A/N: ok I'm back! Anyway. Here we go, but first a word from our sponsor,
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LilVickiRyan: I love John Ritter! I cried when he died! Wait til you see the reactions...
Garnette: I'm basing some of the situations on my own situations and those of my friends, glad you like it!
Noelle: happy birthday! Don't cry, not yet anyway, because the crying part isn't until a couple chapters!
Damson rhee: glad you like this, keep reading to find out if you are right! And you got my reference! Go you!
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The room was silent for a moment, and then erupted in cheers and chatter as everyone got up to hug and congratulate TJ.
"Oh, how wonderful, our friend is going to make it big!" Mikey grinned.
"Wow, man that's great, congrats!" Vince slapped him on the back.
"Yeah, TJ, just don't forget to thank us at the Oscars," Ashley joked. "Wow, TJ a star! Scandalous!" she added, making the room burst out laughing, as they remembered her and her fellow Ashleys special saying.
"Actually, Ashley, in the new show it's going to be 'psychedelic'" TJ told her. "Spin and I got inspired by Austin Powers, right, Spinelli?" He looked over at his friend, smiling
"Right, Austin Powers," she said quietly, lost in her own thoughts.
The rest of the gang continued to congratulate him, but TJ noticed Spinelli was being unusually quiet.
"Spin, you ok? You seem kind of quiet." TJ looked over at her concerned.
"Yeah, fine. Congrats, Teej. You know how proud I am of you." She got up and hugged him.
"What are you going to do without me as a roommate? That is if I decide to go, I mean, leaving everything I know behind, all my friends and school, I don't know if I can do it."
"TJ, TJ, you have to go, I mean you were dreaming of this for years. We will miss you, especially me, but there is no way I am going to let you pass this up." Spinelli smiled at him, even though on the inside she was dying. "I'll kill you if you pass this up"
"Um, yeah, well if you think it's the right thing to do." TJ looked at her.
"Of course, you earned it. I want you to go and make all of us proud. I will be waiting to hear about your fame and telling people 'I knew him when,' " Spinelli hugged him again. "And if you forget to thank me, I'll send those embarrassing pictures from tenth grade when you lost that bet, and I'll have Becky give me embarrassing baby pictures"
"I'll go then," TJ said tightly, his voice suddenly getting tense. "I leave on the eighteenth, I'll tell Mr. Roper I'm leaving and then the charade will be over, as fun as it was pretending to be a gay bachelor living with his best friend. You can have the apartment to yourself and not worry about Mr. Roper finding out I'm actually straight. I'll call the guys tomorrow and tell them I'm going." He lifted his soda glass and added, "Here's to the dream of a lifetime and leaving life behind." He sipped his soda and everyone toasted, giving each other looks over the sudden change in TJ's attitude.
Gretchen and Vince looked at each other, sensing that a fight was going to break out between the two friends. They both knew how TJ and Spinelli really felt about the news and the changes it was going to bring to their lives, even though they were too afraid to admit it to each other. Gretchen nodded at Vince, as a signal to take some sort of action. Vince took the hint and cleared his throat.
"Teej, man, let's celebrate. I'll take you and the guys to our place. I just got the new Playstation game I know you were dying to play it." Vince smiled, hoping the distraction would put an end to the impending feud.
"Yeah, it will be fun!" Gus added, catching on to the plan. "You don't mind, do you?" Gus asked, turning to Liz.
"No, no, go, besides, I want to get to know the girls better." Liz smiled at the other three women in the room, concerned over the look of sadness on Spinelli's face.
"OK, I guess we will go then. Come on, boys. " Vince grabbed his coat and keys,and kissed his wife and daughter goodbye, the other men following him out of the room.
"You OK, Spinelli?" Liz looked at the other woman, who was close to bursting into tears.
"Just fine," Spinelli faked a smile, hoping that she wouldn't begin to cry in front of everyone. She took a deep breath and swallowed, willing the lump in her throat to disappear.
"Spinelli, you are the worst liar in the world," Gretchen accused as she fed the baby. "Now quit the damn drama and tell us the truth, since we all know you're lying."
That was all it took. Spinelli covered her face with her hands, allowing the salty tears mixed with mascara and eyeliner to fall down her beautiful face, as Ashley and Liz put their arms around her, letting the woman cry over the fact that she might now lose the man she loved forever.
A/N: OK next chappie will go into more detail about Spinelli's reaction, and the one after that will be TJ's true feelings. Please continue to r/r, but remember the golden rule, if you can't say something nice, don't say it at all. Happy reading, and I am sorry this was so short.
P.S.: the casting list if this were a movie, this time with Ashley A. and Liz. (List will be modified later. I was bored so I made this up)
TJ: Joey Lawrence (Joey on Blossom, Kurt on Run of the House, brother of Andy Lawrence who played the voice for TJ, my future husband,lol)
Vince: Aubrey Graham (Jimmy on Degrassi)
Spinelli: Soleil Moon Frye (Punky on Punky Brewster, Roxie on Sabrina)
Gretchen: Christy Carlson Romano (Ren on Even Stevens)
Mr. Roper: Henry Winkler (Fonzie on Happy Days) For some reason I can picture him doing this.
Gus: Clay Aiken
Mikey: Shane Kippel (Spinner on Degrassi)
Ashley A. Reese Witherspoon (Elle on Legally Blonde)
Liz: Jennifer Love Hewitt (Heartbreakers and Party of five)
Remember, like Degrassi this fic is:
52% romance
31% humor
8% fun
5% fights
4% drama
100% INTENSE! (It so fits this fic!)
LilVickiRyan: I love John Ritter! I cried when he died! Wait til you see the reactions...
Garnette: I'm basing some of the situations on my own situations and those of my friends, glad you like it!
Noelle: happy birthday! Don't cry, not yet anyway, because the crying part isn't until a couple chapters!
Damson rhee: glad you like this, keep reading to find out if you are right! And you got my reference! Go you!
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The room was silent for a moment, and then erupted in cheers and chatter as everyone got up to hug and congratulate TJ.
"Oh, how wonderful, our friend is going to make it big!" Mikey grinned.
"Wow, man that's great, congrats!" Vince slapped him on the back.
"Yeah, TJ, just don't forget to thank us at the Oscars," Ashley joked. "Wow, TJ a star! Scandalous!" she added, making the room burst out laughing, as they remembered her and her fellow Ashleys special saying.
"Actually, Ashley, in the new show it's going to be 'psychedelic'" TJ told her. "Spin and I got inspired by Austin Powers, right, Spinelli?" He looked over at his friend, smiling
"Right, Austin Powers," she said quietly, lost in her own thoughts.
The rest of the gang continued to congratulate him, but TJ noticed Spinelli was being unusually quiet.
"Spin, you ok? You seem kind of quiet." TJ looked over at her concerned.
"Yeah, fine. Congrats, Teej. You know how proud I am of you." She got up and hugged him.
"What are you going to do without me as a roommate? That is if I decide to go, I mean, leaving everything I know behind, all my friends and school, I don't know if I can do it."
"TJ, TJ, you have to go, I mean you were dreaming of this for years. We will miss you, especially me, but there is no way I am going to let you pass this up." Spinelli smiled at him, even though on the inside she was dying. "I'll kill you if you pass this up"
"Um, yeah, well if you think it's the right thing to do." TJ looked at her.
"Of course, you earned it. I want you to go and make all of us proud. I will be waiting to hear about your fame and telling people 'I knew him when,' " Spinelli hugged him again. "And if you forget to thank me, I'll send those embarrassing pictures from tenth grade when you lost that bet, and I'll have Becky give me embarrassing baby pictures"
"I'll go then," TJ said tightly, his voice suddenly getting tense. "I leave on the eighteenth, I'll tell Mr. Roper I'm leaving and then the charade will be over, as fun as it was pretending to be a gay bachelor living with his best friend. You can have the apartment to yourself and not worry about Mr. Roper finding out I'm actually straight. I'll call the guys tomorrow and tell them I'm going." He lifted his soda glass and added, "Here's to the dream of a lifetime and leaving life behind." He sipped his soda and everyone toasted, giving each other looks over the sudden change in TJ's attitude.
Gretchen and Vince looked at each other, sensing that a fight was going to break out between the two friends. They both knew how TJ and Spinelli really felt about the news and the changes it was going to bring to their lives, even though they were too afraid to admit it to each other. Gretchen nodded at Vince, as a signal to take some sort of action. Vince took the hint and cleared his throat.
"Teej, man, let's celebrate. I'll take you and the guys to our place. I just got the new Playstation game I know you were dying to play it." Vince smiled, hoping the distraction would put an end to the impending feud.
"Yeah, it will be fun!" Gus added, catching on to the plan. "You don't mind, do you?" Gus asked, turning to Liz.
"No, no, go, besides, I want to get to know the girls better." Liz smiled at the other three women in the room, concerned over the look of sadness on Spinelli's face.
"OK, I guess we will go then. Come on, boys. " Vince grabbed his coat and keys,and kissed his wife and daughter goodbye, the other men following him out of the room.
"You OK, Spinelli?" Liz looked at the other woman, who was close to bursting into tears.
"Just fine," Spinelli faked a smile, hoping that she wouldn't begin to cry in front of everyone. She took a deep breath and swallowed, willing the lump in her throat to disappear.
"Spinelli, you are the worst liar in the world," Gretchen accused as she fed the baby. "Now quit the damn drama and tell us the truth, since we all know you're lying."
That was all it took. Spinelli covered her face with her hands, allowing the salty tears mixed with mascara and eyeliner to fall down her beautiful face, as Ashley and Liz put their arms around her, letting the woman cry over the fact that she might now lose the man she loved forever.
A/N: OK next chappie will go into more detail about Spinelli's reaction, and the one after that will be TJ's true feelings. Please continue to r/r, but remember the golden rule, if you can't say something nice, don't say it at all. Happy reading, and I am sorry this was so short.
P.S.: the casting list if this were a movie, this time with Ashley A. and Liz. (List will be modified later. I was bored so I made this up)
TJ: Joey Lawrence (Joey on Blossom, Kurt on Run of the House, brother of Andy Lawrence who played the voice for TJ, my future husband,lol)
Vince: Aubrey Graham (Jimmy on Degrassi)
Spinelli: Soleil Moon Frye (Punky on Punky Brewster, Roxie on Sabrina)
Gretchen: Christy Carlson Romano (Ren on Even Stevens)
Mr. Roper: Henry Winkler (Fonzie on Happy Days) For some reason I can picture him doing this.
Gus: Clay Aiken
Mikey: Shane Kippel (Spinner on Degrassi)
Ashley A. Reese Witherspoon (Elle on Legally Blonde)
Liz: Jennifer Love Hewitt (Heartbreakers and Party of five)
Remember, like Degrassi this fic is:
52% romance
31% humor
8% fun
5% fights
4% drama
100% INTENSE! (It so fits this fic!)