CHAPTER TWO: I FELL
Paige led Trent into Mrs. Kwan's English class and got him a seat with herself
and her friends Terri MacGreggor and Jimmy Brooks.
Jimmy and Terri were in conversation until they saw Trent with Paige and each gave
her questioning looks all the while smiling politely to him.
Paige smiled as she introduced them, "Guys, this is Trent Miller, he and his twin Trixie,
who's not in this class, moved here from Tennessee. Trent, this is Jimmy Brooks and
Terri MacGreggor."
Jimmy reached up and shook his hand in a friendly way, "What's up? So, how do you
like Degrassi so far?"
"It's alright, friendly people anyway," Trent replied with a small smile as he sat down.
Jimmy nodded as Paige sat next to Terri, "Yeah, Paige loves to be the first to introduce
ANYONE to Degrassi just about," he laughed a bit as he said this.
While the guys were in conversation, Paige giggled and spoke quietly to Terri, "Isn't
he a cutie?"
"Yeah, he's kinda cute," Terri confessed.
Paige smiled, "He's sweet; I talked to him on the way to class and he talked about how
big this move was and how much him and his sister miss home and everything."
She then realized that Terri wasn't paying attention to her and noticed that her under-
handed gaze was turned to Trent; awww, that was cute, but she wasn't going to say
anything about it just yet, for the bell had just rang and Mrs. Kwan walked in.
"Hello class, I'm assuming we all had a good vacation?" she asked with a kind smile.
Some people nodded, most people just sat there.
"Well that's good, now, can anyone tell me..."
While Mrs. Kwan began with her lecture, Jimmy passed a note he had written to Paige,
who took it and opened it in her lap:
"I think Trent likes Terri, he couldn't stop sneaking glances at her earlier."
Paige smiled to herself and discreetly wrote back:
"I think it's the same with Terri, I saw her eyeing him up, too."
This went on for a little while longer before Mrs. Kwan stopped talking and looked to
the two, "Paige, Jimmy, is there something that you'd like to share with the class?"
"Uhm... no, Mrs. Kwan," Jimmy replied sheepishly.
"Then I suggest you put that note away and pay attention," she said in a hurried tone
and started talking once again about the subject.
Both Paige and Jimmy were relieved that she hadn't taken the note up and Paige ripped
it to shreds so no one would ever read it and embarass Trent and Terri.
In Trixie's Biology class, she wasn't having as much luck as Trent seemed to be having;
she was alone and trying to concentrate on Mrs. H. so as to divert her attention away from
the immense loneliness she was feeling right then.
But then as if someone upstairs knew how she felt, something fell into her lap; a note...
She looked into the direction that it had came from and saw two guys, one with glasses
and a Jewish nose and another with longish, brown/blonde streaked hair. Not being able
to decide which one it came from, she opened it discreetly so it wouldn't be taken up:
"Hi, you must be new here. I'm JT Yorke, what's your name?"
'JT... hmm, must be the one with the glasses,' Trixie said to herself as she scribbled in
reply:
"I'm Trixie Miller; yeah, I moved here from Tennessee."
Mrs. H. came through her isle, so she made sure to keep the note hidden until she went
past, then tossed it lightly to the boy with glasses. He saw it and tapped the guy in front
of him on the shoulder.
"She replied," Toby Issacs whispered to his best friend as he handed him the note under
the chairs.
JT took the note and read it; after reading it, he wrote:
"Tennessee? Wow, that's a long way. I bet you miss your friends back home."
JT handed it back to Toby and Toby rolled his eyes, almost tired of being messenger-boy;
he gently tossed the note into Trixie's lap and she read JT's reply and wrote her own:
"Yes, especially right now... but oh well, I guess I'll get used to it."
Once again, the note got tossed to Toby and he delivered it, JT reading her response just
as Mrs. H. said, "Okay, well, it looks like we have some spare time, so you may quietly
talk until the tone sounds."
JT then turned in his seat and smiled to Trixie, "Eh, you will; you'll make a lot of new
friends here."
Trixie smiled back, "I hope," she replied, adjusting her glasses a little bit.
"This is Toby Issacs," JT introduced the guy with glasses.
"Hi,Toby; sorry I had to keep using you as a tossing net," she said sweetly.
"It's okay, I've been used for worse," he replied, giving JT a look.
"What?" JT asked innocently.
Trixie giggled as a tall girl with blonde hair and brown eyes walked up.
"JT, it looks like you've made a new friend," she said with a smile to Trixie, "hi, I'm Emma
Nelson; seems you've already met the class clown."
"I'm Trixie Miller; oh really?" she asked, raising an eyebrow at JT.
"Well, kinda... there's nothing wrong with making people laugh is there?" he asked.
"No, it's actually good when it's needed," Trixie replied in support for her new friend.
JT bowed, "Thank you, M'Lady," he said.
"Are you in Grade Ten?" Emma asked.
"No, I'm in 11th grade, I failed this course at my old school," Trixie replied.
"You're a Grade 11?" Toby asked in amazement.
"Yep, that's me," she smiled shyly.
JT blinked as if he had been caught in a pair of blinding headlights; another older woman...
wasn't that his luck?
"Well, we probably won't see you in any more classes, will we?" Emma asked.
"Probably not, but hey, there's always the halls and lunch," Trixie replied optimistically.
The tone rang and then it was time to switch classes once again.
Paige led Trent into Mrs. Kwan's English class and got him a seat with herself
and her friends Terri MacGreggor and Jimmy Brooks.
Jimmy and Terri were in conversation until they saw Trent with Paige and each gave
her questioning looks all the while smiling politely to him.
Paige smiled as she introduced them, "Guys, this is Trent Miller, he and his twin Trixie,
who's not in this class, moved here from Tennessee. Trent, this is Jimmy Brooks and
Terri MacGreggor."
Jimmy reached up and shook his hand in a friendly way, "What's up? So, how do you
like Degrassi so far?"
"It's alright, friendly people anyway," Trent replied with a small smile as he sat down.
Jimmy nodded as Paige sat next to Terri, "Yeah, Paige loves to be the first to introduce
ANYONE to Degrassi just about," he laughed a bit as he said this.
While the guys were in conversation, Paige giggled and spoke quietly to Terri, "Isn't
he a cutie?"
"Yeah, he's kinda cute," Terri confessed.
Paige smiled, "He's sweet; I talked to him on the way to class and he talked about how
big this move was and how much him and his sister miss home and everything."
She then realized that Terri wasn't paying attention to her and noticed that her under-
handed gaze was turned to Trent; awww, that was cute, but she wasn't going to say
anything about it just yet, for the bell had just rang and Mrs. Kwan walked in.
"Hello class, I'm assuming we all had a good vacation?" she asked with a kind smile.
Some people nodded, most people just sat there.
"Well that's good, now, can anyone tell me..."
While Mrs. Kwan began with her lecture, Jimmy passed a note he had written to Paige,
who took it and opened it in her lap:
"I think Trent likes Terri, he couldn't stop sneaking glances at her earlier."
Paige smiled to herself and discreetly wrote back:
"I think it's the same with Terri, I saw her eyeing him up, too."
This went on for a little while longer before Mrs. Kwan stopped talking and looked to
the two, "Paige, Jimmy, is there something that you'd like to share with the class?"
"Uhm... no, Mrs. Kwan," Jimmy replied sheepishly.
"Then I suggest you put that note away and pay attention," she said in a hurried tone
and started talking once again about the subject.
Both Paige and Jimmy were relieved that she hadn't taken the note up and Paige ripped
it to shreds so no one would ever read it and embarass Trent and Terri.
In Trixie's Biology class, she wasn't having as much luck as Trent seemed to be having;
she was alone and trying to concentrate on Mrs. H. so as to divert her attention away from
the immense loneliness she was feeling right then.
But then as if someone upstairs knew how she felt, something fell into her lap; a note...
She looked into the direction that it had came from and saw two guys, one with glasses
and a Jewish nose and another with longish, brown/blonde streaked hair. Not being able
to decide which one it came from, she opened it discreetly so it wouldn't be taken up:
"Hi, you must be new here. I'm JT Yorke, what's your name?"
'JT... hmm, must be the one with the glasses,' Trixie said to herself as she scribbled in
reply:
"I'm Trixie Miller; yeah, I moved here from Tennessee."
Mrs. H. came through her isle, so she made sure to keep the note hidden until she went
past, then tossed it lightly to the boy with glasses. He saw it and tapped the guy in front
of him on the shoulder.
"She replied," Toby Issacs whispered to his best friend as he handed him the note under
the chairs.
JT took the note and read it; after reading it, he wrote:
"Tennessee? Wow, that's a long way. I bet you miss your friends back home."
JT handed it back to Toby and Toby rolled his eyes, almost tired of being messenger-boy;
he gently tossed the note into Trixie's lap and she read JT's reply and wrote her own:
"Yes, especially right now... but oh well, I guess I'll get used to it."
Once again, the note got tossed to Toby and he delivered it, JT reading her response just
as Mrs. H. said, "Okay, well, it looks like we have some spare time, so you may quietly
talk until the tone sounds."
JT then turned in his seat and smiled to Trixie, "Eh, you will; you'll make a lot of new
friends here."
Trixie smiled back, "I hope," she replied, adjusting her glasses a little bit.
"This is Toby Issacs," JT introduced the guy with glasses.
"Hi,Toby; sorry I had to keep using you as a tossing net," she said sweetly.
"It's okay, I've been used for worse," he replied, giving JT a look.
"What?" JT asked innocently.
Trixie giggled as a tall girl with blonde hair and brown eyes walked up.
"JT, it looks like you've made a new friend," she said with a smile to Trixie, "hi, I'm Emma
Nelson; seems you've already met the class clown."
"I'm Trixie Miller; oh really?" she asked, raising an eyebrow at JT.
"Well, kinda... there's nothing wrong with making people laugh is there?" he asked.
"No, it's actually good when it's needed," Trixie replied in support for her new friend.
JT bowed, "Thank you, M'Lady," he said.
"Are you in Grade Ten?" Emma asked.
"No, I'm in 11th grade, I failed this course at my old school," Trixie replied.
"You're a Grade 11?" Toby asked in amazement.
"Yep, that's me," she smiled shyly.
JT blinked as if he had been caught in a pair of blinding headlights; another older woman...
wasn't that his luck?
"Well, we probably won't see you in any more classes, will we?" Emma asked.
"Probably not, but hey, there's always the halls and lunch," Trixie replied optimistically.
The tone rang and then it was time to switch classes once again.