Fifteen
Summary: Set to the song, Fifteen by: Taylor Swift. Seventeen year old Clare looks back on her's and Alli's freshman year.
Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi nor do I own the song, Fifteen.
Clare Edwards smiled down at the two fifteen year old girls, Caylie Winchester and Aleena Hartgrove standing before her. She'd been told by Ms. Hatsilakos, to show the two teenagers around the school. She could remember her first day of ninth grade clearly. Of course, she'd been an outcast back then, wearing her school uniform to public school. She was a senior now and things had changed so much since that time that was now all but a memory.
You take a deep breath and you walk through the doors
It's the morning of your very first day
And you say hi to your friends you ain't seen in awhile
Try to stay out of everybody's way
She didn't particularly know any of the people who would be her classmates. She did know people like Jane Vaughn and Peter Stone, because of her sister's involvement with them. At that time, she didn't really care about making friends though or taking an interest in the boys. She was there for one reason and one reason only. To learn. Boy, had that changed rather quickly. On the second day of school, she'd met KC Guthrie who'd transferred into their school a day late. She was embarrassed to admit that she'd judged him immediatly because of his skater boy looks---baggy jeans, snow cap and all.
It's your freshman year and you're gonna be here
For the next four years in this town
Hoping one of those senior boys will wink at you and sau
"You know, I haven't seen you around before"
Clare hadn't really wanted the older boys. Infact, the only boy she was remotely attracted to in that way was KC. Alli had wanted the older boys though. Or to be more specific, she'd wanted Johnny DeMarco and had been so determined to have him as her boyfriend. A goal of which she'd achieved.
'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
And when you're fifteen feeling like there's nothing to figure out
Well count to ten, take it in
This is life before you know who you're gonna be
Fifteen
She and Alli had become the best of friends that first week of school. The two were as different as night and day and yet, it didn't matter. Their friendship was actually better because of their differences. They could tell eachother anything and had been through alot together over the years. The whole sexting issue that Alli had went through during the second semester of freshman year, Clare's irritation at how KC had behaved after she'd learned the truth about his past--a past that truly didn't matter to her, Alli's breakup with Johnny after he sent her naked photos to his friend Bruce--only after announcing it to the whole school, Clare's breakup with KC after she'd found out that he'd been cheating on her with the new girl, Jenna Middleton who'd came to Degrassi during that second semester, the stupid thing that she'd done after said breakup.
You sit in class next to a redheaded Abigail
And soon enough you're best friends
Laughing at the other girls
Who think they're so cool
We'll be out of here soon as we can
And then you're on your very first date
And he's got a car and you're feeling like flying
And your mama's waiting up and you're thinking he's the one
And you're dancing 'round your room when the night ends
When the night ends
She could still remember her first date with KC and how she called Alli afterwards and just gushed about it. Alli had done the same when she and Johnny had first gotten together. She could recall pratically dancing around her room, not caring how insane she must look. Her first kiss at the dance had been perfect and the first date had been even better.
'Cause when you're fifteen and
Somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
When your fifteen and your first kiss
Makes your head spin 'round but
In your life you'll do things greater
Than dating the boy on the football team
But I didn't know it at fifteen
When all you wanted
Was to be wanted
Wish you could go back
And tell yourself what you know now
If only she could go back and tell herself and Alli what she now knew. Of course that wasn't logical nor possible. As naive as she'd been, she'd believed that she and KC would be together forever and would one day be married. Of course, "forever" didn't last very long when you were only fourteen. After the KC and Jenna ordeal, she'd learned that and had become far less naive. Alli had, had it worse though. She'd actually had sex with Johnny and he'd still been embarrassed to really be around her in public. Months later, when he'd sent her naked pictures to his friend, Alli had lost her reputation. She and Alli had cried together about that.
Back then I swore I was gonna
Marry him someday
But I realized some bigger dreams of mine
And Abigail gave everything she had to a boy
Who changed his mind
And we both cried
She was interrupted from her thoughts by an anxious voice. Her eyes darted down to look at Aleena who looked quite nervous and pale as she chewed on her nails.
"How did you get through all that?" Aleena asked of her, brushing back her dirty blonde locks as she looked up at Clare with questioningly.
Clare blinked in suprise, completely unaware that she'd been recalling her freshman year out loud. Swallowing and shaking her head lightly, she answered. "My best friend helped me through it. Just.....stick together, you know? And don't believe everything a boy tells you. Be aware and learn from your mistakes." She said.
Caylie smiled and nodded. "We will. We've been best friends since we were five."
'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
And when you're fifteen, don't forget to look before you fall
I've found that time can heal most anything
And you might just find who you're supposed to be
I didn't know who I was supposed to be
At fifteen
la la la la la...la la la la la...la la la la la
Your very first day
Take a deep breath girl
Take a deep breath as you walk through the doors.
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The End