Well I was hoping to make this the last chapter but today was long and exhausting, and I just didn't have the energy or time to get all that I wanted in this chapter. Therefore there will be one more short chapter for this one.
Ch. 2 I Know the Girl I Fell For
(DALLAS)
As soon as she kissed me I knew it was Clare, when I saw her blue eyes and took the wig off I realized I probably should have known all along. I drove back to school angry that she would do something like that, angry but admittedly a little impressed that she would take such a risk. I park the car the three of us share and go inside, watching from under the inside steps for Clare to return. I see her walking up still dressed in the plunging V-neck red sweater and black skinny jeans with red ankle boots. When I see her approaching I walk to the entrance to confront her, when she sees me waiting for her she stops.
A man runs over to her and she turns away from me. He's too old to go here and too young to be her father, and I know from Adam she has Jake and an older sister so he's not her older brother either. She steps away from him and he catches her arm, when he touches her I stiffen up. She looks upset and they're talking but I can't hear what they're saying so I go outside, all I know is I want him away from her.
"It doesn't matter it wasn't m…"
"Who the hell are you?" I demand running down the steps and standing a little behind Clare.
Clare bites her lip and closes her eyes briefly, she looks on the verge of tears again. I'm sizing this guy up and he seems to be sizing me up. He's muscular and about Drew's height. He has spiked hair with little designs shaved into the sides and a guitar pick necklace like Eli would wear. He wears black jeans with a light grey button up and he's still touching Clare.
"I came to talk to Clare who the hell are you?" He asks and I hear an inflection of protection in his voice but he does let go of Clare's arm. He wants her and this angers me, I step closer to Clare and she shrinks up as much as she can.
"I'm dating Clare," I blurt out.
"So am I," this guy responds and we each step closer to Clare. She's basically sandwiched between us now and looks like she might pass out.
"No neither of you are dating me, Dallas you were dating Claudette and Lucas you were dating Dani," Clare argues trying to walk between us and we both catch her arms.
"That was you," Lucas and I both say at the same time.
"No it wasn't," she replies. It's cold and she has no jacket but trapped between us she's not cold, actually she seems to be perspiring a little. The bell rings but none of us move, I'm pretty sure that Clare can't.
"Are you two squishing Clare?" Zig inquires walking over with Tris and Maya.
"The bell rang we need to get to class," Maya comments while Tris just pushes us apart and takes Clare's hand.
She kind of smiles at him and runs into school. I glare at Lucas one more time before following Clare into school. She won't look at me when I get into class, she's sitting with Adam and I sit next to Drew. She doesn't look at me in fourth period either and she's very quiet for all of student council. She also runs out as soon as Drew ends the meeting. The three of us drive home and I try to do my homework but I can't stop thinking about Clare. What she did was mean and wrong but I was really falling for Claudette and Claudette was Clare.
"I think I like Clare," I announce to Drew and Adam and they both stare at me.
"Wait a minute is that why you told me she was using me as a rebound?" Drew asks
"When did Clare rebound with you and how? Also why?" Adam asks his brother.
"The hoedown, sex in the prop room she broke up with Eli," Drew responds.
"Okay there are so many things wrong with that I don't even know where to begin," Adam replies and looks at me.
"When did you decided you like Clare and is that why you put ideas into Drew's head that he was a rebound?" Adam questions.
"No I just wanted Drew to be careful because they had sex the day after she broke up with Eli. I never told him to walk away or not talk to her that was his choice. But honestly I think I liked her since the first time I kissed her," I admit.
"Which was when?"
"Last year when she was dating Eli and she told me about Asher," I confess and Adam goes red.
"Who is Asher?" Drew asks.
"You kissed her after she told you what Asher did to her?" Adam asks hitting me upside the head.
"She slapped me afterward, it's what started our little feud last year."
"If you've liked her since last year why didn't you do anything when she broke up with Eli?" Drew questions.
"I did, I trashed her party and tried to break her up with Eli," I tell them and they both hit me upside the head.
"I think you should just stay away from Clare," Adam comments.
"I agree," Drew nods, "and I thought you all crazy for that Claudette girl?"
"Claudette is Clare," I inform them.
"What?" They both exclaim.
"She was wearing a wig and using a French accent, also wearing clothes Clare wouldn't wear and contacts to change her eye color."
"Clare was…why would…my head hurts I'm going to go lie down," Drew comments and leaves the sofa going upstairs.
"I think it's best for both of you if you just stay away from Clare," Adam tells me and I sink back into the sofa.
I know what she did was wrong but I can't help how I feel and I can't really blame her either. I should have told Drew to talk to her, or stayed out of it, maybe I did tell him he might be a rebound because I was jealous. I saw how they were getting close and I didn't like it.
"I'm going out, tell Drew I took the car and tell your mom I had to get Rocky."
"You're not going to Clare's are you?" Adam inquires.
"No I just need to clear my head," I reply grabbing my coat and leaving through the basement door.
I drive to Owen's place, I knock on the door and he opens it a moment later, cocking an eyebrow at me but steps aside so I can come in. Owen lives at home still and goes to U of T. Tris is home and on the sofa but I've been over a lot so he just nods to me. Owen and I go up to his room and I sit on his bed.
"So what's up? You're not going to moan over that French girl again are you?"
"Clare was the French girl," I enlighten him.
"What do you mean Clare was the French girl?"
"She was playing me I guess, she had a wig and contacts, dressed differently, called herself Claudette Caron but it was Clare. The thing is even though I was mad knowing she'd been playing me I fell for Claudette and I've liked Clare since last year. I guess I wasn't the only one she did it too because this guy Lucas showed up at the school today wanting to talk to her. I wanted to know he was, he wanted to know who I was and we both said that we were dating Clare. She said I had been dating Claudette and he had been dating Dani. She wouldn't hardly talk to us or look at us, she was upset when I found out it was her, she was upset when Lucas wanted to talk to her, you could see that she felt bad. Thing is as angry as I was when I found out she was Claudette I was jealous when I saw her with Lucas. I want her, I like her Owen and when I told Drew and Adam they just told me to stay away."
"If you want the girl I'll help you get the girl," Owen assures me and I grin.
(LUCAS)
"Where does Clare live, I need to go talk to her," I ask Peter after showing up at his place Monday morning.
"You realize you're five years older than her. And she was pretending to be someone else," Peter comments.
"I don't care, I like her and she may have been in a wig with a fake name but it was Clare. I haven't stopped thinking about her and she won't answer my calls."
"Maybe that's a good thing. Anyway it's Monday she's at school," Peter remarks.
"Fine then I'm going to DeGrassi, when are they on lunch?"
"Man I don't know but you can't just show up on campus," Peter reminds me.
"Then I'll park on the city property so I'm not on campus," I tell him.
"This seems like a bad idea but good luck I guess," Peter says.
I grimace at him and leave his place going back to my car and driving to DeGrassi. It's not lunch time so I go to The Dot and find out when the lunch hour at DeGrassi is. I have a couple of hours still before lunch at DeGrassi and if I just sit out there in my car a teacher is bound to come out or call the cops. So I run some errands just to keep myself busy, by the time I'm done it's lunchtime at DeGrassi and I go down there. It's not snowing now but it is cold and I'm kind of hoping Clare comes out of the school for lunch. I actually do see Clare coming from the parking lot after a short time so she must have gone somewhere for lunch, she has a sweater but no coat and when she sees me she keeps walking but stops when she sees another boy watching from just inside the doors.
It doesn't go so well, I find out this other guy Dallas was fooled by Clare dressed up and pretending to be someone else too. Dallas and I sort of fight and Clare tries to disappear. When she gets an exit because other students come over she takes it. She gets away from us and runs inside. I try calling her again and texting her but she doesn't answer. When I hear a knock on my door I hope that it's Clare but I know it's not. In fact it's Peter and I let him in.
"So how'd it go?" Peter asks.
"It didn't, she wouldn't talk to me and she wouldn't talk to Dallas and all I could think was I wanted him to go away and her to be mine."
"So you were jealous, who's Dallas?"
"A DeGrassi student that she did the same thing with. Trouble is we both want her. I know there's an age difference, I know she was using a different name and wearing a wig but it was Clare and I fell for her. I want her and I don't care what name she goes buy."
"You really do care about her," Peter comments.
"Yeah I do, I fell for a girl, I fell for the girl behind the wig."
"Okay then let's get you the girl."
"You're going to help me? I thought you were against this?"
"I was, you're older than her and she was pretending to be someone else but I think you really care about her."
"I really do."
Peter tells me her address finally and I drive to her house. I'm not sure I have the right house because when I park I see a truck in the driveway that says Martin Construction. I still go up and ring the bell, after a few seconds Clare comes to the door, she sees me and turns away so I ring the bell again.
"What are you doing at my house?" She asks finally opening the door.
"I want to go out with you, I w…"
"I'm not Dani, I'm not what you want," she replies and closes the door so I ring again. "If you don't leave I'm calling the cops," she tells me so I give up and leave returning to my apartment where Peter is still.
"I guess it didn't go well?"
"Not at all, she still won't talk to me."
"I'll talk to her, I bet she'll talk to me," Peter says.
As I said because it was such a long day and I wasn't able to get everything in this chapter there will be one more short chapter. Unfortunately probably not until August.
