Here is chapter 11... happy reading!

Snowballs Chance in Hell

Ch.11: What happened yesterday?

Adam's POV

It was 7: 05 am as I sat on the steps of Degrassi. The sun was barely coming up and the sky had that purple and orange color to it, the color when dusk meets dawn. I couldn't help but think of how beautiful and perfect it was. It made me wish everything in life was that amazing. I glanced down at my watch it was now 7:07, Eli was late. I wasn't surprised. Eli was hardly punctual for anything, it could be irritating at times but I reminded myself that's who Eli was so I shrugged it off. A few more minutes passed and the sun was starting to shine through the branches of the trees. I was about to give up and head to the Dot for a coffee when I saw his hearse pull into the parking lot.

Eli slowly got out of the car like he was still half asleep, he was in complete disarray. He looked like he hadn't slept in days. I noticed he had a few scratches to go along with his fat lip and purple eye. He walked up and handed me a coffee cup from the Dot.

"I thought you could use this" he said as he handed me the cup.

"Thanks" I responded. "So what happened yesterday?" I asked getting straight to the point.

"How about we go inside where it's not freezing and talk" he said gesturing toward the front doors. I followed him inside. We both threw our stuff in the lockers and headed to the library where we took some seats in the reading chairs.

"Alright" he huffed. I could tell he really didn't want to relive whatever happened yesterday, but after what I went through last night we both knew I deserved an explanation.

"So..." he began "yesterday after the scene in the caf I decided I needed some air so I ran outside and hopped into Morty. While I was driving around town thinking, I remembered Clare had darted out of the building as well so I decided to go look for her. I headed straight to the park, I pulled up she was there. I wasn't surprised to find her sitting on at the picnic table I mean we both know Clare's pretty predictable."

I gave him a look that told him to continue.

"Well we talked for a minute, she explained why she and Elliot kissed she tried to apologize but I couldn't stand listening to much more of it so that's when I got up and left", he stated emotionlessly. I noticed he had been twisting something on his finger while he was talking.

"Is that the…?" I started to ask as I kept my gaze on his hand.

"Yeah, it's the…" he stated before I cut him off

"So you guys are…" I began to say but before I could get the last word out he interjected

"Over" he finished my sentence for me. My jaw felt like it hit the floor as I watched Eli's expression. He looked sad but I knew he wouldn't admit it.

"It's not that big of a deal" he said, his word scratched at my heart. How could my two best friends who were so perfect for each other be OVER! I know before I had Fiona I would have given anything to have what Clare and Eli had. I wanted to cry for some reason.

"YOU CANT BE OVER!" I stood up and yelled at him, flailing my arms. I must have looked like a lunatic but I didn't care.

"Adam, what's done is done. Maybe it's for the best" he said, this time with a little more emotion in his tone.

"NO I won't accept that EVER!" I was still shouting. "You two need to fix it! I know you can work it out. Don't give up hope!" I said lowering my voice to library standards.

"Adam, she kissed my twin brother in front of me and the entire school. Im have never been this humiliated in my entire life. I don't think that this can be fixed." He stated as he stood up and headed toward the exit. The school was now beginning to bustle with students.

"Well at least try!" I shouted at him as he headed down the hall.

"What was that all about?" Fiona asked me as she walked up and kissed my check.

"That was my best friend ruining everything he has worked so hard for" I said with a sigh of defeat.

"Well think of it this way" Fiona began. "Would you still want to be with me if I kissed Drew in front of the entire school?"

"I'm not sure" I said seeing her point. I just didn't want to believe that they were over.

Eli's POV:

A week or so had passed since the horrible day in the cafeteria. My bruise and scratches were not even noticeable any more. Elliot had decided since his "work was done here" that he would go back to living with grandma and return to our old school. Clare had yet to return back to Degrassi. Adam was good about keeping me informed on her status even though I pretended not to care. He said she had a severe case of hypothermia which weakened her immune system and lead to pneumonia. I wanted so badly to go visit her but I was still mad and I had a feeling her parents blamed me for her not coming home that night. Adam told me that Clare's parents weren't mad with anyone, but I had a hard time believing that. Looking back now I should have stayed and made sure she got home safe but that's just another regret I'll have to live with. Adam also tried to convince me to get back together with Clare every chance he got, in all honesty I missed her more then I could bear but, in the end I had to realize that it was I whom made the decision to break up and it was for the best.

It was a cold Saturday afternoon in January and I had nothing to do all day. I was hoping to hang out with Adam, but he had a hot date with Fiona. So I lounged around the house most of the day bored out of my skull and that's when my mom walked in the den. She took one look around the room, then at me and freaked out.

"Oh God Eli you look horrible and what's that awful smell?"

I glanced away from the TV and looked at her shrugging.

"Okay baby boy this isn't gonna work anymore." She said as she pulled the pair of socks I was previously wearing off the couch and held them away from her body like they might attack her.

"What are you talking about mom?" I huffed as I sat up.

"This sulking Eli. Ever since the situation between Clare and Elliot you have done nothing but mope around."

I rolled my eyes at her "well when your heart is ripped out of your chest and stomped on you really don't feel like doing much of anything" I retorted snidely. My mom took a seat on the coffee table to face me.

"Baby boy listen to me, I know you still love Clare and I know that its hard to forgive her for what happened but I think you need to take into consideration that maybe Clare isn't the only one at fault here!" she said

"Oh don't worry I blame Elliot too" I snapped. This conversation was starting to irritate me.

"Im not talking about Elliot, Im talking about you!" she stated

"Huh?" I responded

"Eli the competition that you and Elliot had wasn't healthy… for anyone. Clare was only doing what she thought was the right thing to do. Do you really think that she wanted to ruin what you two had? Do you really think she would give it all up just to kiss your brother?"

"No I don't think Clare would flush it all away on purpose but what's done is done." I stated boldly

"Eli I love you but, baby boy I think you're making a huge mistake, I don't want you to regret this decision for the rest of your life" she stated sweetly as she got up grabbing the socks as she was about to leave the room.

"What am I supposed to do then?" I asked

"Honey, im not going to tell you what to do but if it was me I would march my ass, over to her house and get her back. You love her and that's all that matters. You never seem as happy as you do when you're with her. If you both truly love each other you can work through this. I know it will take time and effort on both parts but don't you think it's worth at least trying?" she asked

I knew my mom was right; she was always right when it came to these sorts of things. I stood up and walked over to my mom wrapping my arms around her and giving her a tight squeeze. "You know I may not say it enough but you really are the best"

"Tell me something I don't know" she said with a light hearted laugh. I rushed to the kitchen and grabbed the keys to Morty.

"Hold up" she said before I could get to the front door. "Dontcha think you should shower first" she asked.

I lifted my arm up and took a sniff. Yup I defiantly smelt foul!

I rushed up the stairs as my mom shouted in a sarcastic tone "don't worry ill clean up your mess in the den!"

"Thanks mom, I love you" I shouted as I hopped in the shower.

Now that I was as fresh as a spring meadow or at least that's what the bottle of body washed promised I would smell like; I checked myself once over in the mirror before I left the house. On the drive over to Clare's I began to feel sick with nerves. What if her parents wouldn't let me see her or worse what if she didn't want to see me? I couldn't let myself think about that so crossing my fingers I knocked on her front door.

"Oh hey Eli" Mr. Edwards said answering the door. He seemed to be in a good mood so that must be a good sign I thought to myself.

"Hello Mr. Edwards" I replied "is Clare home?"

"Sorry Son, you actually just missed her"

"Do you know when she might be back?" I asked hoping it was sometime soon.

"Actually im not sure she went over to her friends house… you know the really yappy one." He said with a little chuckle "oh what's her name?"

"Alli?" I asked

"Yeah, that's the one" he responded snapping his fingers at me like a light bulb had just lit up over his head. I turned around and sprinted back to my car.

"Thanks Mr. Edwards" I shouted as I got into Morty. I pulled out of the driveway… now if only I could remember where Alli lived.

I hope the chapter isn't too long! It's my longest chapter ever so I would love to know what you think of it! Much love Kj :)