Chapter 2: Some things Will Never Change….

Manny sat talking about her day back at school with Derrick. Soon they started innocent flirting that had escalated.

"Manny I love being with you, everything about you makes me feel great. I can't explain it but you make me feel…" Derrick sighed caressing Manny's cheek.

"I know exactly how you feel." She whispered back. They smiled at each other for a moment and started kissing again. At first they pecked each other's lips then Derrick inserted his tongue into Manny's mouth. They began to wrestle fighting for dominance. Both arms moving wildly everywhere as the kiss got more violent. Soon they were on the ground, Manny was lying on top. Both giving rushed breaths for air. Rolling on the ground.

Feels just like summer Manny found herself thinking.

"Ew, like I really needed to see this!" Some one had screeched.

Manny immediately got up from lying under Derrick, who was thrown to the side.

"Emma? What are you doing here?" Manny cried.

"Cleaning the Rivine! That is so gross Manny, you haven't changed at all."

"Yea well I guess some things will never change! Still a stuck up prude princess and still obsessed with the environment." She yelled back.

"The same with you…still and always will be the school slut." Emma hissed.

"Hey Emma just go. Go clean your precious trees or what ever." Derrick retorted.

Emma angrily stalked off.

"Oh my fucking gosh! What the hell is her problem? I mean did I say anything to her at all today? No." Manny started talking to herself.

"Don't worry about her. She is just jealous." Derrick comforted.

"Jealous? Jealous of what?!"

"Hey calm down." Derrick grabbed her around the waist and pulled her close. "She's jealous of your beauty, your heart, your love…and of course me." He smirked.

Emma slammed her bag of trash against the concrete floor of Degrassi High.

"Whoa there. What got your panties in a bunch?" JT asked Emma as she slammed herself down at the table with Paige, Jimmy, Hazel and JT.

"Guess what whore I ran into?"

"Let's see Hun, how many girl would you call a whore? This should be difficult." Paige sarcastically replied. The group gave a rustle of laughter.

"Well, anyway Manny was just making out in complete public!" Emma said through clenched teeth.

"It's not really public is it? I mean the Rivine?" Hazel said.

"Well, yea…no, yes!" Emma was utterly flustered.

"And didn't you get some action in the Rivine a couple years ago yourself?" JT had wondered aloud.

"Well yea, but I was young and immature then. I mean she's 16!"

"15." JT corrected. Emma scowled at him. "Sorry"

"Well here is some good news. I am having a back to school party on Friday. It's going to be for juniors and seniors only. Everyone in those grades are invited." Explained to the group.

"Everyone?" A both guys said.

"Well it is a coming back party. And you know, maybe we can all get together like old times." She said a little offended.

"Even Spinner?"

"Even Toby?"

"Even Manny?"

"Even Ashley?"

Everyone had said at once.

"Everyone!" Paige said annoyed.

"Hey baby." Chris walked up behind Emma and grabbed her around the waist.

"Not now Chris." Emma pushed him away.

"What is your problem?" Chris said hurt.

"Nothing I want to talk about."

"These are the guys…Jay, Towerz, Alex, Lauren and Liberty." Sean told Desiree.

"Guys this is Desiree, new to Degrassi grade ten."

"Hi." Desiree gave a small wave.

"So? What is she doing here?" Lauren snorted.

"She is going to hang with us today."

"Why?" Alex looked her up and down. "She looks too preppy to be here."

They all stared at her grinning.

"I am not preppy." Said Desiree.

They all started laughing.

"Come one guys, she could change her look. I did." Liberty cackled hanging on Towerz. But then they just laughed harder.

Desiree walked quickly to the washroom.

Preppy, me? I can be a thug…or maybe they don't want that.

Desiree stood looking at herself in the mirror. She was wearing a pink satin bow in her hair. The long skirt her mother told her would be cute to wear, and the baby pink blouse that matched her bow. She became suddenly angry and took her bag. Rummaged through it and found some scissors. She began ripping her blouse apart.

Then a girl walked in. "What are you doing?" The girl was not tall but not short. Around Desiree's height, she wasn't dressed at all like Desiree though. She wore a short, slender hot pink top. That was cut with three slices across the front showing the upper part of her cleavage. It revealed her torso and she wore a small black denim mini. It was pleated at the bottom and she wore some platform shoes.

"I don't know…"Desiree confessed. "I hate this school! I want to go home with my friends! I hate it here, the kids are such assholes! I just want to go home!"

"Um…okay well Desiree wasn't it? Why are you tearing apart this alphit?" Manny tried to comfort her.

"I don't want to be preppy! I want to be…to be…like you."

"Are you sure? That's a lot of shit talking your signing up for."

"Yes, I'm sure!" Her sobbing stopped and was replaced by eagerness.

"Okay well, this is the first day back. Not a lot of new things happening today. What do you say about us finishing school early today?"

"You mean skipping?" Desiree lifted her head.

"Well, if you want to put it that way. My mom isn't home and we can get to know each other. I can do a makeover!"

"Well…I don't know…how will we pull it off walking out of school?"

"It's easy and who said we were going to walk!" Manny giggled. "Just wait here in this stall, I'm going to get my stuff."

Desiree nodded. Manny rushed to find Derrick. He was talking to Marco and Manny quickly brought him to the side. She explained the dilemma and asked to borrow his car. After telling him she would be careful and would pick him up after school she ran back to the washroom.