Chapter 7:May the best man win

Eli's point of view:

I was sitting with the guys when fitz decided to tell Drew and KC something.

"Hey guys guess what the Clare girl that Eli 'wont let us near' kissed me on the cheek. And guess what all I did was walk her to class but of coarse Eli had to tag along. Turns out she's really smart too. And you guys know how I like my girls. Smart." He said triumphantly. I was looking around the caf when I saw Clare and her friend looking for some place to sit. They put their direction on to what I was looking at and noticed Clare.

"OH MY GOD. Look at those curves." Drew commented.

"Wow she's a real stunner all right." Kc said.

"She has the beauty the brains AND the body. I'm sooo gonna make her mine." Fitz said.

"No you wont." I said.

"What do you mean ?" Fitz said dumbly.

"What I'm saying is that I'm going to make Clare MINE. Not yours or KC's or Drew's. Mark" I replied with a smirk.

"Bragging about me Golsworthy?" said a familliar voice. I turned around and saw the gorgeous blue eyed girl.

"Hey Clare….and friend. About how much did you hear?"

"I only heard the part where you told Fitz that I'm going to be yours and not his and not Drew's or KC's."

crap play it cool Eli. Think think think. Apparently she saw the look of panic on my face and smiled sweetly.

"It's okay Eli I'm flattered. But how do you know I'm gonna be 'yours'. I can't technically be yours because im not a piece of property. But anyways I was wondering if me and my friend Alli could sit with you. KC and Drew obviously wanted to come off as polite so they pulled out two next to me and one next to fitz. I was a little hurt but on the bright side I could look into her eyes as she talked. The next hour was full of laughter and jokes. Not to mention Clare throwing a French frie and hitting Drew with it in the face in stead of someone she hated sitting behind him. that was really funny when it hit drew. Then five minutes before the bell rang Fitz asked her for her number so they could 'hang'.

"Hey Clare can I have your number?" Fitz asked.

"Sure." She then wrote down her number on his arm making me jealous. She then looked at the rest of us and sighed.

"Let me guess the rest of you want my number too?" she asked. We all just nodded. The bell rang and we were off to fifth period. When she stopped.

"By any chance does anyone know where the drama room is?" she asked and I was glad because this was our third class together.

"I do I have it next as well." I said.

"Cool we could walk together." She smiled. The boys were jealous and I could tell why her friend was on the edge of exploding in suspense.

"Yeah sure." We then started walking down the hall and I glance back at them and smirked. I had a feeling that I was gonna win but that's just my concieted side talking. We entered the classroom and she sat down next to me. This class should be the easy class since I heard the teacher is a nut case. But it's all good. We were assigned scenes to do with a partner by alphabetical order. Turns out she was my partner again. Yes!

We were assigned a scene from the play 'Guys and Dolls' (1). In the scene Clare plays Sarah while I play Sky. Sky ends up taking Sarah to Havana , Cuba where she gets drunk. While she is drunk she is flirting with other men and getting in fights. At the end of or scene She has to kiss me on the lips. Could this day get any better? Let me answer that. Yes it would when I kissed Clare in front of the class or other classes if they came to watch. The look on Drew's, KC's, and Fitz's faces would be priceless. We were done rehearsing for a while so the teacher just let us talk.

"Does Degrassi have School plays?" she asked.

"Yeah we have a play once a year in the spring. Tryouts are next week I believe."

"Do you know what play it is"

"Yeah it's called Little Shop of Horrors. Are you gonna audition?"

"Yes I am going to audition. Are you?" she asked.

"No. Why?"

"You should."

"Why should i." I asked curious to why she would want me to try out for the play.

"So I have someone to hang out with ." she said blushing.

"Fine I'll audition." I said giving in.

"Yay. I think you might get a lead you look like you can sing stuff beside screamo." She said joking.

"Oh hardy har har." I replied.

"I still can't believe you got me convinced to audition for the school play." I said right before the bell rang. I jumped up and headed to my last class. History. Ugh I hate history and it hates me. We're like oil and water we just don't mix. But how could I Elijah Goldsworthy try out for the play? I will never know hopefully this goes smoothly.

(1) Guys and Dolls is the name of my school play which I am in.