-Chapter Three-

Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep

Emma rolled over and looked @ her alarm clock. "Ugh, 7:00, she said. Goodbye glorious days of waking up at noon, hello school."

She sat up and smiled at Manny who was staring at the ceiling shaking her head, and then looked toward the place where Christie was sleeping. Christie wasn't there, and just as Emma was about to ask where she was, the door burst open letting in some sunlight. Standing in the doorway was Christie, her long hair was parted in the middle and fell in soft curls. She was wearing a short jean skirt with tennis shoes and a light purple turtleneck, an almost exact match to the one Jessica Simpson was wearing on the inside of her cd "Irresistable".

"Rise and shine ladies," she said with a smile," I made pancakes, but if you don't hurry up Snake and Spike will eat them all! Up, Up, Up!!" And with that she was headed back down the stairs.

"Where are those towels again?" asked Manny

Emma just laughed as she got out of bed and started to get ready.

About half an hour later, Manny and Emma came down the stairs. Manny was dressed in a cute pair of stonewashed jeans and a long sleeve, sheer, pink, button up shirt with a white thank top underneath. Her long hair was up in a ponytail. Emma had clipped back the middle of her hair and was pulling off a pair of army green pants and an army patterned shirt.

"Well don't you girls look cute," said Spike.

"Why we do, don't we?" answered Emma holding out her arms and pretending to look at herself.

Spike, Snake, and Christie laughed as Spike asked the girls if they had what they needed for school. Emma and Manny said yes and they concluded that they would take Christie to get some things that night after school.

"I gave her a notebook, pen, and folder for today," said Emma," so she'll be fine until we get out tonight."

Christie gave Spike a quick hug and said," Don't worry we've got it under control and everything will be fine. Now we are off to school tho! We'll see you later Spike, and MR. SIMPSON we will see you at school!"

Emma, Manny and Christie then proceeded out the front door. As they started to walk down they street they began to talk.

"This is so exciting guys, I love meeting new people and I'm sure if your friends are as awesome as you guys are, it will be even better. Do you guys have a lot of friends in my grade or are they all in your grade?" Christie asked.

Manny replied," Well JT- Toby- and Sean are in our grade, just about everyone else we know is in your grade. Like Craig.."

Christie smiled," Oh that's right! Today I get to meet the infamous Craig, I'm anxious to see what the cutest boy ever looks like."

Emma laughed," You will be H A P P Y I guarantee you!"

Just as Emma and Manny had suspected the night before as they neared Degrassi guys everywhere acted like they had never seen a girl before. Eyes bugging out, tongues hanging down, normal guy activity when a pretty girl walks by. The only thing different was that Christie didn't seem to notice, she just kept on talking to Emma and Manny. She spotted a cute kid and another boy by his side that looked about Emma's age and they were walking their way.

"JT, Toby, HEY!" yelled Emma

"Hey Emma, Manny, and.."

"I'm Christie, Emma's cousin, I just moved here from Ohio to stay with Emma for awhile." Christie stuck out her hand and shook JT's and then Toby's

"Well it's very nice to meet you Christie," said JT," sorry to run but Toby and I have to go pick up our schedules. Later!"

"Aww he's a cutie!!" exclaimed Christie

"Yeah that's JT for ya," laughed Emma," the real cutie is my boyfriend Sean. We'll come to him later tho."

The girls entered the school, Manny and Emma told Christie they would take her to where their friends hang out in the morning so she could meet them. As they turned the corner she noticed a group of about four boys standing by a row of lockers. She noticed one in particular, he was pretty tall which was a total plus. His hair was kind of shaggy and it was brown, it looked like he had brown eyes too but it was hard to tell from where they were. He was wearing a long sleeve gray shirt with two black stripes around each arm and dark colored jeans. He was gorgeous..

Christie tapped Emma on the shoulder and asked her who the boy was, he wasn't paying attention to them so he didn't notice her point.

Emma smiled, "That would be the infamous Craig."