"Vivian! Vivian! Hurry up! We're going to be late!" Clare hollered up the stairs at her cousin.

"I'm coming Clare! It's just school anyway. Missing one class isn't the end of the world. Or do you wanna hurry so you can see that Eli boy you talk about so much?" Vivian said with a chuckle and a smirk.

"N-no! I just, umm, don't want to be late!" Clare yelled as a blush found it's way onto her cheeks.

"Clare, I'm just teasing." Vivian said as she finally trotted down the stairs. "So how do I look?" she asked. She had on a black tank top with a white skull pattern, way-to-tight black skinny jeans, a "Dead Hand" wrist band, and black and white converse. Her straight fox red hair fell a few inches below her shoulders and hung over one eye and her golden eyes were sparkling. To Clare, she looked like a ginger Eli with boobs.

"You look great Viv, now come on. We're gonna be late if we don't run!" Clare said, dragging Vivian out the door. They ran for about 5 minutes until Clare saw a familiar black hearse pull up beside them.

"Need a lift, Blue Eyes?" Eli asked from the drivers seat. Clare was ecstatic about not being late but then she realized, a hearse only had two seats.

"I don't think we'll both fit…" replied a disappointed Clare.

"One of you can ride in the back. Adam's already sitting back there and he isn't complaining. On one condition though…" Eli said with a devious gleam in his eye. "You get to ride up front with me, Blue Eyes." he said with a wink. Clare smiled and hopped up front with Eli and Vivian found her way to the back of the hearse, smiling at the peculiar looking boy sitting in the back corner.

"Hi, I'm Vivian, Clare's cousin." she said, holding her hand out to him.

"Adam." he said, smiling, as he shook her hand. He peered down and saw her Dead Hand bracelet.

"You like Dead Hand?" he said as his smile grew. He was starting to like this girl.

"They're like my favorite band? Have you heard their new song? It's epic!"

"Yeah. Not to long ago Me and Eli went to one of their shows with a friend."

"Really? Dude, ya'll suck!" Vivian said with a southern twang.

"Ya'll? Where are you from?" he asked

"Florida. It's way down south in North America."

"Wow. And you came all the way up here to go to school?"

"Nah. I got kicked out and Clare's parents decided to take me in since they had all the extra room since Darcy left."

"Why'd they kick you out?"

"Er, It's a long story…" she said awkwardly, then they heard a voice from the front.

"So, Vivian, since your Clare-Bear here's cousin-" Clare hit him in the shoulder for the unwanted nickname and he feigned hurt. "Ouch! As I was saying before I was rudely hit in the arm, do you have and embarrassing stories about Clare-Bear?" That earned him another hit in the arm.

"Again with the violence!"

"Well there was that kid, Wesley I think his name was, that she gave a-"

"Vivian! That's none of his business!" Clare screamed, cutting Vivian off.

"Um, guys? As much as I'd love to sit here and watch you 3 fight and Eli and Clare flirt, We're here." Adam said with a laugh.

And with that, They all hoped out of Eli's hearse to begin another drama filled day at Degrassi.