Love at A Price
Chapter 1: Fifty Cents
Disclaimer: I do not own any Degrassi characters nor am I affiliated with them in any way. The only characters that I own have asterisk() next to their name the first time they are introduced to the story.
Dylan and Marco pulled up in Dylan's new car. Turning to face Dylan, Marco kissed him softly on the lips and said, "I love you. We're meeting up at The Dot after school, right?"
Returning the kiss, Dylan tapped Marco on the nose and replied, "Of course we are. I wouldn't miss it for the world." Marco giggled and sighed, turning to face the Degrassi Community School building. He jogged up the steps where he was met by his best friend, Ellie Nash.
Laughing and waving off Craig, she turned to Marco asking, "So, what's with the school-girl giggle? Did you and Dylan have fun last night?"
"Hey!" he called, pouting and swatting at her playfully. Straightening his shirt he said, " El, you and I both know that we had a serious talk yesterday. I told him I didn't want to see other people and that if he ever did something like that to me again it was over." He sat on the side of the steps and sighed, remembering the night of Dylan's college party.
It was a night of despair. Marco had found Dylan in bed with another man and when Dylan went to go find and talk to Marco about seeing other people, Marco had kissed Craig to try to make him jealous. It hadn't worked.
Marco had hated Dylan for at least a month after the incident and had tried dating many different guys, though he was still in love with Dylan. "Earth to Marco," Ellie said, waving her hand in front of his face. "This is Ellie Nash, your best friend, still waiting for you to come out of the clouds." Marco was startled as he was snapped out of his reverie and jumped.
"Sorry," he replied apologetically. "I'm just thinking about what's going to happen at The Dot today. He told me he wanted to meet me there last night and I wonder what he's going to say. I wish he would tell me he'd be with me forever." The bell rang before Ellie could respond to Marco.
He darted off to class only to miss Ellie call, "Just be careful what you wish for."
During Marco's first period Media Mersion class, he recieved an instant message from Spinner during Mr. Simpson's lecture. The little box blinked furiously in the corner of the screen before Marco clicked it. The little message bubble popped up on the screen.
"Spinster5000: What was with that little kiss with Dylan? I thought you hated him? Why would you go locking lips with Michaelchuk? Didn't he want to see other people?" Rolling his eyes, Marco typed out a quick response to Spinner's ignorance.
"MarcoDelStudly: I talked to him last night, though it's none of your business. I gave him one more chance to prove himself to me. And we'll be at The Dot today." Hitting send, he waited for Gavin's response. It came all too soon and was extremely uncalled for.
"Spinster5000: Oh God, Marco. Your such a faggot. I can't even believe I'm still a friend with a homo like you." Marco deleted the message without bothering to reply to it, giving the computer screen a death glare.
He raised his and asked, "Uh, Mr. Simpson sir, may I go to the restroom?" Archie dismissed him and upon approval, Marco ran out of the room, holding back tears. He ran across the basketball court and down to the back alley of the school. He flopped down on the steps and started crying, tears cascading from his face and falling onto the asphalt. He sniffed and heard a pair of shoes walking up behind him.
"Guess who?" came Dylan's voice softly. Looking up with watery eyes, Marco scooted over and patted the cement step. Dylan took a seat and tilted Marco's chin up with three fingers and kissed his lips gently. Marco kissed back hesitantly, then backed away.
"Marco, what's wrong? You're not the same Marco I talked to this morning, what happened?" Becoming extremely serious, Dylan asked, "Did somebody do something to you Marco, because if they did, then you need to tell me."
"Nope," he said deftly. "Just Spn being an idiot."
EN: This is designed to keep you on the back of your chair, so calm down.