"Where I Wanna Be"
A Degrassi Fan Fiction
Chapter 4: Weak
{{{Raquel}}}
"Jimmy." I said, coming up to him before lunch. He didn't hear me, he was to busy talking to Hazel. I listened curiously.
"Yeah, so I was thinking we could go to the dance together. As friends..." I heard Jimmy say. I crossed my arms and rolled my eyes as Hazel replied yes. Ugh! I thought he was gonna ask me. Still, there going as friends...
Hazel walked over to Paige and Terri and Jimmy came up to me.
"Hey." He said.
"Hey..."
Chino came up behind me and flicked my ear. "Yo...can I ask you something?"
I followed him away from Jimmy. "What?"
"There's a dance this Friday...and we can go together." He said. "As friends..."
I smiled. "That would be tight, Cheenz."
He smiled back and gave me a hug. At least I always had Chino to count on when something wasn't going my way. He had always been there for me.
"So Cheenz, where's your girlfriend?" I asked him.
He made a face. "She couldn't handle me so I had to cut her."
"Maria couldn't handle you? And y'all still chill? You crazy." I said, smiling and shaking my head.
"You crazier. C'mon, you need to get to class." He said.
His first period Social Studies teacher came out of nowhere with a frown on her face. I knew she was notorious for being almost a bigger bitch than Ms. Kwan.
"Ahem, Jackson...I believe you were out in the halls instead of my class this morning, no?" She asked, grabbing his arm.
"Busted." He sang. He smiled at me and I laughed silently as the teacher dragged him to the principal's office, his second home in most schools.
I shook my head and walked to the cafeteria, smiling all the way.
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"Yo, Tone, where's ya sister at?" Chino asked from the living room. I walked down the hallway and into the room.
"So how do I look?" I asked.
"Hold up, you gotta spin something first." Chino said, teasing me.
I was wearing a baby blue halter top with a tight black mini skirt. Baby blue stiletto boots were on my feet, and a large pair of hoops hung from my ears. I grabbed the baby blue jacket off the couch and rolled my eyes. I spun around for him slowly.
"Damn...Ms. Fat Booty." Chino said, surveying my outfit.
"Chino!" I cried. I hit him over the head with a pillow from the couch and Tony started laughing.
"When did ya braid yo hair?" Chino asked, touching the braids. I had blue weave braided in with my regular hair and it looked tight.
"I bought the blue weave after school and I braided it a couple of hours ago. And Cheenz you know it's my real hair." I said gesturing to the long braids that were hanging halfway down my back.
"Your hair ain't that long." Chino teased.
"Yeah, it really is though." Tony spoke up, opening the door.
"Oh awright. We needa bounce now. We leaving in my car or Tony's?"
"We could walk...but I like your idea better. Lets bounce in your car." I said, walking out the door.
We arrived inside and I felt my knees go all jelly on me when I saw Jimmy. He looked like...Jimmy, wearing a black & white crushed velvet sweat suit from SeanJohn. He looked up and smiled at me.
"Hey Raquel, Chino." Jimmy came over and gave Chino dap.
"Jimmy." Chino looked him up and down in a dismissive way.
"Hey Cheenz, let's dance. You know I love reggaeton." I said, unaware of the tension.
"Anything you say Ms. Fat Booty." Chino said, following me on to the dance floor.
We danced for a while, but then I started to get bored so I took a break. Chino started dancing with Manny...and that's all I have to say. I didn't see him again that night.
"So Raquel, what's up?" Hazel asked. She and Jimmy came over and sat by me.
"Nothing, juss chilling alone for a minute." I said.
"Where's Chino?" Jimmy asked, looking around.
"Dancing." I nodded at him and Manny grinding and Jimmy turned away, laughing.
"Oh."
"I'm gonna...go find...Paige. Yeah. I'll be back." Hazel said, grin on her face.
"I don't know what it is that you've done to me
But it's caused me to act in such a crazy way
Whatever it is that you do when you do what you do to me
It's a feeling that I want to stay..."
SWV's "Weak" started playing and people started pairing up to slow dance.
Jimmy stared at me and I just stared at him back. I wasn't about to ask. Besides, Hazel was his date.
"Now my heart starts beating triple time
With thoughts of loving you on my mind
I can't figure out just what to do
When the problem here is you..."
He opened his mouth to speak and my heart started beating fast.
"Raquel...you wanna...dance?" He asked.
My knees felt all extra jelly-ish again and I couldn't speak. Why the hell was I acting like this? I was holding a normal conversation with this boy the other day!
"Um...yeah." I said. He took my hand and we walked onto the dance floor. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he placed his arms around my hips.
"I get so weak in the knees
I can hardly speak
I lose all control
It's something comes over me
In a daze, it is so amazing
It's not a phase, I want you to stay with me
By my side, I swallow my pride
Your love is so sweet, it knocks me right off my feet
Can't explain why your love just makes me weak..."
"Jimmy."
"Huh?" He said as we moved in rhythm with the music.
I almost cracked up when I said the next words. "You make me weak in the knees."
Jimmy smiled. "You make my heart start beating triple time."
"I always got thoughts of loving you on my mind." I replied.
By now, we were both laughing softly while we danced.
"Raquel...?" Jimmy asked.
"Yeah?"
"Can I ask you something?" Jimmy stopped laughing.
"Hmmmm...aight." I said. Jimmy opened his mouth to speak, but somebody cut him off.
"Yo, can I cut in?" I heard a voice behind me.
I wanted to scream as I turned around and saw Chino standing there, arms crossed.
Jimmy glared at him, but politely let me and Chino dance.
What was he gonna ask?
A Degrassi Fan Fiction
Chapter 4: Weak
{{{Raquel}}}
"Jimmy." I said, coming up to him before lunch. He didn't hear me, he was to busy talking to Hazel. I listened curiously.
"Yeah, so I was thinking we could go to the dance together. As friends..." I heard Jimmy say. I crossed my arms and rolled my eyes as Hazel replied yes. Ugh! I thought he was gonna ask me. Still, there going as friends...
Hazel walked over to Paige and Terri and Jimmy came up to me.
"Hey." He said.
"Hey..."
Chino came up behind me and flicked my ear. "Yo...can I ask you something?"
I followed him away from Jimmy. "What?"
"There's a dance this Friday...and we can go together." He said. "As friends..."
I smiled. "That would be tight, Cheenz."
He smiled back and gave me a hug. At least I always had Chino to count on when something wasn't going my way. He had always been there for me.
"So Cheenz, where's your girlfriend?" I asked him.
He made a face. "She couldn't handle me so I had to cut her."
"Maria couldn't handle you? And y'all still chill? You crazy." I said, smiling and shaking my head.
"You crazier. C'mon, you need to get to class." He said.
His first period Social Studies teacher came out of nowhere with a frown on her face. I knew she was notorious for being almost a bigger bitch than Ms. Kwan.
"Ahem, Jackson...I believe you were out in the halls instead of my class this morning, no?" She asked, grabbing his arm.
"Busted." He sang. He smiled at me and I laughed silently as the teacher dragged him to the principal's office, his second home in most schools.
I shook my head and walked to the cafeteria, smiling all the way.
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"Yo, Tone, where's ya sister at?" Chino asked from the living room. I walked down the hallway and into the room.
"So how do I look?" I asked.
"Hold up, you gotta spin something first." Chino said, teasing me.
I was wearing a baby blue halter top with a tight black mini skirt. Baby blue stiletto boots were on my feet, and a large pair of hoops hung from my ears. I grabbed the baby blue jacket off the couch and rolled my eyes. I spun around for him slowly.
"Damn...Ms. Fat Booty." Chino said, surveying my outfit.
"Chino!" I cried. I hit him over the head with a pillow from the couch and Tony started laughing.
"When did ya braid yo hair?" Chino asked, touching the braids. I had blue weave braided in with my regular hair and it looked tight.
"I bought the blue weave after school and I braided it a couple of hours ago. And Cheenz you know it's my real hair." I said gesturing to the long braids that were hanging halfway down my back.
"Your hair ain't that long." Chino teased.
"Yeah, it really is though." Tony spoke up, opening the door.
"Oh awright. We needa bounce now. We leaving in my car or Tony's?"
"We could walk...but I like your idea better. Lets bounce in your car." I said, walking out the door.
We arrived inside and I felt my knees go all jelly on me when I saw Jimmy. He looked like...Jimmy, wearing a black & white crushed velvet sweat suit from SeanJohn. He looked up and smiled at me.
"Hey Raquel, Chino." Jimmy came over and gave Chino dap.
"Jimmy." Chino looked him up and down in a dismissive way.
"Hey Cheenz, let's dance. You know I love reggaeton." I said, unaware of the tension.
"Anything you say Ms. Fat Booty." Chino said, following me on to the dance floor.
We danced for a while, but then I started to get bored so I took a break. Chino started dancing with Manny...and that's all I have to say. I didn't see him again that night.
"So Raquel, what's up?" Hazel asked. She and Jimmy came over and sat by me.
"Nothing, juss chilling alone for a minute." I said.
"Where's Chino?" Jimmy asked, looking around.
"Dancing." I nodded at him and Manny grinding and Jimmy turned away, laughing.
"Oh."
"I'm gonna...go find...Paige. Yeah. I'll be back." Hazel said, grin on her face.
"I don't know what it is that you've done to me
But it's caused me to act in such a crazy way
Whatever it is that you do when you do what you do to me
It's a feeling that I want to stay..."
SWV's "Weak" started playing and people started pairing up to slow dance.
Jimmy stared at me and I just stared at him back. I wasn't about to ask. Besides, Hazel was his date.
"Now my heart starts beating triple time
With thoughts of loving you on my mind
I can't figure out just what to do
When the problem here is you..."
He opened his mouth to speak and my heart started beating fast.
"Raquel...you wanna...dance?" He asked.
My knees felt all extra jelly-ish again and I couldn't speak. Why the hell was I acting like this? I was holding a normal conversation with this boy the other day!
"Um...yeah." I said. He took my hand and we walked onto the dance floor. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he placed his arms around my hips.
"I get so weak in the knees
I can hardly speak
I lose all control
It's something comes over me
In a daze, it is so amazing
It's not a phase, I want you to stay with me
By my side, I swallow my pride
Your love is so sweet, it knocks me right off my feet
Can't explain why your love just makes me weak..."
"Jimmy."
"Huh?" He said as we moved in rhythm with the music.
I almost cracked up when I said the next words. "You make me weak in the knees."
Jimmy smiled. "You make my heart start beating triple time."
"I always got thoughts of loving you on my mind." I replied.
By now, we were both laughing softly while we danced.
"Raquel...?" Jimmy asked.
"Yeah?"
"Can I ask you something?" Jimmy stopped laughing.
"Hmmmm...aight." I said. Jimmy opened his mouth to speak, but somebody cut him off.
"Yo, can I cut in?" I heard a voice behind me.
I wanted to scream as I turned around and saw Chino standing there, arms crossed.
Jimmy glared at him, but politely let me and Chino dance.
What was he gonna ask?