Chapter 3

The next day at school, Toby comes by himself. JT was not there when he went to his house.

Maybe he had something to do at school, Toby thought, then again it's JT we're talking about.

Toby entered Degrassi Community School. He saw JT with Paige, Spinner and Hazel.

"Hi JT," said Toby. JT saw Toby, but decided to ignore him. Toby just left and went to homeroom.

"Bye Paige," said JT. He then walked into homeroom. He saw Emma and Toby sitting at a table with Chris.

"Hey guys," said JT.

"Yo wazzup JT!" said Chris.

"Nothing C-Dog just chillin' with my girl Paige," said JT.

"You wish," said Emma.

"Ha ha, but I'll prove you wrong. So what's up Toby?" JT asked.

"Why did you ignore me?" Toby asked.

"I did not ignore you," said JT.

"Liar! I said hi, you turned around, then just ignored me."

"Toby, sorry. I was just into an important conversation," said JT.

"About what? Your little plan to get Paige? Never gonna happen," said Toby. Chris and Emma laughed.

"Very funny Toby, but as you can see, I'm popular now. So Paige is probably falling head over heels for me."

"JT please tell me the truth. For real." Chris and Emma laugh again.

"Forget you," said JT. The bell rings for the end of homeroom. Everyone goes to their next class.

It is now lunchtime. Marco, Ashley, Ellie and Terri are eating together.

"So what's new?" Ellie asked.

"Paige is having a party. I guess I'll go," said Ashley.

"You're going to a party without me?" Ellie asked.

"No way . . . I'll bring you with me. I would never ditch my best friend," said Ashley. Terri feels a little guilt.

"Look Ter, I'm sorry we aren't that close anymore. But you know that you will always be best friends too, okay?" said Ashley.

"I can live with that," said Terri. "Anyway, I'm going to Paige's party too!" "It's tomorrow," said Marco.

"Are you going with a certain someone?" Ellie asked.

"No, not Dylan, okay?" said Marco.

"Just ask him," said Terri.

"It's not that hard," said Ashley.

"Hey guys!" said Dylan. "Hi Marco."

"Uh, hi," said Marco.

"So are you going to Paige's party?" Dylan asked.

"Yeah."

"I mean, with anyone?"

"No. I guess I'll see you there," said Marco.

"Um . . . okay." Dylan left. He felt rejected.

"That was pretty mean," said Ellie.

"I'm just not ready for this," said Marco.

Meanwhile, Toby was sitting at a table, watching Kendra and Liberty play chess. Nadia was watching them too.

"Where's JT?" Toby asked. "He said he would be here for the chess meet."

"Check mate!" Liberty screamed.

"She wins again," said Kendra.

"Don't worry, you'll win next time," said Nadia.

"Sure . . . ." said Liberty.

"The game is over. Where is JT?" Toby asked again.

"Look's like he had something better to do," said Kendra. She pointed to him in another area. Toby turned around to look. He saw JT flirting with Paige. Toby decided to go over there.

"So hi JT," said Toby. "I thought you were going to watch the chess meet with me."

"JT? You like chess?" Paige asked. Spinner and Hazel laughed. "Me? Chess? Toby, the geeks are in the other corner," said JT, feeling guilty for what he said. Toby was hurt. He had nothing to say. He just left.

"What a dork," said Hazel.

"He's such a loser," said Spinner.

"Yeah, totally!" said Paige.

"Yeah, they're such dorks," J.T said even though he didn't agree with it. Today is when he learned what peer pressure can do to you.

Okay next chapter will be written by me. I hope you all enjoyed. Read and review. Thanks! Bye for Now . . . . . . . . . .