More angst/hurt-comfort. Grrr. I can't wait much longer for season 12.5.
I do own Degrassi.
Summary- What if Clare wasn't the one who was sexually harassed? Jessica Shepard is a famous play writer. She comes to Toronto and Eli is given the chance to work with her. Will he do anything it takes to keep the play going?
Tainted
"Clare!" Eli ran towards Clare's locker. The curly haired girl leaned against her locker as she turned to face him.
"Eli!" She mocked. He rolled his eyes but his grin didn't falter.
"Jessica Shepard is in Toronto and going to work with me on Romeo and Jules!" All the excitement brought a smile to Clare's face.
"Jessica Shepard as in the famous play writer?" Clare hadn't seen Eli so excited in a long time.
"How many other Jessica Shepards would I know?" He smirked as Clare pulled him into a hug.
"I'm so happy for you. When do you get to meet her?"
"After school today." To Eli it was the best day ever. Clare was jealous. How come she couldn't ever make him that happy?
"That's awesome, Eli." She said with a smile. He gave her a quick kiss and two went their separate ways.
Eli
Eli's stomach was exploding with fireworks. He was about to meet Jessica Shepard. The woman came up to him just as he entered the room.
"Eli, right?" She asked grabbing his hand a shaking it roughly.
"Yes ma'am." He took his hand from her grip and bite his lip in pain.
"Call me Jessica." She said with a smirk as she led Eli to a desk.
"What do you think?" Eli asked the woman as she read over his script.
"I love it. Just a few minor mistakes. We can fix those tomorrow after school if that's all right with you."
"Yeah. That's great." He smiled still in the best mood.
"Alrighty. I'll see you then, Eli." She grabbed her bags and left to her car. Eli couldn't wait to tell Adam about meeting Jessica Shepard. But something kept biting at his conscience. Telling him not to meet after school tomorrow. Like always, he ignored the voice.
It was the next day and Eli couldn't wait to work on his script with Mrs. Shepard. His classes went by fast. After telling Clare bye he headed to the stage. The giant room was empty, excluding Jessica. She stared at Eli with gold eyes as he took a seat next to her.
He handed her his papers. She started to cross out and fix Eli's mistakes as the boy scooted closer to see. The brown haired woman smirked to herself. As she finished writing she handed the paper to Eli and he began to look through the changes.
"This is great. So much better." Nothing could bring him down. He thought he had to be the luckiest guy in the world to work with a famous play writer. He looked over at her expectantly. After waiting for a few seconds for a response he started to feel a little awkward. The way she was staring at him was weird. Suddenly she began to lean in. He leaned back in his chair but she pulled him back towards her and kissed him roughly. Eye's wide he yanked away and ran from the room. Not once did he look back.
As a warning, it will get worse. Like it? Hate it? Any mistakes? Please leave me a review.