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Chapter One- It's Never Perfect
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"Come on! It's not that bad!" Clare said linking arms with Jake and running into the backyard to the in ground pool.
"Clare, it's in the middle of January. It's freezing outside; do you realize how cold the water is going to be?" Jake said watching Clare walk over to the chairs as she sat down. She patted the spot beside her, telling Jake to sit down next to her. He smiled and moved slowly across the dock, goose bumps rising on his skin as the cold air hit him.
"After a while, we can get in the hot tub, it won't be that bad. Please." She looked up at him, giving him that face he could never said no to. He sighed and smiled,
"Fine, but I'm blaming you if I get sick." He said with a small smile, Clare squealed and pecked his lips lightly. "Thank you." She whispered against his lips. He smiled down at her and placed his hands on her bare waist. Before Clare could walk away from Jake, he quickly picked her up, bridal style and walked over to the edge of the pool.
"Jake! No!" Clare yelled holding onto his neck tightly.
"You're the one who wanted to swim, so here you go" Clare squealed as she hit the ice cold water. It felt like tiny needles hitting her skin as the water covered her body. She opened her eyes to see Jake sitting on the edge of the pool, smiling deviously at her.
"What the hell was that for? I wanted to wait." She said. Clare had her arms wrapped around herself, trying to warm herself up.
"You said you wanted to swim, do you want to get out?" He asked showing her a sweet and innocent look. She nodded lightly and walked over to him. He placed his hand out, and she grabbed it, she pulled her wrist back and stepped out of the way, only to see Jake fall into the water.
"Clare! What was that?" He yelled taking a step closer to Clare.
"Payback's a bitch, huh?" She whispered wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Right, but we should get out. I don't want you to get sick or anything." He smiled down at her and placed his hand on her lower back to pull her closer. Clare nodded her head and Jake quickly picked her up again, bridal style and carried her out of the pool leaving their towels behind.
Jake carried her up to his room and sat her down on the bed. He went over to his dresser and pulled out a t-shirt and some pajama pants with a pair of his boxers. "You can change in here, I'll be in the bathroom" Jake smiled and kissed her forehead and left his room. Clare shut the door behind him and quickly changed so she wouldn't have to keep Jake waiting.
She walked around his room, eyeing some of the pictures on his desk and dressers. She stopped at a certain one that made her heart sink. It was a picture of her and Jake, with his mom hugging them both as she was kissing Jakes cheek. Clare was laughing at something as Jake was staring at Clare, admiring her every feature. Clare smiled at the memory, but suddenly her mind filled with precious memories of her and his family, how close they were and how perfect everything was before Jake moved away. After the three years they did, Clare got the upsetting call saying Jake's mother passes away due to a terrible car accident. Jake and Clare talked everyday for the last 6 years. Even though they didn't see each other at all besides skyping or calling each other, they knew deep down inside they shared the same feelings. Even though, she was dating Eli at the time, she always had a certain spot in her that made her heart melt every time she thought of Jake or talked to him.
Clare stared at the picture on his dresser and wiped away the lose tear that had fallen. She heard a faint knock on the bedroom door, "Clare?" Jake whispered lightly peeking into his room. He spotted Clare and smiled as he walked up and hugged her from behind. "What are you doing?" He asked placing small kisses on her cheek. He looked up at her and noticed she was slightly crying. He followed her eyes and stopped on the picture.
"Clare..." He whispered, "Are you okay?" He asked again, looking back at the photo. He tried to hold back any sign of being sad, but he couldn't. He missed his mom, so much. His mom was his world; she would do anything for him.
"I miss her so much." Clare whispered and closed her eyes lightly and placed her hands on top of his. Jake sighed and tried to blink back the tears, "I know, I miss her too." Clare slightly turned around to face him as she placed her hands on his shoulders.
"I wanted to be with you so bad when we got the call; I was so worried about you." Clare said, "I just wanted to be there for you, to be in your arms." Clare sniffled and looked down at her feet and back up at him, "I just miss her so much, Jake. She treated me like she was my own mother." She closed her eyes and looked at him, so see the hurt expression he was showing.
"I-I know, Clare. I miss her so much too. She didn't deserve any of this. She was the best..." Jake took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down. "She was the best person ever. She would push everything out of her way to make someone's day. W-When we got the call, I-I was so mad, I was angry at everyone. I was angry at the driver, who hit her, I was angry at the doctors who didn't get there in time. I was angry at God, for choosing me to go through this. I was mad at him for killing such a beautiful and amazing human."
Clare wiped away her tears and placed her chin on his chest to look at him. "She's always going to be with us though. Remember that, she always said that even if we don't see her, she will always be with us," Clare slowly placed a hand over Jakes chest to feel his heart beating slowly against her palm. "Right here." Clare smiled sadly and chuckled under her breath remembering a funny memory of Jake and his mom. She sniffled again and lifted her hand up to Jake's face. She ghosted her thumb over his cheeks to wipe away the lose tears.
"You know that's why I love you, right?" He whispered sweetly rubbing her back for comfort.
"And what reason is that?" She said looking at him with her eyebrows rose.
"'Cause, Clare. You are such a caring and wonderful person when it comes to these things. You're a beautiful girl, and I'm glad to have someone in my life as sweet and caring as you." Jake said smoothly while placing a gentle kiss on her forehead. Clare closed her eyes at the feeling and smiled, "I love you, because you're a charming boy, who always has the sweetest things to say to me, who doesn't care what mood I am, who loves me for me and doesn't take me for granted." Clare smiled and kissed the corner of his lips.
"How come we were never together before?" He asked softly looking deep into Clare's eyes.
"Because, long distance relationships don't usually last. And I don't think I could be in a relationship with you if I could never get to see you. Another reason why, is because before you moved, we were really young, and we didn't know what love was."
Jake laughed and nodded, "I guess you're right." He leaned down and briefly pressed his lips to hers. They stayed in that position for a few moments before Clare tangled her fingers through his hair and started moving her lips with his. Clare smiled against his lips and he pulled back. She tried to regain her breathing as Jake pressed light butterfly kisses on her jaw line and neck.
He finally got to her soft spot which was under her ear lobe. Jake stopped there and slowly started sucking the area, twirling his tongue on her creamy skin. She giggled lightly fought the moan that was crawling up her throat. When he bit down on her skin, she jumped and a light moan released from her mouth. He started moving up, placing kisses back on her jaw line, to her cheek and lastly, to her lips. His lips moved with hers before he pulled back again. Clare yawned and looked over to see the time. "Jake, its 1:30 in the morning. We should get to sleep." Clare said lazily while moving out of his grip and lying down on the bed.
Jake smiled over at her and crawled over in the bed next to her. She moved over and nuzzled her face in his chest and took in his scent. "Mmm.." She hummed, and smiled against his body. Jake had his arm wrapped around her body as he breathed in her scent as well. Jake started humming a old song they listened to as kids and slowly started to fall asleep. He kissed Clare's head and she opened her eyes to look at him.
"Jake..." She whispered.
"Hmm?" He asked with his eyes still closed. She smiled and crawled on top of him. His eyes shot open with the sudden contact. "C-Clare, what are you doing?" He stuttered making Clare giggle.
"Nothing, shush. Just go to sleep." She pecked his lips and wrapped both her arms around his waist and set her head on his chest right under his chin. Jake smiled and put his hand on her lower back, slowly rubbing his hand in a circular motion on her back to help her fall asleep.
"I love you, Jake." She mumbled. He smiled and lightly kissed her head,
"I love you too Clare, sweet dreams." He smiled lightly and drifted off into a deep sleep.
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"Jake." Clare whispered, shaking her boyfriend awake.
"Jake, wake up." She said again.
"No, go back to sleep." He mumbled lightly and covered his face up with his hands.
"Jacob Martin, if you don't get up right now, you're going to regret it." She threatened. He slowly opened his eyes and smiled down at her.
"I'm shaking like a leaf Edwards." He pulled her closer and kissed her for a moment, "Why did you want me to get up?" He asked.
"Because, we're going out today." Clare said excitedly.
Jake thought for a moment and smiled and nodded her head. "Where are we going?" He asked lazily.
"I don't know, that's why you're picking out where you take me." Clare smiled at him and ran her fingers through his hair.
"A little demanding are we, huh? And who says I want to take you out today?" He asked smugly.
"I don't know some amazingly attractive guy who says he loves me. I thought he would want to take his girlfriend out today, since they've already missed half of school." Clare said giving Jake small kisses on his jaw line and neck, making him chuckle under his breath.
"How could I possibly say no to that?" He said with a small smile, pulling Clare's face back up his and kissed her briefly before pulling back.
"Are you going to go home and get ready, or do you still have some clothes here?" He asked rubbing her back slowly.
"I think I have some clothes here. I don't feel like going home today." She said laying her head back on his chest and listening to his rapid heartbeat.
"Do you care if I get a shower?" She asked throwing her legs off the side of the bed and standing up.
"Can I join?" Jake said while wiggling his eyebrows. Clare laughed and hit his chest playfully,
"No, I don't think so." Clare laughed and went over to his drawer, grabbing some of his boxers, a t-shirt, and some pajama pants. "I'll be back."
After about an hour, each of them have gotten showers and they were ready to go. Clare was dressed in skinny jeans and a flowered tank top with some white flats while Jake wore some blue jeans and a plaid shirt. Clare sat closely to Jake on the way to the movies. They were going to see 'Captain America' and go out to eat somewhere afterwards. As they got to the movies, Jake quickly got out and ran over to Clare and opened the door for her.
He pulled her up and lightly pecked her lips as they walked hand in hand to the ticket counter. Jake handed her the tickets and got a large popcorn and drink to share. When they turned around, Clare nearly choked up her drink. She was shocked at what she saw.
Eli Goldsworthy.
"Um... Hi Clare." He whispered with that smirk that made Clare's heart stop.
"Hi, Eli..." Silence grew around them as Clare looked down at her feet. She jumped when she felt Jake wrap his arm around her shoulder.
"H-Have you met Jake?" Clare asked breaking the awkward silence.
"Hey, I'm Eli." Eli placed his hand out and Jake gladly shook his hand.
"Well we better be go-" Clare was cut off by a loud, annoying, voice. She looked over to see a girl, hair pulled up in pigtails with a wide smile. Eli put his arm around her waist and she quickly shot Clare a dirty look as she eyed her up and down.
"Clare Edwards. How nice to see you." She said in a sarcastic, but excited voice.
"I'm sorry, but who are you?"
"Imogen Moreno." She smiled and looked at Jake, "Jacob Martin, currently dating the ex of my boyfriend, parents are divorced, just moved back last month, Clare and you have always been best friends but now after Clare's terrible break up, you come along and now you two love each other, am I right?" She looked at Jake and tilted her head with a creepy smile. Jake looked at Clare in confusion.
"Immy, stop it." Eli whispered,
"You're mom cheated on your dad, next day she gets killed a terrible accident. Seems like your life is pretty messed up right now" Clare looked at Eli who was staring at her, with his jaw clenched.
"What Eli, you're not going to do anything about her?" Clare screamed making all eyes face her. "Do you understand how much you hurt him?"
"Clare, calm down, I was just seeing if I knew who he wa-" Imogen tried to say but Clare cut her off again.
"No, Imogen, you've done enough. How dare you speak to Jake like that? You made my ex hate me. We can't even look at each other without feeling a small since of hate. Do you know how much that hurts me? To know that someone I still care for hates me and looks at me like he doesn't even know me? Everything would've been better if you haven't come along. You're a bitch. A cold-hearted, selfish bitch."
Clare stepped back and walked in front of Jake, starting to walk away from them. She glanced over at Eli who had his mouth slightly open who was also staring at her with wide eyes.
"Go to hell." She mumbled over at Imogen and turned around, dragging Jake to the theatre.
Clare stopped in her tracks and leaned up against the wall; she slowly slid down and brought her knees up to her chest. She cried silently as Jake sat next to her whispering sweet things to her and he moved side to side to try to calm her down.
"Clare, it's okay. Just don't think about it." He whispered to her, making her head shoot up.
"Jake it's not okay. Eli could've stopped her, but he didn't. He let her walk all over us, she said things that isn't any of her business. She talked about your mom Jake, she had that bitchy smile while she said it. It's like; she's glad that we get so hurt when we think about her. It's not alright." Clare sobbed and covered her eyes with her hands.
"I don't understand... why do you hate her so much?"
"Jake, I-I don't want to talk about this right now."
"Clare, just tell me wh-" Clare cut him off by raising her voice slightly.
"She knows about Darcy, Jake. She knows about how my dad cheated on my mom with yours. She puts me through hell every time I see her. Before you came to Degrassi, she always made fun of me because my whole family is screwed up."
Jake sighed, "Did you tell Eli about this? What did he do?"
"He did nothing he just stood there and watched. It was like he didn't care about me or how I was breaking down every second of the day." Clare cried harder and she wiped her eyes again.
Before Jake could answer her back, Eli and Imogen walked passed them. Eli stared at Clare and smirked, he walked over to her, forcefully grabbed her hand, his eyes never leaving hers. He placed a small note into her palm and shoved her hand back, with that smirk still plastered on his face. He walked back over to Imogen and she smiled while grabbing his hand into hers.
Clare sniffled and watched them leave with a terrified look on her face. She slowly opened up the note and read it. "Oh my god." She said and started to cry ever harder. She stood up and threw the note down next to Jake and stormed off into the bathroom. She looked behind herself and saw Eli who was still showing her that smirk.
Jake stood up, trying to grab Clare but she got out of his grip and ran to the bathroom. He ran his fingers through his hair and walked over to the note and picked it up, reading every single word and the anger filled him.
You think your little boyfriend is going to protect you? Think again, 'cause he's going to dump your ass when he figures out who you were are. We all know what you did, Clare. Don't be pretending like you have no idea. You are a selfish, manipulative bitch who uses people and throws them away. You trick people from learning about yourself. We all know what your dad did to Jacob's mother. We all know that he was the one who hit her that night and killed her. You can't keep everything hidden, Clare. That's why you are such a baby and get upset when someone brings up his mom or your dad, because you feel the quilt overcome you. Just remember, Clare, you aren't going to be able to hide the truth for long. And when you let everything out, you're boyfriend is going to hate your guts for not telling him what actually happened.Jake threw the note down and ran over to Eli, turning him around and punching him right in the face. Eli fell backwards as Imogen let out a tiny scream. Jake towered over him as he kept throwing punches at Eli. "Don't you ever..." Jake punched him again, "talk to Clare that way again, you don't know her." He screamed, but before Jake could throw another he felt tiny hands wrap around his bicep. "Jake, get off of him, let's go." Clare screamed, still crying as the tears ran down her cheeks. Jake finally got off of Eli and stood up, leaving Eli there as Imogen kneeled beside him. Clare dragged him out of the building and sat him down on the closest bench.
"Jake, what happened in there?" Clare said caressing his cheek.
"I-I don't know Clare, but are those things they said in the note... are they true?" He asked with a serious look.
"Oh my god, are you really going to believe that shit? They are just trying to make my life a living hell. I love you Jake, don't you think I would at least tell you everything?" She said. Jake nodded and leaned down, capturing his lips with hers. He pulled back and rested his forehead against Clare's.
"I'm sorry." He whispered.
"Don't be, it's not your fault." Clare said while pulling him into a comforting hug.
"Clare?"
"Hmm?"
"I love you; I don't want anything to come between us. Alright? Promise me."
"I love you too, and I promise, I won't let that happen." Clare smiled and kissed his cheek and pulled him back into another hug. "I promise."
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