What You Do For A Friend

A/N: Okay, so the Alli episode where Alli takes the pictures and everything and then Johnny sends them to his friends when he is mad is supposed to air this Sunday on CTV. After seeing the sneak peek for this episode on TeenNick, I wondered what Clare would think if she knew that Johnny sent the pictures of Alli to his friends.

Summary: Clare Edwards has a bone to pick with Johnny after he betrays Alli's trust. Some spoilers.

Clare Edwards walked torwards Johnny DeMarco with purpose. She couldn't believe what he'd done. It was one of the most cruel things ever in her opinion. Who could show such private, intimate pictures of the person they claimed to be "in like" with to others just to hurt that person? Clare didn't agree with what Alli had done. Infact, she thought the whole sending naked photos thing was pretty ridiculous. Then again, she'd seen her sister do it and have her life put in danger by a crazy, obsessed stalker because of it.

Disreguarding both Bruce The Moose and Derek Haig who were both standing near the lockers with Johnny, talking to him, she grabbed his arm in a tight grip. "Can I talk to you?" She asked, looking up at him.

He looked down at her, a smirk tugging the corners of his lips before he thought better of it. The fourteen year old girl appeared to be extremely angry if her lips, pursed into a very thin line and the narrowed blue eyes were any indication. He turned back to his friends, aiming a smirk and an seemingly uncaring shrug in their direction even as Clare's nails dug into the skin of his arm, trying to get him to hurry along.

Clare reared back in disgust as Bruce and Derek both leaned in torward her. 'God those two were pathetic!' She thought, nose wrinkling as they began to talk about Alli as if she weren't even a person. The anger flared even more inside her and a growl escaped her lips as she tugged Johnny rather forcefully to a corner. Once they were out of earshot, she began to speak. "Look, I don't know what the hell you were thinking today when you did what you did, nor do I want to know how you can rationalize being a complete idiot. My concern is my very best friend who right now, doesn't even want to leave the girls' bathroom because the guy she sees as her "Prince Charming." She said, gritting her teeth at the last two words which sounded sarcastic falling from her lips, "Showed all his friends something so intimate, that she only wanted him to see. And to be frank, I don't care how angry she made you, there is just no way that she deserved you treating her like crap by disrespecting her!"

Johnny let out a frustrated groan and yanked his arm from her grip and his hand pulled of his hat and ran through his long, blond locks. "You don't get it! She could've ruined my reputation!" He yelled. Shock filled him when he saw Clare's hand shoot back and slap him, causing his head to shoot to the side with the force of it.

"You really ARE an idiot! Do you know how many people would kill to not have their past following them around like an anchor weighing them down? My boyfriend KC, would love it if nobody knew the stuff that he got up to in his old school and guess what? Since it came out, he's had to deal with people teasing him about it and not letting him live it down. Do you want to lose Alli? Because that is what will end up happening." She told him harshly, getting right up in his face.

He stared down at her, locking his eyes with her's. She was right and he knew it. Of course he did. He'd regretted sending those pictures as soon as his hand had hit the key and he'd seen the distraught look on his girlfriend's face. He couldn't explain why he didn't apologize other than the fact that he didn't want to seem like he was going soft infront of his friends. "Look....I know that I was wrong Edwards. I can't take back what I did."

"But you could apologize. Or are you even willing to do that? Are you afraid that it will damage your sacred reputation if you do the right thing?" She asked incredulously, not understanding his thinking.

Johnny didn't answer, only hung his head.

"Well then maybe you don't deserve her." Clare said quietly, taking a step back and finally seeming to give up on talking any sense into him. With that, she turned on her heel and headed back torwards the girls' restroom, opening the door with a weary sigh and heading over to the stall that she knew that Alli had locked herself in. That was when her attention was caught by Alli leaning against the bathroom wall, near the sinks with a tearful smile on her face.

Alli moved forward lightly and threw her arms around her friend in a grateful hug. "Thank you for what you said to Johnny." She said in a choked whisper.

Clare pulled back in suprise, raising her eyebrow. "You heard that?"

The dark haired girl nodded as she blew her nose into the piece of paper towel that she held in her hands. "I was curious of where you went to. You seemed angry." She stated plainly.

"I was angry." Her friend admitted. "I mean it was disgusting to think that the guy you like so much could do that to you."

"Well still, thanks. You're a really good friend Clare." Alli told her as she opened the bathroom door so she and Clare could walk out.

"That's what best friends are for Alli. You'd do the same if I were in your position." Clare told her as they walked out into the busy hall and headed torwards the lunch room.

Alli didn't know that in just a few weeks she would have a chance to pay Clare back.

The End

A/N: So yeah, as with the end I've hinted that I may want to make a second part too this. This one set after KC and Jenna....do whatever they do.