Forever Part 3
“Michael Dallas of the Toronto Maple Leafs?” Jonathan Campanelli questioned as he stood in front of his favorite hockey player. Dallas started his career right after graduation in Tokyo and then managed to get himself in the NHL. He was literally living Jonathan’s dream.
Dallas turned to see the kid standing in front of him, “Hey man. How are you?” He asked with a smile as he stood next to Alli who was catching up with Jenna and Clare.
“Great!” Jonathan exclaimed as he tried to comprehend what was going on. Was he really talking to his idol? “I’m a huge fan.”
“So am I,” Alli said with a grin as she grabbed Dallas’ arm.
“Hey if you need any advice you can tell your coach to reach out to me. We used to be teammates,” Dallas said as Jonathan walked away excitedly.
“Hey I’m gonna go say hi to Jimmy Brooks,” Connor said to Jenna before kissing her gently on the cheek. “Do you want to come with me, Dallas?” He questioned with a raised eyebrow.
“No, I think I’ll stay here with Alli. Thanks for the invite though.” He said to his friend before turning to see Drew, Bianca, Adam, Becky, Fiona, and Imogen approaching.
“Vegas reunion!!!” Drew said with a grin as he got next to Dallas.
“I didn’t go to Vegas,” Dallas said with an exaggerated sigh before laughing.
“Neither did I,” Becky said with a light chuckle.
“Well you were there for our actual wedding so that’s all that matters,” Drew said as he placed his hand on Dallas’ shoulder with a smile as the group began to greet each other.
Clare and Eli rushed over to Adam and the three picked up exactly where they left off. They still make time to see each other as often as they can, but never back where their friendship started.
Dallas and Drew were chatting about their plans for the rest of the day as Bianca, Fiona, Imogen, Alli, Jenna, and Becky discussed the excitement of being back in Degrassi.
“Everyone looks so serious.” KC said as he approached the group. He smiled brightly as he saw his friends again for the first time in years.
“KC!” Jenna said as he motioned for Connor to come back over to them. “I heard you were teaching here now.
“Yes I am.” He said before getting hugged by Connor. “Hey man. Long time no see.” He said as he hugged Connor back gently.
“We’ve missed you.” Connor said before going back to stand next to Jenna.
“I’m so glad you’re back,” Clare said with a smile as she looked at her first real boyfriend.
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“School counselor?” Paige said with a smile as she approached Alex. Although their relationship had ended on a bad note the two women made up over the years. Alex helped Paige to discover who she truly was and for her she will always be grateful.
“Yeah who would’ve thought?” Alex said with a laugh as she saw her first love standing in front of her.
“I know that you’ve been through so much and I think you would be perfect to help these kids get through anything.” Paige said with a supportive smile before hugging her gently. “I truly am so proud of you.”
Alex hugged her back before she was pulled away by a future student who wanted to talk to her, “Thanks.” She managed to get out before she had to get back to work.
“I always liked her,” Hazel said with a smile as she approached Paige with Jimmy and Spinner following close behind.
“No you didn’t!” Paige said with a laugh as she shook her head.
“Oh right.” Hazel joked with her best friend.
“Should I be jealous, Honeybee?” Spinner asked as he wrapped his arm around his wife’s waist. Spinner and Paige had been married for years, but he did know how important Alex was to her.
“No, Honeybee, I only have eyes for you. You know that.” She said with a grin before kissing him gently.
“We can’t take you two anywhere can we?” Jimmy said jokingly. “It’s like we’re back in high school again with you two making out in the halls.”
Hazel grabbed Jimmy’s hand as she laughed along with him, “Don’t mind him he’s just upset because one of the kids asked him if he was some guy named Drake.” She said with a shrug.
“As if.” Paige said with a laugh.
“Jimmy Brooks is obviously the superior rapper.” Spinner said, supporting his best friend.
“Paige, please tell your brother to stop stalking me. I’ve been married for five years now.” Marco said as he made his way over to the group. “I literally had to hide out in one of the classrooms because he would not stop asking me to hang out.”
“Hun, I’m sorry I’ve told him you’ve moved on so many times. I guess you’re just the one he let get away.” She shrugged as she put her arm around Marco’s shoulders.
“In other news I saw Jay and he was asking about you, buddy.” He said as he nudged Spinner.
“Yeah I told him I would meet up with him a little later.” Spinner said before he stopped abruptly.
“What’s wrong, hun?” Paige asked as he glanced around to see what he stopped him. Oh my god it couldn’t be. “Why didn’t Holly J warn you that Heather Sinclair would be here?” She said as she tried to not cause attention to them.
“I thought she was living in Europe trying to make it as a model.” Marco noted as he noticed her. “Looks like she got an upgrade on the nose job too.”
Terri rushed past Heather Sinclair and then wiggled her way into the middle of the group, “I haven’t been here in years.” She mentioned before continuing, “Ash said she was sorry she couldn’t make it and missed you all.”
“I think she’s avoiding me,” Ellie said as she approached the group with Craig by her side. “You’d think she would be over her high school boyfriend by now, but she’s been so distant to me ever since we started dating.”
“Oh don’t mind the ice queen. She’s always mad about something.” Paige stated with a shrug.
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Isabella finished her last tour of the day and then went to the cafeteria to meet her parents who were waiting for her.
“Hey sweetheart,” Lucas said as he pulled Bella into a hug.
“Dad, not at school.” She stated as she pulled away from her father’s embrace.
“Remember when she used to love hugs from us and now she’s too cool.” Mia said with a sigh as she took a seat on one of the tables.
“I’m not too cool for hugs, but literally everybody is here right now, and it’s kind of embarrassing.” Isabella shrugged before motioning to the sea of people who were piling in for snacks.
“We’re just kidding, Bella. We were your age once. We understand,” Lucas smiled at his daughter and then towards his wife.
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“Is that Chantay Black famous celebrity blogger?” Darcy exclaimed with a grin as she ran up to hug her friend. “We’ve been waiting for you!”
“Sorry Danny had to get here early and I had to drop off the kids at his moms before coming.” She hugged her friend back and then looked around. “Where’s everyone else?”
“The cafeteria,” Peter began, “They’re apparently serving snacks.” He rubbed his belly gently to make it clear that he was hungry.
“Well let’s go then! Danny texted me as I was coming in and said that he was saving us some seats.” Chantay said before grabbing Darcy’s hand and bringing her towards the cafeteria.
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“Thanks for getting me some cookies, babe.” Anya said before giving Sav a quick kiss on the lips. Sitting in the cafeteria with Holly J, Chantay, and Fiona it felt like they were back in high school for a moment.
“Anything for you.” Sav answered before turning to talk to Peter about possibly starting up the band again.
“I was in the band too, remember?” Jane said as she approached the table with a small smile. Everyone got up to greet her before continuing on with the conversations they had before she had arrived. Jane was a lawyer who didn’t return to Toronto and barely kept in touch with people from high school. She had kind of progressed past that point in her life.
“Can you believe we’re back here? What’s it been like 9 years?” Riley asked as he approached the table before taking a seat next to Anya.
“Feels like just yesterday we were at prom,” Zane said as he took a seat next to his husband. “Now we’re alumni and there’s a whole new set of kids here.”
“Way to make everyone feel old,” Leia said as he walked past their table to grab another snack.
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“We have to visit the garden before we leave,” Jake was thrilled to see how they maintained his masterpiece. He had worked so hard on it and so did Katie and they were thrilled to be back where they fell in love.
“Babe, I told you so many times, yes we will visit before we leave.” Katie said with a small chuckle as she looked over to Marisol. “I swear sometimes I think these two are married.” She motioned to Mo and Jake who were excitedly discussing the garden and all of the exciting things they did together in high school.
“It does feel like that sometimes.” Marisol said with a grin and a small eye roll. “We should’ve seen it coming.” She shrugged.
“We can hear you,” Mo said as he playfully tapped Marisol.
“We know,” Katie and Marisol laughed as they answered at the same time.
It felt so great that the four of them are still as inseparable as they were in high school. They knew that they would be in each other’s lives forever and it was all they could have asked for.
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“Cheesy!” Tori exclaimed as she saw Cam walking towards them. She was standing with Maya, Zig, Grace, Jonah, Tiny, Shay, Zoe, and Rasha waiting around for the rest of their friends to leave the cafeteria.
“Tori Santamaria, famous tv star.” Cam said as he hugged his girlfriend before greeting the rest of the group.
His hug lingered on Maya for a moment, lost in the moment, before he let go with a smile, “I listened to your EP, it was amazing.” He smiled brightly at Maya. So proud of how far she had come.
“Thanks, cheesy.” She said with a light laugh before holding on to Zig’s hand.
“Hello party people!” Lola exclaimed as she entered the group with Miles on her side. She put her arm around Shay as she appreciated being with her best friend again.
Winston and Goldi smiled as they chatted with Miles quietly making plans for what they would do once alumni day was over.
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“Everybody wants something they’ll never give up,” Joey sang along with Snake as they reminisced on their youth and all of the trouble they used to get into.
Caitlin and Spike laughed at them as they discussed their children along with Erica, Heather, and Lucy. Bronco and Yick stood quietly next to Lucy before joining in with Joey and Snake as the final members of the Zits.
“They’re still singing that same song?” Stephanie asked with a raise of her eyebrow as she greeted her old friends. She smiled as she thought about the time they had spent together and knowing that their children were now friends. It felt as if they had truly come full circle.
“Always,” Alexa said with a laugh as her, Simon, Michelle, and BLT joined the group. “Simon is always singing that song and it gets stuck in my head.” She laughed lightly.
“I can’t help it, Alexa, it’s catchy.” Simon retorted.
Michelle and BLT giggled as they held hands. Alexa and Simon have been their friends for the majority of their lives, but sometimes they still find their dynamic funny.
“Shane!” Spike called out to her ex-boyfriend who was walking by them. He had healed pretty well from the accident and he was almost back to normal.
“I just saw Emma,” Shane said with an excited grin. She told me that she would bring the kids over sometime this week.” He was thrilled that he was healthy enough to live on his own and finally get his life back in order.
“That’s great!!” Spike said with a smile as she wrapped her arm around Snake who was done performing with the boys.
A few hours had passed and everyone was heading in opposite directions once more, but they would always have Degrassi to fall back on. No matter the drama or the fights they could all agree that Degrassi was their home away from home and they would love it no matter what.