--- Chapter One ---
Many years stormed by for Degrassi Community School, more kids piled in classrooms, more kids left the classrooms. Some stayed for those last few years of Middle school and High school.
It was already, the end of the year, and three years had passed for Ashley and the rest of fellow classmates. Degrassi would be the last school they would ever enrolled at, the last school, they would ever enroll for, except for the excuse of college, but that's not the point. They were graduating. And days away will be their prom, and a about a week after they will be graduating.
For an end-of-the-year party, Ashley, surprisingly, invited all of her friends over to her house. Yes, even Jimmy and Paige. She was more-over forced to, to be technical about it, from her friend Elle and her long-time friend Terri, that she reunited more over the past few years.
Ashley paced nervously across her bedroom, biting on her newly painted black-fingernails. She stopped dead in her tracked, and gave a disgusted look towards her fingers. "Starting a new habit there, Ash?" she scolded herself. She began, throwing outfits across her room from her closet. Black and other dark colors of clothing cluttered her room. She was nervous, she hadn't been this nervous in forever.
Ashley was surprised at herself, she haven't did anything with Paige in life forever besides ignore each other or fight will each other, since her on-time going argument about the song, she had written for their totally forgotten group, "PMS" but Ashley didn't feel irritated with Paige, after she found out and understood the explanation, And with Jimmy, her old ex- boyfriend that she's been leading on like hot and cold for years. She was always having second thoughts about rekindling their old and young love with each other. She liked Jimmy, but that feeling she thought she had, just, magically disappeared.
After quite a few debates on her up-coming outfit, she became very satisfied with it. A long Black dress, that was knee length with a lace design along the rim of the chest line, with a blouse the same length that was made of a see-through fabric. She smiled of excitement, but began to found as Toby slowly appeared into her room.
"Ashley," He called, not knowing she was in the closet. He shook is head in disbelief of the condition of her room. He shook his head when Ashley was revealed, as she was throwing clothes in the hamper and the closet. "There you are."
"Yeah, I'm here." Ashley said, picking up more clothes and piling them in the closet. "What can I help you with?"
"Ash," Toby began, with a nervous tone to his voice. "Mind if, uh-J.T. and I crashed your little party?" He finally asked, squinting his eyelids, behind his thick burgundy glasses.
Ashley shrugged with a sigh, as she threw the last item of clothing in the closet and closed it. "Yeah, I guess."
Toby smiled, "Okay good." He paused. "How about Emma, Manny, and Sean?" he asked, for an addition of more of his friends. Ashley turned her head of annoyance.
"Okay," Ashley began, putting her hand on her hip with a tilt. "Let's just invite the whole freaking school, why don't you!" Ashley barked.
Toby stepped back with a grin. "Okay." He said simply of satisfactory and headed for the door. Ashley sighed once more, and ordered Toby to stop. "Fine. They can come too. But just one thing---" Ashley paused.
"Yes?" Toby asked patiently for Ashley's one condition, because she was the caretaker of the house while her parents were away. Toby stood frozen a few step from the door. He blinked, as he watched Ashley nervously fiddle her fingers.
"Make sure, J.T. has, and I mean it, no ecstasy, or any drug in general in his pocket." She chuckled, looking towards the floor. "You hear me?"
"Yeah," Toby smirked opening the bedroom door. "I heard you."
A few hours later, it was a quarter to seven. That's when Ashley expected everyone to come knocking on front doorstep. Know what? They kept their promise. They pounced right through the door, with a laughs and high cheers of excitement. This was the good old days.
For hours Ashley, Paige, Spinner, Jimmy, Terri and the whole gang, just laughed and talked all night. There wasn't really any hard-core parting. No drugs or alcohol or any substance of that nature took place. It was just plain, innocent fun. So much fun, everyone completely just lost track of all the tension built over the years. Matter a fact; Jimmy and Sean were able sit in the same room together, without one second of an argument.
"Hey guys, you remember that time when Spinner got all crazy and started dancing like a maniac during that one basket-ball game?" Paige began remembering. "It was hilarious, till he just insisted on pulling his pants down!" Everyone laughed; Spinner turned to a pinkish color on his cheeks, but then realized it was no big deal.
"Yeah, it would have never happened, if someone didn't just HAVE to have my last Ritalin pill." Spinner added, glaring at Jimmy sitting besides him. Jimmy chuckled giving Spinner a slight hit to his arm. "Yeah, I was stupid then. Cost me everything." Jimmy said faintly. Looking rather disappointed. He didn't want to ruin the moment more and bring up the incident with Sean. He took a hand full of popcorn and stuffed it his mouth.
"What about that time, the year after when we took one of Joey's cars for a joy ride!" Craig also, bought up an old memory. The few who experience it let out a giggle. The rest just looked at Craig interested in the story. He went on and on about that day. They all laughed at them.
"Sorry, excitement makes me fart!" Sean blurted out in a mocking tone towards Spinner. They all laughed harder.
"Yo!" Spinner called out, getting up from his spot on the floor. He put his arms high in the air and then added, "Lay off me!" He then laughed with them.
Ashley put her hand on her sides to help ooze her feeling laughter. Her words were slurred between the cracks of her giggles. "Nothing really fun ever happens to me." Ashley admitted, still laughing. "My life is depressing."
Paige then pointed out, "You so lying! There was that one time, where you were determined to have sex with Jimmy, because of what I told you, but in the end the both of you chickened about." Paige proved her point. "Wait- that is pretty depressing... just kidding."
Emma then found her way towards the conversation, "Liberty, I get you! You're like me, only sorta not---" Emma said, mimicking Ashley's voice in a dull and dumb tone that Ashley had the night of the Ecstasy incident.
"I'm floating---on a fluffy white cold--- can you feel it? How can you not feel it?" Toby remembered, as he lay comfortable on his side on the floor. J.T. burst into laughs, "Oh gees, I was so dumb then." J.T. added, trying to cover up his faults.
Manny giggled, "J.T, you're always dumb."
J.T. forced, and an obvious, fake laugh, and went totally quiet.
"That reminds me," Spinner started referring to J.T.'s previous expression. Spinner then pointed towards Paige, "Last night, I asked my mom where I came from. She pointed to a glob, and said I was from Earth." Spinner recited a time a few years ago, and strained his eyes towards the ceiling trying to remember the exact quote, but didn't succeed. But she got the point.
She grinned, "Really? I had my doubts." Paige added more to their small and joking conversation. "That was a funny time. Then things got dramatic that week."
"Besides me getting black mailed?" J.T. called out, glaring evilly at Liberty who was invited by Emma. "I don't know, enlighten me."
Hazel sighed. "You don't remember?" Hazel asked J.T., who just casually shook his head no.
"You don't remember the cruel incident on international day?" Hazel asked again, everyone began to remember. But could tell by the expression on Hazel's face, that she didn't want to talk about it anymore.
Everyone suddenly went quiet; a short hesitation filled the room, till Manny spoke. "I'm gonna miss you, guys. Around school I mean." She said, in a whisper.
"Me too. It's not going to be the same-" Emma added.
"You guys will be gone, and we'll be fighting another year of Kwan and Simpson." J.T. said drifting off.
Terri smiled, "Don't worry, you'll guys will make it through."
"And remember," Jimmy started. "Here or gone, we'll always be part of Degrassi."
Their drive down memory lane seemed to go for miles. Hours flew by, supplies of soda and other snacks went low. Before they knew it was one o'clock in the morning. But no one bother to leave, they pulled an all nighter of laughs, tender moments, and the fact that they were together.
Many years stormed by for Degrassi Community School, more kids piled in classrooms, more kids left the classrooms. Some stayed for those last few years of Middle school and High school.
It was already, the end of the year, and three years had passed for Ashley and the rest of fellow classmates. Degrassi would be the last school they would ever enrolled at, the last school, they would ever enroll for, except for the excuse of college, but that's not the point. They were graduating. And days away will be their prom, and a about a week after they will be graduating.
For an end-of-the-year party, Ashley, surprisingly, invited all of her friends over to her house. Yes, even Jimmy and Paige. She was more-over forced to, to be technical about it, from her friend Elle and her long-time friend Terri, that she reunited more over the past few years.
Ashley paced nervously across her bedroom, biting on her newly painted black-fingernails. She stopped dead in her tracked, and gave a disgusted look towards her fingers. "Starting a new habit there, Ash?" she scolded herself. She began, throwing outfits across her room from her closet. Black and other dark colors of clothing cluttered her room. She was nervous, she hadn't been this nervous in forever.
Ashley was surprised at herself, she haven't did anything with Paige in life forever besides ignore each other or fight will each other, since her on-time going argument about the song, she had written for their totally forgotten group, "PMS" but Ashley didn't feel irritated with Paige, after she found out and understood the explanation, And with Jimmy, her old ex- boyfriend that she's been leading on like hot and cold for years. She was always having second thoughts about rekindling their old and young love with each other. She liked Jimmy, but that feeling she thought she had, just, magically disappeared.
After quite a few debates on her up-coming outfit, she became very satisfied with it. A long Black dress, that was knee length with a lace design along the rim of the chest line, with a blouse the same length that was made of a see-through fabric. She smiled of excitement, but began to found as Toby slowly appeared into her room.
"Ashley," He called, not knowing she was in the closet. He shook is head in disbelief of the condition of her room. He shook his head when Ashley was revealed, as she was throwing clothes in the hamper and the closet. "There you are."
"Yeah, I'm here." Ashley said, picking up more clothes and piling them in the closet. "What can I help you with?"
"Ash," Toby began, with a nervous tone to his voice. "Mind if, uh-J.T. and I crashed your little party?" He finally asked, squinting his eyelids, behind his thick burgundy glasses.
Ashley shrugged with a sigh, as she threw the last item of clothing in the closet and closed it. "Yeah, I guess."
Toby smiled, "Okay good." He paused. "How about Emma, Manny, and Sean?" he asked, for an addition of more of his friends. Ashley turned her head of annoyance.
"Okay," Ashley began, putting her hand on her hip with a tilt. "Let's just invite the whole freaking school, why don't you!" Ashley barked.
Toby stepped back with a grin. "Okay." He said simply of satisfactory and headed for the door. Ashley sighed once more, and ordered Toby to stop. "Fine. They can come too. But just one thing---" Ashley paused.
"Yes?" Toby asked patiently for Ashley's one condition, because she was the caretaker of the house while her parents were away. Toby stood frozen a few step from the door. He blinked, as he watched Ashley nervously fiddle her fingers.
"Make sure, J.T. has, and I mean it, no ecstasy, or any drug in general in his pocket." She chuckled, looking towards the floor. "You hear me?"
"Yeah," Toby smirked opening the bedroom door. "I heard you."
A few hours later, it was a quarter to seven. That's when Ashley expected everyone to come knocking on front doorstep. Know what? They kept their promise. They pounced right through the door, with a laughs and high cheers of excitement. This was the good old days.
For hours Ashley, Paige, Spinner, Jimmy, Terri and the whole gang, just laughed and talked all night. There wasn't really any hard-core parting. No drugs or alcohol or any substance of that nature took place. It was just plain, innocent fun. So much fun, everyone completely just lost track of all the tension built over the years. Matter a fact; Jimmy and Sean were able sit in the same room together, without one second of an argument.
"Hey guys, you remember that time when Spinner got all crazy and started dancing like a maniac during that one basket-ball game?" Paige began remembering. "It was hilarious, till he just insisted on pulling his pants down!" Everyone laughed; Spinner turned to a pinkish color on his cheeks, but then realized it was no big deal.
"Yeah, it would have never happened, if someone didn't just HAVE to have my last Ritalin pill." Spinner added, glaring at Jimmy sitting besides him. Jimmy chuckled giving Spinner a slight hit to his arm. "Yeah, I was stupid then. Cost me everything." Jimmy said faintly. Looking rather disappointed. He didn't want to ruin the moment more and bring up the incident with Sean. He took a hand full of popcorn and stuffed it his mouth.
"What about that time, the year after when we took one of Joey's cars for a joy ride!" Craig also, bought up an old memory. The few who experience it let out a giggle. The rest just looked at Craig interested in the story. He went on and on about that day. They all laughed at them.
"Sorry, excitement makes me fart!" Sean blurted out in a mocking tone towards Spinner. They all laughed harder.
"Yo!" Spinner called out, getting up from his spot on the floor. He put his arms high in the air and then added, "Lay off me!" He then laughed with them.
Ashley put her hand on her sides to help ooze her feeling laughter. Her words were slurred between the cracks of her giggles. "Nothing really fun ever happens to me." Ashley admitted, still laughing. "My life is depressing."
Paige then pointed out, "You so lying! There was that one time, where you were determined to have sex with Jimmy, because of what I told you, but in the end the both of you chickened about." Paige proved her point. "Wait- that is pretty depressing... just kidding."
Emma then found her way towards the conversation, "Liberty, I get you! You're like me, only sorta not---" Emma said, mimicking Ashley's voice in a dull and dumb tone that Ashley had the night of the Ecstasy incident.
"I'm floating---on a fluffy white cold--- can you feel it? How can you not feel it?" Toby remembered, as he lay comfortable on his side on the floor. J.T. burst into laughs, "Oh gees, I was so dumb then." J.T. added, trying to cover up his faults.
Manny giggled, "J.T, you're always dumb."
J.T. forced, and an obvious, fake laugh, and went totally quiet.
"That reminds me," Spinner started referring to J.T.'s previous expression. Spinner then pointed towards Paige, "Last night, I asked my mom where I came from. She pointed to a glob, and said I was from Earth." Spinner recited a time a few years ago, and strained his eyes towards the ceiling trying to remember the exact quote, but didn't succeed. But she got the point.
She grinned, "Really? I had my doubts." Paige added more to their small and joking conversation. "That was a funny time. Then things got dramatic that week."
"Besides me getting black mailed?" J.T. called out, glaring evilly at Liberty who was invited by Emma. "I don't know, enlighten me."
Hazel sighed. "You don't remember?" Hazel asked J.T., who just casually shook his head no.
"You don't remember the cruel incident on international day?" Hazel asked again, everyone began to remember. But could tell by the expression on Hazel's face, that she didn't want to talk about it anymore.
Everyone suddenly went quiet; a short hesitation filled the room, till Manny spoke. "I'm gonna miss you, guys. Around school I mean." She said, in a whisper.
"Me too. It's not going to be the same-" Emma added.
"You guys will be gone, and we'll be fighting another year of Kwan and Simpson." J.T. said drifting off.
Terri smiled, "Don't worry, you'll guys will make it through."
"And remember," Jimmy started. "Here or gone, we'll always be part of Degrassi."
Their drive down memory lane seemed to go for miles. Hours flew by, supplies of soda and other snacks went low. Before they knew it was one o'clock in the morning. But no one bother to leave, they pulled an all nighter of laughs, tender moments, and the fact that they were together.
