AN: It's been a while since I've written anything and I kind of ran out of steam on my other O/S story thing lol. This was basically the dream I got woken up from this morning but with a few differences that I can't quite remember. It should probably also be noted that Eli and Clare aren't together in this. At least not officially. I also don't own the characters and all that copyright jazz.

It was a warm late June day and it seemed like everyone from Degrassi was at the beach. Clare was laying down in the sand on a towel reading a book she was assigned for summer reading. Alli was next to her tanning and listening to music on her iPod. Clare jumped when a shadow appeared in front of her and Eli appeared in the sand a second later. "Hey Clare." He smiled at her. "Reading, really? It's summer come on have some fun! You're at the beach!"

"Well hello to you too Eli. And I am having fun." She sticks out her tongue at him like a little kid. Eli laughs and messes with her hair laughing more at her expression. He gets up and runs away and Clare chases after him. "I'm gonna get you Goldsworthy!"

They run around the beach slipping a few times in the sand. Clare finally catches up to him and laughs as she jumps on his back. "Gotcha!" She places a kiss on his cheek before thinking as he takes her legs in his hands giving her a piggy back ride over to the picnic tables. Clare can't believe she did that and is a little worried about what Eli will say. They sit down a little tired from running. "Well that was fun." Clare hopes her slip up won't make things awkward between them.

"Agreed. Way better than whatever fantasy you were living in that book." He smirks at her and she play hits his arm giggling and glad that he didn't seem to mind the kiss. "So any other plans for today?"

"Not right now unless you have any ideas?" They always skirted that line of friendship and relationship and Clare was just waiting for him to make a move already. He was always so flirtatious but it never went beyond that. Clare wanted it to but she feared she might just be imagining things and he didn't really see her like that.

"Hmmm maybe."

Before she could respond Adam came running over to them. "Hey Eli, Clare. Care to join us for a game of Frisbee?" He pointed over to his brother Drew.

Eli looked at Clare and raised his eyebrows letting her decide. "Um sure!" She got up from the table, "Race ya there!" She took off running laughing as the two boys followed trying to beat her over to Drew.

They started to pass the Frisbee around with an easy conversation starting. Clare wasn't the greatest at accurate throwing but the boys didn't seem to mind the little extra running they'd have to do. "Hey Clare I'm over here." Eli teased and laughed as she stuck out her tongue again.

"Watch it or I'll get you in the head." She threw the Frisbee again and all the boys laughed as it went nowhere near Eli or his head. Eli ran to go get the Frisbee and threw it over to Adam when he returned to his spot.

"So Eli, how's that problem coming along?" Eli shot a glare over to Adam who had a bit of a worried look on his face. They both looked at Clare who had no idea what Adam was talking about.

"What problem?" Clare was worried and a little hurt that Eli hadn't mentioned having a problem.

"Thanks Adam." Eli glared again. "It's really nothing Clare. No need to worry."

"How is it nothing? Why didn't you say anything to me?" She could feel a few prickles as tears started to form in her eyes. She blinked them back not wanting to cry over something that really could be nothing.

"I said it's nothing!" Eli stormed off leaving Clare and Drew staring confused at what just happened and Adam looked worried.

"Uh oh." Adam dropped the Frisbee and ran after Eli leaving Clare alone with Drew.

"Uh…" Drew said awkwardly.

"I'm just gonna go find Alli…"Clare pointed behind her as she backed away from Drew and made her way back to the sand where she left Alli. Their stuff was still there but Alli wasn't. She looked around and noticed Alli sitting at a table with Jenna and a few other girls from the power squad. She made her way over to them. "Hey guys."

"Oh, hey Clare. I didn't think I'd see you for the rest of the day. Thought I'd have to bring your book back to your house." Alli giggled.

"Yeah I didn't think I'd be back either." Clare was disappointed and Alli was going to ask what happened but Clare had a look on her face that sad not now. She sat at the table with them and made an effort to listen to the conversation that was happening. "What if he doesn't like me back?" The other girls stopped their conversation at her question.

"Ah, come on Clare let's go put our feet in the water." Alli dragged Clare up from the table. They stood in the water letting the waves splash up as they hit their legs. "Ok now spill."

Clare sighed. "I don't know what happened. I thought we were having a nice time and then Adam mentioned some problem Eli was having and I asked him about it and he kinda freaked and ran off."

"That's weird. You haven't noticed anything wrong with him?"

"No! That's part of the problem! I thought he was ok but if he isn't why wouldn't he say anything to me? I thought we were close, I thought…" Clare trails off not wanting to finish the sentence.

"Clare he does like you. I can see it. Maybe his problem is that he's not entirely sure how to tell you. Maybe he's not sure you like him back. Who knows, maybe Adam was trying to jumpstart things by saying something to him in front of you." Clare smiled at the thought.

"Maybe. I just don't want to get my hopes up just incase. Now burry me in the sand like old times!"

The two girls laughed as Alli helped Clare burry herself in the sand. Alli laughed even harder as she put extra sand on Clare's chest giving her boobs. "So the guys know what you're working with." Alli winked and laughed at Clare's face. "What you wanna be rescued right?"

"Alli it's not like I can't just get up myself." Clare laughed.

"You will not! That ruins the fun!" She looked up as she saw someone coming towards them. "Ah looks like my plan worked!" She smiled and ran off.

"Alli!"

"Uh, hey Clare." Eli stood next to Clare's buried self."You ok?" He gestured to her.

"Um, yeah just buried alive." Clare joked.

"Ah a damsel in distress! I'll save you!" Clare giggled as Eli got the sand off of her and laughed as Eli noticed the boobs Alli had added to her sand covered chest. There was a bit of an awkward silence when Clare was fully unburied. "Sorry about earlier." Eli looked down.

"It's ok as long as you're ok. Wanna talk about it?"

Eli looked up at her and smiled. "How about over dinner? Little Miss Steaks?"

Clare smiled back at him and giggled. "Sure. Anything for my savior."