The Three Wishes Chapter 6: Gina's Return, a degrassi fanfic

hEY, EARLY I know, but oh well...

I do not own Degrassi or that song way down there but I own the plot of this story? How's that?

I paid careful attention to the teacher... a substitute, that is.

Gina Savage.

She looks so familiar and she won't stop calling on me.

"Miss Matlin!" she would shout almost angrily, but then give me a sweet tone. "What do you think the answer is?"

"Um.." I'd begin. Everyone would turn thier backs waiting for my response. Except Zig.

Tori looked at me, and smirked.

"C." I'd always say.

The first time she said, "Correct." and the after that she said, "Right again."

The bell rang. I gathered all my books, but it took me extra long because I wrote a lot of notes.

Not notes about class, though. About who Gina could be.

I had seen her somewhere before, but I can't quite put my finger on it.

Tori takes some of my books and holds them for me.

I reply with a ferocious, "Thanks."

Tori nods as she slams the books into my chest, causing me to drop them... and all my other books.

As she skips out of class, I scoff at her perkiness.

Gina helps me pick the books up.

"Do.. I kn-know you?" I ask.

"Yes, Maya Matlin, you do." Gina says and then clears her throat. "You have three wishes and one minute. Begin." she says in a serious voice and gives an awkward smile.

No way...

"Gina? Oh my gosh, you have no idea how much I want my life back!" I shout.

"Shush!" Gina shooshes me.

"Sorry." I whisper, apologetically.

"I can't give you your life back, Maya. I'm sorry." Gina whispers.

"Please." I beg.

"Thousands of other people got on thier hands and knees, crying, begging for their normal lives back. But I said no to them all."

"I'm different!" I shout, I can feel the sting of tears in my eyes.

"I'm truly, truly sorry. It wouldn't be fair to all those other people."

"But... I didn't know I'd lose my two best friends and..." I'm cut off by Tori storming into the room and giving me a big hug. I find myself hugging back. I missed her friendly bitchiness, and lately I've been feeling the wrath of her bitchy bitchiness. We give our apologies, even though I honestly have nothing to apologize for. Life's all about apologies, right? Or is that forgiveness or something? Tori doesn't let go of me and I don't let go of her. Someone has to let go and it's not going to be me. Mainly because I hallucinate and I feel like I'm hugging Cam. And instead of Gina standing there giving me the stink eye, I feel like I see Zig.

That's why I let go and look back at Gina.

"Proceed." is all she says.

"I lost the only guy I've ever loved." I say.

"Zig? Or Cam? Just to let you know, I'm fine with either one." Tori says.

"Yeah, Maya. Zig? Or Cam? If you make your genuine decison, Campbell Saunders or Zig Novak will be yours forever. No rules, no boundaries. Oh, you have thirty seconds. If you choose one, the other one vanish... just like that. Cam'll be stable... Zig will be understanding." Gina blackmails me.

"What if I don't choose one?" I ask.

"I am out of here, and you're on your own. You have ten seconds."

As I begin to say Cam, I find a lost for words.

No more Zig.

No more Cam.

Choose one.

I don't feel words roll on my tongue, I feel my hands lock around Gina's neck.

Tori pulls me back from me choking Gina.

"Maya Matlin. You have a detention." Gina says and hands me a yellow slip. I look down at the reason she put.

Unnecessary anger.

"Unnecessary anger... you..." I'm saying, but when I look up, Gina is no where to be found.

A wind blows the curtain in the room.

"Let's get out of here." Tori says.

I try to rip up the slip but I can't.

I just throw it in the wastebasket as Tori and I walk out of there.

At lunch it suddenly appears in my binder. I leave it on the table.

In study hall, it falls onto the floor, from who know where.

I ask to go to the bathroom and I flush it down the toilet.

When it appears in my locker, I give up. I realize it's another one of Gina's magical, evil tricks.

I can't believe I ever trusted her. Any smart mother and adult would say no to Gina or would wish all her kids had college tuitions paid off or got along or ate thier vegetables. But no! Stupid me... I wasted a good last wish on Cam! Cam! The same Cam who hates my guts and the same Cam who threw a glass at me. And the same Cam who hated me so much... that he had to kill himself.

My first two wishes were okay... but my last wish was selfish. Selfish! Tori was right, which I hate admitting... but she was! Go, Tori! Always proving somebody wrong!

That's when I lose it and start crying. In the middle of the hall. Full of teens who want to get out of this place just as much as I do.

And when Tori asks what's wrong, I debate on whether or not to punch her... or hug her.

I just give her a light push and keep walking until I find Zig at his locker.

He looks at me.

"What, Maya?! What do you want?! To tell me that you choose Cam?! Congratulations." he fumes.

I just look at him, the tears on my face start to dry. The final bell rings for the final class of the day.

When I get home, Katie sees my bummed-out face.

"What's wrong?" she asks.

My bottom lip quivers and that's when the waterworks come. I plop on the couch and put my head on my big sister's shoulder.

"It'll be okay." she whispers as if she knows what happens. I free myself from her grip and I get off the couch.

"You're saying that like you know what's going to happen! You don't! You don't even know what happened! Or how I feel! You always say that! Come up with a new catch phrase, Katie! 'Cause that one's... getting old."

I feel the tears run down my face even though my face is shoved in my pillow. Hoot's right next to me on my bed.

"I hate you! Stupid owl!" I shout as I throw it in my trash can.

I rarely throw stuff away, so I only dump the trash every three months.

After crying for hours andv hours, I take off my belt and attempt to hang myself. Only it's really hard. How do people do this? Huh, maybe I should ask Cam.

That's a fail. I run myself a bath and find myself rummaging through Mom's pills. I take everything I can force down my throat. That's when I remember I still take liquid Tylenol for a reason.

I just climb in the bath.

As I go under the water, I think of everything I'm leaving behind. I feel like I'm in the ocean.

Looking out from underneath,
Fractured moonlight on the sea
Reflections still look the same to me,
As before I went under.

And it's peaceful in the deep,
Cathedral, where you cannot breathe,
No need to pray, no need to speak
Now I am under

And it's breaking over me,
A thousand miles down to the sea bed,
Found the place to rest my head.