Hey guys, it's me again. Gosh, 7 reviews on the first chapter, and all of them so positive! A huge thank you to all my 7 reviewers! You guys are great! Yeah, so here's the second chapter. I don't know if it's too fast moving, tell me if it is in your review :) NEway, I kinda like this chapter. I wrote it and typed it up last night, my reviews were my inspiration :) I didn't want to keep you guys hangin' too long. So I hope you at least kinda enjoy reading this.
Emma and Sean held hands, fingers entwined, as they walked through the double doors of Degrassi Community School. The halls were already bustling with students. "Sean, do you have your schedule?" Emma asked her boyfriend. "Yeah, it's right here Em." Sean grabbed a piece of paper out of his left pocket with his free hand and opened it up. "Yeah, here it is. You got yours?" Sean looked up from his schedule at Emma; who reached in her purse and pulled out a much more neatly folded slip of paper, unfolding it gracefully. "Here. Ok Sean, let's start comparing." She said, joining her schedule with his. "Yeah, we got Chemistry and English 12 together!" Emma exclaimed, looking at Sean's schedule. She was holding both of them now. All the sudden something caught her eye. "Sean, you're in second semester Environmental Studies with me?! I've never known you to be the least bit interested in my 'stupid environment crap' as you put it." Sean looked up into his girlfriend's eyes. "Well, Emma, if it's that big of a passion of yours, there's got to be something good about it." He smiled softly at her, and she lit up before him. He wants to start caring about the environment, she thought, That's so cool of him. Now she had someone to clean the ravine with her. Emma leaned over and kissed Sean on the cheek, and he blushed. She giggled, picking up his hand. She interlaced her fingers with his again, swinging their arms as they walked down the crowded hallway toward their first classes.
JT walked into Degrassi, and immediately scanned all of the hallway he could see for Manny. She was nowhere to be found. Oh well, this is a big school. I'll run into her sooner or later. JT smiled. He couldn't wait to see Manny's sweet face. He had fantasized about her all summer, and he sighed at the fact that his dreams just might become reality today. She might finally be his, all his. No Craig to ruin it all for me this year, he thought with satisfaction. He reached into his front pocket and got out his schedule, opening it up to reveal his year. Huh, pretty good classes. He thought. Just then he saw Emma and Sean, walking hand in hand happily down the hallway. See, that should be me and Manny, he thought, sighing again. The two lovebirds walked over to him.
"Hey JT!" Emma exclaimed, smiling at him. "Hey Emma. Hey Sean." JT greeted both of them. "So, you gonna go for it with Manny this year dude?" Sean asked. Him and JT had become good friends after he had gotten serious with Emma. "Yep, that's the plan." JT said, a smile creeping up on his face. "Hey!" Emma started, pointing her finger at a girl walking in back of him. "Speaking of your love interest, there she is!" JT followed Emma's finger and blushed. There she was. Manny. He was enchanted by the first glimpse of her he had gotten in nearly 4 months. "Wow, she's so beautiful." He sighed dreamily. "Well, why don't you go talk to her?" Sean suggested, turning to Emma who nodded her head. "Well...." JT trailed nervously "What would I say?" he asked. "Just go up to her and ask her about her summer, for a start. Save the asking out for after school or sometime when you two are alone." Sean nudged JT over to the object of his affections, and he walked hesitantly and unsteadily over to her.
"Um, hey Manny." JT said as he caught up with her. It was all he could do to keep from stuttering. "Hey JT, what's up?" Manny said cheerily, looking over at him and meeting his eyes. JT lit up inside. She had looked in his eyes. It was all he could do to keep from running his hand through her long brown hair. God, she's so hot, He thought. "So, how was your summer?" He asked again, keeping up with her pace. "Oh, it was ok. Craig's down in Illinois at college now, as you probably know, and he only called me once this summer. But otherwise, yeah. Had fun, got together with friends a few times." She replied. JT filled with disappointment. He knew that somehow she would bring 'big U of I stud' Craig into the conversation, but he didn't want to hear about him. "That sucks, I'm sorry." JT replied, and Manny looked at him as if she didn't know what he was sorry for. So he quickly added, "About Craig." Manny nodded. Nice save, JT. He rolled his eyes.
"So, what classes you have this year?" JT asked, searching his brain for another question to keep the conversation going. "I have....." Manny thought for a second, then shrugged. "Here, just look at my schedule. And as long as you have it, you can maybe compare, see if we have any classes together. That would be cool if we did." She reached in her purse, dug around, and her hand emerged with the paper. She handed it to a stunned JT. He was shocked and surprised at what she had just said. She gave me her schedule to compare and she also thinks it'd be cool if we have classes together! Wow, awesome! JT smiled to himself, sitting down on a nearby bench. Very surprisingly to him, Manny followed suit and sat down next to him. He suddenly felt himself getting hot. She's sitting next to me! The one and only Manny Santos is sitting right next to me! JT felt like he was in heaven as well as he compared him and Manny's schedules. He found that they had 4 classes together: World History 2, Psychology, Advanced Media Immersions, and Chemistry. Then, as he looked at the two schedules more in depth, JT discovered another fact that made his heart soar: he and the desirable girl next to him had neighboring lockers. JT felt like he would faint any minute. This is all too great! This is going to be an awesome year!
JT smiled and handed Manny back her schedule. "Well?" She asked in wonderment, looking at him in the eyes once more. He met her gaze with excited eyes. "We have 4 classes together." "4? That's awesome JT! Which ones?" He thought for a minute before replying. "World History 2, Advanced MI, Chemistry, and....I forget the other one...oh yeah, Psych. And did I mention also that we have lockers next to each other?" JT smiled at Manny, but he made sure his feelings didn't show through them. At least not now, anyway. "Wow! This year's gonna be pretty fun then, isn't it? I'm glad we have so much together!" It was almost to where she was glowing with excitement, and JT didn't think he could control himself much longer. He was so excited. Then something unexpected happened: Manny leaned over and hugged JT. "It has been so long since I've seen you, I didn't get to even talk to you all summer. I'm glad you stopped to talk to me." Manny released JT from the hug and got up. "Well, I'll see ya dude. And by the looks of it, I'll be seeing ya 2nd hour." Manny began to walk away. "See ya, Manny." JT called after her. She turned around to flash him a quick smile, then left. JT was floating on cloud nine. He closed his eyes and kept reliving the past conversation with Manny, until someone came up and tapped him on the shoulder.
"Hello, earth to JT!' he heard a guy's voice say. JT opened his eyes to find Sean standing in front of him. None other than his precious Emma was behind him. "Hey Sean, Emma. God, I just had THE BEST conversation!" He said, relieved at finally being able to let out his excitement. Emma and Sean had known about JT's hardcore crush on Manny for a long time. "I know, you were gettin' some, weren't you?" Sean smirked at his ecstatic friend. "Well, if you want to call it that, then yes, I was in fact getting some." JT smiled widely to himself again, reveling in his luck with his sweetheart. "Man, you're totally whipped up by her already, and she's not even your girl yet!" Sean laughed at him, and JT got up and playfully slapped him on the shoulder. "Come on, dude, it's not like that!" He said, but knew better. Manny whipped him up whenever he saw her.
Suddenly, the bell rang for first period. JT said goodbye to his two friends and headed off to his first class, which was study hall. With JT gone, Sean snuck a quick kiss to Emma's lips. Emma, however, sunk into Sean and pulled him closer to her. They kissed for a while, then said their usual 'bye sweetie/baby' and headed off to their classes. Emma had World History 2 first period, Sean had Foods and Nutrition.
The first day had gone by quicker than any of the 4 had expected, and before they knew it the bell had rung to go home.
After they got everything from their lockers, Emma and Sean met at the front of the school. They kissed. "Hey sweetie, how was your day?" Sean asked, looking softly into her eyes. Emma rested her forehead on Sean's. "Well, besides for the two classes we had together, I'd say the rest of it went pretty good. And how about yours, babe?" She asked, still locked in his gaze and still resting her forehead on his. "I'd pretty much say the same. In gym we're playing floor hockey to start the year and I pretty much suck at it, but otherwise my day was great. Especially Chemistry." Sean smiled suggestively at Emma. The two had been paired up as lab partners for the semester. "Oh yeah, Chemistry. If there's anyone good at Chemistry, it's you and me sweetheart." She giggled. Sean smiled at Emma once more, wrapping her in his arms and kissing her again. He loved her so much, and knew she returned his strong feelings. As Sean was kissing her, Emma opened one eye, and was glad she did. She lightly pushed Sean off her. "What's the deal, baby? Was I doing something wrong?" He wondered, slowly backing away from her. "Oh no, Cameron, you always do everything right. It's just," she pointed behind him and Sean whirled around. "Raditch alert." The couple watched as the principal walked up the steps to the school. Then they interlaced their hands together and walked down to her car to go home.
JT walked through the halls to the front steps of Degrassi. He was going to wait there for Manny. Since they had lockers next to each other, he told her at their lockers to meet him on the front steps after school. She agreed, said she had to meet with her Trigonometry teacher after school so to wait for her there.
"Oh, hey you. I knew you'd wait." JT turned around in the direction of the soft purr and saw Manny walking down the steps, her long hair flowing behind her. "Hey, Manny." He paused, then thought of something he'd been wanting to tell her since they saw each other that morning. "Manny, did I get a chance to tell you how great you look today?" He gently asked. "Wow, thanks JT." She replied, stunned. "Yeah, I love your hair straight. It's nice." Manny thanked him again, but wondered silently why JT was suddenly flooding her with all these compliments. Suddenly JT's palms became wet with sweat. He knew it was finally his moment, he could feel it.
"Manny?" "Yeah?" She asked. "I wanted to know........." JT paused. He wasn't sure of exactly how to say it. Then it came to him. "You wanted to know what? What is it JT?" She asked, and suddenly it all just came flowing out of him. "I want to start my senior year in style. And I figure there's only one way to do that. Manny Santos, will you be my girlfriend...again?" Manny stood there, shocked, unsure of what to say. "Um...JT...." She trailed. Oh no, here it comes again, rejection. Um.........okay, I will." JT stood there in front of her, shocked as well. "What?" he asked, just to make sure he didn't need his hearing checked. "I said I'll be your girlfriend. I'd love to JT. Wow, didn't see that coming, but okay." Manny smiled gently, and JT thanked heaven silently. Thank you. Wow, Manny's my girlfriend? YEAH!!! Score one for JT! He thought to himself. Then something really unexpected happened: she leaned over and kissed him, full on the lips. This kiss lasted longer than any of their previous kisses, and to JT seemed like it lasted an eternity. He was entranced, floating on a high cloud. He had finally gotten back the girl of his dreams.
"Bye, JT, honey. See you tomorrow." Manny started walking down the steps, and turned back quickly to blow him a kiss. Then she left to go to her car. "Bye Manny, sweetie, catch ya later." He smiled after her, sinking down on the steps for a minute. Wait a minute now, did all of that really happen? JT pinched himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming. "Ow!" he yelped as he found out this wasn't a dream. This was reality, him and Manny's reunion was real. Oh my god, this is so amazing! He thought once again as he headed to his car. He rolled down the windows, turned on KISS-FM and cranked it up, then drove home in his state of bliss.
So there it is. Like I said, flames are accepted, but not enjoyed very much by me :) So yeah, I am going to take this time to respond to one review I got. Luvdegrassi12345 asked in their review why Toby wasn't in this story. To answer that, Sean, Emma, JT and Manny are going to be the 4 main characters in this, so I just wanted to get their stories going first. Then I will try to find a way to bring in secondary characters, like Toby, Liberty, Kendra, Chris, Ellie and any others I think of.
As always, Erin