Hey, guys thanks for the reviews on the first chapter. Has anyone seen the new promo for Degrassi? I'm like freaking out cuz it looks like Drew gets shot and Eli and Imogen end up together or somthing IDK! I'm paniking. Anyway,
Special thanks to: emilylake90 for being the first Reviewer.
This chapter jumps between POV's A LOT!
BTW: Clare is an only child. Anyway onto the story...
Eli's POV (Same day.)
After I dropped Imogen off at her house Adam and I went back to my house to read comics. We were currently in my living room with Adam laying across the couch holding the comic book above his face and me in the swivel computer chair, by my mom's computer. For some reason I couldn't stop thinking of the new girl. Clare. To say she was beautiful would be an understatement, I know I shouldn't think of another girl this way when I was with Imogen, but Clare was indescribable. I couldn't get her short auburn curls, her plump pink lips, or her big blue orbs out of my mind. As if Adam read my mind he asked,
"So, what did you think of Clare?" Adam asked, sitting up and setting his comic book down, but leaving it open so he didn't loose his page.
"She seemed... Distant." I said shrugging and thinking about how nervous she seemed about leaving.
"Well she is new so it may take time, but I wonder why Jenna and Bianca already targeted her." He said, and I could tell he was thinking of reasons why.
"And why would she wear a sweater when it's like 80 degrees?" I asked remembering the way she clung to her sweater for dear life.
"Well I guess we will find out." Adam said picking his comic book back up.
"Dude, do you... like her?" I asked smirking.
"Not like that, but you know I don't have many friends so, ya know." He said shrugging.
"Dude, you know how Imogen is, she'll think I like her and get pissed." I told him thinking about how clingy Imogen was. She's the first girl I've dated since. Julia. I winced at the very thought of her name but shrugged it off.
"So what, Imogen isn't right for you anyway." Adam told me putting his comic into his bag. He doesn't like Imogen, he never has. He always says shes weird and munipulitive, I never saw it, but I wasn't crazy about her the last few weeks either.
"Yeah, yeah." I said waving it off not wanting to admit it or defend it.
"Whatever, I got to go before mom freaks out." He said fist bumping me and walking out the door.
I closed my comic and went onto Facerange and looked up Clare Edwards. I found her profile and sent her a request before I took a shower and went to bed. For once instead of having a nightmare about Julia or seeing Imogen's brown eyes. I saw Clare, everything about her, but mostly her eyes stareing right into mine. But they held somthing else not happiness or joy, but fear, sadness.
Clare's POV
I woke up early from nightmares of that night. I slept like crap anyway so I probably only got 2 hours of sleep total. I woke up and realized I was crying in my sleep, I sighed and got up walking over to my computer and checking my Facerange to see that I had 3 friend requests. I looked through them and recognized all 3 of them.
HeartAlli-Accept.
FunAdam-Accept.
RealEli-Accept.
After I accepted each one I went into the bathroom and looked into the mirror to see my brusied cheek that I had gotten yesterday. I sighed and took a quick shower, dried my hair, put on my Degrassi uniform, sweater and then covered my bruise with makeup before going downstairs and grabbing my bag. I looked into the kitchen and saw my dad drinking some coffee and reading the news paper. He looked up and smiled at me.
"Morning honey." He said as I had my hand on the doorknob.
"Morning dad, I'm gonna head to school." I told him as he nodded and went back to reading. If only he knew that hours from now he'd be drunk and beating his own daughter. As I walked to school I was positive I would pass out from heat stroke, when a black hearse pulled up next to me.
"Hey, Clare!" Adam said poking his head out the window.
"Hi." I said smiling at him with his goofy grin on his face.
"Need a ride?" He asked, I looked in the car and noticed Eli's girlfriend whoever she was, wasn't there. I smiled but shook my head.
"No thanks, I like walking." I told them, Adam nodded and I looked over at Eli who had a suspicious look on his face. I smiled and they drove away and I continued my walk.
Once I got there I went to my locker and got my books for my first few classes. As I turned around after closing my locker I turned in time to see Jenna,Bianca,K.C,and Drew walk by, K.C and Drew acctually smiled at me and Jenna glared daggers while I don't think Bianca noticed me. Once they all walked by I sighed in relief and walked to Math class. I sat in the back like I did the day before and K.C quickly filled the seat to my right, I wasn't sure how to tell him we couldn't be friends or anything like that, I just got here and I don't want to get sucked into the drama.
"Hey." He smiled. I smiled and nodded while turning to face the front of the class room. Out of the corner of my eye I saw K.C give a confused look but just faced forward. I sat through the boring class and got a page of homework which I put into my binder and made my way out of class only to have someone grab my arm. I came face to face with K.C.
"Hi." I said.
"Hey, I was wondering if maybe you wanted to work on the math homework together after school or somthing, I'm not good with math." He said trying to be subtle.
"I'm busy." I told him shrugging.
"Ok, did I already do somthing to piss you off, that normally doesn't happen until the 2nd week of me knowing someone." He said chuckling.
"No, you didn't do anything." I told him.
"Then what?" He asked looking confused.
"K.C you're nice, but I'm not a very social person. So I don't have many friends." I told him hoping he'd get what I mean. I looked behind him and noticed Jenna talking to some girl in a blue shirt. K.C must have seen because he looked behind him also.
"This isn't because of Jenna right?" He asked raising an eyebrow.
"What? No. I'm just not good with friends, so I don't make any. Sorry." I said walking away and going to my Science class where I saw Adam. I sat in the back again and was later joined by Adam.
"Hola Clare." He said smiling. He seemed so happy all the time, I don't get what there is to be happy about.
"Hi Adam." I said giving him a small smile.
"I was wondering if you wanted to sit with Eli and I at lunch?" He asked.
"I was gonna eat with Alli." I told him.
"Oh, well if you ever want to you can." He said. I smiled and nodded while listening to the teacher for the rest of the class.
x X x
I was at lunch with Alli when Eli and Adam walked by and smiled and waved. Alli stopped them,
"Hey, wanna sit with us?" She asked them.
"Sure." Adam said sitting next to her with that goofy grin on his face again and Eli sat next to me. I noticed Eli's girlfriend was no where to be found. We sat through lunch and talked a lot, I learned a lot about Adam and Eli, like Eli's hearse is named Morty, and I learned they both love comic books, but I had this feeling I was being watched so when I looked up I noticed Jenna stareing at me again with a evil smile on her face.
After lunch I was at my locker when Eli's grilfriend walked up to me looking pissed.
"Are you Clare?" She asked sounding pissed.
"Yeah, and you are?" I asked confused and a little scared.
"Imogen, thanks to you Eli and I broke up!" She said and her face was turning a shade of red I'd seen many times on my dad. She was pissed!
"What do you mean because of me, I barely know you,Eli,or Adam, or anybody at this school!" I exclaimed slamming my locker shut.
"It's that rumor you started about hooking up with Eli! I talked to him about it and he denied it, we ended up fighting and then he said if I can't believe him its over!" She said, my eyes widened at that.
"What rumor, I just got here!" I said pissed. She didn't look like she believed me. "I'll talk to Eli and tell him it wasn't me and get him to talk to you." I told her.
"You better." She said walking away. I looked around and saw Jenna and Bianca make their way over to me.
"Hey, Clare Bear. Is there a rumor going around about you and Emo boy?" Jenna asked giggling. Then it hit me.
"It was you?" I asked in disbelief.
"I told you to stay away from K.C." She hissed.
"I did, I told him this morning, I don't want any friends!" I seethed, getting really annoyed and irritated.
"Right, just do as I say next time." Jenna said rolling her eyes and walking away with Bianca on her tail. I looked around until I saw who I was looking for.
"Adam!" I yelled across the hall causing him to whip his head around. He didn't look to happy with me either.
"Yes?" He asked crossing his arms.
"Look, you have to believe me, I didn't start the rumors, it was Jenna and Bianca, they are mad that I didn't stay away from K.C that's why they had me against the lockers yesterday. I don't even know Eli, why would I make up rumors of hooking up with him. Adam I've never even been kissed!" I told him waving my arms around. His face seemed to soften a bit.
"Look Clare, I believe you but Imogen and Eli don't and Eli is pretty pissed." He told me looking around. "You need to tell Eli." He told me shrugging.
"Adam, he won't believe me and he probably won't talk to me either." I told him sighing. "Can't you just tell him what I said and that I'm sorry he got dragged into my war?" I asked.
"Clare you need to do this yourself." He said looking down the hall, his eyes widening when he saw someone I looked over and saw Eli, talking to some boy by the water fountain. I sighed and looked back at Adam, biting my lip and walking away. I ended up finding my way into the drama room which was currently empty. I went backstage and laid on the couch not wanting to go to class. I was so tired eventually I nodded off.
Adam's POV (It's really short.)
Once Clare walked away I noticed Eli walking over watching as she walked away. I honestly did believe Clare she looked so scared and sincere. I just hoped Eli would believe her too.
"What did she want?" He asked narrowing his eyes at me. I told him everything Clare told me and that I believed her. "You believe her?" He asked.
"If you saw the look in her eyes you would too. It was sad to even look at it, it made me feel sad and scared too." I told him shivering.
"Where do you think she is now?" He asked looking around. I shrugged as the bell rang and we went our seperate ways to class.
Clare's POV Again.
I was woken from my sleep by Adam, who was shaking me lightly. I opened my eyes and shot up from my spot on the couch.
"What time is it?" I asked panicked on how much school I missed.
"School ended a few minutes ago, drama club starts soon which means Eli will be here so, you should either stay and talk or go home." He told me. School ended! My dad will really kill me this time! Crap.
"Ahem." I heard from behind me. I slowly turned around and saw Eli standing there with his arms crossed.
"I'll just leave." Adam said standing up and walking to the front of the stage. Eli then came and stood infront of me and nodded his head to the couch telling me to sit down.
"Care to explain?" He asked.
"Yesterday when I was talking to Jenna and Bianca they told me to stay away from K.C and today I told him I couldn't be his friend, but Jenna thought I was going against her, and started the rumor. She even came up to me and told me she did. I swear I didn't and I'm sorry for what happened with you and Imogen, but honestly it wasn't my fault, I've never been kissed so why on earth would I say I hooked up with you." I said, but noticed how that sounded and he looked at me with an amused look and raised an eyebrow. "I didn't mean it like that, I meant-" But I was cut off by Eli pressing his lips to mine for a breif moment. "Uh, what was that?" I asked in shock.
"You were rambling and you said you've never been kissed, now you have." He said sitting next to me.
"So you believe me?" I asked looking at him. He nodded,
"Yes, Jenna and Bianca are sluts and they piss everyone off in anyway they can." He said chuckling.
"I'm sorry about you and Imogen, but you really should talk to her." I told him standing and picking my books up off the floor, I could tell I was still blushing from the kiss.
"We weren't working out anyway." He said shrugging.
"I won't tell anyone about the kiss, but I have to go home, see you tomorrow?" I asked.
"Yeah, want me to give you a ride?" He asked, but I shook my head no. I didn't wanna risk him seeing anything or where I live.
"N-no, I like walking." I stuttered smiling and leaving the room to go to my locker. I got my things out of it and slammed it shut while walking home. Once I got to the front door I braced myself and walked in.
"Your school called, you missed you're last 3 classes!" He yelled at me walking toward the door. "Where the hell were you?" He asked.
"I fell asleep in the drama room." I told him knowing he wouldn't believe me and he'd still beat me.
He smacked me in the same spot as last night and it hurt like a bitch. "Liar!" He yelled trying to stand up straight.
"I'm not lying!" I yelled at him, causing him to smack me again.
"Get out! Don't come back 'till you can treat me with some respect." He yelled as I grabbed my bag and ran out the door. What people didn't know was that I put a shard of glass in my bag this morning so I could cut if I was out, I also kept some gauze in my bag at all times anyway. I don't know where I ran to, but I stopped at a bench and hugged my knees to myself crying until nightfall.
Eli's POV
All through drama club I couldn't get that kiss out of my head, I know it was just a little peck, but it was the best kiss I've ever had. It was like electrifying, like my body was on fire for just a moment, but my lips were still tingling long after. The other thing I couldn't get out of my mind was the bruise under her eye that was starting to show through her makeup. Once drama class was over I was heading to Adam's to drop him off when I saw somone on a bench, I couldn't tell who it was but I could tell they were crying.
"Is that Clare?" Adam asked pointing at whoever it was, not that he mentioned it, they did have curly auburn looking hair under the street light and they were wearing a Degrassi sweater. Clare is like the only person I've seen wear one to school lately.
"I think." I said parking the car on the side of the road by the curb. "Come on." I told him getting out of the car and approching the person. "Clare?" I asked. She whipped her head up and sure enough it was Clare, she was crying and I could see a huge purple and black bruise on her left cheek.
"What happened?" Adam asked walking toward her causing her to jump up leaving her bag on the bench and back up a few steps.
"N-n-nothing, I have to go." She said as she turned and sprinted down the street and around the corner so fast, it was like a flash of lighting. Adam was about to run after her when I grabbed his shoulder and jerked him back.
"Let her go." I told him picking her bag up off the bench.
"Are you going to go through it?" Adam asked me pointing to her bag.
"No, I'm gonna give it to her tomorrow." I told him rolling my eyes. "Do you want me to go through it?" I asked sarcastically, but was shocked when Adam nodded, then shrugged.
"Maybe we can find something out about her." He said dragging me back to my car.
Clare's POV (Short)
I finally ran back home and locked myself in my room once I saw my dad was passed out on the couch, I then realized I left my bag on the bench. I smacked my forehead and sighed, I have glass with blood on it and bloody gauze, if they go through it, it will make them even more curious about me.
I grabbed a shard of glass I had in my room still and quickly dragged it across my wrist while tears flooded my vision. I winced from the pain and ran to the bathroom where I cleaned the cut and wrapped it in gauze. I then looked in the mirror at the new mark on my face and almost screamed in pain when I put pressure on it. I sniffled and changed into my pj's and plopped on my bed quickly falling asleep.
Eli's POV (Again, I know it jumps around a lot.)
Instead of driving Adam home he called his mom and asked if he could spend the night because we had a English test to study for, she agreed and he and I went to my room where we flipped the light on and dumped the contents of Clare's bag on my bed. Adam gasped at what we saw when my jaw just dropped, but I remained quiet. There were her school supplies, liquid cover up and a lot of it, and then there was a big shard of glass with blood on the edges and blood covered gauze.
"Dude, what the hell!" Adam said picking up the glass. "Is this why she wears sweaters everyday?" Adam asked piecing it together.
"Probably." I said picking up one of the bottles of cover up and realizing it was almost empty. "She also had a pretty bad black eye earlier in the drama room, so that's probably what the cover up is for." I told him dropping the cover up on the bed with the other bottles. I sighed and looked at Adam who was looking at me. I turned away and started putting her things back in her bag.
"What are you doing?" Adam asked walking up behind me.
"Putting her things back." I said like it was obvious.
"So you're just gonna let her cut herself some more?" Adam asked setting the glass down.
"No, I'm putting everything except that back." I told him pointing at the gauze and glass. He looked at me confused, I sighed and turned to him. "She will notice it's missing and come to us to get it back, we will act cluless so she will have to confess." I told him, realization then took over his face and he nodded as he put the gauze and glass on my computer desk.
"I knew there was somthing going on with her." Adam said as he walked through my messy room and took a pillow and blanket out of my closet and set up his bed on the floor. I was a hoarder and Adam was the only one who knew, he acctually helped me get rid of somthings so my room was clean enough for him to sleep over.
"Me too, especially in the drama room, she kept rambling and seemed nervous about sleeping through the day." I told him laying down on my bed and leaning over to talk to Adam.
"What happened when she told you everything anyway?" He asked.
"Don't tell anyone." I told him, he looked at me confused, but nodded. "I kissed her." I told him.
"What!" He asked shocked sitting up.
"She kept rambling and told me she never had her first kiss so why would she lie and say she hooked up with somone, so I kissed her to shut her up and give her, her first kiss." I told him smiling.
"Aw, you like her." He told me laughing.
"I don't know her!" I said rolling my eyes and turning my light off.
"Right." Adam said. I rolled, then closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep, where I dreamed of my troubled blue eyed angel.
Finally I finished this chapter! I wrote more than I thought. Wow. Sorry it jumped around a lot. So anyone have any guesses on how Clare's mom died?
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