"Kiss me." He said in a soft, low voice as blood was falling from his eyes. So fast. An amazing, beautiful dream of just him and me, crashed by the brutal nightmare of reality. A reality of love and hate. My love, yet their hate. Fitz's eyes filled up with anger. And that anger exploded on Eli. So fast. The tricks, the fights, the punches and shouts. All leading to blood. And a stab. The stab…. As Fitz ran away I didn't know what to do. I couldn't believe what happened. I knew he wasn't sorry for what he did. You could just feel him smiling. Eli fell. And I fell with him. Waiting for kelp against the lockers. So fast.
"Kiss me." I went back to him. I held his hand and put my cheek on his leg. What was going to happen next? I started to cry as he stared at the wall. Was he scared too? Then he looked at me and petted my hair. He smiled. I looked away, and closed my eyes. "How did this happen?" No answer. His smile faded. "Eli?" No answer. Then he said, "Fitz is crazy." Then I looked at him. "You poisoned his drink." "Only so he would leave us alone." "Well he didn't. Eli you never should have taken it this far." "I know. But I love you Clare. I want to protect you and stick up for guys like Fitz." There was a big pause. Then I kissed him. I felt stressed, scared, worried. But I kissed him and the tension lifted up. And during that moment, I felt I could do anything with Eli. Like I loved him.
But it doesn't erase what happened.
When a teacher saw us and got police we were escorted to an ambulance. Eli on a gurney and me, walking behind him. I turned around and looked at Degrassi. So fast. Sitting next to Eli, both of us as pale as a sheet, in the ambulance holding his hand was all I could do. I was frozen. "Clare." He said. I looked at him, trying to smile like he was. Like everything was ok. Then he said. "I'm sorry." My eyes got bigger. "For what?" "Everything. But not for loving you." I started to tear up again. His smile faded and he closed his eyes. I put my head on his lap and began to cry. But not because I thought he was dead. He was alive. But because I was stressed, scared, worried. And he was sorry. I closed my eyes. Trying to go back to when it was just him and me.