Eli sat on his friend KC bed, while KC tried on clothes for the next day, the first day of school
"Why are you obsessing like a chick?"
"I'm not!" KC said "I'm just nervous. Tomorrow I have to see my ex for the first time since she left. She will probably want to get back together with me..." KC tried to hide the hidden hope in his voice
I doubt it" Eli joked "And besides, who cares? She went to bible camp…I am sure she went away and became this boring, ugly, stick in the mud bible chick." Eli said
"No, she isn't ugly, she is not boring." KC said
"Whatever man." Eli rolled his eyes and left.
KC continued to try on stuff trying to distract him and not think about Clare. Maybe she would be happy to see him. Maybe she would want to talk to him, and smile her kind smile. Oh who was he kidding "Your pathetic" those words echoed in KC's mind. Clare hated him. Not that he blamed her. He did lie, cheat, and hurt her really badly last year. Still…KC thought she might just might have forgiven him. He went to bed hoping.
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KC was waiting for Dave with Eli when Eli said
"Meet in a few. I gotta go to the bathroom man." Eli left KC standing there. Eli wasn't looking where he was going and he bumped into an unsuspecting girl with a ton of books in her hand.
"Oh gosh I am so sorry..." the girl with blue eyes said
"No, no, no, its my bad." he handed her a book and got a better look at her. She wasn't tall but she was medium height. She had short curly hair. She was wearing a short jean skirt and a green tank top. She was pretty…really pretty that Eli was taken back. He handed her another book. "I'm Eli, Eli Jones"
"I'm Clare Edwards." Clare looked at this cute stranger. He was tall, very cute and had a nice smile.
"Nice to met you Edwards" he said
"Likewise Jones." Clare said as the shook hands. And she walked away. Eli just stared…Welcome to Degrassi Eli…he thought to himself.
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He was putting stuff into his locker, when KC saw Dave rushing over to him
"Did you see her?" Dave said
"Who? Jenna?" KC asked "No I haven't seen her yet." KC said
"Not Jenna, Clare."
"No why?" KC said
"First things first, you are over her right…"
"What? Yes I am! Why would you even ask that?" KC said as fast as he could
"Ok good cause I was gonna.." but before he could answer Wesley and Connor came over.
"Man did you see Clare?" Connor said
"Yeah she looks so.." Wesley said
"She looks so what?" KC asked hated being kept out of the loop.
"Hot" they all said at the same time.
"Come on guys Clare hot? I mean she is very pretty but hot…I don't know"
"Well then of your over her, I am gonna ask her out." Dave said
"I thought you liked Alli?" KC said
"I do, but Clare is a close second."
"Yeah ok." KC said Dave looked up and saw Clare walking towards them.
"You know what; don't let me decide for you. See for yourself." Dave said pointing at Clare who was coming up behind him
"I don't think…" But when KC saw Clare his jaw just dropped. She cut her hair, got contacts and was wearing a short skirt and tank top. Dave was right, she looked hot. He couldn't stop staring at Clare. "Hey Clare." KC said Clare looked at him and instead of yelling at him, she smiled and said
"KC! Hi, how are you? How was your summer?" she said and hugged him. She felt warm KC thought. Her body felt good next to his. He let her go
"Good, and yours?"
"Great. You know bible camp and all." She smiled. KC was surprised to see she was actually happy to see him. "its good to see you K." she said, with no sarcasm in her voice.
"Yeah, and you Clare, you look so.." he couldn't find the right words
"Good? Bad? Something?" she asked
"Something." He said
"Ok, well I gotta go. But we need to catch up." She said smiling and walking away. KC knew he shouldn't be starring at his ex like this, but he couldn't help it. The was the tank fell on Clare's slender shoulders and the way she felt against him…
"Yup you're over her." Dave said
"Shut it." Just then Eli came over
"What's going on?" he asked
"Nothing. Come on we gotta get to class."
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"Hi Alli," Clare said giving her friend a hug.
"Hey Clare" returning the embrace "you look good." Alli said
"Yeah." Clare said "I just saw KC."
"Oh how awkward was that?"
"Not really. I think we are in a place where we can be friends."
"Ok whatever." Alli said knowing it would be hard for them to just be "friends" they walked towards the class when they heard a
"Excuse me." The looked and saw a girl dressed as a guy "Hi I'm Adam and I'm new. Can you tell me where the media immersion room is?"
"Um sure." Clare said and smiled. They walked to the class.
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"Hey babe." Jenna said as she kissed KC's cheek.
"Hey." He said
"Jones." Jenna said giving Eli the dirty look.
"Middleton." He returned the look. Just then Clare and Alli walked in. Eli whispered to KC. "she is hot."
"Who?" he asked hoping he wasn't talking about..
"Clare." He said. The fact that Eli found Clare attractive wasn't a surprise, it's the fact he knew her name
"How do you know her?" he whispered back
"Cause I bumped into her.." he said "Why do you know her?"
"Well yeah." KC said "She is my ex." Eli shot him a look
"You dated her?"
"Yeah." He said "So stay away from her.
"Sure." Eli said as he looked at Clare and smiled Welcome to Degrassi Eli.
"Who is that?" Alli said following her gaze
"Oh that's Eli." Clare said
"How do you know him?"
"I don't. he bumped into each other." She said smiling at him and sitting down. KC and Jenna were all over each other and Clare wasn't bothered by it. She was glad. She was finally moving on. Or at least she was moving forward with her life.