BREAKING DOWN

Summary: How did she get to where she is now? Did anyone think it could go this way? Well, that's for you to decide. A Fanfic surrounded around Ellie's life actions. Please read and reveiw.


Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi: The Next Generation or any of it's characters. The only thing I own is the story idea, itself.


Rating: T (PG-13) For coarse language, mild sexual content, and some violent issues.

-Chapter Two-

"Eleanor, get yourself down here right now!"

"One minute mom!" The girl yelled back, frantically searching through her messy closet, and finally pulling out a black messanger bag. Giving a small smile of satisfaction she slips it over her shoulder and then tied her hair back into a ponytail. And then smoothing out her white long sleeved top she ran down to the bottom of the stairs, where her mother awaited quite impatiently.

"Sorry."

The woman just shook her head motioning her daughter towards the door. "Come on."

They entered the old station wagon, both doors seeming to slam in unison, and the familiar purr of the engine filled the air, the brown vehicle started down the long road.

"Excited about your first day."

"Not really." The redhead shrugged, toying with her seat belt. "It's gonna be wierd, I mean it's a new school."

"Honey," Her mother began reassuringly. "It's alot of people's first day."

Ellie just shrugged once more. "Yeah, i guess."

Then there was silence, as they pulled up to the cement curb of the large school.

"So I'll pick you up at three."

The daughter nodded silently, letting herself out of the car, looking back to see her mother smiling at her. "Bye mom." With those few words of goodbye, she stepped onto the curb's edge, hugging herself, as the car pulled away. Then barely moving she turned back looking up to read the large concrete letters.

DEGRASSI

The bell screeched out, and what seemed like hundreds of teens flooded into the building, along with Ellie. The halls were crammed and hard to walk through with all the bodies all over, and the noise was beyond the normal yell and scream from a few. And with another bell vibrating through the corridors, the mob moved into the large auditorium, finding their seats, as Ellie, looked around for her own adaqaut seat. There were the girls who sat in small cliques, with only three to four allowed, they took seats towards the back, with the extra advantage to observe all of the rest. Epecially the guy's Varsity teams, which filled the couple of rows infront of them. And caused most of the noise throughout the room. Then there was the serious musicians, who sat in the next row, mocking all who didn't find the difference between Emo and Hard Rock. Then there were the genius's afront of them, the completely outcasted, the rough rebels, and then the freshman or those that just don't belong. And then there was the first row for teachers and faculty, of course. Ellie had found herself somewhere in the first few rows, falling under the "just don't belong" catergory. Once the roar of voices began to die, a man voice came through the P.A. system speakers in a chipper tone.

"Welcome one and all, to Degrassi."

And a loud groan was made by all the room obtain, even a few of the seated teachers.

"Now some of you are back again from the previous year, and some are new all together, so let me take this time to introduce myself. I am your principal Mr. Raditch and i will see to it that your following year here will be as full with knowledge as enlightenment. " He paused unfolding the cream paper in his hand, clearing his throat with a slight cough. "And now i thought since we are all together, now would be the proper time to announce these new students, and a few faces of the faculty." He finished by giving a wink towards the teachers sitting, in reference to the comment about new faculty.

Ellie bit the corner of her mouth in a nervous habbit, hoping her name might have somehow never made it's way onto his list.

"Alright, let's get started now shall we?" He asked retorically, adjusting the black-framed glasses resting on his nose. "I suppose we'll start with the seventh grade classes."

He began to list the students, saying things as each one rose to there feet stating there full name and any words they cared to share. Not many had much to share.

"Too bad." A voice mumbled behind her head.

Ellie turned back with a slight eyebrow raise. "Excuse me?" She tilted her head lightly, looking over him.

He had on tan working type boots, with black-like jeans loosely on his legs. A white muscle tank, tight although not so tight that it gave no wonder to the imagination, but it was still obvious he kept himself in the gym. And with a unzipped gray hoodie the sleeve end tightening to his wrist, then snuggly fitting the top of his head was a black beanie, light brown curls peeking onto his neck from under the cap. His eyes were a penetrating blue shade and the way his lids covered them, giving off the near close-eyed look. His thin lips were curved into a parted smirk, a few teeth showing from inside. The rest of his features were not anymore intriging from any other's, that is aside from his wildly untamed eyebrows.

''Eleanor Nash?" The older man's voice echo once again.

The redhead turned back around her seat, looking to the school principal on stage, her mouth dropping open an inch or so.

"Would you please stand so all of us can see you, and if you'd like to say a few words?" He grinned, bringing his hands together, notioning to all for more applause.

A lump grew in her throat, as she shakily stood to her feet at the solitary clap. "Um... my name is Ellie Nash and me and my family just moved here." She managed to mutter a few more words of what she could muster before sinking far down into the metal chair's thin fabric.

There were a few and snickers coming from every side in the room, and that same teenager's voice. "It's a damn shame."

(A/N: Sorry for the long wait... please don't hate me! Well maybe this will start to clarify some of the insanity that is my first chapter! haha... Alright alright just flame me already!)