Emma POV

I was walking out of Degrassi when Jay held his arm out to stop me.

"Emma. Wait." He said.

"No, let go of me." I replied.

I tried to jerk away, but he was a lot stronger than I was.

"The only reason I was drinking was because I was nervous. Bringing you to that party was clearly stupid, and you don't like me like that." He said.

I looked at him, unsure whether to believe it or not. His face seemed to be honest, but with Jay it was always hard to tell. So I didn't say anything, and walked away.

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Sophie POV

Jimmy and I walked out of Degrassi hand in hand.

Jimmy nuzzled his chin against my face and I giggled.

"So…do you want to hang out tonight?" I asked.

"I wish I could, but I have band practice." He said.

"Uh, Jimmy, I'll be there." I said.

"Well, maybe I can sneak away for a few minutes." He said.

"Or a lot of minutes." I replied.

"Sophie!" Craig yelled.

I turned and saw Craig running up to me.

"Um, can you tell Joey I'll be late studying? I'm going to Ashley's." Craig said.

"Craig, what about what we talked about?" I asked.

"It's too late. Ashley was ready, I wanted it, so we did it." Craig said coldly.

"Craig!" I said.

But Craig had already left.

"Craig is such a jerk.' I said.

"Soph, it's going to be okay. It will work out." Jimmy said.

"I hope so. I just wanted to protect Ashley from having a bad first experience. I mean my first time-" I cut off.

"You've done it?" Jimmy asked cautiously.

I froze and stared at him.

'Um, kind of…" I said quickly.

'Wow." Jimmy said.

I looked down. I didn't know what to say.

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Jimmy POV

It felt weird that Sophie wasn't a virgin. Especially since I was. I tried to act like it didn't bother me, but it truly did. After thinking about it, I decided that Sophie was Sophie whether or not she had sex. I came to the band practice, waiting for an opportunity to sneak off and talk to Sophie. Finally, Craig let us take a break. I excused myself to go to the bathroom and tore into the house. Sophie was siting at the table, painting.

"I didn't know you were an artist." I said.

"Well, there are a lot of things you're learning about me today." She replied.

"Look. I'm sorry I got freaked out. But I'm fine with it. For real." I said.

"Jimmy, I'm not proud of what I did. But that doesn't mean I'm ashamed, either." She said.

"I know." I said.

Sophie kissed me on the cheek.

"I have good news." She said.

"Yeah?"

'I'm going to be staying at Craig's longer than I thought. Maybe I'll finish out the school year here." She replied.

"Now that is something worth celebrating.' I said.

Sophie kissed me.

"But aren't you supposed to be practicing?" she asked.

'This is a lot more fun.' I told her, and leaned in for another kiss.

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Craig POV

Jimmy was taking forever in the bathroom, so I went inside to see what was up. And surprise, surprise, he was making out with Sophie.

"Jimmy!" I said.

They kept kissing.

"Jimmy!" I cried.

They broke apart, startled.

"Sorry man." Jimmy said bashfully, and got up.

Sophie gazed at me sweetly as Jimmy left.
"What do you think you're doing? Do you want to break up our band?" I asked.

"Craig, kissing Jimmy does not translate to me being a Yoko. Besides, your band sucks. No one but you takes it seriously." Sophie said.

Sophie reeled back; looking almost surprised at what came out of her own mouth.

"Craig, I know how much your band means to you. But you have to admit that your bandmates aren't totally committed. You know this, but you've never heard it aloud. You were looking for an outlet to your frustration, and I was the closest target." She said.

I just shook my head at her and went back to the garage. I cared about Sophie, and I might be attracted to her, but she crossed the line with that.

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Jimmy is ready to give up his virginity to Sophie.