It's graduation time at Degrassi High School. This year, three best friends who have gone through so much, are graduating. They are Jenna Middleton, Alli Bhandari, and Clare Edwards. It's the night before graduation, and they are telling their favorite memories.
Remember how we used to party up all night
Sneaking out and looking for a taste of real life
Drinking in the small town firelight
(Pabst Blue Ribbon on ice)
"Remember that one time, during Clare's party, when we got so drunk?" Jenna asks. They all nod their heads.
Alli was already on her four beer, Jenna was taking her third, a guy walked over to Clare. Dallas, was that guy. "Here, St. Clare, have one. You need to loosen up." he told her.
Clare took the beer out of Dallas' hand. It was bitter. After a few more, she loosened up. It was her night, she deserved this.
They did things that they never talk about. Clare got closer to her ex-boyfriend, Eli Goldsworthy, who she is back together with, again.
Sweet sixteen and we had arrived
Walking down the streets as they whistle, "Hi, hi!"
Stealin' police cars with the senior guys
Teachers said we'd never make it out alive
Another time, Alli was getting into some trouble. Johnny, her now ex-boyfriend, but dating at the time convinced her to sneak out with her.
"I love you, babe," Alli slurred. She was drunk. She was in the back of Johnny's van. They were at a senior party.
Johnny tried to get her pants. "Stop!" Alli cried. Johnny continued trying. She pushed him away. "Stop it, Johnny!" she screamed. He slapped her.
"Let her go!" Clare told him. She stood next to Jenna.
"Now!" Jenna said. Suddenly, they heard sirens. The girls started running away from the police. They were in so much trouble, mainly Alli. After that night, when they were in ninth grade, Johnny was arrested and Alli was grounded.
There she was my new best friend
High heels in her hands, swayin' in the wind
While she starts to cry, mascara runnin' down her little Bambi eyes:
"Lana, how I hate those guys."
They all gasped. Jenna had just found out that she was pregnant. Tears streamed down her cheeks. She was going to be a mother, with K.C. has the father.
"Don't cry, we will be there for you, right Clare?" Alli tells Jenna.
Clare nods. "Yeah, you and K.C. will be amazing parents. I don't hate you for stealing K.C.. You two are meant," Clare says.
Jenna just shakes her head. "I can't believe this, a mother at sixteen." She cries more. Her two best friends hug her. "Thank you, for being here with me." She smiles at them. "You guys are my best friends. Thank you for helping me with this baby." This was her life.
This is what makes us girls
We all look for heaven and we put our love first
Somethin' that we'd die for, it's our curse
Don't cry about it, don't cry about it
This is what makes us girls
We don't stick together 'cause we put our love first
Don't cry about him, don't cry about him
They all went to the Senior Prom. Clare went with Eli, the love of her life. Jenna went with Connor, her boyfriend. Alli went with her abusive, ex-boyfriend.
It was good, but a blur. Clare and Eli had sex. Jenna and Connor won Prom King and Queen. Alli got into a fight with Leo and they broke up for good.
It's all gonna happen
And that's where the beginning of the end begun
Everybody knew that we had too much fun
We were skippin' school and drinkin' on the job
(With the boss)
Clare got on the paper. She has wanted this. Her boss, was a good looking man.
"Hey, Clare, do you and your friends want to go out for drinks tonight?" he asked her.
"Sure, I'll bring the girls and Drew," she said. After that she invited Jenna, Alli, and Drew out for drinks.
They got drunk. Drew liked Clare, but Clare was with Eli. They ended up making out and almost going all the way, but Drew wanted their first time with each other to be because they love each other, not because they were drunk. Clare knew that it was true.
Sweet sixteen and we had arrived
Baby's table dancin' at the local dive
Cheering our names in the pink spotlight
Drinkin' cherry schnapps in the velvet night
"Ready to go?" Alli asked the girls. Her best friends, Clare and Jenna nodded.
They got to the lake. It was summer time. They all wore their matching black bikinis. The blue lake glistened in the moonlight.
Three, Two, One. They jumped in.
"You are trespassing! Get out or we will have to arrest you!" a police officer told them.
Clare, Alli, and Jenna ran down the street in their bikinis. Luckily they didn't get caught, but that made the summer before junior year an adventure.
Yo we used to go break in
To the hotel, glimmer and we'd swim
Runnin' from the cops in our black bikini tops
Screaming, "Get us while we're hot. Get us while we're hot."
(Come on take a shot)
They were all enjoying this one night. They were all drunk. They started singing this song they all love.
This is what makes us girls
We all look for heaven and we put our love first
Somethin' that we'd die for, it's our curse
Don't cry about it, don't cry about it
This is what makes us girls
We don't stick together 'cause we put our love first
Don't cry about him, don't cry about him
It's all gonna happen
Alli and Jenna and Clare glared at the freshman, Frankie Hollingsworth. She stands next to Zoe Rivas.
"So, how's it going sluts? Alli has had sex with every boyfriend she had. Jenna had a baby. Clare is one because she hangs out with those sluts." Zoe sneers.
Clare steps in front. She knows her friends are no sluts. Alli has had passionate relationships or was pressured. Jenna's was not her fault, it was K.C.'s fault. "Get away, my friends are so much better than you." Clare snaps at her.
The wicked girls walk away.
"Freshmen!" Jenna and Alli scoff.
The prettiest in crowd that you had ever seen
Ribbons in our hair and our eyes gleamed mean
A freshmen generation of degenerate beauty queens
And you know something?
It was a scary time for Clare. She had cancer. It was a scary thought.
"Are you serious?" Alli asked her. They sat on her bed. Clare nodded. "That's horrible."
Jenna shakes her head. "What about Paris? Our summer of fun. The four of us were going to have the time of our lives." She wonders.
Tears stream down Clare's cheeks. "I can't go. I'm gonna beat cancer!" Clare cried.
They were the only friends I ever had
We got into trouble and when stuff got bad
I got sent away, I was waving on the train platform
Crying 'cause I know I'm never comin' back.
Clare walked up to Drew, after Prom. "So, Mr. President. Great job with the Prom," Clare flirted with him. She liked him.
Drew leaned in closer to her. "Well, thank you so much." He took her hand. He has had a crush on her since Thanksgiving. "So, excited to graduate, tomorrow?"
Clare shrugged her shoulders. "I have no idea!" she said. She leaned in closer to Drew. "In some way, I am excited to start my own life. In other ways, I will miss some important people in my life." She breathed in the smell of Drew.
Jenna and Alli were seeing that the President and VP had a thing for each other. Jenna got behind Drew, Alli got behind Clare. They both pushed Drew and Clare together. The two started making out. Finally, they were together.
This is what makes us girls
We all look for heaven and we put our love first
Somethin' that we'd die for, it's our curse
Don't cry about it, don't cry about it
This is what makes us girls
We don't stick together 'cause we put our love first
Don't cry about him, don't cry about him
It's all gonna happen
The three of them start to cry. They have had so many good times. "I will miss you guys so much in college." Jenna cried. She is going to St. John's College next year.
Alli nods. She is going to MIT next year. She wants to cure cancer, now that Clare has beaten cancer. Clare is going to Columbia next year, with Drew. After tonight, Clare is finally going to break up with Eli, for good this time. "Promise that we will be best friends till the very end," Alli promises this.
That night, Alli, Jenna, and Clare promise that no matter what, they will always be there for each other. They are best friends for life.