Degrassi: A New Outlook

By: JP

Disclaimer: Check the other chapters for the damn disclaimer.

A/N: Thank you for the reviews. As far as one of the questions go:

Someone asked why Marco didn't want Dylan with him when he told his parents. I did cover that. Marco said that he didn't want Dylan there if Marco was attacked verbally or physically, because he was scared that Dylan could be attacked also.

Also, in reference to the following chapter, it's all in narrative. I did this for effect. Hopefully you'll see what I'm getting at.

Okay? Great! On with the show!

Part 14 - The Aftermath

It was the Tuesday after Marco had come out to his parents. The students at Degrassi just wandered the halls in between classes. Everyone who knew Marco was in a daze. No one had seen or heard from him since Friday.

Dylan wandered the halls with constant tears in his eyes. He had just gotten Marco, and now, maybe he had lost him. He spent all weekend searching for him, and calling the places where he might be, but it was all useless. Marco had disappeared.

Paige, Ashley, Terri, Hazel, or Ellie always walked with Dylan in the halls, or sat by him at lunch. They were all worried about Marco, but they were also worried about Dylan. He had barely slept since all this had happened. He tried to go talk to the Del Rossi's, all of them did, but it didn't help. Marco's father had no desire to see his son, and Marco's mother wasn't any help in that department. Mr. Del Rossi wouldn't even let his wife talk to Marco's friends.

Paige felt about as bad as her brother did. If she hadn't spent time yelling at the Del Rossi's after Marco had ran out of his house, she could've stopped him from running away to wherever he went to. By the time she got outside, he was gone. The thought that Marco might never come back plagued Paige's thoughts all weekend. It plagued everyone's thoughts who even cared one tiny bit about Marco. Even Spinner, the one guy in school who had basically terrorized Marco and Dylan since Marco told Spin that he was gay, was concerned. He even offered to try to help find Marco. Paige thanked him, but told him that she wasn't sure that he should be the one to find Marco.

After school, Dylan went right back to searching for Marco. Paige wanted to go with her older brother, but he left before she could catch up with him. So Ashley, Terri, and Hazel went home with Paige to see if maybe Marco would show up at the Michalchuk residence, or maybe call. It never happened, but they kept praying.

Dylan showed up four hours later looking more tired than ever. Paige tried to hug him, help him, do something, but Dylan just shrugged her off. Dylan barely spoke anymore. When he did, it was usually just short sentences. He had missed Hockey practice for two days now, and the coach kept calling, but all anyone would tell him is that Dylan wasn't feeling well. And he wasn't.

Ashley slept over that night to support Paige. While laying there in the dark, Ashley suddenly got an idea. She got up quietly, and crept out of the Michalchuk house.

A/N: Cliffhanger! J I hope you guys felt the effect I was trying to get at through this chapter. Next chapter: Marco is found.