Degrassi (Stuff Matters)
"Eli, i don't think that's such a good idea. If you want to get rid of all this junk", Clare gestured to the pile of trash sitting all around them," then you must listen to me" Eli and Clare have been working on getting Eli's room clean for the past few hours, and all they have accomplished was filling trash bags with papers with Eli's drawings.
"This isn't 'junk'... this is me, my life, i hate to admit it, but it's true." Eli stood up and walked across the room to the doorway. Clare followed him and sighed.
" I really don't have a clue what to tell you, Eli, but you didn't want help from anyone else, so I stepped in. I just wish I could understand." She reached across Eli to grab an empty black trash bag. He stopped her and took her hand into his and kissed it. "please don't-" he stopped, not knowing what to say. "please, just don't, make me get rid of my life."
Clare looked into Eli's deep brown eyes and whispered, " I have to... because it's not your life. It's not you at all, it's just stuff and material things don't matter." Eli pulled his hands back as if there were an electric shock coming from the words Clare had said and radiating into her hands. He couldn't believe what she had said. It hurt him so much he wanted to scream in her face. And that's exactly what he did.
By: Jessica Johnson