A/N: So this is like a filler. It's not because I'll be updating again probably tonight but it is because there's really no TRUE purpose to this chapter except to include Marco and Ellie and to show how big Palex's relationship has gotten in the public eye. Also I know very little about how and when sports do their signing and negations. just to let you know
-Updated on Dec. 30 at 9:34 pm EST
Disclamier:I do not own Degrassi or its characters but earlier today I went to target and now I own Grey's Anatomy season 6 on DVD! YES!
I've never had anyone ask me for my autograph before. I've never had anyone ask to take a picture with me. I've never hung out with anyone who has been asked for their autograph. I've never hung out with anyone who has been asked to take a picture with. Well I guess I can't say "never" anymore.
It's April the eighth which means in three weeks Paige's movie will be coming out and next week is the premiere. Paige has been doing promotions for it which you probably think is a bit weird because usually it's the stars of the movie that do the promoting but ever since the interview, on Fashion Talk, Paige has been a hot commodity. The studio was quick to jump on the Palex band wagon. But believe me when I say that there is a line that Paige will not cross. Paige won't talk about work and her relationship with Alex in the same interview. She doesn't want people to think that she's using her bisexual status or her relationship with Alex to promote the movie. So in some interviews she'll strictly talk about the movie and her summer line or she'll strictly talk about coming out and sometimes her relationship with Alex. But before every interview Paige always talks to Alex first to talk about what she can discuss and what she can't. I have to say though that they're both taking everything pretty well.
Alex and I are walking through the mall right now. It's spring time which means it's time for new clothes. It's time for me to buy some board shorts. Alex is walking normally again and she no longer has the cast on her arm.
"Shouldn't you have gone spring shopping last month?" Alex asks.
"Nope," I tell her. "March was still slightly cold and I was busy doing other things."
"And I had to tag along why? You know how much I hate coming to the mall."
"Yeah but we haven't hung out in awhile. I mean I barely seen you anymore. When you're not at classes you're off with Paige doing interviews or something else with her."
"Well ya know you'd see me more often if you hadn't kicked me out," Alex points out.
"Oh shut up. You love living with Paige and not having to worry about me and Beth. I bet you two have been having sex all over the place."
"No comment."
I shiver. Memories from last month are coming back to me. I shouldn't have said anything.
"Why did we come all the way to Mississauga?" Alex asks. "We have like twenty malls in Toronto."
"Yes but none of those malls have a Hot Topic," I tell her, as we're walking into Hot Topic.
"I thought you needed shorts."
"I do. But first I want to look at some band tees."
Alex and I are looking at the giant wall of band tees. I've been feeling a bit uncool lately and I'm pretty sure it's because I haven't gotten a band tee in a really long time. Why am I hearing whispering behind us? I turn my head in the direction I think I'm hearing the noise from. There are two teenage girls looking and pointing at Alex. I wish I could say that this is the first time it's happened but then I'd be lying.
"Alex, don't look now but I think you have some fans in the store," I whisper.
Alex slightly turns her head. The girls quickly avert their eyes. Alex turns back and looks at me. We start laughing softly.
"Well let's not be rude," Alex says. "We should go say hi."
Alex and I both turn around. The girls are trying to pretend they weren't just looking at Alex. Alex and I walk over to them. They look nervous as hell.
"Hi," I greet them. "I'm Jordan.
"And I'm Alex," Alex introduces herself.
"Oh my God," one of the girls says.
The girl that spoke looks like someone who definitely wouldn't have come into Hot Topic back in the day, when the store was really dark. Not generalizing people, just saying. She reminds me of high school Paige. Preppy, perky, and someone who only shops at American Eagle. The second girl has gauged ears and a lip ring. Her hair is so bright red I can only guess that she dyed it that way. That and I can see her roots and they're brown. Which reminds me, I need to do something to my hair.
"We just wanted to come over and say hi," Alex says.
"I've seen you on TV," lip ring girl says. "With your girlfriend."
Alex is nodding her head. "Yeah, I've been in a few interviews with Paige. To be honest with you they're really not that fun."
"So you two are really dating?" American Eagle (AE) girl asks. "Like you're really dating THE Paige Michalchuk?"
"Alex I didn't know Paige had "The" in her name," I tell her. "When did she get that?"
"A few weeks ago," Alex says, playing along. "Didn't you get the memo?"
"Wait," lip ring starts. She's pointing at me. "Who are you?"
"Jordan Johnson," I tell her.
She's looking at me like she has no idea who I am.
"Jordan in the afternoon, on Hot 101.5."
Now they're both looking at me with the same look.
"Seriously?" I ask. "Does no one listen to the radio anymore?"
Alex is laughing. "I guess everyone is too busy listening to songs they actually want to hear on their ipods."
I narrow my eyes at Alex. "I just want to kick you right now."
"Wait, if you're dating Paige then why are you here with this girl?" AE asks. "Why aren't you with Paige?"
"Wow, your fans are really nosey," I tell Alex. I look at the girl. "I'm her sister. Don't worry Alex is very faithful to Paige. Believe me."
The girl looks relieved. Why is lip ring looking at me weirdly?
"Are you a lesbian too?" she asks.
"Why? Would that matter?"
The girl is shaking her head. "No, but are you?"
I smile. "Yes, yes I am," I answer. "I'm actually married to a wonderful woman." I hold up my ring finger.
Lip ring is nodding her head. "That's cool." She looks at Alex. "I think it's cool what your girlfriend did. I mean most girls like that wouldn't come out on national television. That was really cool."
"Thanks," Alex says. "I'll make sure to tell her that."
"So does Paige like make clothes for you?" AE asks. "Like does she design clothes specifically just for you?"
Believe it or not this is actually my first time ever hearing that question. I look at Alex with a questioning look on my face.
"Does she design clothes specifically just for you?" I ask.
Alex is chuckling and shaking her head. "No," she answers. "Although that would be pretty sweet, Paige doesn't make clothes for me. The clothes Paige designs are for everyone."
"I heard that in her last show the models were actually high school girls." AE says. "I heard she went to Degrassi and just had the students from there model her clothes for her show. Is that true?"
Alex and I are both nodding our heads. "We all use to go to Degrassi," I tell them.
"And Paige thinks that the people who are going to be wearing her clothes should model her clothes in her show. Regular models for regular people."
"That is so cool!" AE exclaims. "My friends are never going to believe that I met Paige Michalchuk's girlfriend! Can I take a picture with you?"
Alex blushes and smiles. "Umm…sure."
AE pulls a camera out of her purse and hands it to me. Alrighty I guess she doesn't want a picture with me then. I walk a few feet away from them to take the picture. Lip ring also gets into the picture.
"On the count of three," I tell them. "One…two…three."
All of them say cheese and I take the picture. Alex is saying goodbye to the girls .They're gone now. Alex turns around and smiles at me.
"How does it feel being known as Paige's girlfriend?" I ask her.
"Well it's better than being known as… Wait… That's right, no one knows who you are."
"Ha ha," I laugh sarcastically. "You're so funny."
You know what's not fair? Life! Life isn't fair. I've been working at this station for almost a year and no one knows who I am. I mean people at work know who I am but when it comes to the public I am no body. Lately I've been getting a lot of followers on Twitter. So of course I get excited because now I won't be tweeting to no one. A lot of people have been tweeting to me but most of their tweets are about Palex. Can you believe that? People are tweeting me just to find out more about Paige and Alex. I've been on the radio for almost a year now and no one knows who I am but Alex shares one little kiss with Paige on television and suddenly EVERYONE knows who she is. I'm not saying that I'm jealous… Ok maybe a little bit but come on! It's not fair!
I'm hanging out with Marco and Ellie at my place right now. I feel like I haven't hung out with them in a really long time. I feel like I have no idea what's going on in their lives. Ellie and Craig finally got together, but that was some time ago. To my knowledge the relationship is going strong. I know Marco has started teaching at Degrassi and he's not dating anyone. But that's all I know. I'm sitting in one of the armchairs in the living room while Ellie and Marco are sitting on the couch. Ellie is working on a Sudoku puzzle.
"I am so tired of being single," Marco groans and falls back on the couch.
"Oh it can't be that bad," Ellie says.
"Says the girl who's finally with the guy she's been pining over for for aboot five years. And Jordan don't you dare say anything. You're married!"
"Don't be mad at me for being married," I tell him. "You know what they say about lesbians. After the second date we move in together. Beth and I just waited a little after the second date to move in together." I smile, I just made a funny.
"Why can't I find the guy for me?" Marco asks.
"Well what are you looking for in a guy?"
"I want a guy who has a career, because I refuse to support myself and him with no help. Someone who is smart, funny, kind, athletic, has a great smile. Blue eyes are also a plus."
Ellie and I look up at each other. I'm pretty sure we're both thinking the same thing.
"So, I heard Dylan is back in town," I say out loud.
"Dylan?" Marco asks. He sits up and looks at me. "Why would you bring up him up?"
I shrug my shoulders. "I don't know. Maybe because he's in town, he and his agent are talking to Toronto Maple Leafs about signing a deal with them for next season and possibly five seasons after that."
"And Dylan is athletic and has blue eyes," Ellie points out.
"A lot of people are athletic and have blue eyes," Marco says defensively.
I look at Marco with a deadpan look. "How many people do you personally know that are athletic and have blue eyes?" I ask.
"Blue eyes are very common! And a lot of people are working out and watching their figures these days."
"Only aboot eight percent of the world has blue eyes," Ellie says, looking down at her Sudoku.
"Ok I'm not even going to ask how you know that," I tell Ellie. I turn back to Marco. "Listen I know you and Dylan have this long complicated love history but don't be like Paige and Alex. Don't wait years and years to confess what you're feeling. Don't wait for a car accident to bring you two together."
"I thought Alex was going to tell Paige she loved her before the car accident?" Marco asks.
"That is beside the point!" I tell him sternly. "The point is I am tired of hearing your whining. If you want to be with Dylan then be with Dylan. I mean we all know the reason why he's trying to sign a deal with Toronto. I mean let's be honest, Toronto is not the best in the league right now and they haven't been in awhile. With Dylan's talent he could probably join the Rangers or whatever. I don't know because I don't watch hockey but I do know that the only reason why someone as good as Dylan would join a sucky team would be if there's someone he loves in the city the team is in. That or he's gotten really bad or he has a bad attitude and no other team wants to sign him.
"Jordan has a point," Ellie says. She looks up at us. "I mean I don't follow sports or anything but I know the only reason why Craig is staying in Toronto is for me. I mean it'd probably be better for his career if he had stayed in L.A. But he decided to stay here and he tries to only tour for short amounts of time. And I love him for it."
I lean in from my seat, closer to Marco. "I already went through four years of dealing with two people who were madly in love with each other and not be with each other because they're were both too damn stupid and afraid. I don't want to go through that again. So for the love of God, Marco please just go to Dylan and be with him."
Marco's face is unreadable. "I have no idea what you guys are talking aboot," he says nonchalantly. "I was just telling you what I look for in a guy."
Ugh! I groan and fall back into the arm chair. He's hopeless.
"Can we move on?" Marco asks.
"You're the one who started the conversation with your whining," Ellie says and goes back to her puzzle.
"Well now I want to talk about tomorrow night's premiere. We are all invited right?"
"Of course we're invited," I tell him. "Paige did costumes on the movie so of course she got us tickets."
"Will we be walking the red carpet?" Marco asks excitedly.
"I don't know," I tell him. "This isn't like the other movie premieres we've been to. This one is like a BIG, HUGE motion picture movie. I'm surprise they're doing the premiere in Toronto and not Hollywood or New York."
"Well they did shoot it in Vancouver," Ellie says. "And it's a bit cheaper to do it here. Plus with all the press and publicity Paige has been getting recently the studio probably thought it'd be better to do it in the city where the now internationally known costume/fashion designer lives."
"Wow, Ellie you are always impressing me with your knowledge."
Ellie looks up from her puzzle. "I know many things," she says.
Why is Ellie looking at me like that? One of her eyes is squinting and her eyebrow is raised. She's freaking me out.
"Please stop looking at me like that," I tell her. "You're freaking me out."
Ellie starts laughing and so does Marco. It feels good to be hanging out with them again.
Movie Premiere Night:
"Why do I have to wear this?" I ask. "This isn't the first movie premiere I've ever been to ya know. I know how to dress."
"Yes but this is the first big motion picture movie you've been to," Beth says.
"The Jason Mewes movie was a motion picture movie."
"Yeah but there's already buzz aboot this one possibly being nominated for an Oscar next year."
"How is there already buzz about that and it's only April and no one has even seen the movie yet?"
"The movie industry is full of mystery."
I'm looking at myself in the mirror. I thought I'd only be wearing a dress on my wedding day but I guess not. I was forced into wearing this, threatened actually. Beth threatened to not have sex with me for two weeks if I didn't wear this dress. That was just cruel. Don't get me wrong it's a pretty dress, I mean Paige designed it herself but everyone knows that I don't do dresses.
"Are you ready?" Beth asks. "The limo is here."
I groan. There's no getting out of this now.
"Yeah, I'm ready."
The Theater:
I have to say that that was the most interesting limo ride I have ever experienced. Let me tell you who was in the limo. Me, Beth, Palex, Craige, Ellie, Marco, and… Dylan. Yes! Dylan Michalchuk was in the limo with us! Dylan kept trying to tell Marco about how he was in negotiations with the Maple Leafs and how he really missed him. I have a feeling that it's going to take a while for them to actually get back together.
We just arrived to the premiere. The driver opens the door for us and we all get out. Wow, now I have been to movie premieres before but not like this one. There are SOOOO many people here. There are fans, reporters, and some people I don't even know why they're here. We all walk to the entrance of the red carpet. Some chick with a head set steps in front of us.
"I'm sorry," she says. "But Miss Michalchuk only you and Miss Nuñez are authorized to walk the carpet. The rest of your guests will have to take the other entrance."
Wow, I kind of feel like a loser now.
"What do you mean they're not authorized?" Paige asks angrily. "They are my friends and my family. If they can't walk the carpet then I'm not walking the carpet."
Wow! I am to say that I am really impressed. The old Paige would have just said sorry and kept on walking. Paige has really matured. The lady is on her head set talking to someone. Ok now she's yelling into her headset. This is actually quite hilarious.
She looks at Paige and smiles. "Sorry for the mistake," she says. "You can all walk the carpet."
She steps out of the way. Yeah that's right! I'm walking the carpet. Reporters are calling out Paige's and Alex's name.
"I'm only taking pictures with my friends in them!" Paige tells the reporters.
That's right! We all get together and pose. I feel like a superstar!
A/N: About 9 chapters left. I think... REVIEWS ARE LOVE!