A/N: So do none of you like my fic? What is up with this? REVIEW please!

Life Does Go On P.2:

Ashley, Marco, Manny, Paige, Ellie, Alex, Hazel, Jimmy and Spinner all sat around a table. The old gang, plus or minus a few. This was there 'catching up party.' None of them had seen each other since they graduated 10 years ago, except for Manny who graduated after them all. Craig Jr was now 12 years old, because Manny had him in her Jr year. But after she had him, she moved away with Ashley and went to school somewhere else. She couldn't handle degrassi anymore. Well the old friends were catching up, and each of them told there story.

"So Marco, your VP?" Ashley inquired.

"Yes, I am! I went away to school, right out of highschool with Dylan, and we lived together my whole time in school. But when I got my first teaching job a DCS a few years ago, we hit a rough patch, and I moved out. I got an apartment, a crappy one, mind you, which I could hardly deal with knowing me. I had to de-fungize it and it was gross! But I went and taught my first class which was grade nine math. Then they were getting low on staff, and since I had impeccable fashion sense, and a true love for DCS and all its kids, I got bumped up to VP. Then I really shook up that school. I mixed up groups in the lunch room, had overnight sleep overs, where people had to mingle with others who weren't in there friends circle, just tons of stuff to raise awareness for everything, you know? I also created a teen support group at the school. So yeah. Basically that's what I've been doing!"

"Wow, very admirable," Hazel stated.

"Admirable? Hardly. Its just the path I chose, I don't know. Well what about you Ms. Cosmetologist! What have you been up to?" Marco asked.

"Me? Nothing really. Well after highschool, I went to the states. New York to be exact. And went to NY school of Cosmetology. I studied there for about three years, and went to work at a saloon. Then I went into business with another woman, and we opened up Hazel and Katrina's Beauty Boutique. Which does hair, makeup, nails, skin, everything, fashion consultants. Its pretty cool. I love it, its my true passion."

"I can understand that. Passion. I have such an intense passion for what I do, I could never do anything else. Being Associate Pastor was my true calling," Spinner said.

"What exactly is Associate Pastor?" Ellie asked.

"It is a step down from regular Pastor. Its basically the same thing. My Pastor is really cool, we share the amount of Sermons we get a week, switching off everyday. I love it! It's what makes me what to continue on everyday."

"Wow. That's pretty inspiring," Ellie said.

"What you do is inspiring, El," Spinner replied.

"Yeah, well, youth counseling is my thing. I couldn't picture my life any other way. Actually. I hold teen support groups, one on one sessions, group therapy, conflict management, couples therapy. I love it. I actually want to help people. I really want people to not have to go through what I did. I just want to help, you know?"

"I do know, actually," Paige said. "I feel that way everyday."

"Paige you're a weather women."

"Exactly! I help people know what the weather is going to be like!"

"Well this makes me feel like a loser. All you guys have these awesome jobs but lame old Jimmy just works at a restaurant," Jimmy frowned.

"Don't feel like that. Lame old Alex just works at an Arts and Crafts store," Alex smiled.

"Oh yeah, sweet. I'm not alone. Ha," he slapped Alex a low five.

"What about you guys?" Marco turned to Ashley and Manny.

"Us? Well do you want to tell it, Manny, or me?" Ashley asked.

"Oh, you can Ashley, I just told someone yesterday."

"Ha, okay. So it happened like this: Manny and I practically hated each other after Craig passed. And day after day, we just kept our feelings coming. Then Manny ended up switching schools, after she had Craig. When she did I went to see her. Well she called me, and then I went to see her. She was living in an apartment by herself, well not by herself, she had Craig Jr. But he went to daycare, while she went to school, then in the evenings when she worked he went to Emma's house. She would pick him up after work, just in time for dinner and bed. That was how the routine went. She needed to make enough money for rent, food, daycare, diapers, it was crazy. When I showed up at her house, she told me she thought Craig Jr. was both of our sons, because his father loved us both dearly. She then looked into my eyes, hers full of tears, and asked for my help. At the time, I was nearing the end of my Senior year, as were all of you, and she was only a Junior, and had one more year to go. I told her I would help her, but we needed to become friends first. So for awhile we did friend things, like shopping, movies, you know stuff like that. By the end of my senior year, and summer was crawling up on us, we were friends. Best Friends. So I felt I needed to help her, no I just wanted to help her. I loved her, like she was my sister. We eventually moved in together, and I took classes at the community college twice a week at night, and she did independent study for her senior year. We both had jobs. It was a struggle, and it was tough but we made it. Happily. And we are now one big happy family. I couldn't have asked for more." Ashley and Manny both smiled, along with everyone else. And up above, Craig was watching them, he was smiling too...