"So how was your reunion with Sammy?" Ashley asked as she and Craig walked to Simpson's Media Immersion class.
"It was great," Craig said. "We talked about what was new and what we remembered from when we were younger." Craig sounded like a little boy who got a new action figure and was showing it off to all of his friends at school.
"That's great," Ashley said.
"Hey, Sammy's in this class with us, too," Craig said, looking through the window as he and Ashley came up on the room.
Ashley looked over her shoulder and saw Sammy. Jealousy seemed to flow through her veins. She didn't know why, she was cool with Sammy and Craig's friendship. But she better keep her hands to herself! Ashley thought angrily.
"Isn't it cool?" Craig said. "Sammy came back on the same day Ang talked me into opening the box."
"Box?" Ashley asked.
"Remember, I told you about it this morning," Craig said.
"Oh, oh yeah," Ashley said. "Sorry, I forgot."
Craig looked at her. "Ash, what's wrong?" he asked.
"Nothing, Craig," Ashley said. Ashley and Craig walked into Mr. Simpson's room and took a seat, Craig sat down right next to Sammy.
"Hey, Sam," he said.
Sammy looked up at him. "Oh, hey," she said, smiling. She looked at Ashley. "Hi, Ashley."
"Hey," Ashley said, smiling widely (and fake).
Sammy turned to her computer where she was instant messaging someone.
"Who are you talking to?" Craig asked.
"My mom," Sammy said. "I have to go straight home after school and then she'll leave for the hospital."
Craig nodded. "Where do you live at now?" he asked.
"Um, pretty much close to where we use to live, a block away though," Sammy said.
Craig nodded again.
"Ok, Grade 11's am I right?" Simpson asked walking in.
"Yeah," the class mumbled.
"Bad day?" he asked.
"We had to come back to school," Spinner groaned. The class laughed.
"Well, then," Simpson said. "We're going to start off today with a brief introduction of ourselves."
He passed out some papers. "I want you to go to this page and follow the directions on the paper," he said.
Sammy went to the website and the school popped up on the screen. She typed in her name and it said to type in a password.
"Remember to use a password that you will remember," he said.
Sammy bit her lip and thought for awhile. Then she typed: GABRIEL. That was something she could easily remember. Sammy hit the enter button and she came to a screen .
"Now, once you get that all over and done with," Simpson went on. "I want you to decorate your page. You are the only one that can get onto your page and you can also get into your friend's pages and see what's up with them. I'm doing this with all of my classes."
Sammy looked at the computer screen in front of her and took her mouse and clicked on the journal entry.
TITLE: NEW HERE
Hey, I'm new here @ Degrassi. My name is Samantha Thomas but my friend, Craig Manning calls me Sammy. Isn't it cool th@ Craig & I have been friends since I was very little & we've been separ@ed for the past few years & just got back to being together! Yay!
OK, here's a little about me.
My name is Sammy as you know & I'm 15. I live with my mom & my son, Gabriel. Yes, you just read th@ I have a son. He's adorable. Only Craig knows th@ I have a baby but as soon as others read this they will know themselves.
Ok, ok, Craig just found out th@ I have a son, but I didn't really know how to tell him. But he's still my very sweet friend. & the same sweet boy th@ lived next door to me since we were born. Ok, he probably didn't want me to write th@, but o well.
Anyway, th@'s pretty much alls you needs to know about me. Ciao.
-Sammy
Sammy hit submit and then she read it over. She looked over at Craig who was doing the assignment and instant messaging Ashley at the same time.
Sammy turned back to her computer.
"If you have any pictures you can put them in your slideshow or interests," Simpson continued. "If you have a computer at home feel free to do it there."
The bell rang. "See you, tomorrow!" Simpson exclaimed over the chairs sliding back and then sliding back under the table.
Sammy walked down the hall to her locker.