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Generation. I only own any character that I produce through my own
imagination.
Evonne sits down opposite Craig with Jimmy and Spinner at lunch. She listens silently as Craig describes his date. She zones out while watching Manny and Emma on the other side of the street. Evonne is sure that Manny is talking about the same thing.
".It was like she was trying to choke me."
".haha at least it wasn't a toffee apple."
".I looked into her eyes and I saw how gorgeous she was.I couldn't kiss her.she reminds me of my 5 year old half sister."
Evonne turns back and looks at Craig with concern, not only for him but for Manny.
"Are you going to break up with her? Craig?"
Craig shakes his head and sighs. She knows that he is frustrated but what she just asked is more important for both him and Manny.
"Are you going to break up with her?"
"Yes."
Evonne looks away. She knows and she understands how much this is going to hurt Manny and how much it is going to hurt Craig to tell Manny.
"Okay."
That afternoon Evonne watches as Marco confesses his crush on Ellie. She watches Manny painstakingly decorate Craig's locker in hearts and photos. She watches Ashley ask for Craig's signature for a petition. She watches Manny's innocent question to the issue of Genetically Modified foods. Finally, she watches as Craig breaks Manny's heart.
She sees Manny's tears fall down her cheeks. She can tell by Craig's movements that each tear is hurting him as well. And she sees Manny run past Craig not even flinching when she hits his shoulder as she runs. She watches Craig stand there numbly for a few moments. She sees Craig sigh and slowly take down Manny's decorations. She watches him pause at the picture of him and her.
Evonne turns away and bites her lip. She considers her next move. Should she go after Manny or go to Craig? She decides on the latter, purely because she knows that Manny will go to Emma anyway.
"Craig?"
Craig turns around the decorations in his hand squashed and mutated from his tightly clenched fist.
"Yeah?"
"Why did you like Manny?"
Craig considers this question for a long time. To tell the truth he wasn't sure why he liked Manny either.
"I liked Manny because.she was cute, gorgeous and.really naïve in a cute way.I guess."
"No."
"No?"
Craig looks at her with a confused expression on his face. He doesn't know, he doesn't understand Evonne's reaction.
"No, please don't tell me that you only told Manny you liked her because of her physical appearance. Please don't tell me that you broke that girl's heart because you didn't know what she was like before you agreed to go out with her."
"I'm.sorry."
Evonne lifts her hand and in one swift movement, she slaps Craig on the face. The look on her face is a mixture of anger and disappointment. Craig's hand slowly rises to touch his cheek.
"I can't believe you are such a shallow person. The Craig I though I knew, I assumed would only go out with someone because of who they are not purely because of how they looked."
Evonne takes a deep breath and runs away. Craig closes his eyes when she is gone. He punches his locker in frustration. The sound echoes though the empty hallways of Degrassi Community School. Somehow, Evonne reprimanding him hurt more then having to see Manny cry.
Evonne is walking through the park it is unusually quiet. She hears a strange sound but she doesn't know where it is coming from. She looks behind a tree and low and behold sitting in the dirt crying her heart out is Manny.
"Manny."
Manny looks up but says nothing. Her large eyes are red and puffy and her cheeks are stained with tears.
"Craig.he.he."
"Shh.it's okay, I know."
"What.what did I do wrong?"
"Nothing, absolutely nothing."
"But.he told me he liked me."
"It's okay."
Evonne is now sitting in the dirt as well. Her shoulder is slowly developing a wet patch from Manny's tears.
"But you know what?"
"What?"
"Maybe he doesn't like you the way you want him to, but he still thinks you look gorgeous."
Manny sniffs and wipes her tears away.
"Really?"
"Yeah, really."
Manny gives Evonne a weak smile and gets up.
"I have to go home or my parents are going to kill me."
"Cya Manny."
"Bye."
Evonne turns around and watches Manny run. Walking up the path is sees Marco and Ellie. They are simply walking but they seem happy. Evonne sighs and watches them. A least someone's love life is turning out the way they had planned. Evonne thinks to herself.
Craig walks home slowly. His smile does not even appear when he sees Angie running out the front door with a wand towards him.
"Craig! Lookie! Lookie!"
Craig conceals his frustration and gives Angie a small smile as he crouches down to pick her up. He is careful not to let Angie's leg kick his camera.
"What's that?"
"A fairy wand!"
"Wow, did Joey buy that for you today?"
"Evonne gave it to me!"
Craig's smile disappears at the mention of Evonne's name. He carries Angie inside and puts her down on the couch. He is half way up the stairs when he hears Joey call him.
"Craig!"
Craig closes his eyes this was really not, what he needed at that moment.
"Yeah?"
"Could you take this mobile to Evonne? She left it here last night. And take Angie with you she's been bothering me all afternoon about seeing Evonne."
"I have to do some homework.sorry."
Joey comes to the bottom of the stairs.
"As if, even if you did do homework it's Friday, you have plenty of time."
Craig knows that he can't argue with Joey.
"I can't take Angie though."
"She'll be really disappointed."
"Sorry."
Craig runs down the stairs with his camera still around his neck. He grabs the mobile from Joey's hand and is out of the door in an instant. He slows down after a few moments He has never been to Evonne's house before. He's not even sure he knows exactly where it is.
He walks slowly around the block. To his surprise, Evonne's house is actually very close by. The entire house is dark except for one light. Craig takes a deep breath and presses the doorbell.
Evonne sits down opposite Craig with Jimmy and Spinner at lunch. She listens silently as Craig describes his date. She zones out while watching Manny and Emma on the other side of the street. Evonne is sure that Manny is talking about the same thing.
".It was like she was trying to choke me."
".haha at least it wasn't a toffee apple."
".I looked into her eyes and I saw how gorgeous she was.I couldn't kiss her.she reminds me of my 5 year old half sister."
Evonne turns back and looks at Craig with concern, not only for him but for Manny.
"Are you going to break up with her? Craig?"
Craig shakes his head and sighs. She knows that he is frustrated but what she just asked is more important for both him and Manny.
"Are you going to break up with her?"
"Yes."
Evonne looks away. She knows and she understands how much this is going to hurt Manny and how much it is going to hurt Craig to tell Manny.
"Okay."
That afternoon Evonne watches as Marco confesses his crush on Ellie. She watches Manny painstakingly decorate Craig's locker in hearts and photos. She watches Ashley ask for Craig's signature for a petition. She watches Manny's innocent question to the issue of Genetically Modified foods. Finally, she watches as Craig breaks Manny's heart.
She sees Manny's tears fall down her cheeks. She can tell by Craig's movements that each tear is hurting him as well. And she sees Manny run past Craig not even flinching when she hits his shoulder as she runs. She watches Craig stand there numbly for a few moments. She sees Craig sigh and slowly take down Manny's decorations. She watches him pause at the picture of him and her.
Evonne turns away and bites her lip. She considers her next move. Should she go after Manny or go to Craig? She decides on the latter, purely because she knows that Manny will go to Emma anyway.
"Craig?"
Craig turns around the decorations in his hand squashed and mutated from his tightly clenched fist.
"Yeah?"
"Why did you like Manny?"
Craig considers this question for a long time. To tell the truth he wasn't sure why he liked Manny either.
"I liked Manny because.she was cute, gorgeous and.really naïve in a cute way.I guess."
"No."
"No?"
Craig looks at her with a confused expression on his face. He doesn't know, he doesn't understand Evonne's reaction.
"No, please don't tell me that you only told Manny you liked her because of her physical appearance. Please don't tell me that you broke that girl's heart because you didn't know what she was like before you agreed to go out with her."
"I'm.sorry."
Evonne lifts her hand and in one swift movement, she slaps Craig on the face. The look on her face is a mixture of anger and disappointment. Craig's hand slowly rises to touch his cheek.
"I can't believe you are such a shallow person. The Craig I though I knew, I assumed would only go out with someone because of who they are not purely because of how they looked."
Evonne takes a deep breath and runs away. Craig closes his eyes when she is gone. He punches his locker in frustration. The sound echoes though the empty hallways of Degrassi Community School. Somehow, Evonne reprimanding him hurt more then having to see Manny cry.
Evonne is walking through the park it is unusually quiet. She hears a strange sound but she doesn't know where it is coming from. She looks behind a tree and low and behold sitting in the dirt crying her heart out is Manny.
"Manny."
Manny looks up but says nothing. Her large eyes are red and puffy and her cheeks are stained with tears.
"Craig.he.he."
"Shh.it's okay, I know."
"What.what did I do wrong?"
"Nothing, absolutely nothing."
"But.he told me he liked me."
"It's okay."
Evonne is now sitting in the dirt as well. Her shoulder is slowly developing a wet patch from Manny's tears.
"But you know what?"
"What?"
"Maybe he doesn't like you the way you want him to, but he still thinks you look gorgeous."
Manny sniffs and wipes her tears away.
"Really?"
"Yeah, really."
Manny gives Evonne a weak smile and gets up.
"I have to go home or my parents are going to kill me."
"Cya Manny."
"Bye."
Evonne turns around and watches Manny run. Walking up the path is sees Marco and Ellie. They are simply walking but they seem happy. Evonne sighs and watches them. A least someone's love life is turning out the way they had planned. Evonne thinks to herself.
Craig walks home slowly. His smile does not even appear when he sees Angie running out the front door with a wand towards him.
"Craig! Lookie! Lookie!"
Craig conceals his frustration and gives Angie a small smile as he crouches down to pick her up. He is careful not to let Angie's leg kick his camera.
"What's that?"
"A fairy wand!"
"Wow, did Joey buy that for you today?"
"Evonne gave it to me!"
Craig's smile disappears at the mention of Evonne's name. He carries Angie inside and puts her down on the couch. He is half way up the stairs when he hears Joey call him.
"Craig!"
Craig closes his eyes this was really not, what he needed at that moment.
"Yeah?"
"Could you take this mobile to Evonne? She left it here last night. And take Angie with you she's been bothering me all afternoon about seeing Evonne."
"I have to do some homework.sorry."
Joey comes to the bottom of the stairs.
"As if, even if you did do homework it's Friday, you have plenty of time."
Craig knows that he can't argue with Joey.
"I can't take Angie though."
"She'll be really disappointed."
"Sorry."
Craig runs down the stairs with his camera still around his neck. He grabs the mobile from Joey's hand and is out of the door in an instant. He slows down after a few moments He has never been to Evonne's house before. He's not even sure he knows exactly where it is.
He walks slowly around the block. To his surprise, Evonne's house is actually very close by. The entire house is dark except for one light. Craig takes a deep breath and presses the doorbell.