College?

There's nothing different about this chapter...I just wanted to add a link on here to my story Blue Doves...No one has read it yet...It's my earliest work and I just hoped I could get a few readers for it...Maybe even a few reviews...I will have a 9th chapter up soon...It's in the works...So are an 10th and 11th chapter...Enjoy Blue Doves!!! THE LINK FOR BLUE DOVES

Alex awoke in the night after a horrible dream has disrupted her otherwise peaceful dreams. She had to look around the room for several mintes afterward to try and figure out where she was. She was "safe" at home. Silently she listened for any sounds in her appartment. She could her the snoring of her mom and Chad. They were both passed out and snoring so loud Alex was surprised that the neighbors hadn't called the police complaining about the noise. Of course compared to all the arguing during the day, the snoring at night was peaceful. Slowly she crept out of bed and into the bathroom. she look in the mirror. How long had it been since she had had a good nights sleep in her own bed? She couldn't remember. It'd been too long. The only good sleep she'd been able to get in a long time is when she was with Paige. She knew that this was only short lived. Paige would be returning to Banting in a little more than a month. she was glad to have at least that much time with her, but it wasn't enough. 'After Paige leaves, it's back to the nightmares, but this time I won't have Paige here to help comfort me after i comfort my mother.' Alex thought to herself as she stared at the pale girl staring back at her. Her usual tan skin had gone milky white do to her nightmare. This always happend. She hated it. 'Why did I have to go and hurt Paige like I did? Why did she hurt me? It just makes no sense. Why couldn't we have just stayed together? It would have made things so much easier to deal with. This pain is almost unbareble.' Alex felt the tears begin to well up in her eyes as she thought about how she and Paige had parted before. 'It had gone so right for so long, than Paige started trying to make do things that she wanted to do. Why didn't I just go to college, like Paige said I should? It would be better than being in this Hell hole all the damn time. Maybe I should apply to Banting without telling Paige. I did get those extra college credits last year back at Degrassi. Maybe I could get in and see Paige all the time. Yeah! That's what I'll do. Mr. Simpson was pretty cool. Maybe he could help me with the forms.' Alex thought this lat thing as she headed to her room to find Emma's number. She had found it in one of Jay's notebooks and decided to write it down just in case she ever needed it. She found it amungst a pile of old school papers. she went to get the phone, but realized that it was way too late to be calling over there. she looked at the clock and saw that it said 3:46am. Everyone would be asleep. She pinned the number up on her cork board and decided to call first thing after she got up. She crawled back into bed and slowly drifted back to sleep. With her new plans in mind she sleeped more soundly than she had in months.

Paige awoke to her alarm going off. It was 10am. She turned her alarm off and sat up in her bed. Looking around slowly, she saw that her room was a mess and decided to clean it up a little bit. Shortly after she had gotten out of her bed she lost her ambition to clean her room and decided to call Alex instead. RING, RING, RING. No answer. She left a message, "Hey, Alex. It's Paige. I just wanted to see want you had planned today. Well, give me a call when you get this. Bye." She hung up the phone slightly dissapointed. 'Alex must still be asleep.' She thought to herself as she headed up to the bathroom for a quick shower. she had plans to meet with Dylan, Marco and Ellie at the Dot at eleven. After she was ready, she set out to the Dot in her car. A few minutes later she arrived right outside the restaurant. She got out of her car and walked in. Seeing Marco aready there with Dylan and Ellie, she headed righ over to their table and sat down next to her big brother. "Hi, guys. How're you all?" Paige asked in her usual bored tone.

"Great." Ellie said with a slight hint of sarcasm in her voice, which she tryed to cover up with a smile. Her attempt failed. Paige wanted to deck her, but remembered her promise to Alex and restrained herself with some difficulty.

Brunch with her old gang was always fun. Even though she had trouble dealing with Ellie being there when she knew that Ellie liked Alex and had try to steal her away from her, she still had a good time. It was a little after one when she set off from the Dot back to her place. When she got home she checked her messges. Nothing. Alex still hadn;t returned her call. 'What's going on?' Paige asked herself. she tryed calling Alex again. Still no luck. She didn't leave a messge this time. she thought that one was good enough. Deciding that there wasn't much more she could do, she retreated to the livingroom. Flipping through the channels, she found an American soap opera and with nothing else on that interested her, she began to watch it.

Alex had woken up at ten and headed straight for Emma's house to talk to Mr. Simpson. The short talk with Emma at the door wasn't much fun, but when she talked to Mr. Simpson and found out that she may be able to go to Banting, she knew it was all worth it. Mr. Simpson said he would mail the paper work to Alex's house after he got it and he told her to fill it out entirely and return it to him so he could send it right to the college. With this news, Alex left to her house around two. When she got home she saw that she had a message from Paige and decided to go right over to her house instead of calling. Her unexpected arrival was greeted with suprise and joy form Paige. They sat and talked for several hours about nothing important. Alex being very sure that she didn't let her plan slip. she wanted it to be a surprise a week or two before Paige left. That is, if she could get in. When the had finally looked at the clock, they saw that it was after ten. alex called her mom and told her that she would be staying with Paige and that she'd be home in the morning. Emily was so drunk that she barely heard what Alex was saying and Alex knew this. Not long after she called her mom, the two girls headed to Paige's room for thier own version of an after dark special.