A/N: There was just a LOT of things I've wanted in the past 2 and a half seasons to happen. I've read a few fan fics to see if any of them would satisfy me. Few of them have, but there were some things that weren't made into stories. So I guess I had no choice but to finally write my own. This is all ECLARE. There will be Klare/Eli-KC friendships, Darcy's return, Spinner and Peter acting like big brothers towards Clare. Just a quick little thing, Peter did NOT do meth in my story. So it will be somewhat AU, but other than that… it'll be pretty straight forward with the show. Lastly, this WILL be a three shot. Maybe there will be a cute epilogue. Who knows?
Disclaimer: Obviously I do not own Degrassi. If I did, I would have made sure KC never left, Jenna would actually have a GOOD story line, and Eclare would get married.
Chapter 1 – KC and Eli
(A/N: this takes place In The Cold, Cold Night when KC and Connor bring in Alli and Jenna. Now, onto the story!)
Clare's POV –
I was typing away, hoping I would get at least one of the articles done. I was pressuring myself to write most of the newspaper. I knew it wasn't a great idea, overloading myself with all this work, but no one besides KC and Conner would help me.
"Do you still need any help?" A quiet, but very familiar girly voice said. I turned towards the voice and see Alli standing there with Jenna, KC, and Connor. I smiled gratefully at her and the boys.
"We had a long talk with these two and Alli is willing to let go of what happened." KC said.
"And as for me… Clare… I'm really sorry, about everything. I know I never apologized before… but…" Jenna continued after KC.
"Jenna. I'm over the whole KC thing." I said to her smiling. She smiled at me and all of us girls came into a group hug.
"I missed this. When all three of us were best friends." Alli admitted.
"I did too. A lot." I smiled, almost tearing up.
"Alright, as much as I love seeing all of you happy again, we have to get working on the newspaper if you want it out on time Clare." Connor said.
"Right. Okay… so, who wants to do which?" I asked as I took out a marker to write down what everyone will write an article on.
Everyone crowded around me and chose their topics. I noticed two open topics. I sighed and realized that I had to write the other two.
"Is anyone willing to write another article?" I asked hopefully. Jenna was about to consider writing one, until she was interrupted by another voice.
"I hear you need a hand with the newspaper?" A male and familiar voice said to the left of me. I turn my head to see Eli standing there. I hate to admit, but the sight of him standing there nearly took my breath away. I haven't spoken to him in a while and hadn't really seen him either.
"Never mind, Eli can cover one of the other topic." Jenna said smiling knowingly.
"What topic do you need me to do?" He asked.
"Theater… The Grundy Awards…" I said.
"The awards that snubbed my production of Love Roulette?" he scoffed. I looked at him, practically begging with my eyes. He noticed and said,
"Which was understandable… but sure." He said half smiling. I smiled back and we all worked on our articles.
Eli's POV—
The next day, KC and I arrived in the newspaper room, getting ready to finish our articles. We were awkwardly just looking at each other. I knew about his past with Clare, but they seem to be friends again so I guess they're okay now.
"So, what really happened between you and Clare?" KC suddenly asked me.
"Um… well… I may have crashed my hearse for her…" I said hesitantly.
"You didn't! No wonder I don't see that thing at the school parking lot anymore." KC said.
"But what really happened?" KC asked after a minute of silence.
"I was starting to suffocate her. I was being too over bearing for her and it was bothering her. It didn't process at first, but when I got better, I saw how I had acted and it really was best for us to be apart." I said.
"But you've gotten better right? I can tell you still love her." KC said.
"Yeah, I do. I'm trying at least. It's not easy being bipolar." I said to him. He nodded, understanding.
"How about you and Clare? What happened? How did you two start talking again?" I asked him.
"So she did tell you about me when you two were together?" he asked.
"I was honest with her about my ex and she was honest about hers. I'm not gonna lie and say that I was okay when she told me about you. I wanted to strangle you, but she assured me and at the time I had other people to worry about." I explained.
"Fitz?" he asked. I nodded and he continued with his explanation, "I just talked to her one day… Uh, kind of recently though, probably a month ago? I needed help on English and she knew that's not my strongest subject so she agreed to helping me. This was surprising because of our history with her tutoring me. I guess she realized that I was really serious about this." He said.
"Wait, what happened when she tutored you before?" I asked.
"I cheated off of her when it was time for the test." He blushed in embarrassment.
"Aww, look at you two… bonding." Jenna said walking into the room with Alli in tow. The girls smiled at us.
"So, what's going on? Gossiping about Clare?" Alli asked jokingly.
"Not really, but Clare is the subject." KC said to her.
"Speaking of? Where is she?" Jenna asked.
"I ran into her in the hall and she had one more person to interview for her article so she'll be a little bit late. We just have to wait for Connor so he can put in your articles into the right place." KC said. As soon as he said that, Connor arrived and started working on the newspaper.
"Whoa. That's cool." I said looking at the template for the newspaper.
"Isn't it? We figured we should go vintage for a special article." KC said.
"Sweet. Great job." I said.
"Hey, Eli? I think you should consider getting back with Clare. She needs someone like you in her life." KC said. Little did he know, that's all I've been thinking about all day.
"What happened to your pants…" Connor asked when he noticed the stained cauliflower soup on my khakis.
"Clare." I said simply. The guys looked at me funny and so did the girls.
"Okay, you guys have way perverted minds than I give you credit for." I said to them.
"She spilled her soup on me during lunch while we were talking." I continued. The look of realization hit them and they nodded and let the subject go. Suddenly everyone started giggling because a red faced Clare walked in. She clearly heard what I said to everyone.
"It's not that funny." She said.
(A/N: Okay, so maybe this didn't satisfy me as MUCH, but then again, I wrote this when I didn't have my notes. I wrote down what I wanted to write for this story while I was in class, bored out of my mind. So maybe I might write a one shot, maybe like an alternate version of this? Anyway, I hoped you liked it. Don't forget to review! Currently writing the next chapter. Up next: Darcy's return!)
