Chapter 3 Your worst nightmare come true
After taking an extremely scenic route to get to Degrassi, Sean was finally there. He pulled into the parking lot that only contained about 4 cars and got out. He grabbed a small envelope from the glove compartment that contained information that he would need to register. He locked his door and headed up the steps to Degrassi. He opened the door and headed down the hall to the office. He took in everything as he went, the newly painted walls, the mural, everything. Sean stopped a few feet away from the office doors and looked to his right. Somebody was brining in boxes from a side door into a classroom. Whoever it was walked back outside and a few seconds later was banging on the door.
"Ms. Hatzilakos! Can you hear me?" the person shouted, banging on the door.
Sean knew who it was now; Mr. Simpson. He sprinted towards the door and pushed it open.
"Thanks Ms…," but before he could finish he realized who he was talking to. "Sean!"
"Hey Mr. Simpson," said Sean smiling.
"When did you get back?" Mr. Simpson asked walking towards the open classroom door.
"Today, actually. I was supposed to be here to register, and was just going down to the office to do just that," said Sean following him into the classroom; the Media Immersion classroom to be exact.
Sean remembered the last time he had been in there, which was to talk to Mr. Simpson, to let off a little steam from everyone saying he was a hero. He had run into Emma here, he had hugged Emma here, and he had pushed her away here as well. He stayed in that exact spot for a moment before realizing that Mr. Simpson was talking to him.
"Sean, are you okay?" he asked.
"Huh? Oh yeah, fine. Just daydreaming, sorry," Sean told him.
"Well, what brings the great Sean Cameron back to the halls of Degrassi?" asked Mr. Simpson, setting down the box and taking a seat on his desk.
"Just, time for me to return I guess," said Sean, looking around.
"Well, it's great to have you back," said Mr. Simpson, stretching out a hand to Sean.
Sean took it. "It's good to be back."
"Well, you said that you're here today to register?" Mr. Simpson asked.
"Yeah, I guess I should probably do that," said Sean starting to back up towards the door.
"Here, let me see if I can find Ms. Hatzilakos for you," Mr. Simpson told him, getting off his desk.
"Okay," Sean said, heading out the door, with Mr. Simpson with right behind him.
They walked down the hall in silence before coming to the Main Office, Mr. Simpson pushed the door opened and called out, "Ms. Hatzilakos!"
A moment later a tall, thin, blonde woman came out from the room labeled 'Principles Office'.
"Hi Archie, what can I do for you?" asked the woman. "Oh! Mr. Cameron. You're here," she said walking over to the desk right in front of them.
"Ms. H? Are you the principle?" asked Sean, confused.
"Yes, Mr. Radditch retired before the end of the year last year," Ms. H explained to him. "And I took over."
"Cool," said Sean.
"Well, I guess I'll let you to get to work, I'll see you on the first day of school, okay Sean?" Mr. Simpson asked.
"Okay Mr. S," said Sean, shaking his hand again, and with that, Mr. Simpson turned around and walked out the door.
"So, Sean, ready for your senior year at Degrassi?" Ms. H asked sitting down, motioning for Sean to sit in one of the chairs in front of the desk.
"As ready as I can be, I guess," said Sean, sitting down.
Ms. H handed him some paper, "Well, you can start filling these out; this is just basically all your personal information, name, address, phone number, etc."
Sean started filling out the paper, stopping when he came to address. "Um, Ms. H, I don't really have an address yet."
"I'm sorry to bother you Ms. H," said Mr. Simpson, "But Spinner Mason is here."
Ms. H nodded, "Okay, I'll be there in a minute. Sean I'll be right back," and with that she got up and headed out the door leaving Sean and Mr. Simpson alone again.
"So, what's this I hear about you not having a place to stay yet?" Mr. Simpson asked.
"I haven't exactly made it that far yet," said Sean, looking at his feet.
"You know, if you can't find a place to stay for the time being, I'd be glad to let you into my home," said Mr. Simpson quietly.
"Thanks, but I think I'll see if I can get my old apartment again," Sean told him.
Mr. Simpson nodded, "Okay, but remember my offer is always on the table."
"I'll remember that," said Sean, this time looking him directly in the eye. "And thanks."
"No problem," said Mr. Simpson, and at that exact moment Ms. H walked back into the room.
"Okay, sorry about that," she told Sean, as Mr. Simpson walked out of the room.
"It's fine, but I was just wondering, what was Spinner doing here? I just saw him a little while ago and he told me that he was expelled last year," asked Sean.
"He comes in twice a week to hand in make-up homework from last year. It doesn't help him any because he's going to have to repeat the grade anyways, but he insists, and he's here every Monday and Friday without fail," said Ms. H sighing.
"Does, um Jay do anything like that?" asked Sean.
"I think Mr. Hogart could care less if he flunked fifty more times," said Ms. H.
Sean nodded, so Jay hadn't changed that much, just going out with someone whom he hated with a passion and is about six billion light-years out of his league.
Ms. H handed Sean some more papers. "All you have to do is finish this and you'll be done."
"Okay," said Sean, taking the paper and filling it out.
The whole process took about a half an hour max and after saying goodbye to Ms. H, Sean was on his way back out to his car, but he stopped short of his car when he saw two people get out of a car that had stopped in front of Degrassi. Once again he had managed to run right into Jay and Emma.
A/N: Many thanks go out to everyone who has read my story and reviewed!
