Clare's POV
I walked down the hallway of Degrassi, our first day back. I spot Eli at his locker and I walk over to him.
"Clare! I haven't seen you in weeks!" Eli said hugging me.
"I know! I've been kind of busy…" I trailed off not sure what to say about KC.
"With what?" He asked. He kind of looked worried.
"With my boyfriend…KC Guthrie. He started at Degrassi this year. Ally and Drew introduced me to him." I said smiling.
"Oh, cool so is he in your grade or mine?" Eli asks me. Eli is one year older.
"He is accually in yours." I say smiling.
"cool, so do you want to come over Friday for movie night? I met this kid Adam and he is coming too" Eli said, oh god…I have plans with KC on Friday. Maybe I could cancel since I haven't seen Eli in so long…
"Sure, I just have to ask my um… parents…" I say trailing off. I'm not sure KC will let me go… I mean I usually stay the night at Eli's house when I go over there.
"Ok, well Ive got to get to class. See you in English!" He says walking away.
I walk to my locker and see KC standing there waiting for me.
"Hey, beautiful." KC says kissing me.
"Hey, so I was wondering if maybe we could reschedule Friday?" I ask him.
"Sure, but um why?" KC asks… OH GOD.
"Well, my friend Eli and I usually have a move night each month and I haven't talked to him in awhile so I was going to go over there this weekend and stay at his house." KC looked really pissed when I said stay at his house. Crap… When KC gets mad he gets mad… I mean last time I did something to piss him off he almost hit me! He didn't but almost did…
"Clare, I don't want you sleeping at some other guys house!" He yelled.
"But KC! He is my bestfriend and has been for years now! I always stay at his house!" I protest back.
"FINE! But you have to let me meet him first." KC says calming down a bit.
"I don't know…" I don't want him to threaten Eli or anything…Because I love Eli… but maybe if KC knows Eli is gay he might let me stay…
"Clare, let me meet him." He says sternly cornering me against some lockers.
"Ok, but KC Eli isn't even straight… He, he is gay so…" Then KC started laughing! LAUGHING!
"HA! Your best friend is a HOMO! Clare you have to be kidding me!" He was still cracking up!
"KC, its not funny…" I say he is still laughing.
"Clare, I don't want you being friends with a gay guy, There FREAKS!" He screams at me still LAUGHING!
"You're an ASS!" I yell back! Woe… I am not one to curse.
"Excuse me?" He grabbed my arms and pulled me into an empty classroom.
"Nothing…" I said quietly.
"Oh I think that was something!" He says and he punched me across the face!
"I'm sorry… "I say. Why am I apologizing he hit me and made fun of Eli!
"You should be! Now go tell your little Gay friend that you can't be his friend anymore!" I can't…I love Eli! But Eli is gay and doesn't love me or anything… so…
"KC, please don't make me do that! Eli is my best friend! What if I just don't go to his house this weekend? PLEASE!" I yell.
"You have two weeks to let him down easy that you're not friends with I'm anymore! And you're not going to his house this weekend your coming over mine." He said dragging me back out into the hall.
"Ok…" I said. He kissed me then walked away. I stood there thinking about how I was going to let Eli down easy…I have been friends with him like my whole life! He is going to want an explanation! Oh god…
I walked to first period and I didn't focus the whole time. My next few classes I wasn't paying attention ethier. Then I walked into English to see Eli sitting there waiting for me…
I didn't want to have to sit next to him all year since I might have to end our friendship anyways…
I sat down on the opposite side of the room. I looked over at Eli… he looked really upset that I didn't sit with him. I walked over to him.
"Hey, um I can't come over this weekend…" I said looking down.
"Oh, ok that's fine… why are you sitting all the way over there?" He asked me.
"I um, well last year we were partners and I wanted a change so maybe will give us knew ones this year or something…
"Oh, ok sounds good I guess…" He said. Now he looked really sad.
Oh Clare what have you gotten yourself into?
Eli's POV
Clare doesn't want to be my friend anymore or something… She will hardly look at me! She doesn't want to sit with me or be my partner! She is even skipping Movie Night!
When she walked away she didn't look back but I saw a bruise on her face. It wasn't big but I t was pretty dark. Before she sat down again I asked her what happened.
"I umm, fell…" She said then sat down.
God I need her to be mine. But now she has a boyfriend… I should be her boyfriend. I should be the one holding her hand every day. Have my arm draped across her shoulders. Be the one holding her close my whole life. I shouldn't have told her I was gay… I should have said I love you! BUT NO! I was a freaking idiot and said I was a homo. Great… My life now will suck forever.
She so didn't fall down the stairs… Something is bothering her. I want to fix it but she apparently doesn't want anything to do with me anymore… or at least that's what it seems like.
The next couple of days past and then another 2 weeks. I had only talked to her in the begining of class sometime and that was it…
Then I saw her coming up to me at my locker.
"Hey, Eli can you come to the park tonight at like midnight?" She asked me. I would do anything for this girl so of course I will Clare!
"Ya, sure." I said to her.
"Ok, see you then…" She said walking away.
I just stood there and watched every step she took until she turned the corner. In my locker I had a bunch of photos of me and Clare together.
Then some kid walked up to me. He was in some of my classes but I had never talked to him.
"Are you Eli?" He asked me.
"Yea…Who are you?" I asked him.
"Im Clare's boyfriend KC. Are you still her friend? Because if not I think I'll just take these." He started ripping the pictures of me and Clare out of my locker and threw them on the ground!
"DUDE! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!" He just Laughed at me then walked away…
CLARE IS DATING THAT KID! Oh my god…
At the end of the day I went outside and threw my backpack into Morty. I jumped into my car and started driving home. I got there ran upstairs and slammed the door to my room. I cant believe he ripped all the pictures I had of me and Clare up! I hardly see her anymore anyways and he just had to go and take away all those happy memories…
I still had some in my room. I kept them all in a box on my dresser. I took them all out and looked at them but then fell asleep. I woke up around 1130. I started heading for the park. I needed to meet Clare there in like 30 minutes anyways so might as well not be late…
I went to the park and sat on a bench in the dark until midnight. Then I saw Clare walking up to me. She sat down next to me and started to talk.
"We need to talk Eli…" She said and looked down.
"Ok, About what?" I asked.
"I ca-cant be your friend anymore…" She said. My heart instantly broke in two.
"WHAT! Why?" I asked.
"My boyfriend doesn't want me to be friends with you anymore because your gay…He like is forcing me not to be your friend anymore and that's why I couldn't come to your house last time… I'm so so sorry!" She said. IM NOT EVEN GAY! Oh my god…. I have to tell her! I have to tell her now! But what if it makes her mad at me? What if… no. no if this is what makes her happy I have to let her go. She must really love this guy… a tear came down my face.
"Alright… If you really love him enough to let him be the boss of your life then bye…" I said and stood up about to walk away. Then I felt Clare's arms wrap around me. She was crying.
"Eli, please don't be mad at me ok?" She said through her own tears. I nodded and then knowing I would never get another chance captured her lips on mine. It was a short kiss but knowing I wouldn't have ever been able to do that anyways would have killed me for good. Then I walked away. I didn't even look back.
My life was going to be major hell from now on but maybe that kiss… will at least show her that I will always be here for her because that ass she calls a boyfriend. Is going to end up breaking her heart… I know it.