Does He Love Me? (Part 2) An RFR/Degrassi Fan Fic

By Beautiful 22

Disclaimer: I do not own of Degrassi or Radio Free Roscoe's characters. I hope you will enjoy the story.

I still couldn't believe that I bared my soul on Radio Free Roscoe. Never had I talked so much to people that I didn't know. It was probably because they couldn't see me and I couldn't see them, which made it much easier. But I have to admit it felt good. For about a whole year, I've been keeping to myself the feelings I have for my next-door neighbor Robbie McGrath. The only ones that knew of my crush were Manny and Liberty and that was by accident.

It was a Friday evening after school and Manny and Liberty were in my room. We decided to have a sleepover over my house that weekend, because it was the only weekend that none of us had anything to do. Originally, Emma and Hazel were going to come too, but at this moment, Liberty, Emma, and Manny were not friends and Hazel was going to spend some quality time with Jimmy. At first, I was disappointed, but with the turn of events that were going to take place in the next couple of months, I believe that it was God's way of saying that Hazel and Jimmy needed to spend more time with one another, for things at Degrassi would never be the same again.

We were all sitting on my bed talking about Emma's sudden transformation from nice girl to a female dog. I'll admit her hair looks great, her teeth looked impeccable and her style is shall I say tre chic, but she's so mean this year. I'm still cool with her. But what she did to Liberty just wasn't right.

"I can't get over what she tried to do to me. It was so wrong, how could she feel embarrassed that Chris would want to go out with me? What's wrong with me", Liberty asked Manny and I.

"Honestly Liberty, there is nothing wrong with you. I think you're pretty, intelligent, and you don't follow the crowd. That's what I really like about you", I told Liberty while grabbing a handful of popcorn in the bowl on the bed and eating it.

"Yeah, but that's coming from one of Degrassi's most desired sophomores, the beautiful Alayna Maxwell who's Puerto-Rican, Irish, and African-American descent give her the look of one of the 1940's greatest icons, Rita Hayworth", Liberty said.

I just rolled my eyes and mumbled, "Whatever Liberty, I'm not one of Degrassi's most desired sophomores. I'm just a regular girl who goes to school and minds her own business".

"Regular my foot. What girl do I know is a back-up dancer for Keshia Chante during her spare time, a member of the Spirit Squad, a participating member of her church, a model on the side, and an avid basketball player! Oh, and by the way, can also keep up a 4.0 GPA. Now you name a girl at our school who has done all of those things", Manny said.

"Alright, I'll name two. You, Miss Manuela Santos raised $800 for the Spirit Squad at a car wash that Paige was unable to attend because she was sick. Also you've been able to reinvent yourself and gain the respect of your peers despite the fact that you were ostracized last year. Then, there's you Miss Liberty Van Zandt, who has a 4.3 GPA, announcer of the morning announcements, and president of various organizations throughout our school. In my opinion, you both are truly amazing and I'm blessed to have two friends you", I told them.

The next thing I know, we were all giving each other a group hug and talking about what Celia, my father's girlfriend, was downstairs cooking for dinner. Celia, a beautiful woman who is about 35 years old is one of the nicest people that I know. She favors CeCe Winans amazingly, she's the director of the choir at our church, and she's really humble. Even though she doesn't live with us, I'm really looking forward to the day my father marries her.

"So you said that Miss Celia is cooking jerk chicken for dinner tonight", Liberty asked.

"Yes, and let me tell you two, Celia's jerk chicken is better than the ox-tail at the Albert's Real Jamaican on St. Clair Street", I told them.

"Are you serious? I can't wait until she finishes cooking-", Manny said before she was cut off by a knock on the door.

"Come in", I told to who ever was knocking on the door.

It was Celia and Robbie was behind her holding a DVD in his hand. I kept my cool around Celia and my friends, but on the inside I was full of nervousness. Robbie looked so good in his plain white t-shirt and blue jeans. The white t-shirt greatly exposed his buff muscles and the jeans, even though slightly baggy, accentuated the calves of his legs, his hazel eyes glistened. I had to keep breathing deeply through my nose to contain my emotions.

"Alayna, I just came up here to let you girls know that dinner will be ready in thirty minutes, and then after dinner, we'll go to the Eaton Center, get some ice cream, shop, and then go to see "Shall We Dance", sound good to y'all", Celia asked.

"Sure", Manny, Liberty, and I said in unison.

"Also Alayna, Robbie came up here to drop off your DVD, but please persuade him to stay for dinner", Celia said while winking at me.

I blushed a little and then Celia left to continue cooking.

"Hey Alayna", Robbie said in his deep and cool voice.

"Hey Robbie", I said slowly getting up from my bed and walking over to him.

"I just came by to drop off your DVD 'Raising Victor Vargas'. It was an excellent film, but it's sad, because it's also the last film that her and I watched in my basement", he said, then he paused, looked down at the floor sadly and took a deep breath, "But thanks again for letting me borrow it".

I didn't like seeing Robbie sad and it was a shame that Kim Carlisle, this stunningly pretty senior who attended his school, broke up with him. It was sad that that she couldn't get past her shallow ways and see how nice of a guy Robbie really was. I touched Robbie on his arm and said,

"Ah Robbie I'm sorry. I know that you really cared about her".

"Yeah, I did. I mean despite her perfect outwardly demeanor, she was a sweet girl, kind of like you Alayna", Robbie said while looking deep into my eyes.

I stared into his eyes for what seemed like hours, but in reality, it was only about five seconds until Manny said,

"Hello, Alayna, don't forget, Celia asked you to ask Robbie to stay for dinner".

Snapping out of our daze, I quickly asked him,

"Hey Robbie, would you like to stay for dinner. Celia's cooking jerk chicken tonight and it's really good".

Robbie shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, and said,

"Sorry Alayna, thanks for the invite and I would love to stay, but I told Ray, Lily, and Travis I would meet them at Mickey's in a little while and you know how downtown Toronto traffic is".

I nodded my head and said,

"Yeah I do".

Then surprisingly, Liberty got up off the bed, walked over to the two of us, politely introduced herself to Robbie and then said,

"Look, I'm sure your friends can wait for you, but I'm telling you, from what Alayna tells me, Miss Celia's jerk chicken is better than the jerk chicken at Albert's Real Jamaican on St. Clair street and if you miss this opportunity, it'll be your loss, because you never know when Miss Celia will cook jerk chicken again."

I had to give to Liberty; she really knew how to take charge!

Robbie stood there and pondered for a minute, then said,

"I'm sure Miss Celia's jerk chicken is excellent, but I really can't stay. Travis is djaying at Mickey's tonight and I can't miss it, but you ladies are more than welcome to come and join me."

"Sorry Robbie, but its girls' night. We've had this planned for a while", I told him sadly.

Robbie took another deep breath and said,

"Well Alayna, I guess I'll see tomorrow, if you're around. But you girls have a great time tonight".

Then he turned to Liberty and said,

"It was great meeting you".

"Like wise", Liberty said.

Then Manny walked up to him and introduced herself. Robbie and I then gave each other a five and then he was gone. I stood there sad for a moment, and then Liberty and Manny put their arms around me. Liberty then asked,

"You like him don't you?"

Trying to perpetrate that I didn't like him I said,

"No, we're just good friends".

Suspiciously Manny said,

"Umm hmm and I never dated J.T. Alayna, just admit it, you like him and I can understand why you do. I mean he's cute, he's cool, and he definitely seems sweet".

I took a deep breath and said,

"You two are right, I do like him".

"I knew it! I knew it! No wonder you're always turning down guys, because you like that fine specimen of a man that just walked in here! Alayna, what are you going to do", Liberty exclaimed.

"There is nothing I can do. I mean, he's obviously still feeling his ex girlfriend and I don't think I'm his type. His ex-girlfriend was brilliant, sophisticated, mature and beautiful, everything I'm not", I said to them.

Liberty and Manny just glared at me.

"What? I'm being honest", I said.

"Alayna Rosalinda Maxwell, you're everything that you just described his ex-girlfriend is and probably more because you're humble and sweet. You've got to let him how you feel, because if you don't, you'll end up regretting it, like I did", Manny said sadly, "If you don't do it for yourself, do it for me and Liberty and for all of the girls who ever regretted not going for after the guy they want. Unlike my situation with Craig, Robbie appears to have just broken up with his girlfriend and you're not friends with her, like Liberty was with Emma, so I say go for it. Life's too short and you never know, he may find someone else he truly likes or may go back to his ex. Just find the courage within yourself and tell him how you feel".

It was then, I decided that a week from now, I would find the courage within myself to tell Robbie how I felt about him.

Now, it's a week later and in a few hours, I'll going to tell Robert McGrath, my next-door neighbor for the last four years, how I feel about him. I just hope and pray to God that all goes well.