Long time, no see right guys? So, now we are running into the "edge of the storm" if you will. This chapter is where the real drama begins to make itself apparent so I hope you're ready. Now please enjoy the show and keep in mind that this is only the beginning.

Disclaimer: Still not owning Degrassi, bummer right?


OC POV

"Alright mom, I'm leaving for my date with Cam. I'll be back later." I whispered.

"Why are we whispering?" She whispered back.

"Because I don't want Ricardo to chaperon my date and if he doesn't know that I left then how can he do it?"

"Okay, have fun, but not too much fun." The irony, right?

"Yes mom." I said as quietly closed the door.

I turned around and screamed, "What the hell, you scared the shit out of me."

"That's what you get for trying to sneak out. I knew you would try something like this so I decided to wait outside." Ricardo responded.

"Ugghh, please Ricardo, I'm begging you. Let me go on my date alone." I pleaded.

"No can do little brother. I'm supposed to protect you from others who might try to hurt you and since I don't know anything about this guy he needs to be closely watched."

"Alright fine. Can you please just drive us to the mall? I'm supposed to meet him there in like 20 minutes."

"Okay, get in." he said as we got in his car and drove off.


Cam POV

Why am I so nervous? I thought to myself. It's just a date, it's not that big of a deal. And what's taking Taylor so long? He texted me saying he was about to leave his house 20 minutes ago. I kept fidgeting and twiddling my thumbs as I waited another 5 minutes. Finally, Taylor walked in and started coming towards me.

"You look great." I said.

"Thanks. Ummm, yeah we have a small problem." he told me.

"What problem?"

"Well when my brother caught us the other day he said he'd tell my mom if I didn't let him chaperon our date so..."

"He's here, watching us."
"Exactly. I'm sorry."

"You don't need to apologize. I'm sure we'll still have tons of fun with your brother here with us."
"See your boyfriend doesn't mind me chaperoning." Interrupted Taylor's brother.

"Alright fine whatever, so what do you want to do." Taylor asked me as we started to walk away with Ricardo following us.

"Well, I was thinking I could teach to ice skate at the rink down there." I said, pointing down toward the ice rink on the ground level.

"Cool. I've never gone ice skating before."


After we rented the ice skates, Taylor and I began to put on our skates while Ricardo watched. I offered to let him come out with us but he said he'd much more comfortable just watching. I let it go after Taylor whispered to me that the real reason he didn't want to ice skate with us was because he wouldn't be able to keep up with us

"Are you ready?" I asked as I stepped on to the ice.

"As ready as I'll ever be." He said attempting to step on the ice with on foot on the ice and his hands gripping the edge for dear life.

"Here. Let me help you." I said grabbing his hand and pulling him on to the ice.

"Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my God!"

"Calm down Taylor. Just relax."

"Okay. I'm okay."

"Alright know all you need to do is hold on and I'll get us moving." I then started to skate pulling Taylor, who now had his eyes closed, "Okay I'm going to let you go now."

"No, please don't let go." he pleaded until I released him and he groaned, "Aww now there's no fun." He said as he skated to catch up to me.

"Whoa, when did you learn how to skate like that?"

"I learned how to ice skate a long time ago from my mom. She used to be a figure skater or something so she convinced my dad to let her teach me and my brother how to ice skate and while Ricardo failed miserably, I skated fairly well."

"That's really cool. Well then what do you say to race then, from here all the way across?"

"You're on, just try not to fall too behind."


OC POV

I felt like our first date was going pretty well. I totally let Cam beat me just to boost his ego a little so he was happy, and Ricardo was giving us some space which I appreciated.

"It's starting to get a little late." I said as we left the food court.

"Yeah I know, but before we leave there's something I need to tell you." Cam responded.

"Alright, go ahead."

"Well, when I came home from the dance with Maya yesterday we were greeted by mom."

"Oh, well that's great. You said you were feeling homesick."

"Yeah I know but the thing is she came here to talk me into coming back home..."

"Oh... well what did you tell her?"

"When she told me what she thought she said she wanted to take me before I got emotionally attached and before I said anything Maya was leaving the room to help her mom and muttered that it was already too late. Anyways, she's now under the impression that I have a girlfriend and wants to meet her by the end of the week."

"Ok, so what are we going to do?"

"I was thinking that maybe, if you were okay with it, I could introduce you to my mom as my best friend, then come out to her, then introduce you as my boyfriend."

"If that's what you want to do, then I'm with you." I assured him.

"Really? Because if you would rather me just..."

"Cam, you're my boyfriend. We're in this together so naturally I am going to support whatever decision you make and if you want to ease your way of coming out as bisexual to you mom, then I'm fine with it."

"Wait how did you know... Did Maya tell you this?"

"She didn't have to, your personality just screams bisexual so I figured it out on my own."

"Thanks, you have no idea how happy I am to have you as my boyfriend." He said to me as he stared into my eyes and kissed me.

We quickly pulled apart because we were in a public place, "So do you want to come over tomorrow so we can talk to my mom?"

"Yeah sure. I'll text you tomorrow."

"Okay bye."


"So what'd did you think of him?" I asked Ricardo on the way home.

"I think that he's a pretty cool guy. He's nice, cool,and most importantly... he makes you happy."

"Of course he does, he's my boyfriend."

"I know but I can't remember ever seeing you this happy and when you're around him you just brighten up even more and I think that mom notices too."

"You really think so?"

"Yeah, I do."

"Thanks by the way."

"For what?" He asked me confused.

"For not interrogating him like I though you were going to."

"I told you that I would be a good big brother and I really am trying to get you to forgive me."

"Well consider yourself forgiven." I said as we smiled.


Cam POV

I knocked on the door to my mom's hotel room.

"Who is it?" I heard my mom say through the door.

"Mom, it's me Cam. Open the door."

"Hey, how come you decided to visit me so early. I was just about to cook some breakfast, would you like to join me?"

"Sure mom."

"Did you need to tell me something?"

"Umm yeah but it can wait till you finish cooking. I don't want you to accidentally hurt yourself because of me."

"Ok. I'm making pancakes, how many do you want?"

"I'll take 3 please." After about 30 minutes of making pancakes, my mom finally sat down and we started eating.

"So mom... How are you doing?"

"I'm doing good, why do you ask?"

"I was just asking."

"Alright, somethings up. What do you need to tell me?"

"Okay, I invited my best friend Taylor to come meet you today."

"Oh, okay. Well that's not a problem at all dear. So when is he coming."

"He should be here any second now." Suddenly the doorbell rang, "That's probably him." I said as I got up and answered the door.

"Hey Taylor. So glad you made it."

"Yeah. I almost didn't though. My mom got called by her manager for something so I had to ask Ricardo to take me and he's really not a morning person."

"Hello, you must be Taylor. I'm Campbell's mother but you can just call me Mrs. Saunders."

"It's so nice to meet you." He said as he shook her hand.


So my mom and Taylor seem to be getting along pretty well. They're already acting like really close friends. I could hear them laughing even when I was in the other room putting away some of the dishes.

Suddenly I heard Taylor yell, "Hey Cam. Can you come here for a second?"
"Yeah, sure." I said as I walked over to them.

'What'd did you need?"

"Oh I was just going to tell you that I needed to start heading home, my brother's outside."

"Alright. I'll see you at school tomorrow."

"Will do. Bye Mrs. Saunders."

"Bye Taylor, it was such a pleasure talking to you." She said as he left.

"So what'd you think about him?" I asked.

"He seems like a nice young man, but I distinctly remember asking you to bring me your girlfriend not your best friend. Is there something you'd like to tell me Cam?"

"Yeah, yeah there is. Mom, there really is no easy way to say this but... coming up here, to Toronto, has let me discover who I really am and now I know that I'm... I'm bisexual, and I hope you can still accept me for who I am." I told her as I looked down nervously.

"Of course I accept you Cam. You are my son and I will always love you no matter who you decide to be." She said as she embraced me.

After hugging for what seemed like an hour, but in reality was 5 minutes, she said, "So I'm going to assume that Taylor is actually your boyfriend and not your best friend..."

"Yeah, how'd you know?"

"Well you two didn't do a very good job of keeping it discreet with all the looks and touches so naturally I assumed."

"Okay well yes, we're together but I still consider him my best friend. So about me leaving..."

"It's okay sweetie. Obviously you want to stay here and who am I to take you away?"

"So this means that I can stay?"

"Yes."

"Yes! Thank you so much mom, I promise I won't let you down."
"Oh that reminds me, your father wanted me to ask you how is hockey going?"
"Ummm, I sort of unofficially quit..."

"What?! Why would you do that?"

"Because, the rest of the team is always teasing me and I know that now that I'm bisexual it's only going to get worse."
"If that's what you want then I guess I can't force you. But personally, I think that you should stand up against your team and tell them that you don't care what they think of you because you are proud of who you are and nothing they say or do is going to change that."

"I'll think about it."

"Okay sweetie, now you should probably go back to the Matlin's house and start getting ready for school tomorrow."

"Yes mom. I love you." I said as I waited at the door.

"I love you too Cam."


I started thinking about what my mom said and I think she's right. I'm tired of letting those hockey heads push me around. Which means I better pack my hockey gear for practice later.

I met up with Taylor before school so we could walk together.

"So... are you ready?" Taylor asked me.

"As ready as I'll ever be." I sighed.

"Wait why are you bringing your hockey stuff."

"Because if i don't go to practice today, the hockey team will think that they won and i don't want to give them the satisfaction so I'm going to stand up for myself and keep playing hockey."

"Wow, that's either really brave or really stupid, but either way, I'm proud of you."

"You can thank my mom, she's the one who convinced me that it was the right thing to do. Oh, i forgot to tell you that I came out to her yesterday, after you left."
"Really, well how'd she take it?"

"She took it pretty well, almost like she already knew. I guess you were right, my personality screams bisexual." We laughed as we entered the schoolyard.

"Hey guys." said Tori.

"Hey Tori." We said in response.

"So... how are you two?" asked Tori.

"We're fine I guess. Why do you ask?" I said bluntly.

"Cam I think she meant how are we doing as in you know... our relationship." Taylor clarified.

"Oh, well yeah we decided to be a couple and I am coming out as bisexual."

"So you're bi. Ha, you two bozos owe me twenty bucks." Tori said to Tristan and Zig as they walked up to us.

"Wait why do we owe you twenty bucks?" Tristan asked Tori.

"Well do you remember when you bet me twenty bucks that Cam was gay and Zig bet me twenty bucks that he was straight?"

"Yeah." Tristan responded.

"Well, Cam. Tell them the great news." She said as she motioned to me.

"Umm, I'm bisexual guys, sorry."

"You're kidding me right? Someone please tell me he's kidding me." Tristan said.

"Nope. It's hardcore fact. So pay up." Tori demanded.

Suddenly the bell rang and we all started heading to class.


OC POV

"So Tori and I have come up with a list of people who we believe were behind the whole exposing of you and Cam incident." Maya stated handing me a piece of paper.

"Oh no, not this again. Look guys I appreciate that you want to get back at whoever exposed me and Cam but you gotta let it go already. It's in the past and I just want to move on now." I said to them.

"Well how can you move on without closure? And you can't get closure from someone you don't even know." Tori said.

"Plus, if you let this person get away with what he did to you guys, this person gets off scot-free, which isn't right." Maya said.

"Look my mind is made up so please just drop it or keep it to yourselves because I don't want any part of this." I said as I got back to my assignment.


"So, you're still going through with this?" I asked Cam afterschool.

"Yeah, I have to do this."

"I just don't want you to get hurt. I care about you, a lot."

"It'll be fine. Worst-case scenario I get kicked off and then we won't even have to worry."

"Alright. Do you want to come over later for dinner?"

"Actually I was about to invite you to my mom's place for dinner tonight. But if you'd rather go to your house then..."
"No it's fine. I'll meet you over there."

"Alright I'll see you later." He said before he leaned in and kiss me.

"I'll see you later." I said sadly. I just had a really bad feeling about this.


Cam POV

"Alright here goes nothing." I muttered to myself before putting my earphones on and walking into the locker room. As soon as I walk in all eyes are on me.

"What are you doing here rookie?" Dallas questioned me.

"Yeah, you're kind aren't welcome here." Luke stated as he got up and approached me and got between me and my locker.

"Please move." I told him.

"Why should I faggot?"

"I said move."

"No."

"Look I don't want any trouble."

"Yeah, well I do." He said as he pushed me back."

I glared at him before I pushed him out back which caused everybody to get up and surround me.

"You're gonna regret that Saunders." Dallas told me.

"Hey leave the poor guy alone. He didn't do anything to you guys so pick on someone you're own size." said a rather commanding voice.


Annnnd scene. Oh no, Cam's being ambushed, I wonder who that voice is though? Okay I already know who it is but I would love to hear your thoughts. So I hope you guys are enjoying the story so far, please make sure to leave reviews, they make me a vary happy camper =D

Anyways, I'll try to update again within a week but no promises especially because I start my senior year next week and I have like 5 AP classes so it's going to be crazy. Alright I hope to see you guys soon with another update. Have a good week, give or take a week or so. XD