"John, look at this!" Frank yelled brandishing his camera in the air.
"What?" I asked laying on the steps of Lakehurst High. It was some girl...wait the same girl JT used to date. She was flashing the camera.
"I'm gonna be famous!" Frank and Nic mimicked pulling their shirts up.
"Put those away!" I said laughing turning my head. We all laughed together and kept replaying the video.
"Where'd you get the video from?" I asked.
"Peter Stone." Frank said looking away.
"Haven't seen him in a while..." Nic trailed off.
"He...he's going to Degrassi now. His mom is the principal there and his dad is really rich. His dad didn't know about Peter but now he does so he's-"
"A spoiled rich kid!" Nic cut in.
"Peter's still cool he just wants to hang at Degrassi." Frank explained. I shot Frank a look.
"He's no different than you John. He saw Emma. He's going after her now." Frank told me.I stood and left my friend not believing that Emma was about to date an ex Lakehurst.
I sat on a bench at the ravine. Peter didn't come around any more. He doesn't call or anything. He doesn't care about us now that he's 'royalty'. Then I saw the last person I expected to see at the ravine. JT fucking Yorke. He was with Jay Hogart. I still hate that liar. The other guy looked like Aaron. He sold drugs to cover the cost for his car.Jt basically threw the drugs at him and then Jay intervened. The Degrassi kids sat around the fire. I walked closer. There was no way JT was selling drugs. It looked like oxycodone.How did he get his hands on oxycodone? Did Jt just throw a hand load of pills into his mouth.Jay and Aaron sat around the fire.
"Hey check it out! Stock boy is gonna be a pappy!" Jay announced as JT came over. I stared is disbelief.
"This one's on me!" Aaron said throwing Jt a beer. That's gonna explode. JT's high on something. I need to get him out of here. I should drive him home. Jt opened it and sure enough it exploded. Everyone was laughing at him. I needed him to get away from everyone.This wasn't fair to him. He had to be different from the guy I met on the bus.
"Actually it's on me." he said pouring the whole thing on him right before he passed out.
"Hey! Hey buddy. Hey. Somebody get the cops! Somebody get the cops!" Jay yelled. I stood up and walked away. I was sure JT was dead. He didn't deserve to die. He just didn't deserve to die so young and his kid didn't deserve to grow up without a father. JT would be a better father than mine ever was. I know he wouldn't leave his own son. I hope Jt is okay. He's really gonna make something of himself one day.
I stepped into my house. My mom was watching the news. She always told me one day my dad would be on there.
"Hi, John." she said.
"Hey, Mom." I said. She's been sober since he left. I am grateful for that.
"Still no signs of your father." she told me.
"There won't be. God willing he's dead." I said. My mom didn't reply. She didn't like to talk bad about him even though she should.
"Where do you think he is?" I asked.
"Jail," she said simply, "he probably couldn't call us."
"We both know that's bullshit." I said grabbing a soda from the fridge.
"John please." Mom said.
"Please what? Please lie to me and pretend that you're dad gives a damn? Okay. Mom if you're delusional enough to believe this here it goes. Dad is in jail and he couldn't contact us. He wanted to tell us he loves us and he'll be out soon." I said.
"John...your dad. He used to love us...when he had job...before everything turned to trash. I'm sorry I started drinking-"
"Mom!" I said not wanting to hear it.
"No I need to tell you. I tried to make the best life for you. I shouldn't have drank.
You deserved better than that. Your dad shouldn't have drank either! All it did was make
things harder and put us more in the hole. I wish you could have gone to Degrassi but that
Hatzilakos woman won't take anyone from Lakehurst which isn't fair since her son went for
at least two years."
"Mom it's okay." I said drinking my soda.
"No. It's not okay. I truly am sorry. I should have stopped your father from hitting you."
"Mom it's fine." I said through gritted teeth.
"No John-"
"I said It's FINE!" I screamed throwing the bottle against the wall.
"John..." she said.
"Don't mention it." I warned as I picked up my can and started to clean up the mess I made.
"Don't become your father." my mom said as she stood up.
I enraged ran over and punched her. Since I was bigger and stronger she just fell down.
"Mom...I'm sorry! I don't know what came over me." I said helping her up.
She was bleeding from the mouth and crying. I cleaned her up and even offered to go to the store and buy whatever she wanted wih my own money. I told her I'd cook dinner for a week.
"John it's okay. Theres just one thing I have to say to you."
"Yes." I said wondering what she'd tell me.
"You are your fathers child." I just looked at her for a moment. Then I stormed off to the ravine. Most of the people were gone but there was still beer. I just started drinking. She's right I am my fathers child. Next year that really proved I am my fathers child.