CHAPTER TEN: SUN GOING DOWN AND THE TREES CAST THEIR SHADOWS
The next day at school, Trent met up with Terri, Paige, Spinner, Jimmy, and Hazel in the hall and walked with them to their classes, giving Terri a shy kiss on the cheek before he and Paige went on to first period.
"Oh, I think Trixie finally has a date for the dance," Trent said.
"Really? Who?" Paige was curious, but then stopped when she looked up the hall.
Trixie had walked into school the next day not knowing what to expect; but when she got to her locker and saw JT standing with Toby at his locker, her heart fluttered just a little bit as she turned and started rearranging her locker as she got her appropriate books.
A moment later, she felt a pair of hands over her eyes and she smiled a little bit.
"Guess who?" the person said.
Trixie's smile faded when she heard their voice, "Hey Craig," she said, turning and getting away from his hands.
Craig smiled, "How are you?"
"Oh, peachy keen," Trixie replied, her voice lowering an octave.
"I was trying to find you yesterday, but any time I tried to catch you, you were gone before I could," he said, leaning casually on a locker beside hers.
"Yeah... I was kinda busy yesterday," Trixie said.
Craig looked down at his sneakers and then back up at her again, "Well say, uh, I was wanting to ask you... if you're not uh, too busy Friday night, would you like to be my - "
"Hey Craig," JT said as he walked up to Trixie and wrapped an arm around her shoulders, "what's up?"
"Oh, not much... are you two, uh?..." he made a 'together' sort of hand motion.
Trixie nodded with a shy smile, "Yeah... now anyway, what were you going to ask me?"
"Ah, it was nothing," Craig said, stuffing his hands in his pockets, "I'll see ya around." With that, he took off rather quickly.
Trixie blinked and turned to JT, "Sooo, we gonna walk or what?"
JT looked after Craig a moment, then at Trixie, "You don't have feelings for him, do you?"
"No!" Trixie giggled, taking ahold of JT's hand, "come on, JT, you ought to know better; I said last night he was more of someone I could see as a best friend."
"Well okay... so long as that's all," JT joked, tickling her and running away.
"JT! OOooh, you're SO dead!" she exclaimed, running after him.
"Hey hey hey, no running in the halls!" Mr. Raditch said as he walked out of his office; boy and girl stopped running and walked at a normal pace. When Mr. Raditch wasn't looking, they joined hands and took off at a sprint to Trixie's first period.
Mr. Raditch continued to patrol the halls until the bell rang, but just before it did, he looked over to a figure in the corner.
"Jay, get to class, you know the rules," he said with a stern eye.
"Right, Raditch.. right..." Jay replied sarcastically, eyeballing an empty space like someone was standing there, then moved on to his class.
Paige, Ashley, and Trent were talking about the dance when Trixie walked in; as she was coming in, Jay came in from behind her and bumped into her.
"Oh, pardon me," he said sarcastically, then walked over to his seat. Trixie just rolled her eyes and walked on.
"Congradulations, hun; ya got a date after all," Paige said, patting Trixie's arm as she came over to the seat saved for her.
"For awhile, I thought it was gonna be you and Craig," Ashley said with a slight smile.
"Nah," Trixie replied, "I don't like him that way."
"What about the kiss?" Ashley was curious.
"That was kinda spur of the moment," Trixie replied, "he started and I didn't really know what to do so I just kissed back."
"'Least you weren't pulling a Manny," Ashley said with a tone of bitterness.
"Ma-"
Mr. Simpson then came into the room and quieted everyone for the morning report.
Second period, Trent and Jimmy talked about stuff they were going to do the night of the dance for their girlfriends while Paige and Terri talked about the events that had occured the night before.
"Got any special plans?" Jimmy asked Trent.
"For what?" he wondered.
"The dance, Terri, you know? Anything to surprise her?" Jimmy prodded.
"Oh... well no, nothing yet," Trent replied, a little embarassed now that Jimmy had brought it up.
Jimmy leaned in closer to Trent so the girls wouldn't hear his plans, "Roses... a dozen of them, when I pick her up... and get this - I'm gonna rent a limo."
Trent's eyes went wide, "All over one dance?"
"Well you know how the ladies like it when you treat 'em special," Jimmy said, winking.
Trent thought about this long and hard, wondering what he could POSSIBLY do for Terri the night of the dance...
"Ter, you know I don't really believe what you told me in the bathroom, right?" Paige asked quietly.
"Paige, let it go; I was probably seeing things anyway," Terri replied, but then regretted saying anything.
"Aha, then you DID see something!" Paige pointed a finger, "Terri, I'm your friend, please tell me?"
Terri rolled her eyes and wrote it on a piece of paper. As she handed it to Paige and she was about to read it, Mrs. Kwan came up to them and snatched it from her.
"Girls, no more notes, this is important stuff for your test I'm going over," Mrs. Kwan lectured them.
Both girls fidgited in their seats as they chorused, "Sorry, Mrs. Kwan."
She nodded after giving them one final stern look, then continued her lesson.
"Terri, just tell me," Paige hissed.
Terri sighed, "Later, okay?" she whispered through her teeth, then continued taking notes from what Mrs. Kwan was saying.
Trent looked up from his notes and over at Terri, who was working on hers; he smiled a little, happy to know that he was actually going to go to the dance with him after all. Of course after a moment of his staring, she looked up and gave him a look like 'Something wrong with my face?' and he just shook his head and smiled, winking his "deadly" wink. Terri smiled and blushed a bit, going back to her notes, but couldn't help a side-glance once in awhile.
Paige noticed this little sign of affection and couldn't help but smile herself; she knew Trent would be good for Terri after all she had been through, and that she would do him some good as well.
Trent sighed as he thought about many things; one, how sleepy he was. Two, what the heck he was going to do for Terri dance night. And three... for some reason, he couldn't get the night before out of his head, and how concerned Jimmy had seemed to be about it. After thinking about it for awhile, he came up with one possibility and then quickly dismissed it. Nah, too freaky-movie sounding...
Suddenly, Mr. Raditch came over the intercom:
"Teachers of Degrassi, please turn on your television sets, I repeat, please turn on your television sets..."
Mrs. Kwan got quiet and walked over to her TV as a small commotion of whispers came from her students; before she turned the TV on, she placed her finger to her lips to quiet the din.
She turned the TV on and Liberty Van Zandt was sitting in her chair.
"Fellow students of Degrassi, a crime has taken place here in our school, I fear to say, much more serious than one we've ever had before..."
Yet another commotion of loud whispers came up and Mrs. Kwan shushed everyone.
"A thousand dollars was taken from the caf's cash register this morning, presumably while the lunch ladies were examining probable causes for a near fire; if you know who might have committed this crime, please see Mr. Raditch immediatly. Thank you."
In Miss Hatzilako's class, the announcement soon ended and she turned off her TV, leaving the students to start talking amongst themselves.
"I wonder who did it?" Toby asked, turning to JT and Trixie.
"No doubt it was probably Sean and his gang..." Emma mumbled.
"Hey, I heard that!" Sean said from across the room.
Emma rolled her eyes.
"Well hey, anyone could've done it," Trixie said, trying to keep a fight from breaking out.
"Yeah, ANYONE," JT replied, "but who'd be stupid enough t-"
But before he got his last words out, Mr. Raditch opened the classroom door, "I'd like to see JT Yorke and Trixie Miller, please?"
Trixie and JT looked ultimately confused, and Sean's head perked up as he watched the three figures' retreating backs, "What the hell?..." he mumbled to himself.
The next day at school, Trent met up with Terri, Paige, Spinner, Jimmy, and Hazel in the hall and walked with them to their classes, giving Terri a shy kiss on the cheek before he and Paige went on to first period.
"Oh, I think Trixie finally has a date for the dance," Trent said.
"Really? Who?" Paige was curious, but then stopped when she looked up the hall.
Trixie had walked into school the next day not knowing what to expect; but when she got to her locker and saw JT standing with Toby at his locker, her heart fluttered just a little bit as she turned and started rearranging her locker as she got her appropriate books.
A moment later, she felt a pair of hands over her eyes and she smiled a little bit.
"Guess who?" the person said.
Trixie's smile faded when she heard their voice, "Hey Craig," she said, turning and getting away from his hands.
Craig smiled, "How are you?"
"Oh, peachy keen," Trixie replied, her voice lowering an octave.
"I was trying to find you yesterday, but any time I tried to catch you, you were gone before I could," he said, leaning casually on a locker beside hers.
"Yeah... I was kinda busy yesterday," Trixie said.
Craig looked down at his sneakers and then back up at her again, "Well say, uh, I was wanting to ask you... if you're not uh, too busy Friday night, would you like to be my - "
"Hey Craig," JT said as he walked up to Trixie and wrapped an arm around her shoulders, "what's up?"
"Oh, not much... are you two, uh?..." he made a 'together' sort of hand motion.
Trixie nodded with a shy smile, "Yeah... now anyway, what were you going to ask me?"
"Ah, it was nothing," Craig said, stuffing his hands in his pockets, "I'll see ya around." With that, he took off rather quickly.
Trixie blinked and turned to JT, "Sooo, we gonna walk or what?"
JT looked after Craig a moment, then at Trixie, "You don't have feelings for him, do you?"
"No!" Trixie giggled, taking ahold of JT's hand, "come on, JT, you ought to know better; I said last night he was more of someone I could see as a best friend."
"Well okay... so long as that's all," JT joked, tickling her and running away.
"JT! OOooh, you're SO dead!" she exclaimed, running after him.
"Hey hey hey, no running in the halls!" Mr. Raditch said as he walked out of his office; boy and girl stopped running and walked at a normal pace. When Mr. Raditch wasn't looking, they joined hands and took off at a sprint to Trixie's first period.
Mr. Raditch continued to patrol the halls until the bell rang, but just before it did, he looked over to a figure in the corner.
"Jay, get to class, you know the rules," he said with a stern eye.
"Right, Raditch.. right..." Jay replied sarcastically, eyeballing an empty space like someone was standing there, then moved on to his class.
Paige, Ashley, and Trent were talking about the dance when Trixie walked in; as she was coming in, Jay came in from behind her and bumped into her.
"Oh, pardon me," he said sarcastically, then walked over to his seat. Trixie just rolled her eyes and walked on.
"Congradulations, hun; ya got a date after all," Paige said, patting Trixie's arm as she came over to the seat saved for her.
"For awhile, I thought it was gonna be you and Craig," Ashley said with a slight smile.
"Nah," Trixie replied, "I don't like him that way."
"What about the kiss?" Ashley was curious.
"That was kinda spur of the moment," Trixie replied, "he started and I didn't really know what to do so I just kissed back."
"'Least you weren't pulling a Manny," Ashley said with a tone of bitterness.
"Ma-"
Mr. Simpson then came into the room and quieted everyone for the morning report.
Second period, Trent and Jimmy talked about stuff they were going to do the night of the dance for their girlfriends while Paige and Terri talked about the events that had occured the night before.
"Got any special plans?" Jimmy asked Trent.
"For what?" he wondered.
"The dance, Terri, you know? Anything to surprise her?" Jimmy prodded.
"Oh... well no, nothing yet," Trent replied, a little embarassed now that Jimmy had brought it up.
Jimmy leaned in closer to Trent so the girls wouldn't hear his plans, "Roses... a dozen of them, when I pick her up... and get this - I'm gonna rent a limo."
Trent's eyes went wide, "All over one dance?"
"Well you know how the ladies like it when you treat 'em special," Jimmy said, winking.
Trent thought about this long and hard, wondering what he could POSSIBLY do for Terri the night of the dance...
"Ter, you know I don't really believe what you told me in the bathroom, right?" Paige asked quietly.
"Paige, let it go; I was probably seeing things anyway," Terri replied, but then regretted saying anything.
"Aha, then you DID see something!" Paige pointed a finger, "Terri, I'm your friend, please tell me?"
Terri rolled her eyes and wrote it on a piece of paper. As she handed it to Paige and she was about to read it, Mrs. Kwan came up to them and snatched it from her.
"Girls, no more notes, this is important stuff for your test I'm going over," Mrs. Kwan lectured them.
Both girls fidgited in their seats as they chorused, "Sorry, Mrs. Kwan."
She nodded after giving them one final stern look, then continued her lesson.
"Terri, just tell me," Paige hissed.
Terri sighed, "Later, okay?" she whispered through her teeth, then continued taking notes from what Mrs. Kwan was saying.
Trent looked up from his notes and over at Terri, who was working on hers; he smiled a little, happy to know that he was actually going to go to the dance with him after all. Of course after a moment of his staring, she looked up and gave him a look like 'Something wrong with my face?' and he just shook his head and smiled, winking his "deadly" wink. Terri smiled and blushed a bit, going back to her notes, but couldn't help a side-glance once in awhile.
Paige noticed this little sign of affection and couldn't help but smile herself; she knew Trent would be good for Terri after all she had been through, and that she would do him some good as well.
Trent sighed as he thought about many things; one, how sleepy he was. Two, what the heck he was going to do for Terri dance night. And three... for some reason, he couldn't get the night before out of his head, and how concerned Jimmy had seemed to be about it. After thinking about it for awhile, he came up with one possibility and then quickly dismissed it. Nah, too freaky-movie sounding...
Suddenly, Mr. Raditch came over the intercom:
"Teachers of Degrassi, please turn on your television sets, I repeat, please turn on your television sets..."
Mrs. Kwan got quiet and walked over to her TV as a small commotion of whispers came from her students; before she turned the TV on, she placed her finger to her lips to quiet the din.
She turned the TV on and Liberty Van Zandt was sitting in her chair.
"Fellow students of Degrassi, a crime has taken place here in our school, I fear to say, much more serious than one we've ever had before..."
Yet another commotion of loud whispers came up and Mrs. Kwan shushed everyone.
"A thousand dollars was taken from the caf's cash register this morning, presumably while the lunch ladies were examining probable causes for a near fire; if you know who might have committed this crime, please see Mr. Raditch immediatly. Thank you."
In Miss Hatzilako's class, the announcement soon ended and she turned off her TV, leaving the students to start talking amongst themselves.
"I wonder who did it?" Toby asked, turning to JT and Trixie.
"No doubt it was probably Sean and his gang..." Emma mumbled.
"Hey, I heard that!" Sean said from across the room.
Emma rolled her eyes.
"Well hey, anyone could've done it," Trixie said, trying to keep a fight from breaking out.
"Yeah, ANYONE," JT replied, "but who'd be stupid enough t-"
But before he got his last words out, Mr. Raditch opened the classroom door, "I'd like to see JT Yorke and Trixie Miller, please?"
Trixie and JT looked ultimately confused, and Sean's head perked up as he watched the three figures' retreating backs, "What the hell?..." he mumbled to himself.