The Real World: Degrassi
Author's Note: Okay, here's the next installment of the story. I'm going to "produce" this just like the Real World...a new installment will be posted every Thursday. I picked Thursday because that's the day I just happened to post the first chapter. Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I'm enjoying writing it.
I do not own Real World or Degrassi, they are owned by Bunim/Murray Productions and Epitome Pictures, respectively.
See chapter one for complete cast list, ages and hometowns.
Now, on with the show...
Previously on The Real World: Degrassi
Sean arrives at the house, followed by Manny and Jimmy, Paige and Spinner, Emma and finally Marco.
Paige announces, "I think the single room should go to a girl since there's only three of us."
Spinner asks, "why can't it be a boy?"
Paige in confessional: "Yay! I got the single room!
Manny wonders aloud, "who's hungry?"
Paige asks local girl Emma, "where's a good place to eat?"
The cast goes to the Dot Grille where Jimmy tells them his story and Marco comes out to his roommates.
Emma in confessional: "This is going to be a great experience!"
Chapter Two: the honeymoon is over
It's nine o'clock in the morning and Paige is on the phone with Hazel, her best friend from San Francisco.
"So, tell me about the house," Hazel urges her friend.
"Oh, it's unbelievable, Haz," Paige begins. "There's a pool table, jukebox, hot tub, you name it. And there's this huge, I mean HUGE, fishtank filled with seven different type of fish."
"Seven, huh?" Hazel giggles, "that's appropriate."
"Yeah, subtle, huh?" Paige laughs.
"So, how's your room? Who do you room with?"
"I actually got my own room," Paige says, triumphantly.
"Really? How did you manage that?"
"Oh, you know me, Hazel," Paige tells her, "I always get my way."
Hazel burst out laughing. "Yeah, I know you all too well."
Manny walks by and stops in front of Paige. "Hey, who are you talking to?"
Paige looked up. "My best friend."
"Oh," she says quietly. "So, um, do you think you'll be on long?"
Paige shrugged. "I just got on. Why?"
"Oh, I just wanted to call my boyfriend before he left for work, that's all," Manny tells her. "Can you tell me when you get off?"
Paige agrees and Manny walks away.
"Who was that?" Hazel asks.
"Manny something," Paige began, "she's from Miami. And just between you and me, she's a total drama queen."
"Uh-oh," Hazel laughs again.
"What? Why are you laughing?" Paige demands.
"Oh, nothing," Hazel giggles. In a sing-song voice, she adds, "there's gonna be trouble."
"What? Why do you say that?"
"Because, Paige," Hazel began, "there can only be one diva in the house. And you're it."
A little bit later, Manny walks into the kitchen where Emma is spreading cream cheese on her bagel. "Hey, I thought you were going to make a phone call?"
"I was," Manny says, slumping into a seat at the counter, "but Paige is on the phone." She rolls her eyes at the mention of Paige's name.
"Oh, well, I'm sure she'll be off soon," Emma assures her.
"I hope so," Manny says. "Craig goes to work soon and if I miss him, then I have to wait till he gets home tonight."
Marco walks into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. "What's going on, girls?" he asks, as he pulls out the orange juice.
"I'm just waiting for the phone," Manny tells him. "Princess Paige has been on for-freakin-ever."
Marco's confessional
"I felt so bad for Manny. She looked like she was going to cry. I saw Paige on the phone and she didn't look like she was getting off any time soon. It made me want to step in on Manny's behalf."
"Hey Paige?" he called out from the kitchen.
"Yeah?"
"Are you almost done with the phone?"
"I'm off now," Paige answers.
Manny jumped up and hugged Marco. "Thank you, Marco," she says before running out of the room to use the phone, passing Paige on the way.
A minute later, Manny slams the phone down. "I missed him!" she announced, before returning to the kitchen. "Thanks alot, Paige," she yells at the older girl. "I told you I needed to use the phone."
Paige looked at her innocently. "It's not my fault you woke up late," she informs her, snottily. "If you knew you had to call him early, you should have gotten up earlier."
Manny glared at her. "You're not seriously trying to tell me what to do, right?"
"Someone should."
"Who died and made you boss of me?" Manny yells.
"Someone has to be in charge of you!" Paige yells back. "You're obviously too immature to make the right choices!"
"Whatever, Paige!" Manny retorted before storming off.
Manny's confessional
"Okay, let me just say...Paige is a bitch. I can't believe her."
She lowers her head as tears well up in her eyes. "I know she thinks it's no big deal but I really wanted to talk to Craig. This is the biggest thing I've ever done but it's also the first time we've been separated. I just really wanted to hear his voice. I really really miss him."
Emma walks into her room where Manny was angrily pacing the floor. "I can't believe Paige," she fumed. "And she doesn't even have the decency to act sorry. Now I have to wait till seven o'clock tonight to call Craig."
As the girls deal with their drama, Jimmy faces one of his own. He sighs as he wheels himself into the common bathroom. There are four sinks and a huge walk-in, roll-in shower. The toilet is to the back of the bathroom surrounded by a curtain for privacy. At the moment, wet towels covered the floor, hair lay in each of the four sinks. The room looked and smelled bad.
Jimmy's confessional
"My roommates are pigs," he deadpans into the camera. "No one seems to clean up after themselves. I go into the bathroom and couldn't believe the mess. Things are going to have to change."
Jimmy rolls out of the bathroom and calls his roommates into the living room.
"Okay, guys," he addresses them, once they have all gathered. "I hate to be nit-picky, but I just went into the bathroom and it's a mess."
"I didn't do it," Paige says, "I took a shower this morning and cleaned up my area."
"I didn't accuse anyone, Paige," Jimmy tells her, "I'm just making a statement of fact. The bathroom is a mess. And I don't know if you're aware but I'm in a wheelchair," he adds, slapping on the arms of his chair, "I can't have anything on the floor that will block my chair and there's towels all over the floor."
Marco spoke up. "Okay, man, we get your point." He looks around at the others. "I think we all will be a little more diligent about cleaning up from now on. Right, guys?"
Everyone nodds and gets up to continue what they were doing. Sean and Spinner return to their XBOX game, Manny and Emma return to the movie they were watching and Paige finishes her manicure.
Jimmy sighs, knowing that the issue hadn't been resolved. No one had volunteered to go into the bathroom to clean up the mess.
Marco turns to him. "It'll be okay, buddy," he assured him. "We'll work it out in the long run."
Marco and Jimmy end up doing the cleaning. As he is clearing off the sink, Jimmy notices his toothbrush on the holder and it's wet. He knew he had brushed his teeth hours ago and it should have been dry by now.
"Who used my toothbrush?" he yells.
Marco turns around. "What?"
"My toothbrush," he repeats, "it's wet."
"So?"
"Someone used it and it wasn't me in the last hour," Jimmy tells him.
Spinner and Sean appear in the doorway. "What's with all the yelling, man?" Sean asks.
"Did you either of you use my toothbrush today?"
"Uh, no," Sean answered. "I have my own."
"Hey Jimmy, maybe it just got knocked into the sink by accident," Marco suggests.
"I don't think so," Jimmy says, "I saw it in the holder just now soaking wet."
"I'm getting sick and tired of you accusing us of using your toothbrush, man," Sean tells him, "we said we didn't, so until you have proof, drop it."
Jimmy stares after him when Sean leaves the room. "I can't believe I'm rooming with him."
Marco rolls his eyes behind Jimmy's back.
Marco's confessional
"What have I gotten myself into?" he asks the camera. "I'm surrounded by immature babies. First, Manny and Paige fighting over the phone, now Jimmy and his toothbrush issue. Jimmy, so someone used your toothbrush. Yeah, it's nasty, but it's not gonna kill you. Just buy another one! Stop being such a drama queen!"
Later, as everyone is getting ready for a night at a local dance club, Paige approaches Manny in the bathroom. "Listen, I don't want there to be any hard feelings between us."
Manny looks at her warily. "Okay, neither do I."
"So, I'm sorry you didn't get to call your boyfriend this morning," Paige says. She smiles sweetly at Manny. "Can we just hug and be friends again?"
She throws her arms around Manny's shoulders so that Manny is forced to hug her. "Okay, Paige, I forgive you," she says as she pats Paige's back.
Paige squeals excitably. "Okay! Now let's go have fun!"
Paige's confessional
"So I apologized to you, Manny," she shrugs, "doesn't mean I'm going to give up the phone just so you can call your little boyfriend. Welcome to the real world, hon."
Manny's confessional
"I don't believe for one second that Paige is really sorry about this morning," she says, "but I forgave her anyway because I'm the bigger person. How's that for 'immature', Paige?"
Emma's confessional
"I'm so glad Manny and Paige have made up," she says excitably. "We're starting our new job tomorrow so tonight we're all going out to celebrate."
At the nightclub, Emma and Manny are on the dance floor dancing to a club mix. Sean and Spinner are watching them.
"What do you think of Emma, man?" Sean shouts to be heard over the music.
Spinner shrugs. "She's cute and all," he says, "but I prefer someone like Manny. Her body is smokin'!"
"She has a boyfriend, man," Sean reminds him.
"So what?" Spinner says, "I don't see him anywhere."
Sean shakes his head as Spinner laughs to himself. He turns back to Emma and watches her dance. He takes a long pull on his beer and joins her on the dance floor.
He leans close to her ear. "Do you have a boyfriend?"
Emma laughs and shakes her head negatively. They end up dancing together for the rest of the night.
Emma's confessional
"I think Sean's cute," she says, "he's got that bad boy quality to him but he also looks like he can be sweet."
Meanwhile, Spinner has joined Manny on the dance floor and attempts to grind with her. She pushes him away and slaps him. "Jerk!"
"What? I was just dancing," Spinner protests. "What's wrong with that?"
Manny merely glares at him before storming off the dance floor. Spinner looks mystified for a second before turning his attention to a slutty-looking blonde.
Spinner's confessional
"Hey, Manny's loss is another girl's gain," he explains to the camera. "If she doesn't want any of this (he flexes his bicep), then I'll find someone else who will."
The kitchen clock reads 1:30 am by the time they all arrive back at the house. Spinner and Paige head to the kitchen. Manny to her room, and Sean and Emma to the living room couch.
Marco and Jimmy had returned to the house earlier and were already in bed.
"I'm hungry!" Spinner announces drunkenly, as he begins taking food out of the refrigerator.
"Spinner, I think you need to get to bed, hon," Paige advises. "Food is the last thing you want, believe me. It'll only end up in the toilet, if you know what I mean."
"Nah! I'm hungry!" Spinner repeats. Suddenly, he straightens up. "Damn! I should have brought one of those girls home with me! They were HOT!"
"Eww, hon, they were bimbos," Paige tells him from her perch at the counter. "Hardly worth your time."
Spinner eyes her. "What about you? Are you worth my time?"
Paige laughs. "The question is, are you worth mine?" she retorts as she scoots of her stool and heads to her room.
Spinner's confessional
He's very intoxicated. "Damn, what is it with these girls in the house? They can't recognize a true example of male perfection."
It is now four o'clock in the morning and Spinner has called one of the girls he had met in the club and invited her back to the house. They're making out on the couch when Marco comes out of his room and spots him. He shakes his head, knowing the kid will be regretting his decision to stay up late the next morning when they get to their new job.
Next on the Real World: Degrassi
"Oh, I feel like crap," Spinner moans as he lays his head on a conference room table.
"Hello everyone, it's nice to see you all here. My name is Jean-Luc St.Clair and I will be your liason to the Toronto Sun. I will help you design, produce and circulate the very first neighborhood paper on Degrassi street."
Emma's confessional
"This is so cool," she enthuses, "I've always wanted to be a journalist."
"Spinner, why don't you just go home if you're going to complain all day," Jimmy tells him.
Toronto Sun: not to be confused with any actual newspaper in existence in Toronto, ONT or anywhere else in the world
(Author's note: I'm on vacation now but I realized I hadn't posted this yet. I meant to upload it before I left so here it is, a few hours late. I promise next week's chapter will be on Thursday like I planned. In the meantime, don't forget to review!)