Degrassi: The Newest Generation

Degrassi
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Degrassi: The Newest Generation
Characters
Zoë Rivas/Rasha Zuabi, Zoë Rivas, Fiona Coyne/Imogen Moreno, Jake Martin/Katie Matlin, Jake Martin (Degrassi), Katie Matlin, Imogen Moreno, Mo Mashkour, Marisol Lewis, Eli Goldsworthy, Bianca DeSousa, Fiona Coyne, Sean Cameron/Emma Nelson, Liberty Van Zandt/J. T. Yorke, Jay Hogart/Manuela "Manny" Santos, Christine "Spike" Nelson/Archibald "Snake" Simpson, Joey Jeremiah/Caitlin Ryan, Jack Simpson/Original Female Character(s), Basil "Bronco" Davis/Lucy Fernandez, Simon Dexter/Alexa Pappadopolos, Michelle Accette/Bryant Lester "B.L.T." Thomas, Hazel Aden/Jimmy Brooks, Spinner Mason/Paige Michalchuk, Craig Manning/Ellie Nash, Darcy Edwards/Peter Stone, Danny Van Zandt/Chantay Black, Clare Edwards/Eli Goldsworthy, Mia Jones/Lucas Valieri, Anya MacPherson/Sav Bhandari, Declan Coyne/Holly J. Sinclair, Connor DeLaurier/Jenna Middleton, Alli Bhandari/Mike Dallas, Zane Park/Riley Stavros, Marisol Lewis/Mo Maskour, Becky Baker/Adam Torres, Bianca DeSousa/Drew Torres, Maya Matlin/Zig Novak, Winston Chu/Goldi Nahir, Grace Cardinal/Jonah Haak, Miles Hollingsworth III/Lola Pacini, Frankie Hollingsworth/Esme Song, Campbell Saunders/Tori Santamaria, J. T. Yorke, Liberty Van Zandt, Emma Nelson, Sean Cameron, Archibald "Snake" Simpson, Christine "Spike" Nelson, Joey Jeremiah, Caitlin Ryan, Jack Simpson, Stephanie Kaye, Yick Yu, Susie Rivera, Shane McKay, Lucy Fernandez, Erica Farrell, Heather Farrell, Melanie Brodie, Kathleen Mead, Lorraine "L.D." Delacorte, Simon Dexter, Alexa Pappadopolos, Michelle Accette, Bryant Lester "B.L.T." Thomas, Tessa Campanelli, Jimmy Brooks, Terri MacGregor, Ashley Kerwin, Manuela "Manny" Santos, Jay Hogart, Toby Isaacs, Paige Michalchuk, Spinner Mason, Hazel Aden, Craig Manning, Ellie Nash, Marco Del Rossi, Alex Nuñez, Darcy Edwards, Peter Stone (Degrassi), Danny Van Zandt, Chantay Black, Clare Edwards, Mia Jones, Lucas Valieri, Anya MacPherson, Sav Bhandari, Johnny DiMarco, Holly J. Sinclair, Declan Coyne, Jane Vaughan, Leia Chang, K.C. Guthrie, Connor DeLaurier, Jenna Middleton, Alli Bhandari, Mike Dallas, Riley Stavros, Zane Park, Dave Turner, Wesley Betenkamp, Adam Torres, Becky Baker, Drew Torres, Owen Milligan, Zig Novak, Tristan Milligan, Maya Matlin, Tori Santamaria, Angela Jeremiah, Campbell Saunders, Winston Chu, Miles Hollingsworth III, Frankie Hollingsworth, Grace Cardinal, Jack Jones, Hunter Hollingsworth, Deon "Tiny" Bell, Lola Pacini, Shay Powers, Jonah Haak
Summary
There’s a new set of high schoolers walking the halls of Degrassi and a whole lot of familiar faces stopping by. You just never know what will happen.
Note
This is my take on a new Degrassi spin-off focusing on beloved characters from all Degrassi versions along with original characters (mostly children of Degrassi Junior High characters)Original characters:AJ Fernandez - son of Lucy Fernandez and Bronco Davis. He's a grade 9 who plays every sport he can.Jonathan Campanelli - son of Tessa Campanelli. He's a grade 9 who also loves to play sports. Him and AJ become friends.Everly Rivera - daughter of Susie Rivera. She's a grade 9 who wants to write for the Degrassi Daily. She joins power squad with her new best friend Amelia Farrell.Amelia Farrell - daughter of Heather Farrell. She's a grade 9 who joins power squad and becomes inseparable with Everly.Mackenzie Thomas - daughter of BLT Thomas and Michelle Accette. She's the twin sister of Makayla. She's a grade 9 who joins volleyball team and drama club.Makayla Thomas - daughter of BLT Thomas and Michelle Accette. She's the twin sister of Mackenzie. She's a grade 9 who joins drama club and the power squad. The Thomas twins also have a vlog.Violet Thomas - daughter of BLT Thomas and Michelle Accette. She's a grade 10 who's on the Degrassi Daily with Arianna Dexter, her best friend, and power squad.Olivia Farrell - daughter of Erica Farrell. She's a grade 10 who's on the power squad and in drama club. She's best friends with Ava Fernandez and Aria Jeremiah and the three girls are in a band.Alexander Smith - biological son of Liberty Van Zandt and JT Yorke. He's a grade 10. Just moved back to Toronto from Seattle. He wants to get to know his birth parents and those they love. He's very into art and becomes friends with Jack Simpson.Ava Fernandez - daughter of Lucy Fernandez and Bronco Davis. She's a grade 10 who's very into photography. She's best friends with Olivia Farrell and Aria Jeremiah and the three girls are in a band.Jade Yu - daughter of Yick Yu. She's a grade 10 and volleyball captain. Best friends with Arianna Dexter and good friends with Violet Thomas.Aria Jeremiah - daughter of Joey Jeremiah and Caitlyn Ryan. She's a grade 11 and power squad captain. She's best friends with Olivia Farrell and Ava Fernandez and the three girls are in a band. Aria is dating Jack Simpson and they have been since they were kids. They are head over heels for each other.Isabella Jones - daughter of Mia Jones and Lucas Valieri. She's a grade 11 and on power squad, in photography club, and in drama club.Liam Kaye - son of Stephanie Kaye. He's a grade 11 and football team captain.Arianna Dexter - daughter of Simon Dexter and Alexa Pappadopolos-Dexter. She's a grade 11 and writer at the Degrassi Daily. She's best friends with Jade Yu and Violet Thomas.Jack Simpson - son of Archie Simpson and Christine Nelson (canon son). He's a grade 12. He's student council president and captain of the varsity basketball team. He's in love with Aria Jeremiah. He's best friends with Dan Wheeler.Dan Wheeler - son of Derek Wheeler. He's a grade 12 and student council vice president. He's best friends with Jack Simpson. He lives with Joey Jeremiah because his dad passed away.Charlotte Kaye - daughter of Stephanie Kaye. She's a grade 12 and a part of the drama department.
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Don’t Start Now Part 2

Jack, Aria, Dan, Ava, and Olivia walked with Charlotte into her backyard. They looked around as people were drinking, dancing, and some of them were even swimming. The party was definitely more wild than they had anticipated. The backyard was full of drunk teenagers doing things they shouldn’t be doing.

“I don’t even know some of these people,” Ava stated as she looked at the unfamiliar guys who were playing beer pong in the far corner of the backyard. “Do they go to Degrassi?”

“I don’t think so.” Olivia responded as she searched the backyard for one particular face. She had been seeing this guy for the majority of the summer and things were starting to get more serious. She texted him when they left Aria’s house to tell him to meet them at the party.

“If my mother finds out about this she’s going to kill us,” Charlotte said as she scanned the backyard looking for her brother. “Liam doesn’t even like people, what the hell is he doing having a party this big?”

On the other side of the backyard Arianna is standing with Violet. She was visibly upset as she began rambling to her best friend, “This has gotten out of control. I don’t know how I’m going to stop it.” She looked around the backyard as she saw plastic cups thrown around the floor and a broken chair in the corner. “They’re destroying the house.”

Violet followed her gaze to see the destruction happening in Liam’s backyard. It was definitely going to be a lot of work for them to clean it up before his mother gets home. Her eyes landed on the back door as she noticed Liam’s sister and her friends. She motioned towards her and looked at Arianna, “Charlotte is here. Maybe she can help you get this place under control.” She said with a small shrug.

“Yes!!” Arianna exclaimed with excitement. “Great idea!” She paused for a moment as she looked around the backyard one more time, “Can you do me a favor? I can’t find Jade and she seemed drunk earlier. Would you go find her for me?” She begged her friend with a smile before running off to Charlotte for help.

Violet glanced around the backyard. She tried to think back to the last time she had seen her. She realized she hadn’t seen Jade since they talked about that guy she’s been seeing. Come to think of it she wasn’t able to find him either.

Violet searched the entire backyard but she was nowhere to be found. It was odd because everyone she asked said they had not seen her in a while either. She was beginning to get nervous. Something just didn’t feel right. She made her way into the house to see if maybe she came in to use the bathroom. Maybe she was feeling sick. Violet didn’t hang out with Jade all of the time, but she did know that she doesn’t drink that often.

She approached the open bathroom door and checked to see if Jade was in there, but it was empty. Where could she be? Suddenly she heard a noise coming from Charlotte’s bedroom. She quietly walked towards the door and knocked on it lightly before walking in. Shocked, she screamed, “Get away from her!”

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“Addie,” Fiona shouted up the stairs towards her daughters, “Aurora, we’re going to be late for dance class.” Fiona gathered her phone and her keys as she heard the girls rushing down the stairs.

Adeline and Aurora stood in front of Fiona in their matching tutus smiling up at her. “We’re ready for class!” Addie said with an excited grin.

“Mama did our hair. Do you like it, mommy?” Aurora asked as she pointed towards their signature Imogen Moreno hairstyle.

“You girls look just like mama.” Fiona said with a smile before looking up to see a beaming Imogen standing on the stairs behind them.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

“We’ll get it!!!” The girls rushed to the front door before Imogen and Fiona could stop them. On the other side was Brooke and Harper standing in front of Drew, Bianca, Adam, and Becky. The girls excitedly greeted each other as the adults gathered around.

“My mommy said that there’s going to be a new dance teacher today,” Brooke said nervously before she looked back at Bianca for validation.

“That’s right, sweetheart. We better get going or else we’re going to be late.” Bianca smiled at her daughter and put her hand on her shoulder.

“Let's get going,” Becky said as she grabbed her daughter, Harper’s hand before walking to the car.

The girls looked out the window at the houses that they passed on the way to class. The world seemed so much bigger in the eyes of a child. They would point out the houses of their classmates or their parents’ friends' houses. They giggled as they joked about growing up and living in a big house all together. A smile formed on their parents’ faces as they took in their children’s friendship.

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“Welcome friends,” Zoe said as she opened the front door to her apartment. She had been looking into buying a house with Rasha, but they couldn’t seem to find anything they both liked.

Maya, Zig, Tori, Cam, Miles, and Lola walked through the door and took their seats at the dining room table. Zoe invited them over after everything that happened with the video of Tristan. She thought it would be helpful for them to get together and talk about what they’re going through. Although most of Twitter is saying positive things about them it’s still hard to think about somebody you used to be incredibly close to saying such horrific things.

“Miles, how are you doing? I know that this must be the hardest on you.” Maya said as she looked at her ex-boyfriend and friend. She knew how it felt to take the brunt of Tristan's anger and she hated to see her friends suffer.

“We haven’t spoken since I left for college and honestly he said these same things to my face while we were still together.” He trailed off for a second thinking about the countless times that Tristan would invalidate him. Compared to how his father would treat him Miles barely noticed Tristan’s subtle, and not so subtle, attacks. Now that he is with Lola he was able to see how unhealthy that relationship was. “I’m fine. Things with Tristan ended so long ago, and I’ve honestly never been happier. Yeah it sucks that information about my old relationship is trending on Twitter, but there’s nothing we can do about it.”

Lola instinctively reached out and took Miles’ hand. She would do anything to stop him from hurting. Although he would never admit it, Lola knew that this was hard on him. How could it not be? Old pictures are being posted online. People are commenting on his old relationship. Things were very dramatic right now and it would be impossible for him to feel absolutely nothing.

“Maybe we should change the subject,” Lola mentioned as she glanced at Zoe. Lola and Zoe became really close after she started dating Miles. They would go on double dates with Zoe and Rasha and talk about their plans for their future. Lola even went house hunting with them a few times.

“We’re starting promo on the reboot this week,” Zoe said, changing the subject to the West Drive reboot she was starring in with Tori.

“It’s so exciting!” Tori exclaimed as she looked from Zoe to Cam who was sitting next to her with his arm around her shoulders. Falling in love with Campbell Saunders was not something that Tori expected when she told him she would go to one of his hockey games. She always thought he was cute in high school, but he was clearly interested in Maya so she forgot about it. That is until they ran into each other again at a hotel, while he was at an away game and she was filming a movie. All it took was one invitation to see his game, and a year and a half later here they are more in love than they’ve ever been.

Rasha stood up from the table with a smile, “I’m going to go get us some snacks.” She said before she rushed off to their kitchen. Rasha knew how important Tristan was to Zoe in high school, and she also knew that Zoe deserved a better friend than him. Although she wasn’t happy that Tristan was suffering it was nice to know that Zoe finally had a group of friends that would drop everything and gather together to take care of each other. Zoe deserved the world and Rasha was planning on giving her it.

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Kyle, the guy that Violet had been seeing, jumped off the bed and scurried out of the room. Violet’s first instinct was to chase after Kyle and give him a piece of her mind. How dare he invite himself to this party and then try and take advantage of somebody who was clearly drunk. She was about to leave when she saw Jade crying on the bed curled up in a ball looking disheveled. All her thoughts about making him suffer ended as she rushed over to Jade to take care of her, “I’m so sorry. If it wasn’t for me he wouldn’t have been here.” She paused for a moment then questioned, “Did he?” She wasn’t able to get the words out, but Jade knew what she was asking.

“No,” Jade said quietly as she shook her head. “He tried though.” She managed to get out before she buried her head in her hands. She let out a light sob before speaking once more, “It’s not your fault. You didn’t even invite him.”

She pulled Jade into a hug as she tried to comfort her. She didn’t know what to say or what to do, but she knew that she didn’t want her to feel alone. All she could think of is that she wanted to make sure that Jade was okay.

“What happened? I saw Kyle run out,” Arianna questioned as she rushed into the bedroom. Her eyes met with Violet’s as she saw her and Jade sitting on the bed. Her stomach dropped as she watched the tears rolling down Jade’s face. She took a seat next to them on the bed as she thought about what to do. It took only a few minutes before she realized she didn’t know what to do.

The girls sat in silence for a few minutes before they heard the front door slam. “Liam? Charlotte? I heard the music from down the block!!” Stephanie Kaye screamed as she walked into the bedroom expecting to see one of her children. “Arianna, what’s going on here?” She questioned as she saw the three girls wrapped in each other’s arms comforting each other.

Arianna began to speak before she was interrupted by Jade, “A guy I’ve never met tried to rape me.” It was the first time she fully comprehended what happened to her. Speaking the words out loud made it real.

“Why don’t you send everyone home, Arianna? I think the party is over.” Stephanie motioned for the girls to leave the room. “Jade, do you mind if we talk a little bit?” She questioned as she took a seat next to the girl on the bed.

Jade nodded her head as she watched Arianna and Violet rush out of the room to kick everyone out.

“Would you like for me to call the police? If you know who this guy is you can go after him for sexual assault.” Stephanie said as she reached for the girl's hand. “If you do not want me to say anything I won’t. It’s your life and I want to make sure that you’re taken care. I don’t want to rush you into something that you’re not ready for.”

“Please don’t tell my dad. I don’t want him to worry about me. I’m fine. Violet stopped him before he could do anything to me.” She said as she wiped the last of her tears from her face.

“I won’t tell Yick anything, but please know that I’m here if you want to talk about it. I had a similar situation when I was in college.” She paused for a moment, “It was this guy I had classes with. I remember blaming myself for a while about it. It took a few years for me to realize that it wasn’t my fault. I hope you know that the blame is on him and only him.”

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The girls rush into their dance class with bright smiles on their faces. They started getting their dance shoes on as their parents walked in behind them. Imogen stopped in her tracks as she made eye contact with their new dance instructor. Could that really be…?

“Moreno? Is that you?” Jack Jones asked with a friendly smile as she approached her ex-girlfriend. She moved away from Toronto shortly after graduating from Degrassi and only returned a few weeks ago.

Fiona looked from Imogen over towards the beautiful blonde woman on the other side of the room. Her eyebrow raised as she realized who was standing there. Jack, Imogen’s ex-girlfriend from the year they broke up. Fiona and Imogen made sure that they didn’t have any secrets from each other. They felt a healthy marriage was based on trust and honesty. They made sure to tell each other everything that happened during their missing years because they never wanted the other to feel blindsided.

“Hey Jack. Didn’t know you were back in town.” Imogen said as she walked next to Fiona and grabbed her hand. Although she didn’t hold any hard feelings towards Jack they were certainly two vastly different people.

Fiona laced her fingers through Imogen’s as she introduced herself to Jack, “The girls are so excited to start dance class today.” She notes as she nodded over towards the four girls playing in their tutus.

Jack greeted Fiona and then walked away to teach her class. The group stood in silence for a minute before Becky noted, “Well that was awkward.” Becky had been friends with Jack during her relationship with Imogen. “I never really liked her anyway. Okay that’s not true I did like her, but you two are meant to be.” She beamed happily as she pointed to Fiona and Imogen.

“I’m not jealous, Becky. You don’t have to do all of that.” Fiona said with a laugh as she took a seat next to the rest of the parents in the lobby.

“Anyway,” Bianca said with a shake of her head as she sat down next to Fiona. “What is new with everyone?” She questioned looking from Fiona over to Adam.

“We actually have some pretty big news.” Adam said with excitement in his voice. “Becky and I are adopting a teenager.” He watched as his friends’ faces dropped in shock.

“You’re adopting a teenager? From where?” Fiona questioned. Becky and Adam had always been the kind of people who would go out of their way to help others, but this seemed kind of extreme.

“Her name is Marissa and she goes to our church. Her parents died in a car accident and she has no known family. She is being put into the system, but we’ve done everything we need to do and we’re approved for adoption. She is such a sweetheart and Harper adores her cause she is a volunteer at her church group.” Becky beamed with pride as she thought about the joy this new addition will bring to their family.

“This seems like it’s happening very fast.” Drew said, worried about his brother and sister-in-law. “Do you even really know this girl?”

“We’re doing it, Drew. We’ve already made up our minds.” Adam said sternly.

Bianca could sense the tone of Adam’s voice and immediately reacted, “That’s wonderful. You’re going to make such a difference in her life.” She thought for a moment about her aunt who took her in. She knew that Becky and Adam would be a positive influence in her life and give her the love that she deserved. She couldn’t help but think if someone who cared took Bianca in as a teenager maybe she wouldn’t have gotten involved with Vince and his gang.

“Thank you!” Becky exclaimed with a smile and then leaned on to Adam. “I can’t believe we had to sign the girls up for such a late dance class.” She sighed as she checked her watch to see what time it was. 8:00. What kids dance class even happens this late?

“That’s because we waited too long to sign up. It was so difficult to find a dance class that could fit all four of the girls.” Fiona said as she glanced over to see the girls pirouetting across the dance floor.

The joy on their daughters’ faces was enough to fill all of the couples with love and happiness. It felt like just yesterday they were walking through the halls of Degrassi, trying to discover themselves, and now their children are growing up together. The group sat around discussing their lives and what their plans are for the end of the summer. Finally Jack returned with the four girls following behind her, “We will see you all next week!” Jack smiled and then looked over at Imogen. “Great seeing you, Moreno.” She smirked as she twirled around and skipped off to talk with her co-teacher.

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Rasha returned from the kitchen with snacks for the group. She smiled brightly as she placed the chips on the table for the group to enjoy. She looked over at Zoe’s phone that was lighting up with a phone call...it was Tristan.

Zoe looked from her phone and then up to the group who was staring at her. “This is Tristan. What should I do?” She questioned in a panicked tone. “I really don’t want to talk to him.” She looked up at Rasha who was standing over her shoulder with a supportive smile.

“I think you should answer or else he’s just going to keep calling. You know Tristan. He’s always like this,” Tori suggested to Zoe. Tristan was relentless when he wanted to get his point across and instead of admitting that he’s wrong he usually doubles down.

Zoe clicked accept on the phone and put it on speaker so her friends could hear, ‘Hi Tristan.“ She wasn’t sure what he could possibly have to say to her. It’s not like they even stayed friends after high school. Once he made a full recovery and became kind of famous he no longer needed Zoe.

“I cannot believe that everyone is blowing this out of control.” Tristan began rambling the same nonsense he had been saying for years. He was always too busy blaming everybody else for his problems instead of taking accountability for his actions.

Miles was becoming increasingly more frustrated as he heard Tristan’s excuses. The same excuses he used throughout his entire relationship with him. Before he had a chance to excuse himself Lola spoke up, “Tristan nobody wants to hear your sob story. We’re all adults now and if you haven’t grown since high school that’s your problem, but leave Miles out of it.” Lola stood up from the table and gathered her things.

Zoe picked her hand up to stop Lola from leaving and began to speak to Tristan, “You know what? Lola is right. We have all moved past high school and if you haven’t I feel sorry for you.” She paused for a moment, “But I don’t want to talk to you any more.” She hit end call and placed the phone back down on the table. She let out a relieved sigh and looked up towards her friends.

Zig put his hand on Maya’s knee as they listened to the disagreement with Tristan. He knew that confrontation like this always made her uncomfortable. Even though Cam survived his attempt on his life that day changed Maya forever. She was always more aware of the people around her and their feelings. He knew that even though she was no longer friends with Tristan she would still worry about him.

“That was incredible. I am so proud of both of you,” Rasha said with a smile as she took a seat next to Zoe and grabbed her hand.

Lola smiled at Zoe before looking at Miles. She saw the look of relief on his face, but she could still tell that the events of today took a toll on him. “Listen thank you so much for having us over, but Shay’s cousin Taylor is watching Hope and we told her we’d be home early.” She smiled as she walked around saying goodbye to her friends with Miles following closely behind.

Maya and Zig and Tori and Cam left shortly after Lola and Miles did, leaving Rasha and Zoe alone to discuss the day. They curled up on the couch and took a deep breath, “Today was exhausting. I really feel bad for Miles and Lola. They’re just trying to move on with their lives with Hope. When will Tristan just move on?” Zoe said with an exasperated sigh.

“Tristan will always be like this, Zoe. All we can do is not let him drag us down to his level. Tonight was a good chance for all of his old friends to get together and take care of each other. We’ll need to do it more often.” Rasha smiled before gently kissing Zoe’s head.

Zoe smiled, enjoying the feeling of Rasha’s arms around her. She leaned up smiling brightly as she gently placed a kiss on Rasha’s lips. “Yes we have to do it more often.”

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