AN: Everyone that reviewed wanted a cozy dinner between Eli and Clare. I can understand that it's probably because it would be cute, but it wouldn't be very long. There's only so much Eclare fluff I can make until it gets boring or repetitive. I decided to make them have a party only so that the chapter would be as long as possible for you all to read. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi because if I did I wouldn't be here writing fanfics about it, I'd be on set everyday (:

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you…Happy birthday, dear Clare, happy birthday to you," Eli sang perfectly when Clare walked into the kitchen that morning. She smiled to herself; she was finally 20.

"Why thank you darling," she smiled as she went and sat on Eli's lap. He leaned in to kiss her and Clare couldn't help but feel ecstatic that she was sharing this special day with the most important person in her life. She smiled when she noticed Eli had made them breakfast; eggs, French toast and bacon.

"Aww, thanks for breakfast! So when do I get my gifts?" she asked, biting on a piece of bacon.

"Tonight, Blue Eyes. Adam thought it'd be cool to go over to his and Fiona's house and have a little party for you. They want you to go to their house after you're done school, I will already be there," he replied, looking away as though he was trying to hide something. Clare didn't notice Eli looking away because she was more focused on eating the French toast in front of her. She tossed a few pieces of her meal to their puppy, Shadow, and laughed when he lunged and ate the pieces quickly.

"Sounds fun, as long as it doesn't become some crazy party. You know I don't like surprises," she stated. Eli bent down to eat his breakfast while trying to hide his smirk. He couldn't wait until tonight…

Clare's day felt as if it was going as slowly as possible. All her classes seemed completely boring and she was having a tough time paying attention to her professors. She smiled each time one of her classmates wished her a happy birthday and was pleasantly surprised when Alli and Jenna, who also went to her university, drove her to her favourite restaurant for lunch. They spent their lunch break talking about everything from their classes to the clothing they were going to need soon seeing as how the weather was becoming colder.

"Ohmigosh, so the other day Dave came home with the prettiest diamond necklace for me! It was just the most beautiful thing I've ever seen…" Alli continued to gush about the necklace and Dave. Clare smiled to herself; she couldn't believe Alli had actually caved in and went on a date with Dave in their last year of high school and they had been going out ever since. She sighed when she pictured them getting married because they were so obviously perfect for each other, and she knew they would be soon. She knew that because Dave had asked her a couple days ago what kind of ring Alli would prefer if he proposed to her. Happy as she was for Alli, she and Eli had been going out for much longer than Alli and Dave, yet Eli had never spoken about one day getting married or having children. She did know they were still young compared to how old other couples were when they got married, but she though Eli and herself had some special bond and truly did love each other. She sighed again and tried to focus back in on the conversation.

"Sarah just went to her first day of kindergarten recently! I dressed her up in the cutest little outfit, I swear she was the prettiest one there," Jenna smiled, thinking about her little 5-year-old daughter. Clare remembered when she found out Jenna was pregnant with K.C.'s baby. She hated K.C. for leaving Jenna when he found out, but in the last year or so he had been trying to get to know their daughter, Sarah. At first Jenna was reluctant, but when she saw how serious K.C. was about getting to know Sarah, she let him when she realized how happy Sarah was to get to know her father. Clare looked at her watch and realized it was time to get back to class. She told her friends and they rushed back to school. Clare sat through her last classes, waiting impatiently for the bell to ring so she could leave.

Clare got in her car and drove to Adam and Fiona's house. She smiled as she parked and practically ran to the door. She rang the doorbell, waiting for someone to answer.

"Happy birthday Clare!" Fiona exclaimed as she opened the door and hugged Clare.

"Thanks, Fi. Where's everyone?" Clare wondered, since it seemed so dark inside the house. All of a sudden, about one hundred people popped out of various hiding places and screamed "HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLARE!"

Clare jumped, but laughed when she saw that she was surrounded by a ton of her friends. She hugged her way through them until she found Eli.

"You planned this, didn't you? I told you I didn't like surprises!" she whispered fiercely to him.

"Calm down, Blue Eyes. I know you did secretly love this. Have some fun, you're twenty now!" Eli smirked and pulled her into the living room, where furniture had been moved to the sides to make a dance floor.

They danced away most of the night, surrounded by all of Clare's friends. She found herself actually enjoying this party, even if parties like this weren't really her style. As long as Eli's with me then it'll be fun, she thought to herself. And it was true. Soon enough she found herself cutting a birthday cake to the flashes of multiple digital cameras. There seemed to be more flashes as she pulled Eli closer and kissed him fully on the lips. She laughed and passed around plates of cake to everyone. Everyone then gathered in the living room where all the gifts were brought, waiting to be opened by Clare. As she opened each gift, she thanked the person who gave it to her and gave them a hug. After the cake and presents, the dancing resumed until the wee hours of the morning. People slowly started leaving until it was just Adam, Fiona, Eli and Clare.

"Here, let me help clean up. I'm sorry everyone made such a mess, but thank you so much for giving me such an awesome party," Clare said as she started picking up stray cups and other items.

"No honey, don't bother cleaning up. We hired some people to clean out the house for us. We knew there would be a mess. Just go home with Eli," Fiona answered, pushing Clare and Eli to the front door and giving them hugs.

"Bye Clare and Eli," Adam smiled, giving us hugs. Clare was confused when Adam winked at Eli, but thought nothing more of it. Clare drove her car home because Eli had gotten a ride with Adam and had no car. They got to their apartment and went to the elevator, pushing the button for their floor. They walked out of the elevator and went to their door. As Clare was about to put her key in the lock, Eli spun her around and kissed her fiercely and full of passion. Clare was a little surprised but kissed him back all the same. He broke apart the kiss and whispered "Happy birthday, my love."

Hahaha. So no cliff-hanger, but just you wait until the next chapter ;)

Parts of this chapter were more of a filler so you could see what happened with a few of the other Degrassi characters. I think this may have been the longest chapter I ever wrote :P Again, I'm sorry for no cozy dinner but the next chapter will be the equivalent of that dinner. I'm sure some of you were like "Whaaaaat? I was expecting something different." Well I was too, but I ended this chapter the way I did because it would have been too long if I continued with what I had planned. So review away and I hope I can post the next chapter ASAP. 3