I was sitting on a park bench with Eli, working on our essays. We were supposedly ditching but it didn't seem right. I did not have this in mind when he wanted to play hooky.

"I can't believe I'm skipping school to do work. Is this how you Degrassi kids do it?" I asked as I raised an eyebrow.

"I want to know how you got an A and I got a C," he whined as he read through the paper. Is he still not over that?

"You don't get out much do you?" He was still reading my paper. "Eli!"

"It's Elijah." I'll take that as a yes. "Eli is what my friends call me," he smirked at that.

"Ouch! Okay, I'll give you a little side tip. It's well-written with all the fancy grammatically correct shit. But you need a little more… personality if you know what I'm saying," I explained. I mean, come on, how can you put personality into gun control?

"Coming from the girl who wears nothing but black, white and gray," his eyes wouldn't leave mine as he smiled. Alright, I could take on his sarcasm.

"I get it. You're mad because Ms. Dawes likes me better than you. Jealousy can be a real bitch sometimes," I winked and he rolled his eyes.

"What should I write about?" he questioned. I took some thought into it and said the first thing that came to my mind.

"Something that works you up. It could be good or bad," I advised.

"Besides Clare Edwards," he raised an eyebrow.

"I hope that's a good thing!" I addressed. "If you could change anything in the world? What would it be?" I asked. Oh god, this guy could have a boatload of charming answers.

"My brother, Darin. I wish he never ran way then I wouldn't have to hear my mother cry herself to sleep at night," he released. This literally broke my heart but I couldn't let him see that I was fazed by his touching wish.

"So then write about that," I casually suggested.

"I can't. It's too personal," he defended. Wow.

"You care too much about what people think," I scoffed.

"I do not!"

"Then prove it. Sing your favorite song. As loud as you can," I challenged.

"Oh-oh. I want some mooooore," he mumbled.

"Those judges would quickly boot you if you auditioned for next teen star," I insulted.

"Oh, oh. What are you waiting for? Take a bite of my heart tonight," he sang. He actually had a decent singing voice but I found it extremely corny that he sang "Animal" by Neon Trees.

He stopped and glanced at me, "It's your time to shine!"

"Yeah, not my thing," I slyly argued. I saw the surprised look of getting tricked on his face.

"Cheater," he said under his breath. Now this got my worked up and we started play fighting on how I wasn't/was a cheater. That is until he held my wrists as he leaned against the tree. As much of a cheese ball as I sound, my heart literally stopped at that moment. Our eyes didn't break its gaze until Eli's hand let go. I couldn't help but shrug my shoulders.

I went back to the bench but turned around before I sat down. I caught Eli's eyes on mine again. This time he had that absolutely to die for smirk. Then it hit me. I am attracted to the preppy, Christian boy: Eli Goldsworthy.

A/N: Need your guy's opinion... okay so should I go along with the storyline of the actual show (not word by word obviously!) or just make it up. And by the way, sorry if Eli sounds... a little girlish... I'll try harder but I'm only a straight girl so sorry! Anyway, thanks for the feedback and I hope you guys really like this :)