Hello! So this is sort of my first story. I tried writing about a year ago but it sucked ass haha. So I'm starting over with this new idea. I based everything off the short but still satisfying (for me anyway) promo for season 11.5. I hope you like it! Comments are appreciated!

Chapter 1: Back to Degrassi

A crash was heard from downstairs.

"I can't believe this! Do you actually expect me to support you with this?"

"Jake please…" Glen started, but was cut-off once again.

"It's disgusting! This family is already screwed up enough we don't need another addition to it!" Helen gasped.

"Go upstairs right now," Glen said softly, obviously trying to restrain himelf. The teenager ran up the stairs as fast as he could. He hated them all.

Clare heard Jake rush past her door. She was curled up in her bed crying while listening to the fight. She herself was not pleased with her mother announcing a pregnancy but at least she had been open minded. Jake though, had immediately proposed abortion. Clare felt sick just thinking of the idea. Sure her mother wasn't the youngest person to be having a child, and maybe she was again rushing into things like the marriage, but she was now carrying a baby. She now had a small egg inside her womb that could end up being her baby brother or sister. Her mother could not have an abortion!

Clare continued to cry as she heard Jake breaking things in the room next to hers. Where did this violence come from? Jake and Clare had been going strong since the cabin. Clare had even thought about giving up her virginity to him. But with this new bump in the road Clare doubted they would be smooth sailing through the first month back at Degrassi. Her stomach clenched at the thought. Her first day back was tomorrow. She still hadn't patched things up with Alli, who was supposed to be her best friend. Maybe that could be her goal for tomorrow, to talk to Alli again. Because Clare really needed someone to talk to.

Next Day

"Have a good first day back!" Helen shouted out her car window. Clare smiled and waved while Jake ignored his step-mother completely.

"Would it kill you to be nice to her? She's going through a really hard time," Clare said.

"And whose fault is that?" Jake retorted. Clare stared at him in disbelief as he walked past her and up Degrassi's steps.

"Hey Clare!" Clare turned around and saw Eli walking up to her.

"Hi… Eli" Clare responded. His eyebrows quirked upwards.

"Not ready to be back to school?" Eli asked unsurely.

"Not ready to face reality I guess," Clare said vaguely.

"Not sure what that means… how are things with Jake?" he asked. Clare suddenly felt like the need to lie.

"Fine! We're great! I'm really happy with him," she said feigning enthusiasm. Eli had a mixture of confusion and awkwardness on his face.

"Well… good for you," he said, ending the conversation as he jogged up the stairs. Clare looked after him. Did she feel guilty? No, why should she? Eli seemed happy for her. She couldn't shake the feeling though.

Eli entered the building looking for Adam.

"Hey man!" he heard his best friend greet.

"Hey ready for class?" Eli asked. He offered to carry around Adam's textbooks because of his shoulder wound from the dance. It had been two months but Adam's arm was still sore.

"As ready as I'll ever be," Adam replied.

"So have you seen any cute freshman yet?" Adam asked. Eli looked over in amusement.

"Does your whole world revolve around food and girls?" Eli asked jokingly.

"Pretty much," Adam replied with a smile. They entered class and found Jake sitting with a few empty desks around him. There was also Imogen sitting on the other side of the room saving Eli and Adam seats. She looked over and started waving her arms around frantically, calling Eli over. Eli took one look and rushed to sit next to Jake.

"What was that about?" Adam chuckled.

"She's been stalking me ever since we went to the dot together," Eli whispered. Adam shook his head as he peeked over at Imogen who looked disappointed as she stared at Eli.

"Hello everybody!" the teacher tried getting everyone's attention. Once the class settled down she started again,

"So I'm sure all of your summers' were exciting so today just to ease you back into things, you're going to write about the highlights of your vacation in your journal. Then we'll share."

Eli snorted at the simplicity of the assignment. How old were they, 13? He rolled his eyes but started writing anyway. After about 20 minutes Eli looked over at Jake and saw he had written nothing on his paper.

"Was your summer really that terrible?" Eli asked sarcastically. Jake just glared at him.

"It was a joke…" Eli stated awkwardly. He got no response from Jake so he turned back to his own paper and saw nothing but his stay at Jake's cabin. It really hadn't been that great but the rest of his summer consisted of therapy sessions, mini breakdowns when cleaning his room, and playing video games with Adam in the Torres' basement.

"Hey, want to come over today? I need to talk to you about some stuff…" Adam whispered as the teacher started to ask people to share.

"Sure," Eli answered, "What stuff?"

"Just… things," Adam's face turned pink and turned back to face the teacher. Eli looked at him in confusion but let it go. Once the bell ran Eli tried to bolt from his desk to escape Imogen but she was fast.

"Eli!" She called, "I saved you a seat why didn't you come over?" Imogen pouted. Eli tried to hide his annoyance, "I wanted to sit next to Jake… we're um getting to be close friends," Eli lied. Imogen looked at him in disgust.

"The lumberjack? Is this another plan to get Clare Edwards back? I thought this whole thing was over-"

"It is! We're friends it that ok with you?" Eli asked sarcastically.

"Perfectly fine," Imogen answered softly. She readjusted her cat ears and skipped off.

As she skipped down the hallway she saw Fiona by her locker.

"Hello Ms. Coyne!" Imogen greeted. Fiona looked over and smiled.

"So how was your summer?" Imogen asked.

"Fine I guess, I spent most of it in Milan and then went to the Bahamas just with my mom for some 'girl time' as she called it," Fiona responded, rolling her eyes.

"Wow…sounds like a lot of fun," Imogen laughed.

"I'd rather be here with my friends. You know we could shop, go to movies, and have sleepovers… Not that I would have been able to anyway since Holly J. was getting ready for Yale," Fiona added.

"Well, you have me," Imogen said happily. Fiona looked over to her and smiled.

"I guess you'll do," Fiona joked. They laughed and walked to their next class, theater.