This fic takes place around Season 4
Disclaimer: We don't own Dally, Soda, or the Degrassi characters. I own Gabby and Nicki owns Kat. Sean is also going to be involved in this fic, he just broke up with Amy and he hasn't hooked up with Ellie yet. And he is in the same class as Paige, Spinner, Jimmy and the rest of the older characters; it's like he never repeated a grade.
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Chapter 2: You're Never Going To Win
Gabby's POV
Shortly after leaving my house, Kat and her mom picked me up. We got to school and met up with Sean.
Sean and I are very close as a matter of fact. My parents got divorced when I was young and my older brother, Ryder, left with my father to Wasaga Beach. My brother had to go to school there and became good friend with Tracker Cameron, Sean's older brother. The day came when I was able to visit my older brother and my father, and was introduced to Tracker and his younger brother Sean.
Sean and I hit it off well; he was known as a bad boy and that's what got me interested in him. My life was as dull as ever, now that I live without my older brother who always used to get into trouble. My life has been about going to school, watching TV when I get home, and occasionally hanging out with my friends. But then every vacation I got, I spent in Wasaga Beach with Sean, and soon enough I became just as a trouble-maker as him.
"Hey earth to Gab…are you there?" Kat said waving her hand in front of my face. I shook my head, getting back to reality.
"Yeah?" I asked coming back from the zone as Kat and I call it when we zone out.
"Your bestest friend is coming our way." Sean said being sarcastically cheerful. I perked up my head and saw Jay walking towards us.
"Oh god" I muttered. Luckily, I reached my locker, trying to avoid him from seeing me. Even though me and Jay became "friends" he still makes me feel angry when I look at him. I still can't forget that time he was with Alex in the lunchroom.
"Hey Rebel" Jay's irritating voice said from behind me.
"Rebel" was a pet name Jay calls me. Before I met Sean I wasn't as out-spoken as I was now. Jay would make fun of me at times, but thankfully one summer I came back almost like transformed from a sweet innocent girl to a hot tempered cunt. I would shop-lift at times; I never made a habit of it though. I seemed to have developed a short temper, which led me into fights. And strange enough Jason Hogart noticed all these new things about me, and decided to call me "The little rebel of Degrassi"
I ignored him as I usually do when he first says "hi" to me in the morning. While taking out a binder from my locker, I felt something be put upon my head. I felt it and then rolled my eyes, it was Jay's cap. This was a trick he plays on me when I try to ignore him. When we were a couple, I would take his cap and put it on myself. He wouldn't mind, and it made everyone think how much of a cute couple we were. So he knows I won't ignore him if he puts his cap on my head, it's like a curse or something.
"Stop calling me Rebel" I said turning around to face him and shutting my locker behind me. He stepped closer to me but I put my head on his chest and backed him off. I took off his cap and placed it back on his head. Then I faced towards Sean who was taking out a textbook from his locker, which was conveniently three lockers down from mine.
"C'mon you guys, let's go" I said walking up to Sean and Kat. I grabbed Sean's hand and then turned around to see Jay's expression. He had a serious look on, which made me grin.
"Are you always going to do this?" Sean asked raising our clasped hands. I let go and put my binder in my bag.
"Yup" I smiled, "Making Jay annoyed in the morning always makes my day." Sean smirked at me. Sean and I dated one time when he lived back in Wasaga. I didn't feel comfortable though, he was more like a brother to me. So that's how we became much closer when he came to Degrassi.
We arrived at Kat's locker which was a great distance from where Sean and mine's are at. Her locker was placed near the girl's bathroom and in a nice area, while mine is like placed in the "ghetto", not my favorite spot…
"Hey look Kat, it's your lover" I joked. Kat turned and saw the same person I did walking up to her; Craig.
"Hey guys" Craig said cheerfully.
"Hey man, what's up?" I said resting my elbow on Craig's shoulder. Kat and Craig also have been developing on a friendship, but just like me and Jay's friendship status, it isn't the same as before.
I love to play "friendly" with Craig, like be his best pal around Kat. It makes her get an expression on her face that says "I'm going to kill you". But truthfully, Craig is a really nice guy to hang around with; he was the perfect guy for Kat, but too bad, he did what he did and look what happened.
"Hey um Kat, my band came up with a brand new song and I was hoping you can be the first to hear it." Craig said happily removing my elbow from his shoulder. "So maybe you can come by tonight and hear us…"
"Umm I don't know. I might busy today" Kat said shutting her locker.
"Do it" Sean coughed purposely.
Kay gave Sean "The Look". I stood beside Sean; our hands were placed behind our backs, and I gave him the usual high-five when we do something funny routine.
"Alright, I'll go" Kat said.
"Okay, so I'll see you in second period then." Craig kissed Kat on the cheek and walked away happily.
"Aw how cute" I said pinching Kat's cheek.
"Shut up" she whacked my hand out of her face with a grin.
The bell rang, signaling us to get into class. The three of us had Ms. Kwan for our first class in the morning, what a nightmare…
We took our usual seats. I sat in the third row third seat, Sean sat to my left, while Kat sat to my right, and I hoped to god that someone else would take the seat in back of me because unfortunately for me, Jay's also in this class first period and he always sits behind me. Jay came into class; I grabbed the nearest person by the arm, in this case it was Paige.
"Paige, um can you sit behind me…please" I begged.
"Sorry hun, but I'm sitting next to Hazel." She said and then walked away. Then as usual Jay planted his ass on the seat behind me, and smiled at me as if he was saying "Haha you're stuck with me". I was still facing backwards, so I gave him a sarcastic smirk and then faced forward.
Ms. Kwan came into the classroom hurriedly and then raced back out. Then when she stepped back in, she brought two boys with her.
"Class, we have two new students today." She said placing her hand on top of the boys' shoulders. "This is Dallas Winston and umm Sodapop Curtis" Ms. Kwan read the names of the boys aloud from a sheet of paper.
Dallas is pretty tall, and he has dark brown hair. He was wearing a black t-shirt, a leather jacket, and jeans. Soda was also in the tall section, and he has short wheat colored hair. He was wearing a white t-shirt, a red flannel, and jeans.
"Sodapop? Was your father the inventor of Coke or was he just drunk when he signed your birth certificate?" Jay teased. Soon the whole class broke into chuckles.
I turned around to face Jay. "Can't you stop being an ass for like a second or is too hard for you to do?" I said and then turned back around.
"That's enough Jason." Ms. Kwan scolded. "Now boys take a seat."
The one called Dallas sat behind Kat, while the coke…I mean Sodapop took the seat in front of Sean. Five minutes of listening to Ms. Kwan babble about Literature made me drowsy, so I got Soda's attention and started to talk to him when Ms. Kwan wasn't looking. Sean would occasionally say a few words, and then he would zone out to whatever Ms. Kwan was saying.
Soda and I started to fool around more, like by telling each other weird details about the people in the classroom. Then Sean reached over my desk and left a note.
I opened the piece of paper and it read as said.
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Cool it will ya…Jay looks like he's going to kick that guy's ass if you keep "flirting" with him.
Oh yeah, and look at Kat. It seems like she's having fun.
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I read the last line again and then looked to my right. Kat had an annoyed look on her face. I mouthed out to her "What's wrong", then she pointed behind her. The kid, Dallas, was whispering something to her.
Kat stood up from her seat and turned to the boy and yelled, "Can you stop!" The room suddenly fell silent, and all eyes went to Kat.
"Is there a problem Kathleen?" Ms. Kwan asked.
"No" Kat said as she took her seat and crossed her arms.
After class was over, Soda asked me to help him get to his next class. I asked Sean to come along…err no wait, I begged Sean to come along. I didn't feel like being alone with this kid just yet, even if he does look sweet. And before leaving the class with Soda and Sean, Jay pulled me back by the arm.
"Can I help you?" I asked ignorantly.
"Why are you talking to that guy?" Jay asked curiously.
"He's sweet and I'm helping him out." I said and then tried to walk away but Jay pulled me back.
"Listen, for like the hundredth time, I'm sorry for what happened with me and Alex." Jay said, his tone of voice sounded a bit whiny.
"And for my hundredth time, it's not enough just to say sorry!" I said and then tried to walk back to Sean and Soda, but Jay pulled me back again.
"Hey, leave her alone" Soda exclaimed approaching me and Jay.
"Stay out of this coke boy" Jay said angrily.
"I mean it" Soda warned
"Soda! Stop it, just stay out" I said. I didn't want a fight between these two, and knowing Jay, he would start that fight.
"We'll talk later Jay" I said sincerely and then walked out of the room with Sean and the new boy.
Kat's POV
I walked out of the classroom, trying to avoid the new kid, Dallas. He was like a leech, he wouldn't stop pestering me. I turned around and there he was, following me.
"What do you want from me?" I said out loud.
"I just want to get to know you." He smirked.
"Well you're not playing cute with me. I already have enough boy troubles already." I said as I continued walking.
"What's your next class?" Dallas asked.
"Computer class with Mr. Simpson" I said making my way through the crowded halls. Dally searched his pockets and retrieved a wrinkled sheet of paper.
"Well look at that, I have the same class too." He grinned.
I rolled my eyes and continued walking. Then I realized that I forgot something in my locker, so I ran down the hall before the next bell rang, and of course, Dally followed me. Once I got what I needed I turned to find a group of girls surrounding Dallas.
"You're cute" A girl squealed.
"Yeah, totally" Another said.
"Yeah…hey you got what you needed Kathleen?" Dally yelled through the girls. I stopped and looked at him with a confused expression on my face. I nodded and he made his way through the girls, then we began to walk together to Mr. Simpson's class.
"Call me Kat" I said.
Dallas nodded and then took out a cigarette. "You can't smoke here" I said grabbing his weed and then throwing it in the garbage can before he could light it.
"This school's sucks; why can't I smoke in here?" Dallas complained.
"'Cause those are the rules"
I took my seat which was at the end of the table, and Dally took the one next to me. Then Craig walked in and froze when he saw someone in his seat, someone named Dallas.
"You're in my seat" Craig said.
"Yeah, so" Dally shrugged, not wanting to move.
"I want to sit there" Craig said dropping his bag next to Dally's chair.
"I'm not moving" Dallas growled.
"Craig, is something wrong?" Mr. Simpson asked as he shut the door behind him.
"No" Craig answered.
"Alright, so take a seat so we can begin" Mr. Simpson said.
Craig picked up his bag, and walked to the back of the room. I turned around and saw him take a seat next to Jay.
Jay's POV
"Hey man, those two new guys, they are a bunch of stuck up pretty boys" Jay said ignorantly.
"I can't believe he took that seat. It could've been there or there or even here." Craig said pointing to some empty seats in the classroom.
"Uhh Craig, he has a crush on your ex!" I said.
"What?" Craig's mouth dropped. I don't think he wanted to believe what I just said. "No, he can't"
"The other new guy is making a move on Gabby." I said eyeing Dallas and Kat. They definitely picked the wrong girls to flirt with.