Lilly was considered wild, crazy, and a bit of a freak back home in California where the kids were out of control and the parents really didn't care. Unfortunately she made the mistake of pissing off her new mommy who decided Lilly had been partying a little to hard and shipped her off to Degrassi to live with her Aunt & Uncle. Now she's just trying to survive out in this little suburbia where the kids don't drink, don't smoke, and don't party, hell they hardly even curse! Will she make it? Will they change her or will she change them? Will she find love or enemies? Guess you'll have to keep reading to find out.

A/N: Hey everyone thanks for taking the time to check out my story... you're officially amazing in my book. Please don't ridicule this story to bad because it's my first attempt at a fanfic.

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Chapter 1

"Craig, Mr. Raditch needs you up in his office," Ms. Kwan said reading a note she'd just been handed.

"A-s-a-p."

She walked over to his desk to hand it to him, Craig looked it over a few times, all it said was to go to the principal's office right away, didn't even give any hints as to why.

Ashley tapped his shoulder, "What'd you do?"

Craig just shrugged, grabbed his backpack and made his way down to the office. He couldn't think of anything he'd done lately, well at least anything that would merit getting called up to talk to the principal.

He showed the secretary his paper and she gave him a sad smile and said to get comfortable because it would be awhile. Craig turned to look at his options to his left a pissed off looking Jay, sitting in the corner to his right was a terrified looking boy he didn't recognize, and about six seats away from him was a girl looking through a large book.

He figured the girl was his best bet, she was pretty, scratch that she was gorgeous. Champagne colored blond hair that was tied up in a pony tail with a little puff thing in the front, bright blue eyes outlined heavily in black eyeliner, full red lips, and freckles sprinkled across her cheeks. She was dressed in a blue poka dot tank top, that showed off a nice bit of cleavage, tight blue jeans, a black leather belt complete with metal studs and a zipper, a pair of black combat style boots, and a necklace with a symbol that he didn't recognize on it.

Whatever she was looking at had her so enthralled that she didn't notice him, until a couple minutes after he'd sat down. But when she did her face lit up, she smiled and leaned over to whisper, "Hi I'm Lilly." And she extended her hand.

"Hi Lilly," he smiled back, accepted it and they shook hands. She was quite possibly the only girl under the age of thirty he'd ever shook hands with.

"So what'd you do?"

"What?"

She smiled again, "What'd you do to end up here?"

"Nothing."

"C'mon you had to have done something."

"I seriously have no idea..."

"Are you sure you didn't knocked over any liquor stores, or steal any money from old ladies, or get drunk and free all the zebras from the zoo," she said excitedly.

"There aren't really any zoos around here."

"Okay gotten drunk, stole a car, and freed the zebras from the zoo?"

"Pretty sure, but I can't remember what I did last Thursday so it could be possible," this time he smiled.

She laughed, she had a beautiful laugh.

Unfortunately a very awkward silence followed that, Craig couldn't stand it he had to say something.

"You're new right?" That was the best he could come up with.

"How can you tell," she asked turning to face him better.

"I guessed."

"Good guess."

"Thanks... so, where'd you move from?"

"Ashton, California."

"That's cool."

"You have no idea where that is do you?"

"No of course I do its right next to," Craig stumbled trying horribly to impress her," I have no idea."

"It's okay, it's a good sized city, about a forty five minute drive from LA in medium traffic."

"So why'd your family move out here?"

"They didn't," she said matter-of-factly.

"Huh?"

"Long story."

"Where are you living then?"

"With my cousin, and aunt & uncle."

At that moment Raditch's door opened and a tenth grader who was almost in tears ran out.

"Miss Gepson, your turn," Raditch himself said sticking his head out the door.

She stood, picking up her books. Then she put her hand behind the back of his head and leaned in as close as she could without their lips touching. "I guess I'll see you later," she slid her hand around his neck and down to his chest. Then she turned and started to walk toward Raditch's office stopping right before she entered the room to yell behind her "Bye new best friend. Bye Jay."

"Boys will you be okay on your own? I have to step out for a bit," asked the secretary.

"We'll be angels cross my heart." Jay said making the gesture.

"I'm probably going to get fired for this," the woman muttered to herself as she walked out.

"So what's the deal with you and Blondie?"

"No deal, I just met her," Craig replied looking over in the direction of the biggest scum at Degrassi High.

"Really now?"

"Yeah."

"Damn, wish they made them like that out here."

"What's wrong Jay, not getting any since you gave your girl and her best friend an STD?"

"Look who's talking. So tell me how are things between you and Ash?"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"I'm just saying since the fairytale couple reunited you guys haven't exactly been in paradise.

"You don't have any idea what your talking about things are great between us.

"Then why were you the one flirting with the new girl?"

'Good question,' Craig thought.

"I mean not that you were the only one, because there's no way I'd ever pass up on a piece of ass like that, but ya know that is, right man."

'God just when I was starting to forget about that he has to bring her up. The whole Manny thing was a mistake that I'm never going to make again.'

"Just shut the fuck up Jay."

"Why you gonna do something about it?"

But then the door to the office opened to reveal a confused looking Emma.

"Hi Craig."

"Hey Emma, what're you doing up here?"

"What I don't get a hello," Jay asked with mock sorrow.

"I'm supposed to talk to Mr. Raditch," Emma said ignoring him, "Second time in one day."

"Really why were you up here earlier?"

"My class schedule for next year got changed from ceramics to drama. I mean can you believe they already have it planned out?"

"Well school is coming to an end."

"I guess."

"So, we're getting a drama class," Craig wasn't sure if he liked the sound of that.

"Yeah it sounds really cool, they have a student teacher coming out here from New York and we get her the year and if it works out then they'll hire her and it'll be a permanent class."

"So why am I waiting?"

"I don't know I just came up here and the secretary handed me my new schedule." Standing up Emma walked over to the now the secretary's now empty desk and started to shuffle around papers.

"Emma I really don't think-"

"Here it is," she said returning to hand him a paper with his name on it. "She probably misread your note."

"So I've been sitting her for almost an hour for no reason?"

"Basically."

"Well at least I'm missing math."

And once more Mr. Raditch's door opened (for the last time in this chapter) and he walked out to hold the door, "Well Miss Gepson-"

'Gepson?' Emma said to herself.

"-I'm sure you'll have a pleasant stay at Degrassi, and please feel free to come talk to me if you have any problems."

"Will do Mr. Raditch."

"Lilly?"

"Emma!"

The two girls ran at each other, and hugged the other one so tight a piece of paper wouldn't have even been able to fit between them. "What are you doing here," asked Emma.

She hadn't seen her cousin in five or six years, but her face was still the same.

"Your Mum didn't tell you?"

"Tell me what?"

"I'm coming to stay with you guys for awhile."