CHANGING TIES
After all the drama from last year, the seniors and juniors start a pen pal program to deal with the aftermath. Jay, Spin, and Sean are back at Degrassi, relationships are on the rocks, and what's with Emma's Pen Pal ? You know, the one she's falling in love with...
A/N I DECIDED TO KEEP IT EMMA'S POV, CAUSE SHE'S COOL LIKE THAT. EMMA AND MANNY ARE FRIENDS WITH ELLIE , MARCO AND JIMMY BECAUSE EMMA NEEDS FRINDS.AND SPINNER AND MANNY ARE STILL TOGETHER, BUT DON'T COUNT ON IT LASTING. SORRY SMANNY FANS.
CH 2:Wake Me Up When September Ends
The noise in the Degrassi cafeteria was deafening as twelve hundred students, inside and outside, on the front steps moved around.
Normally Emma didn't mind the noise but today, she just wanted peace. It wasn't that she wasn't over the shooting. No she just wanted to think about a stranger named Random.
" That's just who he is, random , I wonder who he is?"
" Em, come on, Spin and Jt are saving us a seat."
Manny said searching the crowd for her friend and boyfriend.
" I told them to go ahead with Libby, and Toby while you were all zoned out talking to you're person, thing."
"My what?" Emma asked confused
" you're pen pal" Manny replied distractedly as she looked for Spinner.
" I think this pen pal assignment got me all rattled!" "I couldn't even figure out what to write!"Emma admitted " and when I did I went all mean. "
"I thought it was easy I just told them my initials M.S., I'm best friend with you , I love spinner and i'm in 11 grade!" "Oh and I'm ultra hot!" Manny added as an afterthought.
Emma shook her head" Manny! You told them everything ,they figure out who it is in a snap!"
Manny raised a purple polished nail " I left out a few details, one I'm half Asian and Hispanic, two I actually have a 3.8, three I am getting a car today!"
"But what about your thoughts?" Emma asked " didn't you share about those?"
Manny looked at her smiling " my innermost thoughts look like my outermost thoughts!"
Emma rolled her eyes and suppressed a laugh.
Sometimes Manny was a bit to blunt for some people but that was why Emma loved her. Manny had been acting so carefree lately, and Emma wished she could be like her friend wild and fun."
"Ohhh there they are, over by Alex." Manny wrinkled her nose "eww why are they sitting over there? She's like such a bitch and she was dating Jay, King of Sleaz!"Look there's also...oh no"
Emma strained to see Spinn and her friends table while carrying her tray and almost succeeded until Manny suddenly gave her a push sending her against someone (or something ,as Emma liked to say) she defiantly didn't want to see again not after this morning.
" You bitch, always getting in my way! Watch where your going." Jay shoved her right back into Manny.
" Ya cause I so want to fall on you everyday!" Emma snapped back, catching herself before she fell.
"Come on em let's go eat by Jimmy , Ellie and Marco. That other table's full already!"Manny exclaimed jumping between Emma and Jay.
With one last glare at Jay Emma followed her friend to the table.
" I HATE HIM!" "God I didn't even do anything, it's so not the end of the world!"
"What's manny's problem?"
"I have no idea, it's like she didn't want me to see something!"
" If jay hadn't been there we would have gone flying!"
"Yippi for him, I still hate his guts."
"So negative and mean! You hate his guts and love his as..."
"Shut up!"
Emma set her tray down next to Ellie's and gave her a weak smile.
Ellie had been devastated after Sean left and they had grown to be sorta friends the past months and Emma was glad that there were still a few people who didn't totally hate her in the school.
"Hey em what's up?" Jimmy called from his place on the other side of Ellie.
"Oh nothing."Emma replied
"Just an extremely hot pen pal ...who I don't even know what he looks like"
"What no guys on your radar this week?"Ellie teased. She knew guys were a touchy subject with Emma, but Manny was the opposite and marveled how different the friends were.
" El, this is me!" Emma exclaimed with a rare smile. Marco, Manny, Emma and Jimmy were the only one's who could call Ellie ,El.
"Ya" Marco said grinning " you didn't happen to see any hot guys last week did you?"
Manny beamed " well yes, there was this one guy at the mall who was so hot and gay!"
Marco leaned in " describe!"
Manny nodded trying to remember " Well he was about 5"9 and totally..."
Ellie rolled her eyes " That is a making of a great friendship!"
"Oh My God!" Manny shrieked
" yup" Emma rolled he eyes " now we know to hand Manny over to Marco when guy talk becomes to much for us!"
" So this pen pal thing is pretty cool. My p.p. is really funny and cool, weird, yet cool." Jimmy remarked. "What about your p.p. Em?"
"He's nice."she said thoughtfully
" and funny and cool and probably hot."
" totally nice, yet bad...weird that way."
" But the question is ...is he Emma worthy?" Jimmy joked
RING...RING...
"Save that thought." Emma said and smiled "I'll tell you later."
Emma once again grabbed Manny from her debate with Marco on ,blonds or brunettes, and raced to their next class American Lit.
They were studying the book the "Scarlet Letter" by Hawthorne.This book was about the hardest book she had ever read and Emma knew she should be paying attention but the desire to see if her pen pal had written back was overwhelming.
She drew out her cell and logged on quickly.
"Ahh haa" Emma exclaimed out loud drawing a few gazes that clearly said they thought she was weird.
Dear Blackholly532
I feel so weird saying that can I call you green? or holly? Anyway fav ice-cream? Mine's mint chocolate chip. I already told you I love cars but then what guy doesn't? My dream is to own my own garage and well, have a nice normal family. I know I'm soft. On the outside I'm a badass who doesn't have a care, and on the inside I'm pretty serious and I hate to say it but, nice. I've only shown that side to four people, my mom, my sis, my dad and you. I don't do that that often so count yourself lucky .My advise on the whole the world hates me thing, is live a little and try to be yourself.
Just call me red
Emma smiled this guy was great! He was funny, serious, kind, and he kinda understood her.
Plus he liked mint chocolate chip ,that was her weakness!
She excitedly started texing her reply
Dear red,
You can call me green or holly or whatever. I really don't care. My fav ice-cream is mint chocolate chip to! Wow that's really weird. About me ,I'm a total go by the rules person and if I tried to change again my friends would probably burst a blood vessel! once I get to collage I'll probably go wild!. Peirce random body parts and dye my hair black, ( a clue). Do you live life on the edge? Because I want to.
-Green
Emma sent her letter and slipped her cell back into he pocket smiling at her pen pal's words.
Everyone was taking notes as if their life depended on it. Looking around the room she noticed all the groups formed. Near the front were the preps and the geeks, her group was in the middle were the class jokers and the normal kids sat and in the back were the loners and the feaks.
Emma shook her head the whole system was stupid. People thought it was weird that a jock like Jimmy ,even if he was in a chair and a prep like Marco, hung out with the slut, the vampire and green piece.
Another thing was dating out of your group was not cool and the populars would drop you like a hot potato or a hot anything.
Emma had no love life! If dillon and Marco could find each other then why couldn't Emma!
All of her relationships had ended badly!
"Sean, Chris, Sean ,Jay..."
"Not to mention that creep who tried to..."
"I was young and stupid then ,shut it."
DING!
Emma made a great show of reading the book while her phone Tex. signal went off. Her teacher just shifted the began reading again.
She slowly pulled her cell out and looked at the message.
Dear green,
Oh piercing I'd go for but a tattoo I don't think so. Okey no I don't really like ink on skin you know...forever! That's true, mint is the best ice-cream ever. Here's a few facts about me. They might help you find out who I am ... but I doubt it. One .I play the guitar not very well but I can play a few more songs than jingle bells. Two. I'm a senior, three .I ...okey I'll say it ...I write songs. Not hard rock but girly love songs. Kill me now.
-red
Emma giggled out loud and bit her lip.
"This guy I so cool. I wish I knew who he was!"
After the bell rang Emma made a note to tell Liberty how great her pen pal program was!
As she was swept into the crowd of students Emma caught sight of a familiar sandy brown head in the crowd .Sean ,the name that was imprinted into her mind.
"Ellie"were the first words to have left her mouth when she thought of Sean. Emma had become positive of one thing that summer. She was over Sean and Ellie was definitely not.
Emma's face now had a edge to it alongside the content look.
"Em" Emma looked to see Manny and Jt standing at Emma's locker. "We'll see you at the dot around five right? El, jimmy , toby, Libby and Marco are gonna be there."
"Definitely" Emma smiled "you'll come over to find something to wear?"
Manny grinned "duh."
"See you then." Emma called as she walked out of Degrassi.
The second Emma got through her door she raced down to her room and logged on hoping to be able to talk to her pen pal. She added him on to her buddy list right next to Sean's.
Emma sighed when she saw her pp. wasn't on.
But sean was.
"Don't im him"
"Yes you need to talk"
"Ummm no"
naturegurl: hey sean why are u back?
Whatdouwant: emma, I just missed degrasssi
Whatdouwant:em, we need to talk
naturegurl: about?
Whatdouwant: things like, the fact I still like you
naturegurl: you are with ellie , my friend!
Whatdouwant: thats why we need to talk at the dot tonight at five
naturegurl: Fine but I don't like you an it's not a date!
naturegurl: signed off
"shit" Emma panicked what am I gonna do?
A/n ha there you are and now who is Emma's penpal? Review!
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