Fiona Coyne walked down the halls of Degrassi, talking to her friend, Zane Park. It had been two weeks since her meeting at The Dot with Peter. She was planning on introducing Zane and Riley next week. Everything was going great with her plan. She and Peter had every detail worked out and her and Riley were still hanging out-as friends.
"So, what's this guy you want me to meet like again?" Zane asked her as they walked down the halls.
"He's Riley Stavros. Captain of the football team, nice, funny, smart… he has a BIT of an anger problem, but nothing major. The only person he's ever hurt is Sav." She realized she might've just ruined any chance of them getting together, so she promptly stopped talking.
"Anger problem?" He asked, eyebrows raised. "Should I be concerned?"
She shook my head. "No. I'm pretty sure he's harmless. Peter said he's taking Anger Management, so he's OBVIOUSLY working on it."
"And you're sure he's gay?"
Fiona nodded. "One hundred percent. I wouldn't try to set you up with him if I wasn't. You just have to trust me, okay? I won't steer you wrong, Zane."
"Or so you say." He said and smiled, so she knew he was joking.
They walked in silence for a few minutes, before running into Riley and Peter, who were talking by Riley's locker. Fiona froze. This wasn't supposed to happen. Riley wasn't supposed to meet Zane until next week.
"Fiona, hey!" Peter said and smiled at her, pulling her back into the real world. He looked genuinely happy to see her and that comforted her a little.
"Hi, Peter." She said and smiled at him. Zane was giving her a 'who are these guys?' look. "Oh! I almost forgot. Riley, Peter, this is my friend, Zane. Zane these are my friends, Riley and Peter."
"Hey" Zane said and smiled at the two guys. Fiona had always thought that Zane had an irresistible smile, and by the slight widening of Riley's smile, she could tell he did, too. Her smile widened the tiniest bit.
"How did you two meet, Fiona?" Peter asked, genuinely interested. Fiona hadn't told him much about Zane other than the fact that she thought Zane and Riley were perfect for each other.
"We take Yoga together. We had to partner up one day and Zane and I just kind of instantly clicked. I remember he was having boyfriend troubles, but now he's single. He's better off without that guy anyways."
"Boyfriend problems?" Riley asked. "So you're gay?" He sounded hopeful, if you asked Fiona. She almost smiled at the thought.
"Yeah. I have been since Sophomore Year. Why? You got a problem?" He asked, knowing the answer already. But Fiona had told him to act like he didn't know Riley was gay.
Riley just shook his head, dumbfounded. He was shocked and happy that Zane was gay, but he couldn't let on.
"I gotta go to my locker. But I'll see you guys around, okay? It was nice meeting you guys." Zane said to Riley and Peter before he started walking off. He turned around and said, "I'll see you yoga, Fi!" before disappearing into the crowd of the Degrassi Student Body.
"I need to go ask Coach Armstrong if we have practice tonight or not. I forget. I'll see you guys later." Riley said and walked off, not waiting for a reply.
When they were all alone, Peter put his arm around Fiona's shoulders and she felt the same spark she had when Peter wrote his number on her hand the night before. She tried to fend it off, saying that he was just doing it to be friendly. They were friends now, after all.
Little did she know, Peter felt the same spark, but he pushed it away, thinking that no one as good as Fiona Coyne would like him. It had felt like hours since his arm had been around her, but really it was more like five seconds. He finally spoke up. "I gotta hand it to you, Fiona. You might've found the right guy for this plan to work." He smiled at her and she smiled back, feeling her cheeks warm up for some odd reason.
"Thanks. I really think Zane can help him, just like you. This plan really has a shot at working, Peter. I can feel it."
Peter nodded. "So do I, for some weird, unknown reason."
Fiona smiled and the bell rang, signaling that they were late for class. Peter removed his arm from her shoulder and they quickly said goodbye, each rushing off to class.
They each went through the rest of the day, but they couldn't stay focused. Their minds kept wandering, mainly to each other.
Fiona kept thinking about Peter and his blue eyes and nice smile and how he finally seemed to trust her not to intentionally hurt Riley. She also thought about how close this "project" was bringing them. The thing she thought about the most was the way it felt to have his arm around her shoulders, it just felt… good. Right. She had no idea why, though.
Peter thought the same things of Fiona as she did about him. Her eyes, her smile, her kindness. He thought about her cleverness to come up with this idea, however crazy it might turn out to be. He also thought about his arm around her shoulders and the feeling it gave him. It was a feeling he never got when he had touched Emma, Darcy, or Mia. It was weird. But a good weird. He didn't know what was going on between him and Fiona. But, whatever it was, he was starting to like it.
*hands out virtual cookies to the lovely people that reviewed chapter 3* You guys are AWESOME. Thank you SO much for the support of this story. I had no idea people were actually going to write it. This is, by far, my favorite story that I've written (except for the TERRIBLE OOC-ness. I'm REALLY trying to work on it, I swear).
ANYWAYS, do you think everyone was IC or were they really OOC, I know at the end with Peter and Fiona's thoughts, those were OOC, but I think for them to work (in this fanfic or otherwise) they'd at least have to be a little OOC, you know?
Again, thanks for all the faves/alerts/reviews. Keep them up. They make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Disclaimer: I haven't, don't, and never will own Degrassi or it's characters. If I did, why would I be writing FanFiction about it?
