Chapter 1: Just Friends.Or So She Thought
Terri and Hazel walked to Degrassi Community School. Rick approached them.
Terri and Hazel walked away.

"Terri! Wait!" screamed Rick.
"Leave me alone!" said Terri. "Stop following me!"
"I still love you."
"That's what you always say," said Hazel. "Terri is over you."
"She can speak for herself."
"Yeah Hazel, I can. I'm over you Rick!"
"Just give me a chance. I made a mistake."
"You made more than a mistake. You made a choice. And you chose the wrong
one. I'm not gonna risk my life for you."
"It was nothing!"
"Yeah it was," said Hazel. "I know you don't need me to talk for you Terri,
but Rick needs to leave you alone."
"I said to stay out of this, Aden!" screamed Rick.
Then someone tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around to see Jimmy.

"Didn't I tell you to stop messing with Terri? She said to leave you alone,
so leave her alone. Unless you want me to take care of you right now."
"No! You see me leaving, don't you?" Rick said. He is afraid of Jimmy, He
ran away as fast as he could.

"Thanks Jimmy," said Terri. "I appreciate your help."
"No problem, just helping a friend out."
"What about me?" asked Hazel. "I stood up for you."
"You too, Hazel. Thanks."
"Let's get to class now," said Jimmy. "We're gonna be late."

Meanwhile, Ashley, Ellie and Marco are in homeroom talking.

"It's just another week of boredom," said Ellie. "If only I could do my co-
opt job full-time, then I wouldn't have to go to school."
"But you'd still have to get at least 2 hours of school work," said Marco.
"Better 2 hours than almost the whole day!"
"School is fun! You get to hang out with your friends and plus we can IM
each other on the computers!"
"Marco, stop proving me wrong."
"Am I interrupting your discussion?" Ashley asked.
"Nope," Marco replied. "Why don't you join us?"
"Yeah, we're just talking about how school stinks. At least I am."
"Ellie, just deal," said Ashley. "We're gonna be here for a while, so we
might as well just deal."

The bell rang. Homeroom was over. Ellie groaned. Marco smiled. Ashley
laughed.

They had language arts with Ms. Kwan. Hazel, Paige, Ellie, Ashley and Terri
are all sitting at a table together. (That is kind of weird, I know). Ms.
Kwan asked them to read chapter 2 of their class novel.
"Terri," Hazel whispered. "I think someone has a crush on you."
"Who? Rick? Again?" Terri asked.
"No, Jimmy! He keeps staring at you."
"No way, Jimmy and I are just friends."
"You were 'just friends' in grade 7. You were 'just friends' in grade 8 and
in grade 9. But this is grade 10 and now things are different between you
two ever since the whole thing with Rick."
"No, he was just being there for me."
"Because he likes you."
Ms. Kwan left the room for five minutes. Everyone started to talk.
"Who likes who?" Paige asked.
"Paige, no one likes me."
"Jimmy likes Terri," Hazel replies.
"Oh my god! Are you for real?" Paige screamed.
"Shhhh!" Terri screamed. "Do you want the whole world to know?"
"You guys are pretty cute together!"
"I doubt that Jimmy likes Terri," said Ashley. "It's very rare."
"Thanks Ash," said Terri.
"What's the matter Ashley?" Paige asked. "Are you still in love with
Jimmy?"
"No, of course not. I'm just saying. I'm not willing to have my heart
broken again and again. Remember Craig? I hate him so much."
"Good. Because Terri and Jimmy need to hook-up."
"Paige, every time you get involved in match-making, someone gets hurt."
"Ellie, hun. Please don't be so silly."
"Whatever."

"Hazel!!!" Terri screamed. "Thanks a lot!"
"You're welcome."
"Excuse me?"
"I think you have trouble accepting the fact that you can't be 'just
friends' with Jimmy anymore. It's time for a."
"Make-over!" Paige screamed.
"I was afraid of that," said Terri.
"After school, okay hun?"

Note: In case some people don't know what Rick did to Terri: He was
controlling and he abused her. Please review this chapter if you want me to
update!