It the second week of school for the 2002-2003 school year and Ellie Nash Is start her first day of 9 grade at her new school. Ellie Mom, dad and her just move to the area because her Dad was transference to the army base in Toronto. The one thing Ellie was happy about was that in this town she was going to a public school the last place they live she was in an all girl private school, which she hated because she had to wear a uniform and No one would even talk to her. She could wear what she wants to at Degrassi and hope that she could make some friends here. If they start in one place long for her to even make friends. The one thing she really wants is to finish high school at the some school, and she hopes this is her family last move for a while, and. Also hope that been close to her mother family will hope her mom drink less. Ellie sits on her bed put her black army boot on and ties them. When she hears her dad yell up the stairs.
Mr. Nash: Ellie did you want me to give you a ride to school?
Ellie: Yeah dad that be great.
She stands up and looks in the mirror one last time to make sure her black skirt is straight and that the red tank top is cover the areas that needs to be cover up which is under her black see through top. She then checks to make sure her pig tails are even. Then grab her book bag and run down the stairs and out the front door and get into her dad car.
Mr. Nash: Ellie it so good to see you with a smile on your face again.
Ellie: I have a good feel about Degrassi, I might even be able to make some friends here.
Mr. Nash: I hope so, you were so unhappy at you last school, it breaks my heart to sent you there, but it was the only school in town beside the boy’s school.
Ellie: I know dad, I just hope we do not have to move again.
Mr. Nash: I think we be here for a while Ellie.
Ellie: Good
Mr. Nash pulls the car in front of the school and Ellie gets out grabs her book bag and wave bye to her dad and head into the school and goes to the office to pick her class schedule up. Once she has her schedule, she sees her first class is Media Immersion with Mr.Simpson. She walks to the M.I. Lab and take a sitting in the three-row, and log onto the Internet and set up her locker page like the lady at the office told her to, and chose a password and make up her school email address too. Just then Hazel and Paige come walk into the room and over to the three roll and Paige stop by Ellie.
Paige: You in my seat new girl so move.
Ellie; (looks at Paige) I do not see you name on the seat anywhere and I ain't gonna to move to because you think you can tell me what to do. So go sit somewhere else.
The rest of the media Immersion class slower comes into the classroom and everyone Look at Ellie as they take a seat, and the reason everyone was look at her was Paige was still yell at her about the Seat Till Mr.Simpson walk into the classroom. Then Hazel and Paige went and took a seat in the first row. Ashley and Macro each take the two free seats by Ellie.
Ashley: That was Paige. She Degrassi queen bee. And by the way I'm Ashley.
Eille: My name Ellie, I just Move to town. Has Paige always been that bossy?
Ashley: yeah, she been like that since she could talk. we use to be friends, but at the end of last year, we stop be friends. She also not very forgive either.
Ellie: why do you say that?
Ashley: because I take E at the end of the school year last year and call her a name and she won’t forgive me for it.
Ellie: You were high you did not know what you were say.
Ashley: Believe me lots of people try to tell her that she does not care.
Ellie: Then it her loss because you seem real nice.
Ashley: Yeah, it is her loss. You want to be friends?
Ellie: sure.
Macro: Hi my name id Marco here a copy of the notes you miss last week Ellie.
Ellie: thanks Macro.
After school gets out Ellie and Ashley goes to the Mall to do some shopping. For the fun of it Ashley Try on some Clothing at Hottopic: Which is the Store Ellie want to go to.
Ashley open the fit room door to show Ellie what the outfit she try on looks like, It was a pair of black pants, a black tank tops with a black see through shirt on top of it.
Ashley: what do you think?
Ellie: It looks good on you.
Ashley: that what I thought to.
Ashley goes back into the fit room and change back into the cloth she wear to school and then her and Ellie go and pay for the stuff they are going to buy. Ashley looks at the time on her cellphone as they walk out of the store.
Ashley: I have to go home Now I'll see at school tomorrow.
Ellie: ok, Bye.
After another hour of walk around the Mall Ellie head home to find her dad not home yet, she goes inside and find her mom pass out on the couch. And check the answering machine and see there is one massage.
Mr. Nash: I have a Meet at the Base tonight so I will not be home to around 10pm. Ellie If you Mom not up yet, our is out when you get home order your self a pizza. Love dad.
Ellie Call Ashley Cellphone.
Ashley: Hi Ellie
Ellie: do you have dinner yet?
Ashley: no why
Ellie: you think I can come over for dinner my mom sick and my dad work late and we have not been to the food store yet.
Ashley: sure here my address. Ellie grabs her purse and leaves a note for her mom just in case she gets up, then leave and head to Ashley house.
At Ashley house.
Ashley: This is my Mom Mrs. Kerwin, Mom this is Ellie and that Mr. Isaac at the Stove.
Just then Toby walks up to Ellie.
Toby: Hi I'm Toby, Ashley Steps bother.
After dinner Ellie help Ashley cleans up the kitchen, before head home, as she walks to the front door to leave Mrs. Kerwin walk over to her.
Mrs. Kerwin: Can I give you a ride home?
Ellie: No, I can walk home it not that far and I like walking, But thanks for the offer anyway.
Ellie gets back to her house and opens the front door and walk in and closes behind her a lock it and starts to walk further into the house and see her mom pass out on the staircase. She runs up to her mom and kneels down next to her. She light shakes her.
Ellie: Mom wake up come on, she could not wake her up so she calls 911 and they come and take her mom to the ER, Ellie rides in the ambulance with her mom. Once at the Hospital Ellie has to wait in the wait room as they take care of her mom, so she calls her dad cellphone.
Mr. Nash: Lt. Nash speak
Eille: Dad you need to come to Toronto General hospital, I come home from having dinner at my new friend Ashley and find mom passes out on the staircase and could not get her up, and had to call an ambulance.
Mr. Nash: I’m on my way.
Ellie: ok dad.
Ellie dad comes run through the emergency room door fifteen minute later, Just as Doctor Fuzzier come walk up to Ellie.
Dr. Fuzzier: I take it you Ellie dad Mr. Nash
Mr. Nash: yes that me.
Dr. Fuzzier: We had to pump you wife stomach, because she had alcohol poisoning. She fine now, we going watch her for a couple hours and then you can take her home.
Three hours late the three get home Ellie goes up to her bedroom and does her homework then goes to bed.
The next day Ellie over sleep and run late for her second day at her new school.
Mr. Simpson: you late miss. Nash.
Ellie: sorry I over sleep, I did not get to bed to really late my mom was really sick last night and I come home and find her pass out on the staircase and had to call 911 to take to the hospital.
Mr. Simpson: I won’t mark you late this time but try to be on time for now on Miss. Nash.
Ellie: yes Mr. Simpson
Ellie goes and takes a sit next to Ashley and Marco. Then turn on her computer and start doing her Media Immersion work.
Macro: Ellie you look really tire and like something is bother you?
Ellie: Nothing bother me, that a couple more hours of sleep could not fix.
Ashley: I have only know you for one day Ellie, but I can tell when something bother someone and something is bother you!
Ellie: I have a headache for not get enough sleep is all, and I hunger, I do not have time to get breakfast this morning.
Mr.Simpson: you three need to stop talk and do you work.
Three of them start work on the assignment again, but both Macro and Ashley could tell Ellie was not tell the whole truth on something that was bother her. But do not push her to talk to them about the rest of the day, Because they both could tell that she was not feeling a 100%, and she also looks a little pale.
Ellie gets home from school to find her Mom and Dad Fight over what happen the night before.
Mr. Nash: You need to get help, Ellie should not have to come home and to find you pass out on the floor or the staircase. Like she did last night.
Mrs. Nash: So I drink a little more then I could handle.
Mr. Nash: I transfer here because you tell me that you stop drink if you were in the same town as your family. We been here for three and a half day now, And you have already been taken to the ER, because of the drink. You need to get help you have a drink problem.
Mrs. Nash: I do not have a drink problem, I can stop drink on my own.
Ellie: yeah right Mom, you have not been able to, the last three time you say you would. What make this time any different then before mom. You need to go to AAA and get counseling.
Mrs. Nash: I do not need to go to AAA or get counseling for someone I do not know. I am able to do it this time.
Ellie: Yeah right, I will believe it when I see it Mom.
Mr. Nash: Honey Ellie rights you need help.
Mrs. Nash: No ( walk to the front door open it up and leave the house slam shout behind her).
Mr. Nash: let go get some dinner Ellie.
Ellie: sure.
That evening Ellie is laying on her bed in her bedroom when she hears her mom come home and Slum the front doors shouts and bang up the stairs to the bathroom and get sick. Ellie rolls over and put her pillow her hand to help block out the noise her mom is make.
But put the pillow over her head does not help block the nosie out. All Ellie want was to get a good night sleep. She had a bad headache all day and it was even worse now plus her stomach was really hurting, When her dad takes her out to dinner she did not even want to eat, when her dad asks why she was not touch her food, she did not want to tell him she did not have an appetite or that everything look unappetizing to her. So she made herself eat. Her mom finally stops get sick and goes into her bedroom and goes to bed. It felt like she just gets to sleep when her alarm clock went off in her ear. The truth was she spends half the night throw up .She knows she should stay home, but she did not want stay home with her mom, so she gets out of bed and gets dress, then goes downstairs and sits down at the table. She makes herself eat two pieces of toast. She then picks up her book bag and meet her dad out at his jeep.
Mr. Nash: Ellie is everything ok, you normal do not wear Jeans and a long sleeve T-shirt, and you have no make up on?
Ellie: yeah, just run late this morning is all.
Neither Ellie nor her dad talks the whole way to Degrassi, when her dad pulls up in front of the school he kisses Ellie good bye on the forehead. As she grabs her book bag off the jeep floor.
Mr. Nash: Ellie you are run a little warm are you sure you are up to go to school?
Ellie: yeah dad I’ll be fine.
Ellie gets out and walks into school, but only makes into the door and stops die in her tacker and grab her stomach and lean up against the door she just come through. Ashley walks up to her and look at her.
Ashley: Ellie are you ok?
Ellie: Yeah I just need to use the restroom I’ll meet you in class
Ashley: are you sure?
Ellie: yeah
As soon as Ashley had got out of view Ellie put her hand over her mouth and runs into the girls’ locker room and over to the restroom part, and into one of the stall and start get sick to her stomach. She finally stops get sick right as the last bell rings; which mean she was late for the second day in a roll. She stands up and heads to the M.I. lab, and was glad to see Mr. Simpson was not in the room yet. She sits down next to Marco, Ashley and Terri who were sit in the first roll by the door and they save her the seat right on top of the door, as she sits down she moves the trash by the door over next to her in case she needs it really fast.
Terri: is that Ellie, Ashley?
Ashley: yeah, Ellie you luck that Mr. Simpson late or you would be mark late.
Ellie: ( make gag sound) I could not be help.
Marco: you not sound too good Ellie
Ellie makes another gag sound then end up lean over the trash can and throw up again Ashley pull Ellie hair out of her face., Ellie could not stop throwing up this time, she was still getting sick when Mr. Simpson walks into the classroom. Mr. Simpson walks over to her and Kneel down and wait to she not get sick to talk to her. When Ellie finally stop get sick she lean her back against the back of the chair and close her eyes.
Mr.Simpson: Are you ok?
Ellie: now I am.
Mr.Simpson I think you should go to the nurse and get a pass to go home sick Miss Nash.
Ellie: no please don’t send me to the nurse I won’t get sick again I’m fine now.
Mr. Simpson: you do not look fine!
Ellie: I’m fine, gags, really I am
Mr. Simpson: Ok
Ellie just make through first hour without get sick, when the bell rings she run into the girls restroom and can’t even make to the bathroom stall she make it only as far as the trash can. As she was getting sick, a girl with middle length black hair walks into the restroom and over to her and pulls her hair out of her face.
Ellie: ( after she stops throw up) Thanks
Alex: no big deal, you new here right
Ellie: yeah, my name Ellie
Alex: my name Alex, but you can call me Lexi, I was sitting across from you in M.I. lab
Ellie: can you show me where the nurse stations is, I want to go home?
Alex: sure