COBY POV

"What the- what's going on?" I was so confused! Charleigh sighed, and looked over at me.

"You have to be open minded here, I mean, LOOK at him. He looks JUST like you. How can you not know what's going on?" I got up and walked out of the Dot. Connie fallowed.

"Our lives are super fucked right now." I nodded in agreement.

"Like, who the hell IS he? WHY does he have to be here? Mom told us about him when we were little, but I never really cared about him, I didn't feel like I needed a dad, we had mom."

"Me either, she's perfect." This time we both sighed and she put her head on my shoulder.

"Super. Fucked." We both sighed.

CLARE POV

I watched as my other two children up and left.

"Charleigh, let's go." I lightly grabbed her wrist, and started to pull her away from Eli. I couldn't do this. My kids need me.

"Mom, why can't I stay here with Elijah?" I sighed.

"Because, you can't! Now let's GO, NOW! I am starting to wish we never moved."

"Mom, that's so not fair, he has a right to know us. Even now."

"I know, but I can't just leave you here with him, so let's go!"

I was surprised to see Eli talk.

"Clare, don't talk about me like I'm not here! Why didn't you tell me? Why did you hide this? WHY did you leave me?" I felt a tear go down my face. I always hated him yelling at me, even now.

Charliegh knew that.

"Dude! Stop yelling at her, she did it for YOU!"

"Charleigh, let's just go."

"NO! You can't leave I, I'm so confused." Charleigh looked regretful.

"Maybe this was a mistake. I'm sorry mom, let's just go."

I walked outside; tears evident in my eyes, and Connie came up to me.

"Mom, what happened?" I shook my head,

"I'm fine, really, I maybe you guys should go to school now. Come on."

We all got in the car, and silently drove to Degrassi. I felt a rush of memories, flood through my brain, as I drove, not really focusing on the road, so I snapped out of it, and paid attention to the road.

Once we arrived at Degrassi, I parked in the parent parking spot. I've never been over here before, considering I was never a parent, dropping their kid off.

"Let's go to the office." They nodded.

IN THE OFFICE
CLARE POV*

"Mr. Simpson! Your still working here?" he grinned, and nodded.

"Long time, Clare, and who are these fine kids?"

"This is Coby, Connie, and Charleigh."

"There looking more like Mr. Goldsworthy, each day." I smiled a fake grin.

"Alright, let's sign these papers."

After everything was signed, said, and stated, I was about to leave, when he called me back.

"Clare, I think you messed something up. You forgot the paternal address."

"They don't have a father, Eli doesn't know they exist. I'd like to keep it that way." He nodded, and looked sad. I walked out of the building, and slowly made my way to the car, I was too involved in my thoughts, to see who was standing at the door to my car. I looked up, ready to unlock it, when I saw him standing there.

"Clare, you have to talk to me." I sighed, and looked down at the floor.

"Well you haven't changed." He rolled his eyes, and pulled me to the car. Sit. Lets talk.

"There really isn't much to say."

"To HELL with that. You know what there is to say."

"Eli, it was for the best, and it's was the past, I honestly don't know what you want from me!"

"I want to know why, why you couldn't just tell me, I would've helped you! There my kids too! It's my RIGHT to help them, and I love you Clare, I always have, and then you just left! You left without a goodbye, or letting me know WHY you left."

I sighed.

"I left because I found out I was pregnant. At first, I was going to tell you, I had it all planned out, I would go to the doctors, then I would tell you, that I was going to have a baby."

"What went wrong?"

"I found out, that there was THREE of them, Eli, three." He looked confused.

"I asked you if you wanted kids, and you sat there pointing out the negatives of children, you didn't want kids."

"I would've loved to be there! If I knew, you were being serious, I wouldn't of answered like that. I would've helped you Clare!"

"I know! That's why I couldn't tell you! DON'T YOU GET IT!" I was shouting now.

"No, care to enlighten me?"

"I knew that you would help, because you're a good guy, your amazing, but I didn't want to hold you back, you find someone better than me as it is, you didn't need three more strings, I didn't want you to be unhappy, I wanted you to full fill your life, I wanted what was best! How can't you see it? I did it for you!" I felt yet another tear slip down my face, as we were in the car, pouring our feelings out to each other.

"Clare, I love you so much, it isn't even funny." I smiled,

"I love you too, Eli." I went to kiss him, but he moved, I regretted it immensely.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me." He shook his head.

"I love you Clare, but I have girlfriend. I'm not a cheater, so I think I need to just digest this, but I would love to meet them, all of them." My heart snapped in half, he has a girlfriend. I knew he could find a better person. I mustered up, a smile; it must have been the fakest thing ever.

"I have to talk to them. I should've known she would pull this shit. I should have known." I was shaking my head, talking to myself.

"What are you talking about?"

"Charleigh always asked about you when she was little. She used to think you were some super hero. This went on until she was 9. I thought it was just a phase that kids go through, but neither Coby nor Constance, ever did that, I mean occasionally they would ask about you, but Charleigh was always talking about you. She used to write you letters in her little girl hand writing. When ever she would have a recital, she would BEG me to make you come to it. It hurt me to know that I couldn't do that.

I couldn't tell her everything, because she was too little. I thought that it had passed, but then when I announced we were moving, she started asking about you again. I guess I should've put two and two together, she didn't care about leaving all her friends, or her girlfriend, she didn't care about school. But as soon as I said we were moving back, she wanted to know EVERYTHING about you, I didn't think that you'd still be here. I don't think I would've moved back if I thought that you were still here."

He sighed, and looked down.

"I wish that things went differently." I nodded.

"I should go, you should too, I have a lot of unpacking to do."

"Let me help."

"You sure?"

"Yea, why not?"

Alone. In a house, with Eli. why do I feel that this is a disaster waiting to happen, just like when I was 15?