Hello! Here's chapter eight!

Clare

I walked outside and I could hear Eli following me out. I walked faster and came by Fitz and his friends. I walked even faster so I could get past them, but when I looked behind me, I saw Fitz closing in on Eli. I stood there, frozen.

Oh gosh, I thought to myself.

I saw Fitz laugh at him and then he made a fist.

"Stop it!" I yelled, but it was too late. Fitz's fist hit Eli in the jaw, knocking him off guard and Eli fell over and he hit his head. "Eli!" I yelled.

I ran to him, but Fitz caught me. He wouldn't let me go and I struggled.

"Let me go!" I yelled. Fitz laughed at but wouldn't let me go. "Fitz!" I tried again. He sighed and let me go. I ran to Eli's side. He laid on the ground and wouldn't get up. Mr. Simpson ran over by us and called 911. By now Fitz and his friends had ran to go hide.

"Clare, how did this happen?" He asked.

"Fitz punched Eli and it caught him off guard and he hit the ground really hard." Mr. Simpson nodded.

"Why don't you go home. I'll call you if anything happens." I hesitated, but nodded and got up. I looked at Eli, who was still unconscious, and walked home.

When I got home, I paced and paced with the phone in my hand. Something weird was going on with Fitz. It was just weird how he would all of a sudden just punch Eli. He was up to something. Was he trying to kill Eli?

I realized I had been pacing for fifteen minutes now. I looked at the phone, still waiting for a call. Nothing. I sighed and put the phone down. I sat down at the counter in the kitchen and looked picked up a couple of pens. I played with them.

Playing with inanimate objects, not good, I thought. I picked up the phone, and still nothing. I took a deep breath and let it all out and went up to my room, and took the phone along with me.

I laid on the bed, waiting and waiting. The phone rang and I quickly answered.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Clare, It's Mr. Simpson."

"How's Eli?" I asked.

"Eli should be fine. All he has is a bump on his head."

"Okay, will he be back tomorrow?" I asked.

"Yup. Well, I'll see you tomorrow, Clare," Mr. Simpson said. I hung up the phone.

Eli

My head ached when I got home. Fitz was having serious mental problems. I didn't even do anything to him and he had some freak attack or something.

When I went to Degrassi the next day, I didn't see Fitz. He probably got suspended for a day. But my mind raced on about why Fitz would just all of a sudden punch me like that. I was scared that he would do something to Clare again.

I walked inside, bumping into Adam.

"I see your back on your feet," He said.

"Shut up. Fitz is acting weird," I said. Adam exploded into laughter. I glared at him.

"Sorry, but you should know already that he is a weird guy." I rolled my eyes. "Okay, seriously! Sorry."

"But don't you think its weird how he just all of a sudden punched me for no good reason?"

"I guess." Adam looked confused, so I let it go.

I walked to my locker and grabbed my stuff and turned around and ran into Clare. She had the worry look on her face, which seemed to be there a lot lately.

"Are you okay?" She asked. I nodded and she smiled.

"Fitz is just an idiot," I said. Clare didn't respond. "What's wrong?" I asked.

"What if he's planning to do something… really bad," She said.

"I cant say that he wont try something," I said. Bad idea. Her worry look came back.

"Eli," She started, but I stopped her.

"Clare, it will be fine," I said. The bell rang and she left.

When lunch came around, I sat with Clare and Adam. My head ached, but I sucked it up. Fitz wasn't at school at all. There wasn't much to talk about at lunch. Adam sat and read his comic book, and me and Clare sat there too, not knowing what to say. It was quite awkward.

The bell rang and I walked Clare to her class. I turned around and ran into Fitz.

"I see your back," I said.

"Half a day of suspension," He said. I really didn't care.

"So any reason you decided to punch me?" I asked. Fitz chuckled then grabbed me by my shirt.

"Stay away from Clare." He said.

"What, you like her?" I asked. Fitz blushed a bit, then let me go. "Well you have a funny way of showing it if you broke her ribs."

"Shut up, emo," He said, and walked away. I laughed so hard I actually started to tear up. Wow, Fitz liking Clare.

Wait a minute.

Why would he like Clare? First he beats me up, then beats her up, then says he likes her. He was just up to something, but what?

I walked into English, which was my last class. I saw Clare already in there, and I quickly hurried to my seat.

"Fitz likes you," I said. She laughed, then saw that I was frowning. She then stopped laughing.

"Wait, your serious?" She asked. I nodded.

Class ended, and I walked to my locker to grab my homework. I opened it, but it quickly closed. I saw Fitz standing there, all squinty eyed.

"What now?" I asked.

"I'll leave Clare alone if you do me one thing," He said. I rolled my eyes.

"Ugh, what?" I asked. He smiled.

"Break her heart."

Hehe, cliffhanger! So yesterday at school I was starring evilly at one of my friends. He asked me what I was looking at and I decided to pull an Adam and say, "I'm still trying to figure that out." Haha!

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