The next chapter is going to be harder to finish, I think, but I will get it up asap. Meanwhile, enjoy chapter 2 :)

When they arrived at the party Jake jumped out of the truck quickly and headed inside, leaving Clare to walk in alone. Clare was not very happy, but she had to admit, after the conversation on the ride over, she was not surprised at all.

Clare took a deep breath and decided she might as well go in. No sense staying in the truck all night and waiting for Jake to come back out after having fun without her.

She got out of the truck and looked around as she started walking towards the door. There wasn't anyone outside that she recognized.

Clare figured that she should say hello to Adam real quick first and let him know that she was here. She thought that after that she might be able to catch up with Jake and hopefully work out whatever problem he had with her at the moment.

Clare found Adam chatting with Katie, Drew, and Bianca. She walked up to them shyly to say hello and hung back until Adam finished telling his story and noticed she was standing besides him.

"Hey! You made it! I'm so glad to see you Clare. I've missed you." Adam said.

"Adam, I just saw you yesterday. We ate lunch together."

"I know," Adam laughed, "but you know what I mean. It's good to see you outside of school. You know, alone."

"Not exactly alone." Clare scowled, "I got a ride over with Jake because my mom was home and it would have looked weird if we left for the party separately. But he ditched me as soon as he stopped the truck in front of the house."

"So there is still trouble at the Edwards-Martin residence I take it?" Adam asked, secretly hoping that Clare and Jake had not made up and that they would never make up.

"Yeah. I'm starting to think he's regretting getting back together, but it was his idea…" Clare was thinking out loud. "Oh Adam, have you seen him? I really need to talk to Jake right now."

"No, I haven't, but I've got to run to the bathroom. I'll be back," Adam said, and took off before Clare could object.

Clare didn't know what to do now that Adam was gone. She wasn't really a social butterfly. Maybe she should look for Jake now.

"Hey Drew?" Clare said, "Have you seen Jake around? I really need to talk to him."

Drew handed Clare a pretty blue drink in a clear plastic cup. "Here Clare, relax. Have a drink. I'll let you know if I see him."

Clare took a sip and shook her head "yes" back at him. Clare took another sip as Drew walked away. She thought that blue was an unusual color for party punch. It tasted sweet, like punch, but also with a hint of lemon. Clare was feeling pretty thirsty so she downed her glass and scooped herself another out of the big bowl on the counter like she had watched Drew do.

By now Clare was starting to feel pretty good about herself. She still wanted to find Jake and give him a piece of her mind, but she figured that could wait a little while. No sense in ruining her night out with Adam. Oh, Adam. Where did he go now?

Adam was on his way back from the bathroom when he ran into his brother.

"Hey bro, keep Clare away from Jake." Drew demanded of Adam.

"That was kind of my plan for the night anyway, but why do YOU want me to keep her away from him?" Adam was intrigued; obviously his brother knew something that he didn't.

"Adam, you have to know how Clare is. Jake told me he's getting sick of her drama so I'm going to introduce him to some other girls tonight." Drew said.

"Um… Shouldn't he just talk to Clare and either work it out or break up instead of just cheating on her. Again." Adam asked. What Drew was suggesting did not sound like such a good idea to Adam. At all.

"Adam, Adam, Adam… Talking to other girls is not cheating. And Jake isn't sure if he wants to break up with Clare yet or not. I'm just trying to help show him that he has other options. He's still pretty new at Degrassi and doesn't know many single girls yet."

Adam was a bit disgusted with what his brother was saying to him. How could anyone treat such a nice girl like Clare that way? Adam wasn't sure what he should do right now. Was he supposed to tell Clare? She would surely be upset if she found out that he knew what was going on behind her back and he didn't tell her. But on the other hand, Adam knew Clare. He knew that she probably wouldn't believe him if he told her that Drew was setting Jake up with other girls and that Jake was thinking of breaking up with Clare for good. After all, Clare did think that she and Jake were hopelessly in love.

"Fine, but I still don't think it is a very good idea," Adam conceded, "and if Clare finds out, I am telling her everything I know."

"Whatever bro. Just keep her away from Jake; and me too. She's been bugging me to find Jake for her." Drew told his brother and walked away.

Adam wandered back down the hallway. He was unsure of what to do next. He knew he should go back to Clare, but he didn't know how he was going to face her right now. Even though they had grown apart lately, she was still one of his best friends. How could he not tell her what was going on? He had to tell her!

Adam decided he would try and convince Clare that Jake was no good for her. He took off to the kitchen to find Clare. She was nowhere to be seen. "Damnit Clare!" Adam thought, "I said I'd be right back. Where the heck did you go?"

Just then Adam caught a glimpse of Clare out of the corner of his eye. She was talking to… Bianca? That's pretty strange. Adam walked up to them cautiously, afraid that Bianca might be picking on Clare, but Clare was all smiles.

"…and then I pulled the socks out of my shirt. You should have seen the look on Jenna's face when I told her I had eye surgery and NOT a boob job!" Clare was saying, quite loudly, to Bianca.

Bianca laughed, "Edwards, I never knew you were such a rebel." Then she turned to Adam, pointed back towards Clare and laughed again, "Girl's drunk."

"What! No, not Clare. No way." Adam refused to believe Bianca. "I was only gone for about twenty minutes, how did this happen? Clare doesn't drink."

"I saw Drew hand her a drink right after you left and she's had at least two more since I've been talking to her. I don't think she's knows that there is alcohol in them. Too bad she doesn't drink, she's so much more fun this way." Bianca told Adam as she left him to deal with Clare.

"Hey Clare…" Adam started, "Everything okay over here?"

"Yeah, silly, why wouldn't it be? I feel great!" Clare said, "You didn't you ever tell me how fun Bianca is?"

"Are you feeling a little drunk? How much have you had to drink?" Adam was starting to get worried.

"I'm not drunk! I only had four glasses of punch!" Clare said, matter-of-factly.

"Clare, that's not punch. It's alcohol." Adam told his friend.

"Oh," Clare giggled.

"You feeling alright?" Adam had never seen Clare act like this. He did have to admit it, though, Bianca was right. Drunk Clare did seem like she was more fun to be around lately than sober, Jake-obsessed Clare.

"I feel fiiiiiiiiinne." Clare drawled.

"Ok, good. I have to tell you something. It's about Jake." Adam tried to say.

"No Adam. I don't want to hear anything about Jake anymore tonight. I just want to have fun with you. My best friend. I looove yooou, Aaaaadam!"

"That's great, Clare, but you really should listen to me. I think you should hear this." Adam tried to tell Clare again. He really wanted to get this out right now. Maybe Clare would be more willing to be open-minded about the whole Jake situation with some alcohol in her system.

"No. No Jake." Clare plugged her ears and Adam decided that, for now, he would have to give up on trying to tell her what Drew and Jake were up to tonight.

Since Adam was not allowed to talk about Jake at the moment he moved onto other topics. They talked about school and about Clare's father. Adam asked about Darcy and if Clare had talked to her lately.

They had been talking for a while when Clare looked up from whatever Adam was saying and saw something she never wanted to see again. Now she wasn't feeling okay. Now she wanted to vomit.

"Not Again!" She angrily interrupted Adam.

"What? Are you really that horrible of a person that you don't want to work with Eli and me on the English project? Come on Clare. It's just a school project! We can get it all over with in one day after school. Two days max. You won't even really have to talk to Eli!" Adam said.

"No Adam, I'm sorry, it's not that. Please, just look." Clare pointed to the couch in the other room behind Adam.

Adam turned around to see Jake sitting on the couch with his arm around some girl. Who is that girl? Adam has seen her before. Nevermind. It doesn't matter. She's not Clare and she's about to kiss Clare's boyfriend.

"Clare…" Adam had no idea what to say. The look on Clare's face was so heart wrenching. Adam had no idea how he could even begin to comfort his friend right now. He figured that an "I told you so" was completely out of the question, but that's the first think that popped into his mind.

"Clare, I… This is what I was trying to tell you about earlier." Adam told Clare, "Drew told me that his goal for tonight was to set Jake up with single girls, and Jake was all for it. He's not a good guy, Clare. He's not worth it, at all. You deserve so much better then him. What do you want me to do? Want me to go yell at him for you?"

"I need to get out of here." Clare took off running.

"Clare wait!" Adam yelled after her.

Adam's yelling must have caught Jake's attention. He jumped off the couch and stormed up to Adam.

"What did you do to her?" Jake demanded, "You were supposed to be looking after her!"

"I did nothing. We were just talking when she saw you, looking all cozy on the couch, with your arm around another girl," Adam calmly stated, "And my stupid brother is the one that gave her alcohol. She's probably having a breakdown right now. Are you going to go make sure she's alright, or are you going to back off and let me go check on my friend?"

"I guess I should probably go. Maybe I can still fix this." Jake said as he walked off in search of Clare.

"Yeah, good luck with that," Adam though to himself as he followed behind Jake.