Manny's POV
"There is nothing wrong with my clothes" I screamed.
"You will not leave the house wearing that" My mother screamed back.
"I'm really tired of you ya know. I wish I had different parents" I cried and left for school.
Drama at school had died down, but home drama had heated up In the last two months. My mom had been really short with me lately and I had got to the point where I would scream back. We had fought over everything from clothes and hair, to movies and food. I knew that when I got to school thought I would have Emma's comfort and J.T.'s jokes to make my day better. Me and J.T. gotten together right when my home life had gotten stressful, and me and Emma had become friends again, it was like we couldn't live without each other.
"Hey sweetheart, what's wrong" J.T. asked as we walked through the schools double doors.
"Another fight with my mom" I answered him with out taking my eyes off my feet.
"Things will be okay, I'm sure your fights cant last to much longer. Besides tour running out of things to fight about". He said kissing my forehead an going to his locker.
School was boring as usual but it was Friday and I was excited about girls night in at Emma's. In the last couple of months that had become the only thing I looked forward to at the end of the week. Emma's was the only place I could rest and relax even when Jack was screaming at the top of his lungs it was better than my house.
"Hey girls" Spike said as we walked into the house.
"Hey" I said as I flopped on the floor next to Jack.
"Another fight with your mom this morning" Spike asked with a concerned look.
"Yup, as usual. I don't know what I did to her but you would think she would be over it by now".
"Maybe its not you" Emma suggested as she threw our things into the closet.
"Well tonight is girls night in, not worry about crazy mothers, lets start the movie get the polish and take out the ice cream" Spike said with a happier tone.
Halfway through my pint of Ben and Jerry's I wish I had a mom like Spike. A mom I could tell everything and do everything with and would never have to hide anything from. I didn't want to go home that night and Spike offered to let me stay but I knew that if I didn't come home I would be in even bigger trouble the next day. When I got home there was a BMW parked in the drive way and I could see the living room lights on. Mom never had company so it puzzled me.
"Mama, Greg (my character, Manny's brother)" I called through the house.
"Come her Manuela" I heard my mom's voice call.
"Yes momma" I said as I walked into the room.
"Manny, I know things have been hard for you lately and they have also been hard on me. I need some time, time for myself. Which is why I'm sending you to stay with your dad for awhile" she said without ever making eye contact.
"What, no wait" I said out of confusion.
My parents discussed my new living arrangements and questions raced through my head. I tried many times to protest but words just wouldn't come out. I found out that I would be moving to New Jersey the next day and my dad was just on business in Canada for a week, I had 1 sister and 2 brothers, and that my dad was in his third marriage. I called Emma, Spike, and J.T. and they came over right away and me and Emma packed my things. We promised each other would write and call everyday and I would come back for Christmas. But that wasn't enough, when we started packing my pictures more tears came. The pictures held all my memories that I had had with all my Degrassi friends and knew I was heading for a miserable new life. I said good bye to my mother and brother and made some calls then I went to stay with my dad in a up-scale hotel until my step-mother and sister could fly up the next day to get me.