Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with Degrassi and it's characters. All credit goes to them.
A/N: Thank you for the reviews everyone! It's very encouraging =) To Jex, This takes place on the third year of the series meaning that Emma, J.T., Sean, etc are in the 9th grade and Jimmy, Craig, Ashley, etc. are in the 10th grade. A bunch of things are happening and I promise they will be revealed why they happen as chapters come. =)
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Chapter 2: Still On My Brain
Emma and a few other people were listening to Liberty's morning announcements while others were finishing up last nights homework.
"With the thanks of Mr. Raditch and staff, the Student Council would like to announce the First Annual Turn Around Dance! Boys, tired of always having to ask the girls? Well this is your chance to wait for them to come to you!" said Liberty in her professional newscaster voice.
Manny's eyes lit up like a new lightbulb while Emma sank lower in her seat. "Oh great another reason to pile on the stress and it's just the first day of school.." she said gloomly.
"Oh cheer up Em. This might be fun! We can finally scope out the hot guys at Degrassi. We've always been.." she trailed off as she directed her head towards Toby and J.T. "..limited with our sights these past few years."
Emma giggled with Manny, and this made her spirits higher. Maybe this WAS a good opportunity for Emma. Getting to know the other locals would be good. Her vision swept towards Sean for a second. She could still feel his gaze at the back of her neck. She knew EXACTLY who she wasn't going to ask to the Turn Around Dance.
Manny tapped her pen in a little daze wondering about the upcoming dance. "Who do you think I should ask?" she questioned Emma. Emma thought while Manny's mind came across Craig for a split second. "No he would never agree to it" she silently thought in her head.
"How about Steven?" she said nodding head over the the guy sitting a few rows back. They both turned around and saw him swat a fly with his bare hand.
"Ugggh Emma I have taste you know."
Emma giggled "You're right. We're going for the men we don't know." she said nodding to herself.
"Right. I mean it can't be that hard?" said Manny reassuringly.
"So plotting out how you fine young women are going to ask us out to the dance?" said J.T from behind them. The girls turned around and J.T. winked at them. Toby rolled his eyes.
"In your dreams boys." they both said in unison. J.T slumpted back in his seat as a few people around them giggled.
Craig put on an even worse face at homeroom when the class heard about the Turn Around Dance. He overheard Ashley who seemed like she was trying to let the whole class hear her.
"Jimmy, would you come to the Turn Around Dance with me?" she said loudly taking a slight glance at Craig when she said this.
"Of course my Juliet." said Jimmy looking into her eyes. Craig felt the hot pang of jealousy in his heart.
'Why is she doing this to me?' he wondered to himself. He knew it was hopeless. He knew he would never get her back no matter how hard he tried. Even though he knew, Ashley still always crept back into his mind. 'I go to camp, she goes to camp. We come back BOOM it's over.' This phrase constantly came rushing to his head everytime he thought of her. "It's not you it's me" was what she said after breaking up with him over the phone just a week ago. Craig flipped out on her, obviously in shock of their break up. This left them on bad terms.
"Spin, would you go with me to the dance?" said Terri to Spinner with hearts in her eyes.
Spinner got lost into her eyes and kissed her as a yes.
Hazel handed Paige 5 bucks when Terri said these words. "You win again Paige. I really thought they would have gotten back together by first period."
"I told you, I am a master at figuring these things out. So what if I can make a profit out of Terri and Spin's break up and make up times." They both laughed.
"So who you thinking of asking to the Dance Paige?"
Paige hesitated for a bit. She did NOT want anyone knowing that she was thinking of asking J.T. to the dance. She just wasn't ready. "Uhhh...errr.. I dunno yet. You?" she said changing the topic towards her.
"Well I was thinking the guy in our English class..."
Paige breathed small sigh of relief as Hazel rambled on about a guy she was thinking of asking. Paige had really grown to respect J.T. this past year, especially during the summer. J.T.'s father, a contractor was working on Paige's new deck for a good portion of the summer. J.T. was constantly over Paige's house because he worked for his father. They got to know each other better in the safe security of her house where no one could see them. Even though Paige was softening up a bit, she still cared about what people thought of her and being seen with J.T. Yorke would DEFINITELY have people talking. Paige shook herself out of her trance in thinking and decided to dwell on this later.
Sean and Craig played their usual daily game of basketball after school just outside the Degrassi walls. Emma and Manny were on a bench sitting on the back part, elevating them high enough to see Craig and Sean play basketball just a few yards away. Manny watched Craig play.
"God why did I have to smother him so much?" she said with a slight whine in her tone. She smacked herself in the forehead as she said those words. "OOPS! I know I wasn't supposed to talk about Craig this yeaaaar." she said to Emma exasperatedly. "I'm over him, I'm over him, I'm OVER him." she said nodding. Manny looked over to Emma. She seemed to be in a complete daze looking over where they were playing basketball and heard absolutely nothing that Manny said. "Oooh, looks like I'm not the only one still digging on Craaaaig!" Manny said as she nudged Emma. Emma snapped back into reality.
"Huh?" she said looking at Emma.
"Stop drooling over Craig, Em."
She was about to say 'Why would I be looking at Craig?' but she caught herself. Admitting that she was really looking at Sean would definitely cause Manny to say a few words. She did not want to hear it. "Oh yeah, Craig." she said with a small laugh. "He did get cuter over camp didn't he?"
"Oh yeah just rub it in Em." she said seriously but jokingly.
Emma and Manny looked back over at them playing. Sean looked over in their direction and looked at Emma as well. She ripped her gaze from him and stood up.
"Common Manny, lets go home." They walked away without another look back.
Sean knew Emma was looking at them, whether it was him or Craig or the both of them, he didn't know. He watched Emma and Manny walk away as Craig made a lay up.
"Cameron! Sun's in your eyes?!" Craig called. He looked over at where he was staring. "Oooh nevermind."
"Shut up." he said with a grin as they sat on the ground, backs to the gate. "I can't stop thinking about her man. I dunno what it is with Emma. I look at her and I just want to be with her." he said picking up a pebble and throwing it. "I just can't believe I messed it up again. I can't believe I pressured her to have sex with me. Damn hormones..."
"Well at least your girlfriend HAD an excuse to break up with you!" exclaimed Craig. "All I got was 'It's not you it's me.' Like THAT made why she broke up with me all that clear. And I had to go all ballistic and make things even worse. AND NOW SHE'S DATING JIMMY AGAIN!" he yelled into the air.
"What?! She's going out with Jimmy?!" Sean said surprised.
"Yeah. Just stab the knife and TWIST it a little deeper why dosen't she." Silence fell upon them for a few minutes. They were obviously thinking of their exes. Craig was the one to break the silence. "So you never told me exactly what happened with you and Emma."
"Oh well. We were at her house, her mom and Mr. Simpson were out at some concert. We started making out on her bed and I just asked her. I wasn't thinking. It was like a reaction. She went all crazy. She told me that her mom got pregnant with Emma when she was in 8th grade. 8th GRADE! I knew she was young when she had her but not THAT young. She told me, or more like yelled at me, that she didn't want to make the mistake her mom did. She kicked me out of the house and the next morning broke up with me. That was 3 weeks ago, and I haven't spoken to her since."
"Ouch man."
"I know, I just.." he paused as he stood up and kicked the fench. ".. maybe I'm not right for Emma. If I always screw things up maybe I'm just not good enough for her."
"Don't say that. Emma just needs some time to cool off." Craig said comfortingly.
"Last time it took her a summer and half a year to cool off! Does she really need that much time?"
"Just don't worry about it man." said Craig getting up as well. He put his arm around his best friend. "Women... I don't get them."
"Neither do I." said Sean gloomly.
Craig tossed the ball to Sean again and they played another game of basketball forgetting their relationship problems.
A/N: Thank you for the reviews everyone! It's very encouraging =) To Jex, This takes place on the third year of the series meaning that Emma, J.T., Sean, etc are in the 9th grade and Jimmy, Craig, Ashley, etc. are in the 10th grade. A bunch of things are happening and I promise they will be revealed why they happen as chapters come. =)
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Chapter 2: Still On My Brain
Emma and a few other people were listening to Liberty's morning announcements while others were finishing up last nights homework.
"With the thanks of Mr. Raditch and staff, the Student Council would like to announce the First Annual Turn Around Dance! Boys, tired of always having to ask the girls? Well this is your chance to wait for them to come to you!" said Liberty in her professional newscaster voice.
Manny's eyes lit up like a new lightbulb while Emma sank lower in her seat. "Oh great another reason to pile on the stress and it's just the first day of school.." she said gloomly.
"Oh cheer up Em. This might be fun! We can finally scope out the hot guys at Degrassi. We've always been.." she trailed off as she directed her head towards Toby and J.T. "..limited with our sights these past few years."
Emma giggled with Manny, and this made her spirits higher. Maybe this WAS a good opportunity for Emma. Getting to know the other locals would be good. Her vision swept towards Sean for a second. She could still feel his gaze at the back of her neck. She knew EXACTLY who she wasn't going to ask to the Turn Around Dance.
Manny tapped her pen in a little daze wondering about the upcoming dance. "Who do you think I should ask?" she questioned Emma. Emma thought while Manny's mind came across Craig for a split second. "No he would never agree to it" she silently thought in her head.
"How about Steven?" she said nodding head over the the guy sitting a few rows back. They both turned around and saw him swat a fly with his bare hand.
"Ugggh Emma I have taste you know."
Emma giggled "You're right. We're going for the men we don't know." she said nodding to herself.
"Right. I mean it can't be that hard?" said Manny reassuringly.
"So plotting out how you fine young women are going to ask us out to the dance?" said J.T from behind them. The girls turned around and J.T. winked at them. Toby rolled his eyes.
"In your dreams boys." they both said in unison. J.T slumpted back in his seat as a few people around them giggled.
Craig put on an even worse face at homeroom when the class heard about the Turn Around Dance. He overheard Ashley who seemed like she was trying to let the whole class hear her.
"Jimmy, would you come to the Turn Around Dance with me?" she said loudly taking a slight glance at Craig when she said this.
"Of course my Juliet." said Jimmy looking into her eyes. Craig felt the hot pang of jealousy in his heart.
'Why is she doing this to me?' he wondered to himself. He knew it was hopeless. He knew he would never get her back no matter how hard he tried. Even though he knew, Ashley still always crept back into his mind. 'I go to camp, she goes to camp. We come back BOOM it's over.' This phrase constantly came rushing to his head everytime he thought of her. "It's not you it's me" was what she said after breaking up with him over the phone just a week ago. Craig flipped out on her, obviously in shock of their break up. This left them on bad terms.
"Spin, would you go with me to the dance?" said Terri to Spinner with hearts in her eyes.
Spinner got lost into her eyes and kissed her as a yes.
Hazel handed Paige 5 bucks when Terri said these words. "You win again Paige. I really thought they would have gotten back together by first period."
"I told you, I am a master at figuring these things out. So what if I can make a profit out of Terri and Spin's break up and make up times." They both laughed.
"So who you thinking of asking to the Dance Paige?"
Paige hesitated for a bit. She did NOT want anyone knowing that she was thinking of asking J.T. to the dance. She just wasn't ready. "Uhhh...errr.. I dunno yet. You?" she said changing the topic towards her.
"Well I was thinking the guy in our English class..."
Paige breathed small sigh of relief as Hazel rambled on about a guy she was thinking of asking. Paige had really grown to respect J.T. this past year, especially during the summer. J.T.'s father, a contractor was working on Paige's new deck for a good portion of the summer. J.T. was constantly over Paige's house because he worked for his father. They got to know each other better in the safe security of her house where no one could see them. Even though Paige was softening up a bit, she still cared about what people thought of her and being seen with J.T. Yorke would DEFINITELY have people talking. Paige shook herself out of her trance in thinking and decided to dwell on this later.
Sean and Craig played their usual daily game of basketball after school just outside the Degrassi walls. Emma and Manny were on a bench sitting on the back part, elevating them high enough to see Craig and Sean play basketball just a few yards away. Manny watched Craig play.
"God why did I have to smother him so much?" she said with a slight whine in her tone. She smacked herself in the forehead as she said those words. "OOPS! I know I wasn't supposed to talk about Craig this yeaaaar." she said to Emma exasperatedly. "I'm over him, I'm over him, I'm OVER him." she said nodding. Manny looked over to Emma. She seemed to be in a complete daze looking over where they were playing basketball and heard absolutely nothing that Manny said. "Oooh, looks like I'm not the only one still digging on Craaaaig!" Manny said as she nudged Emma. Emma snapped back into reality.
"Huh?" she said looking at Emma.
"Stop drooling over Craig, Em."
She was about to say 'Why would I be looking at Craig?' but she caught herself. Admitting that she was really looking at Sean would definitely cause Manny to say a few words. She did not want to hear it. "Oh yeah, Craig." she said with a small laugh. "He did get cuter over camp didn't he?"
"Oh yeah just rub it in Em." she said seriously but jokingly.
Emma and Manny looked back over at them playing. Sean looked over in their direction and looked at Emma as well. She ripped her gaze from him and stood up.
"Common Manny, lets go home." They walked away without another look back.
Sean knew Emma was looking at them, whether it was him or Craig or the both of them, he didn't know. He watched Emma and Manny walk away as Craig made a lay up.
"Cameron! Sun's in your eyes?!" Craig called. He looked over at where he was staring. "Oooh nevermind."
"Shut up." he said with a grin as they sat on the ground, backs to the gate. "I can't stop thinking about her man. I dunno what it is with Emma. I look at her and I just want to be with her." he said picking up a pebble and throwing it. "I just can't believe I messed it up again. I can't believe I pressured her to have sex with me. Damn hormones..."
"Well at least your girlfriend HAD an excuse to break up with you!" exclaimed Craig. "All I got was 'It's not you it's me.' Like THAT made why she broke up with me all that clear. And I had to go all ballistic and make things even worse. AND NOW SHE'S DATING JIMMY AGAIN!" he yelled into the air.
"What?! She's going out with Jimmy?!" Sean said surprised.
"Yeah. Just stab the knife and TWIST it a little deeper why dosen't she." Silence fell upon them for a few minutes. They were obviously thinking of their exes. Craig was the one to break the silence. "So you never told me exactly what happened with you and Emma."
"Oh well. We were at her house, her mom and Mr. Simpson were out at some concert. We started making out on her bed and I just asked her. I wasn't thinking. It was like a reaction. She went all crazy. She told me that her mom got pregnant with Emma when she was in 8th grade. 8th GRADE! I knew she was young when she had her but not THAT young. She told me, or more like yelled at me, that she didn't want to make the mistake her mom did. She kicked me out of the house and the next morning broke up with me. That was 3 weeks ago, and I haven't spoken to her since."
"Ouch man."
"I know, I just.." he paused as he stood up and kicked the fench. ".. maybe I'm not right for Emma. If I always screw things up maybe I'm just not good enough for her."
"Don't say that. Emma just needs some time to cool off." Craig said comfortingly.
"Last time it took her a summer and half a year to cool off! Does she really need that much time?"
"Just don't worry about it man." said Craig getting up as well. He put his arm around his best friend. "Women... I don't get them."
"Neither do I." said Sean gloomly.
Craig tossed the ball to Sean again and they played another game of basketball forgetting their relationship problems.