Manny's alarm clock beeped loudly. She hit the off button viciously. She felt a little bit queasy as she got up and out of bed. She dressed quickly and made her way out the door with out her mother seeing her. She walked slowly to school, attempting to calm her stomach. When she got there, her jaw dropped.

  She blinked a few times and rubbed her eyes vastly. On a yellow sign in bright red letter red, 'Manny rules the school!' A lot of people were crowding around the sign and shouting, "Go Manny!" Manny continued to rub her eyes, trying to snap her self out of this awkward moment. 'This can't be happening!' She thought afraid to walk through the door.

  After mustering up some courage, Manny waltzed up to the door of Degrassi and tried not to flinch as the crowd of kids stared at her. She opened the door quickly and started to run to her locker, but before she could, BAM! Manny fell backwards and onto her back as she crashed into a student.

  "Manny, are you okay? ," came the voice of the one and only, Craig Manning. Manny rubbed her head and replied hastily, "Yeah, whatever." Craig offered a hand, but Manny refused, still mad at yesterday's incident. She got up and continued the walk to her locker, but Craig followed.

  Manny whirled around and grunted, "Look who's the stalker now!" Craig gave her an apologetic look. "Oh, about yesterday, I'm really sorry." Manny gave a confused look, one minute, he's flirting with Ashley, the next he's apologizing to her! What was going on? "Why do you care? ," She spat back nastily.

  "I said sorry, aren't you going to forgive me? ," he asked surprised at her reply. "NO! ," shrieked back, on the verge of shouting. "Now leave me alone! ," she continued arriving at her locker.  Craig continued to follow her. "I didn't mean to upset you, I was having a bad day! ," Craig declared as Manny turned the combination into her locker.

  "You really did look like you were having a bad day as you were hitting on Ashley, right? ," Manny smirked knowingly, proud of her comment. Craig stayed silent making Manny feel a little guilty, I mean he apologized he wasn't being mean he was sincere. "Sorry, again. ," Craig said, again. Manny half-smiled and almost moaned as she said, "I forgive you."

  The bell rang loudly, and quickly giving Manny the signal to leave for class. Craig leaned in for a kiss, but Manny backed away, "We are just friends! ," she exclaimed urgently. Craig moaned unusually. "What is with you?" Manny questioned annoyed at his strange behavior.

He gave her a pouty look and turned the corner.

  "I'll carry your books, madam." Manny turned around to see JT. "It's okay, really. ," Manny said, shrugging. "I must insist." Continued JT. He reached for her books, but Manny backed away. He reached out again, but this time knocking her books over. Manny sighed, getting aggravated with everyone already.

  She hurriedly grabbed her books and ran to the classroom before JT could make another move. Manny scanned the room in confusion her seat was taken. "Where do I sit?" she asked nervously awaiting an answer. The teacher pointed to the middle of the classroom. She was surrounded by boys and they were all looking wide-eyed at her.

  "Manny Santos is actually sitting by me! ," one squealed. "So, what?" remarked Manny quizzically wondering what was going on. The teacher resumed his lesson. Manny soon received at tap on her shoulder, she turned around and Sean Cameron shoved a note into her fists. It read:

  Sit by me at lunch? –Sean

  Manny studied the note, questioning if it was some kind of trick, then it clicked, the horse! She slapped her hand to her head in aggravation. She had broken the charm, and now she was paying for it!

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