I was sitting on the brick wall of Degrassi the day I saw him. He was wearing all black, and he was absolutely goergous. But maybe I should start from the beginning. My name is Clare Edwards. I have gone to Degrassi school all my life. But everything is always the same around here. Sex scandals, pictures, STDs. You name it, we have it. My parents are the perfect couple. They agree on everything. So as you can tell, my life is always the same. Until the day I saw him. Until the day I saw Eli Goldsworthy. When he first walked up he seemed very... mysterious. Honestly, he scared me at first. I had all of my classes with him and he was really smart. He knew everything. We made eye contact but that was all. For days things were the same. But once I walked into a store in the mall and that's where it all started. I was looking for something to spice up my look. So I asked for his help. He picked out a gothic outfit for me and I left after buying it. I started going in the store more and more often. Eventually it was an everyday thing. And then the day came that Eli asked me out on a date. He took me to the beach. There was a white horse and everything. No, I'm totally kidding. We went to the movies. But anyways that leads me up to now. We're three months into our relationship.

"So do you want to go to a movie or something tonight"? Eli asked me.

"That sounds good." I replied.

"Well I really wanna see if The Woman In Black is any good".

We left around 8 to go see it. During the movie Eli reached for my hand. I took it. I glanced down at his arm and noticed something red. After asking him what it was he said it was just a scratch from his dog. I bought it at first. And then I realized he didn't have a dog.

The next morning at school I paid close attention to his arms. Trying to not make it obvious I examined his arms in English. I was beginning to put the pieces together. Eli was hurting himself. There was cuts and burns all over his arms. Do I really know Eli? Why is he doing this to himself?

"Eli I sas the marks on your arms", I said to him after school as we were walking to my house.

"What are you talking about Clare"?

"The cuts and burns on your arms. Eli why are you hurting yourself? I can help you if you would just let me. Can things really be so bad that you have to cut?"

"Drop it Clare".

"No, Eli. I want to know why you're doing it. And I want to know now."

It was at that moment in time that Eli hit me for the first time.