Disclaimer: I forgot to put this up on the first 2 chapters. But it's quite obvious that I do NOT own anything associated with Degrassi, because if I were the show would be entirely based on Eli and Clare's relationship;)

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Chapter 3

Clare's P.O.V.

I walked around the lunch room, skimming the crowd of kids for Eli, but I didn't see him.

" Clare! Clare! Clare! Over here!"

I turned to see K.C. Smiling brightly. Jenna sat next to him, staring at him as if he were nuts. I placed my tray down across from them and smiled at them. " Um, hi."

Jenna turned as if she hadn't heard me. " Yeah, uh, KC, I'm gonna go sit over there with the power squad. You wanna come with?" she asked.
He shook his head not even acknowledging her prescience. " I'm good. Clare and I have some catching up to do." He smiled at me.

His smile made me uncomfortable, causing me to squirm. Jenna huffed and sauntered over to the squad, her walk filled with tension. KC continued to smile and stare at me. I looked around. PLEASE let me find someone else! Just then, Eli walked into the lunch room, his face set in scorn. I waved him over.

"Eli! Over here!" Wow, now I was sounding like KC.

He turned to see me and grinned, walking over to us. When he sat next to me, I smiled. " What kept you?" I asked.

He frowned. " Teach made me spend half of lunch in detention."

I rolled my eyes. " Your fault. What did you do?"

" Nothing! I just- Man! Are you okay?" He stared at KC.

I looked at KC to see what was wrong. His face was twisted in what seemed to be pain.

" KC! Are you okay?" I asked going over to him.

He gripped at his chest. " Chest pains-it's hard to-breath!"

I helped him up from the table. " I should get you to the nurse," I told him. I glanced over my shoulder and smiled at Eli. " Sorry, I'll talk to you in later." I continued helping KC through the Lunch room doors.

Eli's P.O.V

Oh he's GOOD! That was almost believable. But I can see straight through him. He was faking just to get Clare away. What was up with him? Did he...like her? I suddenly felt angry. Angry at the thought of Clare ever being with someone like that. She deserved better.

So who then? YOU? Ha! Not a chance. I grimaced at the voice in my head. Of course not me...right? I was so confused. I got up and began to walk out of the Lunch room when I saw some kid getting slammed into some lockers. Now why would I pass up an opportunity to intervene?

Right when the kid was going to get punched in the face, I stepped in front of him and grabbed the dude's fist, pushing it away. I stared at him hard. " Pickin' on people younger than you? Wow, that's original."

The guy, I think it was...Lit? No, Fitz! The guy set his jaw and got in my face. " Hero's always end up with zero, goth freak."

I snorted. " Hm, math and poetry at the same time! Your parents must be SO proud. Too bad you can't measure a size difference." I smirked. " Here, let me show you how." I held my hand up to his forehead. " This is tall-" I held my hand up to the other kids forehead who was staring at me incredulously " And this is short. See the difference? It's obviously not a fair fight, don't you think?"

His nostrils flared and he held up a finger pointing at me then to the kid behind me. " Just see, you guys are gonna get it." He pounded one fist into his palm and smiled. " Hard." He laughed and walked away.

I turned to the kid. " You okay?"

He nodded. " Y-yeah. Thanks man."

I narrowed my eyes. It seriously was pretty wimpish of that Fitz guy to pick on him. He had such feminine features, it was obvious that he couldn't stand a chance in a fight, at least not with a kid as big as Fitz.

He smiled at me. " I'm Adam. Adam Torres."

I smirked. " Eli. Look, Adam, I wouldn't go near anyone like Fitz. He's an ass."

He nodded. " yeah, I know. But he tore a page out of one of my best comics," he said pointing to a book sprawled across the floor.

My eyes widened. " No way! That's a limited edition!"

" You like comics?"

" How could I not? They're-"

" Awesome? Yeah, I know."

I smiled. " I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship, Adam."

He smiled, too. " Yeah, I guess so."

Adam's P.O.V.

Cool. I've got a new friend. Now my mom can stop bugging me about making some. I frowned then. But what if he found out my secret? Would he hate me? Maybe...

" What's wrong, man?"

I snapped back to attention. " Oh, um...nothing. Just...thinking."

" Weird." You don't know the half of it.

K.C.'s P.O.V.

Great. I got Clare away from Eli. I can't give him time to woo her, now can I? I forgot to groan for a minute and I saw Clare turn to me, question in her eyes, from the corner of my eyes. Uh-oh. I moaned slowly. She opened the door to the nurses office just as the bell rang.

" Dang. Sorry, K.C. I've got to get to class," she said.

I shrugged, fake wincing with the motion. " It's fine. You can go."

She smiled sympathetically. " Bye, hope you feel better."

I watched as she closed the door behind her then let out a sigh. I straightened out my wrinkled shirt as the nurse came over to me.

" What seems to be wrong?" she asked staring down at a pad she had in her hand.

I already had my hand on the door knob. " Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Everything's going according to plan." I smiled slowly and exited the office, leaving the nurse puzzled and confused.

Author's note: OHHH! Another cliffhanger! Well, not exactly, but ya know. Hope you liked it! I will be updating once a day! Maybe even every few hours;) Reviews please because it makes me O' so happy xD