You hurt me

Can't Believe My Eyes - Chapter 10

Eli's POV

I love Clare so much. Everything about her makes me smile but...I feel like that love is going away and someone else is meant to replace that. I wish I could talk to Julia. She probably wouldn't want to hear something like this but still. I walk out of the food drive and see Clare sitting in the cafeteria. I take a deep breath and try to act like nothing happened, even though it's just one huge lie.

"Hey I'm back," I smile at her.

"Obviously," she mumbles rudely. Her blue eyes look at me with absolutely pain and then she quickly looks down and starts playing with her food.

I feel my heart beat increase. Does she know?

"Is there something wrong?"

"You tell me." She glares at me and I can feel the anger through her eyes.

"This isn't about your parents is it?"

She rolls her eyes, "No, it's not. Why would this even about them Eli! You know what...I can't take this anymore. I have to go." She storms off angrily and I'm left sitting there, completely confused. The more I think about it, the more I think that she has to know something. Adam didn't tell her though, and Bianca and I haven't been talking too much at school. Maybe it is her family and she just doesn't want me to know.

It hurts me to see her in pain. I still care about her, and that's why it's so hard for me to actually break up with her. Before I can finish my thought Bianca comes by my table but she doesn't sit down because Owen's here.

"Hey," she says quietly.

I look around to see if Clare is coming back, "Uh hey."

"Looking for someone?"

"Clare," I mutter.

I can see her cringe a little, "I forgot...how are the two of you?"

"We're ok...I think," I mumble.

She looks at me for a little bit longer before realizing that I have nothing more to say, "Well that's great...I guess I should get back to Owen then."

For some reason I open my mouth again. I've got to stop doing that, "Wait."

She stands there, raising her eyebrow at me, "What is it?"

"Uh, you can have a seat if you want to."

She looks around to see if Owen's still around. Apparently he's not because she takes a seat.

"We need to talk about something," I sigh. I'm taking a big leap of faith right now and I feel guilty knowing that I should be checking on Clare.

"What?" she says, a little nervous.

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Clare's POV

I decide to take a deep breath and walk back in. I mean maybe there is a misunderstanding or something. All I know is that I need to talk to him. I make my way over there but through the tiny window on the door I see him talking to Bianca! I know now that it has to be true and I can feel the tears threatening to spill out of my eyes. What am I going to do? I love Eli, but he doesn't love me. So I decide to just skip. It wouldn't be the first time, surprisingly. I turn on my flats, ready to walk out the doors of Degrassi when someone grabs my arm.

"Skipping Clare?"

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