The Breakfast Club Continued

Author's Note: Okay, here's the second chapter for all you guys. And the reviews:

Nina-Satine: haha thanks. I tried my best. I was afraid that people would think that I rushed it a bit. I thought that I had, but apparently not. Thanks for the great review, and I will try to update on a regular basis! Thanks!

And also, the characters may seem to be a little OOC, so sorry about that, but it's kind of necessary for them to be that in this story. I'll also be trying to update my other story, "Dramatic Times at Shermer High" when I can, so you can look forward to that. It's also a John/Claire.

Disclaimer: And I'd like to thank John Hughes for letting me mess around with his characters and…does anyone actually read these?

Chapter 2: First Class

John and Claire walked hand in hand over to where the other members of "The Breakfast Club" were sitting. It was evident by the look on everyone's faces that they had heard what Claire had said to her friends. They all applauded when she got over to them, and Andy patted her on the back.

"Nice going, Claire!" Andy said, smiling.

"Yeah, so much for not paying any attention to us come Monday, huh?" Brian said, laughing.

Claire laughed. "Yeah, I figured that if they couldn't accept the fact that I was friends with you guys, then they weren't worth being friends with." She paused and shook her head. "God, I can't believe that I used to be like them! I don't know what I was thinking!"

Alison smiled and said, "Well, thanks for sticking up for us, Claire. You know, for a moment there, I thought that you were just going to ignore us. Good to know that you're still with us."

Claire opened her mouth to respond, but just then, the bell rang.

She shrugged and said, "Listen, I've got to go to my first class, but I'll see you guys at lunch, all right?"

Brian, Andy, and Allison agreed and went on their way. Claire looked at John, who was just standing there.

"What is it, John?" Claire asked. "What's wrong?"

John looked at her and smiled. "You wanna skip class just this once?"

Claire hesitated. "I don't know, John. They might call my parents…"

John laughed. "C'mon, Cherry, just this once! Then you won't have to do it anymore if you don't want to."

Claire debated it in her head for a moment and then said, "Sure, why not?" John smiled and grabbed her hand. Anyone who was just walking inside the building and saw Claire and John holding hands got the bird from both of them. They laughed and walked over to the bleachers.

"So," John asked when they got to the top of the bleachers, "You wanna smoke?" Claire laughed.

"No thanks. I think that I had enough of that to last me a lifetime on Saturday." She said, kissing John.

John smirked a bit and said, "Suit yourself." Then he lit a cigarette. "So, why were you so keen to be with me this morning? I thought that you would just ignore me and the others, like you said that you would."

Claire sighed. She had known that that question would come up sooner or later. "I don't know. I thought about it all night last night, and then when I got the guts to tell my former friends that I was friends with you guys, well, you saw how they reacted. They weren't happy at all. All they seemed to care about when I told them was that I wouldn't be popular anymore and wouldn't be prom queen. As if I care about all that anymore."

John sighed. "I'm glad that you didn't pretend that you didn't know us. That would have been really shitty of you."

Claire smiled. "Well, I didn't do that, now did I? I want to be with you. And I want my parents to meet you."

John looked at her, surprised. "Are you sure? I mean, I don't think that they would exactly approve of me. But, then again, when has that ever stopped me?" He smirked and kissed her.

Claire kissed him back and said, "Hey, John? Can I have a smoke?"

John laughed and took another cigarette out of his pocket. He lit it and gave it to Claire. "Thought you didn't want one."

Claire smirked back at him and said, "What, I'm not allowed to change my mind?"

John laughed again and said, "Touché." He took another puff off his cigarette and said, "When would you want me to come over?"

Claire thought about it and, after a couple of minutes, said, "I don't know. Maybe tonight?"

John nodded slightly and said, "My old man will probably be too drunk or stoned to notice or care that I'm not there."

Claire took his hand in hers and said, "John, were you serious about your dad beating on you? I mean, I saw the burn on your arm, but is that really from your dad?"

John looked at her and said, "What, do you think I'd really lie about something like that? I'm not that big of an asshole. It was all 100 true." He interlaced his fingers with hers and smiled. "You wanna get out of here?"

Claire looked at him, then at the school, and then back at him, and nodded. "Let's go."

John grabbed her hand and led her down the bleachers.

They weren't at school for the next two class periods.

TBC…

Sorry for such a long wait, guys! I meant to post this sooner, but since school started (it started two weeks ago for me), I've been really busy with schoolwork. I have to write a myth for my mythology class, but I don't know what to write a myth about. If anyone has any suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! Please R&R!