DISCLAIMER:
I DO NOT OWN DEGRASSI OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS
BARE WITH ME THE FLARE IS ON ITS WAY! JUST A LITTLE MORE BACK STORY
Clare's POV
"It's 8:30 and I still didn't finish this homework…what's wrong with me?" I said under my breath.
Deep down inside I knew why I hadn't been able to finish the homework; I just didn't want to admit it.
I had felt like a terrible girlfriend for lying to Eli like that. I knew I had to make things right. I was going to message him but he had already signed off. His cell phone broke so I couldn't call him. The only other option was to go to his house. So I did.
I'm going to regret this I thought to myself. I started to walk to Eli's house. I was about to ring the doorbell when some girl opened it. I had never seen her before. She had long brown hair and green eyes. She was gorgeous. Now what was she doing at my boyfriend's house.
"Uhh…Clare, hi!" Eli said while laughing and smiling at the mystery girl.
"Hi, um... I guess I should go. It looks like you have your hands full." I said bitterly while turning and taking my first few steps away from his house.
"Clare, wait! I can explain. Please. Just stay." He said while grabbing my wrist.
"Let go of me. I'm going home. I don't want to talk to you."
I was filled with so many emotions that I didn't know what to do or where to go. I couldn't go home. Nor did I want to. I had to go somewhere that no one would see me.
Was he cheating on me? I asked myself. I didn't want to know the answer to that. I couldn't even bare to think about him being with another girl after I gave him almost everything.
I don't know what possessed me to go to the park but I found myself walking through the grass and sitting on a picnic table. This was the same picnic table that Eli, Adam and I had did our English project. This is where Eli and I had shared our first kiss. I don't know what in the world compelled me to come here. It just made me feel worse about myself.
I cried for about an hour and then I noticed a figure coming towards me across the grass. I wasn't sure of whom it was so I just stayed quiet and didn't move. As the person came closer I recognized who it was. It was Mark. He looked pretty somber himself. He kept walking towards me and when he got to the picnic table he sat next to me.
"Clare, are you okay? Why are you here all alone in the dark?" Mark asked in a genuine tone.
"I…uh…I didn't know where else to go," I tried to say through my sobs, "I went to fix things with me and Eli and-"
He cut me off.
"Stop. You don't have to tell me this."
"Thank you…wh..why are you here?' I choked out.
He began to say why he was there but I wasn't paying much attention to what he was saying. I was more shocked at the fact that he felt comfortable talking to me. And that he didn't just keep walking. Why hadn't he just kept on walking? I questioned in my head. So many things were just flying around up there.
I wasn't sure if he had stopped talking or if he was seeing if I was paying attention. When I looked up I saw that he was starting to cry. He wasn't afraid to cry in front of my I liked that.
"Mark…are you okay?" I asked sincerely. I wondered why he was crying in the first place. Maybe I should have listened to what he was saying.
"No…honestly, I'm not." He said as he rested his head on my shoulder.
To be continued…
Sorry about the cliffhanger. I really need to write an essay for English as much as I don't want to. But no fear the next chapter will be up in an hour or so (:
