You guys are so nice! Haha…so I decided I would update now! Oh..and Munro Chambers got a twitter…YAY! Also, in this story, Eli only has a dad that is not very supportive and doesn't really care about his son and Eli doesn't really care about him. Also, his mom abandoned him and his dad when he was young. So yea, here it is…

Disclaimer: I DO NOT Degrassi or its characters…if I did..there would be so much more Eclare stuff and less of like those other pointless characters..haha no offense…except Adam, I like Adam!

Eli's POV

I slowly opened my eyes and look around. I remembered I was in the hospital and realized that I had fallen asleep. But where was Clare. I quickly sat up and within a second I was lying back down due to the excruciating pain in my abdomen. I looked around for a bit wondering where she could have gone. I then realized there was a piece of note on the other half of the bed. The half that Clare had been in the night before. I picked it up and read it:

Eli,

Last night at around 12:30, a nurse came in and switched your IV bag and told me that I had to leave. I really didn't want to, trust me, I wanted to stay with you forever, but she practically pulled me out of the bed and allowed me to write you this letter to you. So I have to go home, but I will most definitely be back in the morning. Also, I called my mom and told her everything and guess what? She said I didn't have to go to my grandmother's house over break. She said I could stay with you! So that's exactly what I'm doing. I will see you in the morning! I love you.

-Clare

I smiled and placed the letter on the table beside my bed and grabbed the remote. I looked through the channels but didn't really find anything interesting, so I just turned on the news. I wasn't really paying attention to what they were talking about. All I could think about was Clare. She had been on my mind a lot, for the past week or so, but now she was the only thing on my mind. I was imagining the things we would do this break, when my thoughts were interrupted.

Knock, knock, knock.

A head peeked in, and it was my dad. I sighed. I really didn't expect him to show, and quite frankly, I really didn't want him to. He and I never really got along. He was always drunk and we always argued about pointless things. Whenever we had a serious talk, it was always about my mother. She left when I was four and my father blames it on me. He always says that because of me, he lost the love of his life. So basically, he was calling me a mistake.

"Hey son," he spoke softly while taking a step in the room and closing the door.

"Hi." I said in an uninterested tone, hoping he would get the point, but he only stepped closer and took a seat in the chair next to my bed. I wasn't sure if he was sober or not. I was never able to tell anymore

"How are you feeling?" He asked trying to sound sympathetic.

"Oh I'm doing just fine, dad." I said, my voice dripping with sarcasm. He was silent, so I continued, "Why are you here?"

He looked confused, "What, a father can't come visit his son in the hospital after he was just stabbed."

"I wouldn't exactly call you a father." Those words were hard to say, but they were the truth. He was never home. He would always be at 'work' until two in the morning, and when I woke up, he was already gone again. He also abused me, nothing too bad, but he would hit me, and it would usually leave a mark. I was basically on my own ever since he became an alcoholic when I was 13. I guess it was then when he realized his life sucked and he thought alcohol would make it better.

He stood up slowly, pointed his finger at me and shook his head. He was about to turn around and leave when suddenly his hand rose up and he swung it across my face leaving a stinging pain on my left cheek as he exited the room. Wow, its one thing to hit your son, but to hit him the day after he was stabbed… that is ridiculous.

Clare's POV

I woke up at around 7:30 and took a quick shower. I wanted to get to Eli as soon as possible. I stepped out of the shower and grabbed my towel. I went into the closet and slipped on some jeans and a fitted t-shirt. I wanted to be comfortable, since I was going to be in the hospital all day. I finished getting ready and checked my phone. I had one new text message from Adam.

Hey Clare, are you going to see Eli today? I can't believe he asked that.

Well of course. Wanna come? I figured Eli would want to see Adam, since they were best friends.

Yea, my mom was gonna bring my in like 5 minutes. Wanna ride?

I texted Adam back telling him that I would love a ride there, since my parents were at my grandmother's house. I then walked down stairs and grabbed a granola bar and my house key and waited on the front steps for Adam. He arrived moments later and I got in the car. I was actually quite anxious to see Eli today, but the ride to the hospital was going to be about 30 minutes due to morning traffic.

Eli's POV

After my dad left, a nurse came in and gave me some breakfast. I was happily eating when I was interrupted by someone knocking on the door again. I was hoping it was Clare or Adam, but it wasn't.

I woman walked in. She had dark brown hair that had streaks of grey in it. Her skin was a milky color and she had visibly chiseled cheek bones. Her eyes were green, just like mine.

"Hello Elijah." She stated as I was trying to figure out who she was. No one ever calls me Elijah, and suddenly a random woman walks in and thinks she has the right to. I guess she realized I was clueless on who she was, because she introduced herself.

"It's me… Mom."

AHHHH..cliffhanger…Mwhahaha….Soooo, what do you think? I didn't really plan on this to happen, but it did… so yea! Haha, I will continue with the whole 'mom' thing in the next chapter, but then what do you want to happen? Please give me any suggestions on where you would like this to story to go. Thanks!