"Cause baby there ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no valley low enough, ain't no river wide enough to keep me from getting to you babe!" Charlotte and Terri collapsed on the bedroom floor, unable to talk because they were laughing so hard. "Wow," Terri said, laughing. "We never do karaoke at Degrassi, this was so much fun." Charlotte laughed.
"It was fun wasn't it? We should do this more often." Charlotte got up and retrieved a bottle of pills from her dresser drawer; she took two and swallowed them with a bottle of water. "Char? What are you doing?" Charlotte glanced at Terri.
"How do you think I stay so thin?" She shook the bottle. "Laxatives." Terri stood. up and wiped a piece of hair from in front of her face. "Not a good idea Char. I don't think that's healthy." Char turned around. "Don't worry, I'm fine." She jumped onto her bed. "Are you going to Paige's party?"
Terri laughed. "Of course, it'll be the place to see and be seen." Charlotte nodded. "Yes I'm excited." She turned a somersault on her bed and stood up again. "And Jimmy will be there!" Terri laughed along with Charlotte. Yes, he will be there. If only he was going to see me. "So? Who do you like Ter?" Terri looked down at her hands. "Uh no one really." Charlotte took a sip of water. "Come on you must have a crush on someone. What's this I hear about Spinner?" Terri rolled her eyes. "What about him? Come on, let's go buy some clothes for Paige's party."
"So?" Amy began. "What do you guys do for fun around here?" Ashley smiled. "Well…um…watch television and go to the movies."
"Oh," said Amy. "Fun." Amy looked around her surroundings. She was sitting in Ellie Nash's dark damp basement. Posters of Sid Vicious and the Grateful Dead adorned the walls while some random punk band played in the background. They sat on the floor while Ellie painted her nails black and Ashley drew on her arms with a marker. This was how Amy had been spending every afternoon since she got to Degrassi, sitting in Ellie's basement. Sure, Ashley and Ellie were nice but this was not how Amy had imagined spending her after school time in Canada. She imagined she would be hanging at the mall with beautiful girls who hung on her every word and flirting with cute boys. She had flirted with a cute boy but word around school was that Marco was gay and Amy Baudelaire did not flirt with gay guys. Well now that she'd thought about it, she'd imagined her social life kinda like…well Char's. Ever since they'd started Degrassi, Char had never been home. She'd been at the mall with Terri or dinner at Hazel's or the movies with Jimmy.
Ring Ring! Ashley's cell phone rang. "Hello? Craig? Oh. Hi Paige. Tomorrow night? Uh, sure. Why not? Okay, bye." Ashley turned toward Ellie and Amy. "That was Paige. She just invited us to her party. I said we'd come." Ellie stood up. "What?" Ashley frowned. "Well we had nothing else to do and I figured Amy could meet some new people." And maybe I'll see Jimmy there. Amy jumped.
"Party? I am so there."
Charlotte applied the finishing touches on her make-up before turning around to face Amy. "What do you think?" Amy grinned. "Perfect." Wait did I just say Charlotte looked perfect? Charlotte admired her reflection; she'd spent a lot of time getting ready for this party and wanted everything to be perfect. She was wearing an extremely short denim skirt with a thin electric blue camisole. A trucker hat covered her hair, which was in pigtails, and she wore flip-flops. She wore deep plum eyeliner, which made her eyes look fragile and intricate with a shimmery dark plum eye shadow and a thickening mascara. She wore a plain lip balm and traces of blush, which made her cheekbones beautiful.
Amy turned. "Et moi?" Charlotte laughed, giddy with excitement. "Tu es tres belle ma cherie!" Amy turned back around. Wait did I just say Amy was really beautiful? Whoa…weird. Amy did look prettier than usual. Her hair was curled and she'd put traces of glitter in it. She wore a lots of mascara with a fun silver eye shadow. She wore no blush but golden bronzer. After they got to the mall, Ellie and Ashley had headed to some gothic store and had chosen thick black boots and black hair dye but Amy had actually found some cute things in the store that she mixed with a combination of her and Charlotte's wardrobe. She'd found some oversized dark silver cargo pants in the store and had paired it with a pink gauzy top. She looked and felt like a fairy. "Girls? Are you ready?" Mia Davenport, Charlotte's mom was going to drop them off at the party while Sophia went on a date with a man she'd met at the University. Sophia was a college professor specializing in Anthropology and had recently met a nice Economics professor, they were going to a Commodores concert and then to a café to eat. Because of the date, Mia was on parent duty.
"Come on girls you don't want to be late for the party of the year." Mia said, tossing her long dark hair over her shoulder. Aunt Mia is so cool. Amy thought as they walked out the door.
"Party over here!" Amy and Charlotte walked into the party where Spinner was dancing like a crazy fool with Hazel who looked totally into him. Jimmy was dancing; very well, in fact with Ashley who looked more than a little awkward. Paige was leaning against the wall; sipping a glass of punch and being seduced by a very cute grade ten. Terri was having what seemed like a very in depth conversation with Craig and Ellie while Manny stared at her angrily. The place was packed and Joe Budden's "Pump It Up" was playing loudly. Amy and Charlotte danced in, looking for friends. Amy asked Sean to dance, he agreed and before anyone knew it they were grinding, that's right Sean was grinding on the dance floor. "Like Glue" by Sean Paul came on and Charlotte started dancing by herself to the song. She was amazing and totally into it. "Char?" Jimmy said. "Dance with me?" Charlotte smiled. "Why not? You're not too shabby."
Charlotte and Jimmy danced that song and the one after that and the one after that. Finally, Char took a break and went to go get a glass of punch. She stepped into the kitchen and Jimmy joined her. "You look really pretty tonight Charlotte." he said. Charlotte grinned cautiously. "Thanks."
Jimmy leaned in. "I mean it. You're beautiful." Charlotte leaned in too, and they kissed. Soft and subtle, it felt like the whole world was spinning.
"Ellie?" Ashley said. "I'm going to go get some punch." Ellie waved her away. Jesus they've been talking about the pros and cons of abortion for what seems like eighty hours! I mean, I love Ellie, she's my best friend, but sometimes the girl just doesn't know how to have fun. Not to mention. Ashley looked down at her clothes, she wore a black leather skirt with black fishnets and high boots, it was somewhere between gross and gothic. These clothes are seriously getting old. I wouldn't mind hooking up with Jimmy again. She thought wistfully, remembering their dance. I wouldn't mind being the old Ashley again. It was actually fun, being on top of the world. I think I just saw Jimmy in there, maybe we can talk. Ashley pushed the door open to the kitchen where Jimmy and Charlotte were kissing. Her jaw dropped. Noticing Ashley's gaze, Charlotte tore herself from Jimmy. "Oh, hi Ash." he said. "Have you met Charlotte." Jimmy placed his arms around Charlotte's waist and kissed her lightly on the forehead. Charlotte looked down, she felt cheap, like a prostitute, but she hadn't done anything wrong had she? Ashley turned around and rushed out the door.
Oh my God! Canadian boys kiss so much better than American boys, I think it's the varying pressure thing they do. Amy looked up and smiled at Sean. "Wow," she said. "That was fun."
Sean grinned. "Yeah we should do it more often.
"Sean!" Emma pulled Sean away from Amy. "What are you doing?" They'd been kissing and dancing on the dance floor all night, it was her duty to pull them apart. Sean frowned. "Why do you care?" Emma gasped. Could she perhaps still have feelings for Sean?