A/N: hey my wonderful readers! Yes I realize its been quite awhile since my last update but ive been on vacation, I started having Degrassi withdrawls after a few days…it was very sad. Ok, anyways, thanks as always for reviewing…but I think I confused some people with the last chapter, hopefully after this one it will make more sense, but if not I'll be sure to clear it up
Disclaimer: Aw suck, I don't own Degrassi…too bad. But I do however own Nick, Dimitri, Paige's dad (ill give him a name someday I swear), and technically Anya (Paige's mom) since she's only been mentioned on the show.
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Last Time…"No not Dylan" Hazel said picking at her salad, "her little brother, Nick"
When Hazel said that Spinner almost started choking, and Ashley's eyes were bugging out of her head. Hazel looked at them confused; and Spinner, Ashley, and Jimmy exchanged looks.
After an uncomfortable silence Ashley cleared her throat, "um Hazel," she swallowed hard, "Paige's little brother, he um, he-he died, when he was six"
And Now…Hazel looked extremely confused, "really? What happened?"
Ashley, Spinner, and Jimmy looked at each other, silently deciding who would explain what happened all those years ago. Ashley decided to tell her, "um, alright Paige is going to kill me for telling you this but…ok, when we were in grade four, Paige's dad bought all the kids new bikes for Christmas." She stopped for a moment, "and they were out riding them with her dad and Nick got hit by a car" when she had finished her sentence Ashley sat silent
Spinner continued, "no one knows what really happened, 'cause no one talks about it…ever"
"After Nicky died her parents started fighting, like a lot" Ashley told her, "one night he just left. Her mom like lost it, and she went to the Ukraine to see her mom. Dylan and Paige lived with me and mom for about a month. When she came home she brought Dimitri back with her, and I guess the rest is history"
Jimmy decided to speak up, "by the time grade five started she had become…well, the Paige we all know and love" he said half smiling
"You know how I feel about Paige, but before that…she was a different person," Spinner admitted
"So, how did you even find out about Nick?" Ashley asked Hazel
Hazel had suddenly lost her normally bubbly personality, she was a little scared by this new information, "um, I found a picture, in- in her room. I asked her who he was, she told me he lived with her dad" she could barely get the words out. Knowing all that had happened to her best friend had really shaken her.
Craig looked around the table at his friends, Hazel was looking at her lap, Jimmy tried to divert his attention elsewhere. Ashley looked very deep in thought; she was obviously trying to process everything. He looked across the table at Spinner, who had this look in his eyes that you could only describe as worry. Craig had no idea that Paige had been through so much…maybe she had a reason to act like such a brat.
The silence at the lunch table was broken when they heard Spinner's cell phone vibrating against something in his backpack. He looked around for Radditch or Mrs. Kwan, and when he didn't see them he quickly dug around for the phone and discreetly answered it, "hello" he almost whispered
"Spin?" he heard the familiar voice ask, "it's Paige"
He looked at his friends and mouthed the same thing
"I'm on the train home right now" she told him, then she put on a whiny baby voice, "I'm so sorry I didn't tell you I was leaving, but I was kind of in a rush to leave, are you mad?" he could tell she was pouting
"No honeybee, it's fine, Hazel told me where you went, so how was your trip?" he asked
Paige groaned, "awful…how bout we go out tonight and I'll tell you all about it?"
"Sure, that would be great"
"Ok well I'll let you go now, call me when you get home from school ok?"
He told her that he would and after a quick goodbye he hung up his phone and stuffed it back in his book bag.
Ashley quickly turned to him, "how is she? Is she ok?"
"Yeah, she sounded fine actually," spinner said surprised, "she sounded more than fine, she sounded happy"
"Happy?" Ashley made a face, "after seeing her dad?"
Spinner just nodded, this couldn't be good. Paige usually went nuts at the mention of her father, acting the complete opposite couldn't be good.
Not good at all
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Hmm…this chapter was a little odd…I'm not really sure if I like it…it was the only way I knew how to tell the story of Paige's parents and what happened to Nick
Now that I think about it, most of it is irrelevant to where this story is headed…oh well
Review and maybe Shane Kippel will cut his hair, ::shudders::