Disclaimer: I don't own Degrassi! I own my story.
A/N: This is the last chapter! And then the epilogue! I had fun writing this story :) It was very fun to write! Anyway here you are, chapter 17!
Oh and before you begin reading, this chapter is meant to be short! The epilogue will be shorter, forewarning.
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 17 – All the Gang's Together
All six pairs of eyes were glued to the man standing before their table. He sighed heavily and said, "Look guys I'm not here to fight. Just wanted to see how Julia was doing." Eli, Clare, Adam, Fiona, and KC all looked over at Julia who blinked a few times in slight confusion.
"I'm fine." She responded finally.
Clare glanced at Fitz and he pressed his lips to a line, and started to walk away.
"Fitz wait!" Clare called out to him. He turned around and Clare got up from the chair, and walked up to him, ignoring the whispered "what is she doing" coming from all her friends. Fitz turned around and she glanced at Eli who glared at her lightly.
"I know we hadn't been the best of friends, but… I noticed that you've changed since the first time you entered Degrassi."
"What's your point candy pants?" Fitz asked. Clare blushed at the nick name he tends to call her when nobody was around. She sighed and asked, "I'm having some friends over after the dance, would you like to come over?" Fitz switched glances between the cute girl before him and the group that sat at the table, all glaring at him and whispering amongst themselves. Fitz glanced back at Clare and she looked up at him curiously.
"Thanks, but no thanks, I'm not into kiddy parties."
Clare laughed.
"Okay, well I tried." She shrugged.
"Maybe next time." Fitz said.
"Yeah, okay." Clare smiled. Fitz smiled slightly in return and walked around Clare. She walked to the table and Eli immediately asked, "What did you talk to him about?" Clare looked over at Fitz and sighed softly, and then averted her gaze back to Eli, who blinked and gave her a knowing look, waiting patiently for her answer.
Clare smiled, "It's nothing to worry about. Do you guys want to go ahead and get out of here?" Nobody seemed to protest, and they all got up. Eli wrapped his arm around Clare's waist and led her to Adam's car. Since they have Fiona coming along with them, the seating arrangements won't be so awkward; Adam and Fiona sat in the front, Julia and KC sat in the middle seats, and Clare and Eli took the back seats of course.
Just as Adam turned the ignition on to the SUV, Eli turned to Clare, and snuck a kiss from her. She blushed, but returned the kiss. Adam glared at them through the rearview mirror and sighed, shaking his head lightly. It's not like he could stop them. Fiona touched his shoulder and he looked over to her, she smiled faintly and said, "I think we should get something to eat along the way. Like, some snacks or something." Adam nodded.
"Hey guys since we're having pizza tonight, would you like some snacks too?" He asked.
"Mmhmm." They all answered in unison.
"Looks like they're a little busy." Fiona laughed lightly.
Adam nodded and rolled his eyes. He loved his friends, but… they were all too sexually active. He blushed at the thought and looked over at Fiona. When she noticed him looking at her, she smiled softly. Adam smiled in return, and cleared his throat. It was hard for him to not get nervous when Fiona was around. He liked her, and for the past few weeks, he's tried to get her to notice him. It didn't take long, but they hardly ever talked.
Momentarily, the SUV had stopped and the couples, who were busy swapping spit, tore their mouths away.
"Why are we here?" Eli asked, staring at the grocery store.
"We're getting chips and snacks, you guys were obviously not paying attention to me when I asked if you wanted snacks." Adam sighed.
"Obviously." Julia muttered.
Nonetheless, they all climbed out of the SUV and headed into the store.
"So what exactly are we getting?" Julia asked.
Adam growled.
"I'm just playing, Adam. You know I like to tease you." Julia smiled and hugged her friend around the shoulders, he was a little taller than her no doubt, but he gave her a hug back.
"You guys didn't have to come with me—
"I don't think leaving us alone would've been a good idea." Eli smirked, his arm wrapped around Clare's shoulders and she blushed lightly, looking away.
"Don't tease Clare, Eli." KC said.
"Why not, she likes it." Eli purred against her ear.
Julia, KC, Eli, and Clare decided to wait outside while Fiona and Adam walked into the store to buy the things they came here for. Julia wrapped her arms around KC's waist and turned to Clare, asking, "So Clare, what were you talking to Fitz about? I really want to know." Clare glanced over at her dark haired friend and sighed heavily.
"I just asked him if he wanted to come over to my little get together."
"What?" Eli asked quickly, a little shocked that Clare would actually do such a thing. She glanced up at him and quickly answered, "It's okay he's not coming. I mean… there's nothing wrong with Fitz. He's just… he apologize to you guys!" Clare looked up at Eli and he frowned at her. Clare reached up and touched his cheek.
"Well, at least he's not coming." KC said.
"Exactly, I was just being nice." Clare shrugged nonchalantly as Eli wrapped his arms around her shoulders, his chest pressed against her back. Clare leaned her head back and kissed his jawline. Eli smiled and kissed her temple.
"I wonder where Adam and Fiona are, they've been in the store forever." Julia said in a complaining tone. KC shrugged. As if on cue, the two mentioned walked through the doors, holding a few bags; Adam said, "Okay you guys. Let's go. I have everything we need." Fiona walked by the group saying, "I even snuck us some champagne." KC, Julia, Eli and Clare switched glances with each other and shrugged. Clare wasn't much of a drinker, but since it's the weekend, her mother normally lets her drink something light, champagne being one of those kinds of drinks.
They followed Adam and Fiona to the truck, taking their usual seats. Once situated, Adam turned the ignition on and headed off to Clare's place.
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"Adam, truth or dare?" Clare asked as she sat in between Eli's legs, her back pressed against his chest. Adam thought about it and he answered with "dare".
"I dare you to kiss Fiona." Clare smirked.
Adam and Fiona both blushed and Julia joined in saying, "Come on Adam, we know you want to kiss Fiona." He rolled his eyes, and leaned over and cupped her cheek and kissed her. Their lips moved and Fiona soon deepened the kiss, she slightly forced it, pressing her lips harder over Adam's. He traced his tongue along her bottom lip and she slowly parted her lips, letting his tongue enter her mouth. Adam smiled mentally; she tasted of chocolate and strawberry champagne.
"O-okay you guys." Clare stammered.
Adam and Fiona pulled away and he asked, "Is that a good kiss?" His statement was directed to Clare.
"Good? That was amazing." Fiona joined in.
The group laughed.
"Okay Adam, your turn." KC said.
"Hm, Eli. Truth or dare?" Adam asked.
"Truth." Eli responded while he wrapped his arms around Clare's waist, she leaned her head back against his shoulder and sighed heavily. Adam reached into the bag of potato chips and grabbed handful. He said, "You have to tell the truth okay," Eli nodded, "name a song that you know by heart that isn't death metal, rock, emo, or screaming music." Eli blinked a few times. He sighed heavily.
"I know all the words to "Red Light District" by Porcelain and the Tramps."
"The stripper pole song?" Julia squeaked.
Eli nodded.
"I'd love to see that one day." KC laughed, imaging Eli singing along to a song that isn't screaming, emo, death metal, or rock. Clare too imagined it and she laughed softly. Eli kissed her neck and leaned over to the table, grabbing the glass that was half empty with the pink champagne.
"KC, truth or dare?" Eli asked.
"Dare."
"I dare you to put on Julia's dress and wear it for the rest of the night."
The entire group burst into a series of heavy laughter, KC blinked a few times and looked over at Julia, who held up her dress, waving it in his face. He got up muttering something that sounded like "Eli I hate you". KC disappeared in the bathroom upstairs, and Fiona said, "You're horrible." Eli smirked and shrugged his shoulders. Moments later, KC walked down the stairs in Julia's cute dress.
"Oh my, it fits well." Julia laughed.
"It sure does, it even matches your eyes." Adam tried to say in the most serious tone. KC laughed sarcastically and sat cross legged next to Julia; she leaned into him and kissed his cheek. KC smiled.
"Well, we've all gone at least once, except for Clare. So, Clare—truth or dare?" KC asked. Clare swallowed hard.
"Truth." She answered.
Clare wasn't about to pick dare, for she knew that KC was going to make her do something she didn't want to do, or probably enjoy doing.
"Crap, I was hoping you'd pick dare," KC sighed, "okay name one hilarious moment that happened between you and Eli when you guys had sex." Clare and Eli both blushed. She sighed and soon answered, "Well you see… when we were over at his place, we thought we were alone, and well… I said something and his mother walked in on us both… we ended up falling off the bed in the most awkward position." Clare's face turned darker than a red bell pepper and the entire group blinked a few times. Julia asked, "Okay what was the position."
"I refuse to answer that." Clare responded quickly, burying her face in her hands.
"Eli?" Fiona asked.
"Okay fine, we landed in the sixty nine position, but with me on top of her instead."
Adam was the first to bark out a laugh, the others joined in, trying their hardest not to roll on the floor. Clare brought her knees up to her chest, and buried her head in them. Eli snickered and he wrapped his arms around her, placing a kiss on her temple.
"I bet that was a lovely sight to see." Julia said, causing Clare to tighten the hold around her legs, and her face to burn redder.
"Okay, hahaha, I've had enough for tonight. I think it's time for us to get to bed."
"Wait, wasn't Alli supposed to be coming over?" Julia asked.
Clare lifted her head, which of course was still red, "She called earlier saying that um, she was going to be busy tonight, that she won't be able to come by." Julia nodded and she said, "Well time for the girls to go upstairs. Guys have to sleep downstairs, right?" Clare nodded and she got up, Eli got up as well. She kissed him goodnight; Julia did the same to KC, while Fiona hugged Adam, tight. He shyly kissed her temple, and she blushed lightly, smiling. Clare, Julia, and Fiona walked upstairs.
"Oh and KC, you're not going to use my dress as a night gown right?" KC narrowed his eyes at Julia and watched her run up the stairs, a series of giggling following after.
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"Hey guys, do you think Adam likes me?" Fiona asked as Clare fixed her a bed on the floor of her room.
"I'm sure he does." Julia nodded, Clare nodded as well.
"Yeah, he's mentioned it a few times to me." Clare smiled a little.
"Good, because well. I really like him." Fiona responded as she fixed her long hair into a braid, letting it fall over her shoulder.
"That's great!" Julia beamed. She crawled into the spare bed Clare had in her room, and Fiona snuggled under the sheets. Clare did the same, and sighed heavily, turning the lamp off in her room. She lay in bed and smiled warmly before she drifted off into sleep.
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"I'm going to ask Fiona out some time next week." Adam said.
"Finally." KC said.
"Shut up, I got nervous; I don't think she likes me." Adam frowned.
"Dude, she totally likes you. You can see it in her eyes." Eli said as he fixed his bed on the couch.
"Oh, how poetic Eli." Adam swooned.
"I'm just saying dude, go for it, before some asshole takes her from you." Eli retorted. He pulled the sheets over his body, and curled up on the couch. KC reached over and he turned the lamp off, making the living room extra dark. Adam lay on the floor and sighed heavily. Before the three could fall asleep, he asked, "Do you think she would mind me being… you know… transgendered?"
"Fiona's going to love you Adam, don't over think it." KC responded groggily.
"Okay…" Adam responded last. He turned on his side, and closed his eyes.
End of Chapter 17
The epilogue should be posted in the next few days, probably next week, or saturday. I'm not making any promises, but yeah... I had fun writing this story. It's probably my favorite besides Alibis and Crawling on Ashes. Anyway, reviews?
Goodbye for now!