A/N this is my very first Fan Fiction so please cut me some slack. The title comes from the song Problematique by Hot Chelle Rae. Read. Review. Love. (Hopefully don't) Hate. Thanks.

P.S. This whole story is written in Clare's P.O.V.

Disclaimer: I don't own Degrassi, Hot Chelle Rae, or a teddy bear named Elvis.

"Does this dress make me look fat?" I asked Adam.

"No, Clare. You look amazing. I don't know why I agree to come shopping with you every time. I need to spend time with my family, my girlfriend. People other than you," Adam said.

Tomorrow is the first day of my sophomore year of high school. I want to look great. I just cut my hair short and got rid of my geeky glasses. I don't want to be known as Darcy's little sister anymore. I want to be known as Clare, the coo, good looking grade ten girl.

Adam is my best friend. He's a FTM transgender, but I still think of him as the same old Adam. Not as Gracie. He has a brother named Drew. Drew likes Ali. Ali is my best friend who also likes Drew. Drew is friends with K.C. And K.C. is my ex. He goes out with Jenna. Jenna is friends with Ali. Ali has an older brother named Sav. Sav and Anya used to date. Anya now is dating Owen. Owen picks on Riley and Zane. Riley and Zane are gay…

The Degrassi friendship tree could go on and on, but I prefer to keep myself pretty secluded.

I checked my phone. It was five o'clock.

"Clare, you look fantastic. Buy the stupid dress so we can go to The Dot and eat something. I'm starving." Whined Adam.

"Fine, let me pay for the dress and we can go," I reply.

The Dot is this local coffee place that is the hangout of everyone who goes to Degrassi. Peter, Darcy's boyfriend from before she went to Kenya, works there.

While we were walking to The Dot, I noticed a hearse driving down the road. I couldn't see the driver but I was assuming that they were just delivering a casket to some random cemetery.

Some pretty weird people live in Toronto, though, so I wouldn't have been surprised if someone owned it as their own vehicle.

When we got inside The Dot, I ordered us some food. Adam seemed pretty zoned-out so I pulled out a book and started to read. When our food arrived, we ate in silence and then proceeded to go home.

When I got home, I went straight to bed. I didn't want to see my mother. She would be drunk and as soon as she saw me she would no doubt start to yell at me. And I didn't want to be stressed the day before school.

**Next Day**

I walked up the steps to Degrassi Community School. Ali ran up behind me and gave me a giant hug.

"Geeze Ali, you'd think you haven't seen me for two weeks!" I exclaimed.

"Clare. That's because I haven't seen you for the past two weeks. I missed you in Florida. But I still had tones of fun. So how was the rest of your summer?" Ali said.

I explained to her the rest of my boring summer. She didn't look happy about it.

At my locker, I apparently seemed distracted. When she yanked my arm to get me to move, I stumbled backwards into someone else. All of the stuff that I was carrying tumbled to the floor. I reached down to pick up all of my belongings, but before I could, a boy handed me everything in a neat pile.

When I looked up, I stared straight into his beautiful forest green eyes. He had straight black hair. He had a tiny bit of black eyeliner on his bottom lash line. He was wearing black skinny jeans and a dark grey shirt.

Ali nudged me to snap me out of my trance.

"I'm Eli. Eli Goldsworthy. And you are?" He stated. He was holding his hand out for me to shake.

"Cl-Clare." I stuttered. I shook his hand. He put on a lopsided smirk.

He is so nice. And he's kind of cute too. I thought to myself.

"I guess I'll see you around," I said.

"I guess you will." He replied.

After he walked away, Ali started to grin.

"You like him" She teased.

"Do not!" I said back.

"You loooove him," She stated with a grin.

"Oh shut up Ali." I said as I walked away to my first period class.

As I walked in to my first class, advanced English, I noticed Eli sitting at a desk in the middle of the classroom. The only other seat was the one right behind him.

Adam was sitting in the seat next to the empty one.

"Hey, Clare, have a seat," said Eli as he turned around.

A/N leave a review and let me know how I did for my first time. Thank you for reading. By the way, check out the song Problematique by Hot Chelle Rae.

-Itzsyd123