Disclaimer: I don't own Degrassi! I own my story.

A/N: I apologize for the long wait! I haven't forgotten about this story, I promise! I have a sequence in which the stories would be updated, first Alibis, then Unmasked, and then Seduction, and it goes like that for a while, until I finish with the stories. This one should be done in like three chapters or more, I'm not sure yet. Anyway, here you are, chapter 13! I hope you like it!

Unmasked

Summary: Sequel to Masquerade; You know what's awesome? Clare and I are together. You know what I find hilarious? Julia and KC's stupid jealousy. You know what sucks about that though? The drama that came along with mine and Clare's relationship.

Chapter 13 – Tell Him

"Mom, I really don't care about Julia at this moment! Can you go away please." Eli shouted. Clare pressed her lips to a line and heard footsteps walking down the hall. Eli turned to Clare and he leaned in to kiss her, but she pulled away. Eli pinned his eyebrows together and he leaned in to kiss her again, but Clare got up, and she said, "Maybe we should check on her."

"Or, not." Eli responded.

Clare turned to Eli and she noticed that he was serious. She frowned and said, "Eli you know, just to see if she's dead or not."

Eli laughed a bit sarcastically and he said, "Clare I'm sure she's fine, I want us to spend the rest of this lovely Friday afternoon together." He kissed her neck and Clare cleared her throat a little. Eli continued to place small kisses on her neck, and he reached up and turned her head to him. He cupped her face and leaned in to kiss her. Clare said, "Eli we should go to the hospital."

"Clare we're not going to the hospital."

"Eli come on."

"Clare please, I really don't want to go."

Clare got up from the bed and she pulled her clothes on. Once she was finished getting dressed, she turned around to face him. Clare placed her hands on her hips and eyed him.

"I'm not going."

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"I can't believe I'm at the hospital." Eli muttered.

"Oh pish, posh Eli… get over it, we're just here to check on Julia." Clare retorted. She walked to the front desk and said, "Good evening um… I was just wondering if I could see Julia Clemmons, I'm sure she's been taken here like about an hour or two or ago." The nurse in front of Clare muttered Julia's name under her breath as she searched on her computer.

"Ah, yes, she just got out of surgery… you can see her now, she's in room 302. If I remember correctly, there is a young man with her at the moment." The nurse said. Clare thanked her and she grabbed Eli's arm and pulled him to through the double doors. Eli dragged his feet across the floor and sighed heavily, for what seemed like the twentieth time.

"Eli we won't be here for long," Clare turned around and stood in front of him, "we can go back to your place after." Clare traced her fingers along Eli's chest and he pressed his lips to a line.

"Fine."

Clare smiled and she got up on her tip toes and kissed his cheek. They soon entered the room, which was silent, aside from the beeping sounds of Julia's heart monitor. Clare noticed that KC was in the room as well and she cleared her throat. KC lifted his head and he smiled a little.

"Hey, I didn't think you guys would come." He said.

"We weren't going to, but Clare-bear here is very persuasive." Eli said in a slight annoyed tone. Clare elbowed his side and she asked, "How is she?"

"She's been sleeping since she got out of surgery… she had fractured her ribs, broke her arm and leg." KC muttered. Clare frowned and she looked at Julia's broken and bruised face. Clare walked to KC and said, "Well we were just coming in to check on her we both wish we could stay longer, but we can't…" KC looked up, switching glances between her and Eli.

"I thought you guys hated her." He said.

"We do," Eli started, but Clare continued, "But that doesn't mean we can't see how she is… we've known Julia for a while, and… I'm sure one of these days we'll come around to trusting her again."

"Yeah think of it this way, maybe getting hit by a damn car will teach her a lesson on life." KC and Clare glared at Eli as he walked out of the room. Clare turned back to KC and placed a hand over his. She said softly, "Call me if anything changes okay?" KC nodded and Clare gave him a hug. KC returned it and watched as she walked out of the room. He sighed and glanced back over at Julia. He reached up and took her hand in his.

"KC?"

He glanced up and noticed that Julia had opened her eyes.

"Hey." KC smiled a little.

"Where am I? What happened?" Julia asked as she tried to sit up. She winced and lay back down. KC responded, "You um, got hit by a car, you just got out of surgery." Julia pinned her eyebrows together and she swallowed the lump in her throat. She looked down at her body, noticing the cast on her arm, and the one on her leg as well. Julia felt tears weld in her eyes, and before she realized it, she had started to sob heavily.

"Julia, Julia what's wrong?" He asked.

"I'm ugly now!" She cried.

KC frowned and he couldn't help but laugh at her. Julia looked over at him in disbelief, wondering what it was he was laughing at.

"What's funny? It's true…" Julia murmured.

"Julia you're beautiful, even if you have a broken arm, leg, bruised ribs, and a bruised face." KC said to her. She smiled a little and looked down at her lap. Julia asked, "Does this mean you don't hate me anymore?"

KC chewed on his bottom lip and he thought about his answer.

"No Julia, I don't hate you." He finally responded after a short pause.

Julia smiled weakly and she said, "I'm sorry about Fitz… and cheating on you, I'm sorry about everything KC, won't you take me back… I really do regret what I did to you. I do…" KC took her hand in his and he brought it up to his lips. Julia smiled at little and she asked, "Can you lay down with me?" KC got up and he walked around to the other side of the bed. He climbed on and lay down next to her. After moving around for a few minutes, they had finally gotten comfortable on each other.

"You won't leave me?" Julia murmured.

KC glanced down at her and he looked at her broken face. He smiled a little and reached up to brush her tear away with his thumb.

"I won't leave you."

Julia nodded and she laid her head on his chest.

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"Eli what you said about Julia wasn't really nice." Clare stated as she watched the world go by in Eli's car.

"I'm sorry?" Eli said, apologizing in question than in seriousness.

"It was kind of heartless." Clare turned to him and she uncrossed her arms from her chest and placed them on her hips. Eli took his eyes off the road and glanced at her. He sighed and said, "I know and I'm sorry, it's just… I'm not fond of Julia, and who knows, maybe her getting hit by a car will teach her a lesson, for all we know right now she's begging KC to take her back and apologizing like crazy saying she didn't mean anything she did, KC will take her back and who knows, we might be friends again, including Adam."

Clare sucked on her bottom lip and she sighed in defeat. Eli reached over and he grabbed her hand from her hip and pulled her to him. Clare leaned her head on his shoulder and interlaced their fingers together. She whispered, "I'm sorry for overreacting." Eli kissed her temple in response.

"So, are we going to continue where we left off?" Eli smirked.

"You're such a pervert Eli!" Clare giggled. Eli turned to face her and he faked hurt, "I am not." Clare snickered and she kissed his cheek. After driving for about ten more minutes, maybe more, they had arrived at Eli's place.

"Looks like your parents are going somewhere."

"Good, they won't be barging in on us when I'm trying to make lo—… I mean uhh, never mind." Eli's face turned ten different shades of red and Clare blinked a few times, trying to figure out why Eli just turned tomato red. She climbed out of the car, a few moments after Eli did and she walked up to his parents, standing next to him.

"We're going out of town for a few hours. We'll call in every once in a while to check on you two both." CeCe walked around Eli and Clare as well as his dad, and Clare and Eli watched as his parents climbed into their car and drive off.

"So, we have the house to ourselves." Eli smirked.

Clare turned to him and she blushed ten different shades of red. Eli took her hand in his and led her into the house. He opened the front door, and stepped inside, with Clare following close behind him. She stood against the door. Eli pressed his body against hers and he looked down at her blue eyes. He reached up and tucked her hair behind her ear.

Clare glanced up at him and she placed her hands around his neck and she played with the strands on the back of his neck. Eli licked his lips and he reached down and hoisted her body up, Clare wrapped her legs around his waist. Eli held her body weight, and pushed his body closer to hers. He leaned down and he kissed her. Clare wrapped her arms around his neck and crushed their lips harder together.

Eli immediately thrust his tongue into her mouth, seeking hers to play. Clare replied to the kiss and soon she was carried to Eli's room. Eli placed her body on his bed, and he climbed on top of her. The kiss grew more needy, fiery, and forced. Eli leaned back and he removed his shirt. Clare smiled and she did the same with her light blue jacket, but she left her lacy white top on.

Eli leaned down and placed a small kiss on her lips, then started to kiss down her neck. Clare tilted her head to the side, giving him more room. Eli kissed around her neck, then licked the hallow of her throat. Eli continued moving down, and unbuttoned her top. Clare stopped him the second he finished with the last button.

"What?" He asked.

"Eli, um… we're not rushing are we?" Clare asked. Eli blinked a few times and cleared his throat nervously. He asked, "D-do you think I'm rushing you?" His face dropped and Clare licked her bottom lip nervously. Eli frowned and he pulled away. Clare sat up to look at him. She said, "Eli I don't think you're rushing me, I was just asking… if like… if we're rushing into this."

"What is this?" Eli asked, stressing out the word "this".

"Well," Clare twiddled her fingers together, "Us… I mean… in the car you said something about making… well you didn't finish your sentence, but after I thought about it I knew what you were saying… do you want to Eli?" Clare glanced up through her bangs and Eli turned red and looked away.

"I-I mean I've thought about it… that's if you want to… I mean I don't want you to think I'm rushing you, I'm not I was just, I'm—dammit." Eli muttered. Clare crawled to him and she leaned into him and kissed the corner of his mouth. She whispered, "Eli… I want to, I've thought about it too… but… I don't want to just yet, I'm not ready, well I am, but not today…" Eli nodded and he kissed her chastely. Clare smiled, gluing their foreheads together.

"Let's just cuddle." She smiled a little.

Eli nodded and he crawled to the top of the bed and Clare lay back. Eli wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her body closer to his. Clare smiled and she turned around to face him. She leaned up and kissed his lips.

"Bzz, bzz, bzz."

"I hate your phone." Eli said. Clare laughed and she looked for her phone.

"Hello?"

"Hey Clare."

"KC, what's up?" Clare asked.

"Well, um Julia's awake, and she wanted me to like call you and tell ask you if you could stop by tomorrow, she wants to talk to you." KC responded. Clare blinked a few times and swallowed the lump in her throat that randomly started growing there.

"Okay, tell her I'll come see her tomorrow."

"Okay good, I'll talk to you later." KC said.

"Bye."

Clare closed her phone and she looked over at Eli. He didn't bother in asking, because he knew exactly what was going on. Eli only leaned in and he kissed her lips. Clare smiled and she pulled away, reaching up and touched his face, cupping his cheek.

"I'll drive you tomorrow."

Clare smiled wide.

"Thanks, I love you."

"I love you too."

End of Chapter 13

I know that really wasn't much, but the next chapter is going to be good, Clare-bear gets to meet Fitz X3

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Goodbye for now.