episode 3: Sticky Fingers
All the grade 10's were sitting in Ms. Hatzilakos' biology class bored out of their minds. Spinner was throwing little pieces of paper in the girls hair that was sitting in front of him. Jimmy was starring mindlessly at the chalkboard. And Paige was sending a text message to Hazel. It said:
*Hey Haze! Wanna go to the mall today after school??*
Hazel mouthed 'yes' to her. And then Paige told her to meet her at her locker after school.
"Paige! Hazel! Enough with the talking!" yelled Ms. Hatzilakos. The girls smiled at each other and then continued to "listen" to the lesson.
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Meanwhile, Manny, Emma, Toby, and JT are in Mr. Simpson's Media Immersion class. He gave them an extra 15 minutes at the end of class to talk since his lesson was over. In that 15 minutes, the four of them did what they usually did...they talked!
"...so thats why i think that people arent born gay, they are raised gay." said Emma, concluding her long explaination. By the time she was done, 10 minutes of talking time were already over and her friends were sitting there looking very bored. She sighed and then looked at Manny for some type of response to her discussion, figuring that that topic only bored immature boys such as JT and Toby. But she was trapped in some sort of transe.
"Hello?? Earth to Manny!!" she said while waving her hand in front of Manny's face
"Wha-what?"
"What do you think?"
"About what Emma?!"
"Ugh! Nevermind. No one ever listens to me when i have something important to say!" whined Emma while packing up her stuff, and getting ready to leave the classroom for her lunch period. Then the bell rang and all the grade 8's scurried out of the classroom and went every-which-way to get to their lockers.
"What happened in there Manny? You looked like a little kid in a toy store!" said Emma, being her nosey self
"Nothing happened. i-i-i was just...bored." said Manny, obviously lying
"Yeah, sure you were." answered Emma is a sarcastic tone of voice. Then she started to walk faster and went to her locker, totally ignoring Manny.
"No, Emma. Wait."
"What do you want?"
"Its just that-" Manny looked at her uncomfortably and then continued, "- i just sort of like JT. And when you were talking in there, i was just caught up in a daydream."
Emma laughed and said, "Sure, you like JT. So if i told you to prove it to me by asking him out on a date, then you'd do it?"
"Yep. I'd totally do it." said Manny, taking her up on that bet. *Damnit! I really shouldnt have done that. I mean, i do like JT but i wonder what his reaction will be. I just hope he doesnt totally laugh in my face...* Terri was passing the girls in the hallway and overheard this. Of course, the first person she told was Paige and she decided to add her own twist to the gossip.
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After school, Hazel went to Paige's locker so they could go to the mall. Both the girls then said 'goodbye' to their friends and got in Paige's car. Then, her mother dropped them off at the mall.
"Lets go into this store." said Paige, already starting to walk into the store. Hazel followed and then immediately saw a shirt that she liked. She grabbed it to try on in the dressing room and came out without it.
"You didnt like it once you got it on?" asked Paige
"Yeah, it wasnt my style." mummbled Hazel
"Uhm, ok. I dont see anything I like in here either so lets just go."
As the girls were leaving the store, the alarm went off.
"What?! This is absurd! I didnt steal anything." argued Paige as the mall security guard came over to her and Hazel. Then, he looked at Hazel.
"What are you looking at me for? I didnt steal a thing."
"I'm gonna have to check your bags ladies." said the security guard
"Look, there must be some sort of misunderstanding..." babbled Paige as the security guard was pulling the stolen shirt out of Hazel's backpack. Then, Paige gasped. "Hazel! How could you?!"
Hazel just looked at her and gave her a 'im sorry' look. Paige was brought home in the police car and Hazel was let go with just a fine that she had to pay within a week. But Hazel knew that she wouldnt be doing that again.
- - ~~~ - - [the next day at school...]
"Go ahead Manny, ask him out on a date. He's right there!" said Emma while shoving her friend along
"Ugh! Fine, I'm going. Must you be so pushy?"
Then, Manny went over to JT and Toby.
"Uhm, JT? Can I talk to you...over here?"
"Sure." he said and then looked over to Toby, "See Tobes, all the ladies love me."
Manny laughed, while usually she yelled at him and told him how stupid he was.
"So, what did you wanna talk about? The rumors?" asked JT, now getting serious
"Oh well, actually I was just wondering if you would go to the movies with me next friday? But wait, what rumors?"
"Sure. That sounds like fun. Woah, you havent heard the rumors about us yet?"
"Noo...tell me."
"Ok, well the word around Degrassi is that you like me and decided to give me a hand job."
"What?! That never happened!"
"I know it never happened, silly."
"Ugh, well...we'll give em something to talk about. Pick me up at 7pm Friday. Just the date though. I mean, I'm not really gonna give you a hand job."
"ok, sure." Then the two walked back to where Emma and Toby were standing.
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"So, Hazel, tell me why you did it? I didnt think you were like that." asked Paige
"I dont know. Its just that my dad got laid off the other day and my mom wouldnt give me money to spend. She says we're on a tight budget lately. And I was just sort of embarrassed i guess."
"How many times do i have to tell you? You're my best friend and dont need to be embarrassed."
"I know. I promise i wont do anything like that ever again. Do you forgive me?"
"Yeah, sure. Just dont pull that crap on me again." said Paige and then the two friend hugged.
All the grade 10's were sitting in Ms. Hatzilakos' biology class bored out of their minds. Spinner was throwing little pieces of paper in the girls hair that was sitting in front of him. Jimmy was starring mindlessly at the chalkboard. And Paige was sending a text message to Hazel. It said:
*Hey Haze! Wanna go to the mall today after school??*
Hazel mouthed 'yes' to her. And then Paige told her to meet her at her locker after school.
"Paige! Hazel! Enough with the talking!" yelled Ms. Hatzilakos. The girls smiled at each other and then continued to "listen" to the lesson.
- - ~~~ - -
Meanwhile, Manny, Emma, Toby, and JT are in Mr. Simpson's Media Immersion class. He gave them an extra 15 minutes at the end of class to talk since his lesson was over. In that 15 minutes, the four of them did what they usually did...they talked!
"...so thats why i think that people arent born gay, they are raised gay." said Emma, concluding her long explaination. By the time she was done, 10 minutes of talking time were already over and her friends were sitting there looking very bored. She sighed and then looked at Manny for some type of response to her discussion, figuring that that topic only bored immature boys such as JT and Toby. But she was trapped in some sort of transe.
"Hello?? Earth to Manny!!" she said while waving her hand in front of Manny's face
"Wha-what?"
"What do you think?"
"About what Emma?!"
"Ugh! Nevermind. No one ever listens to me when i have something important to say!" whined Emma while packing up her stuff, and getting ready to leave the classroom for her lunch period. Then the bell rang and all the grade 8's scurried out of the classroom and went every-which-way to get to their lockers.
"What happened in there Manny? You looked like a little kid in a toy store!" said Emma, being her nosey self
"Nothing happened. i-i-i was just...bored." said Manny, obviously lying
"Yeah, sure you were." answered Emma is a sarcastic tone of voice. Then she started to walk faster and went to her locker, totally ignoring Manny.
"No, Emma. Wait."
"What do you want?"
"Its just that-" Manny looked at her uncomfortably and then continued, "- i just sort of like JT. And when you were talking in there, i was just caught up in a daydream."
Emma laughed and said, "Sure, you like JT. So if i told you to prove it to me by asking him out on a date, then you'd do it?"
"Yep. I'd totally do it." said Manny, taking her up on that bet. *Damnit! I really shouldnt have done that. I mean, i do like JT but i wonder what his reaction will be. I just hope he doesnt totally laugh in my face...* Terri was passing the girls in the hallway and overheard this. Of course, the first person she told was Paige and she decided to add her own twist to the gossip.
- - ~~~ - -
After school, Hazel went to Paige's locker so they could go to the mall. Both the girls then said 'goodbye' to their friends and got in Paige's car. Then, her mother dropped them off at the mall.
"Lets go into this store." said Paige, already starting to walk into the store. Hazel followed and then immediately saw a shirt that she liked. She grabbed it to try on in the dressing room and came out without it.
"You didnt like it once you got it on?" asked Paige
"Yeah, it wasnt my style." mummbled Hazel
"Uhm, ok. I dont see anything I like in here either so lets just go."
As the girls were leaving the store, the alarm went off.
"What?! This is absurd! I didnt steal anything." argued Paige as the mall security guard came over to her and Hazel. Then, he looked at Hazel.
"What are you looking at me for? I didnt steal a thing."
"I'm gonna have to check your bags ladies." said the security guard
"Look, there must be some sort of misunderstanding..." babbled Paige as the security guard was pulling the stolen shirt out of Hazel's backpack. Then, Paige gasped. "Hazel! How could you?!"
Hazel just looked at her and gave her a 'im sorry' look. Paige was brought home in the police car and Hazel was let go with just a fine that she had to pay within a week. But Hazel knew that she wouldnt be doing that again.
- - ~~~ - - [the next day at school...]
"Go ahead Manny, ask him out on a date. He's right there!" said Emma while shoving her friend along
"Ugh! Fine, I'm going. Must you be so pushy?"
Then, Manny went over to JT and Toby.
"Uhm, JT? Can I talk to you...over here?"
"Sure." he said and then looked over to Toby, "See Tobes, all the ladies love me."
Manny laughed, while usually she yelled at him and told him how stupid he was.
"So, what did you wanna talk about? The rumors?" asked JT, now getting serious
"Oh well, actually I was just wondering if you would go to the movies with me next friday? But wait, what rumors?"
"Sure. That sounds like fun. Woah, you havent heard the rumors about us yet?"
"Noo...tell me."
"Ok, well the word around Degrassi is that you like me and decided to give me a hand job."
"What?! That never happened!"
"I know it never happened, silly."
"Ugh, well...we'll give em something to talk about. Pick me up at 7pm Friday. Just the date though. I mean, I'm not really gonna give you a hand job."
"ok, sure." Then the two walked back to where Emma and Toby were standing.
- - ~~~ - -
"So, Hazel, tell me why you did it? I didnt think you were like that." asked Paige
"I dont know. Its just that my dad got laid off the other day and my mom wouldnt give me money to spend. She says we're on a tight budget lately. And I was just sort of embarrassed i guess."
"How many times do i have to tell you? You're my best friend and dont need to be embarrassed."
"I know. I promise i wont do anything like that ever again. Do you forgive me?"
"Yeah, sure. Just dont pull that crap on me again." said Paige and then the two friend hugged.