Author's Note: Hey guys I know it's late but I promised I would write up to chapter 6 tonight and I want to keep my word. Did you enjoy the last chapter? It was slightly intense, but what is a good story without some drama? Well anyway you will learn more about Brook and why she is doing this to Maya, or at least that's how I planned for it to go, but then again things don't always go accordingly. We will also find out who was ease dropping on their conversation. (; Any guesses? Well you're about to find out and sorry if I left you with a cliff hanger, it's funner that way, at least for me anyway. Well I have been talking for too long. Read, enjoy, review. PM me with any questions, ideas, comments, and concerns. I'm also open to and further ideas you could have with this fanfics or another one that I could write in the future. Love you guys, keep being awesome! (:
Chapter 4
Tristan's P.O.V.
I wasn't sure if I heard everything right. This couldn't be real, could it? Oh my god, Maya is being blackmailed by Brook Martinez! 'That biatch. She can't toy around like that with one of my very best friends. I have to do something about this, but what? I should tell Tori, yes I will.' My legs felt like jell-o, they wouldn't take me where I needed to go. I stood there frozen unable to do anything but re-play the conversation in my head over and over again. The words echoed in my head. "Or else…" Pacing around I was deep in thought about what I should do. I wanted to tell someone but I couldn't. Should I go confront Maya about it? She might deny everything and go on about her business. No, she would crack and eventually tell someone about it. And then it hit me, Owen! He would surely help me and put a stop to this. 'But why would he care? He is the one that started this. Calling Maya nicknames and making fun of her. Oh what to do, what to do?' I was running out of time and courage. Tori was rounding the corner and made her way to her locker. Here was my chance to go tell her. I practically ran down the hall and didn't pay attention to others, not caring if I crashed into them. This was important and I had to get it out before I changed my mind again. "Tori!" I screamed, causing her to jump at least one foot in the air out of fear. "Oh my god Tris, you have to stop doing that. What is it?" She asked once seeing that I was dead on about telling her something. Knowing me, she could tell when something was off or wrong. "It's… a long story- I don't even know where to begin… it happened so fast… and and she is possibly in danger-we have to save her… I was so scared about what to do, and and we have to do something!" My explanation came out in a jumbled order of words and I earned a puzzled look from Tori. "Huh?" She asked out of pure confusion. "Okay let me start over. It all happened when-" And then the bell rang, interrupting me right in the middle of my sentence. "Can it wait; I can't be late for class again!" Not waiting for my reply she started to leave. "But-" Halfway down the hall she turned around and said, "I gotta go. Bye Tris, tell me later at lunch okay?" Groaning I slammed my head against a nearby locker and stomped off to class in a frustrated manner. I couldn't get the idea out of my head about Owen. Maybe I could convince him to talk to Maya. Then we could think up a plan to stop Brook. Yes, that's what we'll do, I said to myself feeling a little more relaxed. I was set on telling someone the information I knew but I didn't actually bring myself to do it until Friday. Two days, I knew for two days and it was killing me slowly inside not to tell someone. It was just so hard telling someone something that serious. And I might not even have this right, or the whole story, so that just made the pressure worse. After giving myself a much needed pep talk I marched over to Maya in determination. This was my time, I could do this. I knew exactly what to say and the words would actually leave my mouth this time. I had spent the previous night rehearsing what I would say to Maya in this moment over and over again. "Hey Maya." I said walking up to her. "Hi Tris, how's it going?" 'How can she be so cool at a time like this?' Getting straight to the point I said, "I know what's going on with you and Brooke. She's blackmailing you. I heard the whole thing and I was too scared to bring it up before, but I am now, so you better tell me everything or I will tell everyone; Cam, Zig and Tori. Now talk." The smile dropped from her face.
Maya's P.O.V.
It had been two days since the incident with Brooke. I had no idea what to do and had no intentions of telling anyone, just yet anyway. I needed to figure out a few things before sharing this with anyone, I couldn't go empty handed. Purposely, I didn't meet Brook like she had told me to do so on Wednesday. She wasn't in charge of me, and I was not about to become her doll just so that her boyfriend could win some stupid NHL title. At this point I didn't care about it, even if Cam was working his butt off to get it, I wasn't going to make him give up his dream for me. Avoiding Brook at all costs was the way to go. Not that it was that difficult anyway. We were in different grades and classes. I had skipped lunch and didn't go to my lockers except for the beginning and the end of the day. My plan would have worked perfectly too, but then Tristan had to come up to me and admit that he knew everything and threatened to tell my friends, even Cam. I couldn't have that. If it meant telling him that it was true and to leave it alone, then I would do that. No one could find out about this, Brook would literally kill me if she found out everyone knew. It could ruin her reputation as well as Damian's and then I would be in some serious trouble with her. It would no longer be games. The smile fell from my face when he confessed to knowing everything. Okay, so maybe it wouldn't hurt to tell ONE person. Having this bottled up inside for so long was slowly eating away at me anyway. "How did you find out about that? You better not tell anyone!" I said in a hushed tone. "Never mind, just come with me." Dragging him into a deserted room I started talking. "Tris, you can't tell a sole. Brook would literally kill me and it could put both me and Cam in danger. Do you want that? I can handle her, it's just I'm scared of what she would do if she found out I told someone." Sensing my fear Tristan tried saying this gently. "Maya, she's blackmailing you! And if saving you means telling everyone, than I am more than willing to do it. Just tell me what I can do to help. I'm here for you." Smiling I said, "Well that's very sweet of you but there isn't much you can do. No one can do anything. This is all me." Shaking his head Tristan insisted. "Come on Maya, this is serious. You have to tell someone." I fought back the urge to scream. "It's not that simple. You heard what she said. If I didn't listen I would pay, whatever that means." I really was scared and had no idea what to do. This was eating me up inside and I couldn't take it anymore. I started crying right there and Tristan saw and brought me in for a hug. "Come on M, don't cry. This is exactly what she wants, for you to suffer, don't give her the satisfaction." I knew he was right; I just couldn't stop no matter how much I wanted to. Wiping the tears away I said, "You're totally right." Grinning I could tell he had an idea brewing in that head of his which made me slightly nervous. "Tris…" I said trailing off. "Maya…" He said in the same tone and his smile grew. I could tell he was up to something. "What are you thinking?" I asked before taking a sip of my water. "That we go talk to Owen about this, maybe he could help." Spitting my water out I yelled, "What?" Not giving me a chance to go on Tristan said, "Yeah, he could help. He could stop this or be your protector or something like that." Shaking my head I said, "Are you talking about the same guy? He started all this. Making fun of me and now the whole school is in on this." Sighing Tristan still seemed to hold faith that this could happen. "Just give him a chance; he's not as bad as you think." Not even considering it I said, "No." He spent the rest of the day pestering me about changing my mind. But no way in sam heck was I going to ask the guy that all started this to help me now.
Author's Note: Hello Degrassi fans and readers! Well that was certainly interesting, right? I need your feedback on this guys. Do you like it; am I doing a good job? Things like that would really help when you leave a review. And I just started writing this not too long ago and I already have so many great reviews, thanks for that. Hope you are enjoying the rest of this story. I have a lot planned out for the future and remember this is Maya talking in flashbacks from the entire season. The last chapter will explain what happened and why/who is in the hospital. If you don't remember go back and re-read the prologue it might help. There will be an epilogue as well and I do plan on writing a sequel to this, along with my other two fanfics I'm working on. Sorry for the long A/N, just had to get it all out there. Thanks for all the support, you are all awesomely wonderful and I love all of you. Read on, my readers!