Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi or any of the Degrassi characters.
Beep! Beep! BEEP!
"Argh!" Adam groaned out before successfully punching the alarm clock off the dresser. Unfortunately that did nothing to shut the clock up. Adam stubbornly went under his pillows to try to escape the noise but had no such luck. Soon enough he got out of the bed, walked over to the other side of the room, and smashed the alarm clock against the wall repeatedly until all was quiet.
Needless to say Adam was not a morning person.
He jumped back into bed but sure enough his watch started beeping also. Once again Adam groaned but this time he got up and looked at the time.
7:45 am.
What time does school start? Adam wondered. His flights were delayed yesterday so by the time he arrived in New York it was already 4:50 pm and there really wasn't a point in worrying about missing the first day. In fact Mr. Brown, one of the Biology teachers, was waiting for him and didn't seemed shocked when he told him what had happened. Apparently they weren't really surprised he was late and quickly got one of the teachers to pick him up.
The rest of the day was spent talking to Mrs. Smith, the principal of Harvey Milk, about his classes/grades and what he should expect at the school.
8:10 am! He suddenly remembered her saying. He grabbed his watch, 7:52 am, it read.
..Shit. was his last thought before racing into the bathroom.
"Cutting it close, Mr. Torres" The History professor said to Adam as he rushed in.
"I'm sorry Mr..?" Adam trailed off while standing awkwardly at the front of the class. He didn't know the teacher's name so it was hard to apologise formally.
"Mr. Anderson, Mr. Torres." The professor finished for him. "You will be sitting next to Mr. Thomas. Mr. Thomas, please raise your hand."
In the middle row a boy with long almost white blonde hair looked up and raised his hand when Mr. Anderson stopped talking. Adam figured he was 'Mr. Thomas' so he walked over and put his notebook on the table. After he sat down Mr. Anderson wasted no time in resuming class.
"Seeing as today is your first week back everyone is going easy on you, but you need to get this into your head. I will not. There is no excuse in giving you an easy time after a 2 and a half week break." He paused to give a boy class in the front row a stern look. A moment later said boy spat out a very chewed looking piece of gum and threw it into the trash can. Mr. Anderson gave the boy one more hard look before continuing.
"And that is why today I am giving you a 2 page quiz on what you have read and hopefully learned last quarter." Immediately the class groaned. "Yes, I know you are all so very eager to take it. Just so you know, I can make test an extra 3 more pages in a minute." He said effectively shutting the class back up. "No? Good. Ms. Johnson will pass them out. Mr. Torres you do not have to take this."
After handing the tests to a girl with fiery red hair he turned back to the class. "I will be back in 10 minutes. By then I expect you to be at least half way, if not completely done." With that being said, he left the room.
The room was completely silent before it became filled with the students' complaining voices and nervous fidgeting.
About 5 minutes into it the kid next to Adam pat him on the shoulder to get his attention. "Hey, I'm sorry about Mr. A; he's a bit of an ass. I'm Jake Thomas by the way."
"Adam Torres, and I figured" Adam said back after he realized Jake was talking to him.
Jake chuckled and finished answering the questions on his sheet before facing Adam. "How about we get to know eachother a bit, Adam."
When he saw Adam's confused expression he grinned before explaining,"I'm bored, and you're fresh meat. You ought to be interesting." Adam laughed quietly before nodding.
"Okay. So why did you come this school?" Jake asked getting straight to the point.
"You don't waste any time, do you?" Adam said before he could stop himself.
Jake only laughed though. "I knew you weren't that shy and timid! Be yourself dude, we're going to be seeing a lot of each other." Taking his words to heart, Adam started relaxing. slowly but surely.
"Well..uh..I'm transgender. FtM, you know? Everyone found out on not so good terms and I had to just get away from it all.." Adam said tensely before trailing off when Jake raised his hand.
"You don't have to tell me what happened right now, only when you're ready. Everyone has things they rather not talk about." Jake said with a far off look before he caught himself. "Anyways, the reason I came here was because I'm gay. My parents found out and saying they were not very happy would be an understatement. Long story short, I pretended to find a military like school and got them to sign me up for it, when it was actually Harvery Milk."
It was silent but before it became uncomfortable Jake clapped his hands.
"Onto lighter things! Whats your favorite color?"
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They continued asking different small, simple questions until Mr. Anderson came back in and dismissed them.
"Well it was awesome to meet you Adam. I'll find you at lunch, alright?" Jake muttered while looking through his bag. He looked up when he realized what he just said.
"If you want, of course." He hastily added before continuing. "Anyways, try not to let anyone get to you. If people act weird around you just know it's nothing personal. You're just the new kid."
Adam laughed nervously. He hadn't really thought about it until now.
"I'll try. Um..see you later." He said when they stopped next to another classroom.
"Are you sure you don't need any help?" Jake asked. When he saw Adam shake his head he shrugged. "See ya later than" He said and walked into the classroom.
Adam sighed when Jake left. His thoughts returned to what Jake had said just a few moments ago. More stares and possibly more gossip. Just what I need. He thought sarcastically before attempting to try and find his next class.
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