The next day was a whirlwind for Sean and Amy. Sean was still moving into Tracker's room, Amy was buying school supplies and settling in. Finally, Monday came.
"So Amy, are you excited for school today? Sean asked her as they walked up the stairs to Degrassi.
"More then you know! I love the beginning of school because I get to meet new people!"
"Well Amy, some people here aren't the best people to be hanging out with."
"I figured Sean. I figured." Amy said with a laugh.
10 minutes later, Sean and Amy take seats next to each other in homeroom
"Good morning class." Mrs. Kwan said "Today,we have a new student. Amy Cameron, would you please come to the front?"
Amy stood up and walked to the front of her class calmly.
"Would you like to tell us anything about yourself? What you like to do, why you came to Degrassi, anything you want."
"Well, in case you guys didn't hear, my name is Amy Cameron. And in case you guys are wondering, I am related to Sean. He is my older brother."
"Mrs.Kwan, may I say something?" Sean asked.
"If it's ok with your sister."
"Yeah it's ok Mrs.Kwan." Amy said.
"Look you guys,"Sean stood up and said "I know that some of you don't like me too much,some of you think I am just a bad kid. I don't care if you think that about me, but please don't judge my sister because of that. She hasn't seen me in 3 years so she doesn't know anything about what you guys think of me. She is a great kid and I hope you guys get to know her, without judging that she is like me. Thank you, that's all I have to say"
Sean said and sat back down.
"Thank you Sean. That was a very nice thing to say on behalf of your sister." Mrs.Kwan said beaming.
"Well Mrs,Kwan, she is my best friend, and the only reason I am alive today. She helped me in Wasaga so maybe she can help me here."
"Anyways, please go on Amy."Mrs. Kwan said.
"Well, I just moved here on Friday because I missed my brother's terribly."Amy said, while giving Sean a quick wink."And I'm looking forward to school here because I love making new friends, and I hope I get to know all of you and have lots of fun here."
"Thank you Amy. I hope we get to know you too."Mrs.Kwan said
Amy sat back down and realized the girl next to her was trying to talk to her.
"Hi. My name is Emma Nelson. I don't know if Sean has told you about me yet. Maybe even tried to turn you against me."she said with a laugh.
Oh Emma!! Yeah I heard about you. You know how he blew you off for Jay and them? Well I got him to promise me that he would stop hanging out with them."
"Well Amy, your brother isn't very good with promises. At least not to me he isn't"
"Oh he is with me. I am his best friend. You should have heard the little speech he gave me the other night. Trust me, he will listen.But please, don't think I'm a bitch just because my brother is a jerk to people."Amy said pleadingly.
"Of course I don't!"Emma said."You seem like such a sweet person and I would really like to become friends with you. Regardless of your brother."
"Really?"
"Of course. And if you need help or want to ask me something about school, i will SO be there."
By the time their first 3 classes were over, Emma and Amy became close.They had even been assigned a project together! Emma told her everything she needed to know about Degrassi and about the people surrounding her.
At lunch, Emma and Amy were eating when a tall boy with shaggy brown hair comes and sits down.
"Hi Amy! We have had the same classes together but I haven't had the chance to introduce myself because there have been swarms of people around you! I'm J.T. Yorke."
"Hi J.T.! Glad to meet you. Lets see....from what Emma told me, it seems that you are the class clown?"Amy said with a sly smirk.
"You got me!" J.T. said with a laugh
Just then, two people from the spirit squad come over to the table.
"Aren't you going to introduce me to your new friend J.T.?" a tall blonde girl asked.
"Paige, I just met her let alone you and Manny. Paige,Manny, this is Amy Cameron."
"Cameron? Are you related to Sean?" Paige asked.
"Yeah he is my older brother." Amy said. She had a bad feeling about the girl next to Paige.
"Well, this is Manny." Paige said and pointed to the girl next to her. "You should really try out for the Spirit Squad. You got the look."
"I'd love to, but I don't know any of those flips and things you do. The only sport I have ever done is soccer.And if being on the Spirit Squad gets in the way of soccer, I'm sorry but I won't do it." Amy finished.
"You can still tryout though. Anyways, I'll leave you guys alone now. Ta ta!" Paige called as she walked off.
"Emma, what's with that girl Manny? She seems really bitchy..."
"Well Amy, Manny used to be my best friend. Then she started to dress really slutty and I really didn't like it so I told her and she got upset. Then she slept with Craig, got pregnant and got an abortion."
"Wow. She is one messed up kid."Amy said.
"Yeah. Lets not talk about her though."
For the next 20 minutes, Emma,Amy, and J.T. just sat at the table and talked. Emma and J.T. told Amy everything big that had happened since they started at Degrassi three years ago.
As they were leaving the lunchroom, J.T. had to run over and talk to Paige, so Amy quickly leaned over to Emma and said "Emma, he is really cute! I think I am starting to get a crush on him!!"
Emma laughed and said "Knowing J.T. he probably has a crush on you too.Just seeing the way he looked at you....it's obvious that he does."
"Shut up Em!" Amy said with a laugh."Anyways, do you want to come over after school today so we can start talking about our project?"
"Yeah sure! That would be great." Emma said."But right now, we really have to get to class!!"
Once they were seated, Amy was called up to do the same thing she did in homeroom. While she was up there, J.T. leaned over to Emma and said "Wow, she is awesome! She is really pretty and really funny. Em, I think I like her."
"You too?! Every guy in our grade and grade 10 like her! But see, YOU actually have a chance though. Because she told me that she is starting to like you too."
"She does?!?! This is awesome! I think I'm gonna ask her for a date on Friday."
"J.T., before you do anything, wait a few days. She will think that you like her for her looks and she even told me that she wants to get to know guys and for them to get to know her BEFORE they go out. And please don't tell her I told you this!!!" Emma said.
"Yeah Em, you're right. I'll wait."
Just then, Amy walked over and took her seat. "What were you guys talking about while I was up there sharing my life story with everyone for like the thousandth time?!?!" She said with a laugh.
"Oh nothing." J.T. said quickly.
A few minutes later, Emma quickly passed Amy a note.
Amy scrambled to open it while Mr.Armstrong was writing on the board.
"Amy- J.T. said he likes you too!! I told him to wait a few days though because you two don't know each other yet."
Amy wanted to jump out of her seat.
"Em- Oh my god!!! Yes!!!! This is totally the BEST day ever. Ahh!!! This is the LAST class! I want it to be over already!!" she wrote and quickly passed back the note.
"Now class, I'm assigning you a project in partners.And no, you don't get to pick them." Mr.Armstrong said. He slowly moved down a list of names, and finally got to Amy. "Amy Cameron.......you're with J.T. Yorke."
Amy turned towards J.T. trying to hold in her excitement. "Hey Partner!"
"I guess this is my chance to get to know her eh Em?" he said in Emma's ear.
"I guess it is J.T. Good luck!" Emma said.
The rest of the class went by extremely fast. Amy was sad to hear the bell ring, which meant her first day of school was over.
"So J.T., me and Emma are getting together today for our project. Do you want to talk about ours tomorrow?"
"Yeah sure Amy.That would be cool. Your house or mine?"
"Doesn't matter to me. We can talk about it tomorrow cause me and Emma have to go. See you later!" Amy called as she and Emma down the steps of Degrassi.
"Shit! Emma, we have to wait here cause I promised Sean I would wait for him. Are you ok with that cause I know you aren't too fond of him."
"Yeah. If I'm going to be friends with you, I'm going to have to deal with your brother."
"Oh Em! You're the best!" Amy said and gave her friend a hug."He still likes you you know." Amy said as they walked over to the benches and sat down.
"Sean?! No, he doesn't. He is going out with Elli and hanging out with those losers."
"Emma, I know we just became friends, but trust me. I have seen the way he looks at you, and the way he looks at Elli. TOTAL difference. I will prove it to you ok?"
"Whatever Amy. Look, there he is."
Amy turned around and saw her brother walking down the steps to meet them.
"Hey Sean! It's ok that Emma comes home with us isn't it? We need to work on a project."
"Yeah, it's fine. So how was your first day at Degrassi?" Sean asked as they started to walk.
"Sean, it was GREAT!! I loved everything about it. There wasn't a bad part throughout the whole day. I even have a crush and he likes me too! But he doesn't know that I know so keep it on the downlow." Amy said with a laugh.
"And who is this boy?"
"J.T. Yorke."
"J.T. is a cool kid. I was friends with him before......" but Sean stopped himself.
"Before you blew me off for Jay and his loser friends?" Emma snapped.
"Look Emma, I stopped hanging out with them ok. So please don't bite my head off about it."
After that, no one spoke until they got to the house.
"Amy,I'm going to work on my bike until a little later so I'll be out here if you need anything ok?"
"Yeah Sean.We'll be in my room if you need us."
And with that, Amy and Emma walked inside the house.
