The beginning of Junior Year

Inside her car, Marisol Lewis cheerfully pulled into a parking lot at school with her best friend Katie next to her.

Today was the first day of her Junior year at Degrassi High School and she was more than excited. She had it all ruled out. She wanted to be elected cheer captain by the end of the year, run the school with Katie, have fun with some cute guys, and solidify her position as the most popular girl in school. She had simple goals and simple taste.

As she looked in the mirror and applied a fresh coat of cherry lip gloss to her lips, Katie began chatting to her.

"I can't believe it's already our junior year," her best friend said with a sigh, "It feels like time flew since our freshman orientation."

"I know!" Marisol exclaimed. "I'm so ready for this year to be over already but first we must establish our mark here. What are our goals, Katie?"

"For us to run the school, to get me a boyfriend, and for you to be cheer captain while dating the hottest guy in school," Katie recited to her, somewhat flatly. Sigh. Her best friend never seemed to care about those things for some reason. Katie never even had a boyfriend. They were so different at times it was almost confusing.

The girls got out of the car, and began to walk towards the entrance of the school.

"I think we should work on me getting the hottest guy in school first," Marisol stated with a playful tone. The hottest guy at school had to be more attractive than her ex-boyfriend Owen Milligan, who was a total dickbag. The only good thing about him is that he was great in bed. He was her first boyfriend in high school, and at first things were sweet between them freshman year. Then he was caught on video having sex with two of her fellow cheerleaders at a party and that was the end of them. He still tried to talk to her afterwards but she blocked his number, blocked him on every social media site, and avoided him at school. "Maybe someone who's like the complete opposite of Owen. He's still sexy but sweet, caring, smart, str-"

"What the hell?" Katie asked in shock, and Marisol turned her head around to look where Katie was looking.

Everyone in the area watched as a hearse pulled into the parking lot, and whoever was driving it was blasting some loud, obnoxious death metal music.

"Did someone already die before school even start?" Marisol asked, frowning. It was already traumatizing enough that some senior got murdered at a party she and Katie went to in their freshman year. Degrassi was truly an insane place.

A white boy stepped out of the funeral car, and grabbed his backpack out of the car, and then loudly slammed his car door. Marisol immediately had three thoughts.

One, his hair was hideous. It looked like a cross between a dead otter and a wet mop on top of his head.

Two, he was obviously one of those goth kids because he looked like he just stepped straight out of a Marilyn Manson video. He was dressed in black from head to toe, with a skull ring on his finger and a spiked bracelet on his wrist. She could see his sharp eyeliner from where she and Katie were standing, and she could also see the badly chipped black nail polish. He probably had a tattoo of a pentagram on his chest or something.

Three, he was actually...kind of hot. Whoever this guy was, he had the prettiest green eyes she ever saw. They were like perfectly cut jades. Marisol scoped out the rest of his facial features and noticed pink and full lips, a strong jawline, and a strong chin. He was no where near beefy like Owen, but he had a confident swagger to him.

Marisol found this boy mysterious, and she even got bad boy vibes from him. Hmm.

The boy threw his backpack over his shoulder, and glared at everyone who was staring at him. The crowd quickly dispersed, but the whisperings continued as he walked past them.

"What a freak," Katie said in disgust, narrowing her eyes.

"Yeah," Marisol agreed, but it was only a front.

She had never been with a goth kid before, as she found that whole subculture to be bloodsucking weirdos, but now she was intrigued. She wanted him. One excellent thing about her was that she was a vixen and could get any guy she wanted.

This guy was going to be her new conquest.

April

Her mission to seduce the new emo kid at Degrassi has so far been a failure until now.

She learned a couple things about Emo Boy over the school year. First that his name was Eli Goldsworthy, which was a really cool name she had to admit. They had a few classes together, and she found him to be a broody loner. They worked on some projects together but he made it clear that he didn't think highly of her or most people at school. His only friend at school was Adam Torres. He was used to be friends with his annoying, virginal ex-girlfriend Clare Edwards but considering they JUST had a messy breakup, it was obvious that they weren't even speaking to each other. Perfect.

It was now the prime opportunity to strike. She was positive that Virgin Edwards's influence over him was preventing him from seeing her seductive allure, but now that she was out of the picture, Marisol had a chance now and will take it. It helps that Saint Clare made an absolute fool of herself at The Dot recently when she screamed at him in front of everyone. She recorded the whole incident with a laugh.

She stared at the sign up sheet for Love Roulette, a play written by Eli and directed by Fiona Coyne. She tried to audition for the lead role for his play last year, only for her to not get the role. She was still annoyed over that shit since she was sure she had the chops to be an amazing actress. However, she would not be deterred.

On the signup sheet, she wrote her name in glittery, pink ink under stage makeup. Since no one else signed up for it, he would have no choice but to cast her in his play.

Eli Goldsworthy will be hers.