Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of Degrassi: The Next Generation. I only own any character that I produce through my own imagination.

Authors Note: Hey! I know I haven't updated this story in a really long time but here's the end part of it! I hope you like it and please review!


Evette brings her eyes up and scans the crowd while she moves. Sitting almost directly in front of her is Craig. She tries to concentrate and block his image out of her mind and is almost immediately lost in the music. Amazingly enough as soon as she has started she finds all the moves and steps coming back to her.

Finally just as they had started they end on the loudest beat of the song. And the lights come back on and the players and the cheerleaders exchange positions. Evette sits down slowly hardly able to comprehend what she has just seen or rather who she has just seen.

Craig is in the same state of shock as are the rest of the people around him. He stares at the brown haired girl sitting next to the court.

"That was...weird."

Spinner concludes and Paige slaps him on the arm he looks slightly annoyed at her but hides it by turning away.

"I agree with Spin."

States Jimmy earning him a sideways glance by Hazel. They spend the next half an hour in silence until the final buzzer. Eric runs over to Evette, picks her up and spins her around. She laughs and begs him to put her down before she is sick. Craig watches them a burning sensation rising in his chest and then guilt begins to settle on him. She looks happy, she doesn't need him. He expected her to be miserable or something. He expected him to be her knight in shining armor. But this just proves that she was perfectly happy without him. His emotions spin around his head and he repeats the same thoughts over and over again.

"Paige, you guys want to come to the after party?"

Yells Gabby from below them. Paige looks at them she doesn't know if it is a good idea but Craig nods.

"Yeah sure."

"Well come on down then I have to introduce you to some people."

They walk down the stairs of the stands and are greeted by a few hot and sweaty basketball players and a few very hot cheerleaders. Evette has her eyes closed as she is leaning against Eric. She is close to falling asleep but Eric knows that in a few short minutes she will be the life of the party.

"The guys are Mark, Will, Peter and Eric."

Craig nods at Peter and Eric but refuses to acknowledge the relationship between them.

"And this is Sarah, Jenny and Evette, although she's kind of asleep. Eve!"

Evette opens her eyes sleepily and attempts to bury her head in Eric's arm before realizing who is standing in front of her.

"Paige! Hazel! Jimmy! Spinner! Craig...Hi."

"Eve? You know them?"

"Yeah, I go to school with them...in Canada."

"Wow, coincidence."

Evette smiles and tugs on Eric's arm indicating that she wants to go. He crouches down slightly and Evette jumps on his back. The other girls roll their eyes at them.

"I swear Eve has the persona of a 2 year old."

Jenny exclaims before following them. Paige and Hazel exchange looks before joining them. They are all thinking about the same thing. This was definitely not the Evette that they knew.

They enter the house with all the lights on and music pumping so loudly that the vibrations can be felt even before stepping into the house. Evette enters and she lets out an almost warrior like scream and giggles hiding her head in Eric's basketball jersey. Everyone turns around and instantly people flock towards her. A chorus of "Hey Eve" is all that can be heard for a few moments. Paige, Hazel, Jimmy, Spinner and Craig hang back unsure of what to do next.

"Craig right?"

"Um...yeah."

"Jenny."

"I know."

"Wanna dance?"

Craig nods and allows himself to be dragged into the middle of the already incredibly crowded living room. Evette watches him out of the corner of her eye but continues to dance with Eric. She doesn't like the way Jenny is grinding against him and she doesn't like the fact that Craig is allowing her to do so. She suddenly feels very possessive and she doesn't like that feeling.

She looks up at Eric and instantly feels guilty. She feels guilty for wanting what she cannot have and not noticing with she already has. She kisses him on the lips and the people around her cheer. They whistle and their noise rises above the music. Evette isn't listening anymore she pulls away from Eric and coolly walks out of the room.

Eric gets slapped on the back as he follows her. He sees her walking down the street her bag slung over her shoulder and her mini skirt beginning to ride up her thigh. She pulls it down quickly and her shoe gets caught in a crack in the sidewalk. She takes the show off and crouches down hoping to get it out.

She lets out a frustrated but feminine grunt but still cannot get it out. A hand covers hers and with a tug the shoe comes popping out and still in incredibly good condition.

"Eric..."

She whispers and holds her hands out. He nods and picks her up. She wraps her arms around his neck and he can feel her tears begin to cascade down his chest.

"Why'd he have to come?"

She whispers.

"Why?"

Eric finally sets her down in front of a quiet town house. Her old house the one that she had convinced her parents to let her have after the old tenants that they had rented it out to left a few months before.

She promptly sits down on the step her head rests against the cold brick. Eric opens the door and offers his hand. She takes it and pulls him down on the step next to her. The town house is the top of a hill and the city sparkles in the night.

"You shouldn't stay here."

Eric concludes after what seems like an eternity of silence.

"I want to..."

"But can't you see that you're hurting yourself? I love you Eve but..."

"But what? But you're going to leave me? Just like Jason, you're just like Jason."

Evette stands up and screams at him she moves towards the door. She is about to slam it in his face when she stops.

"You're just like Jason because you care too much and I care too much and I can't stand hurting you."

With that the door closes and the light in the living room turns on. Eric sighs heavily and leans against the brick wall. He closes his eyes and without meaning to, falls asleep on Evette's front step.

Evette stands in the middle of her living room breathing heavily she doesn't know what to do next it feels like the world is trying to suffocate her. And then there was Craig. Of all the people to see she had to see him. She was in a different freaking country and still he was there.

Evette soon realizes that she has left her bag outside and she opens the door quietly assuming that it is on her front step. She finds something more then her bag she finds Eric.

He looked so perfect in that light and he was just there asleep on her front step waiting for her. Just like he had always been, just like Jason had always been. She peels off her coat and closes the front door. She kneels down next to him and covers him with her coat before lifting his heavy arm and hugging his torso. She closes her eyes and allows but one tear to escape from her eyes.

Craig laughs loudly and kisses the girl next to him on the lips. He can't even remember her name they had been playing a game he can't exactly remember what it involved all he knows is that there was a hell of a lot of vodka.

"Craig Manning!"

Paige screeches as he pulls away from...was it Sandy? Or Danny? Spinner and Jimmy pull him up as the girl blows him a kiss. Hazel follows them in silence.

"I cannot believe you Craig. How could you do that? Have you forgotten what we're here for?"

Paige has not stop screaming at him on the entire walk back to Gabby's house. And it was a long way if one took account of the fact that they had gotten lost about 5 times and what was originally a 15 minute walk took an hour.

Craig's head is pounding and Paige voice has turned into a dull roar in the back of his mind. Hazel is practically sleep walking beside Jimmy and Spinner is hopelessly trying to block out Paige's voice.

"Paige! I know ok! I know what I'm here for!"

Craig screams as they reach Gabby's house. He runs to the bathroom and slams the door momentarily forgetting that he is not in his own house and has possibly disturbed Gabby's parents after all it is around midnight already.

Craig splashes his face with cold watch and stares at his reflection in the mirror. His face is still sparkling because of all the lip gloss that has been planted on his face. His head is pounding and he opens the door quietly before falling asleep in the guest room along side Spinner and Jimmy who stare at him as he enters but say nothing.