As Drew made his way down the hall, he took a deep breath before he turned the corner. He knew where Oliver would be waiting for him, and he hoped he wouldn't start blushing in front of him. When Drew turned the corner, he noticed Oliver standing in front of the school's office talking to Bailey Barrington. Bailey was blonde, she was cute, and Drew hated her right at that second. He felt a pang of jealousy as he watched Oliver and Bailey talking, and he hated that feeling. Oliver saw Drew approaching, said something to Bailey, and she walked away.

Oliver yelled out, "Dude! Why didn't you tell me about Olivia and Ethan?"

Drew felt relief when he realized that's all Oliver and Bailey were discussing. He walked up to Oliver and said, "Uh, because I didn't see you until now?"

"Oh, my God. That must have been hilarious."

Drew smiled and said, "Oh, it was."

"So she really kissed him?"

Drew nodded, "Open mouth and everything."

Oliver shook his head, "I always miss the good stuff." Then he asked, "Are we waiting for your grandpa?"

"Nope. My mom finished work earlier than expected, so she'll be outside."

"Okay, cool." Oliver held up his notebook, "All of our notes so far for the project."

"That's helpful."

Oliver rolled his eyes, "Yeah, yeah, yeah." He put his notebook into his backpack.

Drew laughed and said, "Come on; let's go."

They began to walk together, and Oliver said, "I'm excited to see your new room."

They opened the doors, and Drew said, "It's not done yet. I still have to pick out a paint color. My dad's helping me with that."

"That's cool."

Right on cue, Emma pulled up to the curb. "Oh, there's my mom."

Both boys hopped down the stairs and got into Emma's car.

Emma said, "Hey there."

Oliver said, "Hi Miss Nelson." Then he closed his door.

"Hello, Oliver." She looked at Drew and asked, "So the test was okay?"

Drew nodded, "Yep."

"Good." Emma turned to Oliver and said, "Seatbelt."

Oliver said, "Oh, right." He put it on, and so did Drew.

"Your dad might be a bit late tonight, but I already know what I'm doing for dinner." She pulled away from the curb.

"Okay."

Sean, Pete, and Jay were working on Drake's car when Jay noticed that Sean looked distracted.

"Yo, Cam, what's up?"

"Huh?"

"You're somewhere else."

Sean looked at him and said, "I am just a little nervous for Drew."

Pete asked, "What's going on?"

Sean stopped working, sat up, and said, "Well, the guy he likes is over at the house right now, and according to Drew's friends Ethan and Maddie, Oliver likes Drew back."

Jay said, "But that's good news, isn't it?"

Sean nodded, "Yes. Drew would be thrilled."

Jay asked, "Is it the 'he likes a boy' thing?"

Sean shook his head, "Not in the way you're thinking."

"So you just want him to be safe."

Sean nodded.

Pete said, "Just be there for him. That's all you can do."

"I know." Sean smiled and said, "You should have seen Drew this morning. He got up early, made sure he looked good, and even had me put gel in his hair."

Jay said, "I love your kid. I really do. I feel protective of him too."

Sean smiled at Jay, "Thanks, man." He stood up and looked at Drake's car, "Looking good, boys."

Jay and Pete joined him. Jay nodded, "Damn right."

Pete asked, "Is Drake coming in tomorrow night?"

Sean nodded, "Yep."

Pete said, "And after this is all over, and Drake tells everyone how awesome our shop is, the business will boom even more."

"Oh," Sean shook his head, "How did I forget this? Emma is working with a production company to shoot a video for her latest listing in Rosedale."

Jay said, "Rosedale?" Then he whistled.

Sean nodded, "Yeah, it's an 8 million dollar house."

"Wow!"

"But that's not the news. The guy shooting the video has his own production business on the side, and he told Em he could shoot a video about the shop that we could put up on the website."

Jay smiled, "Cameron, that's a great idea."

Sean nodded, "I've seen some of his work, and if he can make some of those 15-foot wide, semi-detached houses look like you'd want to pay $5-6 million for them, I think he can do wonders for the shop."

Pete asked, "When are you going to call him?"

"Tomorrow. Emma has his card."

Pete asked, "Will we have to make ourselves look nice?"

Sean laughed, "I don't think so. I think we'll just focus on the cars."

Jay joked, "Maybe we can have Hannah pose on the cars."

Sean shook his head, "Dude, that's not even funny. I already told her I would nip that shit in the bud."

"Oh, come on."

Sean shook his head again, "No way. I don't want, nor do I need the lone female in the shop being sexually harassed daily."

Jay shook his head, "You're no fun."

"Yeah, I know." Sean looked at him and said, "Aren't you leaving for LA soon, anyway?"

"Yes, but in the meantime, I want something pretty to look at."

Sean laughed, "You never change, Hogart."

Jay smiled, "I know."

"Nelson, this is so cool."

Drew looked around his room and said, "Thanks. As I said, we're probably painting this wall red." He pointed to the wall behind his bed.

"You're all alone down here, so you can do whatever you want."

"Yeah, and there are now two floors between my parents having sex and me trying not to listen to them having sex." Drew shuddered, and Oliver laughed, "I'm not kidding."

"I don't think my parents do it anymore." Oliver scrunched his face and said, "God, I hope not."

"Your parents are older than mine. Mine were still teenagers when I was born. And my parents just got together after being apart for so long. I guess they're making up for all the time they lost."

Oliver nodded. "You haven't walked in on them, have you?"

"God, no, but I've heard them."

"And did you want to die?"

Drew nodded, "Yes. I also blasted the TV."

Oliver laughed.

"Anyway, let's get started on this project. Perino is expecting it to be bad like everyone else's, so let's do the exact opposite."

Oliver sat down on the edge of Drew's bed while Drew sat at his desk. "That would be something. I don't think I've gotten higher than a C+ in Perino's class."

Drew smiled at him and said, "I think we can beat that."

Oliver smiled back, and they looked at each other for a little longer than they meant to, and Drew whipped himself back around toward his computer. He rolled his eyes out of Oliver's sight and said, "Let me have your notebook."

"Oh, right." Oliver reached for his bag, unzipped it, and grabbed the notebook with all the information they had written down. He handed it to Drew, and Drew thanked him.

Suddenly Drew asked, "Do you want anything to drink? I'm thirsty."

"Sure."

"We have root beer."

"Yeah, that's cool.'

"Okay, be right back." Drew walked out of his room and nearly sprinted up to the kitchen.

Emma was at her desk when she heard Drew close the basement door and walk into the kitchen. "What do you need, sweetie?"

"I'm just getting some root beer."

"Oh, okay. Do you want some chips or something?"

"We have some?"

"Yep." Emma got up and walked into the kitchen. She opened the pantry, reached in, and grabbed a bag. "Your dad had bought me stuff last week, and I didn't get to eat them all."

"Cool."

She asked, "Is everything okay?"

"I'm just nervous."

Emma placed her hands on Drew's shoulders and said, "It'll be okay. I promise. Just get through the project."

Drew nodded and said, "Thanks, mom."

"You're welcome."

He walked to the basement door and said, "Uh, can you help me?"

Emma giggled, "Sure." She opened the door, and he walked downstairs with the drinks and chips.

Drew walked back into his room, and Oliver was standing up again, looking at Drew's signed jersey.

"Man, I still can't believe your dad got this for you. He's so cool."

Drew smiled and said, "Yeah, he is. Um, we had some chips."

"Oh, cool."

"Instead of sitting on my bed, why don't you just pull that chair over? This way, I won't have to turn around, and you won't have to lean forward."

Oliver smiled and said, "Good idea."

Drew sat down at his desk, and Oliver sat next to him. Drew looked at the notebook and said, "Okay, Dr. James Naismith."

"Whoa, he was a doctor?"

Drew chuckled, "Yes. He was a lot of things."

"That's cool."

Drew smiled and started typing on his computer.

"Wait, before you start, you need to tell me exactly what happened with Ethan and Olivia."

Drew shook his head, "Well, Travis and Olivia were fighting."

"Shocker."

"Exactly. And they were walking down the hall yelling at each other, and she said something like, 'so you wouldn't care if another guy was all over me?' and he said 'no' and out of nowhere she grabs Ethan and kisses him. I mean, really kisses him. Tongues and everything."

Oliver laughed.

"When she pulled away, Ethan nearly fell into me, Travis I think dumped her and then she told Ethan he was a pretty good kisser, kissed him again and walked away. It was incredible."

Oliver shook his head and asked, "Why do I always miss the good stuff?"

Drew shrugged, "I guess you're unlucky or something."

Oliver scoffed then said, "They really kissed with tongues?"

"Well, Olivia did. Poor Ethan was probably too shocked to do anything."

Oliver nodded, "I suppose that would happen if someone suddenly kissed you out of nowhere."

Drew shrugged, "I wouldn't know about that."

"Heh, yeah, me either."

"It's probably different if you like the person." They shared another look that was too long for either of them to handle, and Drew turned back to his computer then said, "Okay, we need to work on this project."

Oliver nodded but said nothing.

Emma was busy cooking the pasta for dinner when Sean walked through the front door.

"You're home early!"

"Yep, we finished sooner than expected." He hung up his jacket and walked toward the kitchen, "Is everything okay?"

"I think so."

Sean looked toward the basement door, "Why am I so nervous about this?"

Emma smiled, "Because you love your son and want the best for him."

"Yeah." He looked at the stove, "Is dinner almost ready?"

"Yep. Like five more minutes."

"Great. I'm going to go upstairs and take a quick shower. I'll be back."

"Okay."

Sean jogged up the stairs, and Emma looked toward the basement door, wondering what was happening with Drew and Oliver.

"Okay!" Drew finished typing. "This is an excellent start. I think if we work on this during our free period tomorrow and Wednesday, we'll definitely have it ready to go for Thursday's class. I can copy it to a thumb drive."

Oliver said, "Cool."

Drew smiled and said, "I think I can smell dinner, so we should probably head upstairs."

"Yeah."

Drew stood up, and Oliver followed him. "Um, I think we have some leftovers from last night, but they were good."

Oliver shrugged, "That's cool. As long as I'm fed, I don't care what it is."

Drew laughed and walked into the bathroom to wash his hands.

"Man, you have your own bathroom too. That's so cool."

"Yeah, but I had my own bathroom upstairs too, it just wasn't attached to my room."

Oliver stood next to him, and Drew handed him his soap. "Do you think your parents will have another kid?"

Drew nodded, "Yeah, they already asked me about it."

"You wouldn't mind being nearly 15 years older than your brother or sister?"

"Nah. Plus, they'll have their hands full with an infant, so I'll have even more freedom." Drew dried off his hands, and Oliver did the same.

"I'm jealous."

"Well, if you need a place to hang out and crash, you can always stay here."

"Thanks."

Drew smiled and walked out of the bathroom. Oliver rolled his eyes, dried his hands, and followed Drew up into the kitchen.

Emma smiled and asked, "How's everything going?"

Drew said, "Good. I think we might make Perino not hate our presentation."

Emma laughed, "That's about all you can hope from him. Not much has changed since your dad, and I were in Degrassi, huh?"

"Nope." Sean walked down the stairs, and Drew asked, "I thought you were going to be late?"

"We finished early." Sean looked at Oliver and said, "Hey, Oliver. Good to see you."

"Hi, Mr. Cameron."

Emma said, "Why don't you boys sit down?"

Drew and Oliver did what they were told, and Sean walked into the kitchen, "Need help?"

"You can carry their plates in, and I'll carry ours."

"You got it."

Sean and Emma served everyone and sat down. It was quiet at the table for a few moments until Oliver took a bite of the eggplant.

"Wow, Miss Nelson, this is good."

"Oh yeah?" Oliver nodded, "I'm glad you like it."

Sean took a bite and said, "Yeah, it almost tastes better the second day."

"Good to know."

Drew ate but didn't talk much, which worried both Sean and Emma. They didn't want to act like anything was out of the ordinary, so Sean decided to talk about Drake's car to get Drew to interact with everyone.

"So, we're just about done working on Drake's car."

Oliver said, "Mr. Cameron, that's so cool. Is Drake nice?"

"He seems okay. We didn't talk very long."

Oliver nodded. 'That's still so cool. Maybe when you're done with this car, you can work on one of his other cars. They say he has like 12 of them."

Sean said, "Oh yeah?"

Oliver nodded again. "That must be so cool to have a choice of 12 different cars."

Drew smiled to himself, and Sean noticed. He took a mental note of it and wanted to ask Drew about it after Oliver left. Sean said, "I would imagine it would be cool."

Oliver asked, "Am I talking too much?"

Sean shook his head, "No, Oliver, you're fine."

"Okay. My parents say I talk too much. Oh, and that I say cool too much."

Sean said, "I say it a lot too. Don't worry."

Drew looked at Sean and smiled. He realized what his dad was doing, and he appreciated it. "So mom, that house you went to today, how much is it again?"

"8 million."

Oliver asked, "8 million dollars? Does Drake live there?"

Sean laughed, "I think Drake built his house, and it's worth way more than that."

Emma said, "He's out on Bridle Path with all the other celebrities, right?"

Sean nodded, "I think so."

Drew said, "I saw something that said his bed was nearly $400K."

Emma scoffed, "That's ridiculous! It's a bed! People live in houses that don't even cost that much!"

Drew laughed at his mom.

"Why are you laughing?"

Drew shook his head, "I don't know. You just seem so mad."

"I'm not mad; I'm just astounded. A $400K bed? What is it made of? What if someone has an accident in it? He has a kid, right? Kids can have accidents."

Sean also laughed at Emma.

"What?"

Sean shook his head, "Nothing, but would you like me to ask Drake about the bed tomorrow when I see him?" Emma started laughing, and then she smacked Sean. "Hey, watch it."

Oliver looked at them and said, "You have such cool parents. My parents are old and boring."

Emma said, "I've met your mom. She seems nice."

Oliver shrugged, "She's okay, I guess."

Emma asked, "Do you need me to drive you home later?"

"No, my mom is coming to get me."

Emma smiled, "Okay, sweetie."

It was quiet for a few moments, then Oliver said, "There was a big commotion at school today, but I missed it."

Sean asked, "A commotion?"

Drew nodded, "Yeah, the most popular couple in school, Travis and Olivia broke up for the 800th time, and Olivia kissed Ethan out of nowhere."

Sean laughed and asked Drew, "Your friend, who was at your party?"

"Yep."

Oliver said, "I missed the whole thing. I always miss good fights."

Emma said, "Oh boy, Degrassi fights. We've seen our share of them."

Sean joked, "Hell, I was in a few of them."

Drew said, "You and uncle Jay, right?"

"Yep and me and this guy Jimmy. Your mom and this girl Alex."

"Oh, no." Emma put her head down.

Drew asked, "Mom? You got into a fight?"

She looked up. "Yes, and I'm pretty sure I won." Emma continued and said, "Let's get back to Ethan and Olivia. So she just grabbed him and kissed him in front of everyone?"

Drew nodded, "Yep. He nearly fell into me when she stopped kissing him."

Emma giggled, "Oh my goodness."

Drew shook his head, "It was ridiculous." He turned to Oliver and said, "How much do you want to bet that Travis and Olivia are back together by the end of the week?"

Oliver scoffed, "End of the week? They'll be back together by the end of the day tomorrow."

Drew laughed and said, "Yeah, you're probably right."

Emma and Sean watched as the boys laughed, and Sean felt a bit better about everything because Drew worried him at first. Sean stood up and said, "I need a refill. Does anyone else need anything?"

Emma, Drew, and Oliver said different variations of no, and Sean went into the kitchen to get himself more water. As he stood at the island, he watched from afar as Oliver sneaked looks at Drew, and he smiled. Sean could see it. Oliver did like Drew back. When he walked back to the table, Sean sat down, grabbed Emma's hand, and held it.

"Is everything okay?"

Sean nodded, "Yep, everything's fine."

After dinner, Drew and Oliver helped clear the table. When they were finished, Oliver said, "I should probably text my mom to let her know to come and pick me up."

Emma asked, "Are you sure I can't drive you home?"

"Yeah, it's fine. Plus, it'll take her a little while to get here, so I don't have to rush."

Emma smiled and said, "Okay."

Drew said, "Yeah, maybe we can play some Fortnite."

"Okay!"

"Can we, mom?"

"As long as you have finished your work."

He nodded and said, "We have."

"Well, then knock yourselves out."

Drew and Oliver headed down to the basement, and Sean walked over to Emma. "He likes Drew."

"What?"

Sean nodded, "Earlier, I caught him sneaking looks."

"Are you sure?"

"Em, he looks at Drew the way you used to look at me."

Emma smiled and clasped her hands together, "Really?"

Sean nodded. "I don't think anything's happened. They both seem too shy, but I could see it."

"You're not going to say anything, are you?"

Sean shook his head, "No way. I don't want Drew to get even more nervous."

"Okay." She squealed, "This is so exciting."

Sean laughed at her and said, "I love you, you goofball."

Emma quickly kissed him and said, "I love you too."

Oliver was gathering his books and putting them in his bag while Drew watched. Oliver's mother had just texted that she was about two minutes away. "So, you said you'd put everything on a thumb drive, right?

Drew opened his desk drawer, pulled out a thumb drive, and said, "Yep." He plugged into it the USB port on his computer, clicked a couple of times, and the work was saved onto the drive.

Oliver smiled at him. "You know, it's good that you care about school work now; otherwise would have been in big trouble with this project."

Drew laughed, "Yeah, well, I want to make my dad proud."

Oliver nodded, "I think he is proud of you already."

Drew nodded.

"Anyway," He grabbed his jacket and put it on. "I'd better get out there."

"Okay."

"So, I'll see you tomorrow."

Drew nodded and said, "Yep."

Oliver was about to walk out when suddenly, he turned around, stepped up to Drew, and crashed his lips into Drew's. Drew nearly pulled away but remembered what Maddie said about kissing, and he kissed Oliver back. It lasted about five more seconds before Oliver pulled away. He said, "Yeah, I gotta go." Then ran out of Drew's room, up the stairs and through the house, "Bye Miss Nelson!"

Emma laughed as Oliver ran out of the house. "Uh, bye Oliver!"

Sean looked at her and asked, "What the hell was that?"

Drew walked upstairs and looked at his parents.

Emma asked, "Sweetie, are you okay?"

Drew nodded, "I think so."

Sean asked, "Are you sure?"

"He kissed me." Sean and Emma looked at each other then back at Drew, who continued, "He kissed me, then he freaked out, and ran out of my room."

Emma stood up and asked, "Are you sure you're okay?"

"Yeah? No? I don't know."

Emma smiled, "So he kissed you?"

Drew nodded, "He was about to walk out, he turned around, and the next thing I knew we were kissing. Then right as I was starting to get over the shock and right as I started to kiss him back, he freaked out and ran."

Sean said, "But this is a good thing, right? He kissed you, so that means he likes you."

"Yeah." Emma walked over to him and said, "He was probably afraid of your reaction."

"He didn't even give me time to react! It was like a drive-by kiss!" Drew walked over to the loveseat and put his head in his hands.

Emma sat next to Drew and said, "I'm afraid even to ask this, but did you like it?"

"For the few seconds I kissed him back, yes."

Emma rubbed Drew's back and smiled at Sean. "Well, that's good."

"I can't believe this." He raised his head, looked at Sean, and asked, "Are you sure you're okay with this?"

"Yes, I already told you I'm fine with this. I just want you to be happy, kiddo."

"Well, I am, and I'm not."

Emma said, "You are because the boy you like kissed you, but you're not because the kiss wasn't long enough."

"Yes. Ugh." Drew put his head back into his hands, and Emma continued to rub his back.