Chapter One: Changes

Clare Edwards stopped as she reached the steps that led up to her school. She couldn't help but stop and stare, so much had happened over the summer and she wasn't sure if she was ready to return to school. Shortly after her break up with Jake, he and his father had moved in, causing even more drama in Clare's already unstable life. After Adam had gotten shot at prom, Clare started to realize that she still had feelings for Eli. She hadn't realized it when she was with Jake, but his play had really touched her. She had gone home and cried after the after-party. Clare never let Jake know though. Everything had changed after the seniors had graduated.

She finally got enough courage and walked up the steps and opened the door. Clare's heart started to beat faster as she looked around. Everyone from last year had moved up a color. She could see the Torres boys out of the corner of her eyes. Drew now wore a blue shirt, while Adam, along with the rest of her friends wore a red shirt. Clare walked over to her locker and in a matter of seconds Alli was there with Jenna close behind. Jenna and Clare didn't have the best friendship, because KC, Clare's ex-boyfriend, ended up cheating on her with Jenna their freshman year. Although Jenna had gotten cheated on and the two girls started to become friends again.

"Can you believe it? Finally juniors!" Alli squealed

Clare rolled her eyes, but laughed at her best friend. "You know you say that every year."

"Yes, but this year means no Sav." Alli said, smiling big at the reminder that her older brother was no longer being a protective shadow around her.

"And no more Holly J, and Anya, and Chantay, and Riley-"

"We get it Jenna." Clare said cutting her off

"Someone ate a large helping of grumpy for breakfast." Alli commented. Her expression softened. "Is everything okay?"

"Just peachy." Clare responded in a monotone voice

Somehow Alli took that as she was okay and started to go back to her ranting about junior year.

"You know this year is going to be great. I'm going to get Dave back and rub it in Drew Torres' face!"

"I thought you two had called a truce?" Clare asked

"Are you kidding me? She's been ranting about making him pay for weeks now." Jenna said rolling her eyes

"It hasn't been weeks." Alli blushed

"You know you're going to need a lot of luck if you're planning on getting anywhere with Dav." Jenna commented

Clare sighed as she saw KC and Marisol before the other two girls. Jenna and Alli heard her sigh and turned to the same direction. The two girls saw the same thing as Clare, but their reactions were different. Jenna shot Marisol a glare and Alli wrinkled up her nose in detest.

"You know they're not even worth it right?" Clare pointed out

KC noticed the girls and watched them. He made it clear that he was looking at Jenna. Marisol didn't notice that KC was staring at his ex-girlfriend, but she gave Jenna a smug look. Jenna managed to make contact with KC, but when he tried to make farther eye contact Jenna stuck her nose up and made it clear that she wasn't going to forgive him anytime soon. KC tried to turn around and get a better look at Jenna, but Marisol stuck her hand in his back pocket, and dragged him off to her locker.

"That boy never learns." Jenna said shaking her head

Clare nodded in response, but found herself looking away from her friends. Her eyes landed on Eli who was standing at his locker, fiddling with the lock. She found her breath taken away and didn't notice that Alli was talking to her until she got elbowed.

"Clare? Are you listening?" She asked annoyed

"Five, wait what?" Clare asked snapping back to reality. She blinked a few times but her eyes still remained on Eli

Alli finally noticed, but she looked to see what Clare was looking at. She saw Eli at his locker and smirked. "So Clare, have you talked to Eli lately?"

She blushed. "What what are you talking about Alli?"

"Eli? You're starring at him Clare. We have eyes." Alli laughed

"I was not starring at him." Clare pouted trying to defend herself

"No, because you're still starring at him." Jenna pointed out laughing

Clare finally let her eyes drift off of Eli and she returned them back to Alli and Jenna. She bit her lip and blushed, realizing that she hadn't been able to take her eyes off of Eli. Clare went to open her mouth to answer, but luckily Adam managed to save her by wrapping his arm around Clare's shoulders.

"Hey Clare!" He said happily. He saw Alli and Jenna and smiled at the two of them. "Alli, Jenna."

"Hey Adam. How's your shoulder?" Jenna asked

"Jenna every time I see you, you ask me that same question. It's been three months, I'm okay." Adam laughed

Jake passed by the group and nodded at Clare. Clare turned away and tensed up under Adam's arm. She hopped no one had noticed, but all three of her friends had to notice.

"Clare?" Jenna asked worried. She turned and watched Jake walk down the hall

"Is everything alright between the two of you? I mean you moved in together so how is that?" Alli asked trailing off

"Everything is just perfect." Clare said sarcastically

"Clare," Adam started taking his hand off of her shoulders "We're worried about you."

"Everything is just so strange at my house. All anyone really talks about is the wedding. What color are the bride's maids dresses going to be? What kind of cake are we going to get? What is the seating chart going to look like? You can't get through a day without someone mentioning anything about the wedding." Clare steamed

"And where does Jake fit into this?" Jenna asked raising her eyebrows

"Breakfast this morning was a disaster. Our parents had a disagreement and Jake and I got dragged into the middle of it. It was stupid really, but it just causes more tension in our already tense house." Clare said rolling her eyes

Before anyone could say anything else the bell rang out and everyone jumped. The four juniors took a look around at each other and then split walking in four different directions. Clare watched her friends walk away and then started to walk for herself. She got so side tracked with her thoughts that she didn't notice that she walked straight into someone. All of Clare's school supplies scattered and she felt like she had run into a brick wall.

"Clare?"

She looked up and saw that Eli was her brick wall. She blushed and picked up her stuff. "Eli, I…I'm so sorry." She than ran off down the hall as her face turned the same color as a tomato.

Well this is the start of the story. I'm going to try and update soon, but The Slytherin Inside is the main story that I use on here. I love this story too though. I love this Degrassi! The only thing I don't like is the fact that Eli & Clare aren't back together yet. I mean seriously, those two were like made for each other and Eli's starting to get his emotions back under control, which is a good sign. The two of them smiled at each other at the end of Dead & Gone part 2 they had a small moment. So they need to become friends again and get back together. I'm an Eclare fan and even if the stupid writers wont have them together they will always be in my heart. Anyways enough with my rant. I have a question do you want Alli with Dav or Jake in this? I love her and Drew, but that's a whole different rant. PLEASE REVIEW AND SUSCRIBE! I'll try to update soon.