OKAYYY Howdy friends I know I'm not the best writer, but I really want to write this story so it's going to be written even if I get reviews that say to stop. So the least you can do is give me your thoughts right?

This isn't going to be exactly like Grease even though some parts mimic the details.

The whole story is in Clare's POV

Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi or any of it's characters. But I do in fact own a sweet pair of Starkid sunglasses

Chapter 2

"Remind me again why you rejected him Clare?" Alli asked me.

We were walking down the halls of Degrassi and had just passed Eli talking with Drew and Adam. I waved but kept walking with Alli.

Eli and I are on good terms. We talk a lot in school but never really outside of school. Mostly he was just convincing me to audition for Grease. He and Alli were ganging up on me.

"He's new here, the last thing he needs is to be dating the school dork" I said as we reached our lockers. I pulled out my books for first period English when the bell rang. Then out of no where Eli appeared and took my books for me.

"Allow me, Blue Eyes" he said smoothly.

"Thanks" I replied and he chuckled because I was blushing and we started walking to class. I'm in an 11th grade honors English so Eli and I had first period together.

"I thought of a great way to convince you to audition for Grease!" Eli exclaimed

"Really? And how is that?" I said as we took our seats.

"Well I could tell you, but that would ruin the surprise. Just meet me at Little Miss Steaks at 6:30?"

"Fine."

Then the final bell rang and class started.

Later at lunch, I could hear that Alli and Eli were planning out my conversion but I didn't hear if they mentioned anything about the surprise part of it. Alli knew I hated surprises. I don't know why they're doing all this.

I'm not going to audition. Not even if I got to audition with Eli.

Eli, with his gorgeous green eyes or his devilish smirk or his witty remarks.

After school, Alli came over to prepare me for what she was considering a date.

"Alli, it's not a date" I told her a million times it seemed.

"Clare, he asked you out to dinner, it's a date. Now we need to find the perfect outfit for tonight" she said, with her head in my closet.

She was going through my clothes so long that I thought she might suffocate in there.

We finally agreed on an outfit and I got dressed in a pastel pink tee, grey cardigan, a jean skirt, silver metallic ballet flats and a grey scarf.

Alli and I passed the time till 6:30 by watching TV and checking our Facerange pages.

Finally when 6:25 come Alli drove me to Little Miss Steaks.

"Good luck, have fun on your date" she said and drove away before I could argue with her.

I walked in and immediately saw Eli talking to the waitress about his reservation for two.

Then I really saw him. Oh my God. He looked stunning. And I know he didn't have an Alli come over to help dress him like I did. He could be dressed in a banana costume and still make it look hot.

"My oh my Clare Edwards, I didn't think you'd look so rapturous for our dinner tonight"

I blushed as I thought back to the time in Myrtle Beach when we went to a costume party at his parent's friend's house. It was hard finding a costume at my grandma's cottage so I went as a zombie. It wasn't cute at all. But of course Eli showed up looking like the hottest vampire I've ever seen. He reminded me of the main character in my Fortnight books. He told me that I looked rapturous.

"Hi, Eli" I responded smiling at him. "I hope you didn't worry too much about this plan to make me audition because it's not going to happen" I said as the waitress led us to our table. I could hear "Livin' on a Prayer" in the background but it didn't sound like Bon Jovi.

"Claaaaree, I know you want to try out" Eli dragged out

"Really? What would make you think that?

"You came."

I felt stumped and didn't know how to respond. I didn't tell him the only reason I came was to see him. Luckily the waitress came and took our orders so I didn't have to respond.

After that we had some small talk and Eli excused himself to the bathroom.

When he returned and our food came he started telling me about how after I left South Carolina he would visit my grandmother and ask her if she needed help with anything. Why was he so sweet?

We were just finishing eating when the song "Jessie's Girl" not being sung by Rick Springfield ended.

"Everyone please welcome our next singers to the stage, Clare Edwards and Eli James!"

What? Then I remembered that it was karaoke night at Little Miss Steaks.

I looked at Eli hoping this was a joke, but he was holding his hand out to lead me to the stage in the other dining room.

"Eli, I can't." I said shaking my head

"Yes you can, Clare, it's 'Baby It's Cold Outside' you love this song."

He knew me too well.

"If you don't move right now I'm going to drag you onto that stage."

I took his hand and walked with him to the other room. Why was I doing this? If I wasn't with Eli I would not be doing this. What was he doing to me?

Eli was already up the steps onto the stage looking down on me at the end of the couple stairs

"I'm here. Just look at me. Nobody else. You can do this." He said in a deep whisper.

And for some reason I believed him. I built the courage to walk up onto the center stage and I could hear the guests applauding me. I looked out into the audience and didn't see any kids from Degrassi so I felt relieved.

"You ready? Just look right at me"

I nodded. I was actually kind of excited. A burst of adrenaline shot through my body and I got chills once I heard the music start.

I was surprised I could even find my voice to sing.

I was surprised by the harmony our voices created. This came so easy to him. He wasn't worrying about hitting the right notes or how he sounded, he was just singing. Then I realized that I was doing that too. I was thinking about Eli, not about the song, but yet it was still coming out of my mouth.

Eli knew I loved this song. In Myrtle, he made fun of me for having the Glee version the number one most played song on my iTunes.

Soon enough the song was over and I just stood there catching my breath taking in everything that just happened.

The crowd erupted in applause. I didn't realize how many people were there. There were probably a good 40 or 50 people. I took Eli's lead and bowed then followed him offstage.

As soon as I stepped off the stage he picked me up and twirled me in the air.

The karaoke performance was definitely worth this.

I just hugged him back and took in his scent.

"It's over Clare, you can stop shaking now" he said as he set me down and grabbed my hand. I hadn't even noticed I had been shaking and blushed. This was so embarrassing.

"Hey Little Edwards" I head a voice say and I looked up to see none other then Holly J Sinclair right in front of me and Eli.

Holly J was the assistant director of Grease. Oh no, this cannot be happening.

"I hope you both plan on auditioning for Grease tomorrow, we'd be screwed without you." She said

"Really? You think even I have a shot?" I said in disbelief.

" Honestly, I think you have a better shot then Jenna Middleton, but you didn't hear that from me" and she winked and walked away.

I squealed and looked at Eli. He looked back in amusement.

"So auditions tomorrow….? He asked knowing the answer already.

"See ya there Goldsworthy"

WELL that wasn't as long as I thought it should be wahh. Please Review :) I'll try to post as soon as possible