A/N: Hello sweet Degrassi Lovers! So, this is my first Degrassi fanfiction, I have written for other topics, but not for Degrassi. I noticed there was no Ali (anDREW and Eli)pairings. :p So please be nice, and hopefully enjoy this installment. (PS. I happen to be a huge EClare fan, but I also happen to think the jock and stand-off-emo kid are a cute pairing :3)
Disclaimer: I own nothing, Degrassi belongs to its people and respective Characters.
One.
"Andrew" The voice of Drew's brother woke him suddenly. "What?" He flipped in the bed suddenly, a spastic motion due to being woken up. Adam stood over him, fully dressed and ready to go.
"Get up, you're going to be late. You know mom hates it when were late, she has to get to work too, you know" Adam threw the covers off his older step brother.
"Hurry up!"
"Okay, jeeze. I'm getting up!"
Adam slammed the door behind him as he left. Drew sat up and rubbed his eyes. His bed head was particularly wild that morning. Drew pulled on a pair of pants from the drawer and filed through his closet for a shirt. He slipped the "Go Panthers" Degrassi shirt over his head and proceeded into the bathroom. As he wet his head in the sink, he thought of Alli, his new labeled girlfriend. She was bound to be excited to see him.
Practically sprinting out the door, Drew only stopped to pull a strawberry pop tart out of the toaster. It was cold, but still cooked. The sun warmed his face as he rushed across the lawn to his mom's huge truck van thing. Adam was sitting shotgun and left Drew to climb into the seat behind his mom and his brother.
"I see you finally managed to get out of bed, Andrew" His mom mused, not looking happy.
". . ." Drew said nothing. Anything he said at this point would just piss his mom off more. Drew strapped himself in as his mom backed out of the parking space and started down the road to Degrassi.
Adam was the first to clamber out of the vehicle, followed by Drew. They both waved to their mom, who didn't wave back, and then turned to see where their own set of friends were.
Drew hesitated, not exactly in the mood to deal with anyone yet. He never was in the mornings. He watched his step brother head over to the two students sitting at the picnic table at the edge of the property. The emo looking kid turned to look at Adam and rose to do that knuckle bump thing Drew had never completely mastered. God, how Drew was annoyed by that little emo. Everyone but that Clare Edwards chick and Adam thought he was just flat out creepy. He drove a fricken hearse for goodness sake. Drew pushed Eli out of his mind and took a deep breath, not sure he was in the mood to confront half the schools population, but he had to.
Halfway to his first period History, which he shared with his new "official" girlfriend Alli Bhandari, Drew saw her. She immediately tore away from whoever she was previously talking to and rushed as fast as her four inch heels would allow her. He pretended he didn't see her until she tapped him on his shoulder.
Drew pulled a grimace of a smile on his face, and Alli went gaga over his face every time he looked in her direction.
"Good morning, Drew" she murmured and jumped a little to reach his face in order to give him a small peck.
"How's it going?" Drew sighed and they simultaneously locked fingers, almost a habit now.
"I'm doing alright" Alli smiled, her white teeth such a contrast to her dark Indian complexion. You could really tell Sav and her were brother and sister.
"I thought that maybe we could eat lunch together today for once" Alli attempted.
". . ." Drew listened to her ramble, but not really paying attention. Alli was beautiful, and she cared, but she was so absorbed into being popular, that it sometimes made Drew feel a little lonely. Drew cared about his status, but it didn't matter as much. The only thing he really cared for was being the Quarter Back for the Degrassi football team. And when you were QB, you were popular.
Drew's competition for QB had been Riley Stavros, and Riley had actually won the title for Quarter Back. But the reason Drew was now QB and Riley was not was because Drew had overheard Riley murmuring to the teams Gay Guy Zane Park. The asian guy was openly gay, but apparently Riley was gay too but he wasn't ready to come out of the closet. Drew really had nothing against gay people, but when it came to his title as QB, he would do anything. He questioned Riley's "friendship" with Zane, and then got hazed the next morning by Riley and Owen, an asshole that was also trying out for the team.
Drew, in short, was a dick when he wanted to be. Or in this case, he had to be a dick. Though, in the end, Riley ended up admitting what he did to Drew, so Drew would keep his mouth shut, and was then removed from QB position, leaving Drew in his place.
And if Drew wasn't so popular, he was sure Alli probably wouldn't have even noticed his existence in the first place.
Drew was in his seat in Mr. P's class. Alli was behind him, still chattering away nonchalantly. Drew began to think she was talking just to hear her own voice. Drew thought he would catch a few seconds of sleep before the first bell rang. But instead he was shaken by something. Coming out of a slight comatose state, it felt violent. His eyes opened to see the emo guy standing over him. His big crooked lips were emotionless.
"What was that for?" Drew snapped, grouchy from being rattled.
"Adam said you forgot this, and he wanted me to give it to you" The emo kid pulled a manila envelope from behind him. Drew's eyes widened as he recognized it as his history portfolio. It was due this period.
"Oh my god" Drew breathed and plucked it from the black-clad boy's sharpied fingernails. "Thanks a lot, dude" he looked back up to the other. Their eyes burned holes in the opposites face. It looked as though this boy was challenging him.
"No prob, but Adam says that he won't save your ass again" he clapped Drew on the shoulder again and his tilted lips molded into a slight smirk. The shadow of a boy took a seat in the row next to Drew and three or four back, so he was in the lonely corner.
"I didn't know you knew Eli" Alli was suddenly leaning over his shoulder. Drew jumped violently.
"I don't…he's a friend of my brothers" Alli smirked at him and then returned her behind to her own chair. Drew ran his hands through his spiked bangs. Eli was that kid's name? Drew snuck a quick look back at Eli. The guy was absently coloring in his middle finger nail with a sharpie he pulled from nowhere. It looked like Eli was shooting the classroom a bird, which was what Drew felt like doing every morning.
When the morning bell sounded, Mr. P entered his classroom, with a sarcastic remark to start off the class.
"Mr. Torres" Drew jumped at the sound of his name. He was extremely sensitive to anyone shouting at him this morning.
"Please pass your portfolio to the front" Mr. P looked at him, scanning Drew's face for guilt. Drew guessed he expected it to either not be done, or completed by Alli. Drew sighed and passed it to the girl in front of him. When it reached Mr. P, the teacher actually looked somewhat shocked.
"Well done, Drew. I'm impressed from your REAL work this time."
"Thank you, sir" Drew smiled, facedly. And then a sharp pain hit him in the back of the head. Drew swore under his breath and whipped around. The only candidate was Eli, who had a rubber band clutched in his black nailed fingers. Eli flexed his eyebrows in a knowing way. Drew nodded in appreciation and turned back around. Eli had shot him with a hornet.
Drew was sitting by his locker, eating his lunch and working on an essay at the same time. He had declined Allis offer to eat lunch with her and her "BFFS". He had work to do if he was going to stay QB. Drew looked up from his chicken sandwich when he heard footsteps. He saw his brother, Eli and Clare all walking towards him. Adam looked worried.
"'Sup?" Drew asked, his mouth full.
"I was short on my money today, Drew. Do you have any extra?" Adam asked. Drew nodded and reached into his pocket and pulled out two fifty. On his way up to look at Adam, Drew glimpsed Eli staring right down at him. His brown eyes totally boring into Drew's skull.
"Thanks Drew." Adam smiled pleasantly.
"Oh, Drew, I don't know if I've formally introduced you to my friends"
Drew was silent.
Adam motioned towards Clare first.
"This is Clare, and that's Eli"
Drew still had chicken sandwich in his mouth, but said "Hi" anyway. Chicken flew from his lips. Clare looked slightly grossed out, but then she seemed to get over it and gave Drew one of her bright smiles.
Eli raised the crooked end of his mouth as they started away. Clare telling Drew goodbye as they headed towards the cafeteria.
"Don't choke, Jacob Black" Eli mumbled, his drilling eyes averting to the front of him.
Drew said nothing about the stupid Twilight joke, Adam had even said Drew resembled Taylor Lautner, and simply took another bite out of his chicken sandwich. And Drew began to wonder why he liked to sit alone, even though he had so many friends.
When their mom came to pick them up, Drew wanted to head home so he could get a head start on his new assignment. Adam wasn't in the truck van thing already, so Drew claimed shotgun.
"How was your day, honey?" Drew's mother asked absently, fiddling with something on her face.
"It was normal" Drew mused. And said nothing more. They sat in the vehicle for another ten minutes.
"Andrew, go find your sister…I mean brother" She said, and her face twisted with shame. She still got confused with Adam's true nature. But it was expected almost, with a transgender child.
"Okay, mom" Drew climbed out of the van and started off to look for Adam. Drew found Adam with Eli. Clare must have already went home with her mom. "Adam, mom's getting twirked. You'd better hurry up" Drew muttered, clapping Adam on his shoulder.
Adam turned, and so did Eli.
"Hey, can you tell mom I'm going to catch a ride home with Eli? Please?" Adam made his eyes all big and did that puppy dog face. It made him look like the girl he used to be, the one Drew remembered only faintly. Though Drew didn't want to point it out, he rolled his eyes. Eli was eyeing Drew once more, seeming fascinated with Drew's shoes today.
"Alright, see you at home." Drew started to turn to go, but then looked back at Eli.
"Bye" He nodded to the emolicious character. Eli's chin rose slightly into the air, and he lifted a hand in silent recognition.
End A/N: Well, hoped this chapter got you somewhat into it. I plan on continuing it….only if you guys want me to. Review the chapter please? I'll be your best friend. :3 Favorite and save to your Alerts as well and you will be loved!~~~
