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Soft Place to Fall, Chapter Seven
Rory headed to Craig's house, and he opened the door with a smile. "You can't enter the house unless you promise not to mention our English Project."
"I promise, now let me in." He did, and the two of them plopped on the couch. "So, whats up?"
"I'm so bored. We were supposed to have band practice, but the rest of the band is off with their significant others. So its just me and the TV. And you now."
"Oh, yay, us and the TV. Is it just me or do we spend far too much time sitting on our asses?"
"Its just you, Aurora." Craig grinned at her as he said her full name, she responded with sticking out her tounge. "Real mature, young lady."
"I can't believe you just called me young lady." Rory and Craig cracked up then, and they decided to head over to Rory's house, or rather, Craig did.
"I think we should go to your house."
"Why my house?"
"Because I've never seen it."
"Its a house."
"Come on Rory!...see, I even called you Rory." Rory just nodded, knowing that Craig wouldn't shut up until he got his way, and they headed to Rory's grandfather's home, where Rory was living.
The house was in a nice neighborhood, just on the edge of the Degrassi school district. Two blocks away, and Rory wouldn't have been a student at Degrassi. It was a nice house, large, the sort of house that whispered money. It didn't yell wealth, it just stated it, honestly.
Rory had a fairly large bedroom, and she had a TV with a DVD/VCR in her room. That was about the only thing she had, aside from her jeep, that showed wealth. However, she didn't take Craig to her room, rather they hung out in the tv room.
"Where's Mr. Maxwell?"
"The office, probably. With my dad out of the country everyone else is working long hours."
Craig nodded, then joked, "so, you don't trust me in your room."
"Hey, you never know what can happen with two virgins in a bedroom."
"I'm not a virgin...I thought you knew."
"Knew what?"
"You know Manny Santos?" At Rory's nod Craig continued. "I got her pregnant last year."
Rory was dumbfounded. She had no idea. "Is this why she hates you?"
Craig nodded. "Yes. And at the time I got her pregnant I was dating Ashley Kerwin, which is why she hates me." Rory's eyes grew wide, but she let Craig continue. "I lay in bed some nights, wishing I could go back in time a year, redo all the messups. Take everything I know now and put it to who I was then, but thats not possible."
"Is that why you started hanging out with me?"
"At first, yes, but then I started likeing you. You and Emma are probably my best friends right now. I'm good friends with the guys in the band, yes, but its uncomfortable being around them."
"Because of Ashley and Manny?"
Craig nodded. "Yeah, you and Emma have never judged me. Well, Emma did at first, but we became friends. And because you didn't know..."
"I didn't have many friends at my old school. I never felt like I fit in. Now I have you and Emma and Ellie and even Ashley to a degree. I came here to start over, I shouldn't give you a hard time for wanting to start over after what happened in your past."
The two of them smiled at each other, and turned on the TV.
Soft Place to Fall, Chapter Seven
Rory headed to Craig's house, and he opened the door with a smile. "You can't enter the house unless you promise not to mention our English Project."
"I promise, now let me in." He did, and the two of them plopped on the couch. "So, whats up?"
"I'm so bored. We were supposed to have band practice, but the rest of the band is off with their significant others. So its just me and the TV. And you now."
"Oh, yay, us and the TV. Is it just me or do we spend far too much time sitting on our asses?"
"Its just you, Aurora." Craig grinned at her as he said her full name, she responded with sticking out her tounge. "Real mature, young lady."
"I can't believe you just called me young lady." Rory and Craig cracked up then, and they decided to head over to Rory's house, or rather, Craig did.
"I think we should go to your house."
"Why my house?"
"Because I've never seen it."
"Its a house."
"Come on Rory!...see, I even called you Rory." Rory just nodded, knowing that Craig wouldn't shut up until he got his way, and they headed to Rory's grandfather's home, where Rory was living.
The house was in a nice neighborhood, just on the edge of the Degrassi school district. Two blocks away, and Rory wouldn't have been a student at Degrassi. It was a nice house, large, the sort of house that whispered money. It didn't yell wealth, it just stated it, honestly.
Rory had a fairly large bedroom, and she had a TV with a DVD/VCR in her room. That was about the only thing she had, aside from her jeep, that showed wealth. However, she didn't take Craig to her room, rather they hung out in the tv room.
"Where's Mr. Maxwell?"
"The office, probably. With my dad out of the country everyone else is working long hours."
Craig nodded, then joked, "so, you don't trust me in your room."
"Hey, you never know what can happen with two virgins in a bedroom."
"I'm not a virgin...I thought you knew."
"Knew what?"
"You know Manny Santos?" At Rory's nod Craig continued. "I got her pregnant last year."
Rory was dumbfounded. She had no idea. "Is this why she hates you?"
Craig nodded. "Yes. And at the time I got her pregnant I was dating Ashley Kerwin, which is why she hates me." Rory's eyes grew wide, but she let Craig continue. "I lay in bed some nights, wishing I could go back in time a year, redo all the messups. Take everything I know now and put it to who I was then, but thats not possible."
"Is that why you started hanging out with me?"
"At first, yes, but then I started likeing you. You and Emma are probably my best friends right now. I'm good friends with the guys in the band, yes, but its uncomfortable being around them."
"Because of Ashley and Manny?"
Craig nodded. "Yeah, you and Emma have never judged me. Well, Emma did at first, but we became friends. And because you didn't know..."
"I didn't have many friends at my old school. I never felt like I fit in. Now I have you and Emma and Ellie and even Ashley to a degree. I came here to start over, I shouldn't give you a hard time for wanting to start over after what happened in your past."
The two of them smiled at each other, and turned on the TV.