Rated: R for some violence, language, adult content, sexual content, etc.
Disclaimer: I do not own any character from Degrassi. If you see any that you do not recognize from the Degrassi world, they are mine.
A/N: The Writing's on the Wall will be finished before fall break starts. I can promise you guys that. The ending will be shocking. Enter the suspense music.
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Chapter I: Therapy
(Ellie's POV)
There I sat in a chair. The cushion was sticking to my skin as I moved around. I sat there snapping those rubber bands back and forth. It was the only thing that kept my nerves down. With all that happened during the school year, I was surprised I was still sitting in this group.
It's either that or sit around at home and watch my mother drink herself to death. No, Ellie don't think about that. I kept reminding myself that. God, life really sucks you know? It seemed to get worse when there were a few weeks before school was over. Let's take a recap shall we?
My mother drinks herself to death. Promises to get better when she eventually doesn't and I fall for the one guy who leaves me. Yeah, my life sucked. Probably mild to other people's problems.
I looked around the room at everyone else. On my left was Amanda. She reminded me of a Barbie but with brown hair. Her problem was an eating disorder she started during her sophomore year. And on my left was another girl, Jenny. Jenny was quiet, much like me. She kept to herself and I see her around school sometimes. Her problem? She was involved in drugs. Not those illegal kind. The ones you can purchase over the counter. She never told me what kind of prescription drugs they were but I take it they weren't the best for her.
Our group manager was busy talking. Something about expressing yourself? I don't know. I was staring off into space. But I got the feeling I was being watched. I mean, of course I would be. I'm in a damn therapy group. But I meant like intense staring. There, I caught who it was. Huh. I was surprised.
It was Craig Manning himself.
Poor kid. He has a mental problem and lost his girl in the same year. Just like me. I cut and lost my best friend. That was the only thing we have in common. Group sessions like these and Ashley, his ex and my best friend. I kept his gaze just to humor him when he got all shaken up and looked away.
I just smirked at myself. There was just something about him.
I looked up at the clock and we had 5 minutes left. I cheered inside. I was anxious to meet up with Marco at his place and hang out with him. I kept snapping my rubber bands out of boredom.
"And since I have to leave early, this session is now officially over." Mark, the group leader of these damn sessions had said to us. He let all of us go and I stayed behind, only so I could not get my ass trampled over. After it was just a few of us left, I left the room. But of course I wasn't alone.
Craig somehow caught up with me. "Hey, slow down." He said to me.
"Why? Am I too fast for you?" I sneered back at him. I was being a bitch to him. He didn't do anything wrong. It was starting to become natural to me. Especially since school was over.
"Well, yeah." Craig ended up jumping in front of me, forcing me to stop. I just sighed at him.
"You stopped me. Is there something you wanted?" I asked him. I was getting a bit frustrated.
"I was wondering if you were heading to Marco's cause he invited me too." He told me. Marco invited him? Why didn't Marco tell me? I would ask him that as soon as I got there.
"Yeah I am." I replied back.
"Great. I am too. I just didn't want to walk there alone." Craig actually looked kinda vulnerable there.
"Ha, Craig Manning is scared to walk over to Marco's? Wait until the Grapevine hears about that." I mocked him. It was making him uncomfortable. "Fine. We can walk together, huh?"
With that said, I started walking again. With him following. And I knew he was staring at me from behind. I just got a strange vibe from him. And I didn't know if it was good or bad.
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A/N: Ellie does seem a bit OOC and Craig will too. It's all a part of my plan. Chapter 2, done in Craig's POV will be up soon. Like the other series, the POV's will go back and forth. The Writing's on the Wall (Palex fic) will be updated probably tomorrow or Tuesday. Please read and review. Once that one is finished, I will work on my other uncompleted stories.