In the bedroom

Craig POV

I couldn't sleep. All I could think about was how I had messed things up with Sophie. I wrenched myself from bed and walked quietly to Angie's room. I gently shook Sophie's shoulder and she stirred awake.

"Craig?" she asked.

"Sophie, can we talk?" I said.

She sighed and followed me to my room. She sat on my bed and I paced across the floor.

"Right now I consider you one of my best friends, okay? And I want us to stay that way." I said.

"Craig, we'll always be friends. I didn't mean what I said before. You're forgiven." Sophie said groggily.

I sighed with relief and sat next to her. It was then I noticed that she was drifting off to sleep.

"Sophie, wake up." I whispered.

"Craig, don't make me go back on Angie's floor. We can share your bed." She said, half asleep.

I slowly got under the covers next to her. Sophie tugged on my shirt and pulled me closer to her. She nestled herself in my arms, and before I knew it, I was asleep myself.

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Sophie POV

I woke up the next day to find a shadow above me. A lump next to me in bed stirred then gasped.

"Oh my god, Joey." Craig said, panicked.

I turned and looked at the situation I was in. Craig's arms were around me, and we were a little too close. And we were in bed together.

"Get out before Angie sees you." Joey said sternly. I ran out and into the bathroom. I could hear Joey shouting at Craig.

"What do you think you're doing?" he yelled.

"Nothing happened, Joey. We were just talking, and we fell asleep." Craig said.

The yelling went on and on. I couldn't believe we had messed up so badly. I was most likely going to France, and Craig would be in trouble until he graduated. I quickly got ready for school, and left. Craig was definitely going to be late. As I approached the doors, Jimmy was waiting there for me.

"Hey." He said, kissing me.

"How are you?" I asked, kissing him back.

"Great. After last night." He said, kissing me again.

We both laughed until someone bumped into me from behind.

"Jimmy, I didn't know you date sluts now." Paige said.

Jimmy rolled his eyes and led me inside. A few minutes later, I saw Craig dash into school, looking disheveled. I steered Jimmy in the opposite direction and walked away as fast as I could.

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Emma POV

It was really hard avoiding Jay. Especially since he knew where my locker was. He even followed me into the library.

"Emma." He said.

"Go away. I never want to speak to you ever again." I cried.

"Nelson, come on. I'm sorry, jeez." He said.

"Yeah, well sorry doesn't erase what happened." I said.

"It's not like we went really far or anything." He said.

I looked at him awkwardly.

"That was the farthest you've gone. Whoa." He said.

"Yes, not that it's any of your business." I replied.

"Hey, I didn't plan for you to get in my car and get drunk." He said.

I looked away and started to cry.

"Nelson, don't cry, please. I'll make it up to you." He said.

"Right. How can you make this up to me?" I asked.

"Um, I'll go out with you." He mumbled.

"What?" I asked.

"I'll take you out. It's not a big deal." He replied.
"No." I said.

"I'll be nice." He said.

I laughed.

"No." I said again.

"It will be fun. I'll behave, okay?" he said.

I sighed.

"Okay." I said.

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Sophie POV

After a day of torture, I decided to approach Craig. He was standing alone at his locker, so this seemed like a good time. As I was about to tap his shoulder, Ashley stepped in and kissed Craig.

"Craig, hey. I missed you, you know you didn't call me." She said.

"Oh, um sorry about that." He replied.

"It's okay. Because I have something planned for us. Tomorrow at my house. You'll love it." She said coyly.

Ashley walked away and Craig watched, clearly turned on. I rolled my eyes as a Hispanic girl stood next to me.

"He did the same thing to me. Craig's a jerk." She said.

'Wait. Are you Manny?" I asked.

"What did Paige say?" she asked softly.

"Oh, Paige and I don't talk. No, Craig told me about what happened between you two." I said.

"You're Sophie, right?" she asked.

I nodded.

"I heard what Ashley's been saying about you." She said.

I sighed and rolled my eyes.

"Hey, want to go hang out at the mall?" she asked.

"Sure." I said.

Finally, a girl to hang out with. Maybe Degrassi wasn't so bad after all.

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