Chapter 2 – Words Can't Describe

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Clare POV

"Hey Bianca, um… I was wondering what time I could come over?"
"Oh, Clare! Anytime, tonight is going to be so much fun!" She squealed, I could just see her bright smile by the way she was talking.
"Great, I'm just leaving the house… I will see you later."
"Bye Clare-Bear."

I smiled as I hung up the phone, I've never been called a nickname before, it seems so different to me. I walked down the street, hearing some commotion around the block. When I got to the curb, I noticed that I have gotten some new neighbors. I was going that direction anyways, so why not stop by and meet them.

As I approached their house, I recognized someone fairly familiar. He seemed to notice me too, because he looked at me and smirked. Then, he started heading in my direction.

"Hey, blue eyes." He smiled, and then I remember who he was. He was the guy, who bumped into me yesterday.
"Oh… um, Hey." I looked at him through my eyelashes as a blush appeared on my cheeks.
"I never got to ask you what your name was." He smiled and lifted my chin up, smiling down at me.
"Oh… I'm—" The sound of a car horn startled us both. It was Bianca.

"Get in! We're going shopping." She yelled swapping glances between us. I turned around and smiled sheepishly at him as I got inside the car. As she pulled away, I saw him still standing in the exact spot, looking down at where I was standing before.

"Who was that?" Bianca asked nudging my shoulder.
"Oh… him? I don't know… I bumped into him yesterday, and it seems like he's my new neighbor." I changed my voice, into a more snobby, and prissy voice as I entered her car. I didn't want a bad impression, I wanted this plan to work out.
"Does he go to Degrassi?"

I nodded. "Yeah, I bumped into him when I exited the school, he clearly wasn't paying any attention to me, and so that's why he nearly knocked me over." I whispered, applying lip gloss on my mouth. I smacked my lips together, placing the lip gloss back into my purse.
"He's cute, by the looks of it, he totally seems into you."
"Bianca!" I practically screamed. "I barley know the guy! I don't even know his name."
"But you think he's cute, I can tell." She smiled.
"How can you tell?" I asked tilting my head in her direction.
"Because, I can see the way you look at him! Before that dumbass, Drew, stood you up, I could tell that you had a thing for him. Face it Clare! You like him!" She smiled pushing my shoulder, in a playful way.

"I do not! He's not my type…" I mumbled.
"Okay, whatever… but if you all get together—"
"That's NOT going to happen!" I yelled with a big smile.
"Riiiight."

I only shrugged my shoulders and exited out of the car. The light breeze of the wind made my hair go all over the place, great. As we entered the food court, the smell of hundreds of different foods hit our faces, making me melt inside.

"Let's eat later, we need prom dresses." Bianca said, snapping me back to reality.
"Oh… what? Dresses, I don't think I'm going."
Bianca nearly stopped in her tracks.
"Clare Edwards. Are you telling me, that you are not going to prom?" She asked standing a little bit close to me, which started to feel uncomfortable to me.
I stepped back.
"Well, I don't have anyone to go with."
"You don't need a date Clare! I'll go with you, we can get ready at your place." She smiled and linked our arms together, traveling across the mall.

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Clare, this is gorgeous! You have to try this on!" Bianca squealed with excitement and she pushed me into the dressing rooms.
It was a light golden blue dress, it had one sleeve, and had ruffles going throughout the dress, it had a white belt. It hanged down past my ankles and onto the floor, I can't believe I actually looked…. Beautiful for once.
"YOU LOOK GORGEOUS! You have to buy that dress! You HAVE to!" Bianca said in a deep serious voice.
"I don't know, I might come shopping later… prom is so far away…"
"Okay, now what about this one?"

Bianca tried on a short black dress what went up to her knees. It flared out towards the bottom and was low cut, and I mean very low cut. It had a white belt around the waist and small rhinestones around the bottom and top. She looked… beautiful.

"What do you think?" She asked spinning around.
"Oh my god! You look amazing! You have to get that one!" I smiled.
She pulled me into a small hug.
"Thank you, for coming with me… Jenna would never do this, she hates shopping!"
"Really? I would think a bit—" I stopped myself "A girl like her would love shopping ."
Bianca smiled. "I wish…"

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It was 2:30 in the morning, and Bianca was still up and dancing around. We blasted music and drank this non-alcoholic wine, and I'm starting to think that we got the wrong bottle, because I feel like I've been drunk for hours. I sat down on the couch, with my head off the edge and my feet pressing against the wall. I laughed as I watched Bianca stumble down onto the floor after she did this dance move her friends taught her.

All night, we laughed, partied, ate, and told secrets. Even though Bianca and I just started to hang out, she seemed like a really nice person. When Bianca got out the yearbook for last year's Degrassi students, we couldn't help but laugh at some of the people in there.

We stopped by a few of my friends names, and I felt bad as Bianca made some rude comments about them, as I laughed. When she got to Alli, the huge lump in my throat got caught.

"Alli, I hated her…"
"W-what did she do to you?" I asked narrowing my eyes at the beautiful dark skinned girl in the picture.
"She just thought she was so perfect, you know…"
It was true, so I agreed. Bianca made more mean comments about her, and I couldn't help but laugh. As mean as they were, I didn't want Bianca to get the wrong impression.

We finally fell asleep around 4:30 and woke up at 2:30 the next afternoon. Great, I forgot about church. I quickly grabbed my bag and ran home, leaving a small note for Bianca to read when she gets up. The run home wasn't far, since she just lives right down the street. As I was slowing down, getting closer to my house, saw that mysterious guy standing outside… at his mailbox.

He glanced up, noticing me. He smirked at shut the mailbox and stood in front of me.
"Well, we meet again." He smiled.
"Hey." I couldn't help but smile at myself either.
"Can you finally tell me your name?" He asked with a soft voice, making shivers go down my spine.
"Clare…" I whispered looking at his necklace.
"Nice name… I'm Elijah… but please, call me Eli." He smiled and leaned back in forth on his feet.
"Well, Eli… I have to get going; I'm going to be later for church." I smiled and walked past him, entering onto my street.

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I walked up the steps and into the bathroom, taking a quick shower. I quickly and carefully shaved my legs and got dressed. As I entered my bedroom, I could see Eli's house from mine. I guess he noticed that too, because he looked through his bedroom window and waved at me. I smiled and waved back over at him.

I walked down stairs to find both my parents dressed in their best outfits for church.
"Hey, are you all ready?" I asked with a smile.
"Yep, Darc won't be coming…" My dad said softly, placing a small kiss onto my head.
"Oh, why not?" I was kind of happy; I really didn't want to face her.
"She isn't feeling well; she went to the doctor's office." My mom butted in.
"Oh… okay."

We finally exited the house, and went into my dad's light blue Mercedes Benz. As I got inside the car, I noticed Eli walking down my street with a golden retriever puppy. I smiled at him and told my parents that I would be right back. I ran over to Eli and got down onto my knees, smiling at the puppy.

"What's her name?" I asked rubbing the puppies head.
"Uh… well…."
"Oh, you haven't found a name yet?" I asked looking up to Eli.
"Not really, we just got her." She smiled as the puppy attacked my face with its tongue and slobber.
As I was about to say something else, my parents called my name.
"Well, I'll see you later Eli." I smiled, and before I knew what I was doing, I pulled Eli into a small hug. I pulled back instantly and walked over to my parents.

"Who's that…?" My mom asked smiling over at Eli.
"He's our new neighbor, and well… I was wondering if I could stay and show him around."

I practically begged. I wanted to stay with Eli. Even though we just met, I wanted to know more about him… he seems like a very interesting person
my dad took a deep sigh and looked over at my mom. My mom glanced up at him and shrugged her shoulders.
"Alright, Clare-Bear…please, can you be back around 8 at the latest." He smiled, placing a gentle kiss on my forehead.
"Thank you!" I squealed and turned around to see if Eli was still around.

I spotted him and walked off the drive way into his direction. "ELI!" I yelled, pulling all his attention towards me.
"Hey, what are you doing?" He asked with a small smirk.
"I… I asked my parents if I could stay home today… d-do you want to hang out. I could maybe show you around since you're new here." I smiled faintly and looked up at him through my thick eyelashes.
"That would be great." He smiled "Where do you want to go first?" He looked around, and then down to the dog.
"I guess the park, there's a lot of stuff there." I smiled and he stepped out of my way, so I was now directly beside him.

I don't know why, but I feel nervous around Eli. Like, there is something between us… When I'm around him, I can truly feel like I can be myself, and not like the girl who Adam told me to be at school.

I snapped back into the real world when I felt Eli's hand brush up against mine. A flood of sparks flew between us, but I quickly pulled away, letting my hair fall to my cheek, so it would hide the blush that it now forming to them.

"I'm sorry." He mumbled.
"It's… okay." I said softly back to him. I smiled mentally to myself. "We're here." I grinned and looked up at Eli's flushed face.
"Well, where to?" He asked stepping up into the sidewalk.
"I guess I can show you the playground, the dog park, and there's also a forest, that leads to a waterfall… it's really pretty." My smiled faded away as a memory flashed into my mind. I was with KC and he took me there for our first date, and he practically forced himself onto me.
"Let's go there then… I love waterfalls." He smiled, taking a small step closer towards me.
"O-okay, well it's right t-this way."
I could practically feel him smirking at my troubles to speak.

OOO –Next day at School-

"Class, listen up! We have a new student today… and I hope you all treat him with respect."
I sighed. Great another new snobby student, who will only treat me, like everyone else. I turned around to see who this new kid was, and sure enough, there was Elijah Goldsworthy, standing in the doorway, smirking at me. I smiled and waved over to him, glancing over at Drew, who instantly looks jealous. Maybe he did like me, maybe he didn't… but he is out of the picture, he hurt me… so he doesn't deserve a second chance.

Mrs. Dawes seemed to notice my wave over to Eli, so she smiled.
"So, I see that you know Clare Edwards… I guess since you each don't have English Partners yet, then you two can work together." She smiled and handed us our packet to start working on.

Eli smiled and thanked the teacher before heading over and sitting down in the seat in front of me.
"Hey there, Blue Eyes." He smirked, making me giggle. I placed my notebook to my face hiding my blush.
"Hey there." I smiled slightly, glancing over at Drew. He was staring right at me. I started to feel uncomfortable, and I turned around while slumping down into my seat.

"Hey are you okay?" Eli asked, but before I could answer, Jenna came up from behind us.
"Well, Clare… looks likes you made a new friend. This is new for you." She sneered nodding her head up at Eli. Eli only looked away in disgust and turned his attention back to me.

"What was that about?" He asked, but my eyes were already starting to fill with tears. "Are you—Oh no… Uh, Mrs. Dawes, can Clare and I be excused." He asked, Mrs. Dawes looked over at us and noticed that Clare was crying.
"I guess, hurry back though." She nodded, with a worried look as we exited the class room.

Eli took me outside, with our hall passes, and sat me down onto the school steps.
"Clare… what happened, who is that girl?" He asked sitting down on the step below me, to look at me better.
"Why do you care, Eli… no one cares about me. I'm just a stupid girl… I'm ugly."
Eli didn't answer me. He just looked at me with a serious expression.
"Clare… you are not ugly, you are beautiful. You are not stupid; you are one of the brightest girls I've ever met. I care about you so much… because you are like… my only friend. At my old school, I got bullied and people never talked to me. Why? I don't know… because people are stupid, their dumb. They just want you to feel hurt and useless, so they can get the pleasure of being the one hurting you." He smiled. "To me, you are perfect."

I soaked in all those words that Eli just spoke to me, and I instantly felt better. I smiled at his words, and nodded my head.

"No one has ever told me that before." I whispered, looking into Eli's emerald green eyes.
"I've never said anything like that before." He chuckled making me laugh.
"Well, thanks Eli… you made me feel better."

We both stood up and walked back into Mrs. Dawes room. When we entered, Jenna was sitting at my desk, looking through my notebook. When she stood up, she had a handful of papers, reading my story out loud to the class…my embarrassing, detailed story.
"Jenna, give me those!" I yelled, running over to her.
"Hahahahaa, Oh Clare… you're going to have to try harder than that."
"Jenna, give me my papers… now." I looked around, with all eyes on me, and laughing… my anger took over.
"You're such a bitch Jenna! You're a fat ugly bitch!"
And of course, with my luck… Mrs. Dawes walked into the classroom, with Principal Simpson.
"Ms. Edwards, come with me." I stood there shocked, I didn't do anything! Jenna is the one who was reading my personal stuff.
"B-but sir."
"No buts! Come with me… now."
"But Principal, Clare didn't do anything wrong I was here, right by her side!" Eli came into the conversation, standing next to me.
"Okay, so you're so sure, than you come with me too… I want to know what happened."

We both sighed and followed Principal Simpson into his office. He sat us down on the bench and went inside his room. As soon as he shut his door, Eli and I started bursting out laughing.
"Gosh, Blue Eyes… I didn't know you could be so harsh."
"Oh trust me, you haven't seen anything yet." I smiled, and stood up, and Mr. Simpson motioned us inside his office.

"Can you tell me what happened?" He asked with a low, deep voice.
"Well, something happened in class, Jenna made a nasty remark, so I got upset, and she excused us, so I could calm down. Eli came with me, because he really cares and knows what to do to make me feel better." I smiled mentally to myself.
"Uh huh, and what happened when you came back to class?"
"Well, Jenna, was reading something from my binders, a personal story, that I've been writing."
"Well, if it's so personal, then why bring it to school?"
"Because, I usually stay after school to work on it, it's quiet here, and I like it."
"Right, so what caused you to call Jenna those names?"
"Well, she read them out loud, and people were laughing at me, and I have anger issues, so they sort of took over, and that's what happened."

"Okay, well, foul language is against the code… you know that." He stated. I only nodded.
"Well, you have one day of detention, starting tomorrow after school. Be in my office at 3:30, and don't be late.

I nodded, pulling my purse over my shoulder. Eli followed behind me, walking out the doors of the school.

"Great… detention." I mumbled.
"Well, at least you don't have to do it alone." He smiled.
"W-what do you mean?" I asked looking up at him.
"Well, I got detention too, for skipping the first day." He laughed.
"Oh, Wow… Eli." I smiled too.

Well, this is going to be fun. I'm going to be with Eli, after school hours… exploring and cleaning the school. This may be very interesting.

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