A/N: So. Adam's probably gonna get shot. Which sucks. Luckily we can all live in the denial-land that is AU fanfiction. Yeah.
The library seemed eerily quiet to Fiona, now that Clare had hauled Jake off, and Kallie was sitting across from her with rapt attention. They seemed to be the only ones there; even the librarian must've gone home already. In the elderly teacher's place was a dinosaur of a computer with a state of the art scanner attached to it that beeped every so often. The only other source of sound was the monotonous ticking of the clock on the other end of the room, handing just above the large glass windows that encircled the entire library.
Her eyes sliding back to Kallie, she noticed that the girl seemed more tired than she had in weeks previous, the ever so light circles under her eyes were now more pronounced, but they would still go unnoticed unless you were staring, or knew what to look for. Her skin was also paler, no longer the colour of the tea with two creams she knew Kallie to drink in the morning. Her hair, too, had lightened just slightly, but from the sun that Toronto had been continually bathed in that year. The most noticeable change was within her eyes though, they seemed sober where they had once been full of life. Holly J's current state had taken a subtle toll on Kallie, as well.
"You look tired." she stated.
"So do you." Kallie smiled slightly, of course taking note of the way Fiona's shoulders slumped, and her hair fell; the dark ringlets were loose and messy instead of the usual tight curls and clean lines.
"Yeah, well, you should see Holly J." She half-smiled wearily. As Kallie reached a hand out, she was taken aback when her thumb gently swiped across her cheek; Fiona realized she was crying. The lighter haired girl pushed herself out of her chair, walking around the table they were both seated at and sitting next to Fiona instead. She took the girl's hand with one of her own, gently squeezing it as she enveloped her in a hug with the other.
When Fiona's ragged breathing finally evened out, Kallie pulled back to allow her to speak, though Fiona's hand was still tightly wrapped around Kallie's. "None of her family are matches and… I think- we think- she might be adopted. There are no pictures of her during what should have been her first Christmas." Kallie's face fell even more at this, and gave Fiona's hand a squeeze, knowing fully well there was nothing she could say in that moment that would comfort either of them. Instead, she allowed herself to lean forewords and wrap Fiona's form in another, more gentle, hug. She felt Fiona sigh against her shoulder as they both relaxed into the embrace, and for at least a moment, everything was alright again.
The music pounded through the dressing rooms, with Kallie finding herself dancing about with Adam, both 'models' already dressed in their tuxedo tees and slacks. As Adam spontaneously spun Kallie outwards, she snatched a fedora from a nearby rack before spinning back in and placed it on Adam's head. She winked at him, quickly dancing away towards where in just a few minutes, they would step out onto the catwalk and escort their partners down.
The boy appeared right behind her, flicking off the hat and tossing it to Kallie. He rolled his eyes as she caught it, and shrugged. She placed it upon her own crown, over her hair that though usually razor-straight, was now styled in slight waves. With the fedora on, the not-so-classic visage was complete. Looking at her now, Adam thought that it would be impossible for anyone to think that she'd belong in a dress. Though a girl through and through, Kallie was born to wear a tux- or at the very least, a t-shirt with a tuxedo print on the front.
Kallie then turned away, arching back to grab Adam's arm and tug him along to the line of models now awaiting for their names to be announced. Fifteen minutes after they had joined the line, Adam strut forewords, taking Katie's arm. Kallie watched with a smile as they started to walk forwards, peeking her head past the curtains blocking her view of the stage even though she wasn't supposed to. She saw as the two amateur models reached the end of the catwalk, Adam reach for Katie's hand and place a light kiss upon in, rewarded in ear-to-ear grins from both Kallie and Katie. Then though, she was forced to duck her head back in by the sight of Holly J in the crowd, waving at her to do so.
Then, the pair returned and Adam passed Kallie, exchanging a high five with her as she awaited Dave to call out for her. And so the announcement came, and Kallie couldn't help the grin that returned to her face.
"Finally, last but certainly not least; Degrassi's very own fashionista, accompanied by Degrassi's very own girl allergic to skirts. Give it up for Fiona and Kallie!"
She and Fiona strode forwards simultaneously, the other girl's dainty arm slipping easily through Kallie's. Fiona's hair was pinned up in a loose bun, a few of her curls falling loose and elegantly around her face. The dress she wore was a silver number, floor length in the back and just a few inches shorter in the front, so her heels could be seen. She glanced over at Kallie, smiling slightly as she noticed the girl blatantly check her out, oblivious to the fact she had already missed their cue.
Fiona lightly tugged on Kallie's arm, causing the junior's gaze to snap back up and take notice of their cue being given a second time by Anya, standing just beside the stage, being cloaked by shadows to all except the models. A bit flustered, she regained her composure and lead Fiona across the catwalk, noticing Holly J give Fiona a knowing smirk as they reached the end. They swivelled around then, before strutting back up the walkway and turning one last time to face the crowd before parting and heading to their respective dressing rooms.
As soon as Kallie re-entered the makeshift dressing room, she was quickly intercepted by an already-changed Adam. A massive smile was plastered across his face as he enthused about the night. "Katie asked me out on a date! Can you believe it? A girl asked me on a date! And she's not a lesbian this time! …at least I hope so. And you!" He motioned to her as she lifted the hat off of her head and tossed it back onto the shelf she got it from. "You were on fire, hands down you and Fiona were the best models of the night."
Kallie scoffed, pulling the t-shirt over her head unashamedly, despite the room being filled with guys, most of which didn't lower their eyes as Adam did as she slipped back into her black wife beater. She glanced at Adam as she was slipping back into her jeans, her voice ripe with sarcasm. "I'm so glad to know that I was a capable walker. I've only been doing it for most of my life."
The boy raised his gaze again only when he was sure Kallie was done changing, shoving her in the shoulder playfully. "Oh come on, it had nothing to do with walking. I meant you two had the best chemistry."
"Psh, as if. You and Katie? Now that's chemistry."
"Maybe so, but Fiona was nearly undressing you with her eyes that entire time." The brunette chuckled throatily, causing the sophomore to furrow his brow. He hadn't said anything remotely funny, yet here Kallie was laughing in a strange way he imagined a person might if someone were to tell them that ducks quack. "What, what?"
"Nothing, it's just that I was right; Fiona was your last girlfriend, wasn't she?"
"Uh, yeah, but what does that have to…" Suddenly, the ball had dropped for Adam and a look of surprise flashed across his face. "Oh, she hasn't told you she's gay yet."
Kallie hummed thoughtfully then as she exited the dressing room. "Not exactly, but I pretty much guessed due to a couple of things."
"I'm probably gonna regret asking, but what things?"
"Well, for one, you said the last girl you had a crush on ended up being a lesbian, and Fiona told me you two used to casually date. Secondly, Fiona had a mysterious roommate she liked to talk about basically 24/7, even though she's loaded and shouldn't need to have a roommate to split the bills. Third, Anya slipped up a bit and almost outed someone that I guessed she wasn't sure wether they wanted to be out or not. And finally, Holly freakin' J,"
"What does Holly J have to do with anything?" Adam inquired, right as Anya crossed their path. As nonchalantly as she could while not breaking stride, she spoke.
"Fiona was in love with Holly J, I'm pretty sure she still kind of is."
"What? What is this wizardry?"
"Ugh, I'm gonna stop you there before you start to sound even more like Jake and start claiming that I'm not a red-blooded American. And then I'll have to kindly remind you we're both Canadian, and it'll just be very ugly." Kallie sighed morosely as Adam broke into peals of side-splitting laughter beside her.
A/N 2: As you can tell by this point, Kadam's gonna happen, not Krew. I don't like Krew, and Adam needs him a girlfriend.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ What can I say? Adam/Happiness is my OTP.