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"Read it again Manny." the blonde says to her friend, gushing as they sit at her computer.
"Again? I've read it six times already."
"Just one more time, please." the blonde begs.
"Okay." Manny says before reading the email again. "Emma, you saved my heart and my project. if we protect the wildlife refuge, I owe it all to you. Love you, Jordan"
"Love you. Love you." Emma says softly as her eyes look up into the air as she holds a mesmerized look on her face.
A girl with long black hair and pale skin giggles quietly at the two. She's laying on Emma's bed with a magazine in her hands. The others don't notice her giggle and continue to squeal over the email.
"Let me see his picture again." Emma scrolls down the screen to the pictures of a boy with brown hair. "He gets cuter each time we see his face."
"Is that possible?" Manny asks.
The girl on the bed let's out another giggle, this time catching the attention of the others. Emma turns around and sees her looking through the magazine.
"Hey Max. Don't wreck that. I want Caitlin to autograph it." Emma says reaching over and taking the magazine from Max before placing it on her desk.
"Emma! Ready to go?" Her mom calls from downstairs.
"Just a minute." Emma says back.
"We don't have a minute. J.T.'s waiting for us." Emma's mom says before making her way up the stairs. Emma quickly closes out the window with the email.
"Em, your rooms a disaster. I thought you were going to clean it up." Emma's mom says.
"I will."
"And turn off that computer."
"I was just showing Manny and Max your reunion website." Emma says pulling up the website.
Emma's mom clicks through the photos on the website, stopping on a picture of a girl with a freckle on her chin. "I always knew she'd make it big." She clicks through some more stopping on a picture of herself with a giant bleach blonde mohawk. "How's that for a hair-do? Could I have been any cooler?"
"Uh, yeah." Emma giggles.
"My ten year reunion. Wow. It's gonna be great seeing everyone again." she says clicking through the photos. "I'm getting as bad as you guys. Come on, let's go." She takes the hat Manny is wearing off as she goes to leave Emma's room.
"That's some pretty cool stuff you collected for the reunion." Max says as her and Manny follow Emma's mom out of the room.
"Thanks." She smiles. "Emma, now!" She calls, Emma comes out of her room and joins them.
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time skip brought to you by the theme song
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"Thanks for dropping these off." Emma's mom says as they walk up to a building labeled "Degrassi Community School."
"No problem Ms. Nelson. Gives us a chance to see the school." Manny smiles.
"Don't you think you'll be seeing enough of it over the next year?" A boy in a tyedye shirt says as Ms. Nelson hands him two boxes.
"You sure you can handle that?" Ms. Nelson asks the boy.
"I'm smug, but strong. Like bull."
"Speaking of bull..." Emma says to Manny.
"Thanks again guys. And Em..." Ms.Nelson says.
"Yes I'll clean my room." She turns back to Manny. "She rushed me out of the house so fast, I didn't get a chance to read my new email. I hope it's from Jordan."
"Guys! Help!" J.T. yells while trying to get up the stairs. Emma and Manny had already made there way inside though. Max grabs a box off of the top of the stack J.T. was holding. They walk into the school together.
J.T. drops the box he's holding as he gets inside. "Help!"
"J.T.!" Emma yells as her and Manny run to help him. They all start to pick stuff off the ground, Emma picks up a picture of three guys, holding instruments. "People in the 80's were weird." The others laugh and they all finish picking up the stuff before walking down the halls again.
They go through a set of doors, a tall man in a black shirt, holding a mug, is walking toward them. "I really hope you're Mr. Simpson." Emma says.
"I am. And you must be Emma." He looks at all the boxes. "Wow. Wow. Wow. Spike found all of this stuff, it's amazing."
"Spike?" Max questions as they all set the boxes down on the floor.
"My mom's nickname. Don't ask." Emma says.
Mr. simpson takes a hat off of J.T.'s head just like Spike had done to Manny earlier. "And I see fedoras are making a comeback." He puts the hat on. "Great. Thanks a lot guys. Go and enjoy your last few days of freedom."
"Spike?" J.T. asks as the four walk off. Emma hits him. "Ow!" he says. They all start running down the halls stopping at the lockers in front of a room full of computers.
"Holy..." Emma says.
"Look at all the computers." Manny says. Max, Manny, and J.T. all start to walk away but Emma stays put.
"Emma? Let's go." Max says.
"Oh I see. You gonna email Jordan from here?" J.T. smirks.
"Shut up!" Emma says.
"Oh, he can read into my soul." Max says mocking Emma. Emma hits her.
"And the jewel on the Degrassi crown, the media immersion lab. Every computer here is connected to the internet via, high speed telephone access." A man in a suit says as he comes down the hall with another man and a kid.
"Oh, you see Toby? Didn't have that at your old school." The other man says to the boy.
"Toby?" J.T. asks the boy.
"J.T.?" Toby recognizes him and J.T. runs over to him.
They do a little hand shake "Mickey hickey wampum, mickey hickey yeah, mickey hickey wigwam, North Creek summer camp." They say.
"Dude what are you doing here?" J.T. asks.
"My dad moved in with his girlfriend and Degrassi was the closest school so..."
"I think we'll let you two get reacquainted and your father and I will finish filling out the forms in my office." The man in the suit says to Toby.
"So, Toby, you gonna need a..."
"I'm gonna walk home, okay?" Toby interrupts his dad.
"Cool." his dad responds, before walking with the principal back to the office.
"Oh, sorry. Manny, Emma, Max, this is Toby. We were at camp together." J.T. says as he and Toby walk back towards the girls.
"No, really?" Emma says sarcastically.
"Nice to meet you" Toby says giving a small smile.
"Nice to meet y-"
"Yeah. Ok, the coast is finally clear. Manny, you're coming in with me." Emma says interrupting Max.
"No, no." Manny protests as Emma drags her into the Computer Lab.
"You guys stand guard." Emma tells them before shutting the door.
"So is your friend always like that?" Toby asks.
"Always." Max and J.T. say in unison.
"Really? Toby peaks through the window, Manny jumps out and hits the door, scaring Toby and J.T.
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Emma and Manny are on a tire swing, while Max, J.T., and Toby sit next to the monkey bars.
"I want to meet him. It's just I told him I was in high school." Emma tells Manny and Max.
"You almost are. Jordan's coming here. You have to meet him. It's fate." Manny tells her as they spin in circles.
"Who's Jordan?" Toby asks as he hands out popsicles.
"Some creep Emma met on the 'Net." Max jokes.
"I bet he lives in Scarbrough + works in a video store. I bet he's 40 and drools." J.T. adds.
"You still wet the bed and I'm friends with you." Emma tells him.
"Ha ha ha." J.T. laughs sarcastically.
"Ok. If you're meeting a stranger you met off of the 'Net, that could be really dangerous." Toby tells Emma while he opens his grape popsicle.
"He's not a stranger. He e-mailed me his picture. I've known Jordan a lot longer than I've known you." Emma argues.
"Guys, it's cool. Jordan's 16. He's coming here on a school trip." Manny backs Emma up.
"School trip? It's summer." J.T. asks suspiciously.
"He organized it back in the spring. He got to go at the last minute. Stop making it into something it's not." Emma explains, getting annoyed.
"Oh... poor baby." Max says, pulling out her water gun a shooting Emma. They all start having a water gun fight and laughing.
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"Ok. We've gone through all the e-mail. No video store. No mention of missing teeth." Emma says to Manny and Max, as they lay on her bed, while Emma sits at her computer, analyzing all the emails sent from Jordan.
"J.T.'s just worried about you." Max tells her.
"J.T.'s just immature." Scoffs back.
"That Toby guy seems okay." Manny says, trying to change the subject.
"Yeah, I think he's cool." Max says.
"He's fine, I guess. Yeah. Girls are so much more mature than boys. That's why I like Jordan. I've never had a boyfriend so smart, so thoughtful." Emma changes the subject back to Jordan.
"Em, you've never had a boyfriend." Manny says matter of factly.
"I know." Emma says as she joins the others on her bed.
"Maybe..." Max starts.
"What?" Emma asks.
"What Toby said, about meeting strangers on the 'Net, Being dangerous..." Manny says what Max was going to.
"Manny I can take care of myself. You don't need to worry so much. We'll meet somewhere in public." Emma tells her, already having a plan.
"Maybe you should just talk to your mom." Max suggests.
"Yeah, She's cool. She'd understand." Manny adds.
"She's not that cool. Are you saying you don't think I should meet Jordan?" Emma says to the two.
They just look at her before changing their attention to something else.