Degrassi: The Next Generation
Chapter 3: U Got The Look
A yellow school bus, with the Degrassi panther sign on it, pulled up. Kids were yelling and screaming and laughing and smiling at what apparently was a victory from a soccer game. Paige, Gavin, and Manny got off the bus smiling. "We totally kicked butt! Did you see their faces when Sully made that shot? It was hilarious." Gavin said. He and other soccer players were covered in dirt and mud. Sully jogged past them to catch up to his friends and talk.
Manny went after him. "Sully.I.I just wanted to say that you.you were great out there." She said apparently nervous. "Thanks. I gotta go!" he said and went to his friends. Raheem walked up to them wearing black again. "Hun, I thought you didn't want to wear black again." Paige said with a smirk. "I don't. Black is like my entire wardrobe." Raheem said a little down. A few girls walked past him giggling and pointing. "There he is! Do you see what he's wearing? As if almost dying would make him stop doing the dressed in black thing." A girl whispered to her friend. "Hey goth boy!" a boy said loudly as others turned to look.
"Hey freak! What's on your agenda today? Jumping off the school roof?" another guy said laughing and making others laugh in the process. Raheem looked down and then shrugged. "Somebody's got a crush!" Gavin said smiling as Raheem cheered up a bit. "Is it that obvious?" Manny said smiling. "Sully? I don't think so, hun. Let's just say he's not your type. But I know ten guys you would look so adorable with!" Paige said in a sing-songy voice. "Adorable? I don't want to be adorable! Bunnies and puppies are adorable." Manny said frustrated. "And I don't want to be 'goth'. I just dressed that way when I was depressed but I'm not anymore. What do I have to do to make these people see that I mean business?" Raheem said also frustrated.
"Manny, if you don't want to look cute then change your image. You too Raheem. If you want people to see you as a regular kid again then don't do the 'woe is me' routine. Just be the opposite, okay?" Paige said as she and Gavin walked off to the school. Manny and Raheem looked at each other and then down. "I gotta go home." Raheem said and Manny nodded. When he was at home Raheem called to Linda. "Linda? I'm home." He said as he walked into the kitchen. "Hey sweetie. How was school?" she asked. "It was fine until." he trailed off. "Until what? Did something happen at school?" Linda asked worried as she looked up from cutting up carrots. "No! It's just that my day was fine until I realized that I needed some new clothes. The black is not doing it for me anymore. I want people to know that I'm alive."
"When would you like to go shopping?" Linda asked as she continued chopping up carrots. "Umm.how about today? I would love to get rid of these depressing outfits." Raheem said with a smile. Linda got her keys and before you know it they were off to the mall. The rest of the day went by really quick. Before you know it morning came. Raheem was looking in the mirror. His goth look had been completely changed. He smiled at his reflection and thought "This will prove to those people that I'm not interested in dying anymore. I want to live a normal life and I will."
Outside walking up to the school Manny was wearing a big coat and with a scrunchy tying her hair into a ponytail. She was talking to Emma. More like Emma was talking her into the ground about a new organization club about saving the rainforests. "This year my goal is to make everyone be aware about the rainforests. If people would just listen me then I wouldn't have to talk and talk and talk." Manny decided to cut her off before she bored her to death again. "You want to know what my goal is? I don't want to be adorable. I don't want to be cute. I want to be hot." She said as she unzipped the big coat to reveal a blue mini-top and matching pants. She pulled the scrunchy out of her hair and shook it making it longer. "Wow." Emma said with a smile. "This year I am not going to be dumped for being one year younger. I'm going to dress older." She said as they started to quicken up their pace.
JT was skating on his skateboard and then he saw her.Manny Santos. He saw her through the fence and was in awe. She looked to her left and saw him staring at her. She smiled a big smile and looked at him for awhile. She turned her head to continue the walk to school. JT tried to quicken his pace to catch more glances at her when he bumped into a car and fell. Manny and Emma walked past him laughing. A familiar car pulled up and Raheem sat in the front. "You sure you want to do this?" Linda asked and Raheem nodded. "This is how I'm going to get people to take me seriously." He got out the car and lot's people started staring. Girls and guys waved.
"It must be the outfit." Raheem thought. He was wearing dark blue male lowrider jeans with a semi-small blue 'Sean John' t-shirt. He was wearing sunglasses too. And to top it all off he was wearing black 'New Balance' sneakers. Most girls were smiling at him. A few guys even complemented him on his outfit. "Nice duds." One guy says as he walk past Raheem. "You look hot." A girl said as she smacked his butt and walked off. "You look.wow." A guy said as Raheem walked past and titled his head to the side to check out his rear. Raheem walked into the classroom and everyone was whispering. He sat down in front of Paige. "You did a good job Raheem. I'm impressed." She said as they gave high fives.
As the day wore on Raheem was getting compliments from almost everyone, even the teachers! Raheem smiled at all the attention he was getting. "This is more like it. No more trouble from other students about my depression phase." He thought to himself. He walked past a classroom but then doubled back because of what he saw. "Manny.wow. You sure didn't waste anytime." He said. He saw her talking to JT and knew exactly what JT was doing. He was flirting with her! Raheem smiled and continued on his way. After school he went to the mall again to buy some more 'hot' outfits with Linda. He saw Manny and Emma and went to talk.
"Hey Emma and Manny. What do you think?" Emma looked in awe at Raheem. "Nice outfit tiger." Manny said with a smile. Raheem then congradulated her on hers. "So.I saw you and JT getting your flirt on." Raheem said. "He's cute, way cuter than last year." Emma and Raheem looked at each other and smiled. "You like him!!!" they yelled as Manny blushed. "No.he's cute and all but he's still just JT. At least I know that my new look is working. But I feel that it's just tamed or cute." Manny said as they headed over to the underwear section for men and women. Raheem went off to one rack and came back quickly holding something.
"How about this?" he and Manny said at the same time holding thongs up. "A thong?" Emma said picking up one herself. "Whaddya think?" Manny asked. "Asi Asi, mi amore." Raheem said. Emma put the thong back and took Manny's. "I don't think they should sell these in a mall." Manny snatched her thong back. "Why not? It's not harming anyone." Raheem said. "Yeah. It's perfect." Manny said. After buying their items Raheem met up with Linda and went home. "Did you find what you wanted?" Raheem smiled. "Oh yeah."
The next morning came just as quick as the day before. Raheem met up with Manny and they walked down the halls together. People were moving out the way and saying 'wows' as they passed them. Raheem and Manny were both wearing visible thongs and low riders so that everyone could see. JT was talking with his best friend Toby. "What's wrong with me?" JT asked. "Nothings wrong with you JT. Last year it was hot older women and now it's hot younger women." Toby answered. "You're right. So what if I like her? It's not like she's becoming a total different person." JT said slowly as he and Toby turned the corner and saw Raheem and Manny walking towards them wearing their 'hot' outfits.
"Hey boys." Raheem said as he and Manny walked past them. JT and Toby walked but stared just like everybody else who saw them. Unfortunately for JT he didn't see the pole in between the double metal doors and walked straight into it. In class the people once again whispered as Raheem came to sit down. Paige looked at Raheem and then at Marco and Gavin. "Raheem.hun, do you realize you're wearing a thong?" Paige questioned him. "Yeah? So what? I want people to take me seriously and they are starting to." Raheem answered. "You realize that you are violating the code of conduct about the dresscode don't you?" Paige continued. "So what? I'm not doing anything." Raheem said annoyed. "What if someone tells Raditch? You could get into a lot of trouble."
Raheem stared at Paige.hard. "What's with you? First you tell me to change my image if I want people to take me seriously and now you're telling me to stop." Raheem said as he turned around in a huff. Outside during lunch time Emma and Manny were passing out pamphlets for Emma's little environmental club. "Can I help?" Raheem said as he began to pass out pamphlets too. "Normally I wouldn't encourage you guys to wear the outfits you're wearing but people are actually taking the pamphlets and they're coming to the meeting! And apparently JT agrees."
JT was staring at Manny's outfit and at Manny. "Just go talk to her man. Don't make a fool of yourself. Just go!" Toby said as he pushed JT off to talk to Manny across the street. "Look he's coming over to ask you on a date." Emma said as she and Raheem smiled. "Who's going to ask Manny on a date?" Liberty asked coming over. "Not you too." She added after seeing Raheem. "JT." Emma and Raheem say in unison. Liberty looked a little hurt. "I didn't know you liked JT." She said. "I might." Manny said with a smile as JT walked over. "We've got a meeting! Bye!" Emma said.
She pulled Liberty and Raheem off to the meeting in the library. Upon going to the library boys and girls were coming up to Raheem to take the pamphlets. "Are you going to be there?" a girl asks. "My friend here, Emma, is doing it so I'm going to support her." Raheem answers. "He's so sweet. He's trying to help out the less fortunate people." A girl says as she walks away. "But you'll be there right?" a guy still questions. "Yeah. I told you I'm going to support my friend Emma." Raheem answered again. "Great."
JT comes over to talk to Manny. "So I guess I must have interrupted a talk on endangered platypuses." He jokes. "Something a little more serious." Manny laughs. "What can be more important than platypuses who can lay eggs?" he jokes again. "You tell me." Manny said as she smiled. Sully walks past but then doubles back when he sees Manny's outfit. "Manny." Manny turns quickly and smiles. "Hey Sully." Sully takes a pamphlet. "This thing. Are you going to be there?" he asks. "Well my..my friend organized this..so..so yeah." She says nervously. "I'm there."
At the meeting while Emma was talking all the guys and girls were talking to Raheem and Manny. They looked at each other and smiled. "Guys could you pay attention please?" Raheem said sweetly and some guys and girls started to listen to Emma talk. JT, Sully, and Toby enter the room. JT and Toby go sit by a nearby bookshelf and JT just stares at Manny and smiles. Sully goes over by the glass window where Manny and Raheem are sitting by a crowd of people. "Manny. So what's that short for?" Sully asks hitting on Manny. "It's short for Manuella actually." She answered. "Cool." Sully says as they semi pay attention to what Emma is talking about.
After the meeting is over Emma goes to take down the signs about the meeting and Sean shows up and kisses her on the cheek. "I'm sorry I'm late. The teacher held me back to help clean the class. You know that I have grade 10 shop." Sean explains as he helps her take down the sign on the main board. "You're like the only guy in school that didn't come." Emma said. "Should I be jealous? At least they came." Emma smirks. "But they didn't come for the meeting." Sean looks at her confused. "Why did they come then?"
Manny and Raheem show up. "Hey Sean." Raheem and Manny say happily. Sean does a double take. He stares at their outfits and shakes his head. "I'm going to go take down the other signs. Bye Emma." Sean says as he walks away. "So how's it going with JT?" Emma asks. "What do you think of Manuella?" Manny says suddenly in her day dream. "Sully thinks it's exotic. Manuella Santos." She says in a spanish voice. "This girl needs help." Raheem whispers to Emma on the side and she agrees.
Mr. Raditch walks by looking through windows and then stops by Raheem and Manny. "Ms. Santos and Mr. Mcknight, just what are you wearing?" Mr. Raditch asks. "What are you talking about?" Raheem says. "What you are wearing is in violation of the code of conduct's dress code." Mr. Raditch says accusingly. "But everybody wears crop tops." Manny says. "It's not the shirt." Raheem looks at himself. "Are you talking about my shirt?" Raheem says annoyed. "No. What you are wearing is in violation of the code of conduct's dress code." Mr. Raditch repeats.
"But everybody wears low riders. It's new fashion." Manny says. "Yeah, that's what our generation wears today." Raheem adds. "I've been getting complaints about your attire. So tomorrow I would like you both to come to school with no visible undergarments." Mr. Raditch says and leaves. Raheem and Manny lean against the wall disappointed. "Ugh..is that really necessary? Why would he come up to us and say something about it now? I wonder who told." Raheem says annoyed.
The next morning Raheem and Manny were at their lockers a litte upset. "We heard about what Raditch did and we'd like you to know that you are an inspiration to us all." Paige says trying to cheer Raheem up. Raheem closes his locker to reveal a belly t-shirt with a navel piercing and another pair of low riders. At her locker Manny is going through the same thing with Emma. "I know you're upset that Raditch busted you about the thong and I'd like you to know that I'm sorry." Emma says with a hint of cheerfulness in her voice. Manny takes off her coat to reveal a pink little jacket with a belly t-shirt and lowriders. "Are you insane?" Emma says. "Mr. Raditch said." Emma started.
"Mr. Raditch said no visible undergarments. And do you see any?" Manny says in an adult like sarcastic tone. "No." Emma replies. "That's because I'm not wearing any." Manny says as she heads to class. Raheem has a similar conversation with Paige. "Hun, are you nuts? What if Raditch." Paige started but Raheem cut her off quickly. "Raditch said he didn't want me or Manny to have our underwear showing and do you see my underwear showing?" Raheem says annoyed. Paige shakes her head. "I'm gonna let you in on a secret.I'm not wearing any." Raheem says and he rushes off to class.
In class Manny goes up to feed the frogs but she drops the frog bait and bends down to pick it up. Everybody goes to look to see if they're going to see her butt crack but JT goes up to the front. "How come Manny gets to feed the frogs and I don't." Ms. Hotzilakos looks at him strangely. "Because you didn't volunteer." She says. "Well I wanna do it." JT says quickly. Manny goes to sit down. After class at her locker Manny goes looking for things when JT comes up to her. "Manny I was wondering if you were free tomorrow. Maybe we could go see a movie?" he said. Sully stands behing Manny. "You see this hand? Bye bye." He says and turns around. "Actually JT I am busy tomorrow. I'm sorry."
JT looks at Manny heartbroken and then leaves. Emma comes up to her. "What do you think you're doing?" Emma scolds Manny. "Nothing. I didn't do anything wrong." Emma sighs. "Except break JT's heart." Manny stares at her. "I'm always there for you Emma. When you fight with Sean, when your mom gets pregnant, and at your stupid environmental clubs." Emma stares back at her. "They're not stupid. And you dress like an idiot. The way you're acting is horrible." Emma retorts. "It sounds like you're jealous." Manny says. "We're not having this discussion." Emma says and walks off. "This is who I am now Em. If you don't like it then don't talk to me." Manny says to Emma as she is leaving.
Raheem stares at the scene that just happened. He goes to his locker realizing what this is all doing to him and Manny. "What are we doing?" Raheem says. "I don't know." Paige says walking up. "But if you want to keep dressing like that then you're going to have problems." Paige says and walks off. Raheem slides down on the dirty floor and silently cries. Outside in the 'Dot Grill' Manny waits and then Sully brings to cups of cappucino over to the table. "Manuella? Is something wrong?" he asks. "No, everythings fine. Everythings perfect." Manny says but when she looks out the window she sees Raheem, Manny, and JT walking. They each look at her with disappointment on their faces. All this trouble just to be something you're not. What a life to live.
Chapter 3: U Got The Look
A yellow school bus, with the Degrassi panther sign on it, pulled up. Kids were yelling and screaming and laughing and smiling at what apparently was a victory from a soccer game. Paige, Gavin, and Manny got off the bus smiling. "We totally kicked butt! Did you see their faces when Sully made that shot? It was hilarious." Gavin said. He and other soccer players were covered in dirt and mud. Sully jogged past them to catch up to his friends and talk.
Manny went after him. "Sully.I.I just wanted to say that you.you were great out there." She said apparently nervous. "Thanks. I gotta go!" he said and went to his friends. Raheem walked up to them wearing black again. "Hun, I thought you didn't want to wear black again." Paige said with a smirk. "I don't. Black is like my entire wardrobe." Raheem said a little down. A few girls walked past him giggling and pointing. "There he is! Do you see what he's wearing? As if almost dying would make him stop doing the dressed in black thing." A girl whispered to her friend. "Hey goth boy!" a boy said loudly as others turned to look.
"Hey freak! What's on your agenda today? Jumping off the school roof?" another guy said laughing and making others laugh in the process. Raheem looked down and then shrugged. "Somebody's got a crush!" Gavin said smiling as Raheem cheered up a bit. "Is it that obvious?" Manny said smiling. "Sully? I don't think so, hun. Let's just say he's not your type. But I know ten guys you would look so adorable with!" Paige said in a sing-songy voice. "Adorable? I don't want to be adorable! Bunnies and puppies are adorable." Manny said frustrated. "And I don't want to be 'goth'. I just dressed that way when I was depressed but I'm not anymore. What do I have to do to make these people see that I mean business?" Raheem said also frustrated.
"Manny, if you don't want to look cute then change your image. You too Raheem. If you want people to see you as a regular kid again then don't do the 'woe is me' routine. Just be the opposite, okay?" Paige said as she and Gavin walked off to the school. Manny and Raheem looked at each other and then down. "I gotta go home." Raheem said and Manny nodded. When he was at home Raheem called to Linda. "Linda? I'm home." He said as he walked into the kitchen. "Hey sweetie. How was school?" she asked. "It was fine until." he trailed off. "Until what? Did something happen at school?" Linda asked worried as she looked up from cutting up carrots. "No! It's just that my day was fine until I realized that I needed some new clothes. The black is not doing it for me anymore. I want people to know that I'm alive."
"When would you like to go shopping?" Linda asked as she continued chopping up carrots. "Umm.how about today? I would love to get rid of these depressing outfits." Raheem said with a smile. Linda got her keys and before you know it they were off to the mall. The rest of the day went by really quick. Before you know it morning came. Raheem was looking in the mirror. His goth look had been completely changed. He smiled at his reflection and thought "This will prove to those people that I'm not interested in dying anymore. I want to live a normal life and I will."
Outside walking up to the school Manny was wearing a big coat and with a scrunchy tying her hair into a ponytail. She was talking to Emma. More like Emma was talking her into the ground about a new organization club about saving the rainforests. "This year my goal is to make everyone be aware about the rainforests. If people would just listen me then I wouldn't have to talk and talk and talk." Manny decided to cut her off before she bored her to death again. "You want to know what my goal is? I don't want to be adorable. I don't want to be cute. I want to be hot." She said as she unzipped the big coat to reveal a blue mini-top and matching pants. She pulled the scrunchy out of her hair and shook it making it longer. "Wow." Emma said with a smile. "This year I am not going to be dumped for being one year younger. I'm going to dress older." She said as they started to quicken up their pace.
JT was skating on his skateboard and then he saw her.Manny Santos. He saw her through the fence and was in awe. She looked to her left and saw him staring at her. She smiled a big smile and looked at him for awhile. She turned her head to continue the walk to school. JT tried to quicken his pace to catch more glances at her when he bumped into a car and fell. Manny and Emma walked past him laughing. A familiar car pulled up and Raheem sat in the front. "You sure you want to do this?" Linda asked and Raheem nodded. "This is how I'm going to get people to take me seriously." He got out the car and lot's people started staring. Girls and guys waved.
"It must be the outfit." Raheem thought. He was wearing dark blue male lowrider jeans with a semi-small blue 'Sean John' t-shirt. He was wearing sunglasses too. And to top it all off he was wearing black 'New Balance' sneakers. Most girls were smiling at him. A few guys even complemented him on his outfit. "Nice duds." One guy says as he walk past Raheem. "You look hot." A girl said as she smacked his butt and walked off. "You look.wow." A guy said as Raheem walked past and titled his head to the side to check out his rear. Raheem walked into the classroom and everyone was whispering. He sat down in front of Paige. "You did a good job Raheem. I'm impressed." She said as they gave high fives.
As the day wore on Raheem was getting compliments from almost everyone, even the teachers! Raheem smiled at all the attention he was getting. "This is more like it. No more trouble from other students about my depression phase." He thought to himself. He walked past a classroom but then doubled back because of what he saw. "Manny.wow. You sure didn't waste anytime." He said. He saw her talking to JT and knew exactly what JT was doing. He was flirting with her! Raheem smiled and continued on his way. After school he went to the mall again to buy some more 'hot' outfits with Linda. He saw Manny and Emma and went to talk.
"Hey Emma and Manny. What do you think?" Emma looked in awe at Raheem. "Nice outfit tiger." Manny said with a smile. Raheem then congradulated her on hers. "So.I saw you and JT getting your flirt on." Raheem said. "He's cute, way cuter than last year." Emma and Raheem looked at each other and smiled. "You like him!!!" they yelled as Manny blushed. "No.he's cute and all but he's still just JT. At least I know that my new look is working. But I feel that it's just tamed or cute." Manny said as they headed over to the underwear section for men and women. Raheem went off to one rack and came back quickly holding something.
"How about this?" he and Manny said at the same time holding thongs up. "A thong?" Emma said picking up one herself. "Whaddya think?" Manny asked. "Asi Asi, mi amore." Raheem said. Emma put the thong back and took Manny's. "I don't think they should sell these in a mall." Manny snatched her thong back. "Why not? It's not harming anyone." Raheem said. "Yeah. It's perfect." Manny said. After buying their items Raheem met up with Linda and went home. "Did you find what you wanted?" Raheem smiled. "Oh yeah."
The next morning came just as quick as the day before. Raheem met up with Manny and they walked down the halls together. People were moving out the way and saying 'wows' as they passed them. Raheem and Manny were both wearing visible thongs and low riders so that everyone could see. JT was talking with his best friend Toby. "What's wrong with me?" JT asked. "Nothings wrong with you JT. Last year it was hot older women and now it's hot younger women." Toby answered. "You're right. So what if I like her? It's not like she's becoming a total different person." JT said slowly as he and Toby turned the corner and saw Raheem and Manny walking towards them wearing their 'hot' outfits.
"Hey boys." Raheem said as he and Manny walked past them. JT and Toby walked but stared just like everybody else who saw them. Unfortunately for JT he didn't see the pole in between the double metal doors and walked straight into it. In class the people once again whispered as Raheem came to sit down. Paige looked at Raheem and then at Marco and Gavin. "Raheem.hun, do you realize you're wearing a thong?" Paige questioned him. "Yeah? So what? I want people to take me seriously and they are starting to." Raheem answered. "You realize that you are violating the code of conduct about the dresscode don't you?" Paige continued. "So what? I'm not doing anything." Raheem said annoyed. "What if someone tells Raditch? You could get into a lot of trouble."
Raheem stared at Paige.hard. "What's with you? First you tell me to change my image if I want people to take me seriously and now you're telling me to stop." Raheem said as he turned around in a huff. Outside during lunch time Emma and Manny were passing out pamphlets for Emma's little environmental club. "Can I help?" Raheem said as he began to pass out pamphlets too. "Normally I wouldn't encourage you guys to wear the outfits you're wearing but people are actually taking the pamphlets and they're coming to the meeting! And apparently JT agrees."
JT was staring at Manny's outfit and at Manny. "Just go talk to her man. Don't make a fool of yourself. Just go!" Toby said as he pushed JT off to talk to Manny across the street. "Look he's coming over to ask you on a date." Emma said as she and Raheem smiled. "Who's going to ask Manny on a date?" Liberty asked coming over. "Not you too." She added after seeing Raheem. "JT." Emma and Raheem say in unison. Liberty looked a little hurt. "I didn't know you liked JT." She said. "I might." Manny said with a smile as JT walked over. "We've got a meeting! Bye!" Emma said.
She pulled Liberty and Raheem off to the meeting in the library. Upon going to the library boys and girls were coming up to Raheem to take the pamphlets. "Are you going to be there?" a girl asks. "My friend here, Emma, is doing it so I'm going to support her." Raheem answers. "He's so sweet. He's trying to help out the less fortunate people." A girl says as she walks away. "But you'll be there right?" a guy still questions. "Yeah. I told you I'm going to support my friend Emma." Raheem answered again. "Great."
JT comes over to talk to Manny. "So I guess I must have interrupted a talk on endangered platypuses." He jokes. "Something a little more serious." Manny laughs. "What can be more important than platypuses who can lay eggs?" he jokes again. "You tell me." Manny said as she smiled. Sully walks past but then doubles back when he sees Manny's outfit. "Manny." Manny turns quickly and smiles. "Hey Sully." Sully takes a pamphlet. "This thing. Are you going to be there?" he asks. "Well my..my friend organized this..so..so yeah." She says nervously. "I'm there."
At the meeting while Emma was talking all the guys and girls were talking to Raheem and Manny. They looked at each other and smiled. "Guys could you pay attention please?" Raheem said sweetly and some guys and girls started to listen to Emma talk. JT, Sully, and Toby enter the room. JT and Toby go sit by a nearby bookshelf and JT just stares at Manny and smiles. Sully goes over by the glass window where Manny and Raheem are sitting by a crowd of people. "Manny. So what's that short for?" Sully asks hitting on Manny. "It's short for Manuella actually." She answered. "Cool." Sully says as they semi pay attention to what Emma is talking about.
After the meeting is over Emma goes to take down the signs about the meeting and Sean shows up and kisses her on the cheek. "I'm sorry I'm late. The teacher held me back to help clean the class. You know that I have grade 10 shop." Sean explains as he helps her take down the sign on the main board. "You're like the only guy in school that didn't come." Emma said. "Should I be jealous? At least they came." Emma smirks. "But they didn't come for the meeting." Sean looks at her confused. "Why did they come then?"
Manny and Raheem show up. "Hey Sean." Raheem and Manny say happily. Sean does a double take. He stares at their outfits and shakes his head. "I'm going to go take down the other signs. Bye Emma." Sean says as he walks away. "So how's it going with JT?" Emma asks. "What do you think of Manuella?" Manny says suddenly in her day dream. "Sully thinks it's exotic. Manuella Santos." She says in a spanish voice. "This girl needs help." Raheem whispers to Emma on the side and she agrees.
Mr. Raditch walks by looking through windows and then stops by Raheem and Manny. "Ms. Santos and Mr. Mcknight, just what are you wearing?" Mr. Raditch asks. "What are you talking about?" Raheem says. "What you are wearing is in violation of the code of conduct's dress code." Mr. Raditch says accusingly. "But everybody wears crop tops." Manny says. "It's not the shirt." Raheem looks at himself. "Are you talking about my shirt?" Raheem says annoyed. "No. What you are wearing is in violation of the code of conduct's dress code." Mr. Raditch repeats.
"But everybody wears low riders. It's new fashion." Manny says. "Yeah, that's what our generation wears today." Raheem adds. "I've been getting complaints about your attire. So tomorrow I would like you both to come to school with no visible undergarments." Mr. Raditch says and leaves. Raheem and Manny lean against the wall disappointed. "Ugh..is that really necessary? Why would he come up to us and say something about it now? I wonder who told." Raheem says annoyed.
The next morning Raheem and Manny were at their lockers a litte upset. "We heard about what Raditch did and we'd like you to know that you are an inspiration to us all." Paige says trying to cheer Raheem up. Raheem closes his locker to reveal a belly t-shirt with a navel piercing and another pair of low riders. At her locker Manny is going through the same thing with Emma. "I know you're upset that Raditch busted you about the thong and I'd like you to know that I'm sorry." Emma says with a hint of cheerfulness in her voice. Manny takes off her coat to reveal a pink little jacket with a belly t-shirt and lowriders. "Are you insane?" Emma says. "Mr. Raditch said." Emma started.
"Mr. Raditch said no visible undergarments. And do you see any?" Manny says in an adult like sarcastic tone. "No." Emma replies. "That's because I'm not wearing any." Manny says as she heads to class. Raheem has a similar conversation with Paige. "Hun, are you nuts? What if Raditch." Paige started but Raheem cut her off quickly. "Raditch said he didn't want me or Manny to have our underwear showing and do you see my underwear showing?" Raheem says annoyed. Paige shakes her head. "I'm gonna let you in on a secret.I'm not wearing any." Raheem says and he rushes off to class.
In class Manny goes up to feed the frogs but she drops the frog bait and bends down to pick it up. Everybody goes to look to see if they're going to see her butt crack but JT goes up to the front. "How come Manny gets to feed the frogs and I don't." Ms. Hotzilakos looks at him strangely. "Because you didn't volunteer." She says. "Well I wanna do it." JT says quickly. Manny goes to sit down. After class at her locker Manny goes looking for things when JT comes up to her. "Manny I was wondering if you were free tomorrow. Maybe we could go see a movie?" he said. Sully stands behing Manny. "You see this hand? Bye bye." He says and turns around. "Actually JT I am busy tomorrow. I'm sorry."
JT looks at Manny heartbroken and then leaves. Emma comes up to her. "What do you think you're doing?" Emma scolds Manny. "Nothing. I didn't do anything wrong." Emma sighs. "Except break JT's heart." Manny stares at her. "I'm always there for you Emma. When you fight with Sean, when your mom gets pregnant, and at your stupid environmental clubs." Emma stares back at her. "They're not stupid. And you dress like an idiot. The way you're acting is horrible." Emma retorts. "It sounds like you're jealous." Manny says. "We're not having this discussion." Emma says and walks off. "This is who I am now Em. If you don't like it then don't talk to me." Manny says to Emma as she is leaving.
Raheem stares at the scene that just happened. He goes to his locker realizing what this is all doing to him and Manny. "What are we doing?" Raheem says. "I don't know." Paige says walking up. "But if you want to keep dressing like that then you're going to have problems." Paige says and walks off. Raheem slides down on the dirty floor and silently cries. Outside in the 'Dot Grill' Manny waits and then Sully brings to cups of cappucino over to the table. "Manuella? Is something wrong?" he asks. "No, everythings fine. Everythings perfect." Manny says but when she looks out the window she sees Raheem, Manny, and JT walking. They each look at her with disappointment on their faces. All this trouble just to be something you're not. What a life to live.