Disclaimer: I own Derek Alexander Mason. And no one else

Vague Summary: Spinner has had a brother his entire life. Derek. But when their parents divorced when Spinner was 7, Derek was 6, and Kendra was 5, the two boys were separated. Spinner and Kendra stayed with their mother. Derek went with their father. Now that Mr. Mason is dead, Derek is moving back in with his mother, brother, sister, and stepfather. Only he does not know about the stepfather.

Brotherly Love
Chapter 2

Here I was, day 1 at Degrassi. I was sitting in Mr. Simpson's Media Immersion classroom. I was staring at the screen when I heard 2 females talking.

"Who's the yummy grade 10 in the blue?"

I looked at my outfit, I was wearing blue.

I then heard the other voice, "I don't know, let's go introduce ourselves!"

I felt a tap on my shoulder, "Hi. You new?"

"Sort of…" I turned around and there was this really beautiful blonde girl standing there. Along with an African-American girl.

"Sort of?" The blonde asked, "How can you be sort of new?"

"I went to this district until I was 6. Then I moved, and now I'm back."

"Oh." The blonde sat next to me, "I'm Paige Michalchuk."

"I'm Derek Mason."

Paige looked at me again, "Oh my gosh… You've grown!"

"It's been like… a million years."

"Welcome back Derek!" Paige and her friend then walked away.

"Derek?" I heard my name coming from my best friend from grade 1.

"Emma?"

Emma ran over to me and sat on the opposite side of me. "When did you come back?"

"2 days ago."

"And you didn't even tell me?"

"I tried. But I couldn't get to the phone. Because of Spinner."

"Oh yeah, he starts back this year. Doesn't he?"

"I guess… I had no idea what happened."

The smile on Emma's face disappeared, "Let's just say… Drama. Drama. Drama."

"Well Em, it is high school."

"Good point…"

"You can't really have a drama-free year at high school."

"I know. But Degrassi has had more drama than anyone would ever expect!"

"Like…?"

"There was a shooting. And your brother was the cause of it."

"He didn't have the gun did he?"

"No… But he bullied the kid who did."

"Whoa…"

"Yeah. He and this other kid Jay tarred and feathered Rick Murray. And then Rick snapped and shot Jimmy Brooks, of who is now in a wheelchair, and Sean tried to take the gun away from Rick and Rick got shot in the process."

"Sean?"

"He moved here from Wasaga Beach. But he moved back there."

"Oh…" I nodded, Degrassi had much more drama than my old school.

"Yeah…" Emma looked down at her feet then looked back up at me, "But on a happier note… I'm really glad you're back!"

"Glad to be here… Sort of."

"Sort of?"

"Yeah. I mean… I missed you guys. But I was down in New York for most of my life…"

"We're just going to have to return you into a Canadian then aren't we?"

"Guess so."

Emma sat next to me and we watched some people come in. There were lots of kids in our Media Immersion class.

I saw a few familiar faces, JT Yorke, Manny Santos, Liberty Van Zandt, but that was because the five of us (JT, Manny, Liberty, Emma, and I) were basically inseparable in first grade. Other than that no one really looked familiar.

Manny and JT walked over to Emma. And me, only they didn't exactly notice me at first.

"Hey Emma!" JT said, smiling, "How was your summer?" He sat down on the other side of her.

"It was pretty good." Emma smiled, "But seeing as it is still the season of summer, the best moment of summer was today."

"But we're back in school…" Manny raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah…….. But I got to see someone I haven't seen in 9 years."

JT looked over at me, my back was to him. "Would it be that kid?" He pointed to me.

I turned around, "Yeah JT, it would be."

"Derek!"

"For about the 50th time today. Yes. It's Derek."

"Wow!" Manny sat down next to me, "Feels weird, but great, to have you back."

"Feels weird, but great, to be back." I smiled and looked at the teacher, "So. Is this Simpson guy a good teacher?"

"He's amazing." Emma poked me, "He's also my step dad."

"Whoa! Wasn't expecting that!"

"Just like we weren't expecting you to come back." Emma retorted.

"Ok. That's getting old now." I replied, leaning back in my chair.

Emma smiled as Mr. Simpson walked in. "Alright, hey everyone, welcome back. All that stuff." He paused, "I'm forgetting something…" Then his face brightened, "Oh yes! Attendance!"

"Ditzy much?" I whispered to Emma, "No offense or anything."

"He's not used to the school year anymore." She whispered back.

Mr. Simpson called a bunch of names, then he got to me, "Derek… Mason?"

"Right here."

"Any relation to Gavin?"

"Brothers."

"Nice to have you here."

I smiled as he kept going. When he finished I discovered that there were 24 people in my Media Immersion class. Not too interesting…

He began explaining about some of the programs we'd use, how grade 10 is an important year for Media Immersion. And a bunch of stuff that I just plain did not care about.

Finally, that class ended, as soon as I walked out of the room I was pinned to the wall by my brother.

"Nice to see you too…" I retorted, a bit annoyed with his violence.

"I never made the rules clear."

"Huh?"

"You are to not speak to me unless spoken to. I have a reputation in this school, and I'm trying to live up to it."

"From what I hear it's not exactly a reputation that someone would want to live up to."

He pushed me harder, "Lose the attitude Derek."

"Sir, yes, sir."

He let me go. I rubbed my shoulder, and walked towards my next class.