A/N: HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!! I know it's been to weeks. Well good news peoples!! I finally bought season 6 on DVD! WOO! So i think all of you will like this chapter. It tookme four hours to write. So u better like it =) also I'm surprise no one has caught how I'm naming my chapters this time around. There is a pattern and there's clues in the in the disclaimers =) enjoy the chapter!

Disclaimer: I own Green Day poster, a ticket stub from The All-American Rejects concert, an old cd player, and the whole new Breaking Benjamin cd on my ipod, I however DO NOT own Degrassi or its characters.

Thanksgiving break, a weeklong break from school. Of course I'm spending the week in Canada with my family and friends. Although everyone else will be working and in school, I'm sure I'll be able to find something to do.

I'm in my room right now reading a book. It's Saturday and there's a party at Marco and Dylan's place tonight because Dylan is leaving for Switzerland in a couple of days. I'm waiting for Alex to call me so I can pick her up.

I'm starting to wonder since it's Thanksgiving break if Beth is also coming home. I mean not all schools get week long breaks and even then people who tend to live very far don't go home. Lucky for me not only do my parents miss me very much but they're also loaded so they can afford to fly me home.

She's the girl all the bad guys want. Yeah, she's the girl all the bad guys want.

I flip my phone open. "Hello," I answer.

"Hey, I'm ready," Alex tells me.

"On my way." I close the phone and head downstairs.

"Jordan, sweetie we need to speak to you," my mom says as soon as I'm downstairs.

"Mom can we talk later? I'm already late to the party." I look at my parents sitting together at the kitchen counter and my mom has a carton of ice cream in front of her. Is she really eating that whole carton herself?

"Yeah, sure honey."

I walk to the kitchen and give both my parents a hug and kisses on the cheeks. I look at Brian. "Dad, don't let mom eat that whole carton by herself." I leave the house. I wonder what's going on.

Dylan's Party:
I must say, this is quite a gathering at the Del Rossi/ Michalchuk manor. I'm glad Dylan got into a professional hockey league. Sure it's not the NHL but at least it's something.

"What are you thinking about?" Alex asks me.

"Hockey. Do you think I could play?"

"No," she says instantly.

"Well jeez, thanks for thinking about it."

I'm looking around just watching people. Seems like Ellie and Jesse are having a fight, as usual apprently. I always thought he was a douche bag and that Ellie could do better. Now I see Paige is walking toward us. I'm so excited. Whenever Alex and Paige interact it's always so interesting.

"So you're moving in, eh?" Alex asks Paige as Paige sets the tray of food down.

"A funky downtown address to go with my hopefully new job," Paige says. "Chin, chin." We all click our glasses together. "So where is the lovely Carla tonight?"

Oh, that's who's missing! Obviously I don't care too much for the girl because I've been home all day and with Alex most of the time and haven't even asked about the girl once.

"Pottery class," Alex says.

Paige and I both have the same facial expression right now. Oo, Alex's girlfriend is so lame.

"Yeah my girlfriend ditched me to make a bowl."

"Why would she want to make a bowl when she could hang out with her hot girlfriend and her hot girlfriend's cool best friend?" I ask.

"Are you talking about you or Paige?" Alex asks.

"Oh, ouch," I say while I place my hand over my heart.

"Well at least you have somebody," Paige tells Alex. "I however have been walking through a romantic desert and my feet are tired."

I slightly raise my glass. "Same here," I mutter so no one can hear me.

"Well don't look at me to rub them," Alex says to Paige. "But I'm sure we can find a hot guy or two to warm up your cool autumn nights."

"Well cheers to that dear cupid." Alex and Paige click glasses again.

Now Paige is looking at someone with interest in her eyes. I turn and look in the direction she's looking in. Spinner, really? Didn't we already go down that road, once, maybe twice? They say if you don't learn then history repeats itself. Well I guess this history has to keep repeating itself.

Next Day: Sunday Afternoon
So here's a little fun fact about me. Before I moved to Canada I use to be really big into street hockey. I loved the physical contact of the sport and being able to push people without getting into trouble. Today's lesson of the day is to prove Alex wrong.

Alex and I are at the park right now on an empty basketball court. I have two guys setting up hockey goals and I throw a pair of rollerblades at Alex.

"What are these for?" she asks, holding them up.

"I know you're still at Degrassi but you're not stupid. They are rollerblades and they're used for skating."

"I know that. But why do we have them?"

I put my rollerblades on and start skating circles around Alex. "We're gonna have some fun." I smile at Alex.

"Ok, whatever." She rolls her eyes and starts putting the blades on at I'm putting on safety pads.

"You're gonna want to wear the safety equipment also."

Once Alex is suited up I throw her a hockey stick. She's looking at me with a raised eyebrow.

"Really?" she asks.

"Yes, really." We skate to the center of the court and wait for our "referee" to drop the tennis ball.

"You do know I play lacrosse right?" Alex asks me.

"You do know I use to be in a little league for street hockey right?"

The whistle blows and the ball drops. I immediately push Alex and skate my way to her goal. I can hear her coming after to me but I know it's already too late for her. I raise my stick and hit the ball. GOAL!

"That's 1 to 0," I tell her.

"What the hell?"

After Ten Minute of Intense Playing:
"I believe that's 6 to 0," I say out loud.

"What the fuck Jordan?!?"

Alex is a little mad that I'm beat her. "You said I couldn't play hockey so I had to prove you wrong."

"How was I supposed to know you were the Dylan Michalchuk of street hockey?"

"There's a trophy shelf of my hockey trophies in the downstairs hallway of my house."

"I thought those were basketball trophies."

"Basketball and hockey trophies don't even look alike! The basketball is on top and the hockey on the bottom."

Alex throws down the stick in frustration. "No fair!"

"Get over it and let's go." We grab all the stuff and head to my house.

Next Day: Monday
Alex and I are walking to the mall now. We're heading to the movie concession stand to meet up with Paige.

"All I'm saying is that it's weird you and Carla haven't been spending more time together," I tell her.

"And all I'M saying is that it's none of your business."

I throw my hands up into the air. "Of course it's my business! We're best friends! We are each other's business!"

Alex just looks at me and shakes her head. We spot Paige and go sit where's she sitting.

"What were you two talking about back there?" Paige asks us. "Hon, you looked crazy throwing you hands in the air."

I open my mouth to speak. "Nothing," Alex says quickly.

I'm giving Alex a dark look now. "I can speak for myself thank you." I turn and look at Paige. "Nothing."

Paige is looking back and forth between Alex and me. "Ok," she says.

Alex and Paige order drinks. I order nothing because I don't want anything.

"So I hope you're ready," Alex says to Paige. "So I hope you're ready. Today's the first episode of Project Paige."

"My life is a reality TV show?" Paige asks.

"In your case it's The Bachelorette and we're looking for guys eh, not the other flavor."

"Guys will do thank you."

To be honest, I didn't think Paige would date another girl besides Alex.

"I like them cute, funny, worldly. Oh and to fill out a vintage rock tee just so."

"Sounds delish…in a hetero kind of way.

"That's what I look for in a girl," I tell them. Now they're both looking at me. "I mean except for the vintage rock tee part. I rather not date a girl with a bunch of muscles. She might be on steroids or something."

"Anyways!" Alex says and turns her attention back to Paige. "Thing is Paige you've got to keep it cas'. Don't get attached to anyone. Play the field. Be a pimp."

"Have tons of sex with people," I say nonchalant.

Alex turns to me. "No more talking for you," she tells me.

I cross my arms and give her a dirty look.

"Oh I am the maddest of pimps and here comes my date," Paige says, continuing where the regular conversation left off. Paige points in a direction and Alex and I both look.
Spinner, really? We're going to go there again?

"Spinner!" Alex says in disbelief. "Cute, funny…worldly?"

"Worldly with the inside of Kwan's classroom," I say quietly.

"Lose the lesbian filter hon. He is cute and funny. It's two out of three. Give my best to dear Carla."

Paige gets up and walks to Spinner and it looks like Alex is looking after her longing. I wave a hand in her face. She pushes me hand away.

"Friends don't look at other friends like that," I tell her.

Alex looks at me with annoyance in her eyes. "Didn't I tell you to be quiet?" She gets up and is walking away from me.

"Didn't I tell you to be quiet?" I say, mimicking her. I know what I saw, and what I saw was not a friendly look.

Next Day: Tuesday
Chillin in the room, ch- ch- chillin in the room. Obviously I'm chillin in my room. There's nothing to do when parents are at work and friends are also at work or at school. I mean I could visit Degrassi but to be honest I don't feel like getting out of my room. I guess I could walk to the park. But it's cold outside, but I'm also gaining weight. Alright, I'll flip a coin, heads I'll walk my ass to the park and then tales I'll stay here and do nothing.

I grab a penny from my dresser. Alright here it goes.

The penny is flipping into the air and I have to admit that this is the most excitement I've had all day. The penny lands on the floor. Guess I need to get dressed.

Park:
I forgot how good the Canadian air is and how beautiful the park is. Although the trees are completely barren there's still beauty in the park. Little kids are running around while their moms are watching them with smiles on their faces. I smile to myself thinking back to the summer.

Beth and I are walking through the park holding hands, enjoying the sun. Beth poinst out a little boy running around.

"I can't wait to have kids," she tells me.

"Me either. I love kids."

"How many do you want?"

I stop walking and place my arms around her hips. "Depends, how many do you want?"

"Three," she tells me.

"Well three it is then." I place a light kiss on her lips.

"Who said I wanted kids with you?"

"Oo," I say dramatically and place a hand over my heart. "That hurts."

Beth kisses me. "You know I'm joking. I would love to have little Jordans running around the place."

"And I would love having little Beths running around."

Beth and I kiss lovingly, forgetting where we are.

I pull away. "I called dibs on naming the first two," I say quickly.

"Ok, but they have to have four names and my last name comes first in the hyphen."

I hold out my hand. "Deal." And we shake to seal the deal.

I look out at the swings seeing what looks like a teenager swinger. I look closer to see if I know the person. My breath catches in my throat and I can't breathe. I turn and walk away quickly. I never going to come back here. I guess she decided to come home.

Next Day- Wednesday:
Alex and I are at the Squatch Designs store right now. So early in the morning for me but I'm surviving. Paige is cleaning the place, Alex is doing school work, and I'm just sitting here taking up space. I haven't told anyone about what happened at the park yesterday. I'd just rather not discuss it.

"So then I say "Cas' is the way we rock it."," Paige tells us. She's telling us about what happened with Spinner on Monday.

Alex and I start laughing. "You said that without laughing?" Alex asks in between laughs.

"The moment overtook. It just felt so good to mack on Spinner with impunity."

I make a gag face. The image of anyone making out with Spinner makes me want to gag.

"I have class with him in 20 minutes. I'll try to ignore his big, dumb grinning face."

The door opens and my "Douche Bag" alert is going off. Oh look, Jesse's here. I guess that's why it went off.

"Jesse! Hey!" Paige greets excitedly.

Jesse smiles his douche bag smile. "Hey, greets back.

I feel like that smile is only for Paige.

Jesse slightly shakes his head, remembering why he's here. "Uh latest edition. Ad's on page 3 and I asked Nina to write a piece on you guys for her fashion column." He hands Paige the newspaper.

"This is wow! Thank you so much."

"Ya know what's wow?" I whisper to Alex. "His douche bag smile." Alex is laughing softly now to my joke.

"The Core and Squatch Designs could have a future together in business."

It sounded like he took a slight pause after he said "together". I think Alex noticed also. She starts tapping her pen impatiently and annoyingly. Paige and Jesse both take notice.

"Alex!" Paige says. "Um, you know Jesse right?" Once again, I am ignored. Whatever, I'm going to take a nap.

"Yeah you're Ellie's boyfriend," Alex says.

"Was," he says quickly. "Ellie didn't tell you we broke up?" I feel like he's just throwing that out there, hoping someone will catch it.

"She keeps to herself a lot," Paige says. I feel like she's about to catch whatever he's throwing.

"Yeah she's like that. Well I've got to run. Interviewing a friend's band." Did he just try to sound cool?

"What did Ellie see in this guy?" I whisper.

"Who knows," Alex whispers back.

"How journalist of you," Paige says. "What are they like?"

"Kind of an alt-country vibe. Yeah they're playing tonight, campus club. If you're into it, you should come."

Paige is nodding her head and now the douche bag is leaving. He's gone and now Paige is smiling and making some kind of squealing noise. Alex just looks at her with a small smile on her face. Jesse threw it out there and Paige caught it. Oh boy.

Later that Afternoon:
Alex and I and are in my room at the moment. Alex is doing homework while I'm lying across my bed and throwing a tennis ball into the air and catching it.

"I don't understand why Paige would want to date a douche bag like him," I tell her.

"And I don't understand why you care so much," Alex says in a bored tone, focusing on her homework.

"I don't understand why you DON'T care as much as I do."

I hear Alex close her book shut and her head is now next to mine. "Because I know it's totally casual and nothing will come of it."

"You also thought you were straight and that a nucleus was a type of nuclear bomb and not the brain of an animal and plant cell. Let's face it, you're not always right my friend."

"Well I'm right about this and FYI, the nucleus is the control center of all eukaryote cells."

"Jeez, the girl gets some A+'s in Biology and all the sudden she's Miss Scientist."

"The point is I'm right, all of this is casual and means nothing to Paige."

I sit up and start eyeing Alex. "Are you hoping all of this will be casual or just stating it because you're a good friend."

"What are you getting at?" she asks me suspiciously.

I start shaking my head. "Nothing," I tell her.

I don't think Alex suggesting this whole "cas'" is just for Paige's benefit. All I'm saying is the heart wants the heart wants, and the heart can't lie.

Next Day- Thursday:
I'm home for a week and all I've done so far is hang out in my room, see the love of my life at the park, and hang out at Squatch Designs. And where am I now? At Squatch Designs. I am one sad college kid.

Alex is in the dressing room at the moment while Paige is helping out customers.

"Thank you," Paige says to the two girls as they're both leaving with bags in their hands.

Alex pops her head through the dressing room curtains. "Tell me again why you need me to model at the dumb fair."

"Because Marco looks lousy in pink," Paige tells her and hands her a pink sweat suit. She closes the curtains as Alex ducks back in.

"So uh you and Jesse dancing up a storm last night," Alex says. "Did it end there?"

"There was coffee at his place. Had an amazing convo…and then some other stuff."

"Ewe," I say in respond to what Paige just said. Great, now she's giving me a look like I'm acting immature. "That's right," I tell her. "I'm ewing your straight "other stuff"."

Alex comes out of the dressing room and she's completely in pink. Never thought I would see the day of Alex being in pink.

"And bachelor #1 knows about bachelor #2, IE Spinner?" Alex asks Paige.

Paige grabs Alex and takes her to the mirror. "Bachelors 1 and 2 both know the score. As a matter of fact, I am seeing them both tonight."

"Oo ménage Paige."

"Oo slutty Paige," I say quietly.

"Not quite," Paige says. "Spinner is my 7:00 and Jesse's my 9." Paige is messing with the outfit so it'll fit Alex better.

Alex sort of grabs Paige's hands and turns around. "Hey you uh wanna come to my place when you're done for a post-game wrap-up?" she asks her. "We got the good ice cream."

Besides the ice cream part that sounded sort of sexual. Anyone else notice the sexual meaning behind that stuff?

"Sure hon. Love to."

Paige turns Alex back around and now they're both looking in the mirror. Paige's hands are on Alex's arms and now she's running her hand through Alex's hair. She rests her head on Alex's shoulders.

"Pretty in pink," Paige says. "Just like the movie."

And now Paige is running her hands down Alex's arms but slowly. I feel like I'm witnessing a pre-make out moment right now. It's like Paige can't stop touching Alex. This has to be the weirdest, yet hottest thing I've ever seen. Yeah, nothing is going on between them. Soon the truth will be revealed.

Next Day- Friday
She's the girl all the bad guys want. Yeah, she's the girl all the bad guys want.Ugh, I need to remember to put my phone on vibrate so that shit won't wait me up. I look at the clock. 1: 15 am, it reads. Oh my God, Alex better be in trouble or something.

I flip open my phone. "I'm trying to sleep."

"Has Paige called you?"

"What? No. Is that why you're calling me?"

"Yeah, she was suppose to come over around 10 but she's not here and she hasn't called me so I figured that maybe she called you."

"No, she's hasn't called. And new rule, from now on you only call me this late when there's an effin emergency. Goodnight." I flip my phone shut and drift off to sleep.

That Afternoon at Fashion Show:
It's a Friday and I'm at the mall, but instead of shopping like any other American on Black Friday, I'm here helping set up the booth for Squatch Designs. Oh here's Alex, maybe she'll brighten up my day. Actually by the look on her face I feel like my day is about to get more interesting.

"Afternoon Miss Nuñez," Paige greets Alex. I have decided right now to say absolutely nothing. "Ready to rock the catwalk with insouciant smile?"

"Yeah whatever," Alex says in an annoyed tone. "Let's just get it over with."

"Um is it everyone hates Paige day?"

"Maybe seeing it was ditch Alex and don't even call her last night." There it is!

"Hon, I forgot. I'm sorry." Paige turns attention to Marco. "Babe could you just straighten our sign a bit?"

"Don't tell me your 9:00 with Jesse became a 10, then an 11, 12, 1…" Alex is continuing the conversation.

"I said I'm sorry. It's just I think things are becoming a bit more than cas' with Jesse. He's kind of special."

I throw the shirt I was holding down on the table and throw my hands up in the air. What the hell do girls see in this douche bag?!? Why is it so easy for him to get a girl and all I get is some crazy chick that still has a crush on me from three years ago?

"Rush into stuff much? Pathetic Paige. Pathetic." Alex walks off.

Marco and Paige look at each other. And now they're looking at me. I hate it when people look at me after Alex walks away from something.

"Let's just say it is not ok for her to call me at 1:15 in the morning. I need sleep too ya know!" And with that I'm walking away, chasing after Alex of course.

I sit down at the table Alex decided to take refugee at.

"Ya know, every time you leave a conversation like that and I'm there people instantly look at me waiting for me to explain your crazy, misunderstood behavior," I tell her.

"Well you are my best friend," she tells me. "Isn't that part of your job?"

"No. Part of my job is finding out what's going on with you and help you solve your internal conflicts. Now what's wrong."

"She just dropped her plans with me for some guy."

"Are you really that surprised?" I ask seriously. "It is Paige we're talking about."

"Yeah but I would expect that from the old Paige, the Paige that acted that way before we dated. We have history together. She should be dropping guys to hang out with me."

Part of me can't believe what I'm hearing and another part of me isn't that surprised. "If you have feelings for Paige you need to tell her. She can't read minds."

Alex looks at me. "How many times do I have to tell you I don't have more than friendly feelings for Paige? I've moved on and have a girlfriend."

I snicker at the comment she just made. "Who are you trying to convince you moved on? Me or yourself?"

Alex is looking down now. "Yeah, that's what I thought."

Alex goes back to the shirt stand and I follow her. I look toward Spinner and Paige and it seems like they're having an interesting conversation. I guess everyone is just falling for Paige.

"Hey guys," Jesse appears out of nowhere. I didn't know douche bags have powers. "Is Paige around?"

Alex and I walk over to Spinner and Paige. "Five minute warning," Alex warns Spinner. "And you've got a visitor Paige." Alex and I walk away but close enough to hear what's going on.

It looks like Spinner just pushed Jesse. Those two kids keep arguing and Paige walks away from them but it seems like she's having a hard time breathe. Alex and I rush to her side.

"Come on aim for 10," Alex says, trying to calm Paige down. "1, 2, 3. That's it." Paige's breathing is still heavy but I think her panic attack is starting to subside. Meanwhile the two idiots are still
fighting.

"I mean whatever," Spinner says to Jesse. "You suck!"

"Will you both shut up?!" Alex yells at them. Paige has seemed to have gotten her breathing under control.

"Keep counting," I tell her.

Alex grabs the rest of Spinner's outfit and walks to the boys. "You go stand out front," Alex orders Jesse. She turns to Spinner. "You go put on the rest of your outfit and a smile because we have to go model these freaking clothes. Clear?!" Both boys look at each other and goe their separate ways.

"Alex," Paige starts.

"Save it," Alex interrupts her and now she's walking away.

Paige is now looking at me with desperate eyes. "Are you feeling better?" I ask her.

She nods her head.

"Good. And just know that sometimes being casual can hurt more than those in the immediate circle."

After Fashion Show at The Dot:
The rest of the show went smoothly, as smoothly as it could go. Now we're all here at The Dot and let's just say that Alex is not a happy camper right now.

"Well here's to our first fireworks-filled fashion show, but hey three new buyers came through," Jimmy says. "Cheers!" Everyone clicks their glasses and mugs except for Alex and me because neither one of us is drinking anything.

Spinner holds out his mug to Paige but I guess decided against it.

"So Spin spoke to me after the show," Paige and telling Alex and me. Alex is obviously not interested because she's not even looking at Paige.

"All apologies for freaking out, but we both know that it just, it wasn't mean to be. But Jesse is still into the cas' thing, so what say you wise counsel?"

Alex finally turns and looks at Paige. "I say they both suck and for that matter, so do you." Alex gets up to leave and I'm right behind her. We're walking out of The Dot the back way into the alleyway.

I hear the door open up behind us and I don't need to look back to know Paige is following.

"You know what Alex," Paige says and slams the door behind her. "You suck to."

"Sorry," Alex shouts back but continues walking.

"Oh your apology is killing me with its plaintive sincerity!"

Alex stops and turns around to look at Paige. I can tell this is about to be a heated conversation so I go up against the wall and pretend to be invisible.

"God I hate your thesaurus," Alex tells Paige. You can tell Alex is about to cry.

"And I hate how you're acting right now," Paige shouts. "Why are you doing this?"

Alex sort of lunches forward and grabs Paige. Oh my baby Jesus! Alex just kissed Paige!

"Because I love you, you idiot!" Alex exclaims to Paige. OY MY GOD! "So much that is scares the crap out of me." Alex is definitely crying now because her voice is cracking. I don't think Paige knows exactly what to say.

Paige is shaking her head slightly. "Why?" she asks. "Just why did you tell me to go on all those dates?!" I think Paige is sort of hurt that Alex didn't tell her how she felt but instead told Paige to go on a bunch of dates.

"Because I thought you being cas' with guys was nothing serious," Alex says. I place a hand over my heart and I can feel tears starting to form. "And a lot better than you with some other girl."

I never thought honest could be so beautiful before.

"I just…" Paige doesn't really quite know what to say. "Can't with you right now. I really do…"

I'm crossing my fingers hoping she'll say it. Alex is also looking at Paige right now, silently pleading her to say it.

"I really have to go back inside," Paige finally says. My heart is slightly breaking from the scene in front of me.

Paige walks back inside while Alex is just silently standing in the same spot, letting the tears fall from her face.

I approach Alex, my heart reaching out to her. She finally notices me and shrugs her shoulders.

"I told her I loved her," she says.

"And for that I am so proud of you and so sorry." I wrap my arms around Alex and just let her cry on my shoulder. I know Paige feels the same way, but for some reason she's scared.

Later At Home:
"It's going to be ok," I tell Alex as I'm opening the door to my house.

"I just want to drown myself in ice cream," Alex says sadly.

"I don't know about that." I hang my coat up. "My mom has been eating a shitload of ice cream lately and you saw how much she ate at Thanksgiving dinner.

Jordan, come in here please!" I hear my mom's voice. That's right they wanted to talk to me about something.

Alex and I walk into the kitchen and parents are once again at the counter with a tub of ice cream in front of them.

"Is it cool if Alex spends the night tonight?"

"Of course it is," Brian says. "Alex, you're always welcomed here."

"Thanks Mr. Johnson."

"Well I think you should both sit down because we have news to tell you," my mom says in a serious tone.

Alex and I both sit on the stools and look at each other wondering what my mom has to say. Oh God, I'm hope we're not moving again.

"Well Jordan…" Brian starts out. "It seems like we'll be adding a new member to the family."

Ok, I'm confused. "Is grandma moving in or something?" I ask them. They shake their heads no. "Oo oo, are we finally getting a puppy?"

"No," Brian says. Then I notice his hand is on my mom's stomach.

"No, you've got to be kidding me."

"Surprise, I'm pregnant," my mom says happily but with a nervous smile on her face.

Alex and I both look at each other and then at my parents. "WHAT?!?"

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