The New Girl Chapter 19: New Year's Party, a degrassi fanfic

It was New Year's Eve and the band was playing in Paige's living room. Kelsie was in a black strapless dress that had pink flowers on it, the material was sheer. Her hair was in tight curls; two diamond clips held her hair away from her face, while a few stands dangled in her eyes.

Craig sat on the stool in deep blue jeans, and a medium green dress shirt. He even had gotten his haircut shorter, leaving no curls left except at the back where it curled just slightly. He wanted to look good for their show, but especially for Kelsie. "Folks we're going to take a quick break, enjoy the party!"

They all grabbed their water bottles and took a sip of it; their throats were a little dry. Emma came over to Kelsie, with a big smile on her face, "You're looking good tonight."

"Thanks, I thought since it was my first performance that I should dress up a little! Are you enjoying yourself?" wondering if she was here with her crush.

"Yeah, I finally got Jay to ask me out," she smiled.

"That's great!"

"Doesn't he look good tonight?" she boasted pointing over towards the stairs. He had his hair slicked back, and was wearing all black, but for some reason it really suited him.

"Yeah," she replied, as her tone of her voice changed. She remembered always boasting about Chris to everyone. Always wanting everyone to know how much she loved him. She would never have that again, that made her sad.

Craig whistled to get the bands attention, and asked them to come over so they could talk. They stood in a circle, "We're going to sing that new song that we practice last night."

"Craig how can we, when I wasn't there last night?" Kelsie asked confused.

"You can either try to follow with us, or you can stand this one out," Craig suggested.

"I think that I'll sit it out. I don't want to ruin the song," thinking how much of a disaster that would be.

"Okay," he was somewhat happy; she could really listen to these words. Craig goes back to the microphone, while Kelsie goes into the crowd. "We're back; this is one of our new songs."

Don't, You don't have to save my life
No, You're not ready I can feel it
Outside it's raining, but I'll just go home
Someday your heart will let him go.

As soon as you get that feeling
You can start to live again
As soon as the worst is over
You can make it all make sense
Right now I can't give you what you need
As soon as you get the feeling...
Run To Me.

Hush, You don't have to say a word.
Trust, I'm not going to hate you for it.
Feels like my touch only brings back the pain
Someday those memories will fade away

As soon as you get that feeling
You can start to live again
As soon as the worst is over
You can make it all make sense
Right Now, I can't give you what you need
As soon as you get that feeling...
Run To Me.

How can I be brave enough, to say good-bye

I die inside without you, Oh

It's hard enough to walk away

To look at me and make me wrong

Been through this way to make me strong

As soon as you get that feeling...

Run To Me

Kelsie listened to those words, and realized that she had been trying to save him. Lately she had been trying to get him to open his heart, to stop keeping the hurt that he felt inside, the hurt that was eating him away. He may not realize it, but it was, slowly but surely doing that. He put on this front in front of people, but she saw the real hurt in his eyes.

She wanted to do something to help herself move on, even though she never wanted to let Chris go from her heart. Helping Craig with the hurt was a thank you for helping the real Kelsie break out of the jail she was stuck in. She couldn't believe that he had written another song about what was going on between them.

As Craig finished the song, he glanced over at Kelsie with a giant smile. However, she was looking at her hand, at that ring on her finger; the song was right on she wasn't ready to let him go. Was he wasting his time waiting for her, waiting for something that may never happen? Was it only going to lead to heartache?

Kelsie rejoined the band, and they played a few more songs before it was time for the count down to New Years. At that point, everyone went to find their dates and started counting down the time, all looking so happy.

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, HAPPY NEW YEAR!" they all shouted, before giving a kiss to their dates. Kelsie stood there by herself with her arms around herself watching everyone else; it brought tears to her eyes. Instead of going outside for air, she walked over to Craig instead.

"Happy New Years Craig."

"Happy New Years Kelsie," he said giving her a hug, never wanting to let her go. "Do you want to sing your song now?"

She was a little hesitated at first because what that song meant to her, but then decided why not, "Sure," walking to the piano. "Everyone lets start out the New Year right. I'm going to sing a song that so dear to my heart called 'Pieces of Me'."

As she sang this song, it brought tears to her eyes. She closed her eyes just listening to her words flow through her body; she was so full of emotion. Everyone in the house could feel the emotion that flowed through that song.

It wasn't until 3am that the last set of people finally left Paige's house, only her close friends were left. They were spread all around the house, while Paige made out with Spinner.

Kelsie decided that it was time for her to leave, she felt uneasy being around all these couples. She still wasn't able to watch everyone be so happy with their boyfriend, or girlfriend, it made her long for Chris's kisses. Her last days with him would play through her head. It had been a month, and still it felt like yesterday to her. Nothing she did made it easier. She thought by now she could at least be around couples. She made her way down the paved path when she remembered that she didn't bring her car. She walked back up the path and went back into the house into the kitchen, to find Paige sitting on the counter, as Spinner leaned against the counter, standing, making out with her.

"What are you doing back, I though you were leaving?" Paige asked as she stopped making out with Spinner.

"I forgot I didn't bring my car, so I think I'm going to call for a cab," going to grab the phone.

From behind her, "No you're not. I'll give you a ride," Craig said wanting to make sure that she got home all right.

"There's no need."

"No buts! I'm not giving you the choice in the matter."

"Alright, alright," she surrendered.

"Let me get my guitar, then we'll be off," he said as he headed towards the living room, grabbing his guitar. Then he came back within seconds. "So did you enjoy yourself tonight?"

"I had a few low moments, but otherwise I had a great time."

"That's good, because I want things to get better for you," he said glazing into her eyes with sympathy.

"How about you?"

"I loved the thrill of playing in front of a crowd. I get a rush out of it!" he said with so much zeal.

They walked to Craig's car, which was a few house down. By that time Kelsie was shivering a little; she was in strappy shoes so it didn't help from making her cold. Craig put their stuff into the trunk, and then they got into the car. They sat there for a little bit as the car warmed up.

"I'm almost sorry that we have to go home, I'm not really tired," Craig implied.

"Neither am I, I've had too many things on my mind to be tired."

"Then what would you like to do?" he looked over to her.

"How about coffee at Tim Horton's, something to warm me up."

"Alright, sound good to me. It is a pretty cold night. I can't believe that you wore that with the weather like this," he exclaimed as he pulled from the curb.

"Well I had to look good and all," she said like a smart ass.