Author's Note: Hey guys, sorry for the long wait on chapter one. I have been busy working on my other Degrassi story, Every Rose Has It's Thorns. Hope that it has been worth the wait, and if you have any questions, comments, concerns, or ideas be sure to PM me or leave a review letting me know if you like this story and if I should continue it. Thanks to all of you who have told me you love the story so far, and I will be sure to post/write the first two chapters today. Without further ado, here is chapter one! Enjoy guys. (:
Chapter 1
Maya's P.O.V.
It was Monday morning and I groaned in frustration as my alarm clock went off, signaling that I had to wake up. Slightly raising my head I threw my pillow at the clock in high hopes that it would stop ringing. Missing, I managed to knock over my piles of sheet music onto the floor. Not wanting the pages to become creased I jumped out of bed in an attempt to save them, but it was no use, the clock had bent them every which way and I stood back up doing my best to straighten them out. Setting them back onto the side table I finally looked at myself in the mirror and cringed at my reflection. My hair was a hot mess and I hadn't bothered in taking my make-up off the night before, so my face was smudged with black eye liner as well as mascara. Without even knocking on the door my older sister Katie poked her head in telling me to hurry or else we would both be late to school. Taking in my appearance she began laughing to herself, and opened the door further so that she could get a better look at me. "What happened to you?" She asked me but I didn't bother answering her. I just grabbed a few wipes and started scrubbing the left over make-up etched all over my face in a messy manner. "Just go." Respecting my wishes, Katie shortly left, getting herself ready for the day. The reason for my not so happy attitude this morning was because of the lousy weekend I had. On Friday night, Cam and his team had won the first game of the season and I was happy about that. Saturday morning I had gotten up extra early in an effort to surprise Cam. He had a practice at the rink that morning and I was simply going to drop by and give him a quick pep talk and breakfast, but no, Dallas and the team had to interfere with my little plan. I had stepped foot in the building and was immediately greeted by Luke Baker, an older jock. He grabbed the bag I had in my hands and tore it open spilling the contents onto the ground making me gasp in surprise. Some of the other older members of the team had joined in and began taunting me and telling me to stay away from Cam, that he didn't need anyone to distract him this season, especially a 'niner girlfriend'. They went on and on in a mocking tone and Dallas stepped out of the locker room and made his way over. At this point I was on the verge of tears and everyone could see that and it seemed to be egging them on even more. When Dallas finally made his way over to the crowd he saw me and what was going on. His expression began to soften and he told everyone to go back onto the ice. I noticed Cam sitting in the corner and that made my eyes widen twice their usual size. He had been sitting there helplessly watching, not even making an effort to save me from his so called 'friends'. Dallas followed my glance and soon understood what was going on. "Maybe you should get out of here Mini Matlin. And I'm sorry about what happened earlier, I had no idea that you were here, they were supposed to be out practicing on the ice." Ever since Friday night Dallas seemed to be warming up to the idea of Cam and me, he even said I was his good luck charm, but the others didn't seem to believe it, they still thought I was just a distraction for their star player. Nodding my head at him I started making my way out of the arena and was stopped short by someone yelling my name. Turning back around I saw that it was Cam. "Maya, please wait." My patience was running low and I wanted nothing more than to get out of there. "Wait for what? So you can watch the team taunt me again? No thanks." He blocked the exit preventing me from leaving. "I'm sorry, it's just that-" And before he could even finish I cut him off. "Save it. I don't want to hear it right now." With that I pushed past him and wasn't stopped by him. The rest of the day he had tried calling, texting and emailing. Ignoring all communication with him I went on with my business and had a girl's day out with Tori on Sunday. After getting back home from that Katie had told me that Cam dropped by earlier and left something for me in my room. Stepping inside I saw a bouquet of flowers in a vase sitting on my side table and a card telling me how sorry he was. Feeling conflicted I shut my door making sure to lock it. Flopping down onto my bed I began crying and fell asleep that way. Once I brushed my hair out, not having time to shower I got dressed and re-applied my make-up before going downstairs. Slightly in a rush I ate breakfast and made my way outside where Katie was waiting in the car. Stepping in I threw my backpack into the back of the car and slumped in my seat zoning out and just thought about the events of the weekend. Before I realized it we had pulled into the student parking lot and it was time to face the world, something I was never ready to do.
Author's Note: Hello lovely readers. How am I doing so far? Do you like it or hate it? Be sure to let me know in a review so that I know you want me to keep writing. And again to prevent any confusion, the story started off with Maya in the hospital waiting for results. She will be talking in flashbacks about what happened that season to lead up to where she is now. If you have any further questions, comments, or concerns PM me anytime. I'm also welcome to any changes you want made and constructive criticism. Until next time!
P.S. I will be updating at least twice a week or more if I have a chance. I will try my best since I am working on other things too. Thanks for all the wonderful support and feedback.