"Where I Wanna Be"
A Degrassi Fan Fiction
Chapter 1: Crush On You
{{{Raquel}}}
"Raquel, can I get some candy?" Malik looked up at me with beautiful hazel eyes that glistened against his cinnamon skin. I smiled and ran my fingers through the fro of brown curls that danced as he tilted his head.
"Malik you know you can't have candy for breakfast. Now go get me your jacket and your backpack while Tony gets the car." Sighing a little, Malik did as he was told. When he came back, I zipped up his coat and handed him his lunchbox. Together we walked out the door and onto the sidewalk. No more than two seconds later, Tony pulled up in our father's old red hooptie. She could hear DJ CripWalk's voice coming out from the radio.
"What is it? Celtics Pride day or something?" Tony got out of the car and I burst out laughing when I got it. Tony was wearing a Celtics jersey and his favorite NBA customized sneakers, Malik was wearing a smaller version of the sneakers and jersey but he was also wearing a green NBA sweatband around his head. I, on the other hand, was wearing a Celtics jersey dress and green stiletto boots.
I shook my head and grabbed Malik's hand. Pulling open the door, I pushed back the passenger seat. Malik climbed in and after he was all set, I jumped in the passenger seat. Twenty minutes later, and after passing Degrassi, we were in front of Malik's school.
"Do you want me to go in with you?" I asked, getting out of the car.
Malik shook his head. "I'm already registered and everything. Bye Raquel."
I gave him a kiss on the cheek and he ran off into the school, Yu-Gi-Oh backpack bumping up and down.
"So this is the daily schedule?" My brother, Tony, asked. I shook my head.
"Our school isn't that far, and Moms said that Malik can catch a bus after the afterschool program ends."
I looked up at my brother, who had been like my father over the years. He tapped the steering wheel, making the beat of the song playing on the radio.
Tony, born Anthony Marques Norman, was sixteen (turning 17 in may) and he was an up and coming deejay. He was also a wonderful artist and designed a lot of his own t-shirts and shoes with airbrushing. Malik was the youngest. He was eight years old and he had a voice on him. He could also sit up all day and play video games with Tony, chug down four plates of chicken and hot sauce, and still sing with me till the crack of dawn. I couldn't think of life without Malik, or Tony. They were more than just siblings, they were...
"Uh, Raquel, we're here." Tony shook me and I opened my eyes. We were parked in front of their new school, Degrassi.
I grinned sheepishly. Of course I would fall asleep. "Oops, my blip."
We walked up the steps, where the huge crowd of kids were starting to walk into the building.
"Aight, here's the office." I said. I walked up to the secretary. "We need our class schedules."
She raised an eyebrow. "New students?"
"Yeah." Tony replied, raising his eyebrow too.
"Names?"
"Tony- I mean Anthony Norman, grade eleven, and Raquel Norman, grade ten." Tony said, shoving his hands in his pocket.
"Here." She handed us our schedules and we walked out of the office.
"Could she be anymore friendly?" I grinned and peered at his schedule.
"Alright my locker is way far from yours. I'll see you later." I gave him a kiss on the cheek and walked away, staring at my schedule. Not noticing where I was going, I bumped into somebody.
"Ow!" I looked up and saw a cute guy with black hair and deep brown eyes.
"Oops! Aha, my blip?" I felt my face turning red and I shifted my backpack.
"No, it was my fault. I'm-" The bell rang and the hallway started emptying.
"Late?" I supplied. He grinned.
"I gotta get to class. Catch you later." He turned around and started walking, and I felt my heart flutter. Oh hell naw...I had a crush!