Cross The Line

A/N GASPETH! Nicole's updating TWICE in one DAY! Is the world coming to an end? Has Hell frozen over?

Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi or If You Really Knew Me

When everyone had gotten a chance to speak, Drake and Nicole brought everyone into the middle of the gym and told all of us to stand behind one of the lines on one side of the gym.

"This is cross the line, if anything we say applies to you, cross the line to the other side of the gym." She held her hand up with her thumb, index, and little finger raised, "Does anyone know what this is? It's the international sign for?..."

"I LOVE YOU!" Someone yelled.

"I love you too!" She retorted, everyone giggled, there seemed to be a light-heartedness in the room the was undeniable. Something had changed, for the better.

Everyone shuffled behind the line, worried as to what they may say, "Cross the line if you have lost one or both of your parents." [A/N Let's say that there are about 100-ish kids there, just so it makes a little more sense.] Half of the crowed crossed the line, KC and Jenna were among them. Everyone on my side of the gym did their 'I love you sign'. The crowd crossed back.

"Cross the line if one or both of your parents are alcoholics or are addicted to some sort of substance. Thirty people crossed the line along with Bianca and KC. They crossed back.

"Cross the line if you feel as if you cannot break away from your label." Eighty of us crossed the line including myself, Clare, Adam, Jenna, KC, and Bianca. On the other side it felt oddly comforting to see those twenty hands showing their support. Clare's eyes glazed over, I wrapped my arm around her shoulders, she smiled a small smile filled with emotion and gripped onto my side. Everyone had their arms around each other and broke apart just to cross back over.

"Cross the line if you don't really know what 'home' is." Twenty kids crossed the line including Bianca and KC.

"Cross the line if you have ever had a friend, a family member, or anyone you cared about, die." Ten kids including myself crossed the line. I was reluctant detaching myself from Clare and was eager to get back on the other side.

"Cross the line...if you have ever felt alone or hurt or as if life just won't give you a break." Everyone, all 100 of us, crossed the line. Some were reluctant but eventually everyone wrapped their arms around the shoulders of the friends, the strangers standing on either side of them.

"How can we be alone when everyone feels the same way? It's not that we're alone, it's that there's not enough communication."

"Cross the line if you will continue with what you have learned today, if you will be there for each other, if you will listen as much as you talk." Everyone crossed the line again. From what I had heard, last year no one truly meant it when they said they would continue with what they had learned but today, in this room full of people that had come together to peel away their masks, their skins, the characters they had made themselves out to be; you could see and feel the enthusiasm and the determination to make things right, to make things better.

Drake and Nicole had asked us to take our seats and opened up the floor to anyone that wanted to say something, a few kids took the microphone to apologize, or to tell their stories, suddenly I had an idea. With Clare resting her head on my shoulder I decided to be bold, I decided to tell the truth.

"If anyone would like to say one final thing, this is your chance, it's now or never." I got up and Drake handed me the microphone.

"I just wanted to say that...Clare?" She looked up...slightly confused, "I fucking love you." Everyone looked confused, shocked even, her eyes went wide and I knew what she was thinking, [A/N this quote is brought to you by John Green in Will Grayson Will Grayson. I didn't come up with it, I just love this quote]" "NO. No no no. I don't want to screw you. I just love you. When did who you want to screw become the whole game? Since when is the person you want to screw the only person you get to love? It's so stupid! I mean, Jesus, who even gives a fuck about sex? People act like it's the most important thing humans do, but come on. How can our sentient fucking lives revolve around something slugs can do. I mean, who you want to screw and whether you screw them? Those are important questions, I guess. But they're not that important. You know what's important? Who would you die for? Who do you wake up at five forty-five in the morning for even though you don't even know why they need you? Whose drunken nose would you pick?"

Clare looked star struck, dazed even. There was a pause then everyone stood up and clapped. Clare just sat there looking at me, eyes glazed over looking like she was about to break into tears, I smirked at her, she smiled a real smile the kind you can only see on a kid Disney land or on the face of a guy, like me, that found the most amazing girl in the world, like Clare. She smiled as she got up, she smiled as she ran up to me, she smiled as she wrapped her arms around my neck, and I swear to you she smiled as she crashed her lips to mine. I finally found that something I could hold onto, that someone that won't leave and after all was said and done that day there was a lot of things that we wish we could have done or wished we could take back or said or unsay. But the thing is, life is random. Sometimes it's tragic, and totally messed up. But there's one thing that makes all the drama and tears worthwhile. If you're lucky enough to find someone you love, who loves you back, it's a gift. And I found my gift.

This end not comes to you in 3 parts:

Part 1- I'd like to thank my readers, reviewers supporters you are what make me go on with my writing and I'd like to thank you for helping me improve my writing. I hope you enjoyed this last instalment as much as I enjoyed writing it, it was really...freeing.

Part 2-Yes that last little bit was a quote that Jimmy Brooks said I didn't come up with it.

Part 3- I will now be finishing 'Let's Right The Wrongs And Wrong the Rights' before starting anything else.

As Always, Rest in Awesome Esther

Best Wishes!

Nicole