Disclaimer: I don't own Degrassi or its characters.
"This is our now school." I said looking up at Degrassi as we stood in front of the steps with her tucked under my arm she grabbed onto my hand that was around her shoulder. "Scared?" I asked casually looking down at her.
"Not with you here." She said looking up at me and licked her lips, I moved in front of her and dipped down to kiss her.
"Lets get inside." I whispered as she played with her purity ring which is hanging visibly around my neck that she gave me on our four year anniversary and our six year is coming up soon.
"How do you think Adam and Alli are?" Clare asked as we started to walk inside hand in hand.
"Eli." Adam chimed from down the hall
"There's your answer." I chuckled
"Clare." Alli yelled as she ran to see Clare.
"Thanks for leaving Eli, after you left Adam got bullied so much we had to follow you and Clare." Drew said dryly. "By the way, these uniforms suck." Drew said stating the obvious.
"I know, we all have to wear khakis, and each grade has a different colour shirt as if I want to dress like everyone else." Alli scoffed
"Hey, look at me I'm in the same boat." I stated
"Sorry Eli, but Clare's right you do look good in colour." Alli giggled and I rolled my eyes.
"Any way like I said thanks for taking me from my old life Adam." Drew stated harshly.
"It's not like you had a life before we left." Adam said causing us all to laugh.
"Off to class or somewhere." One of the teachers said I looked at our group and shrugged
"I guess we're going to our lockers." I stated and we all walked different ways, Clare and Adam stayed with me. I know Clare had her locker put next to mine.
"My locker is 234, Eli you have locker 233 right?" Adam asked
"Yea…" I said curiously
"My mom got my locker put next to yours so I knew it had to be 233 or 235" Adam chuckled and we made our way to our lockers. When we got there Clare looked at her locker and then at me.
"New school new people right?" She asked "Yes and no one's going to hurt you. No one knows you aside from us." I said looking at her and she moved towards me.
"Good." She smiled glancing at my lips I took the hint and bent down to kiss her.
"Clare Edwards." Someone said once we started to enter in the combinations to our locker we looked to see who called her Adam included.
"Jake?" Clare asked.
"The one and only. Did you miss me?" He asked back
"If you mean to ask if I miss you throwing dead animals at me and pushing me your answer is no. You're the reason we moved in the first place." Clare said
"I'm sorry." He replied leaning on a locker I pretended not to know Clare while I observed their behaviour trying to figure out if he likes Clare or not.
"Don't be." Clare giggled.
"So why are you here? And where's your purity ring I remember your mom telling my dad you wear one." Jake asked
"I'm here because kids at my old school called me a floozy and things like that." She said as she shut her locker, I shut mine.
"Why you're a saint." He said putting emphasis on "saint" this guy was starting to bug me.
"No I'm not and about my purity ring it's right here. Eli." Clare said before calling me I gladly moved beside her and put my arm around her.
"Guys I'm going to lunch, Clare take care and I'll see you both later right?" Adam asked
"Of course." I chuckled at Adam. "What's up?" I asked curiously looking at Clare.
"Nothing, Jake here wants to see my purity ring." She said and I reached to the ring around my neck.
"It's right here." I said as I held it out happily. Jake looked at it and nodded.
"Does your mom know?" He asked
"Yes." Clare stated "She wasn't happy about it, but it was my choice and my body." Clare said and Jake glared at me.
"Clare do you need to learn your way around the school?" Jake asked "No I have all my classes in the tutouring room same with Eli. I'd rather be home schooled, but there's so much that's needed so we're here." She said as she tucked her hair behind her ear.
"You got your cartilage pierced?" Jake asked
"Eli has his pierced too same ear same spot I wanted matching piercings for our one year." She giggled and we made our way to the tutouring room.
We got to be in the tutouring room together basically because Clare has a heart condition she developed after a horrible accident. When she was little in middle school the fourth and fifth graders would play on the playground together and I was always by myself. Clare being a new student was alone too and I just happened to be the first one she clung to and we became friends after that. When I was absent someone tried to kidnap Clare telling her that I was in the hospital and they'd take her to me. They got into a car accident and Clare had to have open heart surgery which didn't turn out too well. I was waiting for her in the waiting room fever and all, it was the worst time of my life I asked her out when she recovered so I wouldn't lose her and now I'm madly in love with her.
Clare's heart is fine for the most part, but there are times when she gets really bad chest pains, she's had a heart attack once, the only medicine that they can give her because the first one they gave her effected her liver, this one not only causes her to vomit it also has a high addictive rate so I have to administer them to her while we're at school. She gets one pill three times a day on a full stomach, if her chest starts to her she has another type of medicine to take. I'm with her during the day because teachers think she'd be too much of a "handful". It's not like she needs the medicine, it just calms down her heart rate so she won't over exert herself, if she doesn't take it she won't be able to run which she only runs when she needs a bathroom or up and down stairs.
When we started to make love we found out that it doesn't affect Clare's heart at all, we did talk to the doctor before hand and they said she'd be fine, they were wrong she was more than fine…in more ways than one.
"Eli we're here." Clare said breaking me from my thoughts.
"Right." I said looking at the door and held it open to her, she grabbed my bicep and held it against her chest. She always does this when she's nervous or holds my hand.
"Do you belong in here?" A lady at a desk asked
"I'm Eli Goldsworthy and this is Clare Edwards. I'm pretty sure we belong here." I stated dryly.
"You're looking after her right?" The lady asked
"No she looks after herself I'm her boyfriend I protect her. There's a difference." I spat.
"Eli can we please take a seat?" Clare asked softly as she held onto my arm. When we took our seats at a table I sat across from Clare and took out a few of my books while she took out hers.
"Hi I'm guessing you're Clare and Eli?" A tall blonde asked.
"That would be us." I said with a chuckle and she put some books on the table.
"Great, I'm Jessica your tutour Eli, these are the books you need and here's your syllabus. I was told that you'd let me know when you need help am I correct?" She asked
"Correct, but I doubt I'd need you unless it's to give you finished papers." I said a little sardonically.
"Clare, these are your books and I was told that Eli would help you if you need it so I'll only be collecting your papers in your writing right?" She asked
"I don't believe in cheating besides me and Eli have English before lunch, you know in a class room full of other kids just like I go to the gym with Eli after lunch and seventh period we have Drama together." Clare spat and Jessica nodded before she left.
"Ready to get to work?" I asked casually.
"Yes." She said and I smiled back and took out my History book starting with my least favourite subject so I have something to look forward to. "Eli." Clare said a little hoarse causing me to look up and noticing her mouth was covered.
"Do you know where the bathroom is?" I asked and she shook her head no and I have no idea where it is so I did the first thing that came to my mind I got up and grabbed the closest trash can to us and gave it to her.
"Eli I need a bathroom fast." She said as she kept her mouth covered.
"I don't know where one is so unless you want to barf all over the hallway if we don't make it I suggest you opt out for the trash can." I said and she took the trash can and held it to her while her medicine took effect people looked over at her and I gave them all death glares causing them to go back to their work.
"Does she need to see the nurse?" Jessica asked as Clare continued to vomit in the trash can.
"No, it's a side effect from her medicine, but can you tell us were the bathroom is?" I asked
"Go outside the room make a left and it's around the corner." She said and I looked over to Clare as she put the trash can down.
"We wouldn't have made it." I stated
"We?" Jessica asked "You're not allowed in the girl's restroom." She stated
"I wait outside." I shot back.
"Why don't you just wait in here?" She asked
"Simple, what if something happens to Clare while she's in the bathroom and someone runs out in a panic and the nurse is on lunch or something, Clare's in there on the bathroom floor unconscious and I'm unaware because I'm not outside the bathroom?" I asked and Jessica mouthed an "oh" "Exactly." I spat venomously.
"Eli can we please go to the bathroom?" Clare asked
"Of course." I said and we both stood up and left with the bathroom pass. I waited outside of the girls bathroom for Clare. After a few minutes I looked at my phone three minutes have gone by she usually takes four or five minutes and I'm starting to worry. "Clare." I said as she came out of the bathroom.
"There you are." She giggled "Sorry I took so long I had to brush my teeth a few times." She stated and I raised an eyebrow at her as we started walking. "I packed an extra toothbrush and toothpaste." She said and opened her bag revealing a toothbrush and toothpaste. I stopped walking causing Clare to stop as well I turned her towards me causing her to look confused, I dipped down, and French kissed Clare, it was so sweet and minty I didn't want to stop and didn't even when the bell rang I still kept making out with her. I knew we were attracting attention when kids started cat calling and howling but that didn't stop us. After we pulled away we were both breathless and breathing heavily "Eli that was…wow." Clare blushed.
"I agree." I said and turned her towards me before we made our way back to the tutouring room.
"Next period you two have Lunch right?" Jessica asked and I pulled out my schedule.
"No we have English." I said honestly. I looked at the time it's nine, homeroom just ended and first period begins. I finished my history homework and moved onto science since it would take longer. I looked over to Clare and she was sleeping on her books I let out a chuckle and resumed what I was doing. Once I was done with Science the bell rang and Clare jumped up. "Sleep well?" I chuckled and Clare nodded as she put her books away.
"Off to English." She yawned, tucked herself under my arm, and laid her head on my shoulder as we walked out of the tutoring room. When we got to English I took a seat in the back and Clare of course sat next to me. No she didn't always sit next to me in class, just when she wants to. From an outsider's point of view we're more like best friends and not many could guess that we're dating which was ok with me because we both know we're not going to hurt the other. Clare and I watched as the kids poured in and started talking, to my surprise Adam was one of them and sat in front of me.
"Guys you've got an actual class and it's with me….booyah" Adam said excitedly.
"We are actual people." Clare giggled and her friend Jake sat in front of her.
"Clare are you in the right class?" He asked looking at her purple shirt.
"She's in the right class dude." Adam said a little mad. "We both have advanced English and if Eli weren't here she wouldn't be either." Adam stated.
"Adam it's cool." I said as I looked at him "Clare can handle herself….most of the time." I chuckled the last part.
"You know Eli, I would've said thank you for the compliment, but you're one to talk look at your stories Clara is a floozy and dresses like one she's a prostitute or something and don't keep saying she's ingénue because she's not." Clare said knowingly
"Keep thinking that. Need I remind you I based her off of you." I chuckled
"Right so if I had a split personality she'd be Clara?" Clare asked meaning she was getting ideas.
"I didn't say that I wanted you to turn into her." I stated
"Here we go again with the Clara case." Adam groaned
"I see we have a few new students here meaning I'm assigning new partners to them." Ms. Dawes said "Lets see Ms. Edwards you will be working with Mr. Scott, Mr. Goldsworthy you'll be paired with Ms. Rustin and Mr. Torres you'll be paired with Ms. Matlin." She said figuring our pairings. Clare looked at me and mentioned for me to lean over to her and I met her half way.
"Couldn't I have gotten paired up with a girl I do need more female friends." Clare sighed and I nodded knowing Alli is her only female friend.
"Maybe Adam could introduce you to his partner and you'll have another female friend or in Drama I'm sure there will be girls." I stated and Clare nodded
"I hope so." She sighed as we focused on the front of the room.
"Ok now find your partners and get to know each other." Ms. Dawes said setting us all up for awkwardness.
"Like I'm telling some girl I don't know my personal information." Adam chuckled "I'm going to sleep." I stated and put my head down on the desk once Clare was taken away by some guy.
"Mr. Goldsworthy I assume?" A girl said in a soft voice, I moved up to look at her.
"I assume you're my partner?" I asked
"The one and only Kaylee." She smiled as she took a seat in front of me, than turned to face me. "So tell me about yourself."
"The name's Eli, I drive a hearse, and I'm going to sleep." I stated dryly
"So where did you move from?" She asked
"Does it matter?" I answered.
"I guess not, but what are your classes perhaps we have some together which will be easier for us to work on projects." She said
"I'm in the tutouring room all day besides this class, lunch, drama, and gym." I answered. "How'd you manage that?" She asked
"You see Clare over there?" I asked pointing her out and turned my attention to her.
"The tenth grader with curly hair sitting with Justin?" She asked
"That's her." I said "She's my girlfriend she has a heart problem and rather than having the teachers deal with her most of them fought the principal and said to keep her with me in the tutoring room so I can make sure she's ok. It has it's benefits I don't have to worry about her and we have a lot of free time, but see her like this where she's smiling and meeting new people?" I asked
"Yes." Kaylee replied
"She's happier like this, she's free and gets to spread her wings. She's not meant to be caged in like the school is doing to us, she's best when she's in an actual class room meeting new kids." I smiled keeping my attention focused on Clare and watching her laugh and smile.
"What about your relationship with her if she's best like this?" She asked
"We like being together, have been for almost six years now we did take a week apart and both of us hated it so we're just pretending it never happened. Clare is full of life, very energetic, she doesn't judge, she's unique but not too unique to where she seems ludicrous. She's my opposite and she's just….perfect." I said and Clare looked over to me and flashed me a smile and I smiled back before we both looked away from each other.
"You two seem perfectly in love." Kaylee smiled.
"We are." I smiled "So what about you?" I asked
"Nothing much. I'm single, live with both parents, and that's it." She replied. "How do you like Degrassi so far?" She asked
"It's not bad, Adam seems to be doing ok." I smiled looking over at him.
"Hey Drew just texted he made QB1" Adam said excitedly
"Adam…." I trailed off and he rolled his eyes.
"Starting Quarterback." Adam said happily before running off.
"So that was Adam?" Kaylee asked
"Yea." I muttered looking at Clare.
"So Clare's heart problem is it bad?" She asked curiously.
"Not really I mean she's on stuff to regulate the beating as a precaution, but she doesn't need it, but without it if she runs up or down stairs, depending on the speed she's going like any other person you get out of breath and your heart speeds up, same with Clare. Her heart speeding up too fast isn't good and her medicine helps with that." I stated "Also the medicine for her chest pain helps like tums, but is a little better." I said as we continued to talk until the bell rang.
"Eli are you ready?" Clare asked smiling at me and I looked up at her with a smile.
"Of course my lady." I smirked as I stood up and kissed her head. Clare wrapped my arm around her and leaned her head against my shoulder as we walked to the cafeteria.
"Guys, lunch time?" Adam asked
"Of course." I said
"Great we can eat outside it's so cool. It'll be like a picnic." Adam chuckled
"Let's go." I said walking outside with Clare under my arm. She looked up at me and smiled and I dipped down and kissed her, which was one of my favourite things in the world.
"I love you forever Eli." Clare said
"I love you forever and then some." I stated looking at her.
"It just so happens that you are my forever." She giggled
"And you're mine." I said
"God we're so cheesy." She laughed
"But we make our cheesiness work for us." I said knowingly
"I can't object with that." Clare smiled more as we sat down. She pulled her lunch out of her bag and I did the same with mine once I sat across from her. "Eli, I know we're together all the time and do enjoy our time apart like last period, but can we sit next to each other?" After lunch the rest of school went by fast and Clare only barfed twice.
"Welcome home babies." CeCe said from the kitchen.
"Thanks." Clare and I said back.
"How was school?" she asked
"Clare barfed three times. Other than that it was normal. I met a girl and Clare met a guy nothing big." I said dryly
"Wait what was that?" CeCe asked causing me and Clare to laugh.
"I'm partnered with a guy in English and Eli got partnered with a girl." Clare giggled as she corrected me.
"Oh, thank heavens. If you two ever split up again I swear the world will end." CeCe said.
"Eli can we go up stairs since we don't have homework?" Clare asked me.
"Sure." I said stretching out the word and walked up stairs with her. Once we got to my room I kicked off my shoes, jumped on my bed, and held my arms open for Clare, and she joined me.
"So what's wrong?" I asked cautiously knowing there's probably a reason why she wants to be alone with me as soon as we got home because usually we're not alone until night.
"Nothing." She said rolling to face me and she kissed me, of course I kissed back and we broke out into a make out session. Clare started to unbutton my red polo and I started to untuck her purple one from her skirt and took it off of her. We took our time stripping each other and kissing the other's body it was one of our things that we liked.
"Eli please don't." Clare said when I reached for a condom.
"Ok." I said and moved off her.
"Eli I didn't mean don't make love to me. I meant I don't want you to use a condom." She said
"Clare you'll get pregnant." I said
"I know and I'm ready for that." She said
"Clare you're sixteen I'm seventeen we have our whole lives to start a family and wouldn't you mom disapprove?" I asked knowing her dad's out of the picture.
"Eli I talked about it with her and she put the savings funds from both my grandmom and dad into a savings account." Clare said
"Clare, your health." I stated
"I'll be taken off of my medicine and put on an IV and if I do get pregnant I'll be given something to listen to the baby's heart beat. Eli I talked to the doctor and everyone else about it accept for your parents." She said
"You really want a baby don't you?" I asked kissing her forehead.
"More than anything." She said.
"I want one with you too. I guess we'll just have him or her sooner." I said as I moved on top of her and slowly thrust inside of her causing her to let out a moan of pleasure. I started to thrust a little harder and let my head fall into her shoulder as I started to whimper.
"Eli I'm close go harder and faster." She said and I obeyed. When we finished I rolled next to Clare.
"Are you ok?" I asked panting.
"Of course." Clare replied breathlessly. "Can I have a tissue?" She asked and I handed her a tissue and watched as she placed it between her legs. "Is it supposed to leak back out?" She asked holding a dampened tissue.
"I don't know." I said honestly "I'm sure it's just your juices that are leaking out though." I said assuring her that everything is fine. She nodded and closed her eyes. "Tired?" I asked and she nodded. "Go to sleep I'll wake you for dinner." I said
"No because I won't sleep tonight." She stated as she got dressed after removing the tissue.
"Clare, Eli dinner." CeCe yelled
"Ok." I yelled back "Just in time." I said looking at Clare we were both dressed into regular clothes, went downstairs, sat at the table, and started eating.
"Eli do you need more condoms?" CeCe asked causing me to choke on my soda and causing Clare to choke on her food.
"No we're good." I said
"Um CeCe, how would you feel about being grandparents?" Clare asked with a blush and again I choked on my soda.
"I think it would be wonderful, but with your heart I don't want you to risk it." CeCe said honestly
"Clarabelle you're worth more than a grandbaby." Bullfrog said
"What if I wouldn't be risking my health?" Clare asked
"Well, Eli what do you think?" CeCe asked me.
"Clare and I talked about it and she's talked to a doctor I think it's a good idea and she's got everything planned." I stated feeling like Clare's way out of character.
"Are you ok?" I whispered in Clare's ear.
"I want your parents approval and can you notice a small blush on my face?" She asked in my ear I chuckled and looked at her.
"A little." I chuckled
"Why do these talks have to be so embarrassing?" She asked and I chuckled. After dinner we did had a family night and then Clare and I made love twice before cuddling up going to sleep. She's dead set on having a baby for some reason.