JT was sitting on a bench near a bus stop deciding on what he should do…if he went home there wouldn't really be anything to go home to, he just sat there pondering. Just nearby Spinner, Manny, and some friends were heading out in the opposite direction from where JT was. Until Spinner noticed him alone in the dark.
Spinner: James
Tiberius Yorke
JT: what do you want Spinner
Spinner: nothing
much just wanted to check up on you
JT: I'm kind of busy right
now Spin maybe some other time
Manny: maybe we should leave him
alone he wouldn't have had been by himself if it wasn't for a
reason
Spinner: or we can torture him some more till his bus
comes…Hey I've always wondered why he always wears that
ridiculous necklace
JT: lay off me don't you have other people
to devastate…oh wait every time you do it always leads to trouble
Spinner: just let me see the necklace
JT: just let me see the
necklace (imitating Spinner)
Spinner: funny, let me see it kid
JT: go bother someone…
But before he could finish his sentence, Spinner ripped the necklace off his neck.
Spinner:
bet it would look better on anyone of us
JT: give it back
Spinner: and…what if I don't
JT tried to retrieve it but
it was to no avail…Spinner broke the necklace
Spinner: you want
it you can have it, its only garbage, not even worth a nickel
Spinner started to walk away with his friends, but as he did
he heard someone call out to him, he turned around only to get stroke
by JT's fist. He was knockdown and his nose began bleeding. Manny
tried to help him up but all he did was touch his busted lip , JT
couldn't believe what he just did. He stood there in shock that was
the first time he actually stroke someone. But before he knew it he
just started babbling.
JT: (Yelling) you wrecked everybody's
life…Rick's, jimmy's…your wrong about me…I'm not going to
stand around here and watch you reduce mine's to rubble
Spinner:
…………
JT: you broke the only thing that kept me sane…
Spinner: …………
A horde of people arranged themselves around Spinner and JT. They heard the upheaval out on the streets of degrassi. Fellow students even came out to check what all the turmoil was about.
JT: (Yelling)What is wrong with you
Spinner: Sorry…
Spinner: look I know I haven't always
treated you fair but your over reacting
JT: (Yelling)Over
reacting ever since the day I started Degrassi you've made my life
a nightmare……you even ruined something as precious as something
my dead parents gave to me and I'm suppose to forgive you
Spin…You're wrong…
Spinner: I…I…I…didn't know
JT:
(Yelling) that's what's wrong with you, you never think about the
other person…you don't even deserve a person like Manny…she
sticks by you even though you're an even bigger idiot than I am,
that's what I regret never living up to be as good for her as she
thinks you are...but here you have the opportunity to make it up and
of course you go trying to screw it up…think spinner think
With that JT walked away not even looking back while everyone gazed at him, they didn't think that behind the jester there would be a beast waiting to be released with such knowledge that it was overwhelming. Even Manny who considered him as being juvenile appeared to see him in a different way.
That night JT didn't head home instead he ended up at the park. JT sat on the swing and continued to ponder…he thought of a way to leave the place he called home because there was no one to go home to. Before he even knew it he stopped thinking about home and more on his past. He sat there remembering the good times he had at that park. He remembered having his friends around. He remembered having a family.
JT:
(sighed) why can't it be like the way it was before
Anonymous:
because than life wouldn't be so difficult
Anonymous: can I
have a seat
JT: look Manny what I said before…it just came out
I had no intention of saying it
Manny: did you mean what you said
JT: are you asking me if I regret saying it
Manny stood
up from her bed the next day wondering if what happened the other
night was a dream
That morning she was awake since 5 just
wondering if it were infact true
Manny: I most of have been dreaming none of that could have happened right?But why do I remember it so well?
JT: are you asking me if I regret saying
it
Manny: sort of
JT: I spoke the truth and the truth is where
my heart's set
Manny: I figured…you've really changed a lot
JT…you've matured
JT: since you broke up with me I had time
to think…a lot
Manny: what about
JT: I thought about
becoming perfect…I thought about you…it just wasn't worth it
really…I didn't believe it would make me true to you…it was all
wrong…nothing was really worth it
Manny: ………
JT: I
thought it be easy, Manny you have to believe me, I love you, I guess
I kind of knew that all along
JT: and try hard to believe me but
nothing really got easy…
Manny: JT
JT: I'm leaving
degrassi just to find a bit of time to myself
Manny: …………
you really have changed
JT:…see you around Manuela Santos maybe
when I'm better at being me
JT stood up and began walking but then stopped at a brisk he looked back at the beautiful women who he shared most of his childhood with. She who stared at him with her lovely brown eyes…he forgot something
JT: Manny I almost
forgot
Manny: forgot…forgot what
JT walked up to her, she who was still sitting on the swing and embraced her in a passionate kiss. When he finally broke apart from her lips she had her eyes closed. He leaned over close to her ear he spoke soft and gentle.
JT: take care…
