I Can't Stay Away Chapter 1
I am only saying this once: I do NOT in any way or form own Degrassi.
K so, I was writing this with my Bestie, and when I wrote "Clare's POV" she stared at the screen and asked, "Clare's Power of Vagina?" LMFAO. I just about died laughing.
Another story? Yes! :)
Clare will be OOC
Warning: Smut will be in this story. ;) It just makes it more fun ;)
Summary: Clare gets new neighbors; the Goldsworthy's. Turns out she and Eli's parents have long history and are at war with each other. Their parents forbid them to see each other, but when the two find an attraction to each other, they can't stay away.
Clare's POV
I flipped the page of my book, my eyes glued to it. They scanned over every word carefully as I bit my lip, too absorbed into the book to notice the air became a bit chilly. I sat outside on my balcony, resting in a chair while my legs were propped up on the little table as I held the book up to my face. I had begun reading the book last night and now I am almost done. I love to read- no, I adore reading. I just love how you can suddenly be transported to another world just by reading a few words.
"Clare?" I jumped in my seat, placing my hand over my rapidly beating heart. I turned my head to see my mother, Helen, standing in the doorway that leads to my room. "What are you doing out here? It's freezing."
I glanced around, realizing the air was a bit cold. I noticed the goose bumps on my skin, making me run my hand over them. I lifted my hand and brought it to my cheek, taking note just on how cold my fingers felt against my cheek.
"Didn't notice." I finally answered, holding up the book I was reading.
My mother chuckled softly, "Ah, you were reading, big shocker." I rolled my eyes and chuckled along with her.
"Don't mean to be rude mom, but what do you want?"
"Oh, right. We are getting new neighbors. They are just moving in so I was thinking we could go introduce ourselves." New neighbors? Why am I just finding this out now? No one ever tells me anything and it pisses me off!
"And by introduce ourselves you mean me go over and see if their some crazy stalker people?" I stated, knowing where she wanted to take this.
"Well, I wasn't going to say that."
"But you were thinking it." I stated, a smirk playing at my lips. She didn't say anything, but the look on her face told me I was right. I laughed lightly and agreed nonetheless. "Yes mother, I will go over there and see if their crazy." I gasped, "Who knows, maybe they have saws for hands." I teased, making her roll her eyes.
She threw her scarf over her shoulder and turned to walk out of my room, "Stop being so overdramatic."
I took one last look at my outfit, smiling. I had on a pair of dark wash jean shorts, a black t-shirt with Evanescence written on it and my black converse. I didn't want to dress up just to meet these new neighbors, I wanted to feel comfortable. I made my way downstairs and into the kitchen where my mother was. her back was facing me as she was making something at the counter.
I puffed my cheeks and walked over to the side window, examining the house next door. I had never paid much attention to it before, but now that i actually looked at it, I realized it is almost identical to my house. I shrugged and walked back over to my mom and jumped up on the counter beside her.
"Clare, get off the counter!" My mom yelled, smacking my legs with a spoon.
"Ow, ow, okay, okay." I jumped off of the counter, rubbing my legs. "Jeez mom, no need to get abusive."
She rolled her eyes and a smiled. This is what I love about my mom. She and I have a unique relationship. She is like my best friend, but in a motherly kind of way. She is always there to listen if I need her and she never judges me. We can joke around with each other without her getting pissed off at me. She lets me go anywhere I want, whenever I want. She knows I wont take advantage of my freedom, mostly because I don't have anyone to take advantage of it with, but also because she trusts me.
"So remember, when you go over there, invite them over for dinner tomorrow night.."
"Yes mother, I know."
I watched as she finished her touches to a pie she was making and I couldn't help but laugh. She looked up at me confused and asked, "What?"
"Mom, I am not bringing that over there." I said, jumping off of the counter and walking over to the cupboard. I reached up and grabbed the vanilla icing before retreating back over to my mother and leaning against the counter.
"Why not?" she frowned.
"Because, bringing over a pie screams desperate." I told her, taking the lid off of the icing.
"No, it doesn't scream anything. It just shows that we are polite people."
"Then why don't you come with me?" I asked, dipping my finger in the icing and bringing it to my lips before licking it off.
She sighed, "Because I have to call your father."
I paused my actions and slowly pulled my finger from my mouth. I gulped and turned around slowly placing the icing container on the counter. My mother and father have only spoken once sine the divorce and that was only to see who would live in the house and who would move out.
I turned to look at her to see that she had a look that said she didn't want to talk to dad, but she had to. My mom was okay with the divorce, that's not what bothers her, its just that my mother and father were very close before they even got married. They were best friends, and because of this divorce, their friendship was ruined.
"About what?" I asked.
"That's none of your business, Clare." she said coldly. I was taken aback by this and once she realized how she sounded, she turned to me with an apologetic look. She was about to speak but I cut her off.
"I'll be back in a little bit." I told her, heading for the door.
I grabbed my leather jacket and put it on before making my way outside. I closed the door behind me and took a deep breath, walking down the steps and over to our new neighbors door. I noticed the movie truck was still in the driveway and a few men were walking back and forth between the truck and the garage, carrying stuff inside of it. I then noticed there was a hearse parked inside of the garage. What kind of family owns a hearse?
I walked up their steps and knocked politely. It didn't take long for a middle aged woman, who look no older than my own mother, with blonde hair and green eyes to open the door. She had dark wash skinny jeans on and a black t-shirt. She looked very rock 'n' roll-ish.
"Hi, I'm Clare, I just live next door." I pointed to my house.
The woman's smile dropped and she sighed. "What has my son done now?"
I pinned my eyebrows together, "Uhh, that's not why I'm here."
She looked embarrassed as she laughed at herself, "I'm sorry. It's just normally I get complaints form our old neighbors and I thought he already got in trouble." Wow, this son of hers sound pretty... interesting. "Let's start over. Hi, I'm CeCe."
I laughed and shook her hand, "Hello CeCe. I just came over here to invite you for dinner tomorrow night." I said politely.
She smiled, "That would be lovely, thank you for the invite."
"No problem. So you'll come?" I asked, hopeful. I didn't know what it was, but I like this woman. Just a vibe from her makes me want to get to know her. She seems pretty cool.
"I just have to check with my husband first."
"That's fine. Just let me know."
Just as I was about to turn and leave, an old man with greasy hair appeared behind the woman, wrapping his arm around her shoulders. He looked like he just woke up.
"This big guy here would be him, Bullfrog." CeCe smiled. Bullfrog? That better be a nickname.
"Hi, I'm Clare." I said, shaking the mans hand.
"Clare is our new neighbor." CeCe smiled to Bullfrog. "She invited us for dinner tomorrow night."
"You cook?" Bullfrog asked.
"No... my mom will be the one making the dinner. She would have came over, but she has some business to take car of." I answered, feeling very awkward.
"Oh," Bullfrog laughed, "I'm sorry. Today has just been hectic. With all the moving and everything, it's been a rough day."
"It's okay" We all let out a little chuckle.
Suddenly, a boy emerged from the stairs, walking towards us. I noticed he wasn't even paying attention as he walked by us and towards what I'm guessing is the kitchen, since their house is similar to mine. I had to press my lips together to keep from smiling as the boy backed up and turned to look at me with a confused expression. He cocked his head to the side slightly and squinted his eyes. I lifted my hand and waved to him, trying so hard not to laugh as he lifted his hand and waved back, the confused expression still on his face.
CeCe and Bullfrog noticed that I was looking elsewhere and turned towards the boy.
"Oh, Eli, didn't see you there." CeCe started as she and Bullfrog moved out of the way to reveal me more. "This is Clare. Clare, this is our son, Elijah."
"It's Eli." the boy stated, glaring at his mother who put her hands up in defense.
"Well Eli, from what your parents tell me, your quite the trouble maker." I stated as he stuffed his hands in the pocket of his skinny jeans.
Eli shrugged and licked his lips, "I try."
He smirked and I smiled. Our eyes were locked and I couldn't help but notice his intense green eyes. They were hypnotizing and most definitely the most gorgeous eyes I had ever seen. My gaze fell to his perfectly shaped pink lips that were formed into a smirk, then his perfectly structured jaw. His dark shaggy hair fell partly over his eyes, but still made them stand out. I had to admit, this guy was very good looking.
"Eli, we are invited to have dinner over at Clare's house tomorrow night." CeCe explained, making Eli tear his gaze form mine to look at her.
He nodded and turned back to me. I raised my eyebrows at him and he only smirked.
"Would you like to come in?" Eli asked, motioning inside.
I looked over to CeCe and Bullfrog who were smiling at me as I pondered on if I should go home or not. Mom did say she was going to be talking to dad, and it's not like I had anything else to do. Plus, this family intrigues me. I would like to get to know them.
"Sure." I smiled and stepped inside, closing the door behind me.
Once I was inside I could actually see that the house was almost identical to mine. The only thing different was the furniture. I looked to my right and saw the kitchen, looking identical to mine, but with boxes everywhere. I looked over to my left and saw the stairs were the same also.
"Why don't you guys go upstairs so Eli can begin to unpack?" CeCe said, motioning to the stairs.
Eli put his arm out, motioning me to go ahead of him. I took the offer and headed up the stairs with him trailing behind. We made it to the top of the stairs and to the end of the hallway. Eli turned to a door and I raised my eyebrows. His room is where my room is in my house.
Eli opened the door and just as I stepped inside, I fell to the floor. The light turned on and I realized I had tripped on a box.
"Are you okay?" Eli asked, kneeling to my side.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I said as I got up, dusting my clothes off with my hands.
"Sorry there's so many boxes. I didn't have a lot of time to unpack." He said. I looked around and noticed there were boxes everywhere. The only things unpacked were his bed, which lay in the middle of the room, his dresser and...
"Looks like you had enough time to hook up your game system." I said, pointing to the corner of the room where his game system was. He chuckled. I walked over and ran my fingers over the games he had. He had a lot but I couldn't find the one I was looking for.
"Do you have Black Ops?" I asked.
"You play Black Ops?" I turned to face him and nodded. He stared at me wide eyed and said, "Marry me."
I let out a short laugh and said, "OR we could play Black Ops and I could kick your ass."
"You're on."
"No!"
"Ha ha. yes!"
"Come on! Okay, my controller isn't working."
"Sure it's not. Your such a sore loser."
"I'm not a sore loser, I'm just letting you win."
"Then why you were complaining that your controller isn't working?"
"..."
"Exactly, and now that I distracted you with this pointless conversation I can now do this."
Eli finally turned his attention back to the game that we have been playing for two hours just in time to see me beat him. I jumped up from the bed and threw my hands in the air, screaming. "Yes! I win, what now sucker?" I started dancing around his room, not even caring that he was staring at me like I was a maniac.
He chuckled at me once I started doing the sprinkler.
"Okay, okay, you win. Now would you stop dancing like that?"
"Why? jealous that your not the one doing a victory dance?" I asked, now doing the lawnmower.
He scoffed and picked up one of his pillows, throwing it at me. I stopped dancing and glared at him, my hair covering most of my face now. I blew it out of my face and looked at a smirking Eli. I picked up the pillow and started hitting him with it, hearing him groan. He tried to lock the its but failed.
"Uncle, uncle!" he yelled out and stopped hitting him with the pillow, smiling in satisfactory.
"So," I breathed as I sat beside him on his bed, lying on my back. "What do you want to do?"
"Don't you have to go home?" Eli asked, making me sigh.
"Maybe... it's possible. But, my mom called my dad today and I'm not sure how the conversation went." I pinned my eyebrows together after I said this, trying to figure out why I just blurted that out. Normally it takes a while to get me to open up to someone. Eli and I have just been playing video games for a few hours and here I am, already talking about my family life.
"You're parents are divorced?"
"...Yeah. But I don't want to talk about it." I said, staring at the ceiling.
"Alright, what do you want to do?"
"I don't know, play a game?"
"We have just been playing video games for the past 2 hours." He chuckled.
"Not that kind of game, like 20 questions, truth or dare, you now, something to pass time." I shrugged.
"Fine, Truth or Dare?" Eli asked.
"Dare." I stated instantly. No matter who I am with, I always choose dare. I'd rather do something that makes me look like an idiot then tell someone one of my secrets.
"Okay..." Eli trailed off, thinking of a dare. "I dare you to go outside and scream."
I raised my eyebrows and turned my head to look at him. "That's it? That's your big dare?"
Eli nodded and I laughed shortly as I got up and walked to his window. I opened the window and that's when I noticed my bedroom window was right across from his. I shrugged it off and stuck my head out the window, closing my eyes and letting out the loudest scream I could. Once I was done, I turned my head to the side and looked at the people who were walking down the sidewalk. They looked at me like I was crazy and I only waved in return with a smile on my face.
I brought my head back inside and turned to Eli, who had an amused smirk plastered on his lips. I went and sat down beside him on the end of his bed.
"You're turn." I stated. "Truth or Dare?"
"Dare."
"Okay... I dare you to show me something embarrassing that no one else has seen, besides your parents of course." I said, smiling as I swung my legs back and forth.
he pressed his lips to a line and looked around the room, looking at all of the boxes. he got up and walked to a box, opening it up and reaching inside. He pulled out a watch and brought it over to me, handing it to me.
"No way." I stated, staring at the spiderman watch in my hand.
"Yeah, I know, lame right?"
"No!" I said quickly, "Dude, I have the exact same one except mines superman." I smiled, handing him the watch.
He laughed, not believing me. "Really?"
"Yeah, I'll bring it over sometime." I smiled. he smiled back and sat down on the bed again.
"Truth or Dare?" He asked.
"Dare." I said, looking around his room. His walls were plain and barely anything was unpacked. I then remembered that he had just moved her today. It was weird but it felt like I've known this guy my whole life. He was so easy to talk to and get along with, it's crazy. And every time I look into his eyes I just lose myself. it's like I'm torn.
"I dare you to Kiss me."
I froze in my spot once I heard those words. Was he serious? My eyes stayed on his wall as the back of my head was facing him. I was glad he couldn't see me because if he could, he would be able to see the massive blush I have going on right now.
I licked my lips and moved my gaze around his room, unsure of what to do. I mean, he did dare me to do it. And it's a dare, so it wouldn't mean anything, right? I chewed on my bottom lip and made my decision. i took a deep breath and swiftly spun around so I was straddling his waist. he looked up at me, shocked and confused as to what just happened.
"What are you-"
Before he could finish I grabbed his face in my hands and pressed my lips to his, feeling the immediate spark and closing my eyes. He was tense at first but soon relaxed into the kiss, his hands finding my thighs. He moved his lips with mine, one of my hands sliding to the back of his head, playing with his hair. His hand rested on my bare thighs, his thumbs rubbing small circles, before he slid his hands up and wrapped his arms around my waist.
I deepened the kiss as I slid my tongue between his lips and into his mouth. His tongue immediately started playing with mine, his arms pulling my body closer to his. I moved closer to him, accidently rubbing up against him in the process, causing him to moan.
I broke the kiss and panted as I stared into his eyes, wondering why this felt so right.
"This is wrong." I breathed.
"I know, we just met." he responded.
We stared at each other for what seemed like forever, but was only a few seconds. He leaned up and crashed his lips to mine, but I didn't mind. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him closer.
We fell back on the bed and he rolled us over so he was on top of me. He positioned his lower body between my legs and I wrapped them around his waist. He smiled in the kiss and I couldn't help the butterflies in my stomach. Feeling him smile against my lips sent a shiver down my spine.
I bit his bottom lip, hearing him moan at the gesture. I smiled and kissed him once more before pulling away completely. We stared at each other, panting against each other's lips. We both began to laugh at how awkward this is. Here we are, practically strangers, right after we finished a hot make out session.
"ELIJAH!"
We both turned our head to the door after we heard CeCe scream Eli's name from downstairs. He sighed and bowed his head. "She knows I hate to be called that."
He rolled off of me and got up from the bed, me following in suit. I quickly fixed my hair and clothes, trying to make it look like we weren't making out up here. Eli opened the door and motioned my to go out first. I walked out and he followed as we both made our way down the stairs.
As downstairs came into view, I pinned my eyebrows as I saw my mother standing in the doorway, looking furious. Maybe I should have called her...
"Clare! There you are!" My mother yelled, making me jump.
"Here I am." I said cautiously. "Sorry I didn't call, we were just playing some games-"
"I don't care, come on, we're leaving." My mom interrupted.
"What's going on here?" Eli chimed in, walking beside me. I turned to look at Eli who looked at me and I gave him the 'I don't have a clue what's going on here' look.
"Clare, say goodbye to your friend." She said the word friend like it was the most disgusting thing in the world.
"But-"
"I think it's best if you leave now." CeCe said, glaring at my mother.
What the fuck is going on here?
I turned to Eli slowly to see he was looking just as confused as I was.
"Uh... it was nice meeting you." I said, still confused as to what's going on.
"You too." Eli said, still looking confused. I pressed my lips to a line as we shook hands, unsure of what else to do.
I slowly turned around and walked over to my mother, who roughly grabbed my arm and pulled me outside. I turned my head back to glance at Eli, who was watching me leave before the door closed.
I turned back and watched my angry mother as she pulled me across the lawn and to our house. She pulled my inside, slamming the door closed, making me jump. I watched as she paced around the living room, placing her hand on her forehead. Her fist was clenched as she puttered things to herself.
"What just happened?" I asked.
She ignored me and kept pacing the room and talking to herself. I tried to think of something that I did but I couldn't think of anything. Maybe it was dad. But then was CeCe looking mad also? What the hell was going on here?
"Mom, what the hell just happened? All I was doing was hanging out with Eli and-"
Before I could finish she turned to me and stormed over, standing really close to me. She glared at me and said something that made my eyes grow wide and my heart drop.
"You will never see that boy again."
So...? How was it? Was it too rushed? Did you like it? What do you thinks going on with Eli and Clare's parents?
Sorry if there are any grammar mistakes. I tried looking over it but I was rushed off of the computer -_-
Also, if any of you are waiting for my other stories to be updated, I am working on them, I just needed to get this off my chest. I have been itching to write this for a while now and so I finally did. :)
Review and tell me what you think! :)