Chapter 1: Surprise

"Emma!" a voice called from behind the dirty-blonde haired girl. Emma Nelson turned from her friend Manny Santos and smiled to see her boyfriend, Chris. The dark-skinned boy was wearing his usual Phat Farm clothing, and his usual bucket hat. Emma smiled and fixed her hot pink blouse, smoothed her faded low-rise jeans, and checked her hair, which was down and rolled into stylish waves. She loved Chris a lot. He was wonderful to her, so affectionate and caring. Although he was a whole color palette from her skin tone, it didn't matter. They had been together since the 7th grade, and Manny couldn't stand it. Emma had no idea why, but she just didn't. Emma figured it was only because she had a boyfriend and Manny didn't.

Manny had lovers, but not stable or potential boyfriends. She was beating around the bush with Craig and Jimmy, who were also students at Maple Leaf University. She had to admit: it was hard to be a player!

"Great, the king of Africa has returned," Manny muttered under her breath. Emma smacked her without looking, and not knowing that she had hit her in the right breast. Manny let out a small yelp, gave Emma a dirty look, and turned on her heel to leave for her dorm room.

"Hey babe!" Emma greeted as she hugged and lightly pecked Chris on the lips. He wrapped his arm around her waist and carried her books with the other.

"Hey, my princess!" he said in his African drawl. "How was biochemistry?" Emma rolled her eyes.

"Honestly, Dr. Mathis can't keep off my back!" Emma answered; fixing her purse strap that was slung over her shoulder. "That guy is so perverted! Every time I ask a question, he ends up hitting on me! That's why I don't say a word in class. I think it bothers him."

"You want me to straighten him out?" Chris said seriously, but in a teasing voice.

"No, I can deal," Emma laughed, lovingly placing her hand on the arm that Chris had on her. "So, what are we doing tonight?"

Chris slowly removed his arm from around Emma and stopped in front of her. He had a faint worried look on his face.

"Uh, actually, I have some studying to do," he said hesitantly. Emma looked at him suspiciously, then smirked.

"Studying on a Friday night? C'mon, you save that for study hall and Sunday nights!" she reported, hoping to change his mind. He looked down at his feet, and up at her again.

"Yeah, but Em, I really need to pass that physics class. I tell you, it ain't easy," Chris countered. Emma swallowed, then shook her head slowly.

"Okay, I understand," she said, disappointed.

"I'm sorry," Chris apologized, pulling her into a passionate kiss. By then, they had reached the front of the university. Emma closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around Chris's body, engulfed in his kiss. Her mouth slightly parted to let his tongue in, but Chris didn't enter. He pulled back immediately and wiped his face.

"Well, bye," he said, running off before Emma could say anything. She watched him leave, in anger, and in sadness. Angry that he wasn't gonna walk her to her dorm room, and sad that he hadn't accepted her invitation to have a quick make out. He was acting a little strange, like he didn't want to be around her. She pondered the possibilities as she continued to walk.

When Emma had reached the dorm that she shared with Ashley Kerwin and Manny, she found the two laughing on Ashley's bed. When they saw her enter the room, Manny's smile turned to a frown.

"Hey boob-smacker," she said, laughing. Emma gave her a knife-cutting glare, then gave Ashley a "Hey."

"Where's Chris?" Ashley asked. She was no longer gothic, like she was when everyone was at Degrassi. Ah, the younger days. She was now kind of like Manny nowadays, wearing short skirts and cropped tops. Her hair was longer now, but still with red on the tips. She looked so pretty with her hair wrapped in a loose bun and her green eyes lined in a thin coat of black. Manny still looked kind of slutty, wearing an overdose of mascara and a short, short skirt. Her black hair was underneath a blue newsboy cap. Even though she was so slutty, she still looked pretty.

"He didn't wanna walk me up here," Emma replied glumly, sitting on the edge of her bed.

"Too bad," Ashley said.

"Yeah, but it's so unlike him," Emma said with concern.

"Hmmm…" Manny thought. "Something's up." Emma gave her a puzzled look.

"Why don't you surprise him tonight?" Many suggested with a sneaky look.

Emma nodded slowly. "Okay."

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