Give Me a Happy Ending

[JJ Yorke]

Degrassi was trying a whole new experiment. The entire week before Spring Break would be spent on giving presentations for projects that all four grades would be assigned. The middle school would be handling different assignments. Erick, Ian, JJ, Ulyssus, Jack, Matt, Shayne, and the newby, Jordan, piled into Hazel's classroom. Shayne and Matt were discussing the family honor project they had been assigned in English class. Shayne planned to do it on his aunt Liberty. Matt wasn't sure, right now he didn't feel like honouring anyone in his family. He couldn't help but be angry with Marco for leaving. And he was even more angry with Ben for having the stupid affair in the first place.

Ian and JJ sat across the room from eachother. Their rivalry was worst than ever. Ironically, both boys planned on making their projects about the same woman: Larisa.

Erick scoffed. "It's absurb. Family honour? That's the stupidist thing I've ever heard of."

"Are you kidding? It's an easy A, man. Projects are almost impossible to fail." Shayne remarked.

"It's retarded." Erick insisted.

Ulyssus looked at him. "So don't do it."

Oh, Erick was going to do it. He just wasn't going to do it without complaining. And deep down inside his snobby, stubborn, jackass shell, he was going to actually show that he cared and do his project on his mother.

Jack scoffed at the boy and looked at Ulyssus. "What'r yer plans for it, mate?" he asked.

"My dad. He raised 9 kids alone after my step mom died, and he takes care of other kids for a living."Ulyssus said, opening a bag of chips.

JJ grew bored as the conversation and crinkled up a piece of paper and threw it at Jordan's neck. "Hey fresh meat. Where's your bow tie?" he taunted, since Jordan was wearing a light blue dress shirt and slacks.

"Yeah, you know, you're a bit to young to be a teacher." Ian added.

"Hey DiMama's boy, I claimed the punk." JJ snapped at him.

"DiMama's boy? What kind of insult is that?" Ian asked, with a scoff.

Matt snickered. It was pretty funny to watch two bullies fight over the kid they were picking on.

JJ glared at Matt. "You think something's funny?"

"Yup." Matt said, with a smirk. He wasn't afraid of JJ anymore. He had gotten the better of him twice.

"You just think you're slick, don't you?" Ian asked, with a growled.

"Dude, I was talking to him!" JJ hissed at Ian.

"Whatever." Ian shook his head.

JJ stood up. "I don't like your attitude." he said, making his way to where Ian was.

"Poor baby." Ian taunted.

"We'll see who the baby is when I'm done with you."

"Really? You want to be embarrassed in front of everyone? Because I never took you for someone who enjoyed crying." Ian said sarcastically.

"You won't be talking smack when I'm done messing up that pretty face of yours." JJ snapped, getting in in face.

"You really think I'm pretty?" Ian feignedbeing flatterd.

JJ glared, and shoved him against the wall. Ian grabbed his arm, and knocked him down onto a desk.

Jordan looked at Matt. "Are they always like this?"

Matt smirked. "Oh, yeah. Welcome to public school, army brat."

Hazel walked in, followed by Frank. Ignoring the teenage boys, Hazel went to her desk and pulled out her metal bucket that she kept slips of paper with the students names in and started writing on the board.

Frank watched the fight. "Shouldn't we-" he gestured to the boys.

Hazel looked up. "Oh, no. It gets tiring sending those two to the office. And anyways, it's always sibling rivalry."

JJ stopped fighting long enough to protest. "He's not my brother! He's just my cousin-and only by marriage." he informed Hazel.

Rolling her eyes, Hazel finished writing. The write board read:

"Take out a notebook and prepare to take notes. Attendance this week and next week is 1/3 of project grade."

Hazel put the marker down, and walked to her desk to print out the permission slips she would need later.

As soon as she wrote it, Jordan pulled out paper and a pencil. Matt looked over and rolled his eyes. "Putz."

Hazel looked at the clock. The bell was going to rang in exactly two minutes. "Knock it off, boys." she said, distractedly.

JJ punched Ian once more before going back to his seat. "We'll finish this after school."

"I'll finish you after school." Ian muttered.

[Gracie Julie Forrester]

Out in the hallway, there was Gracie Forrester. Now, she was fairly new to the public school system and still was getting used to things. But the way most people dressed here, she just didn't like it. Gracie was used to going to private school, and having to wear a school uniform. Which is what she wore when coming to school here. A black plaid skirt which went down to her knees, a white blouse and a tie with sensible black shoes. So far, the past few days at the new school hadn't really been all that bad. Gracie hadn't even made it into the classroom before being slammed into the nearest locker.

Alexis smirked. "Well, well, you look like a goody-two-shoes if I do say so myself."

Gracie just looked up at Alexis. "Excuse me, Miss. Could you please leave me alone?" She spoke in her most polite tone.

"Excuse me, Miss. Could you please leave me alone?" Alexis mocked. "No." she hissed. "I most certainly will not." And she slammed Gracie into the lockers again. "And watcha gonna do about it? Go cry to mommy?"

Just then Marissa walked up. "Hey! Leave her alone!" Maybe Marissa didn't know the girl, but she wasn't just gonna do nothing either.

Glaring at Marissa, Alexis just smirked. "And what are you gonna do about it? Read me the right act?!"

Marissa folded her arms over her chest and just rolled her eyes. "I don't need to do that." Marissa shoved alexis, hard. "Leave her alone!" she hissed.

Gracie watched, silently, not sure of what to do. She never had to deal with this at her private school.

Alexis growled at Marissa. "Bitch!"

"Well, it takes one to know one!" Marissa smirked.

Alexis narrowed her eyes, before shoving Marissa. She swung back her arm, ready to punch Marissa.

But as Alexis tried, Marissa ducked and Alexis' fist slammed into the locker.

Megan walked down the hallway. Something definetely seemed different. Her clothing style for one thing. She wore a black skirt with a red spaghetti strapped top and black pumps. She saw what was going on between Marissa and Alexis, but really didn't feel like dealing with them.

And so Megan walked into the classroom. She looked around. Where could she sit? Well, she knew which people she definetely wouldn't be sitting by: JJ, Matt, or Erick. And she had her reasons too. Instead, Megan looked down at the ground and walked to the back of the classroom, sitting down away from everyone else.

Marissa just rolled her eyes. "You know, I am so not doing this with you! Fighting is not the answer!"

Smirking, Alexis shoved Marissa. "Because your a wimp!" she hissed.

"No, because I'm too mature for this." Marissa turned her back and walked into the classroom, but not before Alexis pushed her one last time, causing Marissa too stumble into the class. "Bitch..." Marissa muttered. She then noticed Matt, and grinned. And so Marissa walked over, and sat down near him. "Hey, sweetie."

Alexis just rolled her eyes and walked in taking a seat.

Renesmee, or Nessie as she preferred to be called, wasn't very used to Degrassi. She was always so smart, and actually went to a boarding school in New York for a few years. But this past year, she'd been studying abroad in France. "Bonjour, Madame." Nesse spoke to Hazel as she walked into the class, taking a seat up front.

Trixie had actually just gotten her cast off the day before. And she was so glad that she didn't have to use them anymore. She walked into the class, not saying a word, and sat towards the front. She was always a bit quiet, so she didn't feel like saying much.

Both Hallie and Selena walked into the classroom just as the bell rang out.

Usually preferring to remain invisible, Hallie sat in the back of the class. She didn't have anywhere to go, ever since she ran away from home. So no one knew that she'd been sleeping on school property. She sighed, and rested her eyes.

Now, Selena was a complete and total Jock. Not to mention, pretty smart. She was wearing her soccer uniform actually, since she had practice after school, and she was carrying her soccer ball. Selena sat down in the middle of the classrom.

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As the bell rang, Hazel nodded to everyone "settle down!" she instructed them, picking up her bucket.

"Project partners" she called, going to Ulyssus "you are going to be married to someone for a week. I'll explain more after you choose your partner. Once you know who your partner is, move your desks and sit by them."

Ulyssus drew a paper "Renes..me?" he mispronounced it, looking around

[Renesmee Isabelle Nash]

Renesmee looked up at Ulyssus. "It's Renesmee. But just call me Nesse. Okay?" Sure, Nesse knew that her name was hard to pronounce at times. But she preferred being called Nesse anyways.

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Ulyssus nodded "right. Hi" he said, pushing his desk beside hers.

Erick took a slip of paper and Hazel had moved onto Jordan by the time he looked at it

"uh, no" he said snobbily

Hazel looked at him "excuse me?"

"I'm not going to be married to Megan. She's my cousin" he said rudely

JJ started laughing "duude incest just goes over real well with your family, don't it?"

Matt shot him a look. Did he know? Could he possibly?

Hazel rolled her eyes "enough, enough. Jordan, who do you have?"

Jordan looked at his paper "Trixie Davis"

"just switch partners. Erick, take Trixie and Megan can go with Jordan"

Jordan looked at Megan and groaned "of course" he muttered.

[Megan Julia Del Rossi]

Megan remained quiet, but when she heard what JJ said, her head shot up. Why would he say that? No one could know about what she did with Matt. Right?

But when she heard that she'd have Jordan instead, she just groaned. "Oh, great." She muttered, crossing her arms over her chest.

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"come on, you guys, move your desks"

Jordan stood up "yes, ma'am" he muttered before obeying her.

Erick stood and folded his arms, looking at Trixie. He was going to let her come to him.

Matt pulled a slip "Alexis Stone?" he looked over with a sigh. Alexis hated him!

JJ opened his and started chuckling. Jumping up, he went and rested an arm on Marissa's shoulders "looks like it's you and me, Bible thumper"

Matt glared "no way!" he walked over "switch with me"

"and miss out on this enriching, soul-searching experience?" he said, putting his hand on his heart

"now that's the spirit, JJ!" Hazel told him as she held the bucket out to Gracie and Hallie

[Marissa Michelle Manning]

It was a good thing Jordan was coming to where she was sitting, because she absolutely refused to move. She glared at him, but stayed quiet.

And when JJ came over to Marissa, she shook her head. "No, way." She looked to Hazel. "I want a divorce!" she eclaimed, pushing JJ's arm off of her. "Don't touch me." she hissed.

Gracie pulled out a slip of paper. "Jack Bas-Baseley? Who's that?" It not like Gracie even knew a whole lot of people.

Then Hallie took the only one left. "Shayne." She looked over, smiling sweetly. Hallie was always such a nice girl to everyone.

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"nobody is divorcing anyone!" Hazel called to them

Jack stood up "right here, miss" he said, going to her

Shayne stood up as well "hi" he smiled to Hallie,

"ok Ian, that leaves you with Selena. Everyone's eyes need to be front and center!"

[Marissa Michelle Manning]

Marissa rolled her eyes and glared at JJ. "Do anything-anything-that's out of line, and I swear that you'll be sorry." She threatened, and took her seat.

Trixie got up slowly, and walked over to Erick, sitting beside him. But remained quiet.

Selena looked to Ian. But she wasn't all that worried. She was pretty tough. Afterall, she was a jock. Selena walked over and took a seat beside Ian, and smirked. "You will do as I say." She retorted in a low voice. "Or else."

Gracie looked up and grinned. "Hi."

Hallie looked over at Shayne. He seemed nice. Maybe this wouldn't be wso bad. "Hi."

Alexis sat by Matt, and glared at him. "I can't believe that I'm stuck with you!" she hissed.

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JJ smirked "all's fair in love and war, babe" he told her, letting her know that he had every intention of getting out of line

Erick looked at her with a disgusted look "keep your filthy hands to yourself" he told her

Ulyssus looked at Nesse and back at Hazel "when do we get to say our vows?" he asked

Jordan looked up "what about household rules?"

"It's not a real wedding, idiot" Ian snapped at the two before looking at Selena "oh, honey, you're barking up the wrong tree now, really" he whispered in her ear. He didn't want her to mistake anything for sexual advances.

Jack looked at her "so what's your name?" he asked, being as charming as he could.

Shayne smiled "what's up, baby?" he asked kindly, without any hint of suggestion

"You think I wanted this?" he asked her

"ok! Everyone! Don't make me scratch on the board to get attention"

[Selena California Santos]

Marissa rolled her eyes. "I shouldn't be with you!" she shook her head, and looked over at Matt.

Looking up at Erick, Trixie just shook her head. "Just leave me alone! Got it?"

Nesse glared over at Ian. "Mind your own damn business." She hissed. She looked over at Ulyssus and smiled. Ignore creeps like that. I think it's cute that you want to take this seriously."

Smirking, Selena retorted, "I don't care what you say. If you do anything that is out of line, or cause us a failing grade, I will hurt you. That's a promise."

Gracie smiled. "My name's Gracie Forrester. I just moved back here from London so that I could move in with my mother."

Hallie smiled. She wasn't real talkative and was a bit shy. With how she'd been treated by her father. "Nothing much. This project should be kind of fun. Don't you think?"

Alexis rolled her eyes. "Yeah. That's exactly what you wanted." She retorted sarcastically.

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"you can't control who fate puts together" he said, as if he actually believed it.

"well, this is going to be a nice marriage" Erick said snobbily "I believe the husband is the head"

Ulyssus smiled at her "I need to do ok. I can't afford to be held back again"

JJ chuckled "yeah, Goliath here is as old as I am and what grade are you in, big guy? Ohhh that's right. Freshman"

Ian shrugged "what do you think I'm gonna do? Honestly"

Jack smiled "is that right? I'm from Down Unda myself"

Shayne nodded "oh, yeah. Projects are the easiest way to pass a class"

Matt looked back at Marissa and sighed "look, let's just get this done as quickly and painlessly as possible"

Hazel was tired of being ignored "Frank?"

he nodded and whistled shrilly to get them to be quiet and pay attention

[Marissa Michelle Manning]

Marissa just smirked at JJ. "Sure I can. Because I'm amazing like that." She replied sarcastically.

Trixie crossed her arms over her chest, scooting farther down into her chair, just desperately trying to remain invisible.

Nesse smiled. "Well, then, thank goodness you got paired with me. I'm very intelligent. In fact, I just got back from France. I'd been studying there for the past year."

Selena grabbed his arm, and bend it behind him, tightly. She was pretty strong for a girl. But hey, she was a jock. "Oh, don't give me an attitude, mister. I swear, I will hurt you."

Gracie smiled, sweetly. "That's cool. I'm guessing that you're from-Australia. Right?"

Marissa just rolled her eyes. "Painless is not a word in JJ Yorke's dictionary."

Alexis smirked, and scooted closer to Matt, putting her arm around him. "Aw. Look who isn't paired off with her precious little boyfriend." She retorted in a mock voice.

Marissa scowled. "Get your hands off him!"

"Or what?!" Alexis retorted.

Marissa was just about to open her mouth to say something when Frank whistled, causing Marissa to jump. The girls grew quiet.

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Ulyssus smiled "cool! I always wanted to go to Rome!" and that was why he wasn't a senior.

"ow ow ow" Ian whimpered softly

"Miss Santos, put him down" Hazel told her "ok, can we continue now?"

Matt shrugged Alexis' arm off of him

"now. I want you to write down your full name and the name of your marriage partner, while I get out the career assignments" Hazel instructed them