Author's Note: Hi fellow readers. Enjoy the first chapter? I hope so! Originally I planned on only posting two chapters today. If I have more time I will write one more and post it so that you have something to read. Also, I'll make sure to update 1-2 chapters of Every Rose Has It's Thorn, just for you guys. Thanks for all the support and feedback. Be sure to review or PM me with any possible ideas you have or anything else like that. Enjoy chapter 2!
Chapter 2
Maya's P.O.V.
Practically running out of the car with my backpack I made every effort not to run into anyone I knew, especially Cam, since I was still mad at him about Saturday. Making sure the coast was clear I began walking down the hall to my locker not paying much attention I suddenly collided with someone. I bumped my head hard with the other person and we both let out a little groan. Papers had gone flying everywhere and all heads had turned in our direction out of interest, wondering what had happened. "I'm so sorry. I wasn't paying attention." The other person was a girl and she looked to be around my age just taller. I didn't recognize her from anywhere and became rather curious. "It's okay." She had gotten to her knees and was scrambling to get her books and scattered papers that were littering the hall floors. Some other people had stopped as well and were beginning to help pick up a few loose papers. Handing her some she gladly took them from me and said, "Thanks." Nodding I said, "No problem." After gathering a few more pieces of my own paper I lifted my head revealing my face since my hair had been in the way. The girl stopped short of what she was doing and seemed to be scanning my face for recognition. "Wait… YOU!" She practically yelled the last word at me. Her kind voice disappeared in thin air and her eyes suddenly held anger and her voice dripped with venom. "Me?" I squeaked out in sheer horror. 'Had I done something wrong? Who is she? Does she know me?' All those questions rattled my brain and I fought hard to see if I knew her from somewhere but my mind drew a blank. Getting up on my feet I was about to ask her what was going on but was pushed down to the ground by her. "Watch where you're going next time!" The next thing I knew I was being dragged away by Tori. "Maya!" She yelled at me. "What were you doing?" Not having any idea I shook my head giving away that I was clueless. "Don't you know who that is?!" When I moved my head unknowingly this time Tori walked into a more deserted corner. "That's Brook Martinez." Suddenly a light bulb went off in my head and I mentally slapped myself for not remembering who she was. Her boyfriend was a hockey player just like Cam, and he too was a star with a chance in the NHL. He was on a rival team and went to a different school than us but his girlfriend Brook Martinez goes to Degrassi. "Thanks for saving me back there. She would have lunged right for me if it hadn't been for you." Waving away my thank you, Tori put both of her hands on my shoulders and looked me in the eyes. "Are you okay? You seem a little shaken up." Not knowing what to say I was interrupted by Tristan who sprinted over to us out of breath. "I came as fast as I could. What happened?" Giving him a look Tristan pulled out his phone and showed me a video that had been posted by someone on Face Range. It was Brook pushing me down on the ground and yelling at me then Tori coming to the rescue, dragging me away. "WHAT! It's online? Who posted this?" Looking about ready to kill someone Tristan hesitatingly told me that it was Zig. Upon hearing this I turned away from the two and marched down the hallway towards the freshman lockers. When I walked by some gave me sympathetic looks while others simply sniggered that Katie Matlin's little sister had made a fool out of herself by angering Brook Martinez for some unknown reason. Screaming his name down the hall Zig turned around and saw me coming his way. He slammed his locker and began running down the hallway. I was too quick for him and grabbed a hold of his hoodie. "Why the hell did you post that?" Looking around for some sort of escape he tried breaking out of my grasp but I held it firmly. "I'm not going anywhere until you tell me. Now spill." Noticing my icy voice he gave in and tried to play it safe. "I'm sorry I thought it was funny. And I wasn't the one videotaping it. Randy had my phone and he recorded it then posted it before I had any control over it. I just saw it online." Huffing in frustration I demanded that he take it down. And when he said that he couldn't I got even angrier. "What do you mean you can't?" Not knowing what to say at first Zig finally confessed, "All my videos I record are set to upload right away to YouTube and Face Range. I can't change the policy and it would take forever to figure out how to take it down." Clearly scared of my Zig was avoiding my eyes. "Well figure it out; I want that down by today." I didn't mean to sound so harsh, the anger inside of me was bubbling up and it got the best of me. Walking away I finally went to my locker and threw my books in from the weekend, retrieving the ones I would need for the first few classes of the day. Once shutting it I saw Cam standing beside me and sighed not wanting to deal with him right now. "What happened?" Was his first question to me and I didn't bother answering. "Can't everyone just leave me alone?" I said rather loudly earning looks from some people. "I don't even know what happened. We just bumped into each other and at first she was friendly, but then she saw my face more closely and started flipping out. I got up and she shoved me down and then Tori dragged me away and told me who it was. Then Tristan came running over asking what happened and he showed me the video Zig posted. And he can't take it down because of his stupid settings and supposedly Randy took his phone and recorded it and not him. And by the way I'm still mad at you about this weekend." Only catching half the things I said in my little rant Cam looked confused. "Wait what; say that again but slowly this time. And I told you I'm sorry for this weekend. Didn't you get my flowers and sorry card?" Was he serious right now? "A card and some flowers aren't going to fix this and I'm not repeating myself. I have to get to class." Feeling mad at the world right now I ran off to class and wanted to concentrate on anything but what had happened this morning and the last few days.
Lunch time…
Popping a few fries in my mouth, I tried taking deep breathes and relaxing a little bit. The morning had not gone as I hoped it would; half the school was laughing behind my back or straight to my face about that video. Tori sat down next to me and rubbed my back with her hand trying to comfort me, and it was working for the time being. Closing my eyes for a moment I opened them once more, noticing Tristan had sat down next to us as well and I didn't see Zig anywhere in sight. "Tori, where's Zig? I kind of freaked out on him this morning and I feel so bad, I was just mad and my anger got the best of me." Looking up from her lunch she sighed and said, "Well you did scare him half to death, he said he has never seen you so mad before. But I don't blame you, if I was put under that much stress I would snap at someone too. He is hiding out in the band room trying to make sure you don't snap at him again. I tried explaining to him you weren't mad anymore but he wouldn't listen." She could see in my eyes that I truly was sorry and suggested that I go talk to him. "I'll be right back." Nodding Tristan and Tori went back to their lunches and talked amongst themselves. I knocked on the door trying not to scare Zig and saw him practicing a piece on his guitar. Setting it down on its stand, he slowly stood up from his chair and shoved his hands into his pockets, not knowing what to say, so I started up the conversation. "Zig, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to flip out on you like that, but if you knew half the stuff I was going through this weekend and then the video, maybe you would understand. But it's still no excuse for the way I treated you…" Trailing off from that last statement, Zig's lips curved into a small smile. "It's okay. As long as you promise not to do it again." Letting out a laugh I agreed and was glad to have made up with one person, there was just one left… Cam, but that could wait until after school. Interrupting me from my thoughts Zig said, "I found a way to take those videos down from both sites. You can go check my pages later just to double check." Smiling I gave him a quick hug and told him no need, since I believed he did it. Making our way back to lunch, the once peaceful atmosphere had gone to new heights of loud and crazy. Sighing to myself, I tried enjoying the rest of lunch with my friends, ignoring everyone else. The bell rang a few minutes later and everyone rushed to their next class. And before I knew it, the school day had finally come to an end.
After School…
There he was, perched up on the wall with his homework sprawled all over the place. His face was bent over in concentration, focusing on a map that he turned every which way trying to find the right side. I was ready to talk to Cam and make things right, putting this little fight behind us. It wasn't even really a fight; it was just me being mad at him expecting him to make things right himself. 'Way to be stubborn Maya. He sent you flowers and a card. Called, texted and even emailed you, and all you can do is push him away in anger?' The clicking of my heels caused Cam to look up from his work and he smiled at me once he noticed that I was making my way over to him. Sitting next to him on the tall wall got right to the point not even giving him a chance to say hello. "Listen, I'm sorry for not even giving you a chance to say anything. And for just getting mad over nothing, you couldn't have done anything; they would have just shot you down. And it's my fault for going down there in the first place, I should have known better than to go down there when I knew you had practice, I just wanted to surprise you with breakfast." His eyes widened at the endless blame I seemed to be putting on myself and he lunged at the chance to get in a word. "Maya none of this is your fault. It's the teams for treating you like that, they should have known better, and I should have tried to stop it. Next time that happens, and I hope there won't be, I will tell them off. They need to know that you are my girlfriend that isn't going anywhere anytime soon and they just have to get used to the idea of us dating. I'm not going to let them come in between us." Nearly melting at his words Cam wrapped me in a hug and I accepted his kind words. After pulling away he offered to walk me home and I gladly took him up on that offer, making sure to fill him in on the morning's events and about my confusion with Brook and the problem she seemed to have of me. Cam didn't have the slightest idea why she acted the way she did and I appreciated his effort at comforting me about it. When we got to my door Cam gave me a good-bye kiss and I shut the door behind me, watching longingly as he walked down the street and disappeared down the corner.
Author's Note: Hey everyone. I'm in a good mood so I might as well post a bonus chapter since I was too busy to update this story for like 2 weeks, and again I feel really bad for that, I just had to get the ball rolling with my other fanfic first. Tomorrow I will have time to post at least one chapter to this, so I hope that gives you something to look forward to and I will be updating this story at least twice a week, possibly more on the weekends. Leave a review, please and thank you, until next time. Love you all! (:
P.S. I generally write long chapters like this but send me a message letting me know how long you want them to be.