" I love you, and I've loved you since the day that we met," announced J.T. Yorke anxiously waiting for a reply.

" I love you too," she replied softly as though she did not believe what she was saying.

Then he leaned in to kiss her. J.T. did not know how to describe the feeling that you get in the pit of your stomach when you kiss Paige Michalchuk. She was so wonderful, the way that her hair looked just laying in her face as she kissed J.T. He could not believe his luck, he had Degrassi's hottest girl in his arms.

"You are so beautiful Paige, and I just love your eyes."

Then with a jolt J.T. awoke. It was just a dream, J.T. thought in disappointment. No it wasn't a dream he thought it had seemed so real. Paige had told him that she loved him that couldn't have been just a dream. He half expected to go to school and have Paige all over him. After a minute J.T. snapped back to reality to realize that it had been just a dream.

As he got ready for school he thought about how much he wanted Paige right now. She'll never go for me. She has Spinner what more could a girl want, I mean he's popular and all the girls thought that he was hott. He was just J.T. Yorke the funny dork that is more like a brother than a boyfriend. What was he compared to Spinner?

"Nothing," he muttered to himself. "I Just can't live like this any longer. I have to tell her how I feel, even if it means rejection, or Spinner's fists."

J.T. walked into Degrassi 30 minutes later to find that his nerves were starting to get the better of him. Come on J.T. you can do this, you can do this he told himself...you can do this. He allowed to let his eyes to roam the halls in search of Paige. When he didn't see her he began to worry. My precious Paige is gone. What could have happened to her?

I'll find her at lunch he told himself. I probably can't find her because i'm looking for her. That happens all the time, you look for someone and you overlook them just because you're looking for them. I must have just over reacted he thought.

So, J .T. went on to his MI class awaiting lunch where he could tell Paige his feelings about her.

"Someone's just a lot on his mind," said Manny teasingly.

"Someone has their mind in my business," joked J.T.

"So what's on your mind? Anything that I can help with?" asked Manny.

"No, not really," responded J.T.

" Come on you know that you can talk to me J.T.,"

" ok, I'll tell you on two conditions."

" As long as you're not completely brutal, I'll follow your two conditions." joked Manny knowing she would do what he said, since she could tell that he had something that he needed to get off his chest.

"First you have tell me what happened between you, Craig, and Ashley."

Manny had not been expecting this. She was still torn apart by the fact that Craig had lied to her. She didnt want to tell J.T. because when she started to wear her new look, J.T. was the first one to notice her. She had broken his heart, and was not sure if he was over her, or how much he knew about the situation that she was in. Although she wanted to regain his trust, and prove that they could still be friends so she decided that she had to tell him the entire situation.

"Well, my new look was effective right?"

"Yeah,"

" Ok here it goes," she drew a great breathe. She was going to reveal what was going through her head for the last few weeks. "After I turned you down,"

J.T. ws slightly hurt he had tried to put that little fact behind him. Manny saw the hurt look on his face, and knew that she had been wrong to start her story with that fact.

"Look J.T., I'm so sorry about that, you are the best person to come my way and I honestly regret being so arrogant that I went for someone like Sully instead of you"

"That's ok Manny, I think that I would've done the same thing if I were in your shoes."

"Really?"

"Yeah,......on with your story you've got me interested"

"ok...on Sweetheart's Day Craig sang Ashley this beautiful song that he wrote from his heart, and then I realized that I never got over him. So that night was Paige's birthday party at Ash's house. Sully was going to go with me, but he decided not to go, So I went to the party by myself." Manny paused for a breathe.

"Meanwhile Craig and Ashley had agreed that when the party was over that they would take their relationship to the next level...if you know what I mean"

J.T. had been at that party and wondered why Spinner was acting a little more weird than usual realized thatSpinner must have known about the little fun that was planned afterward.

"And Spinner knew about it?" asked J.T. " I thought him and Craig were acting a little strange,"

"Yeah, Ash noticed that Spinner was acting a little strange too, and realized that Craig had told him. They got into a fight and Craig stalked off." Manny blushed she was about to admit something that she wasn't ready to admit, but she knew that she had to.

"And me being the newfound slut that I was decided that I would be right there at his side. I seduced him and ,ade love." There she had said it. It was off of her back. Meanwhile J.T. was in shock the Manny that he knew was no more, and he didn't like all that he heard, but he was willing to forgive and forget. Manny started bawling silently in her hands.

" Manny, it's alright I know that you don't feel all that great right now and that I've already heard more than I've asked for anyways."

"No I'm ashamed that I did what I did, but I'm not going to hide it any longer, plus I need a friend that knows the real me so that there aren't any secrets. Secrets ruined my friendship with Emma. I don't want to lose you too."

"Manny you need to know that whatever you do I'll always be there for you, and you can always talk to me when you need someone to talk to."

"Thanks J.T. that really means a lot." Manny said as J.T. wiped her eyes clear of her tears.

"So anyways the next day at school I went up to him to tell him that I had fun and Ashley came up to him to apologize. He took her back and said I love you right in front of me. He pretended that nothing had happened between us at all. After that i couldn't let him go, I mean he was just so good to me, and i just...I couldn't let him go. Then Emma and I went to a rave when Ashley was out of town, and once again I seduced him. I ditch ed Emma at the rave. Plus i brought Craig back to her house. She walked in to us making out on her bed. When I apologized to her she said that I had made the right choice, and I said that I chose not to hang out her. She said you don't want to be friends. I said not with the stuck up prude princess. Then she said something that I knew was true, that I had been denying."

"What did she say," asked J.T. with concern.

"She said that she didn't want to be friends with the school slut." Manny admitted through a fresh wave of tears.

"Manny that was out of line, i mean she...she...she-"

"She was absolutely right," Manny finished.

"Manny don't say that, I mean I'm not gonna lie you have been acting a little on the unsafe side, but that doesn't mean that you are horrible.

"Thanks,"

Just then the bell rang, look Manny can you call me later, then we can finish this conversation, I mean i forced you to tell me all of this, and I promised that I would tell you what my dilemma was."

"That would be nice J.T. I'll talk to you later. I can really use a friend right now, and you're there for me. I really appreciate it."

"Anytime"

J.T. spent the next two hours thinking about his conversation with Manny. This explains why Manny and Emma weren't talking. This explains why Ashley had slapped Craig during the Christmas Concert, she had obviously found out that Craig had been cheating at her with Manny. It all made sense. J.T. was so deep in thought about Manny's explanation that he forgot that he hadn't seen Paige that morning and began to wonder if she was at school, and if she was how he was going to tell her his feelings about her.

When lunch finally came he slowly walked into the cafeteria, wondering how he was going to tell her about all of his feelings toward her, and how to avoid Spinner if she told him what J.T. had said. It was all worth it he would finally have his feelings out in the open.

He walked into the cafeteria feeling confident that he would go through with it, and tell her, but when he got there he realized that she wasn't there. J.T. was crushed he had wanted to tell her so bad, but in the end he realized that he would have to wait until tomorrow to tell her.