A/N: Damn ANOTHER update! I'm on a roll. Mostly because my roommate has been pissing me off so I write so wont kill her. Now I know somethings might seem off but remember that this is Degrassi world and things in Degrassi world are different from the real world.

Disclaimer: I own Sims 3, a printer, and an enV3. I DO NOT own Degrassi charaters=)

I place my hand on the door knob and exhale very loudly. I didn't even know I was holding in a breath but I guess I was. Ok, I'm prepared for what is ever behind this door.
I open the door and I hear the faint sound of a television playing. I look around me and the whole place is dark. There's random lit spots from where the light outside is peaking through the curtains but most of the light source is coming from the television in the living room.

I walk into the living room and it looks like there's a giant lump on the couch. The lump is also wearing sunglasses, which I don't understand since it's already dark in the room. The lump on the couch is Paige.

"Paige," I call out.

She continues sitting there, staring at the television. I walk over to the light switch and flip it up. Lights come on and now I can actually make out Paige's face.

"Paige," I call out again.

Her body is finally moving now, like she's coming out of some kind of trance. She turns her head and acknowledges my presence in the room.

"Oh, hi hon," Paige says. She smiles a fake sad smile at me. "What's up?"

"Paige, why are you sitting here in the dark with sunglasses on?"

"Wearing sunglasses in the dark is on the rage in Paris."

I'm nodding my head as if I'm agreeing with her. "If you say so. I just came over to say good-bye."

"You're leaving?" she asks, sounding sad.

"Yeah, school starts back up on Tuesday and I have to leave tomorrow morning to get my dorm room set up and pick up my books and stuff."

"Oh well…" Paige gets up and lets the blanket drop to the floor. I'm shocked at the sight in front of me. Paige Michalchuk is wearing baggy grey sweats.

"Paige…" I say quietly.

"What? Today is my only day off from work so I get to be bummy today."

I nod my head, agreeing with her. "Of course."

She takes her sunglasses off. Now I understand why she was wearing them in the first place. Paige's eyes are bloodshot red and puffy.

"Paige, have you been crying?" I ask her in a concerned tone.

Paige rubs her eyes. "Only a little bit. I was watching a sad movie earlier."

I know she's lying because in order for a person's eyes to look like that they have to have been crying a river.

"Is it about Alex?" I ask. I'm just going to get straight to the point.

Paige's eyes widen at the mention of Alex's name. "So you heard what happened between us?"

"Paige it's been two weeks and Alex is my best friend. So yeah, I heard about how you kicked her out." I try to keep the anger and bitterness out of my voice.

"I did not kick her out," Paige says in a shaky voice.

"She came home and found her things in a bag all packed and ready to go."

"It's not like I kicked her out on the street! She went to Ajax to live with her cousin."

I scoff at what she just said. Anger is starting to build up inside of me. I know that I'm about to blurt out the truth and I don't care.

"Alex doesn't have a cousin in Ajax and she's not even in Ajax!"

A look of confusion appears on Paige's face. "What?"

I'm shaking my head, slightly laughing at Paige. "Paige, you're not stupid and I know that you can tell just as well as I can when Alex is lying. I guess you just lied to yourself and wanted to believe that Alex went to Ajax to live with some cousin to make yourself feel better, but deep down inside you knew Alex was lying."

A look of concern is now on Paige's face. "If she's not in Ajax then where is she?"

I sigh and run my hand through my hair. "The day you kicked Alex out she came to my house. She looked broken and told me she was going to Ajax to live with her 'cousin'. I saw right through that lie and told her to tell me the truth. She told me how you 'broke up' with her and she said she couldn't stand being in Toronto anymore and she was going to move to Ajax to start all over. I stopped her and convinced her to stay. She moved into my house and has been there since."

I see some sort of twinkle in Paige's eyes. "So she's staying in Toronto?" Paige asks with hope in her voice.

I'm shaking my head, bursting her bubble. "No, she's coming to Florida with me."

"What?"

"While you and Marco thought Alex was just sitting on her ass taking up space, she was actually applying to universities. While I was at school during the fall she was sending me essays to proof read for her. At first she was only applying to colleges in Canada but I was able to convince her to apply to Florida State. Alex wanted to surprise you if she got accepted into Banting, before you had your whole break down."

"So she got into Florida?"

"Yeah, she did. We found out about two days after you kicked her out. Alex will be a Florida Nole with me in the fall but in the meantime she's going to be living with my grandparents and attending a local community college to earn some college credits."

By the look on Paige's face she's in complete shock. "I didn't know she was applying to universities," she says quietly.

"No you didn't because you never bothered to ask her. And the essay she wrote that got her into Florida was about how her friends had helped her change her life around. How that if it hadn't been
for her friends she might still be doing the things she use to do and how she might not have ever realized her dream or the potential she possessed. Alex actually mentioned you in the essay more than me."

Paige sits down on the couch and covers her eyes with her hands. "I didn't know," she says.

"You didn't ask." I kneel down on the floor to be eye-leveled with Paige. "You were too wrapped up in your own little world to even notice."

Paige removed her hands from her eyes and runs them through her hair. She looks at me with sad eyes. "You hate me now too?" she asks.

I stand up and look down at her. "No Paige, I don't hate you. Alex doesn't hate you either. Neither one of us could ever hate you because no matter what you're still our friend." I open my arms. "Give me a hug," I tell her sincerely.

Paige gets up from the couch and hugs me. I'm hugging her tight to show her I still care about her.

"No matter how many times you break Alex's heart and no matter how many times you piss me off, I will ALWAYS be your friend," I tell her.

"Thanks hon," Paige says.

Paige and I let go of each other. I head to the door, getting ready to leave.

"I'll see ya later Paige," I tell her. I open the door.

"Wait Jordan," Paige says suddenly. "Do you think that maybe I could say good-bye to Alex?"

I hang my head low. Then I look back up at Paige. "No offense Paige but you did that the day you kicked Alex out."

I leave and shut the door behind me. I lean against it and exhale a deep breath I didn't know I was holding. That had to be one of the hardest things I had to do. But it had to be done. I walk to my car and get in. Alex looks at me with questioning eyes.

"How'd she take it?" Alex asks me.

"She was mostly shocked and I think disappointed in herself," I tell her. "She wanted to say good-bye to you but I told her she did that the day she kicked you out."

Alex looks at me surprised. "You said that?"

I nod my head. "Yeah I did."

I look at Alex. She's staring straight ahead with a blank stare. I place my hand on her shoulder and give it a gentle squeeze.

"Are you sure I'm doing the right thing?" she asks without looking at me.

"I think you and Paige both need a break apart. You need to figure out your lives as adults. Plus the Florida sun would do you some good."

Alex nods her head but says nothing. I sigh and start the car. I'm driving away but looking back at the house in my rearview mirror. I honestly and truly believe I'm doing the right thing by taking Alex to Florida with me.

Next Morning:
The sun will come out tomorrow!

Ugh. I thought at the time that having that song as my alarm would bring a smile to my face. In actuality I'm annoyed and I want to throw the alarm against the wall. I shut the alarm off and stretch my arms. Today is the day. The day to start anew.

I go downstairs in my pajamas and I instantly smell delicious food. My mouth is already watering. I run to the kitchen and there's a feast right in front of my eyes. Oh I love the mornings I leave to go to go or when I come home. There are pancakes, scrambled eggs, American bacon, fruit, and apple juice. I load a bunch of food on my plate and start eating like an animal.

Alex enters the kitchen while rubbing her eyes. She's wearing the usual shorts and wife beater and still has bed head.

"The smell of food woke me up," she says tiredly.

"Mhm," is all I can manage to say right now.

"Jeez Jordan," Alex says looking at me. "I hope you saved enough food for the rest of us." Alex puts some food on her plate and sits down at the table beside me.

Mom and Brian finally enter the room. I have no idea where they have been but I sort of don't care at the moment. My mind is too focused on food.

"Well there are our two college girls," Brian says cheerfully.

"Mom... Dad," I say in between eating strips of bacon.

"Honey, chew with your mouth closed," my mom says. She comes over and hugs Alex and kisses the top of my head. "Are you two girls ready for your trip?"

I just shake my head. I must shove more scrambled eggs into my mouth.

"Yeah, I'm a little anxious," Alex says while pushing some eggs around through some syrup.

I swallow the food that is currently in my mouth. "Alex, you'll be fine," I tell her sincerely. "Grandma and Grandpa are great and I have your back."

"Don't worry about Felicia's parents," Brian tells Alex. "They may seem crazy but they're not THAT crazy." Then Brian leans into Alex. "So we think," he whispers but loud enough where everyone hears him.

"Ha, you're so funny Brian," my mom says. "You're parents aren't exactly sane either."

"My mom isn't the one that shouted 'Thank you Jesus!' after I said 'I do' at our wedding."

My mom doesn't respond to that. Alex and I laugh. I'm laughing really hard because I remember that moment.

"Anyway, eat up girls," my mom tells Alex and I. "Your flight leaves in four hours."

"Yes ma'am," Alex and I say.

At the Airport:
I'm not exactly sure if it's because both Alex and I are leaving this time or if it's because her hormones are crazy but I wish my mother would stop crying.

"My babies are leaving!" my mother cries out.

Alex and I are both looking at each other embarrassed. Everyone in the airport that is walking past us are giving us weird looks.

"Mom…" I start. "You need to stop crying."

"But you're leaving me again and Alex is leaving! What am I suppose to do now?"

I look at Brian. I'm pleading with my eyes to get him to calm her down. He's not being a very good husband or father right now.

"Honey it's going to be ok," Brian tells my mom smoothly. "We have a new baby coming remember?" He rubs my mom's stomach to remind her of the new baby that's on the way.

"I know but the baby we have now is leaving!"

Alex leans over to me. "What are we suppose to do?" she whispers to me.

"I don't know," I whisper back.

I place my book bag and other carry-on bag on the ground. I walk over to my mom and Alex follows. We both wrap our hugs around her.

"We'll be back before you know it Mom," I tell her.

"Yeah Mrs. Johnson," Alex says agreeing with me. "We'll be back soon."

My mom is hugging us back. Not as tight as she wants to because of the baby bump but we get the message.

I kiss my mom on the cheek. "Please stop crying," I tell her.

She wipes away a tear. "I love you," she tells me. She points to Alex. "And I love you too. Be good."

"Yes ma'am," Alex says while grinning widely.

"I love you too Mom," I give her one last hug. I hug Brian. "I love you Dad."

"Love you too kiddo," he says and ruffles my hair.

Alex hugs both my parents and thanks them for everything. It really does look lik she's part of the family. Alex and I go through security and wave good-bye to my parents.

Alex and I are both on the plane now. I look over at her and she's bouncing her leg up and down and it looks like her hand is shaking.

I eye her cautiously. "Are you ok?" I ask her.

"I've never been on a plane before," she answers honestly.

I start to laugh. Alex is angrily looking at me. It's not funny, really it isn't, but seeing big bad Alex Nuñez scared like this is sort of funny. I place my steady calm hand on her nervous shaky hand.

"It's going to be ok," I tell her. "Just go to sleep and we'll be in Florida before you know it."

Alex breathes in deeply. "Ok," she says. She closes her eyes and then the plane starts to move. Her eyes snap open. "I'm going to die," she says suddenly.

I laugh a little bit and shake my head at her. "Shut up and go to sleep."

The plane finally goes into the air and we're on our way to Florida. I hope Florida is ready for Alex.

Florida:
Alex and I are stepping off of the plane. Ugh I hate when I have to be on a plane for a really long time. My legs feel weird and my butt hurts.

"I told you it wouldn't be bad," I tell Alex.

"My butt hurts," she says bluntly.

I nod my head. "Yeah, well that happens."

I'm scanning the crowd looking for my grandparents.

"Stinky!" I hear a woman yell. I turn around and sure enough there are my grandparents.

"Hi Grandma," I greet my grandma. "Hey Grandpa, I see the gut is still holding strong."

My grandpa pats his stomach. "You bet," he says and laughs. His laugh always reminds me of Santa Claus.

My grandma notices Alex standing beside me and her eyes widen with excitement. "And you must be Alex!" she says excitedly. She opens up her arms. "Come give me a hug!"

Alex looks at me. I just point my head in my grandma's direction; silently tell her to give the woman a hug. Once Alex gets in arms' length of Alex she sort of grabs her and hugs her. This is sort of weird.

"I'm so happy to meet you Alex," my grandma says.

"Nice to meet you to Mrs. Huff," Alex says.

My grandma lets go of Alex. "Oh call me Caroline honey."

Alex nods her head. "Yes ma'am."

My grandpa walks forward to Alex and holds out his hand. "I'm Mr. Huff but you can call me Willie," my grandpa says.

Alex takes my grandpa's hand and shakes it. "Nice to meet you Willie," she says.

My grandpa takes the opportunity to pull Alex into a bear hug. It looks like he's squeezing her.

"Grandpa, don't kill her," I warn him.

He lets go of Alex and gives a hearty laugh. "Let's go grab your stuff," he says.

Alex, my grandparents, and I go to baggage claim and grab our suitcases. As we approach the exit doors I stop Alex.

"Now weather here is different than it is in Canada," I warn her. "You're not going to need that big coat."

"Jordan I think I'll be able to handle your weather," Alex says, not taking me seriously.

"Ok, but I warned you." I put my sunglasses on and we exit the airport.

"Oh my God!" Alex exclaims. "It's January!"

My grandparents and I laugh at Alex. "I warned you," I tell her and smile.

I look up at the sun and my smile widens. "Welcome to Florida."

A/N: to answer some of your questions. I don't live in Florida so I don't know how FSU admissions work but we'll say Alex got in with early decision and it just took forever for her to get her acceptance letter. The averag high temperature in Tallaassee 64 degrees. So let's say the day Jordan and Alex come to Florida it is 64 degrees. If you have anymore questions about the plot then leave me a review and I'll answer them in the next updte =)