Author's Note: All right, so I'm really sorry about the late update but this was just NOT my week! I'm getting a B in two of my most important classes (which are honors so that means I could get kicked out next year), I'm sick, I'm really missing my grandfather who died a while back, I'm missing my old bird who died like in August, and I had to break up with my boyfriend for some really shitty reasons. All right so I'm ranting to you and that isn't fair, I'm sorry. Also, everyone should go listen to Weightless and Damned If I Do Ya( Damned If I Don't) by All Time Low! You should also listen to Look on the Brightside and Can't Stand it by NeverShoutNever. I love those songs! Anyways, enjoy.
P.S. - If there was any confusion last chapter, Becca's boyfriend, Alec, has NO idea what Lucas and Taylor did to Alex. The only reason Lucas didn't hurt Becca was because she was normal and she was his brother's girlfriend. Also the Lucas in my story has nothing to do with the Lucas in Degrassi who is Jane's older brother and who was pretty freaking amazing when Jane remembered what her dad did to her.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi or any of the characters except Alex, Becca, Dylan, Lucas, Taylor, and Alec.
Clare POV:
"CLARE! Come downstairs! There is someone here to see you!" I heard my mom yell as I raced downstairs. I froze in horror as I saw who was waiting for me, talking to my mom, Darcy standing next to them with her lips in a thin line. She loved him… "Such a nice, proper, SMART boy!" she's told me that ever since I started going out with him. I made an attempt to go upstairs but my mom saw me. Damn it!
"Clare! Where are you going?" asked Darcy, confused. She had never liked K.C much and I was quickly coming around to her way of thinking. I had told them we broke up and I think they thought we had got back together.
"Why don't you two go up to Clare's room? I'm sure she would love that… Darcy come help me with dinner." My mom said to a disapproving Darcy, probably remembering how mom would never leave her alone with any of HER boyfriends. Of course, K.C. was nothing like Peter and Spinner, he was SO much better! NOT! I think mom expected K.C. to not try to get in my pants, not that he already hadn't tried but I said no. That's when he first hit me but he apologized and it had only happened that other time before I broke up with him. I raced upstairs and felt K.C. follow me. We soon reached my door and went inside.
"What were you doing with emo-boy today? I saw you two flirting! You're MY girlfriend!" K.C. said, backhanding my face. My hand automatically went up to touch my face and I felt a few tears slip out before I stood up.
"We broke- up K.C. and this is why!" I said, gesturing to my face. "Just LEAVE!"
"Fine! I have Jenna!" He spoke harshly before he left. I heard my mom say goodbye to him and he responded like he hadn't just slapped her daughter. I got up, ran to the bathroom, washed my face, and examined the damage. I had a HUGE handprint across my face that was quickly turning black and blue. The tears spilled over and I ran to my special place to think… the roof. My window led out to a little side roof that you could sit on and that my parents had forbade me to sit on after they caught me on it. I'm a big girl. So I climbed out of the window and sat on the roof, with my head between my knees and cried. That was going perfectly until I heard a familiar voice yell out.
"CLARE?" I looked up to see the owner of the voice scaling my house. I was pretty shocked when I saw Eli climbing up the side of my house wearing dressy skinny jeans and a button up… did I just say dressy skinny jeans? I snapped back to reality as I felt Eli pull me into a death grip
"Eli! I CAN'T BREATHE!" I yelled, hoping he would release me. I loved his arms but my face was pressed against his chest and it hurt. I looked down and saw Eli's parents looking up at us, smiling. Their smiles quickly faded to worried glances as they stared at me and I wondered why until I remembered the, what must now be, enormous bruise on my face. I quietly turned and saw Eli's angry expression; he had seen the bruise. I Am. Screwed.
"Clare. What the hell happened to your face? I swear to god if it was K.C. I will hunt him down and stab him. No guy should EVER hit a girl." Eli spoke his eyes shining with anger. He looked hot. I mean… like you know… from a friend's point of view.
"I… um walked into a door." I said, coming up with the worst lie possible. I could see Eli give me a look of disbelief, since the bruise on my face was shaped like a hand. K.C.'s hand…
"Clare. If you're going to lie at least make it a good one I feel insulted." He smirked over at me. I smiled a bit and put my head on his shoulder.
"Can we ignore it for now? Please? If he tries anything again you have my complete permission to kill him." I told him, watching the frown that had come on when I told him not to do anything, disappear as I gave him permission to kill K.C. He stood up and offered me his hand.
"I think we should get inside before my parents have a heart attack." He said, pointing to the ground, where his parents had stood before they had walked inside.
"I think we should use my window… I need to cover this up." I stated, gesturing to my face. A shadow crossed over his face but he didn't push it and followed me inside, through the window. We went into my room through the window and I was about to walk into the bathroom but Eli grabbed my arm and pulled me back I could feel the sexual tension as we stared into each other's eyes. Blue on green.
"Clare… please don't let him do this to you again." He breathed out and I nodded, my eyes traveling to his lips. Slowly, I leaned forward and our lips collided. Our embrace quickly became frantic. I felt his tongue graze my bottom lip and I slowly opened my mouth. All rational thought flew out of my head as our tongues collided. We kept at it and kissed for what seemed like hours, until air became a necessity. Even as we pulled away, Eli's lips traveled to my neck and he gently bit my skin. I moaned. That was going to leave a mark. We both seemed to realize what was happening and stumbled backwards.
"S—sorry Clare. He said, looking ashamed.
"It's not your fault…" I stated, backing into the bathroom. I examined my neck and sure enough I had one hell of a hickey. Quickly, I covered up the bruise on my face and the hickey with foundation. They were unnoticeable unless you were looking for them. I walked out of the bathroom and blushed when I saw Eli looking at an old picture of me. I cleared my throat and he looked up, embarrassed.
"I'm sorry Clare. I wasn't snooping, I just saw it. And about the kiss…" Eli trailed off, looking sheepish.
"Like I said… it's not your fault. I was the one who jumped you. We can just forget about it…" I said, even though that was the last thing I wanted to do.
"Or we could not? I mean, let's not jump into a relationship but we could you know, take it slowly." Eli spoke, as my heart soared. I had no idea why we understood each other so well since we had only met today.
"I'd like that. Well, ready for our amazing dinner party?" I asked, smiling at him. He stood up and offered his arm to me, smirking. We quickly descended the stairs and made our way to the family room. We walked in and were immediately greeted by Eli's family. His parents and… his sisters? Eli hadn't told me about them when I asked if he had any siblings. I felt him stiffen next to me as he seemed to realize the same thing.
Eli POV:
Oh no. I told Clare that I didn't have any brothers or sisters… I guess it's a pretty good thing that David (1) isn't here right now. Clare couldn't know about my sisters, their lives are so different… we made a pact not to let anyone except our closest friends know that we were related. I shouldn't have lied to Clare, especially since she helped me forget about Julia. Now that I think about it, it's kind of stupid, considering the fact that we have the same last names. I felt Clare turn next to me and look at me questioningly.
"Eli, can I talk to you for a second?" Clare said as our parents watched, confused. I nodded and followed Clare into the hall. Now to explain. I'm screwed.
"Clare… look I'm really sorry but it's just… we like to keep our lives separate and I wasn't about to break that promise to my family…" I said, hoping she wasn't as angry as she looked. Clare took a deep breath and began to speak.
"It's okay… I get it. Let's just pretend this never happened… as long as there's something else you lied about?" she asked. Moment of truth… do I tell her?
"Nope. Nothing. Let's go." I said, knowing I was an idiot. She ssmiled at me and we walked back inside.
"I see you two have met each other." Said Clare's mother. She didn't seem happy about it either. I looked down and realized I looked like the exact opposite of K.C. and her parents must have LOVED K.C.
"So, Helen, I love your furniture! You must tell me where you got it!" said my mother, quickly changing the subject. I shot her a thankful look as they began to talk about furniture. I quickly led Clare over to my sisters, not missing her mother's glare as I grabbed her hand. Alex and Becca were talking to some girl with chestnut brown hair. They hadn't even bothered looking when we had walked in but they looked up as we approached them.
"Hey Eli and mystery girl that Eli's in love with!" Alex and Becca said, looking up and smiling at us. Stupid twins and their ability to say things together. Next to me Clare giggled and blushed, hiding her face in my chest. I take that back… I love that freaky twin thing right now!
"I'm Darcy… mystery girl that Eli's in love with's older sister." Said the girl that Alex and Becca were talking to.
"I'm Eli." I said, extending my hand. Darcy took it and smiled at me.
"I'm Clare!" said Clare, then realized her outburst had startled us all and started blushing again. Her head went right back into my chest and Darcy, Alex, Becca, and I began to laugh. Clare smacked my chest causing me to stop laughing as I realized she was really embarrassed.
"It's okay Clare." I whispered in her ear, feeling a pair of eyes burning holes in my back. I turned around and found her mother glaring shamelessly at me. I immediately released Clare and nudged her towards her mother. She immediately turned and saw her mother glaring at me. An angry expression crossed her face and she muttered something under her breath. I wanted to know what she was talking about but the doorbell rang. Clare dragged me with her to go get it. She opened the door and I froze when I saw who was on the other side.
Who's there? I bet you don't know! Well leave guesses and I'll see if anyone guessed who it was
You should review and tell me what you thought.1.) Who's David?