Before you kill me for not making this story ClarexEli, I must say that the story has no ending right now, I'm going to see where it takes me. Aislinn's twitter has the cutest picture of her and Luke (Drew) which inspired this story. I am going to be really busy in the near future, but I'll try to update it as much as I can.
Note: Takes place after 'Still Fighting It Part 1'
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"-and he was just being so cute," Alli Bhandari's ramble comes to a stop, "Clare? Are you even listening to me?" She asks slightly annoyed, adjusting her violet sweater. Clare snaps out of her trance, and focuses her cyan eyes on her friend.
"Of course," She swallows, her eyes nervously darting around the booming cafeteria, "You were talking about, umm... math?" She squints, her voice noticeably high after the slight pause.
"No, Clare," Alli huffs, " God, you are really not over Eli!" The raven haired girl shakes her head, and takes a bite of her salad.
"Wha- how can you say that?" Clare spurts, averting her eyes to her floral printed dress.
"Oh come on! You haven't acted like this since KC!" Alli exclaims, Clare glares at her, and glances around their corner table, making sure no one is listening.
"Alli, shut up! Yes, I am mopey over Eli, can we just drop it? He's obviously not into me!" Clare whisper screams at her friend.
"Fine, fine..." Alli sighs, "But he's stupid if he doesn't like you, any guy would be lucky to be with you!"
"Thanks, Alli," Clare offers her a small smile, brushing her hair behind her ear.
"Look at him," Alli gestures to Eli and Adam's table, "He's trying so hard to be intense, and emo is so 2009!" Alli wrinkles her nose, "I'm sure Drew has a friend that will actually appreciate how amazing my best friend is."
"Bad news." A boyish voice states sadly, joining their conversation. Drew Torres strides toward the table, and slides in next to Alli. "Hey, Clare," he nods, she smiles.
"What do you mean?" Alli asks concerned.
"Alright, so you know how my mother is not exactly your biggest fan?" He starts out, Alli nods, "Well, she's taking trying to break us up to a whole new level. She's having this party tomorrow night, and she says I have to bring a date, and if I can't find a suitable one she can arrange one with one of her friend's daughters."
"Are you kidding me?" Alli bursts, her eyes wide with anger. Drew nods solemnly.
"What do I do? If I go to the party with one of her friends, she'll insist I date them."
"What about a fake date?" She asks, her eyes bright with intelligence.
"With who?" He asks, his blue eyes shining.
"I think I'm going to go..." Clare trails off, standing up, obviously feeling like a third wheel.
"Wait, Clare, no. You're my best friend, the only person I would trust to fake date my boyfriend!" Alli pleads sincerely.
"Wait, what?" Clare gushes, her face stricken with confusion.
"Come on, just pretend you're dating Drew, it will make you-know-who totally jealoussss!" Ali sings, emphasizing the 's.'
"Oh, come on, Clare, I'm not that bad," Drew grins, cockily.
"Fine," Clare says hesitantly.
"Thank you so much, Clare!" Drew exclaims. "Call you later?" He asks Alli.
"Of course," Alli smiles, as Drew walks away. "Thank you so much, Clare, you have no idea how much it means to me!" Alli gushes.
"Yeah, yeah," Clare smiles at her friend.
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"Adam." Drew chirps, approaching his brother's table, Adam and Eli pause their conversation, and turn towards Drew.
"What's up?" Adam asks.
"Nothing," Drew replies, a smile playing on his lips.
"What are you going to do about tomorrow night? There's no way Mom is going to let you go with Alli!" Adam speculates, taking a bite out of his sandwich.
"Yeah, about that, Alli broke up with me over the whole thing, so I'm taking Clare." Of course Eli had to be taking a sip of his water at the time, and nearly started choking when he heard Drew. "Dude, are you okay?" Drew asks, Eli nods.
"Clare... Edwards?" Adam questions, 'So Eli does like Clare," he thinks.
"Yeah, she's pretty cool right? Are you guys friends?" Drew asks completely oblivious to the situation.
"Yeah," Adam answers as the bell rings.
"Cool, well I'll see you at home..." Drew waves, as he exits the cafeteria.
"Well that was interesting."
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"So, I hear you're dating my brother..." Adam interrogates, as he and Eli meet Clare at her locker. She looks up at the two boys sheepishly.
"Uhh, yeah I'm guessing he told you?" She asks, nervously, searching Eli's face for a reaction.
"Yep." He says cooly,
"I was going to tell you guys but he, uh, beat me to it, I guess." She laughs nervously, trying to brush them off.
"I never pegged you as the type to date a jock, Edwards," Eli mocks, as she slams her navy locked shut, with a satisfying click. Clare rolls her eyes as they begin their decent to English, her heels echoing off the linoleum.
"Actually, I've only ever dated jocks..." She realizes, both boys burst out laughing.
"I really cannot picture you with a jock, especially my brother." Adam gasps trying to contain his laughter, as Eli hangs his head, still laughing.
"Ha Ha, very funny," Clare says dryly, clutching her books to her chest, as they enter the Ms. Dawes classroom.
"Calm down, Edwards. And explain to us your obsession with the dumb-as-dirt, ball obsessed, pig headed species known as the jock." Eli mock begs. Adam laughs into his palm.
"Oh shut up, Eli. K.C. Guthrie is in higher classes than you and he's a jock, and a tenth grader," Clare retorts, flipping through her notebook.
"Guthrie?" The dark boy chuckles, his sage eyes smoldering. "I cannot believe this. You dated Guthrie! Did you know about this?" He pauses and turns to Adam, who shakes his head.
"I cannot believe you didn't tell us!" He says in disbelief.
"Yeah, well there's a lot of things I don't tell you guys." Clare replies angrily, as the bell rings, signaling the end of the conversation.
'Girls,' Eli thinks as he begins to blacken his nails with a sharpie.
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"This is definitely NOT working, Alli!" Clare meets Alli at her locker after practically sprinting out of English before Adam or Eli could utter a syllable.
"What do you mean?" Alli asks, leaning against a neighboring locker.
"Drew told Eli, and he thinks it's funny. He's obviously NOT into me!" Alli rolls her eyes.
"That's what he wants you to think! He's totally crushing on you! "
"You really think so?" Clare smiles shyly.
"Please, I'm a boy analyst expert!" Alli insists, giggling. Clare laughs too. "Oh, hey come over my house after school tomorrow. I'll help you get ready for your 'date' with Drew," Alli smiles, and uses air quotes around the word date.
"Bye, Alli!" Clare calls over her shoulder as she heads toward her locker.
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"You're jealous." Adam states as he and Eli exit Ms. Dawes English classroom.
"Of?" Eli trails off, keeping his poker face.
"Cut the crap, Eli, you like Clare. You're reaction at lunch today was proof." Adam insists, adjusting his beanie.
"Me... like Clare... Clare Edwards? I thought we went over this, I most definitely do not like her." Eli assures his friend, moving to the right to avoid last period traffic in the hallway.
"Then explain you reaction at lunch." Adam prompts, smirking.
"I was just surprised Clare would actually go out with a jock, especially one like your brother." He lies flawlessly, which was still not enough for Adam.
"Yeah, yeah." he huffs, swatting the air.
"Man, you have got to stop hanging out with Clare. You're starting to talk like her... it's scary!" Eli exaggerates, as they laugh in unison.
Recent Revelations:
A. The Degrassi writers totally suck if they break up Eli and Clare.
B. I love Luke Bilyk way more than I should. But he's fifteen and I'm fourteen nbd. :)
C. The way Munro Chambers say 'OUCH' makes me want to kiss him.
D. This story will probably end up being ClarexEli
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