love our freedom

Jacqueline Jones, but call me Jack. 17, Artist, gay af, and not going to back down if your opinion is wrong.

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Anyone willing to help a sophomore with her English homework?

Aka me. Aka English isn’t my first language and I need help

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Always. What are you covering right now in class?

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text ✉️ open

lola: wHAT do you think dogs dream about???

lola: my pUPPY is sleeping and he's moving his lil legs and twitching his lil mOUTH... he's so cute :/// i want to cry ://///

jack: Pics or it didn't happen?

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Better Than One // Katie and Jack

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matlinkatie:

Katie pulled her bag further up her shoulder. She had been ducking around corners and hiding in the lunchroom for the majority of the week. It felt as though she was walking on eggshells throughout the week. Though few dared to say their insults of the pictures to her face, she heard the whispered and murmured insults. She made her way through the slowly emptying halls. She was going to meet Jack Jones for their first official meeting. After the whole ordeal and not winning president, her ego was highly bruised. But, Jack had been  kinder then she had expected about well everything. She knew Jack cared about the school, so it wasn’t the worst situation and VP still looked goof on college apps.

She entered the classroom noticing Jack was already there sitting down at a table. “Hey,” she greeted with a short nod to her sitting down next to her. She quickly pulled out a new notebook she had bought just for student council and opened it up in front of her. After she was situated she looked up at Jack pursing her lips. “I hope you haven’t been waiting too long,” she apologized, “So, let’s get started. Did you have any concrete plans or ideas that you wanted to start discussing first?”

Jack rolled off the table smoothly when Katie arrived and seemed to be ready for business. “Hey,” she murmured back, taking the time to get into a comfortable position for actual talking. It was probably easier to get things done if they were both on the same level. “Nah, it hasn’t been long at all. ‘After school’ isn’t really a great descriptor anyway.” Shrugging, she considered how well this was going to go. Probably not very.

“I don’t know if I have much that’s concrete,” Jack said honestly. “Nobody would have voted for what I would have put on there. I liked the messages that Zane was projecting, but your plans for implementation were probably more of my jam.” Pulling out a pen and an extremely impractical-looking notebook, she started doodling. This wasn’t for show or anything. It just helped her think better as she said everything freely, “Like... I want this school to be a better place, but also an enjoyable one. The only things I had really had fleshed out was sort of a resource page on the school intranet, and, like active Q&As to run for topics that people aren’t comfortable talking about... And, like, to figure out what the eff we can do together.”

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xanyamacphersonx:

“I think I’ll just stick to texting. A lot less complicated”

"That’s... fine. So you’re just going to text in the gym?”

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Better Than One // Katie and Jack

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Jack was reasonably certain that she had taken on way too much responsibility for someone that had not asked for it, but there was really no going back now. So there she was, sitting in an empty classroom after school waiting around for her vice president Katie Matlin. When she repeated the sentence to herself, Jack had to wonder if she had entered some kind of weird fever dream. In any case, she could play along until (hopefully) waking back into reality.

‘Waiting’ might not have described her situation well enough, as Jack was lying on top of a table, flipping through semi-related search results on her phone. She was more comfortable this way, and she was not going to compromise her happiness just to please somebody else. Also the chairs in this room seemed to have more than the average amount of gum stuck underneath them.

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zceyrivas:

“Yeah, I feel like I need something.”

“No problem. Take this. Return it whenever.”

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iMessage | Pres

Drew: True. It's not Degrassi without the President being the default as to why the school cannot run.

Jack: And not the administration or borderline gang activity

Jack: Not that I don't love my clique.

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text @ katie

Katie: I like to think so. Are other people? probably not.

Jack: I'll take that as people can change but they don't want to.

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charmingworth:

Yeah I think I get it. It’s probably best to drop the whole shark and gay thing in general and start fresh. Anything interesting, besides that, happen?

All, right, sure. Anything interesting besides the election? Eh. Found a stray cat on the side of the road, and am trying to make sure it’s okay. That count to you?

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xanyamacphersonx:

“Well, I can send 10 text messages in under 2 minutes.’

“O... kay, well I don’t really know what’s going to apply to that, but maybe start with the stationary bike or something that can at least be started and get your confidence up.”

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iMessage | Pres

Drew: Well, I'm ready. Congratulations on winning by the way.

Jack: Sometimes I tell myself that to make myself feel better.

Jack: Thanks. Looking forward to being blamed for everything under the sun.

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text @ katie

Katie: And do you think that's /ever/ going to happen?

Jack: I guess not all at once

Jack: Do you think you're capable of change? This is not a personal attack, by the way, because I am asking myself the same question.

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iMessage | Pres

Drew: Should I be scared...?

Jack: Of course you should be scared. But it's transient.

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zceyrivas:

“I only had regular this morning since I was running late but yeah, I guess that’s it.”

“That’s the worst,” Jack said, digging out her thermos. “Do you need a pick me up?”

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text @ katie

Katie: I'm not sure Degrassi is ever going to be a /safe place/.

Jack: It could be if everyone decided in unison to stop being terrible

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xanyamacphersonx:

“To be honest, I just wanna look at cute boys,” Anya smiled a little bit. “But that might be a reason to improve”

“Not that I can’t sympathize...” Jack said, putting her hands behind her head. “I’m not really a personal trainer, but what do you feel are your strengths? Athletics-wise.”

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text @ katie

Katie: Probably some insecure person with no life but tearing somebody else down

Katie: Just a guess though.

Jack: I thought that maybe after a whole year of Zane and his student council's inclusive reign that maybe this school would be a safe place for everyone

Jack: But nooooo