OH HAI. So this story I have to say by far is my favorite to write, its just ah anyway. Its Degrassi but it has a twist to it. Its like Degrassi meets paranormal well I should say the misfits meet paranormal because it centers around them. So when you read it keep that in mind. I can't wait to see what you guys think.
"Eli! Adam! Breakfast come on hurry up" Clare called up the stairs awaiting her roommates who also happened to be her best friend and boyfriend, excuse me fiance. Clare was still getting used to that herself it had been two weeks that Eli asked her to be his wife. She honestly never thought the day would come and was caught off guard when he had asked her.
"Clare!" She was shaken from her thoughts and looked over at Adam who was holding up his empty plate. She laughed and put a waffle on his plate with a scoop of scrambled and watched him devour it in seconds.
"Adam,its not going anywhere slow down. Where is Eli?" She asked raising an eyebrow and putting her hands on her hips. Just as she did two arms wrapped around her waist and Adam rolled his eyes as a smile grew over Clare's face. She turned to meet Eli and placed a quick kiss on his lip before Adam could see, Eli just smirked at her.
"Eat, come on or you'll both be late"she laughed and Adam just shrugged scooping another spoonful of eggs into his mouth. Eli rolled his eyes and grabbed himself a cup of coffee,while Clare served his food putting it on the table.
"I still can't believe you make me get up early to make you food" Clare teased Adam.
"Hey, in a few months you will be married and I'll have to resort to poptarts okay? I am taking advantage of this while I can" he laughed.
"Oh I'm kidding you know that" she smiled sipping on a cup of tea. Eli frowned at look at her as he was eating.
"Clare, did you eat?" he asked
"No but I have a big test today and eating will make me queasy" she sighed rubbing her temples, just thinking about it made her shoulders tense.
"Ugh, college is brutal whoever said it was fun sort of lied" Adam interrupted, Clare and Eli couldn't help but laugh at him.
"No, they totally lied the parties are stupid and homework was horrible, exams were the worst" Eli laughed and Clare cringed.
"Sorry, you'll do fine Clare you always freak out and then do way better then you thought" he smiled reassuringly at her.
Once they had finished eating Clare loaded the dishes into the dishwasher,Eli wiped down the table and Adam took out the trash. It was part of their team effort to keep the place tidy since at one point Clare was doing almost all the work and one day under pressure of classes she snapped and yelled at both of them to help out more. They had both found her little freak out scary and hilarious but decided it was better to help out then have a pissed off Clare,no one wanted that ever it's the worst.
"Hey I've got to get going" Eli said and kissed Clare gently on the forehead. She smiled and he waved at Adam.
"Wait, you're still picking me up from work for guys night?" Adam questioned
"You know it" Eli smirked and disappeared out the front door.
(Later, Last Class)
"And with that said your video projects are due on Monday,have a good weekend" The professor said and exited the classroom. Clare stood in the door way and looked over at Adam and grinned from ear to ear holding up the assignment they had been working on in her class. She had received high marks and was worried she was going to fail,Adam always told her she was such the worry wart.
"I knew you would get high marks" he chuckled as he walked to the door to meet her.
"Shut up, you didn't! I thought I was going to fail" she frowned.
"Saint Clare fail? Not likely" he smirked and she shoved him gently.
"Hey lady violence isn't the answer" he mocked her.
"Aw shes here again" Clare frowned and sighed moving a wisp of her curly her bangs from her eyes.
"Again? Really..don't they ever leave?" Adam frowned
"Adam..you know it doesn't work like that, besides shes lost"
"Clare.." Adam lowered his voice before speaking again "Shes a ghost you can't just waltz up and talk to her, people will notice you talking to yourself"
"Not if you stand in front of me and make it look like I am talking to you"
"Those things creep me out and you know it!" Adam protested.
Clare folded her arms over her chest glaring at him "They aren't things, how many time must we go over this? They were once people..and not many can help them"
"Well..they're dead can't they just go into the light?"
"Not if something is keeping them" she frowned
"Okay, fine" Adam caved and Clare smiled triumphantly pulling him over to where the dead girl was sitting on a lonely bench. Clare sat next to her so Adam wouldn't have to and Adam stood in front of her. Clare tried to talk to the ghost but she vanished as soon as she realized Clare could see her. Adam looked at Clare's puzzled expression and held out his hand helping her up.
"She gone?"
"Yep, I guess I can't help them all" she sighed adjusting her bag on her shoulder. Adam gave her a small smile and kissed her cheek. "But you try which is more then I would do, cheer up PFFL" he smiled and Clare couldn't help but smile back as they left campus for the day.
(Guys Night)
It had been six hours since Clare dropped Adam off for his shift at Jolly's Ice cream parlor. Adam rolled his eyes at the name they had to serve each cone with a Jolly attitude and a smile as the owner had put it. At this point he was only here because the old man gave him extra money when he could and for the free ice cream at the end of the day. Adam loved that part most, free ice cream and making money what could be better?
His shift was nearly over and it had been a slow day which was good for Adam because he could have his pick of flavors. See the other great thing about Jolly's was that the ice cream was all made by his bosses family it was a family secret. Sure they had a factory and Jolly's was well known in Canada but there really wasn't any other kind of ice cream like it. The old man had even taken note of Adam, Eli and Clare's favorites.
"Adam, why don't you go wait outside for your friend I can finish up here" the old man came out of the back as Eli walked in.
"Ah Eli hello" he smiled and Eli gave him a wave "Hello Mr. Stevens" The phone rang and he walked into the back to grab it.
"Ready to head out Rocky?" he asked
"Elijahpop I am always ready to be with you" Adam winked suggestively wiggling his eyebrows.
"Shut up and give me my ice cream with a Jolly smile, oh and Adam sing the song" Eli smirked
Adam rolled his eyes "Shut up, that isn't even funny its horrible when I have to sing when someone tips, I will not sing for you to get your shits and giggles"
"I don't giggle" he chuckled
"You do shit though" Adam laughed and they bumped fists and Adam walked to the back hanging up his apron.
"Have a good weekend Mr. Stevens see you Monday" Adam called out as they left the store.
"You boys too! Drive safe"
Eli unlocked Morty and Adam climbed inside glancing at his watch it was ten-thirty already. Where has the day gone? Adam stretched and looked at Eli "So what are we doing?"
"I figure we head home,Open a six pack and jam on guitar hero until we die?" Eli laughed
"Morbidity from Eli, surprising" Adam joked.
"Shut up you know what I mean" he laughed.
"Alright but we have to clean up around midnight you know how Clare will get if she comes home to find a mess" Adam chuckled.
"Yeah..lets keep the mess minimal and she's visiting Alli tonight and her baby" Eli shrugged as he pulled out of the parking lot.
"Oh you know what that means" Adam smirked.
"Shut up just cause Clare is going to visit a baby doesn't mean she is going to want one"
"If you say so man,but you wait I bet right now that baby is pulling at her heart strings and she's imagining a little Goldsworthy baby" he chuckled and Eli rolled his eyes.
"No, Clare and I had this discussion. She wants to wait, I want to wait" he raised an eyebrow at Adam "Its actually you that keeps bringing up the baby subject, don't think Clare and I didn't notice the "subtle" hints"
"Whatever do you mean Elijah?" Adam smirked
"Oh you know writing have a baby on the fridge in magnets doesn't imply anything? Or sticky notes in Clare's texts books" he chuckled shaking his head.
"Okay so I want to be an uncle, Sue me" He laughed
"You know you do have Drew" Eli raised his eyebrow.
"Yeah well when Drew settles down, maybe I'll bug him about it but for now make me a baby dammit"
"Adam you are insane" Eli laughed as Morty started to sputter.
"UGH! No! Come on Morty" Eli and Adam both said in unison as Eli tried to pull off the side of the road. Morty wouldn't budge though so Eli flicked on the blinker and pulled out his cell phone, great he thought calling AAA to come tow him. Morty was overheating again the one time he didn't have his tools & supplies in the back. He was certainly going to get an earful from Clare when she heard about this. Adam sighed shaking his head and looked around it was dark out a little creepy he knew they weren't too far from home, about another fifteen minutes but waiting here in the dark was creepy it felt like a scene in a horror film.
Eli laid his head against the steering wheel and then flipped on the radio, Dead Hand soon filled the air soothing both Eli and Adam's mood almost instantly. They both sang along to it laughing getting really into it forgetting they were stuck there on the road just enjoying the song.
"Just trace the lines on your paisley jacket" they sang louder both pretending to play the air guitar,eyes closed feeling like they were both sixteen all over again. That's when it happened the SUV coming down the road like a speed demon lost control and hit them, Both Eli and Adam felt the jolt but before either could react Morty skidded across the road and flipped over onto his side with a loud crash.
"Eli, are you okay?" Adam asked
"Yeah, I don't feel anything" Eli looked over at Adam then at his surroundings, why weren't they in Morty? He looked over and saw Morty on the ground completely destroyed smoke and glass everywhere. Eli could feel his heart crumbling just looking at that but why were he and Adam over here and Morty way over there? He and Adam both turned to each other at the same time, Adam looked fine there was no way he couldn't at least have a scratch and judging by Adam's expression Eli looked okay too.
"Eli are we..." Adam trailed off looking away.
"Dead?" Eli asked his voice cracking.
"Yeah.." Adam answered.
They both heard it, the sirens and the guy that had hit them his car was wrecked pretty good too but they could see him sitting up right in it. There was a gash on the side of his head it looked pretty nasty but from what they could see he seemed fine otherwise. When the paramedics pulled up one of the trucks rushed to the SUV and the other rushed to where Morty was they were all yelling but neither Adam nor Eli cared too much for what they were saying. They both watched motionlessly as their bodies were being removed from under neath what was once Morty.
Eli saw the gashes all over his face his body was bruised and his eye were shut but he also noticed something else he was still breathing, his chest was heaving it was uneven but still a breath was leaving him. So why was he out of his body? Why wasn't he in it groaning in pain? Adam looked over his own body it didn't even look like him too much he was covered in what he assumed to be his own blood his face and body cut all over, some of his skin seemed to be burned off he could see the bones on his right leg and he had to look away. He noticed Eli was breathing but Adam wasn't how was this fair? So Adam was going to die but Eli was going to live..?
"No" Adam muttered starting to pace back and fourth as paramedics quickly worked trying to get him to breathe.
"Non responsive and he's losing blood fast" one of the medics called out.
"He's not responsive either, his vitals are low" another called out speaking about Eli.
Eli just watched he didn't understand what was happening he didn't even notice Adam panicking about his own life to calm him down and then just like that it happened.
"I'm not dying Eli! I'm not!" Adam screamed "This isn't fair!" he stood over Eli's body and suddenly Adam was gone.
"Adam?" Eli called out several times looking for him
"Success! He's responding. Lets move, lets move" one of the medics screamed and Eli looked to Adam thinking he had awaken but Adams body was still lifeless as they were working on him but when Eli looked at his own body he saw his eyes were open and he blinking rapidly or his body was anyway. They wheeled the boys off into the ambulance and Eli followed suit following his own body wanting to know what was going on.
"How are my eyes open?" He asked himself aloud before the realization hit him.
"Adam..he's a step in" He shook his head. No this wasn't supposed to happen like this, it was something Clare had once explained to Eli because she had to deal with this kind of ghost. Its something that happens when a spirit takes hold of a vacated body to take its place instead of dying. Its cheating death really and Adam has cheated himself out of death, whether or not he did it on purpose Eli wasn't sure. He highly doubted it since Adam was freaking out more then anything it didn't look like he planned to step into Eli.
Eli watched as the medics worked on his body and the eyes to his body were shut again but he was still breathing a little more steady now then before. He couldn't see Adam anywhere and was still dumbfounded taking in the whole thing. Twenty minutes ago they were laughing and singing Dead Hand like a couple of sixteen year olds and now they were dying? Or Eli was dying? Or was it Adam? Eli couldn't really tell. He closed his eyes wanting to get some kind of rest,he found it odd that he could close them, he had never really asked Clare these kind of questions about what ghosts could and couldn't do.
Clare.. he thought what was she going to do when she heard.. Clare the love of his life was about to see him in a way he never wanted her to for a long time. As a ghost not with her in this world anymore..he wouldn't be able to hold her this time and tell her it was going to be fine and now with Adam in his body, that was going to be a challenge on its own but this too? Would he ever get his body back...his life..his everything was ruined right now..
They arrived at the hospital and Eli was surprised how fast everything was moving they had taken both Adam and Eli in different directions yelling all kinds of things. Adam was going to undergo some kind of surgery Eli really hadn't heard what. He watched as they worked on him, cleaning his gashes and sewing up anything the was split open. Then just like that he was in a room with a a cord up his nose to breathe, IV in his arm and machines hooked up monitoring his heart rate. He sat in a chair watching himself or Adam..whoever that was sleep. He wondered how long it would take for Clare to get here to see him like this.
He didn't wonder long before his eyes locked with her puffy blue ones as she ran over to his bed side grabbing his hand. He watched her kiss it and squeeze it tight and she whispered to him "Don't you leave me Elijah, ever. You promised forever and I'm expecting that from you dammit" she mumbled. Eli sat there dumbfounded once more ,her called out to her "Clare?" She just kept wiping tears from her eyes and squeezing his hand. He called her name again and nothing, he screamed her name loudly she didn't even flinch. Why can't she see me..?
Soooooo how was it? be honest. I hope you guys are loving it as much as I am, reviews? :) x Laina
