Dangerous Secret

Ch. 1 Double Trouble

Disclaimer: I do not own DeGrassi

A/N POV will switch around but I label it clearly

(Clare)

"This sucks." She sighed, sliding down her locker to the floor.

"I'm sure it will be fine." Adam tried to comfort her.

"FINE! My Dad left my Mom for this woman he cheated on her with and not only are they getting married next weekend, but I have to go to her house tonight to meet this…my soon to be Stepmom and her sons!" She grumbled and Adam sat down next to her, wrapping an arm around her shoulders.

"I know and you have a right to hate her but look how well it turned out with Jake and his Dad." Adam said with encouragement.

"Yeah I know your right. I'll be civil and give them a chance. I mean my Mom is really happy with Glen and I know Stephanie makes my Dad happy." She gave in. Adam was right.

"Besides if it's truly horrible you can always call me and complain." Adam smiled.

"Me too." Eli said strolling up and helping them both to their feet. "In fact we'll both check in on you tonight. That way if it's super awkward you can just excuse yourself to talk to us."

"Thanks," She smiled, "both of you." She kissed them both on the cheek. Adam smiled and Eli gave her his signature smirk.

"Now come on your Dad's probably waiting for you outside." Eli said slipping his arm around her waist.

Adam placed his arm back around her shoulders and the three misfits walked out of DeGrassi. Sure enough her Dad was waiting in his parked car at the bottom of the steps, and while most of the students at DeGrassi were used to seeing Adam, her and Eli attached at the hip; her Father was not. She saw the look on his face through the car, one of curiosity and confusion. "Well then lets just clear up that confusion." She thought to herself. She broke from Eli's grasp and gave Adam a quick hug, then turned back to her dark haired, darkly dressed, green eyed boyfriend and gave him a long and passionate kiss. She waved goodbye to them and got into her Dad's car.

"Hi honey." Her Dad said giving her a hug. "So that's your boyfriend I assume."

"His name is Eli, Dad." She said as buckling her seatbelt, she waved once more to Adam and Eli as Dad drove off.

"And the other boy?" Dad questioned.

"His name is Adam and he is my best friend." She retorted.

Her Dad nodded and then went on to tell her how much Stephanie and her sons would love her and how she had her own room and her suitcase was already there blah blah blah. They pulled up to the house…sorry mansion…and she was astonished. This place was gigantic! Her mom's whole house could probably fit in the living room! She got out and walked with her Dad to the door, he unlocked it and ushered her in. She looked around the foyer taking it all in, marble floors, a winding staircase, and antique looking furniture. Before she could react she heard people coming out of the other room.

"Oh Clare I am so glad you're here, I'm Stephanie. It is so nice to finally meet you. Your dad just goes on and on about his girls." Her soon to be stepmom said all in one breath while reaching out her hand.

She took her hand and plastered a smile on her face, she had promised to be civil after all. "You too."

"Oh and these are my sons Trevor and Ben." She gestured to two identical boys. They were tall like K.C., but built more like Owen, their hair and sharp features reminded me more of Fitz but they had eyes like Adam's.

"Hi." She said shyly as they were eyeing her kind of weird.

"Boys you give Clare a tour and show her to her room while Randall and I finish up dinner." Stephanie said.

The two nodded and gestured for her to follow them. The silence was making her nervous so she decided to make small talk, get to know her future stepbrothers. Maybe Adam was right, maybe they would be as good as Jake. "So which one is which?" She asked.

"I'm Ben and He's Trevor and this is the living room." Ben said.

"How old are you and which ones older?" She asked as they walked into the library.

"We're 17 like you and I'm older by 7 minutes." Trevor said and she nodded.

They showed her the rest of the downstairs and then they went upstairs. "That's our Mom and Randall's room." Trevor said pointing to what she assumed was the master at the end of the hall. "The 3 rooms on that side are Mom's office, the washroom and the guestroom."

"And this is your room Clare." Ben said opening the middle door on the left side of the hall.

"Wow!" She breathed taking in the size of her room. There was a four poster canopy bed with pink and purple bedding, a walk in closet with a large dresser, a loveseat and a desk with a chair and computer.

"We have the rooms on either side of you." Ben said closing her door.

She nodded but something about how he said it made her shiver; it reminded her of how Fitz used to talk.

"I uh I guess I should unpack." She said nervously. She took her suitcase from the bed and went into the closet and began putting her clothes for the weekend in their proper places. When she was done she exited to her room only to find them both sitting on her bed. She was about to ask what they were doing when she heard her Dad call them for dinner. She turned and started heading for the door when she was grabbed very forcefully on the right shoulder. The hand yanked her backward digging in to her flesh. She gasped both from pain and shock and suddenly was against one of their chests.

"Listen good you little bitch!" He hissed into her ear. "We don't like this wedding or you're Dad but we are going to have lots of fun with you. And don't even think about squealing, wouldn't want to ruin Daddy's happy day right? Besides they won't believe you."

"And we'd make your life a bigger hell." Ben said.

Her eyes were wide with shock and fear, too confused and afraid to react.

"Now go down to dinner Sis." Trevor said releasing her shoulder but slapping her painfully hard on the butt.

She didn't know what to do, her mind was racing. She was breathing hard and shaking a little and then her phone rang. "I'll be down in one sec." She told them. They smiled and went downstairs.

"Hi Adam." She said answering the phone with a relived sigh now that they were away from her.

"Hey how's it going?" He inquired with a happy tone.

"It's going fine, just fine. Listen I have to go we're about to eat dinner but thanks for checking on me." She said while a voice in her head screamed TELL HIM! TELL HIM!

"No problem, see you tomorrow." Adam said and hung up.

She set the phone down on the desk and went downstairs. Everyone was seated around the table and there was an empty seat for her, right between Ben and Trevor! "That's just great." she thought as she sat down and forced a smile on her face.

Dinner was incredibly uncomfortable and she barely ate. Every few minutes one of her future step-bastards would try and play footsie with her, touch her thigh or leg. She thanked Stephanie and her Dad for dinner, said she had some homework to do and ran to her room. "Thank God this door locks". She thought to herself as soon as she was in and was safely locked behind the door. She was about to start freaking out when her phone rang again. Eli's piercing green eyes and sexy smirk popped up on the screen. She let out a grateful sigh and answered.

"Hey Beautiful." His voice calmed her, merely by the sound. "God how I love that boy." She thought upon hearing his voice.

"Hey yourself."

"So how's the new family?"

"Stephanie is actually pretty nice."

"And your stepbrothers?"

"They're…they're not like Jake." Was the only reply she could make.

"You okay Blue Eyes?" Eli asked with a concerned tone.

She brightened her voice immediately. "Yeah I'm just adjusting that's all. You should see the size of my room. I have a huge four poster canopy bed…"

"Hot!"

"Eli!"

They talked for almost an hour and then said goodnights and I love you's and hung up. She put down her phone feeling so much better after talking to Eli. She went to her suitcase to get her toiletries bag and went to the washroom to brush her teeth and wash her face. After that she went back to her room only to be grabbed by her right hand and shoved against the wall. Her wrist hit the wall above her head with force and the hand on it was just pushing it in harder. Before she could do anything a pair of lips were forced against hers. She tried to fight but the hand on her wrist just got tighter and she whimpered in pain. After what seemed like an eternity she was released. Her relief was short lived though because Trevor grabbed her hard by both biceps and forced her to the bed straddling her.

"Stop." She said weakly.

He back handed her left cheek with amazing force and it stung horribly. "Don't talk back!"

He kissed her hard like his brother, it was gross. They're lips were hard and forceful she tried to squirm but it was no use. Finally he released her. "Get some beauty sleep Sis. But if we can't sleep we'll be back."

They both smiled vilely and left the room. She knew she couldn't be there, sleep would have been impossible. She put on her shoes, wrote a quick note to her Father that she had left early for school to meet Alli and Jake had picked her up. She left it on her bed and climbed out her window and down the trellis. Now where could she go? What was on this side of town that would still be open at 9?