Disclaimer: I do not own the series, the cast, the actors, or the crew behind "Degrassi: The Next Generation." The only things I own in this piece is Katarine Desories and any characters knitted to her (IE: parents, pets).

This is a pure work of fiction, I am not liable for anything. The events within the text never happened in real life.

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Sean Cameron walked up the steps of Degrassi Community School, his backpack slung over one shoulder and a black beanie pulled down to his eyebrows. Next to him was Jay, his arm around his girlfriend, and Jay's best friend. "I think we should start to drag race, make more money to fix up the car. What to do think, Sean?" Jay asked.

"Car might not be fast enough. You might need a new engine anyway." Sean replied in monotone, "I've gotta get to class, I'll meet up with you at lunch." He opened the doors and walked inside the school, the air cold compared to the heat outside. He walked slowly to the English room, trying not to look at Emma Nelson as he passed her. They recently broke up and Sean was still angry about that; Emma was ignoring him and making him feel left out, the only reason why he let himself fall into Jay's group... he belonged there.

Shuffling into the class room, Sean took his usual seat in the back and began to stare at the clock above the door, counting the long minutes before homeroom was over and when he could head off to shop class. Students soon began to file into the room, finding and taking their seats. He was about to rest his head down on his desk when he heard two sets of feet walk into the classroom. Everyone was already in their seats, so that meant that either there was a new student or the Mr.Qwan sprouted extra legs.

Rasing his head, Sean stared as a girl followed Ms.Kwan into the room. The new girl looked to be a little lower than Sean height wise; with short fushia hair, a soft tan, skull earings, and many rings, bracelets, and necklaces. She's wearing baggy black pants, almost hiding her black and white Vans, and a white screen tee that says "I Hate People." Bright white eyeliner frames her brown eyes and a lip-ring rests in the middle of the girl's bottom lip.

"Class." Ms.Kwan began, "We have a new student with us, a Miss Katarine Desories."

"It's Katarin, the e is silent. My parents were on crack when they named me." She corrects Ms.Kwan, a few people in the classroom laugh.

Sean squinted at the girl when her name is mentioned. 'It can't be her,' he thought to himself, 'there must be another Katarine Desories running around...'

"I'm sorry." Ms.Kwan apologizes, "Would you like to tell the class about yourself?"

Katarine shakes her head, "There's nothing to know."

Ms.Kwan smiles weakily, "I think there's an open seat in the back by Sean. Sean, rise your hand so Katarine knows where you are."

Sean, still baffled about the new girl, raises his hand into the air and glues his eyes on Katarine.

Walking over to the back row, Katarine begins to stare at Sean. She takes the desk on his right, and forces her head to face the front of the room, while Sean continued to take in Katarine's image... 'It just can't be her.' Ms.Kwan's voice droned through Sean's thoughts with attendance, he raised his hand again when his name was called, but still studied Katarine.

Eventually Sean laid his head on the surface of his desk and shut his eyes, fighting to not believe that the girl on his right is Katarine Rose Desories... he began to pray that she wasn't. He began to hope that the girl next to him was a completely different Katarine Desories.