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Soft Place to Fall, Chapter two.
The next day Rory was at her locker when she heard a voice say "Aurora Maxwell?" Rory knew she knew the female voice, and turned around and was looking at Ellie Nash.
"Rory, you can call me Rory--Ellie! Hey!" Ellie's mother worked at the law firm, and Ellie and Rory had hung out at a few of the firm funtions, but they didn't know each other that well.
"What are you doing at Degrassi? I Thought you went to a snooty prep school?"
"MY parents are in Europe, so Grandpa took me out of it-he wanted me to try public school." Ellie nodded. "Can you please...not tell anyone about my family? I kinda want to try just being Rory."
Ellie said "Sure, I understand." And she did, being someone who was keeping her own secrets.
The two girls smiled at each other and headed to class. Rory wished she had a class with Ellie, but she didn't even have lunch with her.
Lunch was again going to be spent with dark haired Craig, at least thats what Rory assumed when she saw him heading for her table as she bit into her apple.
She realized she was right as Craig slid in across from her. "How's your second day going."
"Well.Some of the classes are hard-I have no head for history."
"I don't think anyone does. Then again, I want to be a musician or a photographer."
"I'll probablly go into law, or accounting.I really like math."
"What math are you in this year?"
"Trig, what about you?"
"I'm in algebra two..if i need help could I bring it with me to lunch sometime."
"Sure...but really, you don't have to eat with me all the time. I mean, Craig you've been here for longer than I have, you have other people to eat with."
"Not really." Craig looked at Rory. SHe seemed puzzled, and he didn't want to talk about certain things, but still.."I had some problems with relationships last year. So I'm still not comfortable with my old friends."
Rory nodded. "I understand. I just wanted to let you know that I'm fine with eating alone, I did it alot at my old school."
"WHere'd you move here from?"
"Last year I went to a private school." That was all she was willing to say to him at this point. Perhaps she'd trust Craig eventually, he seemed nice enough. But that was a chance Rory was not willing to take.They settled back into the eating of lunch, not really talking.
Craig had enjoyed his last two lunches with Rory, because of her quietness. As he headed home he saw her getting into a jeep, and waved at her. "Hey Rory!"
She waved back. "Hi Craig!" Then she looked over to find Paige looking at her funny, with a tall black girl on one side of her and a hispanic-looking girl on the other. "Hi Paige, whats up?"
"I didn't know you knew Craig."
"We had lunch together today. I don't know him that well, but he seems ok."
"Craig Manning is a bastard who broke my heart." One of the girls said. "I'm Manny."
"Hazel." The other girl said.
"Yeah. He hurt Manny and Ashley Kerwin."
"Ashley Kerwin? She's in my trig class I think..." She pictured the girl who she'd seen walking out with Ellie after school. "Yeah, thats her."
"He was dating both of us at the same time." Manny looked angry, and Rory suddenly realized why Craig was eating with her.
"That's shitty." It was all she could think of to say-she liked Craig. He seemed nice, and she felt bad for all involved. She also realized that if she was friends with Craig, she couldn't be friends with Ellie, which also sucked. At that point, Rory just looked at the girls. They reminded her of the girls from her old prep school--snotty and with a false sense of superiority. Rory then got into her car and drove away without saying anything more.
Soft Place to Fall, Chapter two.
The next day Rory was at her locker when she heard a voice say "Aurora Maxwell?" Rory knew she knew the female voice, and turned around and was looking at Ellie Nash.
"Rory, you can call me Rory--Ellie! Hey!" Ellie's mother worked at the law firm, and Ellie and Rory had hung out at a few of the firm funtions, but they didn't know each other that well.
"What are you doing at Degrassi? I Thought you went to a snooty prep school?"
"MY parents are in Europe, so Grandpa took me out of it-he wanted me to try public school." Ellie nodded. "Can you please...not tell anyone about my family? I kinda want to try just being Rory."
Ellie said "Sure, I understand." And she did, being someone who was keeping her own secrets.
The two girls smiled at each other and headed to class. Rory wished she had a class with Ellie, but she didn't even have lunch with her.
Lunch was again going to be spent with dark haired Craig, at least thats what Rory assumed when she saw him heading for her table as she bit into her apple.
She realized she was right as Craig slid in across from her. "How's your second day going."
"Well.Some of the classes are hard-I have no head for history."
"I don't think anyone does. Then again, I want to be a musician or a photographer."
"I'll probablly go into law, or accounting.I really like math."
"What math are you in this year?"
"Trig, what about you?"
"I'm in algebra two..if i need help could I bring it with me to lunch sometime."
"Sure...but really, you don't have to eat with me all the time. I mean, Craig you've been here for longer than I have, you have other people to eat with."
"Not really." Craig looked at Rory. SHe seemed puzzled, and he didn't want to talk about certain things, but still.."I had some problems with relationships last year. So I'm still not comfortable with my old friends."
Rory nodded. "I understand. I just wanted to let you know that I'm fine with eating alone, I did it alot at my old school."
"WHere'd you move here from?"
"Last year I went to a private school." That was all she was willing to say to him at this point. Perhaps she'd trust Craig eventually, he seemed nice enough. But that was a chance Rory was not willing to take.They settled back into the eating of lunch, not really talking.
Craig had enjoyed his last two lunches with Rory, because of her quietness. As he headed home he saw her getting into a jeep, and waved at her. "Hey Rory!"
She waved back. "Hi Craig!" Then she looked over to find Paige looking at her funny, with a tall black girl on one side of her and a hispanic-looking girl on the other. "Hi Paige, whats up?"
"I didn't know you knew Craig."
"We had lunch together today. I don't know him that well, but he seems ok."
"Craig Manning is a bastard who broke my heart." One of the girls said. "I'm Manny."
"Hazel." The other girl said.
"Yeah. He hurt Manny and Ashley Kerwin."
"Ashley Kerwin? She's in my trig class I think..." She pictured the girl who she'd seen walking out with Ellie after school. "Yeah, thats her."
"He was dating both of us at the same time." Manny looked angry, and Rory suddenly realized why Craig was eating with her.
"That's shitty." It was all she could think of to say-she liked Craig. He seemed nice, and she felt bad for all involved. She also realized that if she was friends with Craig, she couldn't be friends with Ellie, which also sucked. At that point, Rory just looked at the girls. They reminded her of the girls from her old prep school--snotty and with a false sense of superiority. Rory then got into her car and drove away without saying anything more.