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Before I begin there were some Questions/ Statements which I would like to leave a comment on them.

~ First ~ If you don't understand the concept of Eli's Father (The King)…you have to understand he is a very powerful man, which wants what's best for him/son/and kingdom.

~Second~ someone said there relationship seems to be a bit rushed… Well then… What I'm trying to do for their relationship is like "A love at first sight" feeling. This story is not over and more stuff will unfold. Reveling reasons to the Kings decisions….just give it time, I promise you will understand better …later on :P ~ ENJOY…I hope.0_o

I do not own Degrassi, but I do own some maple syrup :P

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Chapter 7: Running

Clare's POV

Eli grabs my hand and pulls me out of his room, into the next room. He pushes me back while he listens near the door, still holding my hand. I look at him curiously when he crinkles his brows.

"Eli" I whispered.

"Shh." He let go my hand to put one finger on my lips to silent me.

I hear the pounding on the door in the next room.

"Open up." I heard a guard yell. I hear the door to the next room open.

"Yes." Adam said. I hear them walk in, then a door close. Eli takes his face away from the door and grabs my hand. We quietly walk out of the closet and into the guest bedroom. Eli, still holding me behind him slowly opened the door. He stuck his head out and opened the door all the way, pulling me out. He crushed me to his side, I looked up and he was looking all around the hall. We quietly passed his room and hurried down the hall, there was no time to pack my things. We walked out onto the outside bridge and Eli looked to the side where you could see the front gates…they were lined up with guards. I knew if the King wanted me, I would not be able to get through those gates.

"Eli, maybe you should just let me go to your father." I whispered. Eli pinched the bridge of his nose, breathing deeply. I gasped from the hard glare he was giving me.

"Clare." He squeezed my hand tighter. "We have to leave; I promise you I will explain everything later but first I need to get you out of here. Do you understand." I looked at the ground and nodded. I felt his warm hands cup my cheek; I looked up to meet his soft gaze.

"I love you." I gasped and smiled.

"I love you too. Always." He leaned in and kissed my forehead. He gently grabbed my hand and then we ran to the door. We walked in and I gasped when I saw my mother walking out of the King's room. My gasped echoed through the long hallway, just loud enough to get my mom's attention. My mom looks at me and Eli's intertwined hands, she looks back into the King's room. I let go Eli's hand and walk over to her. I pull her away from the room and start heading towards the stairs. There were guards near the main entrance; we needed to find another way out.

"Clare, what's going on." My mother whispered, a tear rolling down her cheek. I looked at Eli's pleadingly.

"Mom I will explain everything I promise, but we need to find another way out of here."

"What? Another way out? Of where?" I shook my head.

"Mom, I will explain but I need your help. Do you know of a safe way to get us out of here, where we won't get caught?" I put my hands on her shoulders and look deeply into her confused eyes. My mother ponders for a few minutes looking at the ground and back at us. She sighs and nods her head.

"There's a door that leads outside of the castle, in the kitchen." I purse my lips and look back at Eli who was looking intently at me. He looks back at my mother.

"Would you mind showing us the way, Clare and I promise to explain." Eli asks, placing his hand on my shoulder. I give her a pleading look. She nods and I grab her hand, while she led the way. We made our way down the stairs, when we got to the bottom we quickly went to the right towards the kitchen. We walked into the kitchen where there was worker's everywhere; some of them looked up at us curiously. A lady with curly hair that was kneading dough walked up to us. She came up to my mother and gave her a friendly hug and looked at us.

"Who have we got here Helen." She looked at Eli and realization shown on her face, she bowed.

"I'm so sorry, what can I do for you Elijah." I smiled at his name.

"Just call me Eli." She nodded.

"Gloria, this is my daughter Clare." She smiled and I shook her hand.

"Wow, so your Helens beautiful daughter that I've heard so much about." I nodded.

"Mom, we need to go. Now." The lady looked at us in confusion. Eli pushed me back and he took my place to stand in front of the lady.

"My father wants to take Clare away from here, I need to take her away and let my father cool down." Eli said. I looked at my mother.

"Mom, what were you doing in the King's room?" She looked down.

"He asked me to be on the lookout for you and if I see you to report it to the guards. He didn't let me ask any question, he just ordered me out his room but I'm so confused Clare." I sighed shakily.

"What's going on Clare? Why does he want to send you away?" she looked at my face, searching for answers.

"He wants to send he her away because of me."

"Because of you." My mother asked in her confused tone, looking at Eli.
"Helen, I love your daughter greatly. But my father doesn't understand that. When we leave and he finds out that Clare and I are gone, it will give him a few day's for him to think about what he has done." Eli explained.

Eli's POV

I grew impatient; Clare's mother still had a look of confusion on her face. I looked at the kitchen door of which we came into and then back to her mother. She must have gotten the hint that it was time for us to leave because then she started to walk away. I looked at Clare and smiled, I caressed her cheek. I put my hand on her shoulder and traced my hand all the way down until I reached her hand where I intertwined our finger. Her hands were so small; so delicate. I walked to where her mother was at the end of room. We stopped and we both looked at the door her mother brought us to.

"That's a garbage shoot." I looked at her and she was looking at us apologetically.

"It's the only way out in which you won't get caught." I nodded.

"I understand, and thank you for all your help. I just have one thing to ask of you.' She nodded for me to continue.

"I need you to keep quiet and I need you to find my brother to tell him we made it out safely and I will be back in a couple of days." She nodded and looked at Clare. Clare ran up to her mother and gave her a hug.

"I will be back I promise. I love you."

"I love you too, take care of yourself." Clare nodded her head on her mother's shoulders. I caught a tear that was rolling down her cheek. They separated, and I looked at Clare waiting for her to tell me she's ready. I snapped out of my thoughts when I felt her mother hug me. I rapped one arm around her and patted her back.

"Take care of her." She whispered into my ear.

"With my life." I felt her nod. She then let go off me and opened the door to the shoot. I looked at Clare.

"I will go down first and I will call you to come down." She gasped and hugged me. I smirked.

"It's okay blue eyes." I let go of her and threw the bag down first, then I got in. I could already smell the garbage as I was going down. Grunting, I pulled myself up from the all the garbage and looked around, there was no one.

"You can come down, Clare." I heard movement come from inside.

"I'm scared." I rolled my eyes.

"I wouldn't let anything happen to you, don't worry I will catch you."

"You promise?"

"I promise, now come on." I heard her coming down and she screamed. I caught her and silenced her with my lips. She gasped, I smirked in return.

"I told you." She smiled as I put her down. Putting my hand on the edge of the huge garbage ben, I climbed out. I landed on the ground and turned to Clare who was looking down at me.

"Okay now grab my bag and put your feet over the edge and drop down, I will catch you." She nodded and I heard her dig through some trash. She peered over the edge and did exactly what I said. I caught her and set her down. She grabbed my hand reassuring me, I began to run. We kept running until we saw a dirt road. I looked back at the Castle, I have never been this far away from there; I have no idea where to go. We stopped running when you could no longer see the castle. I gulped and looked down at Clare. She was looking at me with her little confused face.

"Where will we go?"

"I don't know." She looked down and I frowned. I am the one causing all this trouble for this poor girl, the one I love. I heard her gasp and I looked at her to see her smiling.

"What is it?" I pulled us to a stop and put her in front of me.

"The Village." She smiled wide. She looked ahead, her smile got even bigger. She grabbed my hand and led the way.

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Okay…so I think this chapter came out pretty crappy. I did have lots of trouble with this chapter! I hope you liked it ;}p.s. I know what you're thinking...a garbage shoot lol it's all I could think off….hehe

~I will be taking at least a week break from writing…its my B-day next week and I will be very busy But I will make it up to you next chapter.

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