A Degrassi Fanfiction

Titled: "Why Me?"

Chapter 10: Watch Out

Craig and the guys hopped in the car and drove off. It was nice that Sully's cousin finally came and got them. He claimed that he was in front of Elijah's building, but was in front of the wrong building. So they were just standing there waiting for a ride. Walking around the block at least a thousand times. As they speeded through the streets in the truck, the guys clowned, and talked about girls, money, and girls. "Slow down man, stop speeding" Sully said shaking his head. His cousin could be a crazy and wild person. But he didn't have time to be getting into a car crash. So rolling his eyed, Mathew decided to slow down. Once they reached Craig's house, Craig hopped out and went in, and went straight to his room.

He had a pretty long day, and he was glad that he was finally home. Tiyanna looked so good today and he was happy that he could make her smile so much. But then she could always hook back up with that loser Derrick. It wasn't the same since his dad left the house for the rehab program. But it was nice that he was doing something about his problem. It felt good not getting beat anymore, and Craig liked that. But the income thing was a bit frustrating, that's why Craig worked at No Frills and his little side job. Since his dad was in the program, they were holding his job for him, until he would be back. That meant that money was restricted. So that Craig wouldn't be all wild, with his spending habits.

He was only allowed to get about 300 dollars a month. So Craig decided to get his job at the local grocery store, and his little side job. Some would say that he really didn't need the money, but he thought so. He would give some of the money to his baby sister Angela, and help out Joey. Him and Joey set up a bank account for Angela, and also were working to make his dealership a better place. Craig sighed as he layed on his bed. Life was getting better, his father was going to be much better, and things were just going smoothly.

All he needed was the girl of his dreams, and it would be perfect. He just hoped that she realized how much he liked her, and would give him a chance. But he was optimistic, and knew that she would realize that he was a good guy, sooner or later. But he hoped that it was soon. He didn't want to try too hard, so he would just be himself. He didn't want to impress her by being one way, and then changing once they got together. Craig pulled out a wealthy sum of money, and put it inside his sock drawer. Jumping on the bed, he quickly fell asleep. It had been a long night, and he was a bit tired.

The next day at school, Tiyanna was tired than ever. Laura came over and did her hair and they talked about what had been going on. Especially in SH. But Tiyanna figured out that not much happened, and she was a bit glad she was out of the school. Walking to her locker, she lazily did her combination, and opened her locker door. Just then Emma and her slutty side-kick walked by, giggling as if life was full of nothing but sex and laughter.

Tiyanna just rolled her eyes, put her belongings in the locker, and slammed it shut. Walking around the school for a bit, since the bell hadn't rung, Tiyanna ran into Craig. The person she wanted to talk to. It wasn't that she was nosy, and wanted to know every aspect of his life, but she was just curious about what he was doing. "I saw you last night, it was pretty cold. What were you doing on the corner? You hooker" Tiyanna stated with a sly grin.

Craig wasn't at all shocked, and he had to play it cool. Because if he freaked out, then she would be more suspicious than she already was. "No, I'm not a hooker. I left Elijah's place with the guys, and we were walking around waiting for our ride. Then he said he saw us, and to stay at the corner. Then he came and got us" Craig said without any guilt. That was why he was standing there. Thank god she didn't ask why he was over at Elijah's so late.

"Oh okay" Tiyanna said feeling relieved. What wrong could Craig and the guys do? She was glad she asked instead of accusing. "Why?" Craig said, wondering if she didn't really believe him. But the smile on her face made it seem as if she did, and was a bit relived. "Nah, just wondering. Thought maybe you was trynna see me" Tiyanna said giggling. That's all she could think up, so quickly.

"Oh, whatever" Craig said with a smug look and walked away. Tiyanna sighed, Craig seemed to be a good guy, buts he didn't want to be let down. Plus she didn't really know him, and had just broken up with Derrick. She didn't want to move on so quickly, plus she knew about Craig only from what he'd told her, and what he told her was good. Plus they were both pretty musical, and had lots of things in common. Even though it was tempting Tiyanna wanted to focus on getting her family situation straightened out before getting into another relationship.

That's apart of the disaster of her and Derrick's relationship. It was as if she used him to feel secure. She just went to class and got a head start on her work. Since she really didn't have anything else to do. This was her second day at school, since her suspension. She sat back and started her morning assignments, and a few seconds after she completed it, other students started entering the room. But by lunch time, the 2 sluts of Degrassi; Manny and Emma were having the time of their lives.

"Don't even think about it. Craig is mines" Manny said rolling her eyes at Tiyanna. "What the fuck are you talking about? If I wanted Craig that bad I'd have him. But I don't jump from guy to guy like you" Tiyanna said walking away. She didn't have time for Manuella's crap. That's when Manny caught a glimpse of Theresa and Elijah. All smiling in each others face. "Damn, she's putting out better than you Manny" Emma assumed. "What ever, she's just trying to make me jealous" Manny replied. She felt that Theresa was trying to compete with her. But Theresa was no match to her. Plus she was a virgin. What did she know? But maybe that's what Elijah liked. But what did Manny want? Or should the question be who did Manny want? Whenever she saw Craig talking to Tiyanna or any other girl, she would be mad. But same thing with Elijah. Why try so hard if they didn't want you? But if Emma could do it, then she could too.

"No, no body is better than me. Not even you" Manny said as she bit her lip, trying to think up of a good plan. Why not just have them both? Even if they were good friends, Manny had an idea. But she just wasn't so sure that it would work out. Theresa and Tiyanna would be in the dust. Because both Elijah, and Craig were hers. Even if they humiliated her at school, and were serving detention for it, Manny didn't care, they were hot, and all hers.

By hall passing time, Manny saw Elijah again and approached him. Rolling his eyes he asked Manny "What the hell do you want?" with an attitude. "Wow, for a second, I'd think you didn't like me papi" Manny said playing with her finger on his chest. Elijah just couldn't believe it. After all they did, she should hate him. But it seemed to have turned her on even more. Or was it just that Manny liked a challenge? "Damn, you are one weird chick" Elijah said shaking his head. "No, I just think that you are soo amazing" Manny added feeding his ego.

"You are an athlete, smart, funny, and just a great guy. I'm sorry, for whatever it is I did, to make you mad" Manny added pouting and batting her eyelashes a bit. Elijah wanted to know what was going on. Was this some kind of joke of hers? Or, was Manny Santos just head over heels for him? What ever it was, it sort of flattered Elijah in some weird sort of way. But what about Theresa? She too was beautiful, but also intelligent, funny, a virgin, exotic looking, and just had a banging personality. And most of all, she wasn't a school slut. She may have had her little crush on Jt, and kissed him, and then had her little thing with Chris, but they were all kiddy shit. No one really paid much attention to that either.

At least he could walk through the halls with Theresa, without people making comments about her being a slut. Elijah didn't really care about what people thought, but in reality he himself believed Manny was a big slut. She was skilled, but a big slut. How could someone so beautiful be so damn nasty? He wouldn't be shocked if she turned out to be a stripper or porn star. "Apology accepted, but I have things to do" Elijah said trying to get away from her. "Why are you always trying to hurt my feelings? I really like you Elijah" Manny said doing a great acting job.

Elijah felt a bit bad, why treat her like this? She was also human, maybe she didn't know what was in the punch, and that probably got her to have such a sexual appetite. But Elijah was a bit positive that she knew what was in it. But instead of saying another word, he just kept walking and headed on to his class. He wasn't going to feel sorry for her. Knowing Manny, she probably had some tricks up her sleeves.

Rolling her eyes, Manny didn't understand why Elijah was being so complicated. But it didn't really matter. Just her luck, she saw Craig walking with this huge grin on his face. "You make me that happy too" she said with a big kool-aid grin. Craig just raised an eyebrow, and wondered what she was up to. It didn't take long for his grin to fade away. "What do you want!" Craig said looking at Manny, he was tired of her. She just couldn't leave him alone. "Craig, why are you so evil" Manny said looking as if she was about to cry. Craig didn't want to hurt her; he had a soft spot in his heart for all girls. He never wanted to see a female cry, because he would just think about his mom, a lady that wasn't in his life anymore. As Sully signaled him over, Craig then spoke once more to Manny "I'm not, your pretty cool. But I gotta go" he said as he followed Sully.

Manny then felt pretty bad. She really liked Craig, and that would always be her first love, but what was with her feelings towards Elijah. Did she still care for Craig, or was she only doing this because it was a challenge? If she got them both, then what would happen? Would she be bored with them and let them go? Or would they find her an even bigger slut?

But the sophomore wasn't worried about the future, she wanted to work on the present and be happy. "This is gonna be hard…" Sighing, she headed to class, well actually ran. She had to try and do all the work that she could do. Because she already knew that her report card was going to look like shit. But still, Manny didn't stop thinking about boys, Manuella completely forgot about her work, as she daydreamed about her and Elijah.

With a glare in her eyes, and her mind somewhere else, everyone could tell that Manny wasn't paying any attention. "Ms. Santos you have daydreamed your way to failure" the teacher said as she passed out the progress reports. Manny snapped out of it, and saw that her grades were crap. She had one C, 4 D's, and 2 F's. That was horrible. She hadn't seen her progress report that bad. Her eyes got watery, and she had no one to blame. "Well can I get make up work" Manny asked about to burst into tears.

"HA! You slack, and do no work, and then u want to ask for make up work, when report cards are on their way?" asked the teacher. "No way" She stated and made her way to the next person. Manny knew she really fucked up this time; all she could do was sit there and cry. She cried the rest of the class away, and didn't even bother to do any work. "I'm gonna fail anyway" she said sobbing. Walking out in the hallway, Tiyanna was a bit shocked to see Manny in tears. No one really seemed to care, or ask her what her problem was.

But Emma raced to her rescue as soon as she saw her. AS they both headed to the bathroom, Tiyanna couldn't help but snicker. The slut was failing like hell, God got her good. But she deserved it; maybe she would have to repeat 10th grade if she kept it up, which Tiyanna figured she would. Manny would just act like that, and then be her normal slutty self again. Tiyanna just shrugged it off, and even giggled a bit. Manny wanted sympathy, but she wasn't going to get any from her. Many had to learn a lesson in respect.

Walking out the restroom, Manny strutted through the hall, and bumped into others without even excusing herself. Maybe she and Emma had a slut to slut talk. Tiyanna giggled, as she saw Manny's act of pretending to be tough. "Watch where you are going…Bitch" a Grade 12 student commented loud and clear, as Manny bumped her. "Whatever" Manny replied, as she rolled her eyes and gave the girl the finger. Buts he definitely didn't bump anyone the rest of her way back.

While Craig was making his way to 7th hour, and he was pretty pissed. He felt that someone or some people were trying to make his life hell. Some of it was true, some false beyond believe, and some of it just hilarious. Some of the things were just unbelievable, but it's their faults for believing him. He wondered if Tiyanna knew, but he figured that she believed him, when he explained himself. But Ellie and Ashley seemed to be on his case for a while. They were everywhere he turned. Always whispering and giving him mischievous glances. Craig just shrugged it off, because whatever they suspected, they wouldn't get any evidence. He was just too slick.

But 7th hour he had to be cool and collective. He was in a class with Ashley, Ellie, and Tiyanna. Why did they all enjoy music?

As he and Tiyanna talked, and freestyled some songs, Ellie and Ashley just kept giving him weird glances. "What's their problem" Tiyanna said catching on to what was going on. Craig replied by saying; "I really don't know, maybe they are a bit jealous" all while grinning. Tiyanna chuckled, and was flattered. While Ellie and Ashley decided to get back on working on their song, the class period was almost done. Packing up their things, and getting ready to call it a day. The class just spilled out into the hall, and to the lockers.

Craig quickly grabbed his things, and was out in seconds. But little did he know that somebody was watching him. He and Jimmy hopped in the car, and were gone. They had things to do, but would they be caught doing whatever it was that they had to do.

Meanwhile…Tiyanna walked into her apartment and fell on the couch. It was a good day, and she was just going to chill. It was almost break, and they only had 2 days left of school. That's when she heard a knock at the door. Maybe her dad left something in the house, but taking her timbs off, and her coat, she walked to the door. Opening it, she saw Derrick, just standing there. "What are you doing here?" Tiyanna said finding this is a shock. "It's a wonderful cold Tuesday, and I wanted to see a cold hearted person" Derrick said making a smart comment.

"So you just came over to mess with me" Tiyanna said shaking her head. "No, I wanted to talk to you" Derrick replied sincerely and walked in. "wow, just letting ya self in my crib huh" Tiyanna said closing the door, and locking it. Following Derrick into the living room, even though it was supposed to be the other way around. They took a seat. "So, you supposed to be talking to Craig?" Derrick said with a stern look on his face.

"Talking in what sense, he and I are just friends. He cute and all, but we are just friends" Tiyanna said while wiggling her toes. "Yeah what ever, you attracted to him. But that aint gon do nothing but get you in some shit" Derrick said getting up. He had better plans, he actually thought they could easily talk. But he was intimidated a bit. He felt that he lost her forever. "What the hell are you talking about?" Tiyanna said following Derrick as he started heading towards the door.

But, just then the door was being unlocked, and Tiyanna knew that was her father. She ran up the stairs and pushed Derrick in her room, and closed the door. Running back down stairs she unlocked the chain lock, and opened the door for her father.

"hey daddy" Tiyanna said grinning. " Hey, I left the keys to my office" the lawyer replied to his daughter. Going upstairs, Tiyanna felt her heart beat as she watched her dad climb those steps. Derick had better not even been breathing, or she was in real trouble. Hearing the toilet flush and some water running, after that within seconds her dad was out the door, and into his car.

Going back upstairs, after locking up Tiyanna laid on her bed. Sighing, she listening to her heart beat. "That was close" Tiyanna said scared out of her head. "What ever, you probably sneak a lot of boys up here" Derrick replied and headed downstairs. Tiyanna was shocked, Derrick had always respected her. Where in the hell did that respect go? Did he just piss it out and flush it down the toilet?

Going down the stairs with anger in her heart, Tiyanna rolled her eyes and pushed Derrick. "Fuck you, you just mad cuz you blew it!" "What the hell ever, I warned you about that Craig dude, you gon regret it. Be hard headed. Mark my words… Fuck with him, he will get you in some shit, and hurt you like hell" Derrick replied. And with that he was out the door. Tiyanna laid back on the couch. What in the hell was Derrick talking about? Maybe he was just jealous, and he wanted to scare Tiyanna.

But Tiyanna knew Craig liked her, and she thought he was a pretty cool guy. But it wasn't like Tiyanna was willing to be in a relationship so quickly. But what the hell was Derrick talking about, what if he was telling the truth. Maybe he still cared about her, and didn't want her to get hurt. But Tiyanna didn't even really understand. This was pretty confusing, was Derrick playing games with her head?

While Tiyanna was pondering about Derrick's words and actions, not far from the apartment, Craig was pulling out of Jimmy's apartment. They had to get a few things from his house, and then get with their business. That's when they realized that a car was parked across the street from Jimmy's house, the same car that they had been seeing since they left school. Looking at the bright red hair in the driver's seat, Craig knew it was Ellie, and she was accompanied by Ashley.

Calling up Ashley, Jimmy made sure to block his bumber.

Ashley: hello

Jimmy: Why the hell do you have to follow us, get a life.

Ashley: What?

……Dial Tone…

Craig sped off, and he knew that Ellie wasn't much of a good driver. She was one that was pretty scared while driving, and always scared of getting into accidents. So o course Mr. Manning lost her quickly. "I think they know" Jimmy said leaning back in his seat. "No they don't, we are too slick. Stop worrying. WE have stuff to take care of." Craig added, he didn't like that Ellie and Ashley were getting to Jimmy so easily. But he had to get his mind straight. It would be pretty troublesome, if those two broads got them in any trouble.

But driving around Toronto and running errands, they finally made it home around midnight. By the next day, the school was hectic. The halls were full of noise, and plans for the break. "It's winter, and we live in Canada…its freezing" Craig complained, as he imagined a nice trip to Miami. But he didn't have much money to spend, since his father was in the anger management program. Craig didn't want to report his dad for child abuse and he didn't even talk to his psychologist about it. After all that working, and thinking, he forgave his father, and made him enter the program.

But he had a tight budget, and his dad didn't want him spending all that money while he was gone. So he had to get a job. Working at 'No Frills' was pretty good. Except making delivery's. Some were handicapped, and others just lazy ass bums. But sometimes that money didn't complete his desires. "Here comes the big shot" Ashley said rolling her eyes, as he and Ellie started to giggle. "Shut up Ashley, damn" Craig said walking away.

Ashley was a childish little female and she didn't learn from that ass whooping. Maybe it knocked out her memory too. Opening his locker, he put his belongings, and headed to class. He didn't have to take it. "Yeah, we know Craig" Ashley said trying to scare Craig. That's when Tiyanna's heart started beating rapidly as she heard that. The way Ashley said it, and how she looked as she spoke, was about the same way Derrick did.

What was so bad about Craig? Did he lie about being in the streets that late? What the hell was Going on?...