Camille
"Hey, could you point me towards the cafeteria? This map is like...backwards or something." I asked the girl I recognized from somewhere, I think I saw her in the newspaper a couple of days ago. I didn't have time to read the article, but I think the paper said her name was Manny. She jumped and looked around, as if I were talking to someone else.
"Me?" She asked in almost a whisper. I nodded.
"Oh! Wow. Uh, even better, I'll take you there myself. I'm Manny, you're new here, right? Carmen?" I smiled. She seems nice...creepy, but nice.
"It's Camille actually, but good guess. How did you know that, I don't think you're in any of my classes?" All day I'd noticed Manny wondering the halls of Degrassi, no one seemed to notice her, even though she was beautiful, and she didn't seem to have any friends either. I saw a lot of people look at my strangely, as if talking to Manny was a crime.
"I'm in and out of classes actually, it's like I—haunt them or something." She said smiling. I laughed.
"It's all good I guess. How long have you been at Degrassi?" Manny sighed.
"It seems like forever, no, I will be here forever. It sucks."
"Grades that bad?"
"You could...say that." Manny said slowly. Ok, maybe she didn't have friends because she was so weird.
"Can I ask you something else Manny?" I asked.
"Sure."
"Why don't you have many friends? I mean, you're beautiful and nice...I'm sorry if I'm getting personal, I just wondered and—"
"No, it's ok. I did some stuff last year, and I got pregnant, and...well, things didn't work out, I made one big mistake and now I'm paying for it, big time." We entered the cafeteria and I went to get a soda, when I went back to where we were standing, Manny was gone.
"Camille!" I turned to see Emma waving me down. I'd met Emma during Math when she saved me from answering a killer equation that I didn't understand.
I walked over to her table where she was sitting with her boyfriend Chris, JT, Kendra, Toby, and Liberty, although I wasn't too thrilled to sit at a table with Liberty, I did anyway.
"Hey y'all." I said cheerfully sitting down next to Kendra.
"How's your day at Degrassi going so far?" Emma asked me.
"It's been ok. Ya know, it's the strangest thing—"
"I miss her." JT said suddenly. Toby patted JT's shoulder comfortingly.
"Excuse me?" I asked.
"Don't mind him, he's getting over a loss." Emma explained.
"Oh. I'm so sorry." I suddenly felt so out of place, so new. I noticed Liberty staring at me and I rolled my eyes.
"Problem?" I asked.
"There's no need to get an attitude with me Camille." I hated Liberty, I always had, and no matter how hard anyone tried to make us like each other it would never work.
"Oh shutup."
"Make me."
"Dag, do y'all fight all the time?" Chris asked me. I nodded.
"We're not exactly the closest of cousins."
"Hey, could you point me towards the cafeteria? This map is like...backwards or something." I asked the girl I recognized from somewhere, I think I saw her in the newspaper a couple of days ago. I didn't have time to read the article, but I think the paper said her name was Manny. She jumped and looked around, as if I were talking to someone else.
"Me?" She asked in almost a whisper. I nodded.
"Oh! Wow. Uh, even better, I'll take you there myself. I'm Manny, you're new here, right? Carmen?" I smiled. She seems nice...creepy, but nice.
"It's Camille actually, but good guess. How did you know that, I don't think you're in any of my classes?" All day I'd noticed Manny wondering the halls of Degrassi, no one seemed to notice her, even though she was beautiful, and she didn't seem to have any friends either. I saw a lot of people look at my strangely, as if talking to Manny was a crime.
"I'm in and out of classes actually, it's like I—haunt them or something." She said smiling. I laughed.
"It's all good I guess. How long have you been at Degrassi?" Manny sighed.
"It seems like forever, no, I will be here forever. It sucks."
"Grades that bad?"
"You could...say that." Manny said slowly. Ok, maybe she didn't have friends because she was so weird.
"Can I ask you something else Manny?" I asked.
"Sure."
"Why don't you have many friends? I mean, you're beautiful and nice...I'm sorry if I'm getting personal, I just wondered and—"
"No, it's ok. I did some stuff last year, and I got pregnant, and...well, things didn't work out, I made one big mistake and now I'm paying for it, big time." We entered the cafeteria and I went to get a soda, when I went back to where we were standing, Manny was gone.
"Camille!" I turned to see Emma waving me down. I'd met Emma during Math when she saved me from answering a killer equation that I didn't understand.
I walked over to her table where she was sitting with her boyfriend Chris, JT, Kendra, Toby, and Liberty, although I wasn't too thrilled to sit at a table with Liberty, I did anyway.
"Hey y'all." I said cheerfully sitting down next to Kendra.
"How's your day at Degrassi going so far?" Emma asked me.
"It's been ok. Ya know, it's the strangest thing—"
"I miss her." JT said suddenly. Toby patted JT's shoulder comfortingly.
"Excuse me?" I asked.
"Don't mind him, he's getting over a loss." Emma explained.
"Oh. I'm so sorry." I suddenly felt so out of place, so new. I noticed Liberty staring at me and I rolled my eyes.
"Problem?" I asked.
"There's no need to get an attitude with me Camille." I hated Liberty, I always had, and no matter how hard anyone tried to make us like each other it would never work.
"Oh shutup."
"Make me."
"Dag, do y'all fight all the time?" Chris asked me. I nodded.
"We're not exactly the closest of cousins."