"You're here finally on time might I say." Emma's new co-worker Kelly said as he saw Emma getting settled at her desk. Emma worked as one of the top chiefs in the Environmental Protection Agency in her city. "I really enjoyed your speech you did on conserving the gas usage of hover boards yesterday." Kelly was not only her co-worker but a guy who's been trying to date her for the last two weeks. Emma gave her best fake smile and continued putting her books and laptop out.

"Hey I've been finally wanting to ask you are you busy Friday night I'd really like to take you out for- Just as he was about to finish Emma's cell phone rang.

"Ugh hold that thought." She said sweetly. "Emma Nelson, how may I help you?" "Hey Em its Snake." Emma rolled her eyes already knowing what this is about.

Snake's calling from Degrassi and knows never to call her because of how important her job was unless it was serious. She knew this could only mean one thing.

"What'd she do Snake." After the phone call was finished you could see the disappointment in Emma's face. Of course her daughter would be in trouble her first day of school.

"Something wrong?" Kelly asked.

"No it's just my daughter got in a bit trouble today so now I have to go pick her up. Anyways, you asked if I were busy Friday Night."

"Actually now that I think about it I forgot I am sort of busy that day." Kelly replied shyly.

Emma was slightly annoyed but had a feeling he would say that. No matter how beautiful, smart and independent Emma was, no one was willing to date her when they found out she had a kid. Emma couldn't blame them though. Between taking care of Emily, taking care a family of five in general, and doing her job as head of the Environmental Protection Agency in her city she had no time to for a relationship.

"It's okay. I'll see you later I have to go." Emma said while putting on her jacket heading for the door.

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"Send her in." Principal Simpson said irritably. He sat there and watched as his granddaughter come in with a guilty look on her face.

"What'd you do Em?" He asked annoyed.

"It wasn't my fault this time Grandpa. This jock was totally littering and there were two trash cans in front of him! I said hey there are two big trash cans in front of you why don't you just throw it in there instead of being an idiot and leaving it on the ground? He said Oh are you talking to me Shrimpo? And he laughed and walked away. So I decided he wants to ruin the environment how about I ruin the back of his head. So I through the can at his head maybe a bit too hard and then guess what he said? He called me a b*t$h! And that's when I knew it was GO TIME! Next thing you know I broke his nose and now I'm here!"

Principal Simpson was completely jaw dropped and then suddenly he couldn't help but start to laugh. He couldn't keep a straight face knowing his granddaughter was completely her parents child literally she loved the environment like Emma did at her age and knew how to knock a guy out like Sean did at her age. It was unbelievable.

"Can someone tell me what's so funny? First Uncle Jay and now you? I mean am I missing something?"

"No it's nothing honey. So did breaking his nose make you feel better?" He asked getting more serious. "Yeah, and it got him to shut up." Emily said with her biggest smile.

"Look Em, he's probably just a stupid Jock that does that all the time. You're so smart I mean look you skipped two whole grades and your already getting in school fights? I mean look at the bruises on your knuckles." "It doesn't hurt." Emily said unbothered and licking her fist.

"Ugh this is not how I wanted my day to go suspending my ten year old granddaughter on her first day of school. That's definitely a new one." Principal Simpson said tiredly. "Your mom's gonna be here in about half an hour kiddo. Go stop by your classes and grab all your work." He told her.

This isn't how Emily planned her day either. She didn't want to get in that fight and cause her mom to have to leave her job to come get her but sometimes it's just so hard to control her anger.

"Okay. Bye Grandpa. Love you." She said has she hugged and kissed Principal Simpson. "Love you to sweetheart. Stay outta trouble Em" They did their infamous handshake he taught her when she was four and then she was off to find her classes.

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Emily finally leaves the principal's office and grabs all of her classwork and she decides to use the rest of her time wisely. Since she's been here she realizes she hasn't really took time to tour the school or anything.

As she finally finishes she walked out the front doors of Degrassi and saw a book that caught her eye. She sat on the steps and started reading a Degrassi Reunion Year book that had all kinds of pictures from the years 2000-2007. She remembers those are the years her mom said she attended Degrassi and immediately starts flipping through the next page.

"Whoa, can't believe mom had braces." She said as she saw a picture of her mom, Manny, and two other guys. "And Aunt Manny had a uni-brow." She said laughing.

She recognized the guy with the glasses at her mom's friend's wedding last month but she never recognized the kid next to him making the funny face. Emily then scrolls through newer pages and notices her mom at around her age at a school dance with some guy with a jean jacket and brown hair. Her mom looked so happy. The guy not so much. Emily then scrolled to the next page and saw a picture of Manny and a cheer squad.

"Aunt Manny a cheerleader. Why I am not surprised." Emily said shaking her head knowingly.

The next page she saw her mom and the same guy from earlier again. They were cleaning trash from out of some place that looks like the woods. She never seen her mom look so happy and the guy next to her smiled a little too. On another picture her mom was on top of him trying to stuff some type of food in his mouth. It sort of looked gross. "Maybe it's that kind of vegan food mom always tries to feed me." She thought.

She started skipping a few more pages trying to find more pictures of her mom. The next picture she found she didn't look as happy. She had bangs now and was a bit taller. If anything she looked really tense and uneasy. Almost like she hadn't slept in weeks. The guy she was with in the earlier pictures seemed to not be in these unless that was him with a grey hoodie and some Goth chick. He did have the same eyes as the other guy. She rarely saw her with Manny at this time either.

Emily starts to scroll through the next set of pictures and notices her mother smiling again. She had long blonde curls in her hair with a long pink dress standing next to a guy who's tall and had blonde hair. She notices she hadn't seen the same guy from earlier. She also could tell her mom was sick during this time because she did look a little skinnier and a bit washed out which made Emily a bit taken back.

Later, on Emily saw many more pictures of Manny of course cheering at some of the football games. She notices her mom with the same guy from when they were younger except his hair was a bit longer and he looked a bit stronger. From the looks of it he was very handsome but had a mysterious look to him that intrigued her.

They were at a basketball game and her mom had the biggest smile on her face cheering for the basketball team while the guy next to her stared at her like she was the only girl in the room. It sort of melted Emily's heart watching him look at her like that. She never seen a man look at her mom like that. After a few more pages she notices the guy isn't in the book anymore.

She just saw her mom with the same kids from the beginning of the year book except for the guy without the glasses and one of her mom's close friends name Liberty. Later on, she saw pictures of Degrassi's prom and pictures of Uncle Jay and Aunt Manny as well as a picture of a memorial from the guy that used to hang with her mom from the beginning of the yearbook. She also saw a picture of her mom's class of 2007 graduation and notices her mom had a baby bump which didn't shock Emily because she always knew her mother had gotten pregnant before graduating high school. She just never told her by who.