Disclaimer: I don't own Degrassi…

So I forgot to say in the last chapter that Eli's sleeping disorder is just something I made up. Okay so this chapter is going to be quite long so be prepared to read!

I took Clare back down stairs so we could finish watching 28 Days Later. Clare went to go sit down on the couch. But I went into the kitchen. I started to clean out all the junk food in the pantry. I grabbed to bags of chips, brownies, popcorn, soda, and tons of candy. I took it all out to the living room and set it down on the coffee table.

"Um I'm not eating all of that." Clare said raising her eyebrows.

"Well I'm eating some too silly." I kissed her nose and starting eating from one of the bags of chips I brought out. Clare picked up a brownie and started nibbling off of it.

By the time the movie was over I had eaten the whole bag of chips, all the candy, two brownies, two cans of soda and half a bowl of popcorn. I felt like a pig next to Clare who only ate a brownie and a handful of popcorn.

"You didn't eat much Clare. You feel okay?"

"Yeah just fine. Maybe you just ate too much." Clare giggled. I smiled and looked over at the clock. 10:34. I wasn't the least bit tired yet.

"Well I'm going to clean this up." I said looking at the table which was full of crumbs and little soda puddles.

"Well let me help."

"You don't' have-"

"I want to." She smiled and started to grab the empty pop cans and wrappers. We spent about five minutes cleaning.

"What to do now?" I said playfully. I grabbed Clare's hand and brought her up to my room. We were about to walk in but my parents called me downstairs.

"Be right back." I pecked her on the cheek and walked downstairs.

"Yes?"

"Eli, I think we need to talk." My mom said. This confused me.

"About?" I was awkwardly stood by the stairs hoping this wasn't going to be the talk I thought we were about to have.

"It's about Clare. We just to make sure you two are safe and that you are protected. You remember where we put-"

"Okay Clare and I aren't even going there anytime soon so you two don't have to worry about that." I started backing up the stairs.

"Eli wait. We know kids your age can get carried away sometimes and these things just happen unexpectedly but-"

"Okay I'll be safe. Goodnight." I sprinted up the stairs. I rushed in my room to find Clare looking through my CDs. She didn't hear me walk in.

"Find anything good?" she jumped up and dropped the CD she was holding.

"Oh hi Eli. I didn't hear you." She picked up the CD and put it back in the rack. She stood up and tucked her hair behind her ear. I smirked.

"What's wrong? You look a little nervous." I walked up to her and brushed her cheek with my fingers.

"I just… well I heard…what you and your parents were talking about. And I know about the condoms in the bathroom. I just don't want anything like that to happen tonight." Her face was super red and she looked as if she were about to die of embarrassment.

"Clare I know. I wasn't planning on going there. I'm willing to wait until you're ready." I said. I honestly don't like the fact that I have to wait. With Julia I didn't have to wait. She was just as willing as I was. But I didn't love Julia like I love Clare. I loved Julia after we made love. I loved Clare before.

"Eli do you want to, you know…?"

"Well yeah Clare, of course I do." Her face was conflicted.

"Would it make you happy if we…?" she asked quietly. Was she willing to sleep with me just to make me happy?

"Not if you weren't comfortable with it." I tried moving a little closer to her but she took a step back. Was she scared that I might try something now? "Clare I'm going to do anything." Her head was down. She walked past me and sat on the edge of my bed. I turned and stood where I was. I didn't know if she wanted me to sit with her or not. We were like this for a couple a minutes.

She finally looked up and patted on the spot next to her. I slowly made my way over to her. I sat down. She put her hand on my knee lightly. She looked directly into my eyes and smiled. She leaned in and kissed my cheek. She put her lips to my ears.

Shouldn't we continue our sleepover?" she whispered softly. I smiled. I leaned back and pecked her lips. Glad this conversation was over. I knew it made Clare uncomfortable.

"Yes!" I stood up and walked over to my desk and opened my drawer. Clare gave me a questionable look. I grabbed my bottle a black nail polish.

"I told you we were going to paint our nails." I smirked and she let out a small giggle. I sat back down on the bed and opened the bottle. "Give me your hand." She held her hand out and I started painting her nails.

"Wow Eli. You're really good at this. You should do this professionally." She said sarcastically. I smirked.

"Yeah well you know doing nails has always been my dream job." I said trying to keep myself from laughing so I didn't mess up.

"Where did you get nail polish from anyway?" she asked.

"Um it used to be Julia's. I never got rid of it." I said quietly.

"Oh." We stayed quiet until I was finished.

"Do you like it?"

"Yes thank you." She smiled. I stared into her eyes, I swear they were sparkling. It was staring into an ocean. A beautiful crystal blue ocean.

"I should put this away." I got up and walked across my room to my desk. "I love you." I whispered so quietly even I could barely hear myself.

"What?" I turned to face her. She looked surprised. "What did you just say?"

"What do you think I said?"

"You just said you loved me." She heard me. Does that mean she loves me too? Or did I just say it too loud? I swear I said it quietly. "Why did you say it so quietly?" So I guess I didn't say it loudly.

"Clare, I have whispered that from the first day we have been together. I was just waiting for you to hear me." She stared at me. She just stared.

"Eli I love you too." She gave one the biggest smiles ever and ran over to me and hugged me. I hugged right back. I never wanted to let go.

"Clare I love you so much." I whispered in her ear. We stood in my room just holding each other. I could spend the rest of my life holding her. Everything was perfect until there was a knock at my bedroom door. I cursed under my breath and reluctantly let go of Clare. I opened my door. My mom was standing there with a tired look on her face.

"There is a guy at the front door looking for Clare. He said his name was KC or something like that. Do you know him?" I got furious. What is KC doing here? Why couldn't he just leave Clare alone?

"I'll get rid of him." I walked past my mom and started to head down the stairs. Clare grabbed my arm.

"I'm coming with you." I shook my head.

"You're staying upstairs in my room. Let me handle this Clare." she slowly walked back up the stairs but she didn't go in my room. She sat down on the top step. I shook my head and made my way downstairs. I opened the front door. KC was standing there with a worried look on his face. His eyes were red and puffy like he was crying or something. His left hand was shaking.

"What's the matter with you?" I asked, my voice was clearly irritated.

"Please tell me you have seen Clare. I can't find her anywhere. She's not at home or at Alli's house or the Dot. She's not anywhere. Is she here?"

"I don't have to tell you where she is."

"She's here isn't she? Tell me she's okay. When is she going home? Why hasn't she gone home yet? She's never out past 11:00. It's almost midnight. Do her parents know she's out? You haven't hurt her have you?" he was talking really fast. He was actually scaring me a little. Not that I'm intimidated by KC or anything but he was talking like he was crazy. I really didn't want to deal with a crazy person.

"She's here. She's fine. I didn't hurt her. I would never do anything to hurt her. Clare is spending the night at my house, okay? You can go home now." I was about to shut the door in his face but he held it open.

"No you have to let me see her. I need to see her. Please Eli. just let me see her once." he was practically begging me. This was beyond pathetic. But I was never going to let him see Clare.

"You don't need to see her. She doesn't want to see you. You scare her KC. Please leave." I tried to push the door closed but KC was putting all of his weight on to the door. The door was slowly opening and I couldn't stop it. He was going to get in. I tried putting my weight on the door but it wasn't doing any good for KC was obviously bigger and stronger than me.

I looked up at Clare. She was terrified and slightly shaking. Her eyes were watery. "Clare get in my room and lock the door." I yelled up to her. She nodded quickly and rushed into my room.

"No! Clare come here! I need to see you! MOVE!" KC was shouting into my house. Hopefully my parents were awake and heard everything that was going on. The door flew open and I was pushed on to the ground. KC barged in and started looking around frantically. My mom came out of the kitchen and looked shocked.

"What is going on here?" She yelled. KC saw her and quickly grabbed the lamp on the table and bashed her in the head with it. She fell to the floor unconscious.

"Mom! God dammit you are dead!" I charged at him and knocked him into a wall. I rushed over to my mom to see if she was okay. Her head was bleeding a little. Suddenly there was a terrible pain in my stomach. KC had kicked me.

"Tell me where Clare is." He kicked me again and again. Blood started coming out of my mouth. I could hardly breath and all I wanted to do was die at that moment. I looked up at the stairs hoping Clare had her cell phone with her and had called the cops. My vision was becoming blurred and my body was feeling numb. Every little noise I was hearing became louder and louder. KC was screaming nonsense. I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. The kicking stopped. I looked up and saw KC Hugging Clare. She looked scared out her mind. I slowly got up trying to ignore the pain. Clare saw me and it looked like she was going to scream. I put my finger up to my lips so Clare wouldn't make a noise. I made my way to the kitchen and picked up the phone. I dialed 911. I fell to the floor. I held the phone to my ear.

"911 What is your emergency?" the operator asked.

"I need help." I could barely talk. It hurt too much.

"Sir where are you? Are you injured? Is anyone else in need of medical attention?"

"Yes." That was all I could say before the whole room went black.

Later around 2a.m.

Clare was sitting across from me. Her hands were mine. I was holding them so tightly. We were sitting in a field in the middle of now where. Just us, together. The only sound to be heard was Clare's heart beating. Her hair was slightly blowing the wind. Her blue eyes were glowing. She was looking straight into my eyes. Her lips were moving but I couldn't hear what she was saying. All I could was her heartbeat. She let go of one of my hands. Slowly she brought her hand up to my face. Her fingers traced the outline of my lips. She kept on talking but nothing. I could not hear. Why can't I hear?

"I love you." Finally. I heard.

My eyes opened quickly. My breathing was quick and uneasy. I tried moving but I had needles in my arms. When I tried taking them out, a smooth hand stopped me.

"No Eli. You can't take those out." Clare gave me a weak smile.

"What happened? Where are we? Was I sleeping?" I looked around the room. White walls, white door, white floors, white bed. No color. The brightest thing in the room was Clare's eyes.

"You are in the hospital. KC came over and he was acting crazy. You called the cops." I remember. He came in and he hurt my mom. He was kicking me and then he was holding Clare.

"Did he hurt you? He was arrested right?"

"I'm fine Eli. Um KC got away before the police got to your house. They are looking for him now." She was about to cry.

"Clare they will find him. Don't worry. They have to find him. He won't do this again. They will find him." I kept mumbling to myself. Clare put her finger over my lips.

"Eli you should get some rest. I'm going to go check on your mom. I will be right back." She got up. I grabbed her hand.

"What happened to my mom?"

"KC hit her in the head."

I didn't say anything. I let go of her hand. I felt a tear slowly make its way down my cheek. Clare wiped it away.

"She's going to be okay." I nodded. Clare stood by my bed for a minute before leaving the room. I closed my eyes hoping that sleep would take me away. In minutes I was dreaming.

So yeah pretty intense. Longer than my usual chapters. Should I have the whole KC incident in Clare's POV or just continue with the story?

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