Here is chapter 10Enjoy!
Snowballs Chance in Hell
Ch.10:Saving Clare
Adam's POV
It felt so good to be home. The situation at lunch today had me racking my brain, I wanted so badly for Eli and Clare to fix whatever was going on, but for some reason I couldn't shake this bad feeling in the pit of my gut. I glanced at the clock, eight pm. Fiona would be expecting my phone call any minute now. Not wanting to keep my princess waiting I pulled my phone from my pocket. I was just about to hit the send button when I heard a heavy banging from the front door.
BAM,BAM,BAM!
"Adam grab the door" Drew shouted from what seemed like the bathroom. I swiftly flung the door open to see tiny Ali standing there. I was amazed that she had the strength to knock on the door like that.
"hey Ali...Drew is um occupied at the moment he should be out in a few..." I said pausing. She was hunched over holding her knees trying to catch her breath. "Everything okay?" I asked, now a little worried.
"Clare!" she was able to muster out as she continued to catch her breath.
"what? What about Clare?" I asked. She finally made her way into the house.
"have you seen Clare?" she asked me, here voice was filled with worry.
" not since lunch today, why whats going on?" I asked now I was starting to worry.
"her parents called me. No one has seen her since lunch!" she said.
As soon as she said that I grabbed my coat and hat. I darted down the street not knowing where to start looking for her but I had to do something. I decided that I would check the Dot first. Maybe she was sitting there reading a book like usual. Inside the Dot Clare was nowhere in sight. I sighed, where could she possibly be I asked myself. Pulling out my phone I called Eli. "damn, no answer" I said out loud. Maybe they are somewhere together working everything out. But if they weren't then Clare was missing. I informed Peter of the situation and told him to call me if Clare showed up. He nodded his head in understanding as I exited the coffee shop.
"if I were Clare where would I be?" I asked myself. I stood there for a few moments trying to think of all the places that the three of us had ever been.
I raced to the ruins of the church, the one where we threw the party at a month ago. To my avail there was no Clare there either. Maybe Eli was screening my calls so I decided to text him and that way if she was with him he could shoot me one back so I could stop this one guy man hunt for Clare. I pulled my phone out and my fingers quickly began to press the keys like I was in a race against time, if I didn't get this text sent in t-minus thirty seconds the world would self destruct. Once I was finished I glanced over what I was about to send him.
"Eli... Clare is missing, everyone is worried. If you know where she is please let me know!" I read. Good I thought to myself as I hit the send key. Well if she isn't here, maybe she is at the ice rink. I was just about to head over there and check when my phone began to ring.
"hey man, have you seen Clare? Her parents are so worried." I said into the receiver of my phone.
"What do you mean she's missing?" Eli hissed his voice sounded scared.
" I mean no one has seen her since she ran out at lunch!" I replied
"she was at the park earlier... the one where we made the Romeo and Juliet movie. But that was hours ago, you don't think she's still there? Do you?" he asked.
"not sure but im about to find out." I exclaimed.
"I'll grab my coat and meet you there, two people looking is better then one" he said and with that he hung up the phone. I was already mid jog when he ended our call. If Clare had been sitting there for hours that meant she had been in this freezing cold all day. The snow had stopped about an hour ago but for a while after school It was coming down pretty heavy. I really didn't want to think about finding the Popsicle version of Clare so I full out sprinted to the park. As I approached the picnic table we all knew so well I noticed a small figure curled up on the bench.
"Clare" I shouted as I ran to her. Not really knowing what to do I pulled off my coat and draped it over her frozen body. I pulled my phone out and without hesitating I dialed.
"hey I need your help... I need your driver to come to the park behind Degrassi and pick us up... it's an Emergency. Tell him to get here as fast as he can! PLEASE!" I shouted frantically into the phone.
"Adam, whats going on?" Fi asked from the other end of the line.
" no time to explain, just please hurry" I stated once more and hung up the phone. I knelt down to Clare's body and started rubbing vigorously trying to create friction and body heat. "If only those jerks let me talk boy-scouts instead of girl-scouts I would know exactly what to do" I thought to myself. I looked up and in the distance I could see Fi's town car turning the corner. I picked Clare up and carried her to the curb where Fi's driver had parked. She flung the back seat open.
"oh my God!" she exclaimed. "what happened?"
"not sure" I responded. "all I know is that her and Eli were here today and she never left. I found her huddled up on the park bench" I said sounding a bit more relieved after finding Clare.
"lets get here home" Fi stated and gave the driver directions to the Edwards residence. We were about a block from Clare's place when she began to mumble to herself.
"Please Eli, don't leave me..." she whispered. Fi and I both shot a glance at each other as the car came to a stop. Fiona got out and held the door open for us as I grabbed Clare and carried her inside. We didn't bother knocking.
"Oh dear God" Helen (Clare's mother) gasped. "Randall get in here" she yelled. A second later Mr. Edward's came rushing in the room. I had already placed Clare's limp little body on the sofa.
"Blankets?" Fiona asked
"hall closet" Mrs. Edwards exclaimed as she started to pull the wet clothes off of her daughter. A few minutes later Clare was bundled up in blankets. Her blue lips were now a soft pink.
" I think she will be okay" Randall said to Fi and I.
"thank you both so much for bringing our little girl home" Mrs. Edwards said. She looked like she was on the verge of tears.
Fiona's driver dropped me off at my house it was now 9:30 and I knew my mother was going to kill me.
I quietly snuck in the side door.
"Where have you been" Drew asked me in a whisper which made me jump.
"scare me to death why dontcha!" I whispered back. "is mom pissed?" I asked
"no she thinks your upstairs asleep. I told her you had a headache and just wanted to sleep" he replied.
"thanks" I stated as I walked to the kitchen to grab something to eat, all that running around sure makes a guy hungry.
"so... where did you go?" Drew asked following me
"Clare didn't go home tonight so I went looking for her, I was worried especially after what happened at school today" I stated
"oh" he said, now sounding uninterested.
I made myself a sammy and headed upstairs to my room. I plopped down on my bed and before I devoured the turkey sandwich I made I pulled my phone out and began to text Eli.
"found Clare...she is safe at home... WE NEED TO TALK... tomorrow outside Degrassi at 7 am.!" I hit the send button.
hope you are loving the story as much as I am writing it! I was finally able to watch the season finale of Degrassi... I can't wait for February! Did anyone else think E-Clare in the hammock was like the cutest thing ever? Anyways please review... and look for a new chapter sometime before turkey day!
Much love Kj