatever that was meant to happen would happen.

At the moment, Dad was still living with Imogen. He'd been there for a week already. He was busy finding an apartment for him and Alexandria. Hopefully, he would invite me to live with him as well. I knew my mom would never go for it, but I was turning seventeen in January. Shouldn't I be able to make my own decisions? Yeah, I should be. From now on, no one owns me. I own myself and do what I want, when I want. No one will be able to stop me now.

"Miss Goldsworthy! Answer the question," Mr. Miller yelled. Then I remembered that I was in first hour World History class. Mr. Miller wanted me to answer a question about the United States. I didn't know the answer, much to my surprise. I was great in History.

"I- I don't know. Sorry, Mr. M," I answered, sliding down further into my seat. Mr. Miller turned to call on someone else that wasn't me. Perfect, I was off the hook. Honestly, I was expecting him to scream at me for not knowing the answer. Of course, Dad had told everyone about Clare kicking him out. All the teachers were going to go easy on me. I hated when that happened. It always happened when Dad said something that was going wrong in my life. One of the cons of your dad teaching at your high school.

Derrick snickered next to me. "Goldsworthy, you could've done better than that one. We studied that one yesterday."

I sighed and shook my head. "Sorry, I've just got a lot on my mind these days. It's not my fault Clare kicked Dad out of the house." I'd stopped referring to my mom as 'Mom' since she kicked Dad out of the house. It was my way of disowning her.

"I'm sorry, Julia. I should've payed more attention to your needs," he said in mock apology. "I have a way to get your mind off of things. Come to Jake's party with me tonight."

"I'm not sure if I can sneak past Clare," I said. "She's been watching me like hawk since the last party."

He laughed again. Of course he thought I was just making up excuses. "Just say your doing homework and then going to bed. Lock the door and sneak out the window. I'll be waiting outside Jake's house for you. It's seven houses down from your house on Degrassi Street, of course."

"I'll be there, I promise," I answered. As if on cue, the bell rang. "Walk me to class?"

He smiled and answered my question with a question of his own. "Be my girlfriend?"

I blushed deeply. "On one condition," I began, my voice getting quieter with each word. "Walk me to class." On the last word, I was whispering and my lips were a centimeter from his. Derrick didn't exactly agree with the centimeter between our lips. He took one step forward and kissed me. It wasn't anything big, just a quick peck. Either way, it was great. One thing seemed to be going good in my life at least, right?

Derrick wrapped his arm around my shoulders. We walked together to my English class. He was carrying my books in the hand that wasn't around my shoulders. I was carrying his books in my hands, much to his protests. As we walked down the hall, people stared. Lots of them. Derrick Torres, fullback of the football team was dating Julia Goldsworthy, the Emo outcast, daughter of Mr. Goldsworthy. We just laughed to ourselves. As if we actually cared about what those losers thought of us. When we arrived at the door of the classroom, we switched books. Derrick leaned down to kiss me, but we yanked apart right before our lips touched. Why, you ask? Because we heard a loud cracking sound. I looked up to see my dad smacking a ruler against the open door. Derrick ran off quickly and I sighed.

"Good morning, Julia," Dad said, smirking. "Sorry to interrupt but I just missed you so much that I got jealous of Mr. Torres." He engulfed me into a giant hug and kissed my hair.

I laughed, knowing he was lying. He probably just didn't want me dating Bianca and Drew's son. Honestly, I didn't really care what he thought. Well, I did but I wasn't going to stop dating Derrick just because my dad doesn't like his parents. "I've missed you, Dad. I'm glad to see you back at Degrassi though." He had left Degrassi for a week because he was so depressed over Clare kicking him out.

"I'm doing alright, so I thought I'd be good enough to come back. How's your mother?" I suppose he didn't notice how I hadn't been calling Clare my mom anymore. He obviously hadn't been listening to me on the phone. Well, I suppose he had an excuse.

"Clare is doing fine. The rest of us, however, are not. Everyone misses you so much Dad!" I cried, tears threatening to fall down my cheeks. "Why can't you can Mom just be happy together? I can't take this!"

He sighed, pulling me closer. "I'm sorry, Julia. I really am. Never in a million years would I ever have thought Clare would react like this to Alexandria. And, by the way, Alexandria said that Clare is getting upset that you're not calling her Mom anymore."

I rolled my eyes. "She deserves it, Dad! She kicked you out for something that happened twenty-three years ago. She obviously doesn't deserve you!"

He sighed and pulled away from the hug, knowing that he wasn't going to win this battle against me. "Julianna, listen to me. You need to stop blaming your mother for all of this. We both contributed to this. Now, sit down and get to work."

I sighed and sulked all the way to my seat, tears falling down my cheeks like waterfalls. Everyone was staring at me. Of course, the entire class had seen that. I probably sounded like a conceited brat. I sat in my seat next to Jake. He was laughing his head off. As I sat in my seat, he started applauding, while continuing to laugh at me. "Beautiful performance, Goldsworthy. You did great as the role of heartbroken over her parents upcoming divorce girl in that scene."

I didn't talk to anyone until lunch time. Embarrassment and sorrow were the only two emotions I felt. There wasn't anything else to feel. Everyone in Grade 11 Advanced English knew about my breakdown over my parents divorce. Also, they knew my full name, which was almost as bad. I skipped the third period and half of fourth period. I cried until halfway through fourth hour when Mrs. Mason found me hiding out in the bathroom and forced me to go to class. She decided not to give me a detention because she was being nice, I suppose. I guess Dad had gotten to her to. I met Derrick at lunch and we walked to our table together. Everyone was sitting there, except for Munro. He'd dropped out of the crew and was now replaced by some new guy. I couldn't care less about who he was, honestly.

"So, are you done being all emotional now, Goldsworthy?" Jake asked me, obviously still annoyed by my breakdown in English class today. He obviously had no heart whatsoever.

I rolled my eyes. "I'm fine, but I'm not so sure about you, Guthrie. Can you keep your emotional feelings for Alaina bottled up inside today?"

He laughed. "Sounds like a challenge to me. I'm up for it as long as you can keep your hands off of Torres over here."

I held out my hand for him to shake. "Twenty bucks?"

Jake chuckled, shaking my hand. "Better start handing me the money, Goldsworthy. I won't be even looking at Alaina here." He turned his head the opposite way of her for emphasis.

Alaina scoffed, as did Derrick. The clearly didn't want to go the rest of the school day without talking to us. "Why don't we get a say in this?"

"Because, it'd be no fun that way," Jake snapped. "Anyways, so are we all ready for the party tonight? Jess and KC won't be home until tomorrow morning so we should be fine as long as no one passes out and stays over all night." He looked at me, smiling at the memory.

"I'll be home by three, I promise, Jake." I smirked.

Sam piped up. "I can't promise anything, Jake. I tend to pass out a lot." Of course, she was only joking. She'd have to be home before Imogen and my dad notice that she's gone.

After lunch, I had three more classes before the end of the day. I saw Derrick between two of the classes but I was only allowed to talk to him. I saw my dad after lunch but we didn't speak. I suppose he was still angry with me from this morning. Honestly, I didn't see what was so bad about noticing that my mom was being unfair. He knew it was true so I didn't get why he was still defending her. I suppose it was because he loved her and blah, blah, blah. My parents made the perfect couple, so I see why he still loved her and was defending her. It still didn't change the fact that they weren't together anymore all because my mom over reacted. Well, I guess if I was in her position, maybe I would have done the same thing. Maybe I wouldn't have though. I wouldn't know what to do, honestly. So, I suppose my mom had reason behind what she did. Eventually, she'd probably come to her senses and take my dad back.

I was walking out of the front doors of Degrassi when my dad ran up to me. "Julia, I've been looking for you."

"I've been here. What do you need?" I asked.

He looked like he was going to regret asking this, but he continued on. "I was wondering if you wanted to move in with Alexandria and I. We're moving into an apartment this weekend and I really want you to come. I know Clare won't say yes, but she has to realize that you're old enough to choose who you get to live with."

I smiled brightly and hugged him. "Of course I want to move in with you, Dad! I'll talk to Mom later, alright?"

He nodded and walked me out to the hearse. "Take care of old Morty, here."

I rolled my eyes. "I refuse to call my car by that ridiculous name! Keep on dreaming, Dad."

I hopped in the car and he closed the door for me. We exchanged goodbyes and then I drove off home. Off to sneak out, of course.

A/N: I'm off to yet another vacation, m'loves. Sorry! I'll be back on Sunday~

Love yaa,

DegrassixEllie