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*Clare POV*

I lost touch with Eli a while ago. Before he left, he was friends with a boy named Adam, who is currently my best friend aside from Ali. Adam also lost touch with Eli. We missed him a lot but didn't talk about him much.

Jake, a childhood friend, moved back to town in the beginning of summer and we hung out, but he was no Eli. Recently he asked me out, and I was really hesitant. I mean I liked him, but I'm not sure if it's in that way. And I did make a promise to Eli… After days of pondering over what to say, I decided to say yes.

I still feel uneasy about saying yes to Jake. I said I'd wait for Eli. But that was 3 years ago… He should've been back already. He probably moved on too, right? He probably won't even come back… All these questions and more were swimming through my head. And I didn't know any answers.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

My alarm clock started to go off. Six already? I didn't get one minute of sleep, and today's the first day of school. Oh Great.

I walked into my bathroom and saw how tired I looked. I took a shower, and got dressed into a colorful floral t-shirt and white skinny jeans. I put very light makeup on and headed downstairs.

"Mom, Dad! I'm leaving!" I called.

"Do you need a ride?" My mother said coming out of the kitchen.

"No, it looks nice today." I said giving her a hug. "Bye." I left and started walking towards Degrassi.

As I was walking, I noticed a moving truck in front of a house on the corner of my block. And If I knew my mom, she'd be over there with a basket of muffins or something by the end of the day.

Before I knew it I was in front of Degrassi. I've never seen friends so happy to see each other. I saw Adam and he waved me over.

"Hey, Adam!" I said giving him a friendly hug.

"Hey. Guess What!" He said practically jumping up and down.

I giggled. "You got a new comic book?"

"No! But Yes. That's not what I had to tell you though!"

"Ok, then what?" I said

"Eli's back!" He practically screamed. My mouth dropped. "Not the reaction I was expecting…" He said in a confused tone.

"He's back here!" I said

"Yeah, didn't you notice the moving truck on your block?"

"And he's on my block?" I sighed "Adam, what am I going to do?" I said even though he had no idea what I was talking about.

"Say hello?" He said.

"No, Adam. Remember I told you about the promise? Jake and I are dating! I thought Eli wasn't going to come back! What am I going to do?" I said on the verge of tears.

"Clare, just tell him the truth. I'm sure Eli will get it. He's pretty understanding sometimes…" Adam said.

"Thanks, Adam. Wait, sometimes!" I yelled.

"Relax, he'll understand."

"Ok. Where's he going to school? Here?" I asked

"Yeah, starting tomorrow. He just came yesterday night."

"Oh. Well let's go inside and get our schedules." I said in a happy voice, even though inside I was terrified. Of breaking up with Jake…Of telling Eli… What's he going to think?

I spent all day thinking about this. Once again, it's going to be another sleepless night…

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