Chapter Two

Picture Perfect

The weekend flew by as quickly as you could imagine, and the party was only just a distant memory, but a memory that will never be forgotten.

It was Monday, and everyone struggled out of bed, and hurried off to school with a sigh of disbelief, but wondering how they put of up with this routine for most of their life so far. They were actually proud of themselves; school was tough stuff in an average teen's mind.

Paige walked down the street to Degrassi School. She saw Spinner standing around on the steps. She walked over with a smile on her face.

"Hey Spin, guess how many days left until prom?" She said excitedly.

"I dunno." He replied sleepily from not being fully awake.

"5 days left! I can't wait; I'm going all out and getting my nails and hair done. My dress is all ready. It's going to be perfect. It's just too bad that I don't have any one to go with." She said glancing away trying to drop a hint to him.

Spinner smiled, "That sucks. Sorry to hear that you don't have a date."

"Oh come on Spin. Go to the prom with me." She said playfully tugging on his arm.

He smiled, "Alright fine. I'll go to the prom with you." She clapped her hands and smiled.

Just then Craig walked up with Jimmy, "Hey guys. Did you hear there's going to be a carnival tonight at the soccer field? It's open to all grades though. But it's in honor of us. And I'm going to be taking pictures for last minute yearbook pictures!"

"Man, it's so cool that Degrassi is going all out for our senior year. Last year the seniors only had a prom."

"I know!" Craig replied boisterously. "And I heard, that there's gonna be a DJ!" Craig said, with an eye-popping look on his face.

Paige let out a laugh as they made a turn towards the school's courtyard. "Wow, you guys must be really excited about it!" Paige exclaimed.

"Yep," Jimmy replied simply.

"Well," Paige began. "I'm more hyped for the prom. Spinner's my prom date, right Spin?" She said, obviously happy. She put her arm through Spinner's.

"Yeah." Spinner replied turning the other way. He then cleared his throat. They had 5 minutes until the bell was going to ring. Everyone was really excited about the upcoming prom. Paige was ecstatic about going with Spinner, Terri and Craig, Hazel made plans to go with another classmate named Zachary, Ashley and Jimmy are going together, after rekindling once again their relationship on last Friday's party, And Ellie and Marco decided on going as friends. That's when the bell rang and everyone walked to homeroom.

The school day went by quickly. The entire school had an early dismissal so that the carnival could get set up. All the kids scattered home to get ready. Hours later, students from grades seventh to twelfth grade, rushed to their few hours of fun to the field, as their eyes were fixated to the fluorescent and Zeon colored bulbs on the rides, that flashed like the lights on Broadway. They were also; forced by their appetites to take a second smell of the scent of delicious hotdogs and the sweetness of funnel cakes being sold at the many concession stands set around the field.

Paige, Spinner, Jimmy, and Craig decided to go as a group to the carnival. Jimmy insisted that Ashley and Elle would come along, but Ashley said she would catch up them later, because Elle and her volunteered to help out over by the dunk tank. Which, The group of friends were heading toward too.

Jimmy couldn't resist but burst into laughs, as he walked over to the dunk tank, where Ashley sat foolishly wet and drenched with water from the last game player. Her arms were folded close to her chest, and her face was set in a pouttie expression.

Jimmy laughed harder, "Kodak moment!" He tugged on Craig's arm, which had his fingers tips lining the silver edges of his camera.

Ashley unfolded her arms, "Not funny, Jimmy!" She called out. But then she went quiet then began to smile. As she pictured Jimmy in the dunk tank in her position and her in hysterical laughs.

As she was picturing it, she didn't realize that Jimmy was aiming a baseball toward the target, and she was next found swimming in the dunk tank, spitting out the disgusting water. And then blinked when she got back on the bench, from the flash of Craig's camera.

She was ready to yell, when one of the men that were managing the rides beat her, by saying that her time was up and she can go enjoy the carnival.

The four of them, waited patiently for Ashley's return of changing her clothes and drying off, by the face painting stand.

Craig pointed to an example on one of the pages in a big binder filled with ideas for face painting. "The Phantom one is cool!" Craig said with a snicker.

Paige then said. " I want that one," She pointed to an example of a girl modeling an idea of a butterfly, painted through out her face, it look so real, like a mask. Paige smiled of satisfactory, as she looked at the textures of pastels of Purple, Yellow, and a dark pink caressed among the face. "Isn't it pretty?" She asked, looking up towards Spinner who stood a few inches taller then she.

"Yeah, I guess." He said simply.

"I guess? Spin, It's gorgeous!"

Spinner didn't reply, he wasn't in the mood to stand there and argue with Paige. He just changed the subject, "Hey Jim, I dare you to get the green goblin." He suggested to Jimmy, who turned to him from his conversation with Craig. "Green Goblin?" Jimmy asked confused with the idea suggested by Spinner.

Spinner raised his brow, "Ya know', Spider man's nemesis in the first movie?"

"Oh yeah!" Jimmy burst out in a yell, remembering who the Green Goblin was. "I'll do it, as long as you get Spidey."

"Alright." Spinner made the deal, and told the person what he wanted, about ten minutes later, as the three artists finished his face, Jimmy's, and Paige's.

"Another Kodak moment!" Craig called out, as Jimmy and Spinner revealed their painted face, as they walked out of the tent. Paige was still finishing hers up.

Spinner and Jimmy smirked as they got in a pose, where it seemed like Spinner and Jimmy were fighting. Craig was about to snap the photo, when Paige came walking out. "Fighting over Lady Butterfly? How sweet!" Paige smiled, walking towards the boys, with her arms in the air like a model.

Spinner put his hands to his sides slowly, as he gave Paige his full of attention. She smiled once more, as the glitter sparkled continuously from the flashing lights. Spinner always liked Paige, but he began to like her more then before.

"Picture?" Craig asked again with a smirk lifting up his camera.

Jimmy nodded. And put his arm around Paige and the three of them got in a picture where Paige was in the middle and Jimmy and Spinner on the side of her. They smiled for the camera, and the camera flashed. It was picture perfect. The night was picture perfect. And to Spinner, Paige was picture perfect.