Clare's POV

"I had fun last night" Eli said walking up to me while I was at my locker. He was one of the few people that could actually pull off the new school uniform. I could feel my face turning red. "Yeah, I…I did too" I said barely able to look at him. "Really? Then why can't you look at me?" he said turning my face toward his. I took a deep breath and looked in to his beautiful green eyes. "I guess it's just a little weird. I had fun but it's still kind of weird, you know?" I said softly. Eli looked shocked and a little hurt. "Do you regret what happened, Clare? Be honest." I grabbed his hands, "Of course not. I wouldn't change a thing. Last night was… amazing." I said sincerely. "Then what's wrong?" he said looking at me. "It's just… I have a lot of different feelings happening but I swear none of them are regret. In fact, I said moving closer to him, I was thinking I could come over later, if that's alright with you? I said smiling at him. He gave me is signature smirk and said "Well, I guess I could squeeze you in" and kissed me softly before walking off to class. I watched him walk away and couldn't help but smile. I really loved being with him and around him. My thoughts drifted to the night before when I took that next step with Eli. It was completely unexpected but still so perfect. I went to his house to work on our English assignment. He was wearing his gray Dead Hand t shirt and acid washed jeans. I loved that shirt on him; it really brought out his eyes. We went to his room and sat on his bed and started working on our assignment when he said he needed to take a break. He started kissing my neck and I softly pushed him away. "Come on, Edwards. Take a break, the assignment will get done… eventually" he said mischievously. He continued to kiss me and moving his hands up and down my leg. I was finding it harder to ignore him and turned to him and kissed him. Soon, he was moving his hands up my body to my breasts. His touch made me hot all over. I felt a hand on my shoulder and it brought me back to reality. I turned to see who was touching me. "Clare, did you hear what I said?" Mr. Simpson said staring at me like I was crazy. "I'm sorry, sir, I was daydreaming. What did you say?" Mr. Simpson looked so annoyed and I tried my best to give an innocent smile but I don't think it was working. "I said you are have to cover for Heather Poulette in the tutor room after school. She's got the flu and it's a … never mind you have to stay after school" he said walking toward his office. I chased after him "But, sir I have plans. Isn't there someone else who could replace Heather?" Mr. Simpson turned to me, standing in the doorway of his office "You are one of our best tutors and the student you'll be meeting with needs the best Degrassi has to offer" I sighed because I knew there was nothing I could say to change his mind. "Okay, I'll be there. So, who is this needy student?" I asked. "Mark Fitzgerald" Mr. Simpson said closing the door behind him. I stood frozen at his door. Did he really just say Mark Fitzgerald? I wanted to walk in to Simpson's office and ask him what possessed him to pair me with Fitz but ever since he found out I lied to him, he really doesn't have much of a tolerance for me. That's how I ended up on tutor duty, it was either that or suspension. Sometimes, I'm not sure I picked the best option and this was one of those instances. I slowly started to walk down the hall and headed to class. I hadn't seen Fitz seen the whole Vegas Night disaster. My mind was racing with questions. What was he doing back at Degrassi? How would he feel with me being his tutor? How would Eli react? Oh my God, Eli. Eli is going to flip. Well, maybe I shouldn't tell him. I mean there's no need to upset him over something as small as a tutoring session. Yeah, that's what I'll do, I just won't tell him and that way I don't have to worry about him doing something impulsive and stupid.

Eli's POV

"Hey Adam" I said putting my hand on his shoulder. Adam was looking at the new girl talking to some teacher in the hall. "Wow, stalker much?" I asked chuckling. "Whatever, man. The new girl… I mean have you seen her? You have to see how hot she is." Adam said turning to me then looking back at the girl. "What about Fiona?" "I'm just appreciating a cute girl, there's nothing wrong with looking…right?" he said nervously. I smirked and shook my head. When the girl turned around, I was completely speechless. Yeah, the girl was cute but more than that she was familiar. Her long jet black hair, the way she smiled. I couldn't believe how much she looked like Julia. She started walking toward us. "Hi, I'm Sadie, Sadie Rowland." She said giving a small wave. "I'm Adam and this is Eli" Adam pointing between us. "Do you always introduce yourself like that, first name, full name?" Adam asked. "Well, you guys were staring and I figured I might as well let you know who I am." Sadie said confidently. I exchanged an embarrassed look with Adam. Sadie just smiled. The late bell rang and all three of us looked around. "Well, I guess I should be going. I'll see you guys around." She started walking away "Oh, by the way do you know where Ms. Dawes' English class is? She turned and asked "You have Dawes now? So does Eli. He could just walk you there" Adam said smiling and looking at me. I still couldn't form words so I just smiled and nodded. As Sadie and I walked down the hall, there was this awkward silence. I could barely look at her because I would end up staring. I decided to break the silence. "So, transfer student in the middle of the school year. There must be an interesting backstory there." I said looking at her. "Uh, I don't know if interesting is the right word. I just moved here. I'm living with my aunt since my parents died in a car accident." She said nervously. I didn't know what to say. A girl who looks like Julia whose family died in a car accident. It was kind of surreal. "Oh, I'm sorry. Bringing up dead parents is probably not the best way to keep a conversation going." She said slightly embarrassed. "Oh, no worries. I um, am pretty comfortable when it comes to stuff like that." We exchanged slight smiles and started talking more. The more I learned about her, the more I found myself liking her. Just then we ran into Clare walking to class. "Hey" I said but she was lost in her thoughts and didn't hear me. I reached out and touched her shoulder. She turned and said "Oh, sorry. You know me, always in another world". She looked at Sadie and introduced herself and looked at me. "Uh, Sadie's in our class. I was just showing her where it was". "Yeah, Eli's been great" Sadie said lightly touching my arm. Clare looked at me then at Sadie and cleared her throat. Sadie noticed the awkward looks between me and Clare and said she could find the rest of the way by herself and went down the hall. "Uh, what was that?" Clare said looking at me confused. "Nothing, she-she's just new" I said trying my best to look reassuring. It wasn't working. "Is there something I should know about, Eli?" Clare stared hard at me. "Of course not. Look, we can talk about this later when you come over." I said trying to end the conversation. "Actually, I have to go to the tutor room after school but I can call you after" she said with a hint of annoyance as she walked away. I couldn't tell her that Sadie reminded me of Julia or that I felt kinda drawn to her. Nothing good could possibly come from that. What she doesn't know can't hurt her or us and I'm sure whatever I'm feeling for Sadie will eventually.