What If?
Chapter Five
Alcohol and Bandages
Shay only had to wait about five minutes for her friends. She saw Alex walk in with a group of people. Shay only knew about five of them. The group walked over to Shay.
"Hey Shay." Alex said and the turned to the group, "You know, Jay, Ellie, Sean and Emma." Shay nodded and Alex pointed to a tall kid with black curly hair, "This is Craig." Alex then pointed to the last person, "This is Spinner."
Everyone greeted Shay and she did the same. She even said HI to Jay. She stood up, "Alright. Let's head up to my room."
Everyone followed her into the elevator. When the elevator stopped, everyone got out and continued to follow Shay to her room. She took out her room key and unlocked the door. She pushed it open and let everyone in.
All their jaws dropped. Craig turned to her, "I thought you said room?"
Shay laughed, "Well, it has a room."
Spinner looked arond, "More like 100."
Jay and Sean glanced around and said, "Pretty sweet."
The guys walked over to the bar and the girls headed to the lounge area. Shay just stood between both areas debating on which group she should join. She looked over at the guys, and decided that they were her best bet, because the alcohol was with them.
Jay pulled out all the alcohol, and looked at her, "How old are you?"
"I'm 17."
"Well, most hotels take out all the alcohol BEFORE they let someone under the age of 18 rent a room."
Shay rolled her eyes, "Well, I'm not one of those someones."
Spinner looked up from the cabinet where him and Sean were grabbing glasses from. He raised an eyebrow, "Wait...What's your last name?"
"Whalen."
Spinner almost dropped the glass that was in his hand, "As in the famous Whalen."
Jay looked up from the drinks he was making, "No shit."
Shay rolled her eyes and walked over to the girls. Alex was playing with stereo, trying to find a good CD. Emma was just sitting on one of the couches, flipping through a magazine. Shay sat down next to Emma. "So, you guys like it here?"
Emma answered first, "Well, yeah. Do you live here?"
Shay shook her head, "I have it for three weeks. I got in a fight with my grandfather, and left."
Emma looked at her, concerned, "What happened?"
"We got in an arguement. So, I left."
Alex just picked a CD and hit play. JamisonParker's Alcohol and Bandages came on, "And you have to money to pay for this."
Shay nodded, "Yep."
The house is still at midnight, by one we'll be a wreck
Alcohol and bandages will soon follow this mess
Sleeping's overrated, we lie awake and cry
If this is love then kill me now and save me from my life
Alex smiled, "Lucky bitch."
She laughed, " I know. I know."
The house is dead by morning, as good as new again
The morning after funeral is coming to it's end
Smile's aren't too tempting and hopes as good as lies
Memories are pain that lost their meaning over time
Jay, Sean, Spinner and Craig walked over to them, with drinks in their hands. Craig handed one of the drinks in his hand to Alex. Spinner handed the other drink to Emma. Sean handed the drink in his left hand to Ellie. Jay handed the other drink to Shay.
Just close your eyes, everything will be okay
Just close your eyes, everything will be okay
Just close your eyes, everything will be okay
Just close your eyes, just close your eyes
Shay put her drink down and walked over to a closet, she grabbed a giant blanket. She walked back over to everyone, "This way guys." Everyone followed Shay to the an area that had a fire place. She spread out the blanket, "OK. From my experience the floor, with a blanket of course is much more comfortable. I'll go grab some pillows. Someone light the fire place." Alex got up and followed Shay to the bedroom to get some pillows. Sean walked over to the fire place and lit it.
In the bedroom
Alex stood on one side of the giant bed, and Shay on the other, "So, do you like Jay?"
Shay laughed, "I don't know. I don't really know him."
"Well, you'll hear some pretty shitty stuff about him. He was a wicked ass last year, but he turned himself around. Somewhat. Just, don't believe everything you hear. Ask me or even Emma."
"Alright..."
They left the room with a ton of pillows. They walked back over the rest of them. Alex and Shay threw pillows at them. Tey both sat down and picked up their drinks.
Jay looked around, and cleared his throat, "Eh, hem. I would like to make a toast." Everyone laughed and raised their glasses, "I would like to toast to the newest girl at Degrassi. She's pretty kick ass and she has some pretty good alcohol. Cheers."
Everyone clanked their glasses and said cheers.
Shay looked at Jay, "Thanks Jay."
"Anytime."
Alex looked over at them, "Aw. Did you two just have a moment."
Jay and Shay both picked up a pillow, and threw it at her. Jay's missed her. Shay's did, too. But it his Craig instead. Spinner jumped up, "OK. That's it. Pillow fight. Men stand up. Girls take off your clothes and have a pillow fight."
Everyone picked up the pillows and threw them at Spinner.
A few hours later everyone was pretty shit faced. Around 10, everyone called up their parents saying they were staying at so and so's house working on a group project. Most of the parents didn't believe them considering there has only been one day of school. Well, except for Jay, who didn't care if his parents knew where he was. The pent house has a few bedrooms, although everyone just ended up passing out on the floor around 3 a.m. Shayed stayed up, though. Checking her email. Seeing if anyone from her old school messaged her.
She logged on and and heard her MSN welcome message through the speakers, "Good Morning, Shayna." Shay laughed at this. She was easily amused when drunk.
She checked her email. She has an email from someone she didn't know, but it said "Important. Please read. About your parents."
Shay clicked on it, just as she heard someone walk up behind her. It was Jay.
"What, are you too good for the party?" He asked slurring his words slightly.
Shay turned in her chair to look at him, "Jay, if you haven't noticed, the party kinda ended when everyone passed out."
"Well, I'm the life of the party."
Shay took a sip of her freshly poured drink, "I'm sure you are."
"So, whatcha reading?"
"Not sure. Just clicked it."
"Can I see?" Jay asked, kinda bored.
"Sure." Shay maximized the email window.
From: ERROR BLOCKED ADDRESS
Date: September 1, 2005
To: Whalen, Shayn Important. Please read. About your parents
Dear Shayna,
I was told, in case of your parents death, to notify you. I was told to block out my identification. You will not be able to contact me. Your parents came to me years ago, in case they died before they told you something very important.
Your parents, Elizabeth Radditch Whalen and Michael Whalen tried hard to get pregnant. I'm sure you are saying to yourself, "Well, they must of tried hard enough, because they had me."
I'm not going to beat around the bush any longer. You were adopted. You birth parents live somewhere in Canada. You, also, have a twin. No one, except your birth parents know about you. Their parents never knew. Their friends never knew. No one.
I'm sorry I had to inform you of this.
Goodbye.
Shay closed the window. She suddenly wasn't drunk anymore. She could feel Jay's hand on her shoulder and tears falling down her face. Who was this person? Were they lying? She finally spoke, "I need some fresh air." She stood up and put her shoes back on. She grabbed her cigarettes and her keys.
"I'll come with you." Jay said, walking behind her.
She turned around, "Thank you."
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To the few readers I have, I wanted to get out the BIG secret before I went to bed. Hope you liked it. Now, she could be related to anyone. Someone I mentioned, someone I haven't. It could be a grl. It could be a boy. You never know!