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Everyone Screams: Chapter one- The Roof
Clare groaned as she woke up to her annoying alarm ringing. She quickly hit it off before her Mother woke up from it and punished Clare for waking her up, but knowing her Mom, she was probably either still at a bar, or some guy's house that she met at the bar. She slowly stood up, wincing at the bruising pain in her stomach, and the throbbing in her right cheek. She stumbled over to her mirror, clenching her teeth at the sight of her room.
Her room was very girly and happy. The walls were painted a light shade of princess pink, and her bed had a white and lacy bedspread. On her window ledge stuff animals of horses, teddy bears, and dogs sat, giving her room that innocent vibe. Clare hated it not because it was girly, but because it was happy, like how everything was before the divorce, before the break up, before the hitting, before all the pain. It was just a constant reminder of how bad everything is now.
Clare quickly shook her head, snapping her out of her daze, and looked down into her mirror sitting on her desk. Her skin was ivory, and pale, black circles hung underneath her big blue eyes that were filled with hurt and pain, her short caramel brown hair was curly, yet lifeless, her face was tear stricken from crying in her sleep, and on her right cheek was a big purple and black bruise. All together it made her look like a zombie in her eyes. She quickly brushed the knots out of her hair before putting some cover up on her bruise and dark circles, hiding it from everyone who looked her way, and put on some dark eyeliner on, distracting people from her scarred eyes.
After she was done the bruise and dark circles were completely hidden, her hair seemed more lively, and some color was restored back into her face with blush, making her look almost like the old Clare.
Once she was done staring into the mirror, she quickly striped off her bed time clothes, examining her body for any additional blemishes. Her stomach was a dark purple and black, many cuts tracing in it that were a bright red, and her wrist was full of self harmed scars and cuts, fresh and old, a few were scabbed over. Taking one last look into her full body mirror, she quickly put on her school uniform, tan, kayak colored pants with a short sleeved, blue shirt with the Degrassi logo in the corner. Her cuts were visible to the human eye so Clare quickly put on a black jacket, zipping it up fully before hurrying out the door for school.
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Clare sat in English as the late bell rang and Ms. Dawes finally entered. She was boredly tapping her pencil on her desk while biting her pinky nail. Clare was always nervous in this class since Eli sat behind her, and this was their permanent seats. Clare could just feel Eli's stare burn holes in the back of her head and she resisted the urge to turn to him and hit him for being such a jerk now in days.
"Sorry for being late class." Ms. Dawes said, "There was an accident on the highway. Any how…" She said and reached over before plucking Clare's pencil out of her hand from her constant tapping, causing Clare to roll her eyes at her and sit back in a huff while crossing her arms, "Today you will be getting your tests back, I was highly impressed by some of you, others, I was very disappointed." She said the last part pointedly at Clare who just rolled her eyes again and began tapping with a few of her longer nails.
Ms. Dawes began handing out the papers row by row, "Good job Mr. Goldsworthy." She praised Eli setting down an 'A' paper on her desk, causing an arrogant smirk to leap onto Eli's lips, "Ms. Edwards… I would like to see you after class." She said in disappointment to Clare setting down a paper that read 'D-'.
"Ouch… Blue eyes, what happened?" Ellie mocked, whispering into her ear as everyone else took notes, and Clare just ignored Eli, mentally giving him the finger.
"Clare, may I ask why you're not writing notes?" Ms. Dawes asked Clare who boredly picked at her nails and everyone stared at Clare.
"I can't take notes since you took my pencil, now can I?" Clare asked, shocking some of the students at her rude tone, and Ms. Dawes looked coldly at Clare and slammed her pencil back down in front of her. Clare sitting there, not the least bit phased, she was use to her teachers being mad at her now, and it was nothing new to her. Maybe she was a bitch like her Mom said but she knew she was defiantly not Saint Clare anymore.
"That tone will not be appreciated in my class, one more rude remark will result in a detention, and do you understand Ms. Edwards?" She hissed at Clare who just coolly nodded, and Ms. Dawes took one more glance at Clare before continuing teaching, glancing at her every now and then, and looked her way when she threw out a question, but Clare never once raised her hand or looked up for that matter.
Clare picked up her pencil and began 'taking notes' but was actually just doodling on her note book and she slipped out of the classroom as the bell rang, ignoring Ms. Dawes protests. Clare knew she was doing badly in school lately, but she didn't care, and especially didn't want to talk to any teacher about it.
"Clare! Wait up!"
She groaned at the sound of Jake running up to her. Ever since he started going to Degrassi he was intent in befriending Clare once again, but she knew he'd leave her in the end, just like everyone else did. Plastering on a fake smile she turned to Jake, "What's up?" She asked sweetly in her normal Clare voice, she feeling daggers getting thrown at them by Eli.
Jake smiled back. He was very tall and had light, brown mouse hair, tanned skin, and light colored eyes. He was wearing the Degrassi school uniform on him, his shirt a little big. All the girls swooned over him and for some reason he only wanted Clare, "I was wondering if you wanted to come over for dinner at my place? Ever since my Dad heard that you went here he's been wanting to catch up with you and your family." He said and Clare froze.
Family.
The word echoed through Clare's now empty head and was soon lose by nightmares. What family? Her Dad was gone, her Mom was an abusive drunk, and her sister was in Kenya, building schools, able to be away from it all. He shuffling his feet brought her back in existence. "Sorry Jake." She said, and quickly thought of an excuse, "My Mom's sick with the flu and I have to take care of her for the next week or so, since my Dad and her are divorced." She said with a fake, sad smile.
"Oh…" He said, disappointment in his voice, "That's okay… And I'm sorry, I didn't realize your parents got divorced, how are you and Darcy taking it?"
"I'm fine, and I don't know about Darcy, she's in Kenya building schools." Clare said and Jake nodded, "See you around." She said and turned and walked away before he could protest. She sighed once he was out of ear shot. 'Can that boy not take a hint?' She thought to herself as she opened her locker and threw her books in it, not wanting to go to math next knowing she had to sit next to Alli who only cooed about her ex, KC's and Jenna's baby, so Clare decided to skip next period and hang on the roof.
Clare silently slipped up the hidden stair case to the roof, no one noticing from the big group of students hurrying to their next class. She wrinkled her nose in disgust as she smelt the horrible smell of stale smoke; still, she didn't turn back. She hoped onto the roof, skipping the next three steps to hear laughing. She turned to see Bianca and her friends huddled together and smoking a joint. Ignoring them Clare went to sit on the edge of the roof.
She heard Bianca snicker, "Is that Saint Clare? Ditching class?" She asked as her and her two friends laughed, "Edwards! Get over here!"
Clare rolled her eyes before hopping up and walking over to the three people. Bianca was holding a joint and she was wearing her Degrassi uniform, tan pants and a red shirt, as was one of the boys next to her. She was wearing hoop earrings and her long curly hair fell around her face. The boy in the Degrassi uniform had short dark brown hair and dark eyes, his eyebrows were slightly thick, and the third person obviously didn't go to this school. He was wearing a black hoodie with loose jeans, the hoodie covering his head; he was also holding a beer bottle.
"What are you doing up here?" Bianca asked and Clare just shrugged, "Want a puff?" She offered "You look a bit… stressed." Clare was about to decline when she froze, maybe it took the stress off of things? Maybe it would make her feel better. She thought for a second longer before reaching out and plucking the green joint from Bianca, not bothering asking what it was before taking one long puff of it and handing it back,
As Clare blew the smoke back out she suddenly felt very relaxed, and everything looked like it was in a bubble, but it didn't stop her from taking another puff, and another, and another, until Clare mostly forgot about every trouble, it was just her, Bianca, and the two other dudes laughing and cracking jokes.
"Why are you up here anyway?" Clare asked Bianca, passing the joint back to her, "I thought you stopped doing this ever since you began dating Drew?"
"I did stop." Bianca answered bluntly, "But then I broke up with him because he wanted me to be something I'm not. He should understand that I will not be a perfect little cheerleader, I'm a party queen!" She bellowed causing them to laugh, even though it wasn't funny, "What about you?"
"Didn't want to go to math… I have to sit by Alli." She groaned.
"Boiler room Bhandari?" Bianca asked and Clare nodded, "She's such a bitch!" She exclaimed, throwing her hands up, "She got me suspended from school because she sent out racy pictures of me; I don't even know how she got them"
"Yeah, that's why I'm trying to ignore her. But she must lack common sense because she can't take a hint." Clare said before taking the last puff.
Bianca groaned, "Man, Edwards, you owe me twenty bucks for how much you smoked of that."
Clare hiccupped, she was felling very buzzed and her vision was doubled, "Here." She said, slapping two twenty dollar bills in her hand, and said, "Can I have another for later?"
Bianca shrugged and pocketed the money before giving her another joint for later, Clare hiding it in her pocket, "We better get down there for lunch, which means you have to go Ron-Ron, sorry." She said giving a quick hug to the older looking dude who sighed and mumbled a 'Fine…' before leaving before them, him stumbling into some of the empty bottles.
"It's lunch time already?" The boy who went to Degrassi asked and Clare nodded, "It felt like we were only up here for minutes…"
"Damn Owen, lost track of time did you?" Bianca teased as the three of them left the rooftop and headed for the cafeteria, "By the way, I like you Edwards, you should stick with us." Bianca said as the passed by the many students hurrying to get lunch and Clare nodded.
"Thanks Bianca, you're not bad yourself…" She slurred and Bianca laughed at her.
"Your first time?" Bianca asked Clare as nodded so she wrapped her hand around her waist, helping her to through cafeteria and Clare nodded, stumbling even along with Bianca's guidance, "Owen!" She said and Owen quickly scurried to Bianca's side, "Help Clare to our usual table, I'll get the three of us food." She said, giving Clare to Owen who wrapped his arm around her small waist, helping her much more easily then Bianca could as he headed for a table in the back, smiling to himself as he stared down at Clare. She had a smile on her face and giggled, it was pretty obvious she was high. Her head was on Owen's shoulder and he had to admit, she was pretty hot.
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"Eliiiii!"
He groaned from the annoying tone and mentally kicked himself, 'Why of all people would I choose Imogen as my rebound girl?' He mentally asked himself before turning to Imogen, with a big, fake smile in his face as she leaped into Eli's arms, hugging him, "I missed chu~" She said, trying to act cute and forced a kiss onto Eli's mouth.
"It's only been one period." He chuckled and looked over at Imogen. She was kind of short, and she was wearing Buddy Holly glasses. Her dark, dark brown hair was in what she called 'cat ears' and she was wearing her Degrassi uniform, red shirt, and tan pants. Most girls wore the skirt but a bunch of girls also wore the pants too.
"One period to long!" She sung out as she wrapped her arm inside his and the walked to the cafeteria, quickly getting food before sitting with Adam, Alli, and KC. Jenna did her High school work online now because she had to take care of the baby, but was here today seeing as the baby was at her parents. Everyone was laughing at something and Eli looked up for all the humor and happiness to go away, and was replaced by anger. He had looked up to see Clare entering the cafeteria with Owen and Bianca. Owen's arm was wrapped around a smiling and giggling Clare and Owen himself was smiling too. He watched as he led the two of them back to Owen and Bianca's usual table and sat down, a few minutes later rejoined by Bianca with food and the three of them began eating, Clare saying something as Owen stuffed his face causing Bianca and her to laugh and Owen roll his eyes and say something back, causing them to laugh even harder.
"Oh my god…" Alli said, covering her mouth.
"What?" Jenna asked, cuddling into KC's side more.
"Is… Is that Clare laughing with Owen and Bianca?" She said and everyone else at their table heads snapped up and looked in the direction she was looking at, only to see the same thing. Clare was still pressed up against Owen (without even realizing it) and Bianca sat next to Owen, a few feet away, and the three of them were laughing while munching on the same tray of food.
"Why would Clare even think about hanging with that slut and bully?" Alli hissed and then suddenly a thought hit her, "I bet she was hanging with them when she skipped math." She growled, and they all turned away when the looked over at them.
"Who would have thought Saint Clare hanging with the thugs?" Jenna agreed as the boys stayed silent, letting the girls rant.
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"Thanks…" Clare muttered as Owen sat them down at the cafeteria table, him unwrapping his arm from her waist as Bianca returned with the food. On the plate were a few slices of pizza a large salad and three water bottles. As soon as the tray touched the ground Owen grabbed two of the slices and began stuffing his face causing Bianca and Clare to laugh, "Hungry much?" Clare asked, causing them to laugh harder even though it wasn't too funny.
"You should eat up Clare." Bianca said, "Since it was your first time and you smoked so much… eating and drinking lots of water will help it cool down." She said eating some of the salad while Clare grabbed a slice of pizza and began munching on it.
"You say that as if I'm gonna be drug tested…" Clare said slowly, causing them to laugh again, but Clare froze when she felt a bunch of eyes on them and she looked up to see Eli, Imogen, KC, Jenna, Adam, and Alli staring at them, "You guys look." She elbowed Owen who muttered, 'Hey!' before the looked over at the table and Bianca snickered as they looked away.
"They're all bitches…" Bianca said and Clare nodded, "Hey, Clare, didn't you date Dr. Doom?"
Clare once again nodded, "It ended badly when he began getting possessive and crashed his car just to get me to go see him." She explained and Owen raised an eyebrow as Bianca chuckled.
"Sounds like something the freak would do…" She shook her head as the bell rang and she sighed, "Great, we didn't even get to eat anything…"
Clare shrugged and grabbed the water bottle and the rest of her pizza, "Grab some to eat on the way to class." She said and Bianca laughed before taking the last slice, earning a 'Hey!' from Owen as the three of them went their separate ways to class, leaving the rest of their food on the table, behind.
A/N: Okay, that was Clare becoming friends with Bianca and Owen... Owen will be in the story almost as much as Bianca. But he won't play a big role... I'm sorry I made Imogen annoying, but I don't know how she acts so i'm just gonna make her annoying... Sorry. Thanks to everyone who read the prologue and thanks to WaitCait705 and to Deena for reviewing the prologue! And Happy Fourth of July everyone! Well, Please review! :))))
