And on to chapter 5. thanks for the reviewing once again.
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"Oh man, wasn't that the best party ever?!" Paige exclaimed the following Monday in school.
"Yeah, it was sweet," Spinner agreed as he threw one arm over Paige's shoulder.
"You left pretty early Lux, I didn't see you much," Paige said turning towards her friend.
"Yeah, I promised my parents I would make it an early night." Lux said as she looked distractedly at her schedule.
"Whats wrong?" Paige asked noting Lux's troubled look.
"I'm debating whether or not to drop Computer Science. I hate that class."
"NO! Don't drop it!"
"But I really don't understand it!" Lux said.
"Well, I know Craig is a great Computer Science tutor, so if things get really bad, he can just teach you. Can't you Craig?" Paige asked him.
"Yeah, sure. It's really not that hard," Craig added. Lux looked at her friend with amazement.
"It's impossible. But I'll give it another few weeks," she added hastily towards Paige. Paige looked satisfied and dropped the subject.
"Hey Craig," came an unfamiliar voice from behind them. Craig turned around along with Lux and Paige.
"Oh, hey Manny, what's up," he asked looked at the junior. Manny fidgeted a little before continuing,
"Well, I know I'm not taking AP computer science or anything, but I'm having a really difficult time with programming. Do you think you could help me?" she asked innocently. Craig nodded his head,
"Sure, how about after school?" he asked. Manny nodded her head and tried to suppress a smile. Then she spotted Emma and quickly caught up with her.
"oooh, looks like Manny and Craig have a date," Jimmy made fun of his friend.
"It is not a date, you heard her yourself, we're just studying," Craig said defending himself.
"First it's studying programming, then it's studying each other," Marco chimed in, while the rest of the group laughed.
"We're just friends," Craig muttered as they walked into class.
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(2 weeks later)
"So, you do realize our semi-formal is like.10 days away don't you?" Paige asked as she plopped down next to Lux and Hazel in the café.
"Sure, so what?" Hazel asked.
"So what?" Paige asked disbelieving as she pulled out a magazine from her bag. "So I can't decide which dress I like better, the red one, or black one," she said as the pointed to pictures of them.
"I like the black one," Hazel said almost immediately.
"Yeah, me too," Lux agreed. Paige looked relieved.
"Good, because I was thinking I liked that one too, and I think Spinner would like it," she added as an afterthought. "So Hazel, who are you going with?" Paige asked.
"Marco," Hazel said, but then added hastily at the look on Paige's face, "I know he's gay, we're just going as friends, calm down. I got over that crush on him a long time ago. Besides, who else can I go with?" Paige shrugged her shoulders.
"And what about you hun?" Paige looked at Lux.
"As of now, nobody," she added shortly.
"No one yet," she repeated. Then she looked up and saw Jimmy walking towards them. "Anyways, Hazel, can you come to the bathroom with me," Paige said grabbing her friends' arm and pulling her out of her seat. Lux looked at the two with a confused expression.
"Where'd your friends go?" Jimmy asked as he approached the table.
"No idea, they left really randomly actually," Lux said as she brushed crumbs off her long sleeved shirt.
"Well anyways, do you have a date for the dance?" he asked rather quickly. Lux looked up at him, letting her dark brown eyes meet his.
"Nope," she answered. Jimmy nodded his head, and proceeded,
"Well, Lux, would you like to go with me?" he asked. Lux smiled up at him.
"Sure," she answered.
"Alright, cool. Our whole group is probably going to go together, so we can make all the arrangements later," he added as the bell rang. Lux nodded and gathered her bag as she went to meet Hazel and Paige in the bathroom.
"So did he ask you?" Paige asked as soon as she had pushed open the door.
"How did you know?" Lux asked suspiciously.
"Oh come one Lux, why do you think we cleared out of there so quickly. He told us that he wanted to ask you something and asked us earlier if we could give you two a moment alone," Hazel said with a smug smile. "So, did you say yes?!"
"Yeah," Lux said and watched Paige and Hazel exchanged knowing smiles, "We're just going as friends!" she added.
"Suure," Hazel said.
"Really guys, we're just friends."
"Don't tell me you're still hung up on Sean," Paige said.
"Ok, first of all, I was never hung up on Sean. I didn't even know the kid. And now that I do know him, you can be sure that he's not the reason I'm only going with Jimmy as friends. But come on guys, you know Jimmy, we're just friends." Hazel and Paige listened and then finally they nodded in agreement.
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Lux was walking home at the end of the day, thinking about her dress options are cursing herself that she was thinking about the dance that much. She never really got worked up over dresses and other occasions as such, but she could feel the bit of excitement that Paige displayed creeping in to her. As she cut through the back lot of the corner store, she decided in her head to wear her red dress, since no one at Degrassi had seen it yet. She was just about to reach the end of the lot when she saw a figure walking aimlessly around. She watched the figure closely, something about it seemed oddly familiar. As she watched the boy, she noticed he was holding his hand up to his face. Lux peered more intently at the boy. Oh my god she though angrily to herself. Sure enough, it was Sean. Before she could sneak out of the lot, Sean caught sigh of her.
"Great," he groaned loudly enough for her to hear. "Why do you always run into me when I specifically don't want to see anyone?" he snapped at her. "Are you following me?"
"Don't get your hopes up Sean," she sneered. "I'm walking home. Are YOU following ME?" she snapped.
"Please, I have better things to do with my time," he muttered as he began to walk past her towards the exit of the lot. That was when Lux caught sight of his face. It was bloody and there she noticed the beginnings of a black eye. His jacket had blood stains on it from where he was holding it to his face.
"Oh my god, Sean! What happened?" she said as she caught his arm, trying to hold him from walking away. His eyes flashed dangerously for an instant, but then it was gone.
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Will Sean open up to Lux, or walk away? What happened to him? Please review and tell me what you think!
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"Oh man, wasn't that the best party ever?!" Paige exclaimed the following Monday in school.
"Yeah, it was sweet," Spinner agreed as he threw one arm over Paige's shoulder.
"You left pretty early Lux, I didn't see you much," Paige said turning towards her friend.
"Yeah, I promised my parents I would make it an early night." Lux said as she looked distractedly at her schedule.
"Whats wrong?" Paige asked noting Lux's troubled look.
"I'm debating whether or not to drop Computer Science. I hate that class."
"NO! Don't drop it!"
"But I really don't understand it!" Lux said.
"Well, I know Craig is a great Computer Science tutor, so if things get really bad, he can just teach you. Can't you Craig?" Paige asked him.
"Yeah, sure. It's really not that hard," Craig added. Lux looked at her friend with amazement.
"It's impossible. But I'll give it another few weeks," she added hastily towards Paige. Paige looked satisfied and dropped the subject.
"Hey Craig," came an unfamiliar voice from behind them. Craig turned around along with Lux and Paige.
"Oh, hey Manny, what's up," he asked looked at the junior. Manny fidgeted a little before continuing,
"Well, I know I'm not taking AP computer science or anything, but I'm having a really difficult time with programming. Do you think you could help me?" she asked innocently. Craig nodded his head,
"Sure, how about after school?" he asked. Manny nodded her head and tried to suppress a smile. Then she spotted Emma and quickly caught up with her.
"oooh, looks like Manny and Craig have a date," Jimmy made fun of his friend.
"It is not a date, you heard her yourself, we're just studying," Craig said defending himself.
"First it's studying programming, then it's studying each other," Marco chimed in, while the rest of the group laughed.
"We're just friends," Craig muttered as they walked into class.
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(2 weeks later)
"So, you do realize our semi-formal is like.10 days away don't you?" Paige asked as she plopped down next to Lux and Hazel in the café.
"Sure, so what?" Hazel asked.
"So what?" Paige asked disbelieving as she pulled out a magazine from her bag. "So I can't decide which dress I like better, the red one, or black one," she said as the pointed to pictures of them.
"I like the black one," Hazel said almost immediately.
"Yeah, me too," Lux agreed. Paige looked relieved.
"Good, because I was thinking I liked that one too, and I think Spinner would like it," she added as an afterthought. "So Hazel, who are you going with?" Paige asked.
"Marco," Hazel said, but then added hastily at the look on Paige's face, "I know he's gay, we're just going as friends, calm down. I got over that crush on him a long time ago. Besides, who else can I go with?" Paige shrugged her shoulders.
"And what about you hun?" Paige looked at Lux.
"As of now, nobody," she added shortly.
"No one yet," she repeated. Then she looked up and saw Jimmy walking towards them. "Anyways, Hazel, can you come to the bathroom with me," Paige said grabbing her friends' arm and pulling her out of her seat. Lux looked at the two with a confused expression.
"Where'd your friends go?" Jimmy asked as he approached the table.
"No idea, they left really randomly actually," Lux said as she brushed crumbs off her long sleeved shirt.
"Well anyways, do you have a date for the dance?" he asked rather quickly. Lux looked up at him, letting her dark brown eyes meet his.
"Nope," she answered. Jimmy nodded his head, and proceeded,
"Well, Lux, would you like to go with me?" he asked. Lux smiled up at him.
"Sure," she answered.
"Alright, cool. Our whole group is probably going to go together, so we can make all the arrangements later," he added as the bell rang. Lux nodded and gathered her bag as she went to meet Hazel and Paige in the bathroom.
"So did he ask you?" Paige asked as soon as she had pushed open the door.
"How did you know?" Lux asked suspiciously.
"Oh come one Lux, why do you think we cleared out of there so quickly. He told us that he wanted to ask you something and asked us earlier if we could give you two a moment alone," Hazel said with a smug smile. "So, did you say yes?!"
"Yeah," Lux said and watched Paige and Hazel exchanged knowing smiles, "We're just going as friends!" she added.
"Suure," Hazel said.
"Really guys, we're just friends."
"Don't tell me you're still hung up on Sean," Paige said.
"Ok, first of all, I was never hung up on Sean. I didn't even know the kid. And now that I do know him, you can be sure that he's not the reason I'm only going with Jimmy as friends. But come on guys, you know Jimmy, we're just friends." Hazel and Paige listened and then finally they nodded in agreement.
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Lux was walking home at the end of the day, thinking about her dress options are cursing herself that she was thinking about the dance that much. She never really got worked up over dresses and other occasions as such, but she could feel the bit of excitement that Paige displayed creeping in to her. As she cut through the back lot of the corner store, she decided in her head to wear her red dress, since no one at Degrassi had seen it yet. She was just about to reach the end of the lot when she saw a figure walking aimlessly around. She watched the figure closely, something about it seemed oddly familiar. As she watched the boy, she noticed he was holding his hand up to his face. Lux peered more intently at the boy. Oh my god she though angrily to herself. Sure enough, it was Sean. Before she could sneak out of the lot, Sean caught sigh of her.
"Great," he groaned loudly enough for her to hear. "Why do you always run into me when I specifically don't want to see anyone?" he snapped at her. "Are you following me?"
"Don't get your hopes up Sean," she sneered. "I'm walking home. Are YOU following ME?" she snapped.
"Please, I have better things to do with my time," he muttered as he began to walk past her towards the exit of the lot. That was when Lux caught sight of his face. It was bloody and there she noticed the beginnings of a black eye. His jacket had blood stains on it from where he was holding it to his face.
"Oh my god, Sean! What happened?" she said as she caught his arm, trying to hold him from walking away. His eyes flashed dangerously for an instant, but then it was gone.
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Will Sean open up to Lux, or walk away? What happened to him? Please review and tell me what you think!