I Do Not Own DeGrassi

Ch. 21 Dreaming of You

(CLARE)

"I'm going to find Katie," Jake announced as soon as we arrived at school on Friday morning.

I waved to him and started going inside when my cell phone rang. I pulled it from my purse and looked at the number I didn't recognize it but it was a Toronto area code.

"Hello?" I asked into the phone.

"Hi Miss Edwards, this Carl in the HR department at the interpreter I just have a couple questions about your time as an intern."

"Okay." I said slowly and ducked into an empty classroom.

"Did Mr. Shostak ever make any inappropriate advances or comments to you?" Carl asked me.

Asher's threats came flooding through my mind; as much as I wanted to tell them everything I was too afraid. Worried what he would do, that he could run my life, that no one would believe me even though they were calling me and worst of all that Dallas, Adam, Eli, Owen, Drew and Bianca would get dragged into it. I had to believe karma would catch up with him and in the end he would get what he deserved. After all if they were calling me they were probably calling others.

"No our relationship was entirely professional." I lied and felt a little ashamed as soon as I did.

"Did you ever see or hear Mr. Shostak making advances or inappropriate comments to anyone else?" He asks.

"No I didn't." I tell him this time I didn't have to lie. Of course this was mostly because all his attentions had been focused on me.

"Thank you Miss Edwards, that will be all." Carl tells me before hanging up.

I stay in the classroom another minute, I felt guilty for lying but honestly more worried what would have happened if I had told the truth. I exit the classroom and go to my locker where I find Adam at his locker.

"You okay? You look…pensive." Adam says when he sees me.

"Fine just a lot on my mind." I assure him opening my locker.

"A lot meaning Asher or Dallas?" He asks.

"Neither." I lie which is dumb because Adam knows when I'm lying. Thankfully I am saved by Dallas himself when he comes and puts his arms around me and kisses my temple.

"Hey Princess, so I was thinking we'd go out again on Saturday. I made reservations at Ristorante Italiano on the pier." He says.

"Sounds perfect and very romantic." I smile turning in his arms to give him a chaste kiss.

"Hey guys how was the party last night?" Eli asks coming to his locker.

"Other than Alli and Jenna spilling half of my secrets during I never it was great." I inform him as he opens his locker.

He closes the locker door just a little to look at me, his eyebrows knitted together. "What do you mean?" He questions.

"They kinda ganged up on her saying things like I never got blackmailed into a date and I never got felt up in the hallway." Adam explains.

"Gotcha." Eli snickers.

The bell rang, Dallas offered me his arm and walked me to class. At the doorway I kissed his cheek and went in with Adam. Aside from the surprising phone call that morning the rest of the day was status quo; getting the latest gossip from Alli, lunch with Eli and Adam, Dallas sneaking kisses at my locker between classes and so on. When the last bell of the day rang I met Adam on the front steps and we went to the Dot for coffee before heading to the arena for the game and by this time the phone call had completely slipped to the back of my mind.

"So you going to ask Becky out?" I prodded as we drank our coffee.

"I don't know maybe, I'm still feeling it out." He said a little shyly.

"Oh come on Adam she's totally into you, why else would she be so interested if you're going to the game, or invite you to the party, or go upstairs with you instead of playing I never?" I inquire with a raise of my eyebrows.

He just smiles and blushes and I giggle.

(ASHER)

I was about to finish an article and e-mail it to my editor when I hear a knock on my door and look up to see Linda so I wave her in. She closes the door behind her and hands me a folder.

"That's the report from the investigation. They didn't find any evidence of misconduct or harassment. They did however question the fact that all of your past interns have been female despite the fact that none of them accused you of anything. In fact it says most of them had nothing but glowing things to say about you. Well I want you to know I'm in your corner but they will be watching you very closely with your next intern. You'll be getting one in a couple of weeks right?" She asks me.

"Yes, you know it never occurred to me that all my interns had been girls. Isn't that funny?" I chuckle lightly feigning ignorance of this fact.

"Yes well next time you might want to think about taking on a male intern to appease them. I mean they didn't find anything during the investigation and I know you're a consummate professional but you will be under a microscope for a while. At least the investigation is done right? Well I'll let you get back to work; I know you have a deadline to meet." Linda smiles.

"Yes thank you Linda." I smile keeping my voice and face light and happy.

I quickly finish my article and send it off then thumb through the report from the investigation. "I knew they wouldn't find anything because I always make sure no one will talk. Taking on a male intern next time was just fine with me as I was nowhere close to being done with Clare. First thing first make her, her little boyfriend and their friends pay for even shining this light upon me. Let's see it's Friday night I'm sure she'll be at the game for her fucking boyfriend and his hockey team. It's probably sold out but they always go to that steak place afterwards. Of course last time I went she saw me and two of those jocks threw me out. It's a good thing I know the best makeup and special effects guy in the entertainment business of Toronto."

I start getting ready to leave as I thumb through the contacts on my phone and find the right one. "Hi Harry I need a favor."

"Sure anything Asher." Harry replies.

"I need a disguise to go undercover for an investigative report what are you doing right now?" I ask.

"I'm on set but I'm on lunch can you get here in 20?" He asks.

"Be there in fifteen." I smile as I hang up and leave the office.

(CLARE)

As we walk up to the arena and get in line we hear a familiar chirpy, high pitched voice calling to us.

"Adam! Clare!" Becky calls coming up to us a big smile on her face. "Isn't this fun? I love coming to Luke's games! Did you guys enjoy the party last night? I sure did it was so much fun! You know I think my brother really like Jenna maybe she could come to next weeks game with us wouldn't that be nice? Oh look we're going in."

We hand the guy our tickets and he punches them and hands them back to us and we go into the crowd as we begin looking for our seats.

"Okay Mike and Owen always make sure we sit with Tris and Maya and they usually get here pretty early so we just need to find our row and never mind I see Maya. I think Tris has her up on his shoulders." I say pointing to Maya who is a foot taller than the crowd currently.

Maya waves us over and I let Adam push his way through the crowd while Becky takes his hand and I take hers so we stay together. This time we're behind the bench area for the Ice Hounds, it's on the ice so it's a lot lower than we are and there's the plastic barrier between us but still. I sit in the exact middle with Tristan and Maya on my right and Adam and Becky on my left. We talk a bit and then the music starts announcing the start of the game and out come the Ice Hounds. Luke waves to Becky as he enters the bench area and Cam blows a kiss to Maya. Owen waves to all of us and I blow a kiss to Dallas. The opposing team comes out and after the national anthem the game begins.

At the end of the first period the Ice Hounds are down by one but it's still early, still they all look angry. Dallas smiles when he sees me but looks angry when he's talking to the other players. They skate away to the locker room for a pep talk I'm betting and the five of us get up to get some food. By the time we return to our seats the players have returned to the bench area. Maya blows a kiss to Cam as she sits down with her box of food, Tristan sort of high fives Owen through the plastic barrier and Dallas winks at me. At the end of the second period the Ice hounds are up by two and Owen got to play all period. Becky and Adam seem to have entirely forgotten about the game as they are lost in their own little world of talking. In the end the Ice hounds win 4-3 and Cam scores the winning goal.

"Okay lets head over to Little Miss Steaks; we can start pushing together the tables." I say standing up after the team disappears into the locker room.

"Actually I'm going to take Becky for ice cream and I'll walk her home after. Can you let them know?" Adam requests.

"Sure Adam, have fun." I smile hugging him quickly.

We all walk out together, Adam and Becky hand in hand; once we're outside they go in the opposite direction of us. Tristan, Maya and I walk to the restaurant, Marisol smiles when she sees us and waves us back to where the team always sits and helps us push together five tables. The three of us sit down against the wall at the far end so we can see the bar area and the team when they walk in. We order milkshakes and Tristan orders pie and we sit back to wait.

"Clare do you know that guy at the bar? He's been staring at you for like five minutes now." Maya says.

Just as I look over the guy looks away but I caught a glimpse of him and he didn't look familiar. He has a mess of dark blond curls like Wesley if his hair was the color of K.C.'s. He also has thin John Lennon style glasses and green eyes. I was also able to make out a pointed chin and thick nose before he turned away.

"No I've never seen him before." I shrug.

"Yeah well he's too old to be staring at you for so long. If he does it when the team gets here I am so telling my brother." Tristan says.

"Yeah and Cam and of course Dallas." Maya agrees.

Just then our milkshakes and Tristan's pie comes and a couple minutes later the team comes in. I move over one seat and so does Maya, Owen sits between me and Tristan, Campbell sits between Tristan and Maya and Dallas of course sits on the other side of me. Marisol brings two pitchers of soda and tells them their pizza will be out shortly.

"Where is Becky?" Luke asks.

"Adam took her for ice cream he'll walk her home afterwards." I inform him.

"Yeah after the party last night I had a feeling they might go out." Luke says.

"You don't look very happy about it do you not like Adam? Because let me tell you Adam is one of the best people I know." I say in defense of my best friend.

"No I have nothing against Adam I just know our parents won't be okay with Becky dating someone like Adam." Luke tells me.

"Adam is an amazing person he's been through so much and he still has such a bright outlook. He'll take great care of your sister, he's nothing but a gentleman and…" I start to rant on the great character of my best friend but Luke cuts me off.

"Clare calm down, I already know Adam is a good guy Becky will not shut up about him. I didn't say I had a problem with it, I said my parents would." Luke states.

I smile and relax again taking a sip of my milkshake and eating some of the whipped cream with my finger. Dallas puts his arm around me and I see that guy at the bar looking at me again and again he looks away as soon as I look at him. Marisol brings the pizza for the team and when I look back the guy is gone so I shrug it off. Dallas eats with his arm around me the whole time and I soon finish my milkshake. I get up to use the washroom and I see that guy again only now he's moved to a booth in the far corner where he is able to see our table. I do have to admit that is a little creepy but I'm certain I've never seen that guy before besides with Dallas, Owen and the rest of the team there I'm certain I'll be safe. When I get out of the washroom I see Drew and Bianca coming in and I wave to them.

"Hey you guys should eat with us, unless of course you want to be alone." I offer.

"Yo Torres come join us." Owen calls out before they can answer.

They walk over to the table but Drew furrows his eyebrows a bit. "Doesn't look like you can fit any more chairs." Drew comments.

"I don't know what you mean there's the perfect amount of chairs." Bianca smiles and then takes me by the shoulders and gently guides me onto Dallas' lap. "Clare will sit there and you sit here." Bianca says pushing Drew a little more roughly into the chair I was sitting in. "And I will sit here." Bianca concludes sitting in Drew's lap.

(ASHER)

I was in the steak house for about half an hour when finally Clare walks in with a stout boy and tiny blonde girl with glasses. They push together a bunch of tables in the back with one of the waitresses and then Clare and her two friends sat down I assume to wait for the hockey team. I tried not to but I just couldn't help staring at Clare; she was leaning back and it was pushing out her luscious chest. I do love that chest of hers, so big and round and bouncy. When I see that she knows I'm looking I look away nonchalantly but I'm certain that she didn't recognize me. It isn't long before her boyfriend and the rest of the team shows up and I have to admit I was actually a little jealous when he put his arm around her.

The second time she sees me looking I decide to move to a booth but stay where I can watch her. When she gets up to use the washroom I watch her perky ass sway as she walks. When she comes back she's talking to two people, I recognize the boy to be the one that dropped her off before and I'm certain kissed her although the curly haired girl with him appears to be his girlfriend. She's hot but too flashy for my taste, I like them sweet and innocent and naïve just like Clare. The three of them walk back to the table and the curly haired girl puts Clare on her boyfriend's lap while she sits on her guys lap.

Unfortunately for me most of my view of Clare is now blocked and it isn't long before I start fantasizing about all the things I want to do to her. Like throwing her down on the table, ripping her clothes off and fucking her so hard she cries. Bending her over the booth and taking her from behind so I can spank her nice round ass while I pound into her. I hear her boyfriend call her Princess, just as she was dressed at the costumed dance at their school. Princess is a good name for her and brings a whole assortment of new fantasies into my mind like fucking her in a corset, one of the ones that goes under her titties so I can watch them bounce all around as I fuck her hard. Just thinking about what I want to do to her makes me hard and when I see them all getting ready to leave I control myself so I can follow them out.

(CLARE)

"Come on Princess I'll drive you home." Dallas says helping me off of his lap when we are told to leave because the restaurant is closing.

I notice that the only other customer still in there is that guy that was looking at me all night and now I'm officially creeped out. Since we're leaving however I don't see any point in pointing it out to Dallas or Owen or Drew or even Bianca as I know they'll all just go and confront him.

"You know," I say as we're walking out, "I kinda miss when Owen would drive us all home and I was forced to sit on your lap."

"Next week I'll drive then." Owen says putting a hand on each of our shoulders and sticking his head between us.

"Sounds good." I smile as I stop walking and turn around giving Owen a hug. "Good game I'm glad you actually got to play. See you Monday." I tell him, he smiles and kisses my cheek.

"Hey you're my mistress where's my hug?" Bianca demands and suddenly the whole parking lot freezes. Most of the guys have shocked but very happy lascivious looks on their faces, Maya, Tristan and Campbell however just look shocked and confused.

"Sorry." I giggle, ignoring the fact that most of the guys are probably fantasizing about us, I give Bianca a big hug. She kisses my cheek as I'm hugging her and pulls away with a pleased smile and I giggle.

"Oh I'm going to special hell." Drew says. I smile at him, put my hand on his shoulder and kiss his cheek. "Yep special hell." Is all he says.

"Me too." Adds Owen. Bianca is now laughing hysterically and I'm laughing pretty hard myself. "Alright niners lets go I gotta get you all home." Owen orders breaking everyone else from their thoughts.

I wave to everyone once again and get into Mr. Torres' car with Dallas so he can drive me home. He walks me to the door, bends down a bit to put his arms under my but lifting me up above him for our kiss goodnight. When the porch lights flicker we break apart and he sets me down again.

"Goodnight Princess. I'll pick you up at seven tomorrow night." He says.

"Goodnight Mike sweet dreams." I smile before I go into my house.

"Hi sweetheart how was the game?" Mom asks me.

"It was great the Ice Hounds won again. I'm going to get ready for bed." I say as I begin ascending the stairs.

"Alright oh Clare," My mom calls and I back up to where I can see her again, "I was thinking we should have your boyfriend over for dinner."

"Uh sure mom I'll ask him while we're on our date tomorrow." I nod.

Once I'm already for bed and in bed I grab my phone from my nightstand and text Adam.

Clare: How was your ice cream date with Becky?

Adam: We kissed goodnight ;-)

Clare: Adam that's fantastic!

Adam: Yeah just she has to hide me from her parents which sucks.

Clare: Luke did say their parents wouldn't be okay with it but if Becky really likes you I'm sure they'll come around.

Adam: Yeah I hope so. I just got home talk to you later.

Clare: Goodnight Adam.

I put my phone on the nightstand again and read until I fall asleep.

(ASHER)

I followed Clare and her doofy boyfriend back to Clare's house. He lifted her up to kiss her goodnight; it was sweet and romantic and made me want to vomit. Someone as angelic and pleasant as Clare should be treated with a firm hand so they know reality is harsh. Once the boyfriend leaves I get out and explore the perimeter of the house. No alarm, an exterior garage door that is unlocked and I'm betting the interior one is too but don't venture to find out tonight. I go around to the back yard and see a light come on in a bedroom, I can tell it's Clare's by the posters that are visible from here. She appears in the window a minute later and closes her blinds, after scouting the rest of the yard I get back in my car and drive home.

I had such wonderful dreams that night of stealing Clare's virginity. Having her at my mercy and hearing her screaming my name, begging for me to stop; which only makes me fuck her harder. I wake up in a wonderful mood my dreams still fresh on my mind.

(CLARE)

At 5:30 in the evening I shower and start getting ready for my date with Dallas. I dry off and put on my bathrobe and blow dry my hair straight. Considering it's early February and we're eating on the pier it's going to be cold. I opt for plum colored tights, a black skirt that comes to mid-thigh and a long sleeve plum sweater with a sweetheart neckline. My black ankle boots with 3 inch wedge heels and pearl earrings complete my outfit. Some plum eye shadow, blush, mascara and lip gloss complete my look and just as I finish the doorbell rings. Glen opens the door and I hear them exchange hellos. I grab my purse and phone from my room and go downstairs.

"You look incredible Princess." Dallas compliments when he sees me.

"Thanks." I smile kissing his cheek. "You look very handsome."

He's wearing dress shoes, black slacks and a long sleeve black dress shirt, with his Ice Hounds jacket of course.

"Thanks; we should get going our reservation is in thirty minutes." He says.

I say goodnight to my mom and Glen, mom reminds me to be home by eleven as I grab my black pea coat and we walk out the door.

"My mom wants you to come for dinner sometime." I mention after we've been driving a few minutes.

"I'd be happy to Princess, anytime." He says.

"Yeah you may not be so willing after you've had a full meal with my mother." I warn him and he laughs.

He parks in the parking lot for the pier but we still have to walk a bit to get to the pier and I realize just how cold the night truly is. I warm up as soon as Dallas puts his arm around me and pulls me to him.

"Reservations for Dallas." He says to the host when we enter the restaurant.

The host looks at the list a minute. "Of course this way Mr. Dallas."

We're shown to our table in the back corner of the restaurant; it has a candle and vase with flowers on it all very romantic. We sit down, take off our coats and begin looking at the menu. The waitress comes to get our drink order and brings us complimentary bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar for dipping.

"So you plan on going into hockey professionally?" I ask after our food has come.

"We'll we're going to start getting scouts at the games for Universities. I'll probably get a hockey scholarship University but I don't know if I'll make it to the NHL or anything." Dallas tells me.

"Well I think your good enough for the NHL." I comment and he smiles.

"And you Princess? What do you want be?" He inquires.

"Well I did want to be a journalist but after Asher I'm not so sure." I admit, looking down and biting my lip.

He reaches across the table and takes my hand. "No Asher talk tonight Princess, it's just you and me." He says then kisses my hand.

I smile and feel myself falling for him just a little bit more. After dinner we share tiramisu for dessert and then we go for a walk down the pier. He has his arm around me and we meander to the end of the pier slowly, I lean on the railing and he puts his arms around me hugging me close as we watch the moon on the water for a bit. When we start making our way back I pull him into the arcade.

"Come on hockey star lets see if you can beat me at table hockey." I challenge.

He chuckles a little and exchanges $5 for tokens and then puts the right amount in the slot on the air hockey table. We start hitting the puck back and forth and I score the first goal.

"Edwards one, Dallas zero." I chide with a wink.

He scowls at me a little and tries to put on a game face but just ends up smiling at me. After a few more minutes of hitting the puck back and forth I score another goal.

"No way!" Dallas exclaims.

"That's Edwards two and Dallas still zero." I giggle.

He finally scores a goal after another minute of hitting the puck back and forth.

"Score!" He exclaims.

"I'm still beating you hockey star." I remind him.

He pulls out the puck and we hit it back and forth again but I win after I score two goals in a row.

"How did a girl that knows nothing about sports get so good at air hockey?" He inquires coming to my side of the table, putting his arms around me and pulling me into a kiss.

"First of all air hockey is a game, not a sport and I got so good cause I had good teachers." I inform him.

"Yeah and who taught you how to play air hockey?" He asks.

"Just some friends come on lets play something else, you have more tokens. You can beat me at skee ball." I offer pulling out of his arms and taking his hand.

He holds my hand firm and pulls me back to him. "Hold it, you didn't answer my question."

I sigh and lean against the air hockey table, I pull him close to me so I don't have to say this very loud.

"Remember I told you I had sister in Africa?" I question and he nods.

"Well before Africa she…was having a hard time she tried to commit suicide so while my parents were busy with her I was sort of forgotten. I started spending a lot of time at the Dot where her ex-boyfriend worked and eventually I started spending a lot of time with him and his friend. Anyway they taught me how to play air hockey. They sort of became like big brothers and helped me get through it by distracting me and paying attention to me since my family had virtually forgotten me at that point." I confess to him.

He brushes a curl from my face and brings his lips to mine in soft and sweet kiss. "Come on lets play again Princess." He says putting in more tokens.

After I beat him at 3 games of air hockey he kicks my ass at skee ball but he does win enough tickets to get me a small pink bear, earning him another kiss. By now it's nearly 10:30 and we walk back the car, then he drives me home.

"I can sneak you out so you can spend the night again." He offers when he parks out front of my house.

"I have to get up early for church tomorrow." I say frowning a bit.

"No sexy time then?" He pouts.

"Mike!" I scold.

"Only kidding, come on I better get you inside." He says getting out of the car as do I. We walk to my door and he lifts me up to kiss me again. "Sweet dreams Princess." He says when he puts me down again.

"Goodnight Mike."

Update Soon

Alright so I got enough yes votes to add the cheating story on my list. Keep in mind all of you that voted for it that I have 12 other idea's for stories including at least three story requests from readers and the next stroy I'm going to write is Flare since it was second most requested after ClOwen. I am currently wrting five stories which is my limit so as soon as one of them ends I will begin on the Flare story. But yeah the cheating story has been added to the list.

If you read Friends with Benefits vote yay or nay for the Future Fic (another guest request) you can find my schpiel on it at the end of chapter 32.