Hey guys! Well, heres chapter 2! :D I hope you enjoy the second chapter of Our Little Secret!

Chapter 2: Meeting Adam

CLARES POV

I woke up at 6:25 the next morning, not wanting to get out of bed. I wanted to sleep, and sleep, and- I nearly drifted into another long sleep before leaping out of bed to wake myself up. I slowly walked to the bathroom, not wanting to wake up my mother. I closed the bathroom door behind me and walked over to the sink. I turned on the sink, about to splash my face with water before realizing I cant. I groaned to myself as I tried to get the knots out of my curly Auburn hair with my dark and light blue tie dyed brush. Once I finally did, I walked out of the room to get dressed. I threw on a pair of dark blue skinny jeans with black fuzzy uggs. I then put on a cute pink top. It was tight around my waist but, with a few sparkly layers, drooped down a few inches above my knees. I quickly curled my hair so it dropped just below my shoulders. I did my make-up light as usual before running downstairs to grab some breakfast.

I grabbed a slice of toast and spread butter on it. I said bye to my mom who was making herself a bowl of cereal before grabbing my bag and running out the door. I began walking over to Alli's house. Her house is only a two minute walk from mine. I was just outside her house when I noticed a car driving down the street. It was a dark black hearse with a white skull attached to the hood. I noticed he was just about to hit a puddle of water on the side of the street and I tried to get out of the way to avoid getting wet. I guess you can say, it was too late. I was a bit wet from the water. The guy in the hearse parked on the side of the street and quickly got out to help me. Turns out, the guy was "the mystery guy".

"Oh my gosh, I am so sorry. Here let me help." He said as he tried to help me dry off.

"Um, N-no that's okay. Um, I gotta go." I quickly said before running into Alli's house.

Just as I did, I fell to the ground and watched my legs quickly become the Auburn tail I have grown so used to. Luckily, Alli's parents leave really early in the morning.

"Clare is that you? Clare?" Alli yelled from the top of the stairs.

I groaned before saying, "Yeah, its me"

She walked down the stairs before whacking her forehead when she saw me. She slightly giggled before helping me dry off.

When I was back to normal, Alli asked me what I wanted for breakfast.

"Oh my gosh, I forgot you told me we were gonna have breakfast here! Sorry. I kinda had some toast at my house." I told her, hand on my forehead.

She let out a small laugh before telling me it was alright.

Alli ate some cereal before we got into her small pink car. She started the engine and slowly backed out of the driveway. I looked out my window and noticed the mystery guy was no longer there. Phew. That, would have been totes awkward, considering I practically ran away from him.

Once we arrived at Degrassi, I began feeling butterflies swarming around in my stomach. I slowly stepped out of the car and closed the door. I looked around and saw many people sitting around on the stairs and the tables. I received many stares, smiles, and even a few glares. Hmm, okay then. I walked through the front doors of the school with Alli.

"Hey cutie." A boy about our age said, winking towards Alli, as he walked by.

"Oh my gosh, I love it here already!" Alli said, quickly turning to face me.

I laughed at her overexcited reaction to the boys comment before grabbing my schedule from my bag, Alli doing the same.

"Hmm, I have Algebra first. You?" I told Alli, turning towards her.

"Science" She groaned

"Well, see you later." I told her before giving her a quick hug goodbye.

I walked to room 219, Algebra, my first class of the day. I couldn't wait for next period, English. I'm taking an 11th grade class even though I am in 10th grade! Apparently Mrs. Dawes and the rest of the teachers think I'm really talented with my writing and editing.

I walked into the classroom and took my seat.

"Hey. This seat taken?" A boy, about my age asked.

"Um, no. You can sit there." I smiled at the boy.

He returned the smile as he sat down next to me.

"I'm Adam." He told me.

"Clare" I said.

"You new here?" He asked whilst taking his notebook out of his bag.

"Yea." Well this is becoming an awkward conversation.

"What school did you transfer from?" Adam asked me.

"Well, actually I've been home schooled all my life." I told him.

"Ohh. I wish I could be home schooled" He told me.

"Why?" I asked him, curious.

"I just cant stand the comments about me being-um, know what, never mind."

Okay, now I am officially extremely curious of what people say about Adam. What could possibly be wrong with him? He's sweet, kind, nice, and well, easy to talk to.

"You can tell me. I promise it wont affect our friend ship. Well if we are friends, that is." I smiled at him, encouragingly.

He smiled back at me, "Well, first of all, I do want to be your friend, and second, I'm an FTM. Female-To-Male Transgender." Adam smiled sheepishly.

"Woah.." I said in a low voice, shocked.

"Y-yea. Um, I think I should-" Adam said, about to get up but I cut him off.

"That's so cool!" I smiled widely at him.

"Really?" He seemed surprised by my sudden outburst.

"Totally!" I replied.

We both laughed before the teacher began the lesson.

After about 45 minutes of my annoying Algebra teacher rambling on about some topic I honestly do not care about, the bell finally rung. Me and Adam walked out of the door before splitting up to go to our next classes.

I walked into my English class, and took a seat in the deserted corner of the room, everyone else were gathered in the other corner, laughing on about who knows what.

Just then, another boy walked into the room and looked around, trying to decide where to sit. The boy fully stepped into the room, and at that moment, I realized who the boy really was. The mystery guy.