First, I want to say how sorry I am for the long, long, LONGGG wait.I really dont have any excuses. I guess Ive just been lazy with it, and I havent felt like updating it. Thats really no excuse, though, so Im sorry again. Ill try to make the waits between each chapter not so long anymore.
Secondly, thank you so much for all the comments! I never thought Id recieve so many reviews about it! Youre all so amazing! And also, thank you for being so patient with the waiting. Again, Ill try and make the wait for the next chapter shorter.
Third, when youre reading this, its a bit different than the show. I changed a few things, mostly at the end, though. I thought Id just let you know, in case you were a bit confused.
Chapter Five- Movie-Like
Fifteen minutes after Emma's call, the two boys knocked on the door of the Nelson house. Toby jiggled on the handle, though, and let themselves inside. Both girls looked up at the boys and smiled. They were all life-long friends, except for Toby, who they met in the summer before grade seven.
"Why lookie who it is!" Emma laughed. "Hey guys, you got here aweful fast. What did you do? Run here?"
J.T. didn't pay attention to Emma's words, though. Instead he glazed down at the movies that were sitting on her living room table. Picking one up, he made a disgusted face. "You really weren't planning on watching these movies, were you?" He dropped the DVD back on the table. "I'm not watching any chick flicks!"
Manny laughed at her ex-boyfriend's typical comment. "Oh J.T., you're such a guy." She looked over at the movies that she had placed on the table, and noticed they were all either romantic comedies or romantic dramas.
"Hey!" J.T. randomly yelled out, thinking of an idea. "Instead of watching these oh-so amazing movies, we should go to the movies and harass Paige." J.T. smirked at them. "Wouldn't that be really fun?" He laughed at his own words.
All three teenagers stared at him bewildered. "Why would you of all people want to harass Paige?" Manny questioned him. "Seeing as though you used to have the World's biggest crush on her back in grade seven," she reminded him. She turned to Emma. "Anyway, I don't know if I want to go to the movies."
J.T. ignored the first part of Manny's conversation and went straight in for the second part. "Not wanting to go to a movie? What are you, kidding me? Of course you want to go to a movie! Wait until you hear what is playing!"
Toby laughed at his best friend, and finished his sentence for him. "Green Leaf is out, and of course J.T. wants to see it. He's been talking about it for months now." Toby sighed at the thought of seeing the lame movie. "Me on the other hand, though? Not my kind of movie."
Emma grimaced at the thought of the previews she had seen. "All that stupid movie is about is a bunch of teenagers smoking up and being losers. I don't want to see that!"
"Me either," Manny agreed, eyeing up J.T. Yorke. "Actually paying to see a movie where everybody in it is a drug-addict? Yeah, that sounds real cool, J.T.." Manny rolled her eyes at him.
"Guys!" J.T. protested. "It's not just about that. It's supposed to be funny. It has more of a story than drugs. Com'n! Please? I had to sit through that endangered species movie for you, Emma! And that lame computer help movie with you, Toby. And what about that cheerleading movie with you, Manny?"
"No J.T.! I'm not seeing that," Manny replied to the pleading. "And seeing as though you almost died from that overdose, I don't think you should see it, either!" She crossed her arms at him, showing that she meant it.
"Listen, if you can think of something else to see, I'll go," Emma commented. "But, I won't go see that, J.T., I'm sorry. That kind of movie lumps every teenager together, and makes it seem like we all go around doing drugs and acting stupid." Emma, as always, defended her principals. "And I, for one, won't put up something like that."
J.T. sighed. "Okay, okay. Fine, why don't we go see Petey and the Magic Land then?" He sarcasticly asked them all, knowing quite well that it was an animated children movie, and was probably made by somebody on drugs. "Even though whoever made that was probably on drugs," he mumbled to himself.
Emma glared over at him. "Okay, can the word 'drugs' be droppedfrom of this conversation now?" She laughed, and walked into the kitchen. "I think Snake left the newspaper in here," she informed them. "We could look at the movie section and see what's playing. A-ha!" She called out, finding the newspaper and bringing it back into the living room.
Toby stood there, thinking of all the good movies that were out. "How about we see A Romance To Forget?" He suggested, even though he knew it was a bit of a chick flick. "I heard that it's much more than a chick flick. Like, there's sex, violence and drugs in it." Emma glared over at Toby, who used to have a crush on her. "Oh right, sorry. That word isn't supposed to be in the conversation anymore." He paused for a few seconds, but then went on. "Com'n guys, we'll never be able to decide on a movie that we all like. Why not just see this one?"
Manny shrugged. "Okay, sure. That sounds good to me," she grinned at the boys. "Emma, why don't you look up what times it's playing at the theatre?"
Emma flipped through the pages of the newspapers, as J.T. sighed. "A Romance To Forget? Man, if I have to sit through two hours of that, I'll wish I was on drugs," he informed them all. "But, if everybody else agrees on it, I guess I could sit through it. Only if somebody buys me some popcorn, a soda and candy, too!" Toby stared over at him. "What? I only have enough money for a ticket!" He defended himself.
Since both J.T. and Toby forgot to bring their cars with them, the four teens were forced in having to walk to the movie theatre. Surprisely, though, it didn't take all that long to get there.
Manny took a look around the room once they had walked in there. She noticed many Degrassi students in there, which wasn't unusual, seeing as though even with ten other movie theatres around, this one was the nicest. But, it was a certain pair of Degrassi students that stood out to her. She saw Spinner and Darcy standing in line for snacks.
"Can we get our seats first and then get our snacks?" Manny asked, keeping her eye on the couple. "I-I just have this feeling that it's going to be crowded in there. And-" Her sentence was cut off, though, as she watched Darcy whisper something in Spinner's ear and start to walk over in Manny's direction.
"Manny!" Darcy called out and hurried over toward her. "Do you have a second?" She asked her. Manny just stood there and shrugged at her. "Listen, I'm really sorry about what I said. I had no right to say that to you. You're one of my closest friends, and I don't know why I said that. I guess that was just me being jealous or something. Anyway, I'm sorry."
Theshorterof both girlscrossed her arms and just stared at her. "I see you're here with Spinner. I thought you two were fighting? I thought you were mad at him for lying to you? Or something like that," she asked her, ignoring her apology.
"Oh. Yeah, I was mad at him. But, he apologized to me for it, and I forgave him. That's what Christianity is all about- forgiveness. So, with that being said, I hope you can forgive me. I know that it will probably take some time, but still. I hope you'll be able to forgive me one day. I don't want to ruin our friendship over what I said."
"What you said really hurt my feelings, Darcy. Especially since I've been hearing it since I was in grade nine." She nodded her head a little, thinking about what Darcy had said. "And maybe one day I will be able to forgive you for it, but today isn't one day. So, if you would, please go away and leave me alone," she told her. She turned around to look at her best friends. "Well, are we going to see the movie, or not?" She asked them, as they just stood there, shocked and bewildered.
