I Disclaim: I have no Rights to Degrassi or any of the characters in this story except of course Mykel she's mine and you can't have her, if CTV wants to talk business I'm listening lol.

We couldn't be together the timing, it was just wrong. I was with Sean and as much as it pained me Craig was with Manny. We shared one last look before he got in the car and drove off with Joey that day. Craig was going to be a huge star I had no reason to worry. No one would ever have to know about the love that we shared that one night together.

"So are you just going to sit there in shock or are you gonna come hug us," Marco teased.

"Oh my gosh," Ellie shrieked happily as she jumped up to hug Marco and immediately threw Sean and evil look.

"How could you not tell me they were coming, better yet how could you not tell me you were coming Marco. I just spoke to you last week." Ellie said trying to pretend to be upset.

"We thought it would be a great surprise for you Elle," Sean said as he pulled her into a hug.

"I feel so neglected over here!" Craig exclaimed.

"Oh wow Craig," Ellie laughed nervously, "I'm sorry, I was just so excited about seeing Marco. How have you been?"Ellie said as she walked over to give Craig a hug.

"It's been too long Ellie," Craig said as he inhaled deeply and hugged Ellie just a little too tight.

"Well,"Ellie laughed nervously as she pushed Craig away and went to stand by Sean's side. "I just can't believe you are here, how long are you in town for?" Ellie asked looking more so to Marco than Craig.

"It's killer wicked Ellie, I am doing a benefit concert here in Toronto, I am so stoked," Craig yelled excitedly as Sean, Ellie, Jay, and Alex tried to quiet him down.

"Mommmy," Mykel began to cry. "Damn it Craig, you woke her up," Sean said angrily. He knew it would take them forever to get her back to sleep.

"Oh yeah, I forgot you had a baby Ellie,"Craig's face fell a little. "Well you could never tell you, look just like you did in grade 10."

"Thanks I think," Ellie said as her face turned bright red, "Um I better go check on her, it's gonna be forever getting her back to sleep."

"Just bring her downstairs," Sean yelled back as he lead their company to the living room.

"Great," Ellie said out loud to herself as she entered her daughters room, "it's going to be a very long night."

Paige looked at her sleeping daughters form, she looked just like her. She knew she had to do everything she could to raise her but how would she explain to her that mommy had a girlfriend.

"Are you listening to me Paige," Matt asked angrily behind her.

" Are you trying to wake our daughter?" Paige said as she quietly pushed him out of the room.

"I come home and the least you could do is have some dinner for me Paige, what kind of woman are you." Matt was drunk he had been at the bar for the past five hours it had become a routine for him ever since Paige had gotten pregnant last January. He found he was no longer attracted to her while she was pregnant and even more so now that she was a mom. He didn't know why he stayed with her, it's not like they were married or having sex for that matter, maybe the small detail that he was living off of her was it.

"I would have figured one of your sluts would have gotten dinner for you." Paige said with an attitude.

"Don't talk to me like that Paige," Matt threatened.

"Or what hon," Paige glared at Matt daring him to put his hands on her.

"Maybe if you lost some weight I wouldn't need them," Matt said under his breath as he walked to the kitchen.

"What did you say," Paige asked hurt, tears filling her eyes.

"Nothing," Matt snapped as he grabbed a beer and flopped down on the couch.

" I hope you enjoy that couch," Paige said as she stormed to her bedroom and slammed the door. It had been a hard year and a half for Paige, she didn't plan on getting pregnant, and with Matt of all people, and when Paige didn't plan something out exactly it was a recipe for a mental breakdown. They had reconciled a few years ago, and since things hadn't worked out with Alex, Paige decided that maybe Matt was who she was meant to be with. Her life had become so stressful and although she loved her daughter, she hated what having her had done to her body. She gained forty pounds with her pregnancy and like so many women had put on an additional fifteen since her daughter had been born. It was a constant struggle for her, and Matt didn't help at all. He didn't work he was barely even sober enough to watch their child. Paige was financially successful however, recently achieving a position as a top executive at the same advertising firm she interned with in college. At 24 she was doing all she dreamed as far as her career went. She would bring her daughter to the office daycare, and then take her with her wherever she went. Then for reasons she barely understood, she would give Matt money throughout the week. I shouldn't have to pay my sperm donor, Paige thought to herself. She hated herself for how she let him treat her, she used to be such a strong woman, but because of her weight she really felt like she deserved it. Although she hid her pain to the public she often spent many of her nights alone like this, with Matt on the couch, at least until Alex had come back into her life a few months ago.

Flashback

"Paige, is that really you?" Alex said one day as she was in line at star bucks one morning.

Oh my god it's Alex, should I act like I don't know her. Paige began to panic she clutched her daughters carrier and pulled her sun glasses down.

"Paige," Alex said now getting out of line and walking over to her.

"Oh my goodness, Alex is that you hon," Paige said trying to play cool as she desperately tried to suck her stomach in. She hugged Alex with her free hand and placed the baby carrier on an empty table.

"Paige I could find you anywhere," Alex laughed "Is this your daughter?"

"Yeah this is my baby, Alexia Rose." Paige said smiling as she tapped her daughter on the nose.

"I almost didn't recognized you," Alex smiled. "With the glasses and all, you look just like a celebrity mom." Paige's face fell, she hated seeing people from her past. She was so embarrassed by how she looked now, and she couldn't help but notice how beautiful Alex still was.

"Please Alex I'm a cow now," Paige laughed, "It was worth it for her though. I can always diet, but I only had one chance to have my beautiful baby girl."

"Paige you are beautiful, you aren't that fat and it's only because you had a baby." Paige raised an eyebrow as Alex smiled and looked her in the eye, "and for the record, I would still do you." Alex teased.

"Don't tease me Alex, cause it's been way too long" Paige blushed. "Hey I have to get back to my office soon, but why don't we do dinner tonight."

"Sure I'll just tell Jay I'm working late." Alex said nonchalantly.

"Your with him again," Paige said disgusted.

"You say it like it's a cardinal sin, obviously you got with a man after our break-up," Alex said cooing over Alexis.

"Well I'm actually still with him... well Matt," Paige said quietly.

"Matt, that jerk." Alex said a little too loud, "Ha, there is no way you can be mad at me now. At least Jay didn't dump me and give me drugs." Same old Alex, still didn't know just when to shut up.

End Flashback

"Alex was right, he is a jerk," Paige said out loud letting her tears fall, "I deserve him though, I deserve to be treated like this." Paige looked at her cell phone, Alex hadn't called her in a few days and secretly Paige didn't blame her. "I don't even know why Alex took me back, I'm disgusting," she wrapped herself in her blanket tight as she cried herself to sleep, alone another night.

A/N: So If you haven't guessed Palex will be entering this tale lol, I hate Matt so his character is going to be a jerk lol this chap was the intro and background of Palex to the story so what are we thinking. I see Paige being like Terri's size at this point in the story, not huge but of course she is hugely insecure about the way she looks and Matt doesn't help. The Story will still mostly be about Sellie this is a nice sub plot that came to me that could easily develop into a spin off lol. Thanks for all those who review and I hope this twist with Palex will be interesting If you don't like it I can change it. So read and REVIEW.