Clare was lying awake in her warm bed on a cold Canadian November night. Clares thoughts drifted back to two weeks ago...
-2 Weeks Earlier-
Clare was walking down the empty hallways in Degrassi as everyone else was in class... Or so she thought. Just as Clare turned the corner to head to the ladies' room, she bumped into Eli.
"S-sorry I wasn't watching..." Clare said quietly before looking up into a pair of familiar green eyes.
"Hey Clare..." The boy with the green eyes said. Were those eyes red and a bit puffy?
"Hey," Clare said softly as she placed her small hand on his forearm. "Are you okay?"
"Y-yeah I'm fine." Eli looked down at Clare and threw a smirk at her.
Clare shook her head and her curls bounced around, before she grabbed Eli's hand and dragged him to a bench in front of the library, sitting him down beside her.
"What's wrong, Eli?" Clare asked.
Eli looked down at their hands that were still entwined together. "I was arguing with a teacher and had an outburst so she told me to leave the room."
"Oh..." Clare leaned over and hugged Eli.
"Clare...what Are you doing?" Eli asked.
Clare pulled back slowly and looked up at him. "Will you take me back, Eli? I know I was horrible to you and that I don't deserve you but I'm going to try..."
Eli nodded. "Yeah...okay."
Clare smiled and stood up bringing him outside. "Let's go to your house."
"Saint Clare wants to skip with me?" Eli gasped playfully.
Clare rolled her eyes and nodded. "I need a break from it..All I've been thinking about is my mom and glen. I just..I need to get away for awhile"
Eli nodded "Well It's a far walk."
"then we better get going!" Clare said with a giggle and they went on their way