Hey, hey, hey! Just watched a degrassi 11.5 promo and it was only 41 seconds long, but I am sooooo excited! Though, I'm not entirely thrilled that it had Eli screaming liar and throwing a glass cup at a wall, but it wouldn't be degrassi without some drama. Anyway, so this chapter continues from where the last chapter left off. Eli and Clare are on their date at the dot and they're leaning in closer to each other to kiss. Let's see what happens ;) enjoy Chapter 7!
Eli's POV
"And we wouldn't want that, would we?" I lean in. Earlier this week I wouldn't understand why I am flirting with Clare or why I was going to do what I am about to do. I am going to kiss her. I haven't been able to get our kiss out of my head. It's driving me crazy of how much I want to kiss her right now. It is almost like she is a drug; a tease. I got a little taste and now I want more. "Aw you really care? So what were you going to say?" she leaned in a little. "Hmm not telling." I lean in. "Tease!" she leans in. at this point we were three inch away from kissing. "Clare middle name, that I do not know of, Edwards; calling me names?" "Oh, you'll get over it." She slightly sticks her tongue out at me. "Mature." "Diana." "Huh?" "Diana, it's my middle name." "Clare Diana Edwards," I whisper. As I am about to kiss her, Jake shows up with the check. "Here's your check." I look up at him, glaring. Really? Does this really have to happen every time I am about to kiss her? She slowly moves back and leans back in her seat. Clare takes out her wallet, as if I'm going to let her pay. Before she could put any money down, I take the check. She looks up at me. "I got it," I reassure her. She smiles and puts her money away. Jake, on the other hand, just rolls his eyes. What an ass! Seriously! He had his chance and he ruined it himself. "Here," I say sternly as I hand Jake the check. Ok, Eli, calm down. You don't want to scare Clare off. Jake left and Clare stood up. She grabbed my hand, smiled and said, "Come on."
Clare's POV
Well, that was awkward. Being served by my ex on our date. Wow. I noticed that Eli was stern when he gave Jake the check, but you know I would be too if our server kept checking out my date. I definitely need to get Eli out of here before he really gets mad and starts fighting with Jake. I grabbed Eli's hand and pulled him out of The Dot. We started walking through town. I wonder if Eli can fight. He seems kind of strong, like the perfect amount of muscle without being all in your face with body builder abs. With those, I would be too scared to cut myself. Ok, Clare, come back to earth. I shake the thoughts out of my head. "So your ex seems nice," he says sarcastically. I can't help but let out a giggle. "Yeah, sorry about that." "It's ok." "No, it's not. He obviously is in denial and decided to make you suffer too, which is so wrong." "Well, what do you want to do now?" "Oh, uh, I don't know." "How about we keep walking and see where we end up?" "What happens if we get lost?" Eli stopped and gave me a look. "We're not going to get lost. I promise." "Pinky promise?" I felt kind of childish for asking, but eh why not? "Seriously?" I held out my pinky to him like I mean business. He just rolled his eyes and hooked his pinky onto mine. "Pinky promise." I have to admit I feel a little better. I don't mean to be up tight, but I don't know what I'd do if I got lost or what my parents would do. Actually, sadly, my parents would probably be too busy arguing to notice me gone. "We never finished our game," I state. "You're right. Was it your turn or mine?" "I don't remember." "You can go first." It's kind of cheesy, but its little things like letting the girl go first that I absolutely love, even if it is for our game. "Thanks. Kind of a deep one, I guess, but why did you start acting weird when I gave you your bandana back?" I was kind of scared that he was going to go cold on me again, but I just had to ask. He looked at his feet as we walked and sighed. "I don't want to hurt you." "What do you mean?" "I mean, I have… an anger disorder." Woe, didn't see that coming. I had a feeling he was going to elaborate so I stayed quiet. He continued, "When I was nine, my mom left me and my dad. It was horrible. It felt like we weren't good enough for her or something like that. My dad did remarry when I was eleven, but it was still not the same. I call her mom so it seems like she really is my real mom, but I can't help but wonder if my mom has another family now. Over the years I guess the anger built up and one day in sixth grade I snapped. I was constantly angry and yelling at people. I hated it. It was hell. I'm better now because I take a medication for it and I see people about it." "But?" "But I still worry that one day I'm going to push someone I really care about away because of it." Wow. I don't even know what to say. I could tell that that was hard for him to tell me that, but he was relieved. I looked at him. He was staring down at his feet, probably looking back at the memories of his old life. I moved closer to him and gave him a huge hug. "It's ok." "So you're ok with this?" "Of course. You didn't chose for this to happen to you it just happened. I'm here for you." I smiled. "I guess that's something we have in common." "What?" "We're both misfits in this world." He was right. We both came from broken families. Thinking about my family made me not want to go home. I looked down. He noticed, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you sad." "No, I just forgot for a moment." That's when we both realized we ended up at the park and it was sunset. "Let's not worry about the depressing stuff right now. Let's just have fun." I laughed, "Says the guy that drives a hearse." "Hey, don't hate on Morty." "No hating, just stating." "Well played." He eyed a bench that had a perfect view of the sunset behind the lake. He looked at me, smiled and held my hand and led me to the bench.
Eli's POV
I pulled Clare over to the bench and we sat down to watch the sunset. Clare looked at the sunset in awe, "So beautiful." That's when I saw an opportunity and knew I had to seize it. "Yes you are." Clare looked at me, bit her lip and smiled. She started to blush and looked away then looked back. She continues to smile, "Eli Goldsworthy; Closet romantic." "You obviously need to read more." Clare stared at me puzzled. So, I continued, "The cover of a book can only tell you so much. To find out more, continue to read." I finished my little dash of poetry and closed it with a classic smirk. Clare continued to look at me and smiled. She started going back and forth, staring at my eyes then at my mouth. I knew that that was my cue. I start to lean and she followed. We met in the middle and kissed. As cliché as it may sound, when we kiss it's like fireworks are going off and the world just freezes around us. When we pulled away, Clare spoke, "I've been waiting to do that all day." I look up at the sky and see a shooting star. I point at it and say, "make a wish." Clare looks up and says, "Wanna know what my wish is? I wish this night would never end." I look at the sky again and shake my head, "Don't tell me that. "I look over at Clare. She looked concern. "Why not?" "If you tell me your wish, it won't come true." We both laugh. She leans against me and rested her head on my shoulder. I moved my arm around her and rested my head on hers.
-The Next Day—
I woke up and actually felt…happy. I've noticed that I'm in such a better mood all the time because of Clare. She literally brightens my day; my life. I can't even stop thinking about last night. Clare and I had sat on that bench for two more hours before we started walking around again. We talked all night and then eventually made our way back to Morty so I could drive her home. It was one of the best nights of my life. I tried to stop day dreaming and got ready for school. Once I finished, I got in Morty and drove to Adam's house to give him a ride. Adam came out and hopped into the passenger's seat, "Hey." As Adam hopped in Morty, I came back to reality. "Oh, yeah, hey." "Um, ok, weirdo. Why are you so happy today?" "I don't know. Maybe because the sky is blue." I positively look like an idiot right now. I have the goofiest smile on my face. "Considering that the sky is blue most of the time and the fact that you don't exactly smile that much, I'd say that's not a valid reason." "Since when are you sherlock?" "Ok, fine, Adam says, 'Bull shit!'" Adam exclaimed. I couldn't help but laugh. Being Adam, he continued to interrogate, "So, really, what's going on?" "Clare and I had a date last night." Adam nudged me and the biggest smile formed on his face. "Really? Well, that explains your unusual happiness." "Happy now?" "Did you guys kiss?" "What is with you and asking me about whether Clare and I kiss?" "I don't know. I'm just happy you finally came to your senses." "About what?" "You not dating Clare because of your past." "Yeah, pretty ridiculous. Oh, by the way, I told her." "Told her what?" "She knows my past." "Really? You told her? You? And on the first date? Wow, well, that's surprising." "Well, we all have our moments." We finally arrived and got out of Morty. We walked into Degrassi and walked to my locker. "Wow. You must be happy. You're awfully quiet." "Huh, oh, yeah." We stood there in silence for a while as I exchanged my books. Adam broke the silence, "Hate to leave during all this excitement, but I have to go to the office." Adam left, but he was right. I was quiet because I was happy and couldn't get Clare out of my head. She truly is amazing. I smiled to myself. Then someone came up behind me and tapped me on the shoulder, but when I turned around, no one was there. I turned back towards my locker and found a surprise. The mystery person. Clare. "Good morning Eli," Clare said with a smile. I closed my locker. "And how are you Ms. Edwards on this fine morning?" "I'm great. How about you?" "Fantastic," I turned to her and smiled. The bell rang. I held out a hand to her, "Can I escort you to class?" Clare looked down at my inviting hand and grinned. She slightly nodded so I grabbed her right hand with my right hand and moved my arm around her shoulders; with our hands still intertwined.
Clare's POV
As Eli walked me to class, we passed Ali, who coughed, "Get some." I looked at her and rolled my eyes as we passed each other. Being with Eli made me feel like life can still be worthwhile, even with my parent's problems. He just makes me feel like no matter what, everything is going to be ok. "Well, I believe this is your stop." Sadly. I look back towards the class and then back to him. "Yeah, this is it." "You seem excited," He said sarcastically. "Totally, who isn't excited about a science test," I say continuing the sarcasm. "I should go. I'll see you later." Eli leaned down kissed me on the cheek and went off for class. Sigh. Why can't I just be with him all the time? I walk in to class and sit down. After my test, class was over so I went to my locker. Eli snuck up behind me and spoke. "How was your test?" I turned around in relief that I can finally kiss those sweet, soft lips of his. Oh lord please forgive me for being love crazed. "Too long." I wrapped my arms around his neck and collided my lips to his, as if our lips were magnets. At first he was shocked, but then he got into it. Our lips moved in sync. I felt like I was floating on a cloud with him. "Hey love birds! Go to class!" Adam said hitting Eli in the butt with his binder. Adam caught me off guard and made me accidentally bite Eli's lip. "Ow! Why is everyone beating me?" Eli said out of pain. "I'm sorry. I honestly didn't mean to. I just got caught off guard by Adam." "Yeah, I know he slapped my ass!" I started to laugh and so did Eli. "Let's go to class." Eli walked me to my next class. Last class then lunch. I can make it. The things Eli Goldsworthy did to me. I can't help, but smile.
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