Wow. It's been such a long time, and I'm truly sorry for that. I've been busy with the new year and school. Does anyone else feel like Winter Break went by way toooo fast? All of a sudden I was sitting in my first period Chem class wondering what the hell I was learning... haha Anyways thanks for putting up with my lazyness and busy schedule. I'm not going to make a hude promise for whe I'll update again, but it'll happen sometime in the near future.

Shout-out to NessaSaysHello b/c she figured out the titles! Thanks for answering my crazy little rant. I love nevershoutnever! :) much love to this girl... she's got great taste in music!

another shout-out to MadameDegrassi354 b/c she seems to review after each chapter! thanks honey for taking your time to review my fanfic it means a lot to me. :)

Okay, my ranting is done for this story.

I do not in any way, shape, or form own Degrassi.

READ ON :)


"Eli?" Clare looked at me with those big blue eyes. I could see the tears that she was trying to hold back. She didn't need to hide her feelings from me.

"Yeah?" I waited for her reply. She shuffled back and forth while staring down at her boots. I was so fucking scared of what she might say. My mind was racing as she continued the silence. Fuck.

"Do you think you could give me two weeks? Please don't ask any questions; just give me two weeks, okay?"

"Two weeks? For what?"

"No questions, Eli." She was firm, but she smirked at me. I couldn't help but want to run over to her and kiss those lips. She was using my weapon of defense, and she knew what it did to me.

"That's not exactly fair, Edwards." I smirked, watching her cheeks become a shade a rose.

"Well, Eli, life's not fair." She bit her lip, knowing those words were like a punch in the stomach. "Two weeks, okay?" I still was unsure of what she was talking about, and it frustrated me to no end.

"Fine, Clare. It's not like I'm waiting already or anything." I wanted to mess with her a little bit. I hadn't been able to spend time with Clare like this in a while. She blushed again.

"Eli, please, don't make this any harder than it already is. I get that you're upset, but-"

"No! Clare, I don't think you get it. Because if you understood how I felt, then you wouldn't be here now making me feel like a piece of shit." She stood there motionless, taking in every word I said. I felt bad for ranting on her like that, but I told her I was going to be honest with her. And well, that's pure honesty right there.

Silence.

"Eli, I was scared. One day you act like you don't care, and the next day you tell me you're in love with me. I didn't know what else to do. I've never felt like this before. It's hard to let myself be happy when everything else in my life is screwed up. My parents are getting a divorce. You hate me. Adam barely speaks to me anymore. I thought if I was with Fitz, then I might be able to fix it, but now when I think about it, it sounds extremely dumb." Clare's eyes wandered towards the floor. I couldn't help but break the silence.

"You think I wasn't scared when I told you my feelings?" She looked me in the eyes. Tears rolled down her cheeks. I took a step forward and wiped them away. I hated arguing like this with her.

She began to walk towards the door, but before she could get away, I spoke.

"But still, why'd you have to pick him, Clare? Is he really that much better than me? Can he help you more than I could?" She turned towards me, tears running down her cheeks.

"Eli," She sighed my name, and I shook my head, not wanting to hear the words that would crush me down to the floor. "it's not that simple. But don't ever think that Mark's better than you. If I said that, then I'd be lying, Eli. Like I said before, just give me two weeks." And with that, Clare walked out of my room, and I thought she was out of my life.


Once again, I was wrong. But I guess that's a good thing, right? God, I'm in love with that girl so much, but the way she toys me around, it's not fair. I can't go a single day without thinking about her. It used to be Julia haunting my dreams, and now, I dream of her and Fitz.

I needed a way to get her out of my mind. I was sick and tired of playing these fucking games. Obviously, she didn't want what I wanted, and if he made her happy, then I would pull myself out of her life. If she was with him, then there was no way in hell that I would torture myself any longer, but I promised her two weeks. After those two weeks, if she was still with him, then I was done.

The first week went by sort of quickly. Bullfrog asked me to help him out with a few things at the radio station, and it took up all my free time. I helped set up a few of the new speakers for him as he interviewed my heroes.

As I was unpacking a few boxes, I looked up to see my favorite band, Dead Hand, being interviewed by my father. It was a dream come true for me. I had seen them in concert at least 7 times already, and not this weekend, but the weekend after, they were playing at the new center downtown. Adam and I had tried for tickets, but no such luck. We were both depressed, and before I could call Adam I heard Bullfrog call my name.

I was about to introduce myself, but the band was ushered outside to their tour bus. I felt a frown come about my face as I watched my dreams fade away. Nothing seemed to go right for me lately.

"Sorry, Eli. I would've introduced you, but the band has a tight schedule this week. You know they are playing downtown, right?"

"Yeah, I think I heard about that." My sarcastic tone was noticed by Bullfrog. He smirked at me, and I gave him a puzzled look.

"You don't sound too thrilled…" I shrugged, knowing there was little he could do for me. "So, if I were to have two tickets with backstage passes to their concert this weekend, you wouldn't be interested in going? CeCe and I could go and-"

"ARE YOU SERIOUS?" I was grinning from ear to ear. Bullfrog smiled to me while handing me the tickets and passes. I was shocked; I guess something is working out right.

"Thanks, Bullfrog!" I gave him a quick hug before it got too awkward.

"No problem-o, Eli! You deserve it. You've been so down lately that I figured a little Dead Hand might cheer you up. You could bring that video game kid with you." I chuckled knowing he still didn't know Adam's name.

"I think I'll do that, but I better go finish with those boxes. Thanks again." He nodded and smiled.

Maybe things are starting to look up in my life.


I wanted to call Adam and tell him about the tickets, but I felt that it would be better if I showed him the tickets in person. He probably wouldn't believe me if I told him over the phone.

By Monday morning I was getting anxious. I still thought about Clare, but at the moment, Dead Hand was on my mind. I didn't know how I was going to survive the week, knowing I'd be seeing one of the best bands ever in a matter of days.

I pulled into the parking lot before parking Morty. I tapped him good-bye and walked towards my best friend sitting on a picnic table with his girlfriend. They were talking about something, and Fiona kept blushing. Who knew Adam would be such a smooth-talker?

"Hey, Adam. Fiona. What's up?" Fiona smiled that welcoming smile that made you feel all warm inside. She was a very sociable person. Adam fist-bumped my fist before turning back to his girlfriend. They whispered something I couldn't hear, but Fiona kept looking at me suspiciously.

"Didn't you hear, Eli? Clare and Mark broke up." Fiona said smilingly to me. She wasn't a fan of him, either. I felt my jaw drop to the floor. Clare and Fitz aren't together. Clare is single. Then those two words kept repeating in my head: two weeks. Two weeks.

"Oh…" Adam looked confused.

"What do you mean by 'Oh'?" I hadn't realized I had said that out loud.

"That's just news to me."

"You mean she didn't tell you? I thought that you two were finally hanging out again. On Friday you two seemed okay with each other."

"Well, that's just Clare and me, you know? We're comfortable around each other. I tried to not bring up Fitz because he's not exactly my favorite subject." I smirked. Fiona and Adam laughed at me.

"Well, maybe you could bring it up now…" I was about to ask Fiona what she was talking about when I felt a soft touch upon my shoulder. I turned around to see Clare standing there wide-eyed and smiling.

I couldn't help but smile. My Clare was single and standing in front of me. No Fitz. I couldn't help but give an actual smile.

"Rumor has it that Clare Edwards is single. Is that true, Edwards?" She blushed. I smirked. We were back to our old ways.

"For once, a rumor is actually true." I laughed. She was just so damn cute.

"I'm still not sure what two weeks meant. It's been three days, Clare. Two weeks?" She raised her eyebrows in question.

"I guess we'll see in two weeks then, Goldsworthy." Flirty. Funny, Smart. She was perfect in my eyes, and that was all that mattered.

"I guess we will." And with that, Clare turned on her heels and walked towards the table. She grabbed Fiona by the arm and dragged her toward the school. I walked back towards Adam, shaking my head. There were just some things about girls that I would never understand.

"So, Adam, I have some news. You know that little concert we wanted to go to next weekend, but unfortunately do to the whole education-thing, neither one of us was able to call in time for the contest?" Adam nodded.

"Well, thanks to a certain disk jockey, the two of us will be going to that concert with backstage passes!" I watched as Adam's jaw dropped. He looked like a little kid in a candy shop.

"NO WAY?" I laughed as Adam jumped off the table and tackled me to the ground. He started running around like a crazy person, and at that moment, I felt like maybe life wasn't too bad.


So, what do you think will happen in two weeks? Will Eli be able to wait with innocent Clare being alone?

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