A/N: Move-In and being back in school is rough and time consuming. Plus this ended up being a lot longer than I had planned. But here it is! The final chapter of the Hollywood saga. If you can tell me where I got the chapter title from I'll give you a virtual cookie =)
Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi or its characters. Some of the lines in here are from Degrassi Goes To Hollywood which I also do not own. I do however own my own radio show =)
Vacation, a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday. A period of suspension of study? Check. A period of recreation and travel? Double Check. A period of rest? Hmm, well if you call resting having to deal with major bitch drama, then triple check. I am so angry and hurt right now but I'm also tired. Arguing with Paige drains one's energy like no other.
I'm heading upstairs to my room now to go to sleep. I can't believe what actually happened down there. I can't believe Paige actually said those things to me, and to Alex. Oh shit, I should probably check on Alex. I walk to Alex's room and knock on the door.
Knock, knock
No answer. I knock again.
Knock, knock. "Alex," I call out her name. "Alex, it's me Jordan."
Still no answer. I try turning the door knob. Damn, it's locked. This is really not a good sign.
"Alex, talk to me please," I plead through the door.
Still nothing, I hear absolutely nothing. Ugh, alright.
"I guess I'll just see you in the morning."
I walk to my room. I walk into the bedroom and get in the bed.
"Jordan?" Beth is half awake.
I kiss her forehead. "Yeah it's me," I tell her. "Go to sleep."
"What was going on downstairs? I thought I heard yelling."
I sigh. "Just more drama that one would think would be over but it's not."
I feel Beth slip her arm around my waist. "Are you ok?" she asks, concerned and worried.
I turn on the lamp on the bedside desk and look at Beth. "Can I ask you something?"
"You can ask me anything."
I take a deep breath. "How did you handle the break up? I mean you probably handled it better than me since ya know, you broke up with me, but how'd you handle it?"
"My roommate Juliana will tell you that I buried myself in school and work," Beth says. "But that's not even the half of it. I cried a lot at the beginning. I cried because we weren't together, because I knew it was my decision that caused us to not be together, and because I thought you were off at FSU getting with other girls."
I see a tear falling down Beth's cheek. I wipe the tear away with my thumb. Beth laughs.
"Look at me," she says. "I'm crying now." She takes a deep breath. "It hurt, not being able to call you mine but I thought it was what was best for me. I thought you were going to break my heart anyway so I wanted to beat you to the punch."
I kiss Beth. "I could never break your heart," I tell her with a lot of emotion in my voice.
Beth smiles at me. "I know that now. And I'm sorry I broke yours."
"It doesn't matter because we're together now and you mended my heart."
I smile as Beth leans in to kiss me. Forget the drama that is going on because right now all that matters is that I'm with the woman I love. Wait, I forgot something. I pull away.
"Who was that girl you were kissing back at the club during spring break?" I ask.
"You mean after we talked?"
I nod my head. "Yeah."
Beth laughs. "That was actually Juliana," she says.
I raise an eyebrow. "You made out with your roommate?"
"Umm yeah… I told her that I needed her to make out with me so I could make you upset. Wasn't that hard to convince her since she was a little tipsy anyway. But in my defense you made out with Tammy right in front of me afterwards while looking straight at me."
"Yeah, because I saw you making out with some random chick. Wait, are you rooming with Juliana this year?"
"Yes, but before you say anything just know that she is completely straight and that kiss between us meant absolutely nothing."
"Mhm, ok. Who's the better kisser?"
Beth laughs. "You of course," she says.
"Damn straight."
Beth and I begin a make-out session of our own. For now I'll be able to escape the drama and hurricane known as Hurricane Paige.
It's one thing to be late when you're a GOOD actress but it's another thing to be late when you're a BAD actress. I look at my cell phone to check the time. It's ten o'clock and Paige was supposed to be here at nine. Ugh, this is totally and utterly ridiculous.
"Where is she?" Jason asks me for the hundredth time. The dude is like breathing down my neck now.
I shrug my shoulders. "I don't know," I tell him. "I called her phone and it just went straight to voicemail."
"Well as my assistant I'm going to need you to think of SOMETHING," he says annoyed.
"Ok, ok," I tell him trying to calm him down. "I'll call Marco."
I pull out my phone and call Marco's cell.
"Hey Jordan," Marco greets me. "What's up?"
"Marco where is Paige?" I ask him. "She was supposed to be here like an hour ago and Jason is really breathing down my neck."
"Shit," Marco says. "I'll try to get her there as soon as possible."
"Yeah, please do that," I tell him and close the phone.
Jason walks over to me. "And?"
"Do you want me to go get you something, like maybe coffee or soothing green tea?"
"Can you get me Manny Santos? Can ya do that please?"
"Um… I don't know?"
Jason throws his hands up in the air and yells. "Awww!" He takes his hat off and throws it on the ground. "Michael!" he yells. "Let's just rehearse scene five from the top."
Jason is walking away and I can honestly say that I'm slightly scared. I get my phone out and text Beth.
J:Please tell me you have Manny Santos' number.
B:Possibly. Why?
J:Call her for me and tell her that we desperately need her in L.A. Love you.
B:Love you too.
How can things possibly get any worse?
Later:
Jason, Michael, and I are currently running through a scene and guess what. Paige is still not here. She better be stuck in some awful L.A. traffic.
"Just remember that Mewes in this scene, he just caught a 30 yard pass," Jason is telling Michael. "He's feeling good, he's -."
"Aw, hey sunshine," Michael greets someone.
Jason and I both turn around and it's Paige. Paige looks rough, and not the good rough. Marco is standing behind her with two cups of coffee in his hands and her purse. Wow.
"It's about damn time," I mutter.
"I suppose you're late cause you wanted extra time to learn your lines," Jason tells Paige.
"Of course," Paige says sarcastically.
"Alright people, let's try this from the top!" Jason yells. "Scene five, and this time with our actress." Paige gives Jason a sarcastic smile. "Senior year, young Mewsey just scored the winning point of the homecoming game. He then approaches Trixie and-." Jason says action with his hands.
"Hey, did you see that last catch?" Michael/Mewsey asks. "Pretty slick huh?"
"You uh think just because you're a football playa you're gonna score a touchdown with me?" Paige/Trixie asks in a still horrible New Jersey accent.
Jason and I look at our scripts because we're both pretty sure those were not the right lines.
"Dude, she got the line wrong again," Michael tells us. Thank you Captain Obvious.
"Look, can you just do it as scripted?" Jason asks Paige. "Unless in addition to being late you still don't know your lines."
"Of course I know them," Paige exclaims. "It's just, I like my line better."
I throw my face into my script. Please tell me this is not happening.
"Why's that?" Jason asks
Paige starts walking toward Jason and me. "Because I know Trixie. I know the way she thinks, the way she talks," Paige takes the script from Jason. "And Trixie would never say 'You're not my type goldilocks'."
Well Paigey you also know how to be a total bitch to not only your friends but also your boss.
"Uh yeah she would and she did, to me," Jason says while Paige hands him back his script. "I was there."
"That's true," I say. "This is a movie about Jason's life."
Paige rolls her eyes at me and turns her attention back to Jason. "And how many screenplays have you written?" she asks him with attitude. "You're a first time writer/director. What do you know?" Uh-oh, she's giving Jason her bitch face.
"Alright, if you're not going to do it my way then, GET OFF OF MY SET!" Jason yells.
Whoa. I didn't see that coming, yet I kind of did. I can hear people in the back saying "ooh" and some are laughing.
"Fine," Paige says.
"Yeah, fine," Jason says right back.
Paige is walking away. "God he is such a diva." I hear Paige tell the dancers behind us.
I turn around and watch Paige walk away. I feel my phone vibrating in my pocket. I pull my phone out and Beth's name is flashing across the screen. I answer my phone.
"Please tell me you contacted Manny," I plead.
"Not exactly but I do have good news," Beth says. "I talked to Jay."
"Unless Jay is on his way to L.A. right now with Manny I don't see how you talking to Jay helps at all."
"Ok Jordan Johnson, I 'm going to ask you to calm down for about five minutes."
"You wouldn't be so calm if you were dealing with a really bitchy friend on one hand, a sister/best friend who's currently not talking to anyone on the other hand, and a first time director breathing down your neck on the other hand. That's three hands and I only have two!
"JORDAN, SILENCIO!" Beth yells. "Are you listening now?"
"Yes," I answer, slightly scared. A yelling Beth is not a pleasant Beth.
"I talked to Jay and he told me that he is on his way to L.A. and Manny is with him."
Wait, what? "Wait, what?"
"Yeah, maybe if you had been calm earlier I would have told you without having to yell at you."
"I love you dear," I tell her sweetly.
"Yeah yeah yeah. Just tell Mr. Mewes that Manny is on her way."
"Will do. Thank you, love you."
"Te amo tambien."
I walk over to a still fuming Jason Mewes. His nostrils are flaring and his face is kind of red.
"I'm guessing now would be the perfect time to give you some good news?" I ask.
"Ya think?" Jason asks sarcastically. I do not like the attitude.
"Do I need to call Kevin to get him to calm you down bro? I mean what you just had to deal with I've had to deal with almost on a daily basis for the past three years. Sure, not to that extent but still. Now do you want to hear the good news or not? And no sarcastic come back question or answer."
Jason sighs. "Yes please."
I smile and nod. "That's better. I have to my knowledge that Manny Santos is somewhere in America on her way here right now."
Jason's face just literally lit up and now he's smiling like a little kid. "Seriously?" he asks.
I'm nodding my head. "Yep."
"Where is she?"
Ok, I wasn't exactly prepared for that question. "Um, yeah not entirely sure but I will try my hardest to find out."
Jason pats my shoulder. "You're a good assistant Jordan," he tells me.
"Thanks, one problem though. Before you can hire Manny don't you have to fire someone else?"
Jason runs his hand through his hair. "True," he agrees. "Where is she? Let's just do it now."
Jason and I are both looking around for Paige. "Has anyone seen Paige?" I yell.
"She said she had some party she had to get ready for!" some random crew member yells back.
Oo, IDEA! I know I'm wearing a mischievous smile on my face right now. Usually I'm not one for public embarrassment but I feel the need to knock Paige off of her high horse, hard.
"Jason, how do you feel about crashing a birthday party?" I ask.
BIRTHDAY! Party:
Yes, I am going to Paige's "birthday" party. Yes, I'm still pissed off at Paige for what happened last night. Yes, I do have a plan to get back at her. No, I haven't seen Alex at all today. I hope that answers all the questions you were going to ask me. I'm currently getting dressed for this stupid party. What am I wearing? Oh, I'm wearing a pair of faded black jeans, a white button down shirt with a skinny green tie, and my favorite pair of skater shoes. I might not be up for celebrating a fake birthday party but I still need to look good. My amazing girlfriend is wearing a dark green banded scoop-neck dress with matching heels. I'm currently looking at myself in the mirror, making sure I look good.
"You look hot," Beth tells me.
"Not as hot as you though," I tell her and smile cheeky.
"Oh you're such a suck up. Good thing I love you anyway." Beth kisses me on the cheek. "So what's the update on Alex?"
I shrug my shoulders. "I have no idea. Did you get any progress with her since you've been here?"
"She came out of her room once to get some food and that was it. Whatever Paige said to her must have been really harsh."
"You have no idea, but that's ok because Paige will soon be knocked off her high horse."
Beth wraps her arms around me and rests her head on my shoulder. "You sure you want to do this?" she asks me while we're both looking at our reflections in the mirror.
"Sometimes to save someone you have to hurt them." I tighten my tie. "Let's go."
Beth and I go downstairs and outside where the party is already in full swing. There's a huge banner hanging from the balcony that says "Happy Birthday Paige" and has 18 all over it. This makes me chuckle. Paige can't even pull off 18, just saying.
"Go ahead and go mingle," I tell Beth. "I'll catch up with you later." I kiss her on the cheek.
Beth goes one way while I go another. I see Ellie at the mojito bar. Uh-oh, this cannot be good. When I got back to the house earlier today Marco told me how Ellie came back because Craig's girlfriend, who we didn't even know existed, came back into town. So drinking Ellie is not so good right now. I walk over to her.
"Hey Ellie," I greet her.
"Hey Jordan!" Ellie greets me way too excitedly.
I think someone might already be buzzed. "El, you know that the drinking age here is 21 right?"
"Not when you're in Hollywood," Ellie says and smiles.
Marco walks up to us. "Paige is out of control!" he exclaims.
I raise an eyebrow. "You're just now figuring this out?" I ask him.
"Another mojito please," Ellie tells the bartender.
"Whoa ho slow down there champ," Marco tells Ellie.
"Yeah, El how many of those have you had already?" I ask.
"Ya know what? There's a spot at the beach that is so, so beautiful." Ellie tells us.
And suddenly the wicked bitch of Hollywood and Canada has miraculously appeared.
"Ugh, my phone keeps interrupting my partying," Paige tells us. "It's your mother." Paige is pointing her phone in Ellie's direction. Ellie is just sort of looking at it. "Aren't you gonna take it?" Paige asks.
Ellie takes Paige's phone and walks away to talk to her mom.
"So Jordan," Paige turns her attention to me. Why God, why me? "Interesting, seeing you here at my party."
"Well Paige, you know how I love cake and good fake birthday parties." I tell her and give her a fake smile.
"This party isn't fake hon," Paige says.
"It's not even your birthday Paige," I tell her. "You're birthday was two months ago and you turned 20. Come on now." I feel my phone in my pants vibrating. I take my phone out and smile at the name flashing on the screen. "Excuse, business call," I tell Paige in my own Queen-Bee voice.
I walk inside. "Hey," I answer my phone.
"Ok, I'm here in the front."
"I'll come get you."
I walk to the front door and Jason's standing there.
"You ready?" I ask him.
"I'm ready to get my tiara back," he says simply.
I nod my head and walk back to the party with Jason behind me. We walk over to Paige and her posse. Paige sees Jason and smiles.
"I am glad you came," Paige tells Jason. "Don't worry about apologizing, you're totally forgiven."
"Forgiven for what?" Jason asks.
"For kicking me off set of course," Paige says like it should be obvious while Holly is looking on. "It was très rude but I'm over it."
"Look, bad acting I can deal with but Kevin told me not to let some chick with a bad attitude ruin my first film."
Paige's face says she can't believe what Jason is saying. "Are, are you trying to embarrass me in front of my guests or is this a plan to repair your damaged ego?"
Now Paige's entire posse is watching. What Paige just said was her plan to try to repair HER damaged ego.
"Alright, for your information I came here to get Trixie's tiara back." Jason takes the tiara right off of Paige's head.
Haha, ok that was a little funny because he also messed up Paige's hair a little bit in the process.
"Ow!" Paige exclaims. "You can't fire me, I'm the star!"
"'You can't fire me I'm the-' no! You're fired!" Jason tells her in a very stern voice. "You were barely a star. You're more like a circle." And with that Jason is now walking away.
Hailey's mouth is wide open and she should probably close it before a fly flies into it.
"Well the studio loves me!" Paige yells after Jason. Paige turns back to her posse. "Mewes, such a drama queen."
I click a button on my phone, ending the recording. I dial Jason's number.
"Hey," Jason answers the phone. "That felt really good."
"And it'll feel even better pretty soon. I'll meet you at the studio in about an hour."
"Alrighty."
I find Beth and she has a worried look on her face.
"What's wrong?" I ask.
"It's Ellie," she says. "She's been drinking and I don't know what to do."
I look at the direction Beth is looking at. Shit, Ellie is downing a bottle of alcohol. I can see why Beth is freaking out. She's never had to deal with alcoholism before so of course she doesn't know what to do about Ellie.
"Listen, just try to make sure Ellie doesn't do anything rash and I'm going to go run and get Alex ok?"
Beth is just nodding her head. I run into the house and up the stairs. I start banging on Alex' door.
"Alex! Alex open the goddamn door!" I continue yelling and banging on Alex's door. "Alex! Ellie is downing a bottle of vodka downstairs!"
The door suddenly opens. Wow, no wonder Alex hasn't left her room lately, she looks like shit.
"What?" she asks.
"Ellie is downstairs drinking her ass off and Paige is too busy in her own world to notice, Marco is off somewhere, and neither Beth nor I know what to do. Ellie needs you."
Alex literally just zoomed past me. There is literally a cloud of smoke where Alex was just standing. I run downstairs after her. I'm back in the backyard but I don't see Ellie.
"Where is she?" Alex asks me.
"I don't know!" I yell. "She was just here!"
I notice Beth standing by the pool. Alex and I run over to Beth. Marco and Craig are both in the pool, fully clothed. When the hell did Craig get here?
"Nice going dude!" Marco says and pushes Craig.
"It's not my fault!" Craig shouts and splashes Marco. "You let her get away."
"Shut the fuck up, both of you!" Alex yells. Marco and Craig stop acting like children and focus on the very angry Alex. "Where the hell is Ellie?"
"She ran off!" Marco yells.
"What do you mean she ran off?"
"Marco let her go!" Craig yells and splashes Marco.
"Hey!" I yell. "This is not the time to be fighting about whose fault this year. We have to go find Ellie now before she hurts herself!"
I help Craig out of the pool while Alex helps Marco out. We all start running toward the exit, even Beth who happens to be wearing heels. Paige steps in front of me while the others continue toward the exit.
"Jordan, you're ruining my party," Paige tells me in a snobby tone.
"Our friend is in trouble and all you care about is this damn party?" I ask enraged.
"Ellie will get over whatever it is that she's upset about."
"OPEN YOUR EYES PAIGE!" I yell. I notice everyone staring at us now. "Ellie is my friend and she use to be yours. She needs us right now. She's hurting and she's been drinking, and you know her family history with alcohol."
Paige's nostrils are flaring which means she's embarrassed right now. "Jordan, leave my party," she orders.
"Gladly." I turn to the rest of the guests. "By the way everyone, Paige turned 20 two months ago!"
I hear random people gasping. I give Paige a bitchy smile and the finger and walk away. I walk to the front and the others are already with Paul by the limo.
"Think," Alex tells Craig. "Where would Ellie go?"
Craig is shaking her head. "I don't know I don't know," he says frustrated
"Is there any special place she might know in the area?" Beth asks.
Marco snaps his finger. "She was talking aboot some spot on the beach that's really beautiful or something," Marco tells us.
"The beach!" Craig yells. It's like a light bulb just went off in his head. "I took her to this spot on the beach yesterday. She loved it."
"Ok then we'll go there first!" Alex says.
We're all getting into the car.
Lifestyles of the rich and the famous they're always complainin, always complainin
What the eff. I look at my phone and Jason's name is flashing.
"Guys, Jason is calling me," I tell everyone. "I'll tell him that what I'm doing right now is far too important."
"No you go Jordan," Marco says. "If too many of us approach Ellie it could get even worse."
"Are you sure?"
"Marco's right," Alex says. "We'll call you with an update."
I'm nodding my head. "Ok, I'll get to the studio some other way; y'all just go straight to the beach and find Ellie."
I kiss Beth goodbye and close the limo door. The limo is driving off now. I pray to God they find Ellie. I answer my phone.
"Hey Jason, what's up?"
"I need you at the studio."
"Ok, can you send a car please?"
"Sure no problem."
I close my phone, ending the call. Part two of kicking Paige of her high horse I guess.
Studio:
I'm currently in Jason's office with Jason and his other assistant and Jason and I are talking to Kevin via Yahoo messenger.
"So what did you do?" Kevin asks me.
"I flicked her off," I tell him. I just told Kevin what happened at Paige's "birthday" party and how I yelled at her and then gave her the finger.
"Classy JJ," Kevin says sarcastically.
"Dude you don't understand! This whole Hollywood thing has gone to her head. And the things she said to Alex the other night were so out of line. I don't even recognize this girl anymore."
"Sir, she's not even a good actress," Jason tells Kevin. "I had to fire her. Her acting was bad and so was her attitude."
I'm nodding my head, agreeing with Jason. "He's not lying there."
"Ok well since you fired your lead you have to pick a new lead. You did audition all those other girls."
I don't know sir, none of them are Manny and Manny is lost somewhere," Jason tells Kevin. "What if she doesn't make it?" Jason sounds both upset and slightly nervous.
Kevin burps. "Excuse me," he says. The man does have manners. "I know I said I'd be your spiritual advisor through this little film of yours but… You have to find a Trixie that works for you ok? Right in here," Kevin is pointing to his heart. "And you know who that is. I think you should follow your heart. I don't think you should sell out this quickly. Took me years dude, years."
Both Jason and I are smiling, nodding our heads. "That's true," Jason says. "Thanks sir."
"Yeah."
I hear the door open and turn around. Oh you have got to be kidding me. I get my phone ready.
"Paige told me what happened," Robbie says. "Now let's not overreact."
Oh, did Paige tell him how she sucks at acting or did she tell him how she's been acting like a diva and been treating her friends like shit lately? No, I doubt Paige told Robbie exactly what happened.
"You insisted I use her and I tried," Jason says. "But not only is she a bad actress, she has a bad attitude."
And now Paige is showing her bad attitude bitch face. I look at the computer screen and Kevin and he's moving his hands around telling people to move around so he can see, although no one hears him except for me.
"Come on, work with me here," Robbie says. "Paige is prepared to accept an apology."
"You need me," Paige says.
"Yeah, we need you like Heather Sinclair needs another STD," I mutter.
"This little girl is creating some good buzz and don't forget, we optioned your story," Robbie tells us. "The studio owns Mewsical High."
So right now Robbie looks like a douche bag and Paige is smiling smugly. Great…
"Look I'm still director and I'm recasting. I want Manny Santos," Jason says, putting his foot down.
Paige is laughs in disbelief. "Manny Santos? Please!"
"You mean that girl with the terrible audition tape?" Robbie asks. "You can't have Manny. You can have Paige."
"She's not my Trixie." Jason says.
"She's really not anyone's Trixie when you think about it," I say, out loud.
Oo Paige is giving me her bitch stare. Oo I'm so scared, except that I'm not.
"Then you're fired," Robbie tells Jason.
"Fired?" Jason exclaims. "I quit!"
What? I look back at Kevin on the computer screen and his facial expression is the same as mine. Neither of us can believe what just happened. Jason is now walking out of the studio but he's doing it with grace and dignity.
"Don't worry, he doesn't mean it," Paige tells Robbie.
Slam! Yeah, Jason just slammed the door shut.
"Oh I think he does hon," Kevin says. "I think he does."
I have my arms crossed and I'm nodding my head. "Yeah I'm pretty sure that was Jason being serious and meaning it."
Paige rolls her eyes and now she's leaving the room with Robbie right behind her. I turn back to the computer. I press the button on my cell phone ending the recording.
"You recorded that whole thing?" Kevin asks me.
I nod my head. "Sometimes to be a good friend you have to do a bad thing. I'll talk to you later Kev."
I press the end call button on the screen. I sigh, because what I'm about to do totally goes against what I stand for but I have to do what has to be done. I open my phone and dial a number that took fifty calls to get.
"Hello?" he answers the phone.
"Hi, is this Perez Hilton?" I ask.
"Depends, who is this and how'd you get my number?" Wow, he's one of those mean gay men.
"Listen dude I'm calling you because I have some pretty hot gossip for you."
"Go on…"
"In about two minutes I'm going to send you two recordings of Paige Michalchuk acting like a total diva and ruining Mewsical High without it even starting."
"…Ok, I'm interested."
Sometimes to do some good you have to do some bad.
Later:
Beth finally called me and told me that they found Ellie. Alex and Beth are on their way back to the mansion right now while Marco stays at Craig's place over night to make sure Ellie is ok. I'm so happy they found her and she didn't do anything stupid. I'm sitting in my room surfing the net and let's just say Perez Hilton is really fast.
"Hey," I hear a voice.
I look up and Alex and Beth are standing in the doorway. I get up from the bed and hug both of them. Now I'm a little wet because they're wet. Wait, why are they wet?
"How's Ellie?" I ask.
"We found her out in the water," Alex says. "She just kept walking further and further. I don't know what she would have done if we hadn't gotten there in time."
I give Alex another hug. "It's ok because you did get there in time."
I turn my attention to Beth. Out of Alex, Ellie, me, and her, Beth is the only one who's had a stable home life her whole entire life so I know this event probably has her shaken up a bit. I place my hands on Beth's face.
"How are you?" I ask her. "Are you ok?"
Beth is nodding her head. "I'm fine, I'm fine. I'm just really happy Ellie is ok."
I kiss her on the forehead. "Good. So I have something I have to show you two."
I walk over to my laptop and show Alex and Beth Perez's page. They both gasp. Well Beth gasps louder. On Perez's page is a picture of Paige with the words Diva Bitch written across her forehead with horns sticking out and the title of the article is Unknown Goes Back to Being Unknown. Then the article goes on to say how Perez has a source that says Paige got Mewsical High cancelled.
"Jordan…" Beth starts. "Did you do this?"
Alex and Beth are both looking at me. "Paige had to be knocked of her high horse," I tell them. "This was the only way to do it. Now we just hope that this article does the damage that I need it to do."
Alex has her fist out. I pound it with my fist. "I'm all for knocking Queen Bitch off her high horse."
"Now it's just time to wait."
The Perez article did the damage I hoped it would. Paige tried looking for new directors for the film but of course no one wants to work with her. Let's just say I also leaked her screen test and no Hollywood director wants to work with an actress that can't act and has a bad attitude. Let's just say when I knock someone off of their horse I knock them off hard.
Beth and I are packing our stuff up right now. We and Alex decided that we're going to go stay in a hotel for the rest of our stay. We leave tomorrow night and Alex is just tired of seeing Paige, although she's not talking to her. Marco is leaving to go back to TO today. Paige just pissed him off to the extreme.
While Beth finishes up packing I go downstairs. Marco is standing in the foyer right in front of the living room entrance with his suitcase. I go to stand beside him. Ew Hailey is here and she and Paige have people doing their feet right now, and they're wearing pink robes double ew.
"What's going on?" I ask Marco.
"Paige is trying to figure out some stupid way to get back into the spot light."
"A commando shot, that'll do it," Paige says. What the fuck.
"Good one," Hailey says as if it's the best idea in the whole world.
"This is what you want to be famous for?" Marco asks disappointed. "Flashing your business all around town?" Hailey and Paige are looking at Marco and me now.
"Uh, I don't know Marco," Paige says. "What are you famous for? Oh, that's right, nothing." Hailey and Paige start laughing.
"Bitch, you're not even famous," I mutter so only Marco can hear me.
"I was happy for you when you got this gig," Marco tells Paige. "Ya know I thought 'hey, you'd finally grow up'. But I was wrong."
Paige gets up from the couch and she has her Queen-Bitch face on and she's walking toward us. "Ya know what would be really nice, if you had the guts to actually do something with your own life instead of just whining and judging everyone else." Paige turns her attention to me. "And you Jordan! You just judge everyone and give them shitty advice that you don't even follow."
I ball my hands into fists. Don't hit her Jordan, don't hit her. Violence is never the answer.
"Wow!" Marco exclaims in disbelief. "You are still the same insecure little girl that you've always been."
That's right Marco! You tell her!
SMACK!
Holy fuck! Oh my God! Paige just smacked Marco, hard. His head moved and everything. I had to wince because that seems like it really hurt. Marco is looking at Paige, not believing what she just did and Paige is still holding her Queen-Bitch face. Marco's face breaks and he grabs his suitcase and now he's walking away. Marco walks out of the mansion without saying anything else.
I turn back to Paige. "How are you," I say. Paige looks at me. "What the fuck is your problem. That was Marco! MARCO YOU'RE BEST FRIEND! The guy who has ALWAYS been there for you. How could you just do that?"
Paige is shaking her head. "You just don't understand Jordan," she says coldly.
"Understand? Understand what? How you can be such a bitch? How you can just treat your friends like shit and act like you're the Queen of the world? You're right I don't understand. I don't understand how someone can be such a heartless cold cunt."
Now I've been playing sports since I was about three and I have pretty fast reflexes. That means that sometimes I can see things happen in slow motion if I focus and what I see right now is Paige's hand about to hit my face. I grab her wrist, stopping her hand a few centimeters away from my face. Paige gasps.
"You really think I'd let you slap me?" I ask her. I laugh bitterly. "I should hit you right now Paige Michalchuk. Shit, I should kick your ass but I'm not and you want to know why?" I lean in to whisper in Paige's ear. "Because I'm better than that and right now I'm better than you."
"Get out of my house," Paige says sternly.
I let go of Paige's wrist and start backing away from her. "Gladly," I tell her. "And by the way it's not even your house! It's the studio's!"
I run up the stairs and into the room Beth and I have been using.
"You done?" I ask Beth angrily.
"Jordan, what's wrong?" Beth looks scared.
"Paige just slapped Marco and then she tried to slap me!" Beth gasps. "Yeah, we need to get out of this house now because I beat her to a pulp."
Beth grabs out suitcase while I grab the bags. I walk to Alex's room and open her door.
"Come on," I tell her. "We're leaving now."
"Dude, what's wrong?" Alex can always tell when there's something wrong with me.
"Paige slapped Marco and then tried to slap me. Let's go NOW!"
Alex grabs her stuff and follows me and Beth downstairs and out of the house. We practically throw our stuff into the limo and tell Paul to step on it. I only have one thing to say: Fuck Paige Michalchuk.
Alex, Beth, and I are just chillin in the hotel right now. Alex wanted to go back to the mansion and give Paige a piece of her mind but Beth was able to calm her down. I would have let Alex gone, at this point I'm so pissed off at Paige I really don't care what happens to her. She could break her leg right now and I would feel nothing.
"Jordan, where's my phone?" Alex asks. "Sage is probably worried sick. I haven't actually talked to her in like a week."
"It's in my suitcase," I tell her tiredly. I'm so ready to go back home tonight.
"No it's not," Alex says. "I just checked and it's not there."
Oh shit! I get off the couch quickly. "It's at Paige's," I tell her.
Alex seems really upset right now. "Jordan!" she yells. "What the fuck?"
"I'm sorry," I tell her. "I'll go and get it."
"I'm going with you."
Beth stands up. "Whoa, is it really wise for you two to go to Paige's?"
"I'm not going to do anything," I tell her. "But just in case you stay here, I don't want you to see my violent side."
"Jordan…"
"Trust me please," I tell Beth and kiss her on the cheek. Alex and I exit the room and get Paul to drive us to Paige's.
"Paige's" Mansion:
Why is there a bus in front of the mansion? Wait… is that?
"Does that bus say Degrassi on it?" Alex asks.
We pull up in front of the house. We get out of the limo and I can hear people in the back in the pool. Alex and I both look at each other, both wondering what the hell is going on. We go to the back. There are kids in the pool. I don't know these kids. Wait, is that Peter Stone?
"Peter?" Peter looks up and sees me and Alex. He smiles and runs over to us.
"Hey!" he greets us excitedly. "What are you two doing here?"
"No, the question is what are YOU doing here?" Alex asks.
"The Stüdz came to be the band in Jason Mewes' movie."
"The who?" I ask.
""The Stüdz, my band," Peter says in a duh tone. "Hey guys!" he yells at the others. "Come over here!"
The other kids come over to where Alex and I are standing. Oh my God, is that little Danny Van Zandt?
"Jordan, Alex?" Danny asks as if he can't believe it's us.
"Oh my God!" I exclaim. "Little Danny is all grown up!" Danny and I hug. "And is very muscular."
Danny flexes his arm. "Yeah, well I play football now."
"When the hell did Degrassi get a football team?" Iask Alex.
Alex just shrugs her shoulders. Peter introduces us to Sav and Mia, two former Lakehurst kids. Apparently Mia was J.T. 's girlfriend before he died but now she's dating Peter, which is kind of interesting. We ask them what's with the bus and they say Manny and Jay are inside. Alex and I run inside and find Jay eating my cereal in the kitchen.
"Jay!" I yell. "You're always eating my stuff!"
Jay smiles his little evil smile and hugs me. "Well next time be here to claim it," he says.
Jay then sees Alex and they hug. I let them have their reunion and I go upstairs to find Alex's cell phone. Wait, why do I hear two voices from Paige's room. I walk to Paige's room. Is that Manny Santos?
"Manny?" I ask.
Manny looks at me and smiles. She walks over to me and we hug. "How are you Jordan?" she asks me.
"I'm good. Oh my God, you're finally got here!"
Manny is nodding her head. "Yeah but a bit too late."
I notice Paige sitting in bed with a leg brace on. Oh this is just way too good and funny. "Did Manny drop you on the ground again?" I ask, thinking back to junior year. "Or did karma come and get you?" I ask.
"Karma came and it knocked me right off my high horse," Paige answers. "Can't say I didn't deserve it"
"You got that right," I tell her.
"Which is why I want to make it up," Paige says sincerely. "Can you get the bus onto the studio lot?"
I raise an eyebrow. "I can try. Why?"
Paige smiles. "Because I have a plan."
Studio Lot:
I enter Jason's office and he's packing up.
Jason sees me. "Good you can help," he says.
"Dude…" I start.
"Jason please!" Robbie comes bursting into the room pleading.
"No Robbie," Jason says sternly. "How many times do I have to tell you?" Jason takes down the Jay and Silent Bob Go Candian, Eh! movie poster.
"So meet me halfway," Robbie pleads. "The studio is really hot on your story and you directing it."
" Look, this isn't just a movie dude," Jason tells Robbie. "It's the story of my life. And you messing it up, I'm not interested."
"I need you! You…complete me."
I look at Robbie and raise an eyebrow. "Really Jerry McGuire?"
Robbie ignores me. "I even found you a new Trixie," he tells Jason. The reality star, Hailey something. Can't sing worth a damn, but if we dub her voice we'll get big bang for The Shores' fans."
You can by Jason's face he thinks that's a worse idea than having Paige play Trixie. Speaking of Paige here she comes, hopping in.
"You've gotten be kidding me," Jason says, referring back to Robbie's HORRIBLE idea.
"You need to go to the window," Paige tells Jason.
Jason points at Paige. "Eh you want to bring her back to man?" Jason asks in disbelief. "Give it up suit man!"
"What are you doing here?" Robbie asks Paige.
"Guys, I'm not here about me," Paige says. "Just… You need to come to the window, now!"
Paige pushes the blinds away and you can hear music.
"Seriously dude, go to the window," I tell Jason.
Jason and I walk over to the window. Jason smiles at the sight before him. Manny and crew standing on top of the bus rocking out.
"Trust me Robbie, you're gonna want to see this," Jason tells Robbie.
Robbie stands beside us and I can see a smile on his face as well. Jay is on the ground playing drums and Manny is just rocking out, showing her stuff.
"That's my Manny," Jason says. "You do this?" he asks Paige.
"Trying to get at least one thing right," Paige says. She looks over at me but I just turn my head.
"Look, I'll do the movie if my Manny here is Trixie," Jason tells Robbie.
Robbie smiles and clasps his hand on Jason's shoulder. "Looks like we're back in business Mewes."
" Hey Manny!" Jason yells out the window. "You're Trixie!"
"I-I got the part?" Manny asks, not believing it.
"You are the part!"
Manny smiles and finishes her song. I guess Paige did do one thing right after all.
Later, at the Airport:
Paul is dropping us off and I have to say I'm kind of sad to say goodbye to him. Beth and I hug Paul goodbye and Alex and Paul just shake hands.
I give Paul a business card. "Call Jason Mewes and he should be able to help you out."
Paul's eyes shine. "How'd you know I wanted to act?"
I shrug my shoulders. "A good looking guy like you? Either you want to act or be a model. Either way call Jason."
Paul gives me a bigger hug. "I appreciate it Jordan," he says sincerely.
"No problem dude."
Alex, Beth, and I have our tickets and are about to get in line for security.
"I am so ready to go home to TO," I say exhausted.
"Who knew I'd miss the cold so much," Alex says.
"When we get home we can snuggle up together to keep each other warm," Beth whispers in my ear.
I smile, loving the idea. "With hot cocoa?" I ask.
"Of course," she answers and kisses me on the cheek.
"Ew, you two are disgustingly cute," Alex says.
Beth and I just laugh and we get in line for security.
"Wait!" I hear someone yell. I turned around and… Oh my God. It's Paige, hopping toward us with the help of her crutches. It's sort of a weird sight.
"Ugh," Alex groans. "What does she want now?"
I drop my bag on the floor. "I'll be right back," I tell them.
I walk over to Paige with my arms across my chest. Paige is breathing heavily; you'd think she just ran a marathon or something.
"I thought I was going to miss you guys," she says in between breaths. "L.A. traffic is horrible!"
"What do you want Paige?" I ask her with no hint of kindness in my voice.
"Hon, I know I'm probably way too late for this but I'm sorry," she says sincerely.
"Contrary to popular belief sorry doesn't always make things better. You said some really hurtful things to not only me but also to Alex. And then you slapped Marco and tried to slap me. Why should I even forgive you?"
Paige looks at me and I see something I haven't seen since I've gotten to L.A. and that's the real Paige Michalchuk. "Because you're Jordan and I'm Paige," she says simply. "Because your heart is so big and open that you forgive people when they mess up, which I happen to do a lot lately."
"The things you said to me really hurt."
"I know and I know I can't take those things back but I know you know that wasn't the real me saying those things. It was Hollywood Queen Bitch Paige saying those things."
I sigh. "I can only forgive but so many times Paige. Sooner or later you will cut that last strand your hanging on to."
"I hope to never cut that strand hon."
I turn around and look back at Alex and Beth. I turn back to look at Paige. "Alex isn't going to forgive you so easily. I don't think she'll ever forgive you. Yeah the things you said to me were mean but the things you said to Alex were horrible and completely out of line."
"I know," Paige says and her voice cracks. Oh my God, Paige is about to cry. "Hon you don't know how badly I wish I could go back in time and stop myself from saying those things to Alex. And I know it's going to be a long time till she forgives me but I just hope she can find it in her heart somewhere to let me back into her life." A tear falls down Paige's cheek.
"She's not going to talk to you," I tell Paige. "She's so mad and hurt, not even I would be able to convince her to talk to you."
Paige is nodding her head. "I know which is why I thought you could give her this." Paige hands me an envelope with Alex's name written on it. "Please tell her to read this for me hon. And tell her that I meant it when I told her that I still care aboot her."
"Ok Paige," I tell her and take the envelope. "I guess I'll see you when I see you."
Paige nods her head. "Bye Jordan," she says sadly.
I watch Paige turn around and hop away. I walk back over to Alex and Beth.
"What did she want?" Alex asks angrily.
I hand Alex the envelope and she just stares at it. "I know you're thinking about throwing it away," I tell her. "Just read it."
I pick up my bag and place my arm around Beth's waist. Alex, Beth, and I get in line for security.
"Let's go home," I tell them.
L.A.: the place where dreams are made of and where friendships are destroyed.
A/N: What did you think? I'm glad to finally be out of Hollywood. Of course we're going to do another time jump =) Review please!