Carbohydrates
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March 9th 1: 01 p.m.
"Johnny DiMarco is the spawn of the devil!" Alli argued.
"Well isn't that too bad! I think that Drew will appreciate if I tell him all about this Johnny. But in all seriousness, don't you think it would be nice to tell Drew about Johnny? You did, after all, lose your virginity to him! I think it's better to not live a lie. Tell him, he deserves to know." Clare giggled.
Alli scoffed, making a face at Clare's hypocriticalness. "Look who's talking! Eli deserves the truth too, so why is it so hard for you to tell him about last year? Just the tiny things. Like singing a hymn? Or wearing a uniform? That's easy enough. I will even tell him the story about the vibrator! And how awesome you were when you stood up for Connor. And you hair? That should be okay to tell him about."
"No, it's uncomfortable. I guess I could tell him about my hair, but-" Clare was cut off by a sudden bump by her side. The wind was knocked out her, and she regained her posture. She swept off any lint on her clothes, smoothing them out at the same time. She looked up to apologize, (even though it was their fault too!) but she met up with a pair of red-rimmed eyes. They were dark and empty, lonely, without a cause. The brown in his eyes had been washed out, lifeless. They looked so depressed, that they made you want to comfort them immediately. His shaggy, floppy, and coffee brown bangs stuck to his forehead with sweat.
"HeyClare,I'msosorry,I'vegottogo,sorry." K.C. slurred, eager to get away from Clare. He ran away, but Clare caught his arm before he could hurry away. She wanted to see if she did anything wrong, and as a good Christian, you can't ignore things like this.
"What's wrong K.C.?" Clare asked, a firm grasp still on K.C. If anything, she didn't need somebody to worry about, and she truly wanted to help K.C.. It was a civilized thing to do.
K.C. sighed, reluctant to tell Clare about what happened, but knowing Clare, she wasn't going to leave you alone unless the "Problem" was fixed. This was typically a good quality in a person, but sometimes, you just want to be left alone. K.C. didn't understand why Clare insisted that he told her. What was she going to do to make it all better? He suddenly felt a longing stab of pain, wishing that Clare would always be there to comfort him. He realized that she was one of the only people who would comfort him. Jenna wouldn't do anything of the sort, or at least comfort him like Clare did. Clare still had K.X.'s trust. He was immensely jealous. He needed a Clare in his life to help him, he needed her back. He decided to pull the sympathy card. His only competition was Eli, and what self-respecting girl would choose Eli over K.C.?
He answered, "It's about Jenna. She totally rejected me, and I have no idea what to do, and I'm so confused. It's like, I was terrified, and I know that, but then when I asked her if she needed my help, she said that it didn't matter and that she's with Sav. I don't understand, she won't have me! I'm the biological father. I'm so lonely. Clare… will you take me back?" K.C. begged.
Clare and Alli both stood there, their mouths hanging open. Clare shook her head, erasing her head of the confusion. "K.C., I'm-"
"With me." Eli finished, heroically coming to the rescue, Drew and Adam by his side. Nobody else was in the hallway, but the tension was filling the gaps, making Clare and Alli nervous.
"I'll admit it, I'm jealous, and I was confused, Clare. You have to take me back! You're the only person who understands me, and is willing to help me. I really like you Clare, please don't reject me. I mean, look at me," K.C. said, pointing two sausage thumbs towards himself and smiling, "And then there's him" K.C. said plainly, pointing an accusing finger at Eli.
Clare said hesitantly, scared of what K.C. next move was going to be. "Sorry K.C., I'm going out with Eli and, you belong with Jenna. She's just really struggling right now, and you can't have me back, especially not after…." Clare couldn't finish, she was suddenly aware that if she finished that sentence, then she would spill everything to Eli, and now was definitely not the time.
"Please Clare, I want you back, I'm sorry for everything last year, I'm so sorry, it will never happen again, At this point, K.C. was stricken with desperation, that he grabbed Clare's hands when saying this, and stared down at her affectionately. "Eli can't have you. You guys are polar opposites, and you don't belong together. He's not right for you, I am, why can't you see that. Why do you wanna be with someone who probably cuts himself, and is goth?" K.C. was yelling by now, scaring Clare all the more.
"Look dude," Eli said warily, knowing that Clare hated violence, he unclenched his fists slightly, just to reassure her. "You can't have her, I, unlike you, am not going to let her go, I'm not stupid enough to make that mistake." Eli's jaw was clenched, and he stepped over by K.C., ready to punch him and dodge incase K.C. decided to pull off a "Fitz with a knife".
" Leave, now." Eli said, a scary unknown cold stare and expression in his eyes on painted on his face. He gave K.C. the same look he gave Clare the day she cleaned his locker. Eli looked deadly, if not scary.
K.C. backed away, but not before threatening to get him back, and he would rightfully claim what was his. He wiggled an evil finger at Eli, saying that he would come back, and before Eli could say anything else, Drew and Adam stepped up supportively, giving K.C. their most threatening glares. K.C. jogged off, and then Alli ran up to Clare and clutched her arm. Clare paled, reaching to reasonable conclusions that Eli was going to get into a fight again. She was trembling ever-so-slightly, and she kept pursing and unpursing her lips. Eli watched as K.C. bounded the corner to be safe, and then turned to Clare and put his arm around her shoulders affectionately and protectively, holding her upright from her delicate and fragile condition.
"I'm guessing that I should tell you everything that happened," Clare asked, daring to look up at Eli's intimidating eyes. He nodded slowly, thankfully being patient that Clare would finally tell him one thing about last year, and it was the thing he wanted to know: the past and history on her and K.C., This was going to be interesting. Eli thought.
Alli immediately clung to Drew's arm in fear of K.C., and Adam stuck his hands in his pockets in a laid-back way.
Alli piped up, trying to lighten the mood. "And the award for the creepiest boyfriend goes to Clare!" Alli smiled weakly, and Drew and Adam laughed lightly too, trying to calm Clare's and Eli's nerves. Eli was radiating anger, and Clare was radiating fright.
Clare responded, " I doubt that Alli, you definitely win that award! C'mon, let's go into the cafeteria."
Drew said, "Can you tell us about your boyfriends, please!" Drew was so desperate, he got on his knees, anxious for Alli's answer. " For your protection, " he added, swaying Alli's decision
" Clare," Alli said, her voice full of remorse, " I think that we should tell the boys about K.C….."
"Fine," Clare said, dreading the moment.
"We'll meet you in the cafeteria." Drew said, clutching his stomach in hunger.
"Yeah, we'll see you girls in a few. Make sure Clare gets calmed down first, Alli." Adam added, grabbing Eli and ripping him from his clutch on 'Clare. They need some girl time." They all walked into the cafeteria, ordering lunch and sitting down.
Once they left, Clare said, "If I tell them about K.C., then you have to tell them about Johnny, and I know that you don't want to do it, but what if he shows up again? Like remember when we saw him at the dance, we can't risk it..." Clare said, her voice accidentally droning out at the end. "I also heard that he was spotted at a pub, and he could come back anytime to get more credits or something. What would you do if that happened? I'll tell them if you don't"
"One: you sound like Johnny's stalker, how do you know about this sighting at the pub? And two: No way am I letting youruin my thing with Drew!" Alli said, making a slicing motion with her hands.
"Oh really? It's fine, nothing bad can happen. Honestly, we have nothing to lose! Plus, you were more than willing to reveal my secrets! So if you don't say, I will." Clare said, unwilling to compromise.
"Yeah, well your secrets aren't so bad! And because we are friends, I wasn't going to actually say anything! You're Saint Clare for Pete's sake!" All begged but Clare stood in her "power stance", a foot placed horizontally behind a foot that was vertical. She stood, raising an eyebrow at Alli, signaling that she meant business and wasn't going to change where she was on the whole debate and argument.
"Oh, be quiet! Fine, I'll tell them about my misadventures with Johnny, but it's not going to be pretty. But…. We need a good entrance! What song do we step the beat to?", Alli asked, hopeful that Clare would forget about exposing Alli. She needed to get away from the drama, and there was no way she was going to do that if that was all she could think about. She exhaled, feeling extremely stupid that she loved walking to the beat, a failed attempt to becoming popular.
"I say that we do…. Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie." Clare chimed.
"Um, no." All said strictly. She hated that song, but at the moment, she couldn't think of a song that they both knew that screamed feminism power, or anything easy to walk to that they could think of clearly. "What about…"
"No, this song or I tell Drew about your idea with the pictures of Johnny clutching the Teddy Bear.. I can see it now; their horrified expressions when I tell them that you were quite the photographer, snapping pictures of Johnny and then your sexting!" Clare said, enjoying the power of being in control and blackmail, she took a mental note to never let herself have too much power or ever blackmail a person ever again. It was way too distracting, and who knew what Clare was capable of if she had too much power?
Alli nodded and turned to face the cafeteria, thinking of any ways of escape. She knew that this was for the best, and if she didn't tell Drew, who knew if he would be willing or be there to protect her if her worst nightmare came true- Johnny DiMarco coming back to Degrassi Community High School.
Drew needed to know, she concluded. She linked arms wit Clare's denim-covered arm, and walked to the beat. They sat down at the table, taking deep breaths. She exhaled sharply and thanked Clare for walking to the beat with her. She tried to make herself prettier. If she was going to humiliate herself, she could at least do it being beautiful. If Drew was as creeped out by Alli as Alli expected him to be, then maybe he'd reconsider because Alli was beautiful. She looked over to see the boys were paying for their lunches, and in about a minute, they were going to sit back down, and that meant that Alli was screwed over.
Alli couldn't think of a plan, meaning that she was destined to be more than doomed- she was going to be humiliated. Alli couldn't think of an even worse high-school fate. Horrified, the boys came and walked over to the table, but the only thing Alli saw was her high-school reputation going down in flames, and her relationship with Drew. Even thought the boys were walking at a normal and regular pace, Alli's eyes widened at how she realized that because of her anxiousness, she saw them walking in slow-motion. Everything seemed like it was going in slow-motion. This immediately made her think of life guards coming out of the water, and couldn't help it when she pictured Drew shirtless. She caught herself staring, and stared at the floor. Then, everything came back to normal pace, the boys fifteen paces away. Then everything came at an excruciatingly painful rate. It was almost as if someone had pushed the fast-forward button on her life. The boys sat down at the table, and then Clare cleared her throat, urging Alli to go on.
Here goes nothing. Alli thought. "So Drew.."
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