A|N: Three months without an update… I'm absolutely horrible. This chapter is named after "Edge of Heaven" by Breathe Carolina. It's a good song. Yeah.

Disclaimer: I doez nawt ownz Duhgrahsay or Breeth Karolyna.

The next morning, I woke up on time. I showered and decided on my favorite black skinnies and a Maroon 5 hoodie. I clipped back one side of my hair and put on eyeliner, mascara and light pink lip gloss. I stopped to look at my reflection… why do I look so excited? Oh right, because today is Eli's first day at Degrassi.

Eli's first day. Sounds like a cheesy children's movie.

I was obsessing over someone I met less than 24 hours ago. Who does he think he is, moving to Toronto and being all cute? I shrugged it off— well, tried to. I left for school and I wasn't even half way down the block before I heard a car honk its horn quite loudly.

"Ah! What the fudge?" I looked to my left and saw Eli driving the hearse I saw yesterday. "Eli! You scared the bejesus out of me!"

"Sorry princess, but I was just wondering if you needed a ride to school. Do you? He asked. I shook my head and kept walking. "Okay, maybe you don't need a ride, but you definitely want one." I stopped walking and faced him, only for him to smirk in return.

"What makes you so sure that I want one?"

"No girl can resist a stud like—"

"You?" I cut him off midsentence, raising an eyebrow.

"I was going to say Morty, but it's good to know you think I'm a stud." He winked.

"Very funny Elijah. And Morty?" I questioned.

"Please call me Eli," he whined playfully with a pout, making me giggle. "And Morty is this lovely hearse right here."

"Lovely? Whatever Eli, just take me to school and don't try anything." He smirked as I got in the car. Then I remembered something. "Hey, Eli?"

"Yes?"

"Don't EVER call me princess again."

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15 minutes later, Eli and I arrived at Degrassi. I gave him a quick tour of the school and left him at the office so he could pick up his schedule. Later that morning I walked into English, still processing what I had just learned in history a few minutes ago and saw Adam talking and laughing with… Eli?

"Hey guys," I hesitantly said.

"CLARE BEAR! I feel like I haven't seen you in ages!" Adam pouted playfully, making me roll my eyes. Eli raised his eyebrows, clearly amused. "Have you met Eli?"

Oh, I've met him alright.

"Yeah, he's sort of my new neighbor," I mumbled, hoping he didn't catch it.

"Isn't this great, Clare Bear? We all have English together!" Eli said in mock excitement. "I want to sit next to you, Clare Bear!" There goes the sarcasm. Ms. Dawes walked in as I rolled my eyes mentally and sat down. I spaced out until she began to talk about an assignment.

"I want you all to think about something personal, something that really gets you thinking, and then write down one word that summarizes that thought."

Insecure.

"Write about this word and what it means to you. Since this assignment won't be due until the end of the school year, continue adding your deepest thoughts. Does the way you feel about this word ever change or does it stay the same? After I repeat the partners I assigned, sit with them and begin working. If you have any questions while doing this assignment, feel free to ask." Good, I never actually caught my partner's name yesterday.

"… and Blake Montgomery, Adam Torres and Ashley Rose, Clare Edwards and Elijah Goldsworthy, Marie Rodriguez and…" You've got to be kidding me. As much as I didn't want to look at Elijah, I turned around and faced him, only to see that smug smirk planted on his face. I don't know why I didn't realize that when I walked in earlier. He was the only student in this class who wasn't here yesterday. The bell rang, not giving anyone time to talk to their partners. Of course that didn't stop Eli.

"Clare Bear, wait up!" I kept walking to the cafeteria, determined to meet up with Imogen before she wondered off. Eli caught up to me and grabbed my arm, turning me around. "I was just going to ask if you wanted to hang out Friday night to, you know, work on our English papers and stuff."

"Sure, but can I go now? I'm supposed to meet someone." He looked slightly disappointed, but nodded and released my arm. "Bye Elijah."

"I told you to call me Eli!" He yelled at me as I sped away giggling.

A|N: Okay, you got me. This was just a filler chapter, but Clare will be revealing something pretty huge in the next two chapters! Hopefully I can update again in the next two weeks?