The day went pretty quickly after that. The last two hours of Ashley's day didn't contain Paige, so she didn't have to deal with her. She headed over to her locker, grabbed her stuff, and headed over to Ellie's locker to wait for her. Someone tapped her on the shoulder.

"Hon, you're standing in front of my locker," Paige said, her voice dripping with sarcasm when she said 'Hon'.

"Sorry," Ashley said, avoiding Paige's eye. The last thing she wanted was a scene, and Ellie coming upon it. She really didn't want Ellie talking to Paige about what she was saying to her.

"Yeah, well, just don't go cutting yourself over it. I'd hate to be your motivation to slice up your wrists."

"Damn it Paige, I'm not cutting," Ashley said, quietly. The teachers at Degrassi were really strict about swearing.

"Ooo, getting awfully defensive, aren't you? Isn't that the first sign of a problem? Denial?"

Ashley started to panic. She knew Paige couldn't possibly know what was on her leg, but still…

Luckily, Ashley saw Ellie walking down the hall, towards her. She headed down to meet her halfway. Paige took off; it wasn't as easy or as much fun to torment Ashley in from of Ellie. They were both freaks, but Ellie stood up better for herself.

"Nice timing Ellie!" Ashley said.

"She's such a jerk," Ellie remarked. "Sorry I took so long getting here. I hadn't quite finished my math test, and the teacher let me stay a few minutes more to try to finish, which I did. I think I may have actually managed an 'A'."

"Impressive. So, you have a lot of homework tonight?" Ashley said, hoping they could do something together. She really wanted to take her mind off of Paige.

"Actually, I do. And I have some relatives coming over, so I really can't do anything."

"Oh, well, that's alright then. I have some homework to do too," Ashley said, trying to make it sound less like she didn't have a life without Ellie.

They headed off for home, comparing the answers they had put for the math test.