New story that has to do with Eclare! Hope you all like it!
Summary: Its after break, and Eli tells Clare about the bully he had when he was nine. But when the bully comes to Degrassi, it may put Eli in danger.
Eli walked to his locker. He really dreaded the new uniforms that they had to wear, but he was just at least happy to be able to wear his black blazer on top of the ugly red shirt. The khakis were an ugly tan color also. But he didn't think about the uniforms that much. He thought mostly about Clare. He had disappointed her. She had been scared to death about the fake stabbing.
"Hey," Adam said half-heartedly. Eli gave him a quick smile. "So I hear Fitz got in some serious trouble!" Adam said, but that was the last thing that Eli wanted to hear.
"Have you seen Clare at all?" He asked. Looked around.
"Nope." Eli sighed and shut his locker. "Don't worry, man." Adam put his hand on his shoulder, but Eli shook it off and walked to class.
Eli thought all about Clare in his classes. When he go to English, he was relieved to see Clare in her usual seat. She wore a purple polo with tan khakis. Her hair was short, curly, and red. She sat there silently. Eli took his seat in front of her. She didn't make any contact whatsoever, so Eli decided to start up the conversation this time.
"How was your break?" She looked up at him.
"I was grounded the whole time," She said sourly.
"Oh, sorry about that." She shook her head and went back to doodling on her paper. Eli gave up and faced the front of the room. Ms. Dawes went on and on about the new rules and crap. Eli didn't really care.
When class ended, he caught up to Clare.
"What do you want?" She asked. Eli sighed.
"I told you I'm sorry! Why cant we just forgive and forget?"
"I thought you died! Eli, I don't want to be with you if every fight ends with a fake stabbing. What's next? A fake shooting?"
"Clare, I told you about the bully I had when I was nine, right?" She nodded.
"I didn't want to be pushed around again. I wanted to take action. But I guess it just blew up in my face."
"Yeah, it did," She agreed. She walked faster, leaving Eli in the middle of the hallway.
He thought about Mike. The way he always smiled at him evilly, and how he was always somehow faster than he was. He shuddered and shook the thought away. There was no way he would ever see Mike again.
Or so he thought.
Clare didn't like how Eli just thought he could win her back with a sorry. He had really scared her. She didn't want to be around him if she kept thinking that at any moment he could get involved with another bully and almost die.
She walked home, feeling self conscious about the new uniforms as she walked by the park. People glared, not sure if she went to Degrassi or some private school.
When she got home, she was happy that she had no homework to do. Usually she had a lot of homework, but all of her classes talked about the new rules. By her last class, she could have recited all of the words that came out of her teacher's mouth.
Clare slumped down on her bed. She thought about how awkward it would be with her, Adam, and Eli. Adam would probably get stuck in the middle of it again. That would possible result in loosing her two good friends.
No, wait. She didn't care if she lost Eli. But soon, she found herself thinking more and more about him. She sighed. She was never going to figure this out, was she?
Eli drove into the school parking lot that morning. All night he had been thinking of ways to woo Clare. But every time he imagined on if the idea would work, she would end up laughing in his face.
He walked into the halls of Degrassi. Degrassi seemed more depressing now. Nobody seemed happy. They all got their bags, I.D, card's, then lockers checked. And if you had a car, your car was checked. Eli felt very uncomfortable having Morty checked. It was an invasion of his privacy, but the Police didn't care.
Again, he saw no sign of Clare, until lunch when she sat down by Adam, only talking to Adam. Adam gave them both weird looks, but decided to stay out of it. When he got to English, Clare took her seat in front his him.
"Class," Ms. Dawes said, "I would like you to meet new student, Mike." Eli stiffened in his seat, then relaxed, laughing in his head about even thinking that it was Mike. Ms. Dawes had him sit in the seat next to me. But just to be safe, I didn't introduce myself at all. But he decided to talk with me.
"So, what's up with the uniforms?" He asked. I looked at him sourly.
"There was a mishap at the last dance," I said. He shrugged.
After English, I tried to catch up with Clare, but she only walked faster. How long was she going to avoid me? I shook my head, and headed for my locker, then walked out to Morty.
My mind seemed to have a freak out. What if that was actually Mike? It sorta looked like him. He had the same cropped brown hair, and he had that evil smirk that kind of resembled Fitz.
I shook the thoughts away. What were the odds?
Mike walked to the bus. He laughed to himself about seeing Eli again, in his own English class. It was basically the best day of his life.
Boy did he have plans for Eli.
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