"Mom, why did I have to leave New York? I enjoyed it there and it really helped me too" Clarissa Moreno said to her mom while on her way to her first day of Degrassi. She would have been at Degrassi last year with her twin sister Imogen, but she had some problems that couldn't be helped here in Canada so she had to leave for a year to get some help.
"Clary, your psychologist said you were getting better and said it would be best if you came back" her mom said taking a turn down the street onto the block Degrassi is on.
"My best friend died mom, and being in New York helped me forget about it. But being back here," she said gesturing to her surroundings, " is just going to make me start again and remember what happened that night" she said raising her voice unintentionally.
"That's why we moved over to this part of Canada so you could start fresh. Imogen loves it here at Degrassi and you probably will too; just give it a chance. Who knows, maybe you could find a guy?" Clary just rolled her eyes and opened her passenger side door when her mom pulled up in front of Degrassi.
"We'll see about that, and I'm not Imogen. Even though were twins doesn't mean our personalities are the same" Clary said shutting the door behind her and making her way up the steps of Degrassi.
She paused for a second, gripped the strap of her black leather purse on her shoulder and continued to walked up the steps of Degrassi.
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Clary walked to the bathroom near her locker to see how she looked. She hated the fact that they had to wear stupid uniform in a public school. She stood in front of the mirror looking at her stupid blue polo and khaki skirt.
Since the uniform was not her style she decided to spice it up a bit; she wore black and red striped tights under her skirt, black boot heals, and a small leather jacket to complete her look. Her hair is dark brown, short, and half of it was braided to the side. Her make up was simple: red lipstick, silver eye shadow and some eyeliner. To finish it off she has skull earring and the letter 'J' necklace around her neck.
She smiled at her reflection and looked to her left wen the door to the bathroom opened. A girl with light brown curly hair walked in.
"Hey, do you know your way around Degrassi? I'm new and was away wen they had orientation" Clary said to the girl in the red polo.
"Yeah, you look familiar. You sure you're new?" she questioned.
"Positive, you probably know my twin sister, Imogen" Clary said and saw that this girl straightened up a bit when she said her name.
"Oh, that..." Clary cut her off by saying, "sucks" they both laughed and the girl finally introduced herself.
"My name's Clare Edwards, what's yours?" Clare asked Clary.
"Well, Clare, my name is Clary Moreno" Clary said and they both started to laugh at the fact of how close their names are to being the same.
"I think this is a start to a beautiful friendship" Clare said and they both walked out of the bathroom and into the busy hallways filled with students catching up with their friends they haven't seen all summer.
"So what's your first class Clary?" Clare asked her.
"History with Mr. Perino in room 110" Clary read aloud from her schedule in her hands.
"That room is down this hall and the last door" Clare said pointing down the hallway.
"Why isn't Imogen helping you out?" Clare asked as they walked down the hallway.
"She wanted to get to school early to hang out with someone named Bianca" Clary said as they stood in front of Mr. Perino's classroom.
"Oh, well if you need any help throughout the day here's my cell number" Clare handed Clary a piece of paper with seven digits on it.
"Thanks, it's nice to know that I'll have at least one friends here" Clary said.
"Your great! So you'll make friends in no time! But, if I was you, I would avoid telling them that your Imogen's sister" Clare said.
"Your probably right, see you later" Clary said and headed into history.
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Shane Mitchel and Jordan Les were excited to see each other after summer vacation. Shane had spent his summer in Mexico helping build houses for homeless people, while Jordan went to sports camp for the break. The two best friends keep talking while walking down the hallway of Degrassi when Shane accidentally bumped into a guy with light brown hair.
"Sorry, dude" Shane said.
"Its all good, I'm Adam" he said.
"Cool, I'm Shane and this here is my bud, Jordan" Shane said as he and Jordan bump fists with Adam.
"Hey, do you guys want to eat lunch with me later? I usually go to The Dot" Adam said.
"Yeah," "Sure," Jordan and Shane said at the same time.
"See you guys later" Adam said and left for first period.
"That kid seemed cool" Jordan said as they continued their way down the hallway to the Media lab. When they got to the class room they took their seats on the transparent green exercise balls.
"Yeah, I know his brother Drew, he's dating Katie Matlin" Shane said while logging into his computer.
"Isn't that the girl that is bulimic?" Shane rolled his eyes at his friend for listening to the crap that circulated last year.
"You know, you shouldn't listen to everything you hear" Shane said.
"Whatever" Jordan said and Ms. Oh came into the class and began to go over how eleventh grade media class is going to be like.
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It was finally lunch time and once that bell range for the end of sixth period, Eli bolted out of his chair wanting to be else where. On his way to his locker he noticed Fiona waiting by his locker. Since everything that happened the last couple of weeks at Degrassi last year, Fiona became Eli's new buddy; she accepted the fact that he is bipolar and that she needs a friend as badly as he does since all her friends graduated.
"Ready for lunch?" she said cheerfully.
"What drugs are you on and where can I get some" Eli joked and opened his locker to put his books away.
"Don't you think you already take enough meds?" she questioned.
"Yeah, but why are you all cheerful? Let me guess, a shoe truck broke down in front of the school" Eli said sarcastically as they walked down the street to The Dot.
"No. Adam invited me to eat lunch with him and his friends, your welcome to join too!" she said tossing her long brown curls over her shoulder.
"Cool, which friends?" he asked.
"Shane Mitchel and Jordan Les, their in his math and science class" she said.
"Hold the phone, since when did Adam forgive your for, you know" he said, not knowing the correct words to describe what exactly happened last year.
"He did this morning, he wanted to start this year with a fresh start" she said recalling what Adam said to her.
"Don't we all" Eli muttered.
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Hey Clare, do you want to go to The Dot for lunch?
Clary sent Clare a quick message at the end of sixth period. Soon enough Clare answered:
Sure! Meet me at the front steps! :)
Clary made her way to the front steps of Degrassi and sure enough, Clare was there waiting for her.
"Come on, were meeting my friend Adam at The Dot" Clare said walking down the street to The Dot.
Clary nodded and followed her down the sidewalk when Jake ran up to Clare
"Clare! Were you going? I thought we were eating lunch today?" Jake said blocking her way from continuing forward on the sidewalk.
Clare sighed and said "Today I'm eating with my new friend, Jake, her name is Clary" Clare nudged her head in Clary's direction.
"Hey, I'm Clary, and if you would, move out of our way so we can go eat?" Clary said and grabbed Clare's arm and they pushed past Jake.
"Your really going to eat lunch with this emo chick?" Jake said to Clare while trying to grab her wrist but she pulled back.
"Don't call her that and I'll talk to you later" Clare said aggressively ans the two girls walked away from a flabbergasted Jake.
"Thank, why did you defend me?" Clary asked astonished.
"No one messes with my friends" Clare said and they walked into The Dot. Clare spotted Adam and bolted to give him a hug. Clary followed behind and when Clare pulled away she introduced Clary to her friend.
"Adam, this is my new friend-" she was cut off when someone behind her said.
"Clary?" Clary knew that voice anywhere. She turned around and had the biggest smile on her face.
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~MadamDegrassi354