That morning, Blayne woke up and pulled herself out of bed. She walked over to her desk and looked at her list of things to do. All it said was 'film video and finish putting tapes on computer'. 'Not much to do, although the video will take up a lot of time,' She thought.
At around noon, there was a knock at the door. Blayne ran downstairs. She was home alone. Katie and her mom had gone to some mother/daughter day at Katie's school. Blayne had a smile on her face as she opened the door.
"Marco! Ellie! Thanks for coming."
"No problem." Marco said, stepping inside.
"Yeah, sometimes we like being do-gooders." Ellie told Blayne, following Marco inside. Blayne shut the door behind them.
"Okay, Marco, you know where the basement is. There is a box of stuff down there. I drew some pictures of how I want it to look, "She handed some papers to Ellie, "And the box has everything you need. I'll be upstairs on my computer. I have to finish downloading the tapes onto my computer. Sound cool to you guys?"
"Yeah, fine!" They said in unison.
"Alright! Everyone else will be over at around one, okay?" Blayne headed up the stairs and Marco led Ellie to the basement.
After about an hour, Craig, Jimmy, and Spinner arrive. No one answered the door when they knocked, so they went right inside. As they came into the basement, Ellie, Marco, and Blayne were just finishing up.
"Hey guys!" Blayne says, hearing them enter.
"Now that everyone is here, let's get started. Okay, first we film Craig's big dramatic entrance, me in the kitchen cooking and crap, and then my surprise when Craig comes in. Marco, you film me, and Ellie, you film Craig. Jimmy, Spin, can you guys handle turning music on and off?"
"Yeah…" Jimmy says.
"Good. Let's get cracking!"
Jimmy and Spinner go over to the stereo and sit in front of it, slipping the cd with their song on it. Craig goes outside the door leading into the kitchen area of the basement and shuts it. Ellie grabs her camera and stands about ten feet away from the door, slightly off to the right. Blayne goes to the stove where a pot with colored milk is pretending to be soup. She grabs a wooden spoon, as if she were to stir it. Marco grabs her camera and stands off to the back, getting ready to film. Jimmy and Spinner flip on the music, which is the cue to start.
The gang ran through the song about three times with many takes until they were satisfied with the product they had. Everyone was taking a break and getting a drink over on the couch.
"Okay, now we need to destroy the kitchen and -" Everyone hears a knock on the door. Blayne stands.
"I'll be right back." She races up the stairs. Once Marco knows she is gone, he turns to Craig.
"So what is going on with you two?" This gets everyone's attention.
"What?" Craig says, not wanting to talk about it.
"Oh come on Craig, everyone can see it." Ellie says, smirking.
"You guys are nuts. Now let's drop it before you make me mad." Craig tells them, making it clear this was a dead subject. For discussion, anyway.
Blayne pulled the door open and her jaw dropped. She quickly looked behind her, and then back to the man standing in front of her.
"Oh my gosh, you NEED to get….are those for me?" She smiles, talking about the dozen pink roses in Sully's arms.
"Well…yeah."
"This is so not like you, Sully. What's going on?"
Sully smiled.
"I can't do something nice for the girl that wanders my mind everywhere I go? Read the card."
She did. 'This is sooo strange. Sully is a jerk. Always! What is going on?'
"Sully, this isn't what you do. You're a sleez. You know that. And this is a really bad time."
Sully looked hurt. Which was shocking.
"And what if I'm trying to change?"
"That's just it! You DON'T change!"
Now, he just looked mad.
"Give me a chance."
"Sully, just go. I'll see you tomorrow."
He shoved the flowers at her and left. She stood there holding them for a minute, then went back inside. She tossed them onto the couch in the living room when she heard someone coming up the stairs.
"Everything okay?" Craig asked.
"Yeah. Just uh….package. For my mom."
"Your mail comes this early?"
"I guess so." She headed down to the basement.
"I'm going to go to the bathroom!" Craig said. He made sure she went downstairs. Then, he went into the walk in area by the door. Nothing strange. He poked his head in the living room. 'Flowers? For her mom? From who?" He thought. Craig tussled around in the flowers until he found a card. It read: Blayne, you are the most beautiful girl I know. Open you're heart.' Craig put the card back on its holder. 'So she has an admirer? Or maybe….wouldn't she tell me?' He heard his name called, and raced down the stairs, everyone was standing there, waiting for him.
"Alright. Now that Craig is back, destroy the kitchen!" Everyone went nuts. They took food and threw it on the walls. Tipped over the pot on the stove so it dripped onto the floor. Broke plates, glass, bowls, open cupboards and left them like that. When they were done, it looked like a tornado had gone through.
"Okay. Now me. Jimmy, scissors?"
Jimmy pulled out some scissors and walked over to Blayne. He made a small incision on the front of Blayne's beater, then tore it the rest of the way down. He clipped the strap on the right shoulder, and frayed it, making it look torn.
"Ellie, make-up?"
Ellie got out a make-up kit and went to work. She made a bruise in the shape of a hand on Blayne's forearm, gave her a slight black eye, and a long across her lips.
"Ickiest part ever…Spin, gel?"
Spinner gobbed gel in his hands and screwed up Blayne's hair. It looked like…well, a girl's worst nightmare. When everyone finished, she looked like hell.
"Wow Blayne, you sure do look the part." Jimmy commented.
"Okay, Craig's turn. He just needs cuts on his hands."
Ellie quickly did those. Now, Ellie took over as director.
"Okay, this is how it's going to go. Blayne, you go over in the corner and sob, cry, big drama. Craig lip-syncs the song, while kind of gliding over to you. The closer he gets, the more scared you become. He offers you a hand, you take it. He calms you down, and on cue, you look at him, with pleading eyes, shaking your head 'no'. At the end, he goes in for the kiss, and that is where it stops. Because we will turn you to dust on computer. Got it?"
"Got it." Craig said.
"Loud and clear." Blayne added, going over to the corner, crouching down.
Ellie grabbed a camera, Marco too. She gave the signal, and the music started. Craig did well with the sorry eyes, but Blayne's performance of being terrified of Craig was even better. She could cry on cue, and was so convincing when the cue to plead with her eyes and shaking her head no. At the end of the song, when Craig placed his hands on her shoulders, he leaned closer with every word of the song.
"….everything I touch, just turns," closer, "to," closer," dust…" instrumental break, and idea for Craig. There was never supposed to be a kiss. But he was right there. And she was, too. So they took matters into their own hands. Craig first. He completed leaning in and gently put his lips on hers. Blayne pulled away for a mili-second, but he held her there. She gave in, and wrapped her arms around his neck. She parted her lips, allowing him full access.
Spinner leaned over to Jimmy, who was staring.
"Dude.." He whispered, "they are totally making out in front of us."
"Cut…" Ellie squeaked.
"Cut." She said a little louder.
"Cut?"
Marco jumped up.
"Cut cut cut cut CUT CUT!!!!"
Blayne and Craig pulled away from each other, turning to the group, who were still staring in amazement.
"Unnecessary, but might help." Ellie said, trying to make the moment less tense. It didn't help.
"We should go…" Marco said, coming to a decision.
He took the tape out of the camera and put it on the counter. He looked at Ellie. She got the hint and did the same. He grabbed her by the arm and tugged her upstairs.
"Bye!" They yelled.
"Yeah…we too…going to leave.." Spinner mumbled, getting up and leaving. Jimmy following.
"See you guys tomorrow." Jimmy said. Everyone one was weirded out. So they left Craig and Blayne, just standing there.
Blayne felt her legs go to jello, so she flopped onto the ground, zoning out. Craig looked down at her, and sat across from her.
"I'm sorry…" He began. She looked up at him.
"Really? I'm not." this took Craig by surprise, and he no longer knew what to say.
"What?"
"I'm not sorry. It was bound to happen. You know that. No use making it a bad thing. Take the high road."
"What are you saying?"
"I'm not saying anything, Craig. And I'm certainly not suggesting anything. But it was going to happen. Something we needed to know. If we felt anything."
"Did we?" It was killing him to know what she thought.
"Did you?" She asked him, back.
"Yeah." He smiled. "Yeah, I did."
She nodded. "Okay."
"Okay? You can't leave me with an okay. Did you?"
She pondered the question a moment, wondering what to say.
"Craig. I've been having some epiphanies the past couple of days. I think my feelings towards you are changing. I mean, forgive me for being so honest, but sometimes when I see you at school I want to shove you up against the locker and kiss you."
They both laughed.
"And I find you very attractive. So does every other girl at Degrassi. And you are a great kisser. And you're sweet, and gentle, and I trust you. As a friend. But I don't know if I could trust you as more than a friend."
Craig's face fell.
"Well…you said some really nice things to me just now, but rejected me at the same time. What now?"
"I say we sleep on it."
"Oh…I can do that."
"Good. You should go. I don't mean to push you out, but I want to start thinking about this. And I need to clean. But I don't need help."
"Ok. I guess…I'll see you tomorrow?"
"Yea, you will."
Blayne watched with dreamy eyes as Craig stood, smiled, and left her sitting there.
At around noon, there was a knock at the door. Blayne ran downstairs. She was home alone. Katie and her mom had gone to some mother/daughter day at Katie's school. Blayne had a smile on her face as she opened the door.
"Marco! Ellie! Thanks for coming."
"No problem." Marco said, stepping inside.
"Yeah, sometimes we like being do-gooders." Ellie told Blayne, following Marco inside. Blayne shut the door behind them.
"Okay, Marco, you know where the basement is. There is a box of stuff down there. I drew some pictures of how I want it to look, "She handed some papers to Ellie, "And the box has everything you need. I'll be upstairs on my computer. I have to finish downloading the tapes onto my computer. Sound cool to you guys?"
"Yeah, fine!" They said in unison.
"Alright! Everyone else will be over at around one, okay?" Blayne headed up the stairs and Marco led Ellie to the basement.
After about an hour, Craig, Jimmy, and Spinner arrive. No one answered the door when they knocked, so they went right inside. As they came into the basement, Ellie, Marco, and Blayne were just finishing up.
"Hey guys!" Blayne says, hearing them enter.
"Now that everyone is here, let's get started. Okay, first we film Craig's big dramatic entrance, me in the kitchen cooking and crap, and then my surprise when Craig comes in. Marco, you film me, and Ellie, you film Craig. Jimmy, Spin, can you guys handle turning music on and off?"
"Yeah…" Jimmy says.
"Good. Let's get cracking!"
Jimmy and Spinner go over to the stereo and sit in front of it, slipping the cd with their song on it. Craig goes outside the door leading into the kitchen area of the basement and shuts it. Ellie grabs her camera and stands about ten feet away from the door, slightly off to the right. Blayne goes to the stove where a pot with colored milk is pretending to be soup. She grabs a wooden spoon, as if she were to stir it. Marco grabs her camera and stands off to the back, getting ready to film. Jimmy and Spinner flip on the music, which is the cue to start.
The gang ran through the song about three times with many takes until they were satisfied with the product they had. Everyone was taking a break and getting a drink over on the couch.
"Okay, now we need to destroy the kitchen and -" Everyone hears a knock on the door. Blayne stands.
"I'll be right back." She races up the stairs. Once Marco knows she is gone, he turns to Craig.
"So what is going on with you two?" This gets everyone's attention.
"What?" Craig says, not wanting to talk about it.
"Oh come on Craig, everyone can see it." Ellie says, smirking.
"You guys are nuts. Now let's drop it before you make me mad." Craig tells them, making it clear this was a dead subject. For discussion, anyway.
Blayne pulled the door open and her jaw dropped. She quickly looked behind her, and then back to the man standing in front of her.
"Oh my gosh, you NEED to get….are those for me?" She smiles, talking about the dozen pink roses in Sully's arms.
"Well…yeah."
"This is so not like you, Sully. What's going on?"
Sully smiled.
"I can't do something nice for the girl that wanders my mind everywhere I go? Read the card."
She did. 'This is sooo strange. Sully is a jerk. Always! What is going on?'
"Sully, this isn't what you do. You're a sleez. You know that. And this is a really bad time."
Sully looked hurt. Which was shocking.
"And what if I'm trying to change?"
"That's just it! You DON'T change!"
Now, he just looked mad.
"Give me a chance."
"Sully, just go. I'll see you tomorrow."
He shoved the flowers at her and left. She stood there holding them for a minute, then went back inside. She tossed them onto the couch in the living room when she heard someone coming up the stairs.
"Everything okay?" Craig asked.
"Yeah. Just uh….package. For my mom."
"Your mail comes this early?"
"I guess so." She headed down to the basement.
"I'm going to go to the bathroom!" Craig said. He made sure she went downstairs. Then, he went into the walk in area by the door. Nothing strange. He poked his head in the living room. 'Flowers? For her mom? From who?" He thought. Craig tussled around in the flowers until he found a card. It read: Blayne, you are the most beautiful girl I know. Open you're heart.' Craig put the card back on its holder. 'So she has an admirer? Or maybe….wouldn't she tell me?' He heard his name called, and raced down the stairs, everyone was standing there, waiting for him.
"Alright. Now that Craig is back, destroy the kitchen!" Everyone went nuts. They took food and threw it on the walls. Tipped over the pot on the stove so it dripped onto the floor. Broke plates, glass, bowls, open cupboards and left them like that. When they were done, it looked like a tornado had gone through.
"Okay. Now me. Jimmy, scissors?"
Jimmy pulled out some scissors and walked over to Blayne. He made a small incision on the front of Blayne's beater, then tore it the rest of the way down. He clipped the strap on the right shoulder, and frayed it, making it look torn.
"Ellie, make-up?"
Ellie got out a make-up kit and went to work. She made a bruise in the shape of a hand on Blayne's forearm, gave her a slight black eye, and a long across her lips.
"Ickiest part ever…Spin, gel?"
Spinner gobbed gel in his hands and screwed up Blayne's hair. It looked like…well, a girl's worst nightmare. When everyone finished, she looked like hell.
"Wow Blayne, you sure do look the part." Jimmy commented.
"Okay, Craig's turn. He just needs cuts on his hands."
Ellie quickly did those. Now, Ellie took over as director.
"Okay, this is how it's going to go. Blayne, you go over in the corner and sob, cry, big drama. Craig lip-syncs the song, while kind of gliding over to you. The closer he gets, the more scared you become. He offers you a hand, you take it. He calms you down, and on cue, you look at him, with pleading eyes, shaking your head 'no'. At the end, he goes in for the kiss, and that is where it stops. Because we will turn you to dust on computer. Got it?"
"Got it." Craig said.
"Loud and clear." Blayne added, going over to the corner, crouching down.
Ellie grabbed a camera, Marco too. She gave the signal, and the music started. Craig did well with the sorry eyes, but Blayne's performance of being terrified of Craig was even better. She could cry on cue, and was so convincing when the cue to plead with her eyes and shaking her head no. At the end of the song, when Craig placed his hands on her shoulders, he leaned closer with every word of the song.
"….everything I touch, just turns," closer, "to," closer," dust…" instrumental break, and idea for Craig. There was never supposed to be a kiss. But he was right there. And she was, too. So they took matters into their own hands. Craig first. He completed leaning in and gently put his lips on hers. Blayne pulled away for a mili-second, but he held her there. She gave in, and wrapped her arms around his neck. She parted her lips, allowing him full access.
Spinner leaned over to Jimmy, who was staring.
"Dude.." He whispered, "they are totally making out in front of us."
"Cut…" Ellie squeaked.
"Cut." She said a little louder.
"Cut?"
Marco jumped up.
"Cut cut cut cut CUT CUT!!!!"
Blayne and Craig pulled away from each other, turning to the group, who were still staring in amazement.
"Unnecessary, but might help." Ellie said, trying to make the moment less tense. It didn't help.
"We should go…" Marco said, coming to a decision.
He took the tape out of the camera and put it on the counter. He looked at Ellie. She got the hint and did the same. He grabbed her by the arm and tugged her upstairs.
"Bye!" They yelled.
"Yeah…we too…going to leave.." Spinner mumbled, getting up and leaving. Jimmy following.
"See you guys tomorrow." Jimmy said. Everyone one was weirded out. So they left Craig and Blayne, just standing there.
Blayne felt her legs go to jello, so she flopped onto the ground, zoning out. Craig looked down at her, and sat across from her.
"I'm sorry…" He began. She looked up at him.
"Really? I'm not." this took Craig by surprise, and he no longer knew what to say.
"What?"
"I'm not sorry. It was bound to happen. You know that. No use making it a bad thing. Take the high road."
"What are you saying?"
"I'm not saying anything, Craig. And I'm certainly not suggesting anything. But it was going to happen. Something we needed to know. If we felt anything."
"Did we?" It was killing him to know what she thought.
"Did you?" She asked him, back.
"Yeah." He smiled. "Yeah, I did."
She nodded. "Okay."
"Okay? You can't leave me with an okay. Did you?"
She pondered the question a moment, wondering what to say.
"Craig. I've been having some epiphanies the past couple of days. I think my feelings towards you are changing. I mean, forgive me for being so honest, but sometimes when I see you at school I want to shove you up against the locker and kiss you."
They both laughed.
"And I find you very attractive. So does every other girl at Degrassi. And you are a great kisser. And you're sweet, and gentle, and I trust you. As a friend. But I don't know if I could trust you as more than a friend."
Craig's face fell.
"Well…you said some really nice things to me just now, but rejected me at the same time. What now?"
"I say we sleep on it."
"Oh…I can do that."
"Good. You should go. I don't mean to push you out, but I want to start thinking about this. And I need to clean. But I don't need help."
"Ok. I guess…I'll see you tomorrow?"
"Yea, you will."
Blayne watched with dreamy eyes as Craig stood, smiled, and left her sitting there.