Good Girls Go Bad
Summary: Clare Edwards always seem to attract the bad boys. It was no different here in Llanview.
Pairings: Clare Edwards/Jack Manning, Shane/Clare friendship. Possible Connor/Dani. Dani/Clare friendship, Connor/Clare friendship. Neela/Shane. Some Matthew/Destiny.
A/N: Shane, Jack, and Clare are all juniors in this. Dani, Matthew, and Destiny are, of course, seniors.
threeshot to fourshot.
Part One: I Know Your Type
Clare Edwards sighed as she stood in the main office of the school, her backpack slung on her shoulder. She was here for an exchange program. One month in this Pennsylvania school, away from Degrassi, her, and her friends. When Mr. Simpson had called her into his office just a few weeks ago to discuss this with her, she'd been hesitant. But, Simpson had told her that it would be a great learning experience. So here she was, standing beside Connor Deslauriers, both of them being part of this program.
"Okay. Here are your schedules, your locks for your lockers, and your gym lockers, and your student ID badges." The secretary said, handing them their things and then turning back to face her computer without so much as a goodbye.
"Isn't she going to tell us where to find our classes?" Connor asked in confusion.
Clare sighed and grabbed onto his arm, lightly. "I guess not. We should probably go, though. Come on." She said, pulling him out the office door with her.
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Jack Manning was sitting on the top of his desk, laughing with his friends when the classroom door opened and a petite girl walked in, a tall, brown skinned boy with glasses standing beside of her.
The teacher walked into the classroom and smiled at them. "Ah, you two must be the exchange students. Welcome to Llanview. How about you both tell the class a little bit about yourself?" He asked before his attention fell on Jack. "Mr. Manning, get off your desk and into your seat."
Jack rolled his eyes and did what the teacher asked, turning in his chair to look at the exchange students.
"Well, my name is Clare Edwards. I'm from Degrassi Community School in Canada. I love to read and write. I would love to be a famous author. I'm a journalist on my school newspaper. I love dances and Connor and I were both in the gifted program in ninth grade."
He scoffed at that. Great. Another geek, who would think that she was smarter than everyone else. As if Shane and his little nerdy friends weren't enough. Clare was hot. Jack had no problem admitting that. But she was a geek. Jack Manning didn't do geeks.
"How interesting." The teacher exclaimed, interrupting Jack's thoughts, abruptly. "How about you take a seat beside Mr. Manning over here?"
Clare grinned nervously at the teacher and walked slowly through the rows of students, sitting in the empty seat.
"What about you Connor?" The teacher inquired, looking at the boy who seemed rather scared.
"He doesn't feel comfortable talking infront of crowds." Clare whispered to the man, softly.
The man nodded in understanding and pointed for Connor to take a seat next to Shane before he started class.
Jack looked at Clare out of the corner of her eye as she turned in her seat to smile at Shane Morasco-Balsom. The two seemed to be very engaged in their conversation and Clare and Shane were both laughing silently about something. Turning away from the scene before him, he huffed a breath and turned to face the teacher. Still though, he couldn't stop himself from looking at her out of the corner of his eye. It wasn't that he liked her, it was just that a girl hadn't caught his attention since Neela, who hadn't wanted a thing to do with him after he admitted that he was the reason Gigi Morasco-or rather, Stacy Morasco-had died. Jack didn't like geeks, but Clare was seemingly becoming BFFs with Shane. And Shane was the reason Neela wanted nothing to do with him. What better way to get Shane back in a non-violent way, than to turn his newfound friend against him? He smirked devillishly. Dark eyes sparkling. This would be an interesting project.
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"Why does that boy keep staring at me?" Clare whispered to her new friend, feeling confused. The boy next to her had been staring at her for quite some time. It was making her a little uncomfortable.
"Oh. Him." Shane scoffed with a roll of his eyes. "Don't pay any attention to Jack. He hates me and is still pissed at me, for some reason. He's probably thinking of ways to manipulate you."
She raised an eyebrow curiously at his words. "What happened between you two, that made things so bad?" She questioned.
Shane opened his mouth to reply when the teacher called out to them to be quiet and to talk after class. "I'll tell you at lunch." He replied.
Clare nodded and turned back to face the teacher. She couldn't help wondering why Jack and Shane didn't get along. Did they have a rivalry like her ex-boyfriend, Eli Goldsworthy and Mark Fitzgerald had had? She supposed that she'd find out soon.
To be continued: Shane tells Clare about he and Jack. Shane introduces Clare to Matthew, Destiny, and Neela. Clare and Jack are made partners for art class.