He Loved Us.

Authors Note IMPORTANT: I started writing this a LONG time ago, before the shooting, so that never happened, Rick is alive and goes to Degrassi, and Spinner is still friends with them all, but Terri is not here.

Ashley and Ellie were sitting on the couch when Jimmy, Hazel, Paige, Marco, and Spinner came in.

"Hey," said Paige, as she walked over and put an arm around Ashley. She looked up, tears in her eyes, and gave Paige a hug.

Jimmy sat on a chair in silence, Marco and Spinner were on either side of him. Craig was one of there best friends.

Finally someone spoke, but it was Ashley's mother, "Ashley," she said, "You have a phone call, would you like to take it?"

Ash looked up, "Who is it?"

"Would you like to take it?" her mother did not answer the question.

"Okay," Ashley stood up and went to the phone in the kitchen, "Hello?"

"Ashley, hi," said a voice.

"Is this, is this Manny!" Ashley said, outraged.

"Yeah," Manny choked out, Ashley could tell she was trying so hard to fight back sobs.

"Why the hell are you calling me? You have NO right to!"

"I just, I wanted to see how you were doing. Someone suggested it was a good idea to call you, and I have to tell you something, but in person."

"I don't want to see you, ever! You ruined my life, and when I thought things were better, you fucked it up again! Literally!"

"Ashley, I need to talk to you. I, I am sorry, okay? I thought he loved me, okay, I know he does, I mean did, and he loved you too. He loved, us."

"Shut the hell up! Leave me alone!" She slammed the phone down, and ran into the living room, where her mother was sitting next to Jimmy, with her arm around him, his face was buried in hands.

She grabbed her mothers arm, and pulled her up. Jimmy was startled, and so was her mother.

"Ashley," her mother started.

"No! I don't want to hear it! You knew that was her! YOU BITCH!" she said, and smacked her mother hard on the cheek, her mother stumbled backward. Ashley ran out the door. Ellie, Marco, Hazel, Paige and Spin followed. Jimmy stayed to see if her mother was okay.