Running Away: A Camaya Pregnancy Story
Maya's POV
It's been 2 weeks since I lost Cam, since Degrassi lost Cam. Everyone in his classes come up to me and say that the teachers keep forgetting to skip his name during roll call and emotions always arise. I can barely stand to hear his name, it only reminds me of blood. Eww. I barely go to school anymore, I've been there twice in the past 2 weeks, and the first day I left early, everyone was staring at me. I was laying in my bed as tears filled my eyes when my sister Katie walked into my bedroom. "Hey. Mom and I want to know if you're up to going to school today?", she asked me, in a nice, subtle tone. "I don't know.", I managed to say in between my tears. I looked up at her desperately, trying to convince her I wasn't ready to go back. I kinda was, but, I couldn't stand the constant eye's on me, it's already that way at home. "I could walk you to all your classes, stay with you during them if you want?", Katie asked me, trying to convince me to go. I knew that I was kinda ready to go back to school, but, I just don't want to. I haven't had the energy lately. It's like there's something inside of me sucking away all my energy. "Fine.", I finally said. I got out of bed and made my way downstairs. My head was pounding, and all of a sudden I got a terrible stomachache. I stopped in my tracks, with Katie behind me, she almost ran into me, but stopped just in time to not knock me over. "What's wrong?", she asked, at least this time I knew it was out of concern and not out of having to because I was her sister. I turned back, screamed "Move!", and bolted to the bathroom. As soon as I opened the top of the toilet, puke came rushing out of my mouth. Katie walked in to hold back my hair as I kept going. When I finally stopped, I shut the bowl and flushed. I sat back against the wall. "Are you sick, Maya?", Katie asked me. So many questions with her this morning. As the pain subsided, I stood back up, and so did Katie. "No, I'm not sick. I'm fine now. Just let me rinse and brush my teeth, ok.", I said to her, she nodded and followed my orders and left the bathroom. I turned to face the floor mirror, it was at least 4 feet tall. I looked at myself, and noticed I seemed to look a little heavier in the stomach area. I lifted my shirt and rubbed the area. I sighed then put my shirt back down and resumed what I had been in the bathroom for.
Dallas' POV
I walked into the locker room, where all of my team, minus one, was standing in an arc, waiting for me. "The game is cancelled.", I said, flat out, with no emotion, but in monotone. The whole team began to murmur, until one spoke up. "Why?", said Luke Baker. I looked at him, I remembered what I did to him two weeks ago, so I stayed calm and tried not to yell at him, it wasn't his fault. "Mr. Simpson says it's best to cancel all events and just let the student body mourn and heal properly.", I said, the team began to murmur again, some were upset, but knew he was right at the same time. We sat in silence for a few minutes, until Owen Milligan spoke up. "Luke, what did you do with Cam's blades?", he asked, everyone then put their focus on Luke, all eyes were on him. "They're back in his locker. I don't know what to do with them. It's not like it's something we should give to anyone for his memory.", He said, he had a good point though. No one wants to remember someone through their cutting blades. "Let's just give them to Simpson, he would know how to properly handle them.". So, we did. We opened his locker once again and took out the sharp objects. I held them in my left hand and the team followed me to Simpson's office. We showed him. All he could do is stand in shock.
Tristan's POV
I was sitting in class, with two empty seats beside me. One is Maya's, and one is Tori's. Tori said she was staying home for a while, the body traumatized her. As for Maya, I wouldn't know, but, as I thought about the blonde girl, she walked into class. Everyone looked up at her, but she ignored them and sat down next to me. I couldn't believe she was even here. Her sister walked in a few minutes later, so I moved into Tori's seat for the class and let Katie sit and help coach her little sister. A kids nose began to bleed during class, and I couldn't help but being reminded of standing in Cam's blood. I had to go home, and so did Tori. Our shoes and pants were covered in his blood. But, I came back as soon as I changed. It was hard explaining this one to my parents, but, they understood. Tori's parents wouldn't allow her to come back, so she just stayed home, and has been ever since. The only time I saw her within these two weeks was for Cam's funeral, and that was 8 days ago. I saw the blood coming from his nose, and I got sick to my stomach, and I had to leave the classroom. Doctor Tara told me it was best to restrict myself to witnessing anything with blood. And I knew why, the sight of blood would only bring back that terrible memory of me standing in a pool of liquid Cam. It would traumatize me.
Tori's POV
I finally came back to school after two weeks. I felt ready to begin going back again. I was surprised to learn Maya went back before I did. She knew she wasn't completely ready. I tried to convince her to stay home and come back when she didn't need Katie following her around, but she refused to take my advice. I've noticed that she would always leave first period in a dash to the bathroom everyday. She told me nothing was wrong, but, I knew there was. During lunch one day, I asked her, "So, how was your daily bolt to the bathroom?". She looked at me, Katie was beside her, so she gave me a face. "What 'daily bolt' are you talking about?", Katie asked me, and her sister. I saw Maya's face tense up. I knew she was hiding something, her face always tensed up when she was hiding something. And with 4 pairs of eyes staring at her, she broke down crying.
Tristan's POV
Me, Tori, Maya, Zig, and Katie walked into the local clinic after school. I know what you guys are thinking, why is Zig here? Just because Zig liked Maya, doesn't mean he acted upon it. He kept cool and let Cam have Maya, and now that Cam is gone, he's back to support her. I never thought I would have to come to a clinic at this age. Katie was really upset, but she refrained from yelling at Maya, knowing she's going through a lot. "Maya Matlin.", the doctor called from the hall. Maya got up and followed her, and with that, we wouldn't see Maya for another hour. We all sat impatiently, especially Katie. It was silent for almost 20 minutes straight until Zig finally broke the silence. "So, if it's a yes, is it Cam's?", he asked, he was pretty blunt, and avoided using words that would obviously aggravate Katie even more. "I would assume so.", Katie said back to him, not making eye contact with him, she continued after the short pause, "Unless… you know that it could be someone else…", she trailed off on her words and looked up at Zig, now everyone was looking at him, anxiously waiting for an answer. Poor boy, all he asked was a question, but I couldn't help but be drawn in to stare at him. "It's Cam's then…", he said, he paused for a second and Katie opened her mouth to speak, but he continued, "Me and Maya never did anything, ok?", he told her, and his voice got fierce. "I wasn't saying it was you Zig.", Katie said back to him, but we could all tell she was lying. She knew that she thought it might have been Zig all along. I mean, Maya and Cam did use a rubber, but, rubber's don't work all the time. But, still, Zig probably wouldn't have been that thoughtful… ok, where am I going with this? It wasn't Zig, we all know that now. We let the next 40 minutes pass in silence. No one was in the mood to talk. And the one person who should have been here isn't. And we all know who that is. Did he do it to run away from the consequences of what he did to Maya?
Katie's POV
Maya took Tori's advice and began to stay home. She still hasn't healed from the tragedy. Now that we have a bigger situation on our hands, it's best to let her recover from her loss. I can't stop cringing at the thought of my little sister going through such an adult issue. She's pregnant. Yay! Just what Cam needed to leave behind! A baby. I walked into school and opened my locker, as the locker door swung open, a piece of paper fell to the ground. Great, what asshole is going to ask me out this time? I bent down and picked up the folded piece of paper. I opened it, the person who wrote this told me to meet them in the locker room… the BOYS locker room. I sighed and crumpled the piece of paper and threw it out in the garbage can beside me. All of a sudden I felt a hand grasp my arm. I looked over to see it was Dallas. Should I cut him some slack? I mean, he did just lose Cam. I'll be nice with him… this time. "What, Dallas?", I asked him, he looked down at me, he seemed to be at a loss for words, but managed to throw something together. "The team needs to talk to you.", he said bluntly. He began dragging me away.