"Where I Wanna Be"
A Degrassi Fan Fiction
Chapter 2: Fresh Start and Old Ties
I found my locker and finally worked the combination. The locker swung open and I put my stuff inside. I slammed it shut and walked to my first period class, Media Immersions, rushing in just before the teacher closed the door. He gave me a puzzled look and I raised my eyebrow.
"Oh, yes. You must be the new student. Uh...Raquel Norman?" He asked me.
I nodded. "Yeah."
He looked around. "Um...why don't you take a seat by Paige. Paige, can you raise your hand, please?"
A pretty blonde girl raised her hand halfway and I sat down in the seat next to her.
"Paige Michalchuk. Let me guess...you're new?" The girl smiled knowingly.
"Yeah...and you probably know I'm Raquel Norman." I smiled back.
"Yeah," Paige laughed a little. "So where are you from?"
"I'm from Boston back in the states. Straight up city girl." I replied.
Paige nodded. She was about to say something when Mr. Simpson interupted us.
"Paige? Raquel? Would you like to continue this conversation after school in detention?" He asked us sternly. I stifled a giggle.
"No, sir." I said. When he turned his back, me and Paige continued talking in whispers.
After forever, the bell rang and everybody starting pouring out of their classrooms and into the hallway.
Paige walked up to a pretty girl with long black hair and brown eyes. She was talking to that same cutie I had bumped into in the hallway earlier.
"Hey guys, this is Raquel. She's new." Paige said to her two friends. She turned to me. "This is Jimmy Brooks and that's Hazel Aden."
"Hey." Hazel said warmly. I smiled at her.
"I think we've already met..." Jimmy winked at me and I blushed.
Paige looked at me confused. "When?"
"This morning I was kind of being...me. A.K.A...the klutz." I giggled. They laughed with me.
They seemed nice enough and I had a feeling we would get along great. I had one question for Paige though.
"Are Hazel and Jimmy together?" I asked her when they walked off.
"Why?" Paige said slyly.
I looked at her innocently and put my hands up. "No reason...just asking a question."
Paige laughed. "Nah. They were for a couple of months but they broke up. They want to try 'being friends'."
"Oh..." I tryed to sound uninterested. "So...who else are you gonna introduce me to?"
A boy with dirty blonde hair come up to us, disgusted look on his face. "Honeybee, I swear I'll never eat another can of spray cheese again..."
"Spin, what happened?" Paige asked.
The boy was about to respond when he got a look on his face, and he rushed to the bathroom. Paige and I exchanged grossed out looks.
"That would be Spinner Mason, my boyfriend...aka King Of Spray Cheese." Paige informed me, making a disgusted face when the last words came out. We laughed and started to walk to our next class.
By the time lunch rolled around, I had met a few more people that seemed interesting. Ashley Kerwin, a pretty girl with short reddish brown hair and amazing ideas, Ellie Nash, a silent red head who, like me, seemed very interested in journalism and cameras, Emma Nelson, a tall blonde with ideas and dreams that were bigger than skyscrapers, and Chris Sharpe, who reminded me so much of Tony...it was scary.
I had to say I could see being friends with all of them. They all were different and they all seemed to reach out to me. It was comforting that they wanted to make me feel at home.
"Aight, Paige. We're going to the..." I trailed off, letting her fill in the blank.
"Caf. C'mon, we'll walk together."
We talked as we walked to the cafeteria and I looked around, trying to get to know this school better. It was huge but not as big as my old high school. After a few days, I had a feeling I would get to know my way around.
"So you're sitting with us, right?" Paige asked as we carried our lunches.
"Um, I gotta make a phone call. I'll join y'all in a second, aight?" I said. Paige nodded and I sat down at an empty table nearby.
I dialed the familiar digits and hoped Chino Ortiz, aka Jackson Ortiz my best friend, was home. I grinned when he picked up phone.
"Ain't you supposed to be in school, Jackson?" I asked, emphazing his real first name. I hadn't seen him around today, so I figured he was skipping...again.
"Raquel! Baby, what up? What's that surprise you had to tell me?" He asked, happy that I called.
See he didn't know I had moved to Canada. Me and Chino had grown up together back home in Jefferson Projects. A couple of years ago, his moms moved him up to Cathedral Projects here in Toronto. We kept in touch on the phone, computer, and when he came to visit his pops in the states. He would be so glad I was here, I knew it.
"I'm...up in Toronto, Chino!" I cried.
"Aight, aight. Baby, I was waiting for you to come join me...na'mean?" He teased.
"Yo, I like you as a friend and everything...but you to nasty to be my man." I replied.
He sighed and pretended to be upset. "Fine...if you gon be like that about it."
"Yo, Cheenz, you wastin my minutes. I'll talk to you latah."
"Aight. Love ya." He said.
"Love you too. One." I closed my phone. I glanced up and saw Paige sitting across from me.
"Who was that?" She asked, raising an eyebrow. "I love you, huh?"
"See what had happened was..." I said making it into something it wasn't. "Naw, just playing. That was my boy Chino, he's like my brother. No baby boy love."
"Ooooh." Paige said, nodding. "Besides, I seen you eying someone. And I see that certain someone eying you back. Turn around."
I turned around and saw Jimmy staring at me. He quickly looked away when he met my gaze, and I turned back around slowly.
"Awright...?" I raised an eyebrow. Hmmmm...Jimmy and Me? I liked it. I liked it a lot.
"So...Paige. He is single, right?" I asked.
"Yup," She paused, thinking about something. "You know...there is a dance coming up...for Valentine's day."
I grinned. "Great. Now I just have to get him to ask me..."
A Degrassi Fan Fiction
Chapter 2: Fresh Start and Old Ties
I found my locker and finally worked the combination. The locker swung open and I put my stuff inside. I slammed it shut and walked to my first period class, Media Immersions, rushing in just before the teacher closed the door. He gave me a puzzled look and I raised my eyebrow.
"Oh, yes. You must be the new student. Uh...Raquel Norman?" He asked me.
I nodded. "Yeah."
He looked around. "Um...why don't you take a seat by Paige. Paige, can you raise your hand, please?"
A pretty blonde girl raised her hand halfway and I sat down in the seat next to her.
"Paige Michalchuk. Let me guess...you're new?" The girl smiled knowingly.
"Yeah...and you probably know I'm Raquel Norman." I smiled back.
"Yeah," Paige laughed a little. "So where are you from?"
"I'm from Boston back in the states. Straight up city girl." I replied.
Paige nodded. She was about to say something when Mr. Simpson interupted us.
"Paige? Raquel? Would you like to continue this conversation after school in detention?" He asked us sternly. I stifled a giggle.
"No, sir." I said. When he turned his back, me and Paige continued talking in whispers.
After forever, the bell rang and everybody starting pouring out of their classrooms and into the hallway.
Paige walked up to a pretty girl with long black hair and brown eyes. She was talking to that same cutie I had bumped into in the hallway earlier.
"Hey guys, this is Raquel. She's new." Paige said to her two friends. She turned to me. "This is Jimmy Brooks and that's Hazel Aden."
"Hey." Hazel said warmly. I smiled at her.
"I think we've already met..." Jimmy winked at me and I blushed.
Paige looked at me confused. "When?"
"This morning I was kind of being...me. A.K.A...the klutz." I giggled. They laughed with me.
They seemed nice enough and I had a feeling we would get along great. I had one question for Paige though.
"Are Hazel and Jimmy together?" I asked her when they walked off.
"Why?" Paige said slyly.
I looked at her innocently and put my hands up. "No reason...just asking a question."
Paige laughed. "Nah. They were for a couple of months but they broke up. They want to try 'being friends'."
"Oh..." I tryed to sound uninterested. "So...who else are you gonna introduce me to?"
A boy with dirty blonde hair come up to us, disgusted look on his face. "Honeybee, I swear I'll never eat another can of spray cheese again..."
"Spin, what happened?" Paige asked.
The boy was about to respond when he got a look on his face, and he rushed to the bathroom. Paige and I exchanged grossed out looks.
"That would be Spinner Mason, my boyfriend...aka King Of Spray Cheese." Paige informed me, making a disgusted face when the last words came out. We laughed and started to walk to our next class.
By the time lunch rolled around, I had met a few more people that seemed interesting. Ashley Kerwin, a pretty girl with short reddish brown hair and amazing ideas, Ellie Nash, a silent red head who, like me, seemed very interested in journalism and cameras, Emma Nelson, a tall blonde with ideas and dreams that were bigger than skyscrapers, and Chris Sharpe, who reminded me so much of Tony...it was scary.
I had to say I could see being friends with all of them. They all were different and they all seemed to reach out to me. It was comforting that they wanted to make me feel at home.
"Aight, Paige. We're going to the..." I trailed off, letting her fill in the blank.
"Caf. C'mon, we'll walk together."
We talked as we walked to the cafeteria and I looked around, trying to get to know this school better. It was huge but not as big as my old high school. After a few days, I had a feeling I would get to know my way around.
"So you're sitting with us, right?" Paige asked as we carried our lunches.
"Um, I gotta make a phone call. I'll join y'all in a second, aight?" I said. Paige nodded and I sat down at an empty table nearby.
I dialed the familiar digits and hoped Chino Ortiz, aka Jackson Ortiz my best friend, was home. I grinned when he picked up phone.
"Ain't you supposed to be in school, Jackson?" I asked, emphazing his real first name. I hadn't seen him around today, so I figured he was skipping...again.
"Raquel! Baby, what up? What's that surprise you had to tell me?" He asked, happy that I called.
See he didn't know I had moved to Canada. Me and Chino had grown up together back home in Jefferson Projects. A couple of years ago, his moms moved him up to Cathedral Projects here in Toronto. We kept in touch on the phone, computer, and when he came to visit his pops in the states. He would be so glad I was here, I knew it.
"I'm...up in Toronto, Chino!" I cried.
"Aight, aight. Baby, I was waiting for you to come join me...na'mean?" He teased.
"Yo, I like you as a friend and everything...but you to nasty to be my man." I replied.
He sighed and pretended to be upset. "Fine...if you gon be like that about it."
"Yo, Cheenz, you wastin my minutes. I'll talk to you latah."
"Aight. Love ya." He said.
"Love you too. One." I closed my phone. I glanced up and saw Paige sitting across from me.
"Who was that?" She asked, raising an eyebrow. "I love you, huh?"
"See what had happened was..." I said making it into something it wasn't. "Naw, just playing. That was my boy Chino, he's like my brother. No baby boy love."
"Ooooh." Paige said, nodding. "Besides, I seen you eying someone. And I see that certain someone eying you back. Turn around."
I turned around and saw Jimmy staring at me. He quickly looked away when he met my gaze, and I turned back around slowly.
"Awright...?" I raised an eyebrow. Hmmmm...Jimmy and Me? I liked it. I liked it a lot.
"So...Paige. He is single, right?" I asked.
"Yup," She paused, thinking about something. "You know...there is a dance coming up...for Valentine's day."
I grinned. "Great. Now I just have to get him to ask me..."