A/N: Trigger warning for homophobia and a homophobic slur used in Becky's debut storyline. Gotta love the Baker siblings.

Main POVs: Alli, Becky, Jake, Secret POV

At lunch, Alli watched Johnny DiMarco as he sat down by a tree, reading a book. Whatever he was reading, he looked really into it.

'He's so handsome,' Alli thought dreamily as she zoned out whatever Jenna was talking about at their table. Him being one of the bad kids at school didn't make his golden curls shine any less brighter or his gorgeous blue eyes lose their luster. A mustache was growing above his lips and she wondered how it would feel for his facial hair to nuzzle against her face when they kissed…..

A soft whack to her head literally knocked her out of her thoughts. "Ow!" She complained, glaring at Jenna. "What the hell was that for?"

"For not paying attention," Jenna answered bluntly, "We have a physics exam in two class periods and despite you promising to help me study for it, you instead creepily staring at a greasy senior."

"He doesn't look that greasy," Alli argued defensively.

"Regardless, we have notes to go over Miss Bhandari. Eyes over here," Jenna scolded while gesturing to both of their copy books. Alli gave one last longing look at Johnny before sighing and turning away to study.

'I hope he notices me some day,' she thought wistfully to herself.

Becky Baker was on her way to her next class when she saw a strange sight.

Gracie Torres, a girl in her class, was at her locker with another girl, Imogen Moreno, a sophomore who was on the Power Squad and in Drama Club. They were touching each other rather intimately. 'They must be really close,' she rationalized to herself. She had a few close friends back in Florida that she would touch affectionately. But the way these girls were interacting with each other…

The two girls suddenly kissed and Becky's eyes widened in shock and horror. 'They're…gay? These kinds of people go to Degrassi? They're just open about it in front of everyone?' She thought, disturbed at the idea.

She had never met a homosexual in her life and there were no gay kids at her middle school, or if there were they had enough shame to hide it because they knew they were wrong for indulging in that kind of lifestyle. Homosexuality was one of the greatest sins against God, and a mockery of nature. Gracie and Imogen rubbed noses affectionately before parting from each other and Becky felt her stomach lurch in disgust. She began walking faster to get the image out of her head.

'There has to be something I can do to help them realize that what they're doing is wrong…,' Becky thought to herself in determination as she entered her English class.

Jake was feeling rather irritable today. He missed out on his morning blunt due to running late to school, and the withdrawal symptoms were kicking in badly.

"The way he's just moving on like what we had wasn't a big deal," Mo complained, the subject of his rant being Eli YET again, "We've been best buddies since seventh grade, we've been through a lot together and he didn't even bother to defend me when his bitch called me a lard ass. He just stood by her and didn't even care when I wanted to end things. Didn't give a fuck. If that's how good pussy makes you act towards your bros I don't want-"

"Mo, shut the fuck up about Eli," Jake snapped, a massive headache forming. He prided himself on being patient and being relaxed, however he wasn't in the mood right now to hear Mo's bitching about their former friend. He was starting to wonder these days if Mo was actually mad because Julia was the one fucking Eli and not him.

They walked past Luke Baker and some of his friends. Luke had an empty bottle of Pepsi in his hands, and Jake looked back just in time to see the other boy throw his empty bottle outside of the recycle bin. The action irritated Jake even more. "Hey man, pick that up and put it in the recycling bin," he ordered the football player, looking back at him.

Luke and his friends stopped and looked at him like he was stupid. "What?" The freshman asked. Jake stopped and approached him.

"You heard me, pick it up," he insisted. Luke laughed with his friends. Jake found the other boy had a stupid, obnoxious laugh.

"Are you some kind of tree hugger? Pick it up yourself if you care so much," Luke replied as he tried to turn away from him, but Jake grabbed his arm.

Suddenly, they came to blows. The next thing Jake knew, he was on the ground wrestling with Luke as they threw punches at each other. Everyone stopped to watch the spectacle that was going on.

"Hey, hey, boys ENOUGH!" He heard Mr. Simpson yell before he was pulled off of Luke, who immediately ran back to his football buddies.

"The two of you follow me to my office now," Simpson ordered.

Jake sighed to himself. With the Shep currently on suspended leave, Mr. Simpson was acting principal for now so he was definitely in deep shit.

After getting out of her next class, Alli saw Johnny by his locker reading a book while his friends, Bruce and Lucas, joked around. She knew all three of them came from Lakehurst but while she knew Lucas' last name was Valieri, she had no idea what Bruce's last name was. He was just "The Moose".

She quickly straightened up her hair and unbuttoned a few buttons on her blouse before approaching him. She made sure she looked sexy instead of just simply "cute". She had been watching Johnny for a while and knew he wouldn't want a "cute" girl.

"Hi Johnny, how are you?" She greeted in her best seductive voice.

He looked down at her with a raised eyebrow. "Um great," he answered flatly while his friends looked at her with amused smirks on their faces. She didn't like either of them, unlike Johnny they were gross.

"What are you reading?" She asked while looking at his book. She liked that despite his appearance, Johnny had a clear interest in reading. It made him more layered as Clare would put it.

"A book," he answered sarcastically as Lucas and Bruce laughed. Alli felt her cheeks burn in embarrassment. This conversation wasn't going where she liked. Swallowing to calm her nerves, she decided to be blunt.

"Johnny, there's something about you I really like. We should go out, I'll make it worth your while," she purred while batting her eyelashes. Sav joked once that her long eyelashes were her only non-annoying quality.

"Johnny Boy, this niner wants you to take her to the playground!" Bruce joked as Lucas slapped Johnny's shoulder teasingly.

"She wants to share her juice box with you," Lucas added mockingly.

Johnny's eyes narrowed at his friends' words before turning his attention towards her. His blue eyes were full of coldness. "I have no desire to be your babysitter," he turned her down harshly.

Alli bit her lip down in humiliation before turning around, walking away fast in her heels. She could still hear his friends' cruel laughter from behind her, but despite wanting to go hide, she didn't want to give up on her mission to win Johnny's heart.

There had to be a way she could get him interested in her.

Later in algebra class, Becky stared at Gracie, still disturbed at what she saw earlier. She looked over the other girl's clothes in distaste. Why did Gracie prefer to dress like a boy instead of embracing her natural femininity?

When Coach Armstrong walked out of class for a moment to take a phone call, she felt someone tap her arm with a pen. She looked and saw that it was Clare, who was watching her with a scolding look.

"Becky, don't you know it's rude to stare?" Her friend asked her critically.

"I can't help it, not after what I saw earlier," Becky whispered back.

"What was it?"

"Gracie was kissing Imogen at her locker. Clare, I think they're… dating, " Becky answered, shuddering at the thought.

"What's wrong with that?" Clare questioned in confusion and Becky narrowed her eyes at the question.

"What's wrong with it? You know what's wrong with it," Becky answered again.

"That they're two girls? That's none of our business, Becky," Clare replied.

"It is my business when they're so open about their sin! The Bible forbids homosexuality, you know this!" She argued, a bit too loudly. Several students around them looked at her, Gracie being one of them. She felt her cheeks flush but she didn't feel any shame. When it came to her beliefs, she was always outspoken and stood her ground.

"The Bible also teaches us to love everyone and to not judge," Clare reminded her in an almost motherly tone.

"I do love homosexuals," Becky replied, "But that doesn't mean I support their lifestyle and I'll always make that known."

She turned around in her seat just as Coach Armstrong came back into the classroom and went back to going over equations. She could feel Clare frowning at her, but it was of no concern to her. It honestly bothered her that Clare didn't have an issue with Gracie being gay.

A true Christian such as herself knew followed every word the Bible said as it was God's word and God's word was final.

"Jake, I know you're not a violent person so what was up with attacking Luke because he didn't recycle?" Simpson asked him as he sat in the principal's office.

Jake didn't know how to answer other than being moody over not getting to smoke this morning. He had a feeling Simpson would not be pleased with that kind of answer. "I don't know sir, seeing him just not care about discarding his trash properly just bothered me. We need to save the environment, not make it worse," he decided to answer with.

"Well that's not an excuse for violence. You and Luke can discuss proper ways to recycle trash in detention for the next three days," Simpson ordered firmly, "And if you really want to make a difference in saving the Earth, participate more in the environmental club. Their next meeting is tomorrow morning."

"Uh I'm not really a club guy, Mr. Simpson," Jake replied. He actually was a member of the club but only because it was a requirement to join at least two clubs at Degrassi. He had actually never been to a meeting.

"Well, it's best for you to at least give it a try…unless you want another detention," Simpson threatened. For the second time that day, Jake sighed as he threw his face into his hands.

He hated drama yet seemed to always find himself caught up in it.

Later that evening, Alli entered the Ravine. 'Eww,' she thought to herself as she smelled weed. She had to be careful to not come with that smell or she would be in big trouble with her parents.

After accidentally stepping on some used condoms, she wondered if she made a mistake coming here for a brief moment but quickly pushed away that thought. She had an agenda tonight.

Just as she suspected, she found Johnny and (unfortunately) his friends drinking beer by a campfire. A van was parked behind them. She knew they spent pretty much every day after school at the Ravine. Personally, she didn't find anything appealing about this place, especially after what Marisol told her what happened to her here in seventh grade, but she supposed it appealed to Johnny's bad boy attitude.

When Johnny saw her, he frowned. "What the hell are you doing here, Bhandari?" He questioned.

"I'm here to chill, isn't this what people do at the Ravine?" She answered nonchalantly as she sat down in an empty chair, crossing her legs.

"This isn't a place for baby niners," he warned her.

"I'm not a baby, I'm turning fifteen in January!" Alli argued as she turned to Lucas, who was grabbing a can of beer from a cooler. "Hand me one!"

Lucas looked at Johnny, who looked like he was about to argue back, but Lucas only shrugged before reaching down and giving her a beer. Alli grabbed it and pulled up the tab on the can. If Sav can go to parties and do wild teenage things despite being a total loser, then so could she. She immediately took a big gulp of the liquid.

It was one of the worst things she had ever tasted.

In the Baker residence, Becky was eating dinner with her family. Tonight, her mother had cooked tuna casserole with her help. She always enjoyed cooking; She hoped her future husband found her food delicious.

"How was school today, Becky? You look troubled," her father, a pastor at their new church, asked kindly as he passed some bread to Luke.

Becky debated on whether or not to tell the truth. Her parents didn't like it when she or her brother lied as it was a sin against God, but she also didn't want to disturb them with the revelation that there were gay students at Degrassi.

However, her father seemed to have the best answer to anything…

"I saw one of my classmates, Gracie, kissing another girl today. They're dating," she answered.

Both of her parents frowned at the news, but Luke simply chuckled. "I knew it. How could you look at her she dresses like a dude and not think she was a dyke?" He questioned in his laughter.

"Lucas, we do not use such words at the dinner table," their mother scolded him. Her brother simply rolled his eyes in response.

"Nobody seems to have an issue with it! Everyone treats it as if it's normal. Clare even looked at me like I was wrong for having a problem with it," Becky complained, truly baffled at the concept. Her friend was a good Christian girl like herself and yet seemed to ignore what the Bible said on homosexuality.

"That does seem troubling," her father agreed to her relief, "Your mother and I didn't want you kids to attend a secular school that followed the laws of man over God for this reason but unfortunately Degrassi was the only school available in this district. But that doesn't mean you can't do anything about it."

"What can I do, Dad?" She questioned in genuine curiosity.

"Well, I ordered some pamphlets to give out during youth church, and they came in today. They are guides on places that provide conversion and therapy services for people who are struggling with unnatural sexual urges. I can give you one to hand to Gracie so she could be on the right path with God. The world embraces sin and destruction so it's easy for kids like her to be confused as to what's truly right. It's our responsibility as Christians to help lost followers find their way back to God," her father offered.

"That sounds like a wonderful idea, Dad," Becky replied with a smile. Her father once again provided the perfect solution to a problem.

Instead of treating Gracie and her girlfriend Imogen with hate, she was going to provide them with help out of love instead.

After finally having a blunt when he got home from school, Jake was more relaxed as he played video games with Mo later that night. Well more accurately, he watched Mo play video games while he munched on some chips.

"Bro, I still can't believe you were willing to beat the shit out of Luke Baker for not recycling, not that I would have stopped it," Mo said before swearing violently as he missed hitting the ball on screen. He was playing the baseball game on Wii Sports and performing terribly not matter how hard he swung his Wii remote around.

"And because of that, I have to actually participate in the environmental club now," Jake grumbled before throwing a chip up into the air so it could fall into his mouth. It landed on the floor instead.

"Remember the president of that club, Emma Nelson? Chick wouldn't stop harassing me to recycle and pick up my trash whenever she saw me," Mo complained, "She had awesome tits though."

"Yeah, and the protests she liked doing. I still have the pamphlets she gave me about why I should go vegetarian," Jake replied, laughing at the memory for some reason. Whenever he was high, everything was a big joke and nothing was serious. He liked not taking things seriously, which is why being a member of this club was a bad idea.

"Maybe you'll meet a treehugger chick that's equally hot as Emma Nelson to make up for it," Mo remarked before swearing violently again as the rival team on screen scored a home run. The Mii who was responsible for scoring it had an unintentionally smug looking smile to make it worse.

"Maybe," Jake replied, blinking as he laid back on his friend's bed. He could flirt with a cute girl or two to pass the time.

Or he could completely zone out during the meeting like he was already planning to do.

Alli's vision was currently a little more wobbly than she would like but she liked to think she wasn't that tipsy. She only had two tall cans of beer.

"Can I have another one?" She asked Bruce, feeling super warm all over her body right now. She watched as he was joking with Lucas about something, what that something was she didn't know. Her mind was whirling too much for her to pay attention. But she still didn't think she was that drunk.

"Absolutely not, Bhandari. You look toasted," Johnny rejected. He was silent until now, which unnerved her. She was doing this so she could look cool for him. If it was anyone else, she would have continued drinking this disgusting beer but this was Johnny, a total hottie. She could be his bad girl. She could be anything he wanted her to be.

"But I don't feel drunk at all Johnny, here let me get up and show you," she insisted as she stood up, wobbling a little as she moved towards him. Her intended action was to saunter seductively towards him while switching her hips.

Instead, she fell down and face planted right on the ground.

"That's it, I'm taking you home," she heard Johnny say as he got up.

"I'm…I'm…I'm not that drunk, I promise," she replied before squealing as she felt him grab her arm and pull her up to her feet. She was still wobbling.

"You think I'm going to be responsible if something happens to you? Absolutely not," Johnny insisted firmly as he pulled her along into his van.

Alli giggled as she felt him buckle her in. Her skin couldn't help but warm up even further at the feel of his rough hands on her skin. She didn't feel the car moving as Johnny began to drive. She felt all…floaty.

He made her give him directions to her house, and Alli could barely hear her own voice as she struggled to give them out.

It seemingly took forever for him to get to her house, all the while her brain got more and more mushy. When they got there, and he helped her get out of his van, she collapsed into his arms.

"Aren't you going to give me a goodnight kiss, Johnny Boy?" She asked with a flirtatious giggle. She wasn't pleased to see no reaction from him as he tugged her along.

He knocked on the door, and her brother answered. Sav's eyes immediately lit up in anger when he saw Johnny.

"What the hell are you doing with my sister?" He demanded as Johnny pushed her forward.

"Bringing her home so she could be babysat by someone who's actually supposed to being do that," Johnny replied dryly before turning around to leave.

"Johnny don't go! No, stay! Please!" Alli begged as Sav closed the door behind them. Her older brother folded his arms as he turned to look at her with a frown. Instead of trying to explain herself, Alli only had one question to ask him.

"When are you getting a haircut? You look like an idiot," Alli asked, referring to Sav's ugly shaggy hair before stumbling over to their couch.

She was knocked out for the rest of the night.

At school the next morning, Becky searched for Gracie and successfully found her holding hands with her girlfriend as they walked down the halls together. It made her more determined in her mission to help them. She approached them with a warm, friendly smile.

"Hi guys," she greeted them as they looked at her together in confusion. She couldn't exactly blame them as she hasn't interacted with either of them until now.

"Hi Becky…," Gracie greeted slowly, "What's up?"

"I see that the two of you seem to engaging in an unhealthy lifestyle so I'm here to provide you guys with resources that will help you get back on the right path," she answered as she confidently handed them the pamphlets from her bag.

Gracie looked down at hers with a raised eyebrow. "These are advertisements for conversion therapy…," the other girl said as she looked at her girlfriend.

"Precisely. There are hundreds, perhaps even thousands of lost, confused kids like you two but God is always willing to help a lost child come home," Becky replied in a helpful tone.

Imogen looked up and glared at her viciously, which intimidated Becky a little although she refused to show it. She yanked Gracie's pamphlet out of her hands. "Fuck your God," Imogen snarled before ripping up both her and Gracie's pamphlets. Becky gasped at the blatant disrespect.

"So not only is your lovely brother an islamophobe who hate-crimed my bandmate, but you're a homophobe who preaches hate behind sunshine and rainbows. You Bakers really are a piece of work," Gracie declared with a dark look.

"I'm not preaching hate, only love and concern! Homosexuality is a sinful lifestyle and shouldn't be accepted!" Becky argued.

"Fuck you and your concerns. I would say have a nice day, but I would be lying," Gracie replied coldly before her and Imogen roughly shoved past her. Becky looked back at them, confused and hurt that they wouldn't accept her help.

'Not all sinners eagerly admit their wrongdoings and work towards reconciliation,' Becky reminded herself as she began walking to her homeroom class. If neither of them were willing to admit that their relationship was a grievous act against God, then there was a possibility that there was nothing she could do to help them.

But it was her mission as a daughter of Christ to show others the path to righteousness, so she would not stop fighting to get Gracie, Imogen, and any other gay kids at Degrassi to see that their lifestyle was wrong.

But she would fight with love, not hate.

Jake walked into the Environmental Club feeling already out of place. There were only six other kids in the room, and all of them looked as uninterested as he was. It actually bothered him a little. Shouldn't at least one person care about their club's mission?

"Um, what kind of events do we have coming up?" He asked the president, Tyler, who shrugged in response.

"None really. We have to do at least two events though this year or we lose funding. But I didn't even want this position, man," the other guy replied. 'How did you even get it then?' Jake thought to himself. Emma seemed like such an intense person when it came to the environment, how did she leave the club in the hands of some kids who were as lazy as he was?

"Well what are we doing this week? Any protesting, sign making, watching a documentary on the slow destruction of the South American rainforests? Anything?" Jake questioned in an almost pleading tone.

"We're picking up trash at the Ravine during lunch, but that's it," Tyler answered, shrugging again.

"Why don't we do something bigger for the first event? Like make it a school wide thing. We could get more recycling bins put up in the halls, or have everyone clean up The Ravine?" Jake suggested.

The other club members looked around at each other. Tyler then looked at him.

"Hey bro, would you like to be president of this club instead of me?" He asked, blinking widely.

Jake's eyes widened at the suggestion.

Alli was nursing a minor hangover this morning, and the light smack Jenna gave her at the back of her head when she found what she did only made it worse.

"You got drunk around a bunch of sketchy seniors? Do you not remember what Marisol told us about what happened to her when she got drunk at the Ravine a few years ago?" Jenna asked her in a mixture of anger and concern. "You could have been taken advantage of!"

"But I didn't, and that's because Johnny would never do that to me or let his friends do that to me!" Alli replied defensively before holding her head in pain. This conversation was already too loud than she could handle.

"Alli, you're a brilliant girl. This kind of stupidity doesn't fit you, especially over Johnny DiMarco of all guys," Jenna scolded her, "You got lucky this time but you can't do this again. Next time it could really end badly-"

"Okay, Mother. I get it," Alli snapped in annoyance, eager for Jenna to shut up. Her best friend's eyes narrowed as she went to do her homework for History class. They were sitting at their lockers and had all of their books out. Alli rested her chin in her fist, willing to take a zero for not doing her assignment instead of fighting to get enough brain power to do work.

Johnny walked down the halls, and Alli perked up at the sight of him. She got up and walked up to him, hoping she looked attractive enough for him. She barely brushed her hair, and she only bothered to wear lip gloss today but she didn't look like too much of a hot mess.

"Hey Johnny, thanks for driving me home last night. You're the best," she said with a thankful smile.

"It had to be done," he replied flatly before trying to move past her. She grabbed his arm in an attempt to get him to stay.

"Johnny, you have to see how much I really like you. I really want to be with you," she declared passionately. He sighed.

"Look Alli, I don't date kids and you are one. I'm graduating in seven months, the last thing I want is to be followed around by a niner," he rejected her harshly before forcefully shoving her hand off of his arm. He continued walking away from her without another word or look.

Alli's lip trembled at his cold words. How could he not want her when she was pretty and willing to do anything he wanted her to do?

She stood there silently in the halls as she struggled not to cry. Dave Turner walked by her, and gave her a flirty smile. "Looking good there Bhandari," he complimented her with a thumbs up before continuing to walk. Alli rolled her eyes.

Would she really have to deal with losers like Dave Turner when she deserved to date guys who were much cooler?

Later that evening….

Slowly, she opened her eyes.

Immediately, the sight of the bright walls of the room she was in was too overwhelming to the point she almost shut her eyes closed again. Her body also felt uncomfortably heavy. She didn't feel the strength to move. Was she dead?

"Holy shit, you're awake," a female voice said in shock. Marisol groggily turned her head around to see that Bianca was sitting by a huge window. The other girl's brown eyes were wide as saucers as she stood up. "I'm getting the hospital people," she declared before quickly running out of the room.

'I'm in a hospital. I'm not dead,' Marisol thought to herself in shock as she tried to understand what was going on. She didn't have much time to register anything as nurses came in to check her vitals and ask her questions. Everything was happening so fast.

Bianca came in after the hospital staff left and sat down in her seat again. She looked at her nervously. "I didn't expect to be the one who was here when you woke up. Not me of all people. I just wanted to see you even though I know I'm probably one of the people you want to see right now," she rambled.

"Where's Katie?" Marisol asked her, saying each word slowly. She wanted her best friend more than anything right now.

"I don't know," the other girl answered sorrowfully. There was an awkward silence before Marisol asked another question, one that she didn't know what her reaction would be depending on Bianca's answer.

"Where's…Owen?"

"On house arrest," Bianca answered again, shifting uncomfortably in her seat. There was a certain guilt in her eyes that Marisol was not expecting.

"Why?"

"He put you in a coma that lasted almost three weeks, Marisol. Pretty much the whole school is against him and your bestie wants him dead. If you press charges against him, there's no way he's not going to jail for a very long time," Bianca answered. There were no signs anywhere in her eyes or face that she was sad over her best friend's potential fate. It was something she never thought she'd see, not with how close Bianca was with her boyfriend.

Marisol felt a whirling pool of mixed feelings. Fear was the strongest. When Owen saw her, he was going to punish her for putting him in this situation. Millions of scenarios flashed through her mind of what he could do to her. Her stomach tightened in dread.

'But he can't hurt me right now when he's on house arrest,' she realized, and her heart leapt at the thought.

A wave of relief flowed over her as Marisol finally had hope that she could be free.

A/N:

I finally gave the first twelve chapters song titles! Here's the list:

Chapter 1: Shining Star- Earth Wind and Fire

Chapter 2: Baby Love- The Supremes

Chapter 3: Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody- Brick

Chapter 4: Get Ready- The Temptations

Chapter 5: Material Girl- Madonna

Chapter 6: Footloose- Kenny Loggins

Chapter 7: Uptown Anthem- Naughty By Nature

Chapter 8: Back To Life- Soul II Soul

Chapter 9: I Get Around- The Spinners

Chapter 10: Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)- Marvin Gaye

Chapter 11: Jungle Boogie- Kool and The Gang

Chapter 12: Rock With You- Michael Jackson