"Clare! If you want a ride, you're going to have to hussle!" My mom yelled,
I sighed, wow, thanks a lot mom, I was walking down the stairs as fast as I could without tripping over my feet.
"Sorry," I said, and followed her to the front door.
"It's okay, I want to stop at the Dot before for coffee,"
I faked a smile, as she opened the door,
"Great."
Right as we walked into the Dot, I couldn't help but notice who was sitting in the corner.
ELI! That was a pleasant surprise.
While mom waited in line, I quickly snuck away to go say hi.
"Hey," I said, and grinned at him.
He looked up at me shocked to see me,
"Oh Hey Clare..."
I blushed, and looked at what he was reading...
Crime & Punishment? That must be for Ms. Dawe's class... oh yeah, duh. I read it last night, or I mean the first chapter. I was determined to ace the final test we'd have on it.
"So... what brings you hear so early?"
"My mom wanted coffee," I explained, and he nodded,
"I see... well can you stay? We still have fifteen minutes till the warning bell."
"Yeah! Let me just tell my mom..." I said with a smile.
Eli smirked, as I walked over to my mom.
I wondered if he was as glad to see me as I was to see him.
"I'll see you later mom, I'll just walk over there, with..." I was about to gesture to Eli but I forgot she didn't really know about him yet... Hmm maybe I should tell her about him?
Actually, with her and dad fighting the last thing she needed to know was that I had a boyfriend...
"I'll just see you later," I finished, and she sighed,
"Okay, have a great day at school!"
"Yeah, thanks, for the coffee," I said, and picked up the coffee she had bought me, a latte of course.
"Your welcome," Mom smiled, ad walked out of the Dot.
I sighed, and went back to sit with Eli.
"So... when am I going to meet your mom?" Eli asked with a grin.
I sighed, and took a sip of my coffee,
"I don't know... maybe when you actually ask me out on a real date." I smirked at him, and he laughed,
"Oh... I see... well, how about friday night?"
My face lit up, "Yeah! That sounds, amazing."
"Okay cool, um, we should probably get going..." Eli sighed, and stuffed his book into his backpack.
"Yeah," I nodded, and got up.
Eli grinned, and took my hand, and I blushed,
"Ready for another day at the new and improved Degrassi?"
"Are you kidding I was born ready,"
Eli just smirked, and we walked out of the Dot together, still holding hands. I longed to never let it go.
All day, I managed to not think about my parents.
But... it was hard...
I was the type of person that was pretty concerned with everyone else, rather then focusing on myself too much.
The only thing really distracting me was Eli.
In english, we were partnered up with Adam to write a summary on the chapter we had read the night before
"Ugh... so you guys read right?" Adam, said and stared at us.
I sighed, and looked up at him, "I did,"
"I read this morning." Eli said with a smirk.
Adam stared at me, and started mouthing something to me, but I couldn't understand exactly what he was trying to say.
Eli's eyes narrowed, as he stared at Adam and I.
"Whats going on?"
I simply shrugged, " I have no idea!"
Adam just cocked an eyebrow, and Eli stared at us,
"You guys are really weird,"
I glared at Adam, and he stared at me confused, "What!"
I rolled my eyes, "Let's just do this..."
"Sounds good to me," Eli sighed, and stared at his book in front of him.
I sighed, and clicked my pen to start writing something.
"Okay, I know something is going on. Please, talk to me!" Eli said, as I rushed out of english class.
"Nothing is going on!" I lied, and kept walking.
Thankfully, Adam was going the other way.
"Clare, if this is about your parents... I understand."
I froze, and turned around and looked at him,
"Yes, it is alright. My dad left us two nights ago."
Eli's face dropped, and he stared at me sadly, "Oh my gosh... I'm, so sorry Clare."
"Yeah, me too," I said, and looked at the floor.
"Is there anything I can do?"
"Not really..." I sighed.
"Well, do you think there going to get a divorce?"
"I don't know."
"Well, theres know point in getting all depressed over it, maybe there better off..."
"What!" I yelled at him.
How did that make any sense? Divorce was never a good thing. It was a sin, too!
"I'm just saying... maybe this isn't that bad?"
"Of course its bad! What are you talking about? Their my parents Eli, and they love each other! Or so I thought they did..."
"Clare, almost everyone has divorced parents. My parents... well... my mom is pretty weird, and my dad is an alcoholic. Their always screaming at each other. I think it would be much better for all of us if they got a divorce."
"Well, my parents are normal," I said flatly. Oops... that sounded kind of mean.
Eli frowned at me, "Gee thanks, well everyone has problems, even how you say, normal people, which in my opinion doesn't exist. No one is really normal these days..."
I rolled my eyes, that was kind of narcissistic wasn't it? Normal did exist. It had to exist.
"I don't want to talk about it alright..." I sighed, and he just stared at me.
"Okay, well are you sure there isn't anything else wrong?"
"No," I said, and didn't look at him.
I was just kind of in a bad mood I guess... everyone at school was so mad, because of all the changes Degrassi had made, and it just... ugh!
"I'll see you later, okay?" I said, and smiled at Eli faintly.
"Okay. I guess thats fine." Eli's eyes saddened as I walked away.
*As Clare leaves, Eli walks over to his locker, and opens it. He then slowly pulls out a picture of Julia.*
He then stares down at the small photograph and talks to it,
"I wish you were here. You're parents were divorced, and it wasn't that bad. Clare just doesn't get it. her life has been so perfect. She's just... very unaware. I wish I knew how to help her. But every time I try to help someone, I always end up screwing up. Why, why am I so lucky? I don't deserve Clare. I didn't even deserve you."
Then the bell rang.
Eli bit his lip nervously, and shoved the picture of his ex into his locker, hoping no one would ever find it.
But was he surely mistaken.