~Paige
"Oh, 9-1-1, can you say fashion emergency?" I said to Hazel loud enough so the girl I was referring to hear. She turned and scowled at me. "Hon, like you didn't know that those blue boots didn't go with that suede skirt." I laughed and turned to Hazel who just sat there with her eyebrow raised.
"Paige cut it out,"
"What? I'm not allowed to point out the obvious?" I pouted, just then Spinner and Jimmy sat down on the bench we were at.
"What obvious?" Jimmy but in.
"Paige's way of pointing out fashion mistakes." Hazel rolled her eyes toward me. "Like she's never made one before."
"God Hazel, you're making me sound so conceited. I've made a few, not many, but a few." I said modestly.
"Uh, Paige, need I remind you of your 'I'm a mature freshman' phase? You wore nothing but business suits for a month. I think thats a BIG fashion no- no." The gang laughed as Spinner brought up the past.
"Haha, very funny. Are we all done laughing now?" I said coolly. If there's one thing I don't like, are people who cross my fashion expertise. Sure the business suits were a bit much, but do I bring up Jimmy's Michael Jackson party outfit or Spinner's 'before the bleach blonde' look? No I don't, I'm a respectful friend.
"Chill out Paige, we're just kidding." Hazel said as she chuckled a bit.
"Obviously you're not if you're still laughing!" I pointed out. The group exchanged glances.
"We're just saying don't be so quick to call out fashion mistakes," Jimmy shrugged.
"So now you're saying I'm a fashion hypocrite?"
"Paige you're blowing this way out of proportion."
"No I'm not!" Looking back on this day I plead temporary insanity due to PMS. "You all think I'm to judgmental just because I have opinions." I stormed off before anyone could reply.
"Paige!" I felt an arm on my shoulder a minute later. I turned to see Spinner.
"What do you want?" I snapped.
"What's wrong? You know you can talk to me,"
"I just don't like being treated like I'm a heartless demon!"
"No one thinks you're heartless. We just said you could tone down the opinionating."
"Hon, opinionated is all I got!"
"Paige chill, no ones asking you to sacrifice yourself!"
"You're just asking me to grow a heart, right? Maybe next year I can steal Christmas to since that seems to be right up there with misguided fashion choices!" I yelled and started to walk away.
"Paige hold up a second!" He caught my arm again. "I have an idea."
"An idea for what?"
"Since you think everyone sees you as a 'heartless demon', prove them wrong." Spinner handed me a sheet of paper. My eyes skimmed over the top, Student Exchange Program.
"How is this going to give me a heart?"
"You'd give some poor little foreign girl a home for two months, that's an instant heart." Spinner said. "I was going to take in a French exchange student but my 'rents said it was too much money."
"Are you sure about this?"
He shrugged. "What do you have to loose?"
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~Emma
I added my Math book on top of my History book and closed my locker, I jumped when I saw Craig Manning standing where the door used to be.
"Emma Nelson, just the gal I was looking for."
"Craig Manning, what can I do for you?"
He started following me down the hallway. "Manny told me you were taking in an Exchange Student."
"Yeah so?"
"Got a country in mind?"
"I was thinking about Germany," I shrugged. "What's it to you?"
"Well I was thinking you might be thinking of a girl from England..."
"No actually I hadn't," I began to turn into a doorway. "This is my stop."
"Wait, Emma just one more second." He pleaded. "Have you sent in the form yet?"
"No I'm turning it in this afternoon." I shook my head.
"Meet me at lunch and I'll turn you into an Englander!" He said then ran off. I watch him run down the hall, I still to this day don't get Craig Manning.
~A Lunch~
I sat across from him at the table. "Okay talk"
"Choose England." He said bluntly.
"That's it? That's you're big case?"
Craig nodded. "Oh and make sure you add Amherst Caldwell's For Girls in Westchester at the bottom in the Requests."
"Craig, who do you know in Westchester?"
"No one, I just heard a ton of hot girls go there." He said simply.
"Then why don't you sign up?"
"A.) Joey won't let me, B.) There's that whole gender factor. You're my only hope Emma! Go England! If you choose a girl from Germany she won't speak good English and you won't understand a word that comes out of her mouth! England has more upsides!"
"I guess that's true,"
"Come on Em, do it for me?" Craig pulled on his best puppy face. I groaned loudly.
"Fine." I pulled out the slip.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"D-E-G-R-A-S-S-I" Craig spelled out Degrassi.
"Degrassi Community High School?" She repeated.
"Yup, oh man Jordy, this is gonna be great to have you back! The two amigos back in action!"
"Take it down a notch Craig, no one said I'd end up in Degrassi, for all I know I'll be in San Juan bullfighting." She laughed.
"Or you'll be here, with your best friend!"
"The more you think positively about something the less chance the good will happen."
"And you're still the pessimistic little girl from British Columbia!"
"Only hotter!" They both broke out laughing.
"Oh, 9-1-1, can you say fashion emergency?" I said to Hazel loud enough so the girl I was referring to hear. She turned and scowled at me. "Hon, like you didn't know that those blue boots didn't go with that suede skirt." I laughed and turned to Hazel who just sat there with her eyebrow raised.
"Paige cut it out,"
"What? I'm not allowed to point out the obvious?" I pouted, just then Spinner and Jimmy sat down on the bench we were at.
"What obvious?" Jimmy but in.
"Paige's way of pointing out fashion mistakes." Hazel rolled her eyes toward me. "Like she's never made one before."
"God Hazel, you're making me sound so conceited. I've made a few, not many, but a few." I said modestly.
"Uh, Paige, need I remind you of your 'I'm a mature freshman' phase? You wore nothing but business suits for a month. I think thats a BIG fashion no- no." The gang laughed as Spinner brought up the past.
"Haha, very funny. Are we all done laughing now?" I said coolly. If there's one thing I don't like, are people who cross my fashion expertise. Sure the business suits were a bit much, but do I bring up Jimmy's Michael Jackson party outfit or Spinner's 'before the bleach blonde' look? No I don't, I'm a respectful friend.
"Chill out Paige, we're just kidding." Hazel said as she chuckled a bit.
"Obviously you're not if you're still laughing!" I pointed out. The group exchanged glances.
"We're just saying don't be so quick to call out fashion mistakes," Jimmy shrugged.
"So now you're saying I'm a fashion hypocrite?"
"Paige you're blowing this way out of proportion."
"No I'm not!" Looking back on this day I plead temporary insanity due to PMS. "You all think I'm to judgmental just because I have opinions." I stormed off before anyone could reply.
"Paige!" I felt an arm on my shoulder a minute later. I turned to see Spinner.
"What do you want?" I snapped.
"What's wrong? You know you can talk to me,"
"I just don't like being treated like I'm a heartless demon!"
"No one thinks you're heartless. We just said you could tone down the opinionating."
"Hon, opinionated is all I got!"
"Paige chill, no ones asking you to sacrifice yourself!"
"You're just asking me to grow a heart, right? Maybe next year I can steal Christmas to since that seems to be right up there with misguided fashion choices!" I yelled and started to walk away.
"Paige hold up a second!" He caught my arm again. "I have an idea."
"An idea for what?"
"Since you think everyone sees you as a 'heartless demon', prove them wrong." Spinner handed me a sheet of paper. My eyes skimmed over the top, Student Exchange Program.
"How is this going to give me a heart?"
"You'd give some poor little foreign girl a home for two months, that's an instant heart." Spinner said. "I was going to take in a French exchange student but my 'rents said it was too much money."
"Are you sure about this?"
He shrugged. "What do you have to loose?"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
~Emma
I added my Math book on top of my History book and closed my locker, I jumped when I saw Craig Manning standing where the door used to be.
"Emma Nelson, just the gal I was looking for."
"Craig Manning, what can I do for you?"
He started following me down the hallway. "Manny told me you were taking in an Exchange Student."
"Yeah so?"
"Got a country in mind?"
"I was thinking about Germany," I shrugged. "What's it to you?"
"Well I was thinking you might be thinking of a girl from England..."
"No actually I hadn't," I began to turn into a doorway. "This is my stop."
"Wait, Emma just one more second." He pleaded. "Have you sent in the form yet?"
"No I'm turning it in this afternoon." I shook my head.
"Meet me at lunch and I'll turn you into an Englander!" He said then ran off. I watch him run down the hall, I still to this day don't get Craig Manning.
~A Lunch~
I sat across from him at the table. "Okay talk"
"Choose England." He said bluntly.
"That's it? That's you're big case?"
Craig nodded. "Oh and make sure you add Amherst Caldwell's For Girls in Westchester at the bottom in the Requests."
"Craig, who do you know in Westchester?"
"No one, I just heard a ton of hot girls go there." He said simply.
"Then why don't you sign up?"
"A.) Joey won't let me, B.) There's that whole gender factor. You're my only hope Emma! Go England! If you choose a girl from Germany she won't speak good English and you won't understand a word that comes out of her mouth! England has more upsides!"
"I guess that's true,"
"Come on Em, do it for me?" Craig pulled on his best puppy face. I groaned loudly.
"Fine." I pulled out the slip.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"D-E-G-R-A-S-S-I" Craig spelled out Degrassi.
"Degrassi Community High School?" She repeated.
"Yup, oh man Jordy, this is gonna be great to have you back! The two amigos back in action!"
"Take it down a notch Craig, no one said I'd end up in Degrassi, for all I know I'll be in San Juan bullfighting." She laughed.
"Or you'll be here, with your best friend!"
"The more you think positively about something the less chance the good will happen."
"And you're still the pessimistic little girl from British Columbia!"
"Only hotter!" They both broke out laughing.
