Ch. 45 High School Hellcats
(LUKE)
"This is so exciting our first day at a new school; I hope the kids are nice. Aren't you glad we have three classes together? I have a few classes with some of your teammates but I don't like the ones I have classes with. I only met a few of them at the dance that actually seemed nice." Becky chirped as they walked from his car in the parking lot to the school.
"Becks relax would you?" He laughed.
"Sorry." She apologized but he was no longer listening.
He was distracted by a sharp whistle from the only Ice Hound that was actually from Toronto, Owen Milligan. The whistle was not directed at Luke, it was meant for that Clare girl Bianca had told him about at the dance. She turned at the whistle and smiled at Owen and Luke watched as she hugged him and kissed his cheek. Then she grabbed his jacket and said something to him and he smiled, then he said something and she laughed. She began pulling him inside by the jacket and then he put his arm around her shoulders. After that exchange he was sure that Owen had partaken of her…services.
"Becky why don't you go meet some people I'm gonna go talk with some of my teammates." Luke told her upon seeing the Swedish twins.
"Okay see you in science." Becky smiled skipping off to the school.
"Hey Bo, Ingvar did you see that girl talking to Owen? Guess what I heard about her…"
(CLARE)
She was walking up the DeGrassi front steps her hands in the pockets of her coat as the chilly January morning made her shiver. A sudden loud and sharp whistle made her stop and turn, she saw Owen walking up to her wearing his brand new Ice Hounds team jacket. She smiled at him and they embraced in a tight hug when he reached her and she kissed his cheek. She let go of him and eyed his black and red jacket, holding it with both hands.
"Spiffy," she remarked. "If I didn't already have Drew's football jacket at home I would steal this." She joked, although she was quite cold.
"If you dress up like you did for the sock hop I would let you." He told her and she knew he wasn't kidding.
She laughed and shook her head letting go of his jacket with one hand. "Come on." She said pulling him into the school.
He laughed putting his arm around her shoulders lightly and they walked inside. She walked to her locker with his arm around her, finding Drew and Adam at her locker, well technically Adam was at his locker.
"Good morning Angel, you get a personal escort into school?" Drew inquired taking her from Owen.
"I did from an Ice Hound no less," She smiled looping her arms around Drew's neck and kissing him with fervor.
"At least you were in good hands." Drew says kissing her neck.
"I gotta get to my locker." Owen remarks after watching Drew kiss her neck for a few seconds.
"Me too, I'll find you later Beautiful and I leave you in the capable hands of my brother." Drew says taking his lips from her neck and sort of handing her to Adam. "And the capable hands of Eli." Drew added as Eli walked up.
"Hey," Eli smirks going to his locker.
Drew gave her a quick kiss and walked away with Owen, Clare turned and opened her locker.
"Lost the goatee I see." Clare commented.
"I might grow one." He said in a teasing voice as he started pulling books out of his locker.
"So what do you guys have first?" Adam questioned closing his locker.
"Art." Clare told them.
"Film." Said Eli.
"How did you two get electives first I have math and then science." Adam griped a little.
"I have science second period too, with Mr. Nixon." Clare said.
"Well at least we have one class together." Adam smiled.
"Hi." A girl suddenly chirped from beside them and they all looked over to see a very skinny and tall girl with long dark blonde hair and a huge smile. "I'm Becky Baker, my brother and I are new here. He's on the hockey team our family moved from Florida." She informed them in one breath.
"The sunshine state I might of guessed." Eli remarked.
"Could one of you show me how to get to Mr. Armstrong's math class?" She requested.
"Uh sure I have that class, come with me." Adam said motioning her to follow him. "See you two later, lunch at the Dot?" He asked.
Clare and Eli nodded. "I better get class." She said waving to Eli.
Walking into Miss Dawes art class she saw Luke, the boy that had walked out with her at the sock hop. He looked over at her and smiled lustfully; she looked away and sat at a table far from him. Then something occurred to her and she turned back to him.
"You said your last name was Baker right?" She asked.
"Yes." He nodded.
"I think I just met your sister Becky, she's very umm cheerful." Clare commented.
Luke came over hovering over her with one hand on the table and leaned down with his mouth next to her face, Clare suddenly became very uncomfortable.
"Yeah Becky's a handful. I saw you with Owen earlier you two seem…friendly." He said brushing back her hair and she shuddered.
She flinched from him. "Owen's my friend."
More kids came in the class and Luke went and sat down and didn't get near her for the rest of class but he did keep giving her knowing and sometimes flirtatious looks. When class let out she walked quickly to science, she walked in as other kids were coming out and she sat at the first empty desk she saw. She was getting out her books when she felt a hand on her shoulder and she jumped a little.
"Sorry you okay?" Adam asked taking a seat next to her.
"Yeah I'm fine it's just…" she bit her lip looking away.
"Clare what is it? I know that look so spill." Adam commanded.
"It's probably stupid, you know how I over think. It's just I met Becky's brother Luke after the sock hop and he was kind of creepy. He's in my art class and he was creepier, he got really close to me and made a comment about me being friends with Owen. It was just…weird." Clare said.
"That is pretty weird; you want to talk to Owen about it? Or Dallas?" Adam offered.
"No I don't want to cause trouble for Owen or Dallas, like I said I'm pretty sure I'm just over thinking it." Clare said as the second bell rang.
By then end of class she had forgotten all about it and walked to her locker with Adam. She put her books away and waved to Adam as she started walking to the memorial garden to meet Alli and Jenna. She started walking past the prop room when she was grabbed and pulled inside then pushed against the door and into an electrifying kiss. She smiled into the kiss and put her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss. She pulled away after a minute, pushing him back just a little.
"I have to go meet Alli and Jenna." She said.
"They'll understand and I haven't seen you since the sock hop, I missed you and we have twenty whole minutes before the next class. We can do so much in twenty minutes." He said in a hopeful and husky voice.
"Drew I promised them." She insisted.
"Fine, lunch then?" He asked.
"Eating with Eli and Adam at the Dot." She tells him and he scowls. "I have newspaper after school but I can meet you after that."
"Fine I'll meet you after that." Drew grumbled kissing her quickly before letting her go again.
She left the prop room with a smile on her face until she saw Luke leaning on some lockers watching her.
(DREW)
When the bell rang for lunch he went to the lunch room and got in line, he had wanted to spend his lunch with his fiancé but she was eating with Adam and Eli. He figured he'd sit with K.C. but he was eating with Alli, Connor, Wes and Jenna.
"Drew." He heard his name and looked over to see Owen and Dallas waving him over to what appeared to be the Ice Hounds table.
Drew went over and sat down between Owen and Dallas.
"I take it the misfits are eating together?" Owen stated more than asked and Drew nodded.
The others looked a little confused but no one asked.
"So how are you guys adjusting to DeGrassi?" Drew inquired.
"I like the girls here." One of them, whose name he thought was Luke commented.
"Not bad so far, hey aren't your parents going away to Kingston Saturday night? We should have a party. You know to welcome the Ice Hounds to the school." Dallas said.
"I thought that was what the sock hop was for." Drew replied.
"Yeah and it was fun but I mean a real party." Dallas remarked.
"Clare can wear the same outfit." Owen said with a devilish smile.
Drew was going to respond but the thought of Clare in the same outfit at his house filled his head with too many wonderfully sexy thoughts.
"That's a great idea." Drew sort of whispered and Owen hit him breaking him from his thoughts.
"So Cam you make any minor niner friends yet? My brothers a minor niner like you." Owen commented.
"Uh yeah a few I guess." Cam said.
The rest of lunch was spent talking about the party which Drew would have to tell Adam they were hosting. After lunch he left to go find Adam and Owen followed him, they found the misfits walking toward their English class which they all had together after lunch again.
"Hey bro we're having a party on Saturday." Drew informed him.
"Mom will kill us." Adam replied.
"We'll keep it in the basement and clean up before they get home Sunday night." Drew assured him.
"I'll help." Owen added.
"You know we will." Clare said putting her arm around Adam's shoulder and speaking for her and Eli.
"We thought you could just wear the same outfit you wore to the sock hop." Owen told Clare.
She looked at him and then Drew with an impish smile.
"I just might, I mean we are going to be at your house right? With one little exception." She smiled.
"What?" Drew asked.
"Remember what I did without the morning after I lost my virginity to you?" She asked Drew and then walked away with a confused Adam and Eli following her.
Drew thought about it a second and then realized what she meant. "Wait seriously?" He called after her.
She turned around with a sly smile and winked at him, all Drew could think about was Saturday night at least until Owen smacked him in the chest lightly.
"Dude what did she mean?" Owen asked.
"She'll wear the same outfit only without panties." Drew told him in a low voice.
"Whoa your girlfriend is the best. You know if you die or something I'm gonna steal her right?" Owen questioned.
"Oh of course." Drew nodded and they headed for their next class.
(CLARE)
The bell rang and the misfits left English class and went to their lockers, they got out their books and talked a little about the party this weekend, then Clare waved as she headed for journalism class. She was almost at the classroom when she realized she left her text book in her locker and doubled back for it. By the time she got her locker open the late bell rang and she huffed in frustration, she began running for class but as she passed the prop room she was once again pulled in. She thought it was Drew being impatient and too horny to wait for after newspaper but when she felt the hand on her shoulder she knew it wasn't Drew! She whirled around to face Luke and twin hockey players and they all had the same look on their face. She tried to hide her fear as she turned to try and open the door but Luke locked it and pulled her into the room a little hard and she bumped into one of the twins, dropping her backpack and books to the floor.
"What do you think you're doing? Let me out!" She demanded.
"You are for sex." Said the other twin in a thick Swedish accent and she realized they must have just moved from Sweden. She also realized they were about to rape her and she tried to run.
"Take her to the table, hold her down. I hear she likes it." Luke instructed.
The twins picked her up and moved her to the table, one holding her arms and the other her legs. She started screaming but one of the twins covered her mouth although he had to let go of her arm to do so. She tried to hit him but it didn't have much of an effect. Luke came over and unbuttoned her blouse, she thrashed around and they held her tighter. Luke unlatched her bra and Clare was hit with a surge of adrenaline, she used her nails to dig into the twin above her and he let go of her mouth and arms. She shoved Luke as hard as she could and he stumbled back into some shelves causing some of the things on the shelf to fall and hit him. The other twin seemed so shocked he loosened his grip on her legs and she kicked him with all her might.
She ran for the door, unlocked it and ran out not to class or out the front, she ran to the electrical room and out the back of the school. She sank down to her knees outside the building. She was shaking and sobbing hard; she fixed her bra and buttoned her blouse again quickly then brought her knees to her chest and sobbed into her arms. They hadn't really even touched her but it brought back memories of what Fitz had done and she was upset and agitated now and couldn't seem to stop. She wasn't aware of time any longer she was just trying to calm down; she didn't even hear the last bell when it rang.
"Clare what's wrong?" It was Eli's voice, she would know it anywhere.
She couldn't answer, couldn't even see but she stood up and threw her arms around his neck and cried on his shoulder. He put his arms around her and held her tightly and she finally felt some sense of comfort and safety.
"Clare what happened?" Adam's voice inquired as he put a hand on her back and she felt a little safer still.
Despite her feeling safer and comforted now she couldn't get out the words to answer.
"Did Drew do something?" Eli asked but even he sounded like he didn't think that was what was wrong.
She shook her head on his chest in reply.
(DREW)
He had time to kill until Clare was done with newspaper so he was sort of aimlessly walking around the school. He wasn't really paying attention to where he was going as his mind was pre-occupied with all the things he would be doing to Clare shortly and then he saw her in Eli's arms! For a brief second he was stabbed with jealousy but he quickly realized something else had to be going on, Adam was there too and they seemed to be consoling her. Eli looked over and noticed Drew standing there, waved him over. Drew went to her and Eli guided her into his arms and she let out a relieved breath, her body relaxing and she clung to his jacket. He kissed her cheek and her crying slowed.
"Angel what's wrong?" Drew asked in his most soothing voice.
She looked up at him with a tear soaked face and wiped the remaining salt water from her face. "Three of the Ice Hounds tried to…were going to…like Fitz. Luke and the Swedish twins." She finally choked out.
Drew's worry turned to rage and he tensed, she shuddered in his arms and he put aside his rage momentarily. He kissed her gently and took her from his arms guiding her to his brother who put an arm around her.
"Watch her, take her to our house." Drew instructed and Adam nodded, then Drew turned to Eli. "Want to help me kill some guys?" Drew asked.
"Gladly." Eli replied.
"Drew…" Clare started but he cut her off.
"Go with Adam I'll see you in a bit. Don't worry we'll be fine." Drew assured her.
Adam turned her and they started walking away, Drew and Eli turned in the opposite direction. He knew the Ice Hounds had practice soon but for now they should be at their lockers or in the lunch room eating.
"Not that I don't have total confidence in our fighting ability, since we've fought each other enough times but she did say there was three of them and there's only two of us." Eli commented.
"I can count thanks. We're going to find Owen he'll help us." Drew told him.
"Aren't they his teammates though?" Eli asked.
"He'll help for Clare; he almost killed Fitz after he tried to rape Clare." Drew informed the boy. He headed for Owen's locker and found not only Owen but Dallas. "Owen we need to kill Luke and Swedish twins." Drew informed them.
"Uh why are you trying to kill some of my team?" Dallas asked.
"They attacked Clare tried to rape her." Eli told them.
"THEY WHAT?!" Owen hollered.
"Why would they do that?" Dallas asked.
"I don't know but they need to die." Drew said.
"Okay we leave for practice in a few minutes wait out back of the arena and I'll take care of it. Is Clare okay?" Dallas asked.
"I sent her home with Adam, he'll take care of her." Drew said.
He and Eli left walking to the arena and they waited out back. The team arrived shortly and a few minutes later Luke came out with the twins followed by Owen. Drew grabbed Luke by the collar, glad to see that they hadn't changed into their padding yet and he shoved him into the wall. Eli and Owen each did the same with one of the twins.
"You tried to rape my girlfriend and now you're going to die!" Drew snarled.
He didn't wait for them to reply; honestly he didn't care what they had to say. He simply reeled back and connected his fist to Luke's face and then gave him two quick shots to the stomach before he could recover. He wasn't looking at the others but he did hear grunting noises from the twins so he was sure they had each been punched a couple of times. Drew pulled back to punch Luke again but he caught Drew's fist.
"Dude chill, I was told she wasn't your girlfriend, that she was the school slut and she liked to be fucked in groups and rape fantasies and…" Luke was trying poorly to defend their actions when Owen cut him off.
"Told by who and when?" Owen asked.
"Bianca at the sock hop and in class today." Luke told them.
"Bianca!" Drew, Owen and Eli all said at once in the same angry tone.
"That bitch seems bound and determined to get Clare raped!" Eli stated.
"Get this through your heads all of you; Clare is my girlfriend and I love her! You touch her again or even think about it and I will fucking kill you!" Drew declared.
"So will I." Eli added.
"Me too." Said Owen.
"And I'll have you running suicides until you collapse." Dallas told them and he had apparently been listening for a while. "How could you three be so fucking stupid? You didn't think to ask the girl? Or ask Owen who's on our team and has been going to school here for three years if what Bianca said was true? You take the word of one girl that there's a what? School prostitute who likes group rape fantasies? Does that sound at all realistic to you morons?" Dallas questioned.
Luke and the twins hung their heads simultaneously and shook them slowly.
"No but…" Luke began to argue.
"But nothing get your fucking asses in there and get in uniform. You'll be running drills for the next three hours." Dallas told them. Luke and the twins went inside and Dallas looked at Drew. "Get home to your girl by the time I'm done with those three they'll be too tired to move tomorrow let alone think about hitting on a girl. I better get back in there though I left rookie in charge of puck drills." Dallas told them.
"I'll call you after practice." Owen said as he followed Dallas inside.
"Want to come over for a while?" Drew asked Eli.
"Sure." Eli shrugged and they began walking to Drew's house.
(CLARE)
She was on the sofa in the Torres basement watching a movie with Adam, they would be doing homework but all her stuff was still in the prop room. The sliding glass door opened and Drew came in with Eli, both of them laughing. Considering that a couple of weeks ago they had been nearly constantly at each other's throats and ready to kill each other this was a good if not odd change. She got up and went to them as soon as they came in, she looked them over but they seemed to be unscathed. She kissed Eli's cheek quickly before capturing Drew's lips in a passionate kiss.
"You guys okay? Did you kill them?" Adam asked as the three sat on the sofa, Clare sitting in Drew's lap.
"I didn't even get hit." Drew shrugged.
"Neither did I and neither did Owen." Eli said.
"Owen?" Clare questioned.
"Yeah he helped. We threw a few punches and then Luke told us that Bianca told him that you were the school slut and liked to be fucked by groups." Drew told her.
Clare felt and anger boiling inside of her and her fists clenched. "Bianca! That…that…ugh!" She said in frustration. Bianca hadn't learned her lesson yet; well tomorrow Clare would pound it into her head.
"Dallas is punishing them by making them run drills, he promised to make them too tired to move tomorrow. Forget about Bianca for now, are you okay?" Drew questioned nuzzling her neck a little.
"I'm fine it was scary and I was shaken but other than managing to get my bra undone and my blouse open they didn't touch me. It was just that there was three of them and it just brought back memories and stuff from Fitz's attack. I was just so upset by it but I'm okay now." She assured him. They hung out until Audra came home and then Drew and Adam took her and Eli home. "I didn't get any homework done and I missed my journalism class and all my stuff is still on the floor of the prop room." Clare said when they reached her house.
"We'll get your stuff first thing tomorrow and I'm pretty sure your teachers will understand, besides you're like smart and stuff I'm sure they'll let you make it up." Drew said when they reached her house; they had already dropped Eli off.
She twisted her mouth at him but then untwisted it to kiss him. "See you tomorrow fiancé."
He smiled and kissed her ring. "See you tomorrow fiancé."
She said goodbye to Adam, got out of the car and went inside. She told Jake what happened but not her parents, she only told her mother that she'd forgotten her phone in her locker at school. The next morning she woke Jake up early to take them to school. He grumbled but he knew her plan so he got up and drove them in. Jake went to work in the garden while Clare waited in the bed of the truck until she saw Bianca's car pull in. She hopped out of the back of the truck and marched straight to Bianca's car.
"I thought you'd be too broken to come to school today." Bianca commented in a disappointed tone.
Clare had really only intended to talk to her but Bianca's opening comment filled Clare with rage.
"WHAT THE HELL'S YOUR PROBLEM!" Clare screamed at her.
"You and Drew are wrong for each other; I'm just trying to make you see that." Bianca said.
"By convincing a bunch of guys that I want to be gang raped?" Clare questioned incensed.
"Then Drew will see you for the trash you are and he'll leave you and come back to me." Bianca said flippantly.
That was all Clare could take she shoved Bianca violently into the side of her car. Bianca shoved her back and the two were quickly on the pavement fighting. Clare quickly gained the upper hand and was sitting on Bianca's stomach slapping and hitting her. Bianca grabbed Clare's hair and pulled hard so Clare punched her in the eye and then the nose quickly. Blood started gushing from Bianca's nose and Clare got off of her.
"You stupid bitch you broke my nose!" Bianca exclaimed.
"Stay away from me, stay away from Drew and stop fucking telling every guy you see that I like to be raped! You are nothing; you made yourself nothing because you treat people with apathy and consider yourself to be more important than anyone. I'm sorry Drew and you didn't work out, I'm sorry you didn't find anyone that is so fully in love with you the way Drew and I are but Drew is mine. We're in love and until you start treating other people like they matter you won't be anything but pathetic." Clare told Bianca off and then headed for the front of the school.
She heard Bianca get back in her car and drive off, just as Mrs. Torres pulled up in the minivan and Adam waved to her from the front seat. She waved to Audra and the three boys got out and came to her.
"Hey sorry for those three morons behavior, they won't bother you again I can promise you that." Dallas told her as soon as Audra drove away.
She put her hand on Dallas' arm, stood on her tiptoes and kissed his cheek. "Thanks Dallas." She smiled as they started walking into the school. "I hope Bianca learned her lesson this time. I think I broke her nose." Clare remarked.
"And I missed it? But I love it when you're feisty." Drew whined lightly as he put his arm around her.
"I thought you preferred it when I was feisty in bed." She said in flirty voice. Drew made a pleased sort of moaning sound next to her ear, Dallas chortled and Adam made an 'I did not hear that' sound. "I have to get my stuff from the prop room." She said as they all turned in the direction of the misfit's lockers.
"We took care of it. Everything is in your locker." Dallas informed her.
"Huh?" She replied.
"Rookie and Owen got to school early and got your stuff from the prop room. Adam gave them your locker combo so they could put it in." Dallas explained and Clare smiled.
They reached the misfits lockers and Owen and Cam were leaning against them but moved aside when they approached.
"Hey Clare we heard what Luke, Bo and Ingvar tried to do. They won't do it again and I know they regret it and we're not all bad." Cam said to her with a smile.
"I know Cam and thanks." She smiled kissing his cheek.
"Hey what about me?" Owen griped.
"Thank you Owen for getting my stuff and helping to teach those guys a lesson and for being a good friend." She said pulling him down so she could kiss his cheek.
"You keep talking like that people are going to get the impression I'm a good guy." Owen joked.
She gave him a lopsided smile and hit his stomach lightly before opening her locker. She and Adam started organizing their books and talk quickly turned to the party and who to invite.
"I had better get to my own locker before class but today I get you for morning break. Meet you at our spot." Drew insisted before kissing her lightly then he walked away with Owen and Dallas passing Eli on their way around the corner.
"Hey I was thinking I need something to occupy me this semester, you know seeing as your heart is taken by another guy." Eli smirked snarkily and she grimaced at him. "I should do another play." Eli announced and both Adam and Clare looked at him.
"Uh are you sure, your last one didn't exactly go well." Clare said.
"Yeah but this time I won't be trying to win you back and I won't have bipolar melt downs. I'm going to talk to Simpson during morning break." Eli told them.
"I'm sure Simpson will let you." Clare smiled shutting her locker then she waved to her friends and walked to art class only to find Luke, Bo and Ingvar waiting in the room. Her first instinct was to run but they didn't look threatening today, they looked sore and tired and she could see bruises on their faces from their fight or rather beating the previous day. Still she went in cautiously and they all looked up at her. "Get near me and I'll scream," she warned them.
"We don't want to hurt you." Luke said putting up his hands to show surrender. "We're really sorry for what we did, what we tried to do and we got our asses whooped for it more than once. It was really dumb and we never should have listened to Bianca, at least not without verifying her claims with someone else. We all feel really bad and dumb and like complete jerks." Luke apologized.
"Yes Sorry." Said one twin.
"Sorry." The other nodded.
"Okay I forgive you but if you ever try that again…" she started.
"We won't too many guys threatened to kill us if we even thought about it. We swear not to even think like that." Luke promised her.
She smiled as the class began filling up and Bo and Ingvar left to go to their own classes. She had a feeling today was going to be a good day.
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