“He’s coming home, he’s coming home,” Paige repeated, as she jumped up and down in excitement. It had been so long since he had left for the summer. She had missed him so…much.

“Yes I know Paige, you’ve told me like a million times in the last week,” Hazel replied as she shut her locker. She was happy for her, but rather tired of hearing it already.

“I can’t help it, it had been over 4 months since the last time I saw him.”

“Well can we talk about something else at least?”

“Alright…so what colleges are you going to look at?”

“Not quite sure yet...”

Thinking that she was done, “Well I’m going to look at...”

Alex interrupted them as she brushed past them, “Of course you don’t let her say too much because it always has to be about you,” she roared, pointing her finger in her face. She may work with Paige, and be nice to her there, but really, she didn’t like her. She thought she was too stuck up.

“Excuse me, but was I even talking to you,” she yelled back. She was sick of the way Alex was treating her.

“No, but what does that matter, you like to talk to anyone as long as it is about yourself.”

“I resent that. I thought we could be at least civil to each other since we work with one another, but I guess that’s not going to happen,” storming off with Hazel.

******

“Hey ladies!” Peter said as he strolled by a few on his way to his locker.

They just smiled at him, they thought he was real cute, but knew they probably had no chance with him.

He was glad that no one knew who his mother was at this time. He would hate for them to be weird around him, or even give him special treatment.

He passed by a familiar face, “If it isn’t Manny Santos.” She looked real cute today in her blue plaid, mini shirt, and yellow, short sleeve shirt. She didn’t even need much make-up because she had a radiant beauty, well at least in his opinion.

“Hey Peter,” she smiled. She thought he was really divine, much more then she ever thought about Craig.

“You shouldn’t have left the party so early. It really started pumping after you left,” closing the gap between them.

“Well I wasn’t in for another lecture from my parents; they’ve been on my case a lot lately.”

He was just inches away from her face, “Well maybe next time we can get to know each other better.” With that being said, he leaned in a few more inches until their lips were connected. It was a quick kiss, but it defiantly sent chills down Manny’s spine. Before she could say anything, he was gone.

******

Paige tried to forget about this afternoon, as she got ready for her date with Matt. She wouldn’t let anything stop her from having a goodnight.

She spent an hour getting dressed, doing her hair and her make-up. She wanted to look good for him after not seeing each other for months. She wanted him to remember what he left behind.

She arrived at the restaurant in a black strapless dress, and wavy hair. She walked through the crowd to their table; she began to feel butterflies in her stomach, as she became only inches away from her Matt.

When she laid her eyes on him, her face lit up. He stood up and greeted her with a kiss.

“Hey, I missed you,” she said as they stood there in an embrace.

“Me too,” not sounding as convincing.

They both sat down in their chairs, and sat silent for a few minutes, not knowing what to say to each other.

“Tomorrow’s the college fair at Degrassi, and I thought of going to a school close to you so that we could be closer to one another.”

He put on a smile, “You don’t have to do that, I mean you shouldn’t plan your life around me.” He felt he didn’t deserve someone like her; she was too good for him.

“But I want to be close to you.” She didn’t understand why he didn’t want that either.

“I just think we’re leading two very different lives right now,” he replied, trying to break it to her gently. He really didn’t want to break her heart; he did love her. However, how could he be with her when he didn’t feel good enough to be in her world?

“Well I guess there’s no point in giving this to you then,” she said as she put his present on the table.” She felt like fool, how did she keep on getting into relationships that only lead into heartbreak.

“No I feel bad, because I didn’t get you anything.” He puts his hand in his pocket, looking for something to give her. That’s when he found a little baggie. He took it out and handed it to her, “Here, to remember me by.”

She looked at the baggie, and became mad, in more a whisper though, afraid others would overhear, “You’re breaking my heart, and giving me drugs!”

“Come on it’s not that bad.”

She stood up from her seat, “I don’t know whom you are, because the Matt I knew would never do this. I can’t believe I wasted my time, and risedk my rep for this,” she said just before storming out.

He was at a loss for words, but he knew she was right.

******

Peter walked up to his house to see Manny sitting on the steps. He began to wonder how she had found his place. “What are you doing here?”

“Well I thought I would find out a little bit more about this mysterious guy at our school,” as she got closer to kiss him. “And there’s no better way then to find out then from the source.”

He liked how persistent she was. “Well Miss Santos maybe he doesn’t want to tell you,” moving away, heading for his door.

“Mr. Stone, come on,” she pleaded.

Smiling her way, “I don’t think so. I don’t tell secrets of my life.”

“Well fine, your loss,” she said as she began to walk away.

Peter quickly headed to his bedroom, and went right to his computer, uploading the file he had saved from the party. He typed in all the Degrassi addresses, and sent it off. By tomorrow morning, everyone would know how wild a teen party could really get.

******

Paige walked in front of the school only to be bombarded by Alex, “Oh look its perfect little Paige.”

This was the last thing she needed right now, she already had a bad night. “Would you just put a cork in it?” Then she thought of the perfect way to shut her up, “If I was so perfect then why would I have this,” pulling out the joint form her front pocket of her purse.

Alex was surprised, “I don’t know what to say.” Just then, the bell rang, “I’m so not ready for this college fair.” She didn’t even know if she could even go to college with her grade let alone not having any money.

“Well then let’s not go right away…let’s smoke this first.” putting it in her face. “It might make us feel better,” especially make her forget about her broken heart.

“Alright Michelchuck,” she grabded Paige’s arm and led her to the Ravine.

******

Craig and Marco were in the MI Lab waiting for class to begin. They were checking out their email when they came across one that read, ‘Degrassi Girls Gone Wild’. It sounded quite interesting, something that they couldn’t resist looking at.

“Craig did you get it?” Marco asked.

“If you’re talking about the girls gone wild thing…then yes. I was just about to check it out.”

Before their eyes were a couple of girls that they didn’t really recognize having a wet t-shirt contest. Then came a close up of one of the girls, who looked familiar to them, it was no other then Heather Sinclair herself, showing off her boobs.

The boys’ eyes bulged out of their head. They couldn’t believe that there were some pretty wild chicks at Degrassi. They wondered who this mystery sender was; they knew once he was found out he would be a dead man.

******

Alex and Paige sat on the ground. Alex took the joint into her mouth, and lit. This was nothing new to her, she used to do it all the time with Jay.

She handed it off to Paige who took it. Lifting in the air for a second, “In hopes of making my problems disappear, if only for a few hours.” She slowly brought it to her mouth, a little hesitant at first. I mean she promised herself she would never do drugs, but here she was just about to do it.

******

Peter walked down the halls, only to hear people talking about his masterpiece. He just smiled thinking about it. He thought if the girls didn’t want it to be broadcast then they shouldn’t be doing that in front of a camera.

“So Heather, how’s it like being a star?” Peter asked, as he walked up behind her.

“You jerk!” she glared at him. “How could you?”

“Let’s see it was very easy, it was my film, you allowed me to take it, therefore I felt I could distribute it however I felt. Maybe next time you’ll figure not to show your boobs to anyone,” he laughed as he walked away.

******

Paige and Alex walked into the gym where the fair was taking place. They couldn’t stop laughing as they walked around. Maybe it wasn’t the best thing to be here while they were high. To them everything seemed to be funny.

They walked over to the refreshment table, took a handful of pretzels, and stuffed them in their mouth. Some fell from their mouth, but it didn’t seem to faze them.

People stared at them as it there was something wrong with them. They had a hard time not laughing at the two.

******

Peter I want to talk to you…now!” his mother said as she passed by him in the hall.

“Why,” he asked, pretending to be stupid. He already knew that she had found out about the whole tape thing. He was just hoping that since she couldn’t prove it he could deny it.

“Don’t give me that, in my office in five.” She said with a forceful voice. She couldn’t believe that this had happened in her school, let alone thanks to her son.

He rolled his eyes, as he walked down the hall towards the office. He noticed Heather by a locker, “Thanks a lot,” he snuffed.

She stood there, and smiled.

******

Alex came and sat next to Paige in the Laneway, “Why so glum?”

Shaking her head, “I just made a fool of myself in front of everyone. I’m so…embarrassed!”

“Paige everyone will forget about it in a few days. So don’t worry about it.”

“My life just seems like its spiraling downhill, getting worse and worse. First, my boyfriend dumps me, and then gives me drugs, and then I actually take it, only to make a fool out of myself. How could it get any better?”

“Paige we all go through rough patches in our life, look at what I went through with Jay.”

She smiled, “I guess your right. Wow look we’re actually having a conversation that doesn’t involve insults,” she joked.

“I guess your right…hey maybe there’s actually hope of us becoming friends this year,” she laughed, leaning against Paige.