Eli's POV

Cece picked me up from school, Bullfrog was probably doing the radio show. "Hey, Baby Boy. How was your first day back?" She asked when she saw me coming. I just shurgged my shoulders and answered, "Uneventful." That was an understatement, a big one at that too. But I wasn't in the mood for telling her about Sara yet.

She helped into shotgun and asked me how my leg was doing. "Fine, just can't wait to get this hunk of plastic off it." I told. "I know, but it's only a few more weeks." Cece reminded me. She started up the car and drove off. I put my head back on the seat and sighed. I should've been in a good mood. I got to talk to Sara, and now had a way of seeing her again. It might've been the fact my mom was back to picking me up from school.

"Hey, I have some news you might like." Cece said halfway into the ride. "What?" I asked. "I went to the mechanic they brought your hearse to after the crash. He said he could fix it up,"

"Thought it was hopeless." I interupted her. "That's what they thought, but most of the damage was on the outside. He can do everything that needs to and have it done in about two weeks. And insurance will cover most of it, so it won't cost much." Cece continued.

"I'm not sure I wanna drive Morty again." I admitted, stareing out the window and watched everything pass by. The stores, people, trees. I use to like it when I was younger. Right now, I wasn't effected by it.

"Why Baby Boy? You have so much pride in your hearse." Cece asked. "Just, not in the mood to anymore I guess." I'm pretty sure Cece knew it was one of the big causes of the breakup. "Does it have something to do with Clare?" She asked. I looked over at her, then back out of the window. That was enough of an answer for her.

"Baby Boy, I know you miss her, but you can't make her the reason to stop doing things you love, like driving your hearse. You have to do things that make you happy, it's the only way you can get over what happened. But you can't drive for a few weeks anyway, so you have time to think about it."

"Alright," I said dully. I knew that Cece was right. I was moping around all spring break. Just laying around in my room, listening to music that had depressing lyrics. At least I was getting over my hoarding problem and didn't make a wasteland out of my bedroom again. Clare helped me clean it up. At one point I worried who would help me if I had a relaspe.

But not anymore. I needed to let Clare know that my life can go on without her. Maybe, driving Morty would help, once I was able to again. And, maybe if I started talking to Sara more, it could help.

Sara's POV

I met up with my friend Justine after school at The Dot. I don't go there much. When I do, all I get is a muffin and a hot chocolate, since I don't drink coffee. Justine's addicted, even though she's only fourteen.

When I got there Justine was at a table waiting for me. She was reading one of her fashion magazines and sipping a latte. Justine had long curly blonde hair and chocolate brown eyes. Her face, flawless, unlike mine. I have a few zits on my forehead that I can hide with my side bangs. And I have a mole above my upper lip. It's pretty small, but still noticeable. I hate it.

When I walked in and the little bell rang, Justine looked up and motioned me to come over. I put my bag next to my chair and sat down. "Hey, how's it going?" She asked me. "Ok." I said shurgging. I was debating weather or not if I should tell her about Eli. She might get really excitied, like she always does when she finds out I like a guy, or get annoyed, depending on how things are going with her crush of the week.

A waiter came over and took my order. "Do you think this top would look good on me?" Justine asked holding up her magazine. I took a quick look at her. "Any top looks good on you." I told her, cause it's the truth. "Thanks, but it's not like I can wear it to school." She mumbled putting the magazine down. "I know, new dress code sucks." I agreed. I'm pretty sure everyone at Degrassi hates the uniforms.

"I'm gonna find an outfit that would look good on you." Justine stated and started flipping the pages. "I'm gonna start my homework." I said. I already knew as cute as the outfit Justine would pick out for me would be, it would also be way too pricey.

You're probably wondering why me and Justine are friends, cause so far we don't seem alike. Well, it's one of those friendships that start when you're young so you stick together. Besides, she is pretty nice and stays by you no matter what.

When the waiter gave me my order, Justine was still looking for an outfit for me and I was in the middle of my Biology homework. As I ate my muffin and drank my hot chocolate Justine and I stuck to the same tasks while having some small talk. I kept wondering if I should bring up Eli.

Once my hot chocolate got cold and I was halfway through my homework, Justine finally found an outfit. I have to admit, I would look good in it. "But I don't think I would afford it unless I saved up a year's allowence." I told Justine, even though she already knew. "You can always find something that looks the same but costs less. It's easy if you go to the mall." Said Justine. "Ture."

"Well I gotta get going." Justine said and started packing up her stuff. "Wait, can I ask you something?" I said stopping her. "Sure, go ahead." I can't believe I was really gonna say this.

"Do you know anything about a guy at our school named Eli?"

"You mean that freaky guy?" She looked at me like I was crazy.

"I don't know, he's in Grade 11." I knew this by his red polo.

"That's him, please don't tell me you like him!" Justine begged. "How come? What's wrong with him?" I asked. Why was Justine freaking out? Eli seems like such a nice guy.

" 'Cause he's insane. My friend from Grade 10 Alli told me about him. Before the dress code, he would wear all black, he writes these really weird horror stories, he drove a hearse..."

"The kind of car they use to drive dead people in?" I cut her off. I was kind of tired of hearing her saying all this stuff about Eli. "Yeah, but he crashed it to get his old girlfriend back. That's the worse part: he's malipuative." Justine finally finished. I didn't know what to think.

I could see Eli wearing all black and writing horror stories, the hearse was kind of weird but cool; but the crashing it and malipuative part I was having a hard time believing. He didn't seem like he would be, at all.

"Well, I talked to him today, he was really nice and calm to me." I said defending him. "He seems like he is, but trust me, he's not. Just stay away, you can do better. Now I really have to go, see you tomorrow." Justine said and left. I didn't know what to do now. For the past couple of months Justine was waiting for me to like a guy. Now I do and she's not happy.

"Hey," Someone said behind me. I turned around and saw a guy wearing a Degrassi sweatshirt, his polo was purple, Grade 10. "Yeah?" Why was he talking to me? "Were you two talking about Eli?" He asked. "Yeah why?"

"I'm Adam, I'm friends with him. Don't listen to your friend. Eli's a cool guy, he just likes being different." He explained. "Oh, cool." I said. "Well I have to go, but I'll see you around." Adam said grabbing his to-go cup. "Ok, thanks for telling me that."

"No problem." He said and left. Now I had a problem, Justine was convinced Eli was a physco, but his friend Adam says he's cool, and he would know him better. Maybe it was a sign I shouldn't fall for a guy right now, but I still like him.

So I like this chapter! I love Adam :). Alli, not so much, but I haven't decided if she'll be in the story yet. So please read, review, share, and...yup.