Hello my amazing readers! I wanted to finish this two-parter before I leave so here it is! As always I hope you enjoy and I can't wait to hear what you guys think. Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except Keith Brolley, Belle Blakely, and Ian Matlin so just saying if they show up on TV, me and Teen Nick are gonna have a little chat.
MAYA
I didn't know why I was sobbing so hard, I was barely in any pain from my neck, but I just kept crying. I had never felt so helpless in my life, except maybe when we found out my mom was sick and when Katie overdosed. I was so mad at myself for not being able to push him off, for not slapping him across the face when he let me go, and I know it's only a matter of seconds before someone told Cam and I'd get the "We're done." text.
Pushing the door of the Degrassi' Green Space open, I saw Katie and Jake cuddled on a bench eating freshly picked apples. Katie gave me a once-over, "What happened, Maya? Did you get into a fight with Cam?" I shook my head no not being able to answer. "Then what's wrong?" She pulled me into her arms, touching the back of my head and I flinched. Katie pulled my hair to the side and saw my neck, "Jake!" she screamed, she looked me dead in the eyes, "Maya Isobel Matlin, I need you to me who did that to you."
Jake ran towards Katie's voice, and saw the bruise, "Maya, there's literally an impression of a hand turning black and blue on your neck."
I turned back to Katie, "Some dumb hockey player tried to kiss me and I rejected him, so he pinned me against a wall and made me."
Jake shook his head, cursing softly. "Name! I need a name, Maya!" Katie yelled.
"Keith Brolley." I whispered.
Katie turned back to Jake, "Go downstairs and find Cam, drive him to my house. We'll meet you there. Oh, and feel free to give a few choice words to Mr. Brolley, but please don't start anything. We don't need another faceoff with the Ice Hounds on YouTube. And make sure you get on the road before you tell Cam, he shouldn't start anything either." He nodded and disappeared.
Katie slung an arm around my shoulder, "C'mon kiddo. Let's get you home and put some ice on that."
CAM
"So you wanna come, Saunders? Bring Little Maya!" Dallas offered, inviting me to an anticipated victory party Friday night. I was about to answer when Jake Martin stepped in right next to Dallas with a scowl on his face. "What the hell are you doing, Martin?" Dallas demanded.
"Relax, man, I'm not here for you." Jake turned to me, "We need to leave now. Katie sent me to give you a ride. Hey, can you tell me who Keith Brolley is?"
"Um, sure?" I said hesitantly. I pointed to the tall kid with shaggy hair I had been dragging from class to class all day, he was talking to Luke and something he said had Baker cracking up.
Jake marched straight up to Keith, and with one hand pinned him against the wall, "Not much fun, is it? Don't worry I don't plan on sexually assaulting you, that would just be cruel." What the hell is going on? "I'd say touch Maya again and my fist will be in your mouth, but Cam and Ian Matlin will probably beat me to it." With that he slammed Keith against the wall one more time then dropped him.
Before walking away Jake gave Luke a nice hard dope slap on the back on his head. "What the hell, tree boy?" Luke protested.
"My nature senses are tingling," Jake said sarcastically, "And they tell me something about this is your fault. Plus I've been waiting for the perfect time to do that."
My brain still hadn't registered what had just happened when Jake grabbed my arm and started pulling me into the lobby. I just managed to hear what Dallas yelled, "Brolley! Your first day and you hurt Maya Matlin, bad move, kid." Everything made sense at once, and it was good thing Jake had my arm, because I was one slipped finger from killing the new kid.
MAYA
The next day was spent surrounded by body guards. Literally, Katie walked into the Degrassi, handing me off to Cam. He walked me to each class with a protective arm slung over my shoulders, careful not to touch my neck. And when a teacher made him stay late to talk about a test grade, he texted Jake to come get me from my class. Who passed me to Zig to walk me to lunch. The attention was a little much.
I felt helpless and I was being treated as such, but I still hated it. I didn't even complain when Cam brought me a brownie, he knew it wasn't like me, and pulled my head against his shoulder while I nibbled on my dessert. Moving my blonde curls aside, he took another look at the bruise, "God, M, we need to put more ice on that."
I sighed and buried my head into his shoulders, "Tell me about it. The idea of his hand being marked on my body makes me want to throw up." Cam kissed my lips softly.
Twenty minutes later, I was almost asleep on Cam's shoulder right there in the middle of the cafeteria, when the last voice I ever wanted to hear jolted me up, "Hey Matlin."
Everyone was on their feet, and I don't just mean Cam, Tori, Tristan, and Zig. In a matter of seconds a crowd had gathered. Marisol and Mo were up (Katie had probably told them to watch me while she worked on the garden), Imogen and Adam were up in support of their bandmate, Jake's sister Clare had come over, and even Dallas was up and looked ready to take Keith down. I was touched by how many people were willing to stand up for me, but this was my fight.
Cam stepped in front of me protectively, "Walk away now, Brolley." He practically growled.
I walked around the protection of Cam and stood with my nose a couple inches from Keith's, and I slapped him across the face. "I'm sorry, I didn't have the chance to do that yesterday." The crowd cheered for me.
Keith grabbed his cheek and took a deep breath, "Maya, Cam, I'm really sorry. You guys welcomed me and I treated you like trash, you didn't deserve it. I just really wanted to fit in with the guys, and one of them said kissing Maya was the best way to do it. And don't worry Cam I wasn't trying to steal your girlfriend, I don't even like girls! I'M GAY! I'm sorry; I was just trying to being accepted.
Normally I would've felt for this kid, but after what happened there was no room in my heart for sympathy. "Well congratulations, Keith, you got to stay in the closet for a whole extra twenty hours. Meanwhile, I'm left with this and the terrifying feeling I had yesterday when I couldn't get you off of me." I said flashing my bruise at him. His eyes grew big at the sight of what he did to me, and he stared at the floor.
"I'm sorry, Maya." He stated weakly.
"Yeah, well, that doesn't make anything better." I grabbed Cam's arm and walked out of the cafeteria. I held myself together until we got outside, then I let him pulled me into her arms while a few tears fell onto his shirt. After a few minutes, I looked up into Cam's eyes and told him exactly what I was thinking, "God, that felt really good…."
Hope you guys liked it! So Scream pt. 2 didn't surprise me as much as the promo for the fall episodes did. I don't care what anyone says ZAYA IS NOT HAPPENING. I probably won't be able to update for at least three days, but worry I haven't forgotten about this story. Cellos and Cheers has a bright future yet to come! ~Kay
