Clare and KC were asleep in her room. It was Sunday. Two days after KC purposed. One day after they got married. KC and Clare were facing each other. KC woke first. He stared at a peaceful Clare. He couldn't believe that she was finally his forever. Clare woke up within ten minutes of KC waking up. She smiled at him and yawned

"Morning wife." KC said

"Morning husband." she replied. They just looked at each other. KC wanted to stay here and be in this peaceful world. Just then they heard the door open. It was Clare's parents. KC and Clare sighed

"Ready to face the chopping block?" KC asked

"Not even remotely." she said honestly. They heard her mom shout

"Clare come down." Clare looked at her door

"I don't even want to know what my parents are gonna say when they find out." Clare said

"No matter what, I am not going anywhere. I will be right here with you." he got up "After you Mrs. Guthrie." he liked saying that, almost as much as Clare loved hearing it.

"Thank you Mr. Guthrie." she walked down

"There she is." her dad said

"You still in bed? It well past noon." Her mother said

"Yeah. Listen Mom, Dad, we need to talk" KC was waiting up the stairs

"Ok, sweetheart." her mom said and they sat down. KC came up behind Clare

"Actually its something Clare and I have to tell you." KC said. He looked at Clare's mom and dad. He went dizzy for a moment. "Sorry I just lost feeling in my feet." he said "I'm OK." he looked at them again. He felt like he was gonna throw up. There beady eyes burned a hole in his soul. "You know how much I love and respect your daughter." he began "She is everything to me." he looked at Clare who came closer to him "And I know we are young but I mean we aren't that young, I am 18 and she is gonna be 18. Well we have been together for four years. Well not really four years more like on and off for four years, but its not like we just met." he kept on rambling on. Clare stopped him

"What KC is trying to say is that we are married." she said. Her parents just sat there frozen for what seemed like a million hours. "Mom, Daddy," Clare said "Please say something."

"How could you do something so stupid?" her mother asked

"Clare we expect more from you." her father said her mom got up in anger

"How could you be so irresponsible? What about your future? Your hope and dreams?" her mother cried

"How do you know that this wasn't my hopes and dreams?" Clare cried back "How do you know KC isn't my future?"

"You are only 17! you don't know what its like being married!" her mother said

"I am gonna be 18 soon mom."

"You aren't 18 now!" her mom said. Then looked at KC "This was your idea wasn't it?"

"Well..." KC began

"It was mine." Clare said

"Oh my god!" her mom said "You two are not married."

"This is my life mom. You cant tell me who to love and how to live my life!" Clare said and grabbed KC 's hand. "Come on KC." she left.

"Don't you walk away from me Clare Edwards, I am still your mother!" her mom was more than pissed. Her husband came over to her.

"Mary," he said

"Steve, she isn't ready for this. I don't buy it was her idea. I know it was that boy's." her couldn't even say KC's name.

"I agree. But the more we banned her from seeing KC last year, the more she had to sneak. The more we ban something, the more the girls seem to rebel." he pointed out

"Ok, so what are we gonna do?" she said

"They want to be married, we let them be." he said. "We have the guest house. We will show how hard it is be married. They will be over this by her birthday." her dad said

"Your right. That is a good idea." her mother said

…...

"God! My parents are such jerks!" Clare yelled out pacing in her back yard.

"Clare will you calm down. I am not surprised they responded this way." KC said "I kinda expected it."

"Its just they are treating me like a little kid! I am not a little kid." she said

"I know. But your the baby. They want to keep you that way for as long as possible." he walked over to her and put his hands on her shoulders "Give it time"

"Since when are you the level headed one?" Clare asked and kissed him. Just then her mom and dad came out.

"We need to talk." her father said. They all went into their living room. Clare and KC sat on the coach together. "Ok, your right Clare, you are gonna be 18. we cant stop you." be started "So we have a proposition for you guys. If you can survive till Clare's birthday, we will pay for an actual wedding." her dad said

"What?" Clare asked

"You two are gonna stay in the guest house. While paying rent and going to school." he mother told them. "I assume you have told your mother KC?" she asked

"Not yet." KC said.

"Well I suggest you tell her." her mother did not smile, Clare just walked out. Kc followed her outside

"What are doing?" KC asked "They are giving their blessings. Kinda" KC said

"They are only doing this cause they want us to fail." Clare said

"They want us to fail, so we prove them wrong. We prove that we are old enough and mature enough to do this. You and me Clare." he said "No one is gonna stop us." he told her. She smiled

"This isn't gonna be easy." she told him

"Things worth having are never easy." he hugged her "But that is what makes them worth it"

"I love you."

"I love you too."

…...

Clare was moving into the guest house with KC when they heard a loud pond on their door. It was Alli

"Hey Alli." Clare said

"Don't you 'hey Alli' me!" she said "You don't text, KC and I are married and expect me to be OK with it!" she said

"I didn't know I needed your permission." Clare said

"Clare, let us go have lunch." she said "My treat." she dragged Clare out of the guest house . Kc sighed.

…...

"Ok how did it happen?" Alli asked

"Well we were talking and he asked me to marry him." Clare said "I said yes."

"Clare are you crazy? You are only 17. You have your whole life ahead of you" Alli said "Do you really want to be with one person your whole life?" Alli asked

"Alli, I have dated other people. Eli, Fritz. I know how I feel about KC. We are meant to be. I may be crazy, but I know what I am doing." Clare told her "And anyways, its not like I am 14. I have known KC for four years. We have been through a lot." she said "I know we can make it work."

"Clare listen.."

"No Alli, listen to me. I just know. I know you think that I am crazy, but I don;t care."

"So what did your parents say?"
"If we can survive through my birthday, they will pay for a real wedding."

"Um bridesmaid called it!" Alli said

"What? 5 seconds ago you were telling me I was stupid." Clare was confused

"You are, but of you are gonna go through with this, I wanna be bridesmaid."

"There isn't anyone else I would even consider." Clare said."

…...

"Dude are you serious?" Dave said

"Yup. We got married this weekend" Kc said. He was putting boxes from his car and brought them in the guest house.

"You really want to sleep with one girl for the rest of your life?" Dave asked who was helping

"Yes. Look, I love her man."

"At least she wont leave you when she gets smart and realizes she is too good for you." Dave laughed "And hey you get all the sex you want." he pointed out

"We haven't even had sex yet."

"What? Why marry her?"

"Oh I don't know. Because she is the only person who I want to be with. I didn't ask her to marry me just to have sex with her." KC said "Man your stupid."

"Just saying man. You are gonna be living together, that is gonna be a lot of tension if you aren't having sex." Dave told KC

"I not saying we are never gonna have sex. But I still don't want to pressure her. She is already getting stressed about both of us needing a job to pay for the rent." he said "I don't want her to think that I only wanted to get married so we could have sex." KC said "I am not an ass."

"Well, that is debatable." Dave joked. Then Alli and Clare walked up the driveway.

"Here she is. The new Mrs. Guthrie." KC said. Clare smiled and shook her head

"Your a dork." she smiled and they kissed

"You married a huge dork Clare." KC said "Good thing is you have the next 50-60 minimum to get used to me." he smiled

"I am looking forward to it." Clare and KC walked inside.

As KC and Clare adjust to married life, struggle to find jobs, and stay on top of there school work, an old friend of Clare's comes to Degrassi. He is extremely attractive and catches all the girls off guard, especially Clare. How can she possible resit?