It was now nearing the end of the school year dance. All the tenth graders from Degrassi were throwing an end of the year school bash. But not all the students were happy with the way Degrassi had been heading.
Jimmy's best friend Spinner had been expelled from Degrassi because the principal had found out that he and Jay were responsible for the rampage that Rick went on. If it hadn't been for the two of them pulling that prank on Rick, then making him believe that Jimmy planned it all out, Rick would have never came back to the school with a gun, and never would have shot Jimmy, nor would he have tried to shoot at one of the younger grade students, Emma Nelson. Sean Cameron, the school bad boy, would have never tried to defend Emma, and the gun would never have gone off, killing Rick.
Jay and Spinner had been plotting their revenge for weeks, since Jimmy had told Krys that Spinner and Jay were responsible for what happened, and she encouraged him to tell the principal what he'd discovered, leading to their expulsion. In their eyes, both of them were to blame, and they vowed retribution.
It was a late May evening, and it was nearing twilight. That night was the night of the Degrassi sophomore prom, and it was the best night of the sophomores' lives. Here, relationships were bound to deepen, and true love would take its toll.
Krys's mom and Jimmy's dad were at Krys's house, snapping away happily with cameras, making their children more and more embarrassed by the second. "MOM," Krys whined. "Can we go now? You're embarrassing me!"
"Alright honey, you can go." The two headed for the door. "WAIT! Do you have your phone in case of emergency?"
Rolling her eyes because it was the third time her mom asked her if she had it, Krys pulled her phone out of her bag and showed it to her mother. "Yes mom, it's right here. We'll be FINE, you guys have nothing to worry about."
Both their parents sighed, finally letting their children leave the house. As they walked down the street towards the school, Jimmy asked, "So why did you guys move here from Philly?"
"My mom never wanted me to find out, but I did eventually. My dad was an abusive guy who abused my mom more than anything else in the world. He would beat her senseless for the stupidest reasons, like if the cats weren't fed the right food. He never laid a hand on me, though my mom never knew why. It turned out that he was sent to prison for a crime he helped commit, but my mom didn't want to know any of the details. She took that as a chance to get the hell outta Philly, out of Pennsylvania, and out of the country. And the best place to go was to Canada. Rumor had it that my dad fathered a child out here before he met my mom, but we never found out, and never bothered to. We're content with it being just the two of us, and that's it. I would love to know my half-brother, but my mom says to let it be, so that's that."
"Wow. I could never imagine my dad beating my mom," Jimmy said, and Krys nodded.
"He made sure that I was never around when he did it. I would always be at school or out with my friends when it happened, and he would always be gone when I come in to find her unconscious on the floor, or in their bedroom, crying on the bed. In the end, she finally told me what was happening, and I told him to back off or I'd hurt him myself, and he got so angry he left, and the next night was when we found out he'd been arrested for armed robbery and assault and battery. We took the chance, cleared our shit out, and left. The only sad thing I regret is that I never had the chance to tell my friends goodbye."
Jimmy hugged her as they got up to the steps of the school. "How about over the summer I take you there, and you can introduce me to your friends?" he asked sweetly.
"I'd like that."
"Let's go, the party's just gettin' started."
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The loaded up their gear and headed for the back of the school. "You think Rick's rampage was disastrous? Think again."
"You're right, Jimmy," Jay whispered as he, Bo and Spinner loaded their guns. "The party's just gettin' started."