Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi, Clare, and/or Eli.
**I planned on doing this in order with the episodes, but Clare was not in I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself Part 1, so this is just something that I had made that was probably during and after the episode.
This is also a short chapter, but I am already working on the next! I promise that it'll be better.
During the weekend nothing extraordinary had happened; my parents still continued their arguing. Mom tried to make a date to figure things out for their divorce, but dad wanted nothing to do with it.
"I can't even stand being with you to try and plan out our divorce! Let my lawyer and your lawyer discuss things on how the divorce will go." Dad's hand froze on the doorknob that led to the outside as he finished. "Until then, I'm not coming back. I need time to think about things." His voice was utterly sincere, knowing that he had broken mom's heart within minutes of announcing their divorce, shattering it once again as he told the truth.
"Then go! See if I care!" Mom's voice became unsteady. Dad looked wearily in her direction, and then opened the door, never to return again.
Of course, they hadn't known that I had been in the living room, listening to their whole argument while looking over my letter for Dawes' class.
Mom pinched the bridge of her nose with her thumb and pointer finger. "Dad's not coming back, is he?" I concluded, scaring mom again.
She set her hand down and forced a smile. "Don't worry. He'll come back." But she sounded as if she was trying to persuade herself with her statement. But I just shook my head, looking back at my assignment. She couldn't lie; it was like she wanted me to decipher her expression as if it weren't an open book.
Mom came over to where I had been sitting and laid a soothing hand on my shoulder. "Don't worry about anything, dear. Go to school, and afterwards we can do something fun. I need to get out of the house anyway." I nodded in agreement-what was more fun than hanging out with my mom?
"Yeah. I'll see you after school." I said, grabbing my book bag. Slipping on my gray flats I slowly walked to the door, closing it gently behind me.
"So," Eli said as I unloaded my book bag into my locker. "Where's the letter?" I laughed.
"Where's yours? When I see it, we'll trade." Eli anxiously moved back and fourth on his heels, his hands clasped behind his back.
"I didn't do it." He honestly replied. I raised an eyebrow, waiting for his explanation. "I was planning on ditching…?"
"Why would you ditch again? We already have detention." I said, not as interested in the conversation as I was before. I closed my locker.
"Well I thought you would accompany me. Ms. Dawes isn't here today, anyways. And the substitute is going to make us rewrite the assignment we just did."
"A great time for you to finish yours!" I sarcastically said, walking to my first class. Eli trudged next to me.
"Oh!" He retorted, as if he had been surprised by my answer. "Well then, can we make a deal? We exchange papers when I complete mine."
"That is, if you finish it." I laughed at his priceless expression as I walked into my first class. I stopped at the door to say, "But it's a deal," and walked to my seat.
Before long, it was time that Eli and I once again would ditch Advanced English. My adrenaline for one was more pumped than the first time I had skipped class, due to having an advanced notice that we were going to ditch. Another reason was because Eli had proposed that I ditch with him.
Alli walked me to the class, acknowledging that I wasn't going in. She raised an eyebrow, one foot tapping in impatience.
"We're going to ditch again." I said, noticing that Alli's eyes grew wider.
She laughed quietly. "Someone has become quiet the badass lately. What happened to you?"
I shrugged. "I don't know. I guess since my parents have been planning their divorce, I've wanted to rebel." I grinned as I saw that she agreed with me.
"Well, just don't go too far. Or else you're going to have a bad reputation," She sang the word as if it always meant something bad. I laughed with her, seeing that Eli was ready to go.
"Are you ready, Edwards?" He asked as he stood next to Alli and me. I nodded my head in agreement, waving to Alli as she hurriedly walked to her next class as the bell rang. I laughed again, knowing that this was one of the best times of my life. "Where'd you want to go? I think the Dot will be one of the first places that police look for students."
I shrugged as we walked to Morty. "The park?" I suggested, knowing that he knew where that was since yesterday's almost-incident. Eli laughed, shaking his head.
"Kensington market." He smiled.
