anjel919: Hey, thanks tons for the 'glad' synonyms! It's just downright spiffy that you reviewed! And, thanks, I will e-mail you if I need ideas, which I probably do for the next chapter, but what's your e-mail address? Oh, wait, it's probably in your bio, right? Well, if it's not, be sure to give it to me, because I desperately need help! Oh, and by the way, I meant cutest/hottest/sexiest as just the /one/ best person, but that's okay, I figured I didn't make that clear, but I was too lazy to fix it. So, since you voted Dylan on two and Marco on just one, I'll use your vote for Dylan. I love John Bregar too! Thanks for voting!
Kitty Kat: Yeah, don't you love the fountain guy? He really brings the whole story together, don'tcha think? Thank you so much for reviewing!
R: Yay, you voted Dylan! (claps for R) Good choice. Anyway, I'm ecstatic that you enjoy my story. Thank you for reviewing, and for your vote!
miss v: I know, wasn't it sad that Marco died? I'm so...jubilant...that he miraculously recovered. Thanx for R&Ring! ;)
Val-Creative: Oh no, now I don't know what to do. Hey, if you haven't already, read what I said to anjel919 about the poll four replies up...........................................................................done? Okay, good. Well, since you gave three different people one vote each, instead of what happened with anjel919, I dunno. I guess I'll use them all, your two extra votes can make up for the people who didn't vote.
My sister really likes Sean too! Personally, I don't get why, I've never even considered being attracted to him, but, whatever! And I want to be a red-head too! Don't you hate Stacey Farber, or whatever her name is? Thank you for reviewing and voting! Oh, and one more thing. (Hugs Val-Creative) Yay! Let's have absolutely no social life together! lol go us! ;)
acsbabyangelgirl: Yay! Someone else enjoys my footnotes! I'm so happy! Thanks for reviewing! ;)
Arthur: Yeah, I don't know what to do about Marco's parents. I either want them to continue hating him and being really evil and trying to ruin his life, or I want them to, like you said, realize how much he means to them, even if he is gay. (sigh) I just don't know. Anyway, thank you for reviewing!
EzraFitch: (laughs) Well, that's okay that you don't have any ideas. But why didn't you vote on my poll? (pouts) Oh, well.... Thank you for your review!! ;)
smoothNcreamy: (laughs evily) Yay, I made someone cry! Hee hee.... I'm gl- wait, I mean, I'm delighted that you love this chapter! I had fun writing it, and I thought it turned out pretty good. And yeah, I know it's stupid that Marco was suddenly alive again, but I really wanted to make people think I killed him, (and I succeeded on some people!) and I wanted to torture my poor, hott little Dylan. And then, I couldn't let Marco /stay/ dead, of course.
OMG, I'm such an idiot. I completely forgot that Marco's dad horribly beat him, so I'll have to squeeze some injuries in here, even though it's been two weeks since that little incident. Thank you for your idea, and your review, which wasn't too long, by the way. I love reading long reviews. Plus, they're much easier to respond to when you have something /to/ respond to. So, you get an extra thank you for your long review, and now I have to take the 'you' away, since you didn't vote. So, you have an extra 'thank'. ;)
soccergurl1990: Yay! I'm so happy that you like my story. Thanx a bunch for your review and vote!
Misery Chick722: (claps hands together) Yay! Thank you for the compliment, I'm really elated that you think of my story as great. Thanks for reviewing and voting! Oh, and congratulations on being the first person to vote for a girl! (gives 1 point to Ellie) I was beginning to think I was just gonna have guys on there.
Krinklecut: Yay, I made another person cry! Hee hee, I'm so mean...anyway, thank you so much for reviewing and voting! ;) By the way, I love your odd screen name, or whatever they're called. Does it like, mean something, or did you just stick two words together?
EEessKay: Thank you so much for reviewing and voting! Well, since I'm not sure whether you meant you were /definitely/ going to go with Ashley, or you weren't sure, I'll just give a point to them both, and the extra vote will just help make up for the people who didn't vote.
Kayli Granberg: Oh, right. I'm still such an idiot. I completely forgot that they always tell you not to move them. But yeah, like you said, it added to the drama. Well anyway, I'm so happy that you love my story; I just love writing it. Thanx for reviewing and voting! ;)
activist17: To answer your question about why Dylan was "so incredibly clueless", just simply because I needed him to be. And besides, He didn't think that Marco's dad would actually hurt him, /and/ Marco told him to leave. At least, I think he did. (blushes) I can't remember. Anyway, thank you so much for reviewing!
Unsolved: Hee hee, there's never too much of Marco being miserable! (laughs evily) But don't worry; he's happy at the end of this chapter. Thank you for your review and vote!
CGE: (laughs) Well, thank you for liking my story! And another thank you for reviewing and voting! ;)
Fucted Up Kid: Oh my god! My longest review ever! (hugs Fucted Up Kid) Hee, I'm so happy! I'd give you some good food, but we never have anything to eat here...(digs through fridge) milk...eggs...applewood cheese-No! You can't have it! IT'S MINE!(pounces on cheese)ahem, anyway...looks in freezer...hey! We have a tiny bit of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream! Okay, take that. ;)
Oh, I just love Ellie's plaid skirts, they're the best! And yes, Chris sounded so stupid, and I still hate Emma! Grrrr...
Yay, I'm not the only one with a horribly dirty mind that thought Marco was raped! Man, in my opinion, if he was, that episode, nay, that whole SEASON would have been infinity times better. But no, it has to be /Paige/ who got raped, not Marco. (sigh).... Oh, and you should totally find the time to write that story where that happens! I would definitely read it, probably five times.
Okay, about your idea. Thank you SO MUCH for helping me out, but, the way that you said the doctors found out really, really, /deeply/ creeps me out. I don't know why, but it just /really/ does. So, sorry, I can't use it. We'll just have to stick with my boring, less creepy way. BUT THANK YOU! (hugs Fucted Up Kid again) Anyway, -oh my god it's so hot in here!- thank you for reviewing, and for voting! Marco would hug you for voting for him, but he's busy making out with Dylan! (sigh, I wish) I was really disappointed with Marco and Dylan's first kiss. It wasn't passionate at all! But, oh well. They better make out in the next season, even though Spinner is going to have REALLY STUPID HAIR!!!! Ahem, okay, none of that had to do with anything. Sorry, you can read this chapter now....
green eyed dragon: Hey! First off, I like your screen name! I love dragons! I know, don't you just feel terrible for Marco? (hugs Marco) Poor thing...anyway, thank you so much for reviewing!
Bay: Oh my god, I loved the Adamo Ruggiero unscripted thingy! He is /so/, /hott/. Yay! Anyway, thank you for reviewing!
Alex: Yay, I'm so happy you like my story! And I'm also happy that you think of it as an emotional roller coaster, that's great! Okay, thank you for your review!
kivalovenkiba: Well, don't worry, I plan on finishing, and maybe even having a sequel, if I feel like it. Thank you so much for reviewing!
man freakzoid: Congratulations! You are my first almost-flame-review, but not quite! I hope you end up liking my story, and I hope you get some sleep! Thanx for reviewing and voting!
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You guys make me so happy! I practically had reviews for that last chapter before I put it up! EEE! (Does a happy dance!) I just absolutely love replying to all you guys. Yay! Oh, F.Y.I., I found a bunch of synonyms for 'glad' on , so I will be using a bunch of weird words that most likely don't make any sense in place of 'glad'. I've never heard of half the words on the list, but I'm going to use them where I please in my replies, so just deal with it. And isn't it sad? This chapter was ready on the 27th, but I had to wait for Val-Creative's permission to use the 'kitten' thing. Oh, well. Anyway, I thought I had more to say, but...I forget. Oh well, maybe I'll remember later. Or maybe I didn't even have anything to say, I dunno. Heh....
Disclaimer: don't own nuthin'.
Characters/pairings for chapter: Marco/Dylan, Paige/Spinner, Mr./Mrs. Michaelchuk, Dr. Pink/Nurse Kitana, (that's right, he just asked her out lol) and Ellie
Damn it, I thought there was something /else/ I was supposed to put with the disclaimer and characters. Oh, well....
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"Congratulations! He's alive and better than ever!"
Dylan couldn't believe it. He all but ran into the hospital room and practically leaped on Marco, who was sitting up in the hospital bed. Dylan crashed into the bed and banged his hip trying to slow down, but it didn't faze him in the least. He hugged his boyfriend tightly, which caused Marco to wince in pain. Dylan tried not to cry, but he was so overwhelmed with emotion he couldn't help himself.
"Oh my god Marco, I so glad you're okay!"
Marco looked up at Dylan and smiled weakly.
"Um, yeah."
Dylan pulled away and looked worriedly down at his boyfriend.
"Marco, what's wrong? What happened that would make you want to kill yourself?"
Marco looked at him sadly for a moment and shook his head.
"I-I'm sorry, Dylan. But I...I can't tell you."
Dylan opened his mouth to reply, but just then Dr. Pink came back into the room.
"Son, your family has moved to the waiting room downstairs. You may go join them now, because we have to move..." Dr. Pink looked down at the clipboard he was carrying. "Marco into another room to examine him, incase he has any more injuries."
Dylan nodded, and kissed Marco on his forehead before leaving him to the doctor. As soon as he got to the waiting room, Paige came running up to him.
"So, is he completely alright now? Why did we have to move down here!? Why are they moving Marco!? He didn't die again did he!?"
Dylan laughed at his sister.
"Whoa, calm down. You're getting hysterical. Marco's fine, the doctors are just checking for any other injuries, just in case."
Paige put her hand to her chest and sighed in relief.
"Thank god."
"Paige," Mrs. Michalchuk(2) said with an exasperated sigh. "The doctor already told us all what was going on."
"Oh. Well, where was I?"
"You were sitting right beside us, fixing your hair in your mirror."
"Oh." Paige rolled her eyes. "You can't expect me to pay attention to anything else when I'm doing my hair, mom! It requires my full attention!"
Ellie shook her head.
-She's so conceited.-
Dylan rolled his eyes and ruffled his sister's hair, causing her to let out a small scream. As she frantically dug in her purse for her mirror, Dylan went and sat down next to his parents, who immediately turned towards him.
"Sweetie, what's wrong with Marco? Why would he-"Mrs. Michalchuk stopped, unable to even say it. "Why would he do such a thing?"
Dylan bit his lip, and was suddenly overwhelmed with guilt.
"It's all my fault. Two weeks ago, I convinced him to come out to his parents, and ever since then he's been acting really strange and depressed. They probably did something to him, and I could have stopped it!"
For the next ten minutes, Dylan relayed the whole thing to his parents, starting with Marco's story about his dad seeing those gay guys on TV, up to where Dylan left Marco's house the night he came out.
"Marco was so obviously terrified, but I left him anyway! God, I'm so stupid!"
Dylan banged his fist the table next to his chair, causing Paige to drop her mirror.
"Dylan! This is a hospital! You probably just caused some surgeon to jump and kill his patient!"
Dylan just ignored her and buried his face in his hands. His mother hugged him, trying to comfort her distressed son.
"Sweetie, it's okay, it's not your fault. He told you to leave, and if they did hurt him, it's their fault, okay?"
Dylan just sat silently, running his hands through his hair. Just then, Dr. Pink came back out.
"Okay, I have some bad news and, well, more bad news. He's mostly fine, but he did have two cracked ribs, and one was broken. Also, Nurse Kitana told me that when she had him moved to the other room, she noticed blood on the bed and the back of his gown. He won't tell us what caused this, however. Now, I have my suspicions, but I don't want to say anything before I ask you this: Is Marco Del Rossi a... a homosexual?"
"Um, yes. Why, do you...wait!" Mrs. Michalchuk turned abruptly towards Dylan. "Did you two, did you...."
Dylan stared at his mom for a second before realizing what she was saying.
"No, mom, don't worry. We haven't done anything." His parents breathed a sigh of relief.
"Wait," Dylan furrowed his forehead, the realization of what could have happened suddenly dawning on him. "No, he couldn't he?"
"Sweetie, what is it? What's wrong?" Mrs. Michalchuk asked. Ignoring his mother, Dylan got up out of his chair, and walked over to the doctor.
"Can I go talk to Marco? He might tell me what happened."
"Sure, go ahead."
Dylan nodded a 'thanks', and walked into the room. He saw Marco sitting on the bed, looking absolutely miserable. It killed Dylan to see him like that.
-God, he hasn't been happy for so long, and it's all my fault.-
Dylan went and sat in a chair next to the bed. He looked expectantly at Marco.
"What?"
"Marco, what happened that night?"
Marco shifted uncomfortably in his bed.
"W-what night?"
Dylan just looked at Marco, waiting for him to answer. Marco sighed.
"Dylan, I can't tell you."
"Why not?"
"Because, he- just... because."
Dylan sighed and grabbed Marco's hand.
"Marco, you have to tell me. I let it go for two weeks, and look where it got us? I almost lost you forever. I am /not/ going to just stand idly by and let that happen again. So, what happened?"
Marco looked down at the sheets, tears forming in his eyes.
"B-but...."
Dylan leaned over and gave Marco a quick kiss, then ran the back of his fingers across Marco's cheek.
"Marco, it's okay."
Marco started crying softly.
"But, my father will be so mad. He warned me not to tell anyone."
Dylan bit his lip, trying to control himself. If he /warned/ Marco not to tell anyone, he must have...
-No.- Dylan thought. –He wouldn't do that to his own son.- He smiled weakly, and ran his hand through his boyfriend's hair.
"Marco, it's alright. If what happened is so bad that you were /warned/ not to tell anyone, you /have/ to tell someone. I won't let him hurt you again, I swear."
Marco bit his lip.
"But, if I tell you, you'll probably hate me, and I really can't take that."
Dylan squeezed Marco's hand reassuringly.
"Marco, whatever it is, I will not hate you. I never will hate you, okay? I love you, and nothing is going to change that."
Marco smiled slightly. He took a deep, nervous breath, and started talking.
"Well, um, that night, my father, he, um, h-he...."
Marco started crying harder, unable to say it. Dylan rubbed his arm softly.
"He what?" Dylan whispered.
Marco looked down at sheets.
-I can't tell him. He'll be disgusted. There's no way he can still love me, especially since I let it go on for two weeks! He'll be disgusted, /and/ he'll think I'm a major wimp. Oh god, why can't I ever stand up for myself? Oh, maybe I should just tell him. Maybe he /will/ still love me....-
"Marco?" Dylan said worriedly.
"S-sorry, it's just, really hard."
"Well, um, do you...want to write it down?"
Marco laughed loudly, which caused Dylan to jump.
"Um, okaaay."
"I'm sorry." Marco laughed again, quieter this time, but stopped suddenly.
"Okay, I'm all right. No, I don't have to write it down." He said with a slight smile at Dylan. He took another deep breath before continuing.
"After you left, I went back into the living room, and my father started yelling and hitting me, until I finally passed out. And when I woke up, I-I was in h-his, in his bed, a-and he came in...."
Dylan was extremely worried now.
-God no, please don't let me be right.-
Dylan continued to rub Marco's arm, trying to keep him calm, because he was crying hard now.
"H-he told me he was going to make me be straight, and so he...."
Marco shakily took another deep breath.
"He raped me." Marco whispered, and started crying even harder.
Dylan sat their in shock.
-He /raped/ him!? He actually /raped/ him? He is so dead, how /dare/ he do that to Marco!-
Dylan took a deep breath(3), trying to calm himself. Now wasn't the time to be angry, he had to be there for his boyfriend.
Marco looked up at Dylan, afraid that he was revolted.
-Oh god, he /does/ hate me! He's not saying a word. No, I can't take this. I need him....-
"D-Dylan?" Marco said worriedly.
-Oh damn.- Dylan thought. –Great, just sit here in utter silence. Now he thinks I hate him.-
"Do you hate me now?"
Dylan smiled at his boyfriend.
"Of course not kitten(4)! I said I'd love you no matter what, and I wasn't lying."
Dylan leaned over and hugged Marco tightly, trying not to hurt his ribs. He stroked his back and ran his hands through Marco's hair, and Marco cried hard into Dylan's chest. Just then, Dylan's parents came into the room to see what was taking their son so long. They stopped when they saw what was going on, and Marco pulled away from Dylan.
"O-one more thing."
Dylan looked lovingly down at Marco.
"What is it?"
"M-my father has been doing this every day since then, when I get home from school. T-that's why I killed myself. I couldn't bear to go home and have him do that to me again. A-and I figured you'd find out eventually and break up with me."
Dylan ran his fingers across Marco's cheek again.
"It's okay. I will never let him do this again, I promise. And, as you already know, I'm not breaking up with you."
Marco laughed weakly. Then he noticed Dylan's parents standing in the doorway, and wondered how long they had been standing there. Dylan turned around to see what Marco was looking at.
"Oh. Um, hi?"
"Hello. Dylan, can we talk to you for a minute while Marco's friends come in here to see him?"
"Yeah, sure."
Dylan turned back to Marco and kissed him.
"I'll be back soon, okay?"
Marco nodded, and smiled.
Dylan got up and left the room with his parents. As soon as he was out of Marco's sight, his face hardened. The anger he felt towards Marco's dad was indescribable.
"Okay son, what happened?" Mr. Michalchuk asked.
"Well, I'll tell you, but we /have/ to do something about it right away, because Marco's dad threatened him not to tell anybody, and I will /not/ let him get hurt again, okay?"
His parents nodded, wondering what could have happened to cause their son so much anger.
"Okay, Marco said that, for the past two weeks, his dad has been trying to, /turn/ him straight by...by forcing Marco to have sex with him."
Dylan's mom gasped and grabbed on to her husband's arm, who was swearing loudly.
"Oh my gosh Dylan, that's terrible!" Mrs. Michalchuk said once she had regained control of herself.
Dylan nodded sadly.
"Mom, Dad, I have something to ask you." His parents nodded.
"What is it?"
"Can Marco come live with us? I mean, at least for a little while. Until we get things sorted out with his dad, he can /not/ go back home."
Mrs. Michalchuk looked at her husband, who nodded.
"I'm not sure if we can afford another kid permanently, but we can damn well keep him for a while."
Dylan smiled broadly and hugged his parents.
"Thank you so much!"
Mr. Michalchuk smiled.
"No problem. Why don't you go tell him now?"
"Yeah, okay. He'll be so thrilled! Thanks again!"
Dylan ran back into Marco's room and shoved his way past Spinner to get to Marco.
"Hey!" Spinner yelled, but Dylan ignored him.
Marco looked up at his boyfriend, who was grinning like an idiot.
"Dylan...?"
Dylan laughed.
"Guess what Marco? My parents said you can come live with us for a while!"
Marco's face lit up.
"Oh my god really? Are you sure?"
Dylan laughed again.
"Of course I'm sure!"
Marco squealed like a girl and hugged his boyfriend.
"Oh my god, I can't believe it!" Marco said, and squealed again.
Paige, Ellie, and Spinner, who had all been standing there quietly throughout this little episode, shot confused glances at one another.
"Um, hon?" Paige said, tapping Dylan on the shoulder to get his attention. "Why is Marco moving in with us?"
Dylan sighed and looked at Marco, who spoke up.
"Because I told my parents that I was gay, and now they can't stand me." He said simply.
"Um, okay. Whatever. This'll be fun. Like a sleepover!" Paige smiled wickedly. "Will you be sleeping in Dyyyyyylan's bed?" Paige said, winking at the two.
"Paige!" Dylan hit her on the arm.
"What did I do?" Paige asked innocently.
Dylan rolled his eyes at his sister. Just then, Nurse Kitana came into the room.
"Is everyone done here? May I bandage him up now?" She said a little irritably.
"Yes, we're done. Can Marco leave today?"
"No, he has to stay the night. Now get out."
"Fine." Dylan kissed Marco and rubbed his thumb over his cheek, causing the nurse to raise her eyebrows.
-Okay,- Nurse Kitana thought. –Didn't see /that/ one coming....-
"Once again, I'll be back soon."
Marco smiled.
"I can't wait. I love you."
Dylan smiled warmly down at him.
"I love you too kitten."
With that, he kissed Marco on the end of his nose(6) and left the room.
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Do you guys think 'Paying For It' is a good title for my story? I think it /looks/ good.... ;)
Okay, for any of you who didn't know, (I sure didn't) 'Michalchuk' is officially how you spell his last name. Here I am, sitting down to my computer wallpaper of Dylan from , with big words that say, "Dylan Michalchuk", and I've been wondering forever how to spell that weird name of his. (sigh) I'm so unobservant....
Yeah, I don't know if it's actually standard procedure that they examine all of their patients just incase they're hurt in any other way, but I forgot to make Marco hurt from his dad's beatings. And I know, it's been two weeks, and he probably would have noticed if his rib was broken. Hmm... let's just say he noticed something was wrong, and told his mother, but she blew him off and told him not to go to the hospital, because she was afraid the people there would suspect something. Yeah, let's just go with that.
Okay, these two are taking too many deep breaths! If they take one more, I am going to suffocate them with Marco's hospital pillow.
Don't you love Dylan calling Marco kitten? I think it's just absolutely adorable. And I thank Val-Creative for that, because she used it in her story. Let's all congratulate her! Yay! (throws confetti on Val)
Aww, isn't that sweet? I think it is....
I'm so sorry I took so long to update! I'm such an idiot, I actually /forgot/ about my story! (slaps herself on the head) Oh, well. I hope you all liked it! It may be awhile before the next chapter is up, because I have no idea what's going to happen, and I'm about to go on vacation for a while, so...yeah. Vote and review!
Okay, and now the results for my poll! Yay!
Dylan won with 6 votes! Yaaay!!!!!
Marco in a relatively close second with 4! (yay!)
3rd: Sean with two
4th: Craig, Ellie, and Ashley with one
5th: Everyone else with 0 votes, except Emma! (Emma has negative 999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999, ahem, um, sorry. I really don't like her, she's too goody-too-shoes, and just all around annoying. Blech.)
Okay, um, my next poll. Um... Ahh! I remember! I remember what I was going to say!!! Okay, should Marco's parents continue to be evil, or should they eventually realize that Marco means everything to them, even though they hate gay people? And if you choose the latter, should Marco forgive them or not? Whew, I feel better now. Okay, /now/ for my poll. Oh, wait, I remember the thing that goes with the disclaimer and characters! Ahem: This chapter is rated PG13. Wait, there are mentions of sex...but that doesn't necessarily make it rated 'R', does it? Okay, maybe it's rated 'R'. Okay, anyway, /NOW/ for my poll!
Who on Degrassi would be MOST LIKELY to go skinny dipping? Would you go with them? (If it was Dylan or Marco, I totally would)
Dylan (drools)
Marco (keeps drooling)
Jimmy (abruptly stops)
Spinner
Craig
Sean
Chris
J.T.
Toby
Jay
Ellie
Paige
Emma
Manny
Ashley
Hazel
Terri
Dylan and Marco together!!!!!! (definitely drool worthy)
Everyone else I'm forgetting.
Okay, so that wasn't exactly the most exciting poll, but hey, whatever. Did any of you see the preview thingy where it looks like Marco's parents find out he's gay? That looks soo GOOD! I totally can not WAIT for it. I don't know whether to hope that Marco's parents are fine with it, or hope that they hate him, but the latter would be so sad! Unless Dylan cheered him up.... (wink wink) Oh my god I so wish! Anyway, "Whose Line is it Anyway" just came back on, so I gotta go! Until next time!