DEGRASSI AU: An international Love

1.01 Fresh Start

I stare at my phone and think to myself, Senior year is gonna be great, for sure. After the bad break up last year, I thought I wouldn't be able to be happy again. Zig was the love of my life but somehow I knew he wasn't into guys. I just wondered how he could pretend for so long. I mean, we kissed and we did things. Anyways, it was gonna be a good year. I'm Student Council President and all of Degrassi bows down to me. Wow, talk about hunger power maniac.
I get out of my car and see Zoe and Maya waiting for me in front of the school. I walk over to my two besties and strut my best I'm happy and I'm not damaged look. Maya rolls her eyes at me.

"You look happy," she said. "But the question is are you happy?" My smiled faded.

"Trying to be. It's a new year and I'm actually happy that I get this fresh new start," I lean my head against Zoe' s shoulder.

"You'll be fine. I'll make sure of it," I smiled at Zoe. She was always the type of friend who cared about my well being more than anyone. She always vowed to kill whoever hurt me. Maya, on the other hand, always wanted me to make good choices. She always made me outweigh my options in any situation. Sometimes, she never sides with me. She always tells me when I'm wrong and how to do things. But I totally get that it's just because she cares. I love them both. I don't know what I'd do without them. We go inside and make our way to my locker. As I was about to stuff my things inside, I turn my direction to the corner where I see Zig holding hands with Esme Song. She was, as how Zoe put it, Degrassi's number one slut. I however didn't know her enough to call her that.

"Ugh," Zoe rolled her eyes. "Someone's getting a ticket to STD land with that one," Maya chuckles at her snarky comment as she glanced quickly at Zig.

"Forget him, Tristan. We can find you a better guy. Someone cute and sweet," Maya assured me. Zoe scoffed.

"And someone hot and funny," she told me. "Someone who isn't Zigmund Novak!" I gave my bestie a look. Could she be more obvious? I quickly glanced at Zig to see him glaring at us. He said something to Esme and then walked towards us.

"You guys have anything better to do then to like...just stalk me?" He said. Esme shot me a hateful look.

"Hi Tristan. How are you? Seeing anyone?" The tone in her voice made me want to grab her by the neck. Ofcourse, that wasn't me. I shook my head and closed my locker. Zig slowly let go of Esme's hand and sighed.

"I wanna talk to you...privately." Before Maya or Zoe could say anything, he pulled me to the side. I took a deep breath. I felt nervous. I wonder what he wanted.

"I'm sorr-"

"I don't really want an apology, Zigmund. The past is the past and it's our last year so let's just forget about it. What's done is done, okay?" Our eyes met and for a instant, feeling flooded back. But I knew that things between us were over. I just had to accept it.

"Okay, that's cool. Anyways, I have to go but uh...I'll see you around, Trissy boo." He puts his hand on my face and then smiled. I watched him as he took Esmes hand once more and walked down the hall. What was he doing to me? Of course, I still loved him. I'll always love him and care about him.

"Okay. That was weird..." Maya said, staring at me. Zoe pulled my hand.

"Are you okay?!" I stared at my two friends and sighed. I wished they'd stop acting like I was so damaged by Zig. I just wanted them to act normal around me for once.

"Tristan?" I turn around to see Principal Simpson holding a folder as he walked towards me. "Our student council meeting is today at lunch. But I am going to pull you out of the period before so that we could go through a couple of things. Okay?" I nodded in response. I was beyond excited, to be honest. I had so much plans for this school year. I was ready to make it the best ever. The bell rang and I headed to my English class.

"Hey Tristan," Becky Baker greeted as she took a seat beside me. She didn't like me very much. She was my competition for student council president and she lost. It was definitely hard on her. She wanted it just as much as I did.

"Hi," I replied. "How was your summer?"

"It was...fine. Adam spent it with me but he...um had to fly back so soon because of his work," I nodded at her reply. "So...excited for this school year? It's our last year. I hope you have a plan,"

"I do, actually. Tons of plans," I smiled. "Well, you're my Vice President so...it should be fun,"

I see Becky's expression change. "Yeah but...it's not as exciting as being President,"

"I can assure you, I'll make it exciting for the whole council, don't worry about it," I wanted to make Degrassi a place for everyone. I couldn't tell if Becky disliked me or was just threatened by me. Never the less, it was my job to be fair. The teacher spent the whole class time going over some stupid syllabus that we were all familiar with. After the bell had rung, I went to my locker. Through out the whole day has been nothing but great vibes. I was happy. Not once did he cross my mind until...

"And that's why you should date me, I mean, I am amazing," I watched Zig flirt with another girl. I roll my eyes at him as I started to the other direction.

"Hey Tristan!" I heard him call out. "Wait up!" I take a deep breath and wait for him to say something.

"So I heard there's gonna be a dance next month?" He said. "And...I wanna know what I can do to help? I thought for a second. I didn't want him a part of anything. I knew he'd be a distraction. But I couldn't say no to his offer. I sighed heavily, not knowing what to do.

"Um, there will be TBA meetings where you can sign up with committees..."

"Cool! Um, great actually I'll see you there,"

I watched my ex as he disappeared into the hall. I walk over to Zoe and Maya who were both glued to their phones.

"Hello...earth to females? I'm right here," I waved my hand in front of their faces but they didn't budge.

"Oh sorry...we're on ChattApp," Maya looks up at me for only a brief moment before she continues on with her phone. I sit beside them and stare at their screens.

"Wowzaaaa, who's that guy?" I ask Maya. She grins at me.

"His name is Lennox Masterfus," she replied. "He's from New York. We're ChatterApping," I stare at her and then at Zoe to see that she's doing the same thing.

"You should definitely make a profile, Tristan. It's super fun!" Zoë smiled. "Maybe you'll meet like the love of your life or something,"

"Zoe, everyone knows you can't fall in love online," Maya shakes her head. "Come on, let's go get some pizza. I'm buying," I get up and head to my car. Maybe I should make a profile. I mean, just for fun. What harm could it do?