Clare walked up to Degrassi and sat on the front steps, as she did every morning, waiting for Ali. She watched as students walked by, catching the ends of conversations, but nothing that really peaked her interest. She heard KC's name come up a few times, but never heard enough of the conversation to hear what had happened, but honestly, she didn't really care. After KC had dumped her for Jenna, her best friend at the time, she lost all interest in him. She let her mind wander, thinking back to all that had happened last year, when she heard footsteps coming towards her. She looked up and saw Ali's familiar shape and jumped up.
She went up to Ali, and gave her a hug. "Good morning"
"Morning" Ali replied, and they both walked up the stairs into the school.
"So how's your morning been?" Ali asked Clare when they got to her locker.
"It's been fine, nothing really exciting about it though" Clare said, than quickly remembered the conversations she'd heard that morning about her ex.
"Hey Ali, have you heard anything that might've happened with KC?"
"Of course I have! It's all over the school!"
"Well, I haven't heard anything about it. What happened?"
Ali quickly filled Clare in on how KC had gotten Jenna pregnant, her denial, and how he'd dumped her to raise it alone after he found out abortion was out of the question.
"And he left her? Just like that? How could he do that?" Clare asked, completely shocked. She knew KC could be a bad guy, but she didn't think even he could be so low to do something like that.
"I don't know. He's just an idiot Clare."
"Yeah, tell me about it. But wait, how do we even know that this isn't just some rumor?"
"Owen was around the corner listening to their whole argument. He told Bianca, and she confronted Jenna in front of a bunch of people. Jenna admitted it."
"Wow. How did I ever date him?"
"I have no clue."
They kept talking about what a complete moron KC was, until Ali got a text.
"Hey, Clare, is it cool if he hang out later? I just got a text from Drew. He says he wants me to meet him at the Dot before classes start"
"Yeah sure, go ahead" Clare said.
Clare was walking down the hall towards her locker, when she heard a loud slam from across the hall. She looked up to where they'd heard the noise to see Eli and Fitz fighting, Fitz having clearly just smashed Eli into a locker. "Eli!" Clare exclaimed, running up to where the two were fighting. She moved to pull them apart, screaming at them both to stop, when Fitz punched Eli in the face, giving Eli a bloody lip. Clare started crying, and a group of bystanders started gathering as she tried to get the Eli to stop fighting; pulling him, yelling at him, pleading, even threatening him, but nothing worked. The boys were furious, and it seemed as though nothing could get them to stop fighting.
Suddenly, one of the boys was grabbed by the other and slammed head-on into a window, shattering it and knocking the boy unconscious. More people, hearing the shattering glass, and the shriek escaping Clare's lips as the boy hit the floor, quickly gathered around to see who it had been.
