I don't own anything. Seriously, all of my belongings fit in a half-dozen plastic bags and two small boxes. Its pretty sad.
Needless to say, I don't own Degrassi.
Soft Place to Fall-Chapter Four.
Rory drove her jeep to Craig's stepfather's house, and then the three of them got into Miles' car and headed to the restaurant. It wasn't until they got close that Craig realized where they were going. Miles parked the car in the lot, and Craig wondered how he was going to get through the evening. He hadn't been back to the restaurant since he had dinner with his father that night.
Rory noticed that Craig looked nervous as they walked up to the restaurant, but she just assumed that he was just nervious about having dinner with a semi-friend and her grandfather. She caught his eye and smiled, and he smiled back, tightly. Craig knew that Rory didn't know about his father, and he wasn't about to explain to her at that point.
The three of them settled in and Miles began the conversation by asking Craig what classes he had with Rory. The conversation flowed easily on the subject of school, and they ordered the food. Craig felt himself getting nervouser and nervouser. After he ate his salad, he excused himself for a moment.
Craig ran out of the restaurant, standing on the sidewalk. He closed his eyes, remembering that night. The fight he'd gotten into about his life choices. Coming home and getting the call that his father was dead. He started crying, quietly.
Craig felt the hand on his shoulder, and turned around, half expecting his father to be there. It was Rory. "Craig, are you ok?"
Rory had headed out to find Craig once the food had arrived at the table. She had put the hand on his shoulder, not expecting he would be crying when he turned around. "I'm fine Rory."
"No, you aren't. What's wrong?"
"My father and I ate here the night he died--we got into a fight..right where I'm standing. He drove away and that was it, I never saw him again." Rory hugged Craig tightly. She didn't ask anymore questions, knowing he would talk when ready.
"Do you want me to drive you back home?"
Craig shook his head. "No, I think I'll be ok." Rory nodded and they headed back into the restaurant.
Dinner was enjoyable enough, and then they were headed home. As Craig and Rory got out of the car at Craig's house, Rory's phone rang. She waved at her grandfather, who drove away. Craig stood near Rory as she answered the phone.
"Rory Maxwell. Oh, Hello Mother. I'm sort of busy. Yes, we just had dinner. I'm at a friends house. Its Degrassi, mother. Ok, I see. Can I call you tomorrow? Ok, have fun." She hung up the phone then and couldn't help but roll her eyes. "That was the Diva."
"Your mother? You call her the Diva?"
"Yes, I do." Rory started giggling. "Do you know why I'm living with your grandfather?"
Craig shook his head. "I wanted to ask you that but I figured it was too personal."
"My dad is working on something in Europe, and my mom's over there too. She's having some plastic surgery done." Craig couldn't believe Rory was telling him this about her own mother. But he had to agree it was pretty funny. "If she was here I wouldn't be at Degrassi. She'd sent me to a prep school, wants me to be pretty and perfect and a society wife."
"And you?"
"I want to go to college and be a lawyer or a CPA. I'm not the person she wants."
"My dad was like that.." Craig didn't believe what he said next, but he did. "He hit me."
"Ah." Rory just nodded. "What a night for true confessions, huh?"
The two of them smiled and then Rory headed home.
Needless to say, I don't own Degrassi.
Soft Place to Fall-Chapter Four.
Rory drove her jeep to Craig's stepfather's house, and then the three of them got into Miles' car and headed to the restaurant. It wasn't until they got close that Craig realized where they were going. Miles parked the car in the lot, and Craig wondered how he was going to get through the evening. He hadn't been back to the restaurant since he had dinner with his father that night.
Rory noticed that Craig looked nervous as they walked up to the restaurant, but she just assumed that he was just nervious about having dinner with a semi-friend and her grandfather. She caught his eye and smiled, and he smiled back, tightly. Craig knew that Rory didn't know about his father, and he wasn't about to explain to her at that point.
The three of them settled in and Miles began the conversation by asking Craig what classes he had with Rory. The conversation flowed easily on the subject of school, and they ordered the food. Craig felt himself getting nervouser and nervouser. After he ate his salad, he excused himself for a moment.
Craig ran out of the restaurant, standing on the sidewalk. He closed his eyes, remembering that night. The fight he'd gotten into about his life choices. Coming home and getting the call that his father was dead. He started crying, quietly.
Craig felt the hand on his shoulder, and turned around, half expecting his father to be there. It was Rory. "Craig, are you ok?"
Rory had headed out to find Craig once the food had arrived at the table. She had put the hand on his shoulder, not expecting he would be crying when he turned around. "I'm fine Rory."
"No, you aren't. What's wrong?"
"My father and I ate here the night he died--we got into a fight..right where I'm standing. He drove away and that was it, I never saw him again." Rory hugged Craig tightly. She didn't ask anymore questions, knowing he would talk when ready.
"Do you want me to drive you back home?"
Craig shook his head. "No, I think I'll be ok." Rory nodded and they headed back into the restaurant.
Dinner was enjoyable enough, and then they were headed home. As Craig and Rory got out of the car at Craig's house, Rory's phone rang. She waved at her grandfather, who drove away. Craig stood near Rory as she answered the phone.
"Rory Maxwell. Oh, Hello Mother. I'm sort of busy. Yes, we just had dinner. I'm at a friends house. Its Degrassi, mother. Ok, I see. Can I call you tomorrow? Ok, have fun." She hung up the phone then and couldn't help but roll her eyes. "That was the Diva."
"Your mother? You call her the Diva?"
"Yes, I do." Rory started giggling. "Do you know why I'm living with your grandfather?"
Craig shook his head. "I wanted to ask you that but I figured it was too personal."
"My dad is working on something in Europe, and my mom's over there too. She's having some plastic surgery done." Craig couldn't believe Rory was telling him this about her own mother. But he had to agree it was pretty funny. "If she was here I wouldn't be at Degrassi. She'd sent me to a prep school, wants me to be pretty and perfect and a society wife."
"And you?"
"I want to go to college and be a lawyer or a CPA. I'm not the person she wants."
"My dad was like that.." Craig didn't believe what he said next, but he did. "He hit me."
"Ah." Rory just nodded. "What a night for true confessions, huh?"
The two of them smiled and then Rory headed home.