Why Clare, don't you want to come to your own high school reunion?" Alli said as she was sipping her coffee
"Alli, I have so much stuff to do with my wedding plans, and stuff that I don't have time." Clare said
"Speaking of…how thing with KC are?"
"Horrible!" Clare said
"Come on really?" Alli asked
"Yes!"
"Why can't you admit that you still L-O-V-E love him?" Alli said
"Alli my marriage to KC is a joke. Ok, it's not normal. And you know I need things to be predictable and normal. And it's just too late for that to happen with KC. And it would never happen with KC, he so bugs me! I just hate that he thinks that I am falling in love with him!" just then KC came down.
"Hey baby…so how do we feel about me today?" he said
"See?" Clare said to Alli and looked at KC "I can honestly say I am speechless." she said as sarcastic as possible
"Oh I knew it... See Clare I am seeping in… who knows maybe pretty soon we will be seeping together…"
"Ok that is never gonna happen." Clare said and KC just smiled a smug smile.
"So, Alli when is the reunion?"
"In two days. Are you coming?" Alli said
"Yeah." He said and he grabbed some cereal.
"Come on Alli we need to get going" Clare said
"Yes." Alli looked at her phone and saw she had missed a call "Be right back" she said as she left the room
"So…...whatcha doing?"
"We are meeting with my wedding planner to talk and finalize things for the weeding." Clare said
"Oh sounds like fun." He said sarcastically. Clare just rolled her eyes. Alli came back in
"Clare please don't kill me but..." Alli began
"Let me guess... you have to bail?"
"Yeah sorry. Danny is sick and Daniel just got called into work."
"Go. It's fine; you're just the worst maid of honor ever." Clare said jokingly
"Just tell me you will come to the reunion?"
"Fine." Clare said "great now I have to go alone."
"I will go with you…"
"Don't you think that would be weird?"
No, not really." Clare at him
"Ok, fine. You can come." They got into Clare's car. KC started laughing Clare became annoyed "what?"
"Clare you do know that you can go faster than this?" KC said in his teasing voice
"KC the speed limit is 55. I am doing 56, so technically we are speeding."
"Oh and god forbid Ms. Perfect get a ticket."
"I am not Ms. Perfect."
"Ok then speed a little."
"Fine." And Clare went 5 miles over the speed limit.
"That is speeding?" KC said about to laugh. "Come on Clare, let loose. You always play it safe." Clare thought about it. Did she always play it safe?
"Fine, but if I get a ticket your paying it Guthrie." Clare said with an angry face. Is it bad that I find this so stinking cute? KC thought she went 10 miles over, then 15 then she hit 20 and she just drove. They arrived at the office early.
"Wow, Clare you certainly are a better driver than I remember. Remember when I taught you?" KC said, Clare smiled
"I was so scared. I kept freaking out, but you were the only one with the patients for me." She said looking at him. "You always knew what to say to make it alright." Clare said she looked at him, then looked away shy, then looked back at him. His face was so kind. His blue green eyes were like a ocean in mid morning his smile was like
"Oh my god! Clare!" a tall gay man ran out of the building. Clare got out of her car. "You look cute girl." He said and kissed her cheek. Then looked at KC, "Oh hello, who is this?"
"This is KC my um..." Clare couldn't say the word husband without explaining how she (who always played it safe) got drunk and got married. She also couldn't say old high school boyfriend. So she said "This is my gay best friend from high school." KC shot a look that said 'what the hell?"
"Huh?" was all KC could say though. He was just so confused
"Yes, come on KC, let's go." She walks in and KC is two feet behind her
"Gay best friend?" KC said pulling her aside
"Oh your right let me just tell my fiancé's cousin that I got drunk and married my old high school boyfriend. You're right that is the best thing." She looked so mad "you want to be here you are my gay friend, am I clear?"
" Crystal , sweetie" he said and she rolled her eyes. They walked into the office. The wedding planner went over the guest lists and Clare noticed that there were more names on the list she did not recognize.
"What happened to the other guest list? The smaller one?" Clare asked nervous
"Well Mike said when I talked to him, he said that you only wanted a small wedding because you didn't want to pay for a big one...."She said "But don't worry, mike is taking care of it." She smiled
"Great." Clare said trying to hide the fact she wasn't ok with that. KV noticed every detail Clare had wanted, Mike had gone and changed. KC kept his mouth shut. He didn't say a word.
......
"Want to go to lunch?" KC asked Clare once they were done "My treat?" he offered
"Sure." They climbed into Clare's are and drove to a local bistro. Clare just sat there not saying a word.
"What's up?" he said "You should be happy." KC said
"I know, I mean I am. It's just..." Clare said
"Well from where I was sitting, you didn't look very pleased." KC said
"I just always wanted it to be small... Not a ton of people."
"I always pictured, for my wedding, just me and my girl. It wouldn't matter if there were a thousands people or 2. All I would see is my beautiful fiancé walking towards me, when you truly love someone that is all that matters." KC said.
"I guess your right." Clare said
"Besides when do you just lay down and let someone walk all over you? Where is the famous Clare Edwards attitude you used to give me?" he said "Back in the day you had no problem telling me off." He laughed
"People change.." she said "Some people stay the same." She finished
"Ok, speaking of things staying the same…want to go to the reunion with me?"
"I was just gonna go." Clare said putting her KC defenses up again.
"OK suit your self." He said eating his burger.
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Clare couldn't believe how nervous she was. This was her old high school for Christ sake, not the green mile. Still she didn't know what she would do.. seeing old friends and enemies. She walked up the stairs and went right over to the sign in. Alli was there.
"You came!" she said handing Clare her name tag and crossing her name off the list. Clare saw her name Clare Guthrie, Valedictorian, Prom Queen, Student Council President. What? Clare what?
"Alli is this some kind of joke?"
"What?" Alli said
"My last name?"
"Oh Dave did the name tags... Sorry." Then two old friends came running over.
Jody and Mary
"Hey Clare, Alli wasn't sure you were coming." Mary said giving her a hug
"Yeah this wouldn't have been the same without you." Jody said "So what's it like being a doctor?"
"Great."
"And we hear you got married," Mary said Clare shot an angry look at Alli.
"Yeah I did."
"Who is it?" Then a man on a bike pulled up. He was wearing a leather jacket with tight jeans. He had sunglasses on
"Oh who is the hottie?" Jody said
"Yeah he kinda looks familiar." Then he took off the sunglasses. "Oh my god…its KC!" Mary said then she looked at Clare's name tag. "Oh my god! You married KC!" she exclaimed
"Well kinda," Clare started then Jody laughed and said
"HaHaHaHaHaHa... Pay up."
"No." Mary said
"The bet was they would be married by the time the reunion came around."
"You said married and 2 kids, I said married." Mary said. Clare couldn't believe what she was hearing
"Are you guys telling me that you had a bet going on to see if KC and I would be married by the reunion?"
"Yeah." Mary said
"Kinda." They laughed and KC came in.
"Oh god!" Clare said rolling her eyes.
"Please Clare, you know I prefer KC." He said joking.
"Ewwww!" she said
"Hi KC," Jody said
"Great Bike." Mary said
"Thanks." He looked at Clare's name tag "Mrs. Guthrie huh?"
"I had nothing to do with this." She said as fast as possible
"Sure."
The rest of the evening Clare avoided KC like the plague. She was sitting down when a slow song came on.
"May I have this dance?" he said. The way the lights hit his face was too much for Clare to resist.
"Ok." They danced and KC pulled her in close. Then he laughed "What?"
"You don't recognize the song?"
"Should I?"
"It's our song. The one we danced to at the sweethearts dance. Our freshman year."
"Oh yeah."
"You know, this feels like a fairy tale." He said "You and me, here at Degrassi dancing to our song."
"Yes it does." Clare said unable to believe she said that
"What happened to us?" KC asked
"What always happens KC, life."
"Clare, all I ever wanted was to be given the chance to be the guy who deserves you." He admitted
"You have had 14 years of chances KC and I have had 14 years of waiting for you to take them." The song ended and Clare left.