Hey guys so there's one more chapter for this and I will get it up as soon as I can. I know this chapter took forever but there was lot going on with the move and everything. Anyway enjoy this chapter.
Ch. 3 What Love Does
(CLARE)
After my encounter with Eli on the steps I was angry and frustrated, marching straight to my locker and slamming the door shut with a loud bang before screaming.
"Whoa what's got you all fired up this morning?" Dallas asks from behind me.
I turn around to see not just Dallas but Owen, Luke, Drew and Bianca. "Eli was on the front steps and he saw Reese drop me off with Harrison and the others and he got all angry. But he broke up with me over drugs he has no right to be angry that I'm dating someone new!" I exclaim in vexation.
"You already knew Eli was a jealous idiot; don't let him get to you. Just ignore Eli, he chose drugs over you after all and focus on Reese." Bianca advises.
I'm glad one of them has some sage advice; I let out a breath and relax a little smiling at Bianca. I have to admit despite her faults and her past once you get to know Bianca she's actually really smart and very nice.
"Thanks Bianca you're right Eli made his choice and I'm not going to let him get to me." I say with a deep breath.
"Everything okay?" Adam asks pushing past Drew to get to me.
"Yeah everything is fine Adam. Eli saw Reese dropping me off and well you know Eli." I tell him.
"Yeah well we should get to class, see you guys." Adam waves to the others.
"Hey guys," Alli and Jenna greet as they join us.
"So what did you and Reese do after you left us at the Dot?" Alli questions.
"We hung out at his friend Harrison's house," I reply.
I might tell Alli and Jenna later that we made out for over an hour on a bed of cushions in Harrison's den of debauchery but not Adam. He may be my best friend and have the body of a girl but he's a guy and he thinks like a guy, like a guy that's my best friend and also best friends with my ex. In other words there are some things Adam simply does not need to know.
"Are his friends nice?" Jenna asks.
"Yeah I like them," I nod.
The rest of the morning seems to go by pretty quickly and soon it's lunch time. I grab my lunch from my locker and head to the bleachers to meet Reese and the others.
"Hello Luscious," Reese greets as he takes my hand and pulls me into a soft kiss.
We walk down to their spot Reese sits against a tree and leans me back to sit against him.
"So Reese says he has to come to dinner with the folks tonight." Jade says as we're eating.
"Yeah my mom kinda cornered him, sorry about that." I apologize to Reese.
"Don't worry about it; I don't mind at all just means I get to spend more time with you." Reese smiles then kisses my temple.
"Oh I'm having a party on Saturday night, you guys should come." Angela tells us.
"Sure I'll be there," I reply.
"You can invite some of your other DeGrassi friends if you want but it's mostly going to be kids from Bardell." Angela says.
"Thanks Angela," I smile.
We finish lunch and they walk me to the bleachers, sitting on the bleachers is Owen, Dallas and Luke.
"Hey Owen," Reese greets him.
"Hey, where exactly do you guys eat?" Owen asks.
"Down by the creek. Angela's having a party Saturday night if you guys want to come, so that Clare won't be the only DeGrassi kid there." Reese invites the Ice Hounds trio.
"Sure sounds cool," Owen nods apparently accepting for all of them.
"Cool see if Bianca wants to come too, I'll give Clare the address later." Reese smiles.
He gives me a soft kiss and then Reese leaves with his friends.
"I love me a good party," Dallas smiles.
I shake my head and start walking toward the building. The three of them get off the bleachers and walk with me. Bianca and Drew are eating in the memorial garden; Owen takes my arm and pulls me into the memorial garden with him.
"Hey Reese's friend is having a party Saturday night and he invited us." Owen tells them.
"Sweet," Bianca smiles.
"We'll be there," Drew says.
"Great so now that the five of you are coming we can stop inviting people, can I go to class now Owen?" I request.
"Huh oh yeah sorry," Owen apologizes releasing my sleeve.
The rest of the afternoon is fairly boring; Adam finds out about the party from Drew and tells me he's coming. When the last bell of the day rings I leave the school to find Reese waiting for me just off school property. I smile when I see him, going to him and linking my arms around his neck. Sliding his hands around my back he connects our lips in a passionate kiss.
"Hello Luscious, missed you," he smiles when he pulls away from the kiss.
"Hi, I missed you too. By the way Owen invited Drew and Bianca to the party and Drew told Adam about the party, he invited himself. I hope that's not too many people." I tell Reese.
"No that's fine, you'll know more people. You want to get a coffee at the Dot?" Reese asks.
"Sure," I smile.
We walk to the Dot and order from Fitz, getting our coffees before sitting at a table.
"Are you sure Angela won't mind having that many people?" I question.
"Nah she'll be fine with it, the party's in her back yard anyway. Everything else okay? You seem sort of distracted." Reese comments.
"I saw Eli this morning, he saw us and he was angry. We had a fight, we've broken up and we're still fighting." I sigh.
"Don't let it bother you, you're ex has problems." Reese tells me taking my hands and leaning over the table to kiss me.
I suspect he's simply trying to change the subject but he asks me what I want to do this weekend and says we can do anything I want. As I'm thinking it over Adam comes in the café with an expression that tells me something is most definitely wrong.
"What is it Adam?" I question.
"It's Eli, he's in the hospital Clare." Adam informs me.
"What? What happened?" I ask standing up.
"I don't know I just got a call from Bullfrog. Eli was rushed to the hospital unconscious; Bullfrog thinks he may have overdosed." Adam tells me.
"I'm sorry Reese I have to go, he…" my sentence trails off as I bite my lip unsure of how to continue. I worry that Eli overdosed because of our fight, or our break up or seeing me with someone else so soon.
"Go, it's okay I understand. I'll call you later." Reese says standing up and kissing me softly.
I smile at Reese and leave the café with Adam. Drew and Bianca are waiting to drive us to the hospital. On the way I call my mother to tell her Eli is in the hospital and I probably won't be home for dinner and therefore Reese won't be coming over for dinner tonight. Bianca pulls up to the emergency room entrance, Drew tells us to call when we're ready to leave as we get out of the car. Adam and I walk into the hospital hand in hand, despite it all I still care for Eli. No matter what happens he will always be my first love and he will always have a piece of my heart. Even the ER waiting room is sterile and smells strongly of disinfectant, the bright lights, white walls and groupings of sick people and their friends and family give the whole place an unsettling air. Feeling uneasy and worried about Eli my stomach ties it's self into knots and I grip Adam's hand a little tighter. Adam tells the lady at the desk that we're here for Eli Goldsworthy and she tells us where to go. When we reach Eli's room, Bullfrog and Cece are sitting by his bed but Eli is not in it.
"How is he? What happened?" I inquire when we enter the room.
"They took him to get his stomach pumped, they're sure he overdosed but they don't know on what exactly. Did he say anything to either of you today?" Cece asks.
"I haven't talked to him since yesterday," Adam says.
"We broke up last night, he…he came to school this morning and we had an argument but he didn't…he wasn't high." I stumble over my words, swallowing hard to keep back the tears.
"This isn't your fault Clare," Bullfrog tells me as Adam and I sit down.
"No I didn't mean it that way honey, Eli did this to himself I just don't understand why." Cece comments.
Eli is brought in a few minutes later but he's still unconscious. The orderly's put Eli in his bed and the doctor comes in.
"He'll probably be out for another couple of hours or so but he'll be okay you got to him just in time. He had MDMA and alcohol in his system. We'll keep him for 48 hours for observation and he'll need to see his therapist. I'll be back in an hour to check on him and press the call button." The doctor says as the nurse and orderlies hook Eli up to the heart monitor and IV.
"Thank you doctor," Cece says.
The doctor nods and leaves the room, as do the nurses and orderlies. Looking at Eli so pale, having come so close to death I start to feel sick. A great deal of it has to do with how guilty I feel, fearing that he overdosed because of our argument this morning.
"I need some air," I say standing up and leaving Eli's room quickly.
I rush outside and take a deep breath of fresh air that doesn't stink of disinfectant and illness. Then I call Reese, I don't even think about it I just call him.
"Hey Luscious how's Eli?" Reese asks.
"He overdosed but they pumped his stomach and he's going to be okay. He's still unconscious; I came outside for some air. This is my fault Reese, I'm the reason he's here, that he overdosed." I tell him.
"Clare you didn't give him the drugs, his overdose was his own doing. You can't blame yourself." Reese advises me.
"I knew he takes things to the extreme that he has a history of hurting himself when things are becoming too much for him to handle. I just argued with him, I…" I'm starting to rant when Reese cuts me off.
"Clare stop it was Eli's decision not yours. Do you want me to come down there?" Reese offers.
"No I should go back in there I'll call you when I leave here if it's not too late." I reply.
"Call me even if it is too late so that I know you're okay." Reese insists.
"Okay I will," I tell him and hang up.
I go back into Eli's room sitting next to Adam again. For two hours we sit there in our own contemplative silence then Eli finally begins to stir. He groans a little and Cece hops up sitting on the edge of his bed and taking his hand.
"Elijah, Eli honey?" Cece said softly.
"Mom?" Eli asked as his eyes began to open.
"Oh thank god you had us all worried to death! Why would you do that Elijah?" Cece says in both a relieved and scolding tone.
"Is Clare here?" Eli asked looking past his mom to lay eyes on me.
"I'm here Eli," I nod standing up and going to his bed.
"Can you guys give us a few minutes I need to talk to Clare?" Eli requests to the others in the room.
"Sure son, let's go get some coffee Sweetheart," Bullfrog says pulling his wife away from their son's hospital bed.
"I'm going to go call my mom," Adam says and the three of them leave the room.
"This is why I didn't want you taking drugs in the first place Eli." I scold him.
"But I knew you'd come to see me, you still care about me Clare, you still love me." Eli says with pride reaching for my hand but I yank it away.
"Eli tell me you didn't put yourself in the hospital a second time just so I would come see you?" I plead with him.
"I had to Clare I love you I can't lose you. You love me too, you can't deny it or you wouldn't be here." Eli says.
"Yes Eli I do still love you, I probably always will love you in a way but you can't hurt yourself every time we break up. You could have died Eli, again! Do you not see how serious this is?" I ask him.
"I'm fine Clare I knew what I was doing," he counters.
"You're fine! Eli you're in the hospital because of an overdose, you had your stomach pumped. Next time you want to talk to me write me a letter!" I admonish him.
"But you might not have read it; this was the only way I could know if you still cared. I won't lose you Clare!" Eli states in determination.
"It's too late Eli you already have," I reply and then run out of his room.
"CLARE STOP! CLARE!" Eli yells after me.
I ignore him and continue running down the hall with tears in my eyes until Adam catches me by the arms and forces me to stop.
"Clare where are you going? What's wrong?" Adam asks.
"He did it again Adam! I can't believe he did it again! Stay with him please, watch him, I'm worried about him but I can't stay with him." I tell our best friend.
"Okay I'll go to his room can you get home okay?" Adam asks.
"Yeah I'll call Reese," I reply.
Adam hugs me before we part ways, once I'm outside I tell Mom that Eli will be fine but I'm upset and I'm sleeping at Alli's and I'll be home tomorrow. When I hang up with Mom I call Reese.
"Can you pick me up at the hospital?" I ask him as soon as he answers.
"Yeah I'll leave right now, what hospital are you at?" He asks.
I tell him what hospital and he says he'll be here in ten minutes. We hang up and I sit on a bench to wait, it's the longest ten minutes ever but I finally see him pulling up in a dark blue four door. I get in the car hugging him and sharing a kiss before buckling and then he starts driving.
"Are you okay? How's Eli?" Reese asks.
"He's insane; he put himself in the hospital to get me to come see him again! I told my mom I was sleeping at Alli's can we go somewhere. I just can't sleep at home tonight." I tell him.
"You can sleep at my house if you want, my dad won't care." Reese replies.
"Sounds great," I smile.
Reese takes my hand and I relax at his touch consoling and comforting, helping to erase some of the stress Eli caused me. We drive back to Reese's house; it's only a few blocks from DeGrassi but in Bardell's school district. We get out of the car, he takes my hand and unlocks the front door, he locks it behind us and his house is small and kind of messy but he lives with just his dad so not surprising it's a little slovenly. We go down a hall and he pulls me into a bedroom closing the door behind us before he turns on the light as the blinds are closed and it makes his room dark. His room is plastered with posters and painted in dark colors, his bedding; with an unmade bed is brown and blue.
"Do you want a shirt to sleep in?" Reese asks.
"Yeah that would be great," I nod.
Reese goes to his dresser and pulls out a dark blue t-shirt and hands it to me. He starts stripping down to his boxers and I take off everything but my panties before putting on his shirt. Sitting on his bed he turns out his light and comes to the bed getting in then turns on the TV. He finds a movie and puts his arm around me, I nuzzle into him and he holds me closer.
"Are you sure you don't want to talk about it?" He asks.
"I don't even want to think about it but it's not leaving my mind! This isn't the first time he's deliberately put himself in danger to get me to come see him." I lament against Reese's chest then sit up to look at him in the light of the TV. "I'm sorry I should not be complaining about my crazy ex to my new boyfriend this isn't fair to you." I apologize.
"It's okay, you really care about him and he was a big part of your life, tonight was traumatic. We can talk about it if you want I don't mind honestly." He says and I smile at him.
"Thanks that's sweet but can you just make me forget about Eli please? I really just don't want to think about him right now." I request.
"Make you forget about Eli, I can do that." Reese smiles cupping my chin and pulling me to him for a passionate kiss.
He turns me and before I realize it I'm on my back with him on top of me. He whisks his shirt off me and puts his lips on my breasts. His lips kiss softly down my flesh, the fire in my belly grows rapidly, my stomach muscles tighten in anticipation and my body trembles of it's own accord. He disappears under the comforter and within a few seconds my panties disappear too. Reese starts kissing up my body again until his lips are attached to mine, two of his fingers stroke up my leg until he finds my pussy lips, my breathing hitches and back arches.
(REESE)
My fingers probe Clare's hot velvety pussy and I feel that she's already wet. My fingers slide into her and she moans into the kiss. She feels like liquid silk, liquid silk that's been heated up. She nips at my bottom lip and tugs gently so I know she likes it and wants me to continue so I start thrusting my fingers. Slowly at first and then more rapidly, the faster I go the more Clare clings to me, the louder she moans and the harder she breaths. Eventually she has to break from the kiss to do nothing but moan. When I have her close to climax I scoot down and include my tongue, she gasps, makes a loud moan, one of her hands clutches the back of my head and the other grips the bedspread.
"Reeeessssssse ohhhhhh goooooood Reeeesssse Mmmmmm!" She screams.
I slow down my pace but don't pull out of her until she's done then I kiss my way up her flesh until I come to her lips and kiss her again. I'm fucking horny as all hell now but I now she's inexperienced and had a bad night so I'm not going to ask her to take care of me. However she's not letting go of me, she's kissing me with a lot of fervor and I don't want to leave her. So I keep kissing her and free one hand so I can masturbate. She must know I'm doing so but she doesn't say anything, doesn't even break from the kiss. When I'm done I keep kissing her but have to collapse at her side a little. Finally she breaks from the kiss and smiles at me.
"Stay here, I'm going to clean up and get us some water." I instruct her.
"Okay," she replies.
I get out of the bed, straighten my boxers and leave the bedroom for the washroom. After cleaning up I go out to the kitchen and get two bottles of water before returning to my room.
"How do you feel Luscious?" I ask going back to her and am very happy to see she's still naked when I get back in the bed.
"Much better, that was…amazing." She smiles.
I hand her a bottle of water and she sits up a little to drink it, when we've each consumed about half the bottle we close them and set them down. I wrap her in my arms and we lay down again, feeling her skin on mine has me getting hard again and I start kissing her neck.
"Reese, that was fun and just what I needed but I'm not up for more, I'm exhausted now." She protests.
"But your skin is so silky and soft and kissable," I argue.
"We have school in the morning." She reminds me and I sigh heavily.
"You're right Luscious, let's get to sleep." I say reluctantly.
I lay down on my back keeping my arm around her, she lays her head on my chest again and we fall asleep to the TV. My alarm wakes us up the next morning, Clare rolls over and smiles at me; I smile back and softly put my lips on hers.
"Morning," she smiles.
"Morning Luscious, you need some clothes to wear to school. Angela's about your size I'll call her." I tell her.
"Thanks I'm going to go use your washroom." She says yawning and getting out of the bed, retrieving my shirt from the floor and putting it back on.
She opens my bedroom door just as my dad is coming out of his room and she freezes pulling my shirt down to cover her as much as she can since it's all she's wearing. I get in front of her finding her modesty adorable and she hides behind me her cheeks going bright red.
"Dad this is my girlfriend Clare, Clare my dad Roger." I introduce them.
"It's nice to meet Sir," she says shyly.
"Please call me Roger, it's nice to meet you too Clare. I have to leave for work now but I hope I'll see you again." Dad says.
"Yeah I'll be around a lot." She assures him.
"Good, have a nice day kids," Dad says walking out and waving to us.
"Wow my mom would have flipped out," Clare smiles.
"Yeah my dad's cool, go ahead and use the washroom, you can shower if you want and I'll call Angela to see if she can bring you some clothes." I tell her.
She smiles and kisses me passionately before vanishing behind the washroom door. Finding my cell phone I call Angela and she says she'll bring Clare a dress to wear and they'll be over in about 20 minutes. I hear the shower come on and I start to get dressed, when Clare gets out of the shower I'm eating breakfast at the table and she comes out wearing just a towel.
"Angela's bringing you a dress to wear and they'll be here in about ten minutes. Why don't you sit and have some breakfast." I suggest to her.
"Wearing just a towel?" She asks twisting her mouth at me.
"I like you in just a towel," I reply pulling her into my lap so she has no choice and I start kissing her neck. "Here you can have some of my English muffin." I insist holding it to her lips and she takes a bite.
I let her finish the muffin as I'm too distracted kissing her neck and back and anywhere else the towel doesn't cover. When we hear a car pull up into the driveway she hops off my lap and races back to the bedroom. I get up and open the door, Angela hands me a black and white stripped dress that's not exactly Clare's style but at least it looks like it'll fit her. I take it back to the bedroom so Clare can get dressed, handing it to her.
"Thanks have you seen my panties? I found my bra but can't find my panties anywhere." She tells me.
"You could go to school without them," I reply.
She turns to grimace at me. "In a dress are you crazy? One gust of wind I'd flash anyone nearby, heck even sitting wrong could reveal it and I'm certain that some guys like Drew and Owen would just instinctually know." She retorts.
"You have a point there," I say after a moment's consideration.
The thought of her going to school with no panties is quite pleasing to me but I really don't want some other guy finding out she has no panties and we don't even go to the same school so it's not as though I could sneak her away for sexy time I have to wait until lunch to see her after we drop her off. Finding her panties in the bed I hand them to her, she closes the door takes off the towel and I sit on my bed to watch her dress.
"Can you zip me up?" She asks when she has the dress on and turns around. Getting off the bed I zip her up turning her around to kiss me when I'm done. "Thanks, it's a good thing I have my jacket here this dress shows a little more skin than I'm used to, not that my jacket covers much but it'll cover my arms at least." She says getting her denim jacket from the floor and putting it on.
The jacket only frames her breasts in the plunging neckline of the dress. "I think you look hot," I tell her pulling her to me to kiss her again.
She smiles at me and we go out to the living room, Harrison and Nick whistle as she comes out and the girls tell her she looks pretty. We all pile into Harrison's car, I sit in the back between Clare and Angela, putting my arm around Clare as Harrison starts driving to DeGrassi. Harrison pulls up to the front and I ensnare Clare's lips for a passionate kiss with much fervor before she gets out of the car.
"See you guys for lunch," she smiles getting out of the car.
"You sleeping over again?" I call to her as Harrison starts driving away.
(CLARE)
I freeze when Reese asks if I'm sleeping over again just before he drives away, I hear a bunch of whistles from kids in the yard. Dallas, Luke, Owen and Drew are talking on the steps but their conversation stops and they all look at me. I ignore their looks and run up the steps to go into the school.
"You did what?" Dallas asks as they fall in to step next to me two on each side.
"And what are you wearing?" Owen demands.
"I fail to see how it's any of your business any of you!" I state as I continue walking to my locker.
Drew is right next to me and grabs my arm with enough force to keep me from walking but he doesn't hurt me. "Adam told me what Eli did and I know you were upset last night but tell me you didn't stay Reese's last night to…" Drew is pleading with me when I cut him off.
"We didn't have sex Drew see still wearing my purity ring," I assure him and everyone else listening as I show them my ring. "I was really upset last night and I called my boyfriend to comfort me. I slept at his house and he did comfort me, since I had no clothes he asked his friend Angela to bring me something to wear can I go to my locker now?" I request.
"What did happen last night, is Eli okay?" Dallas asks.
"Eli's fine considering her took a deliberate overdose so I would come see him in the hospital. Just like crashing his car last year and just like last time he endangered his life he was happy about it because I went to see him!" I tell them and anyone else listening in the hall.
Drew and Owen of course are already aware of what transpired last year but Dallas and Luke are not.
"He crashed his car for you?" Luke asks.
"No he crashed his car to get me to come see him! You two fill them in; I don't feel like talking about it." I say to Drew and Owen and walk off to my locker.
"Hey, are you okay?" Adam asks coming next to me.
"Fine, how's Eli?" I ask.
"He's…I'm not really sure I left a short time after you did. His parents said I might be able to go visit him on Sunday and he'll be out of the hospital tomorrow afternoon." Adam tells me.
"I never wanted him to hurt himself Adam," I lament to my friend as I close my locker and start walking to class.
"I know Clare, no one blames you it was Eli's choice to take drugs to begin with and his choice to overdose so you would come and see him. He just loses his mind when it comes to you," Adam says.
"Well I wish he wouldn't!" I reply as we turn a corner and nearly bump into Jake.
"Where'd you sleep last night and what are you wearing?" Jake asks.
"At Reese's place and we didn't have sex see still wearing my purity ring! Don't tell my mom and don't tell Eli Adam. The dress belongs to Reese's friend because I needed something to wear to school." I inform them.
"Won't say a word," Adam says.
"My lips are sealed," Jake nods.
Jake parts from us and I see a lot of people in halls whispering as Adam and I walk by.
"Just ignore them, they have no idea what happened. The rumors will die down." Adam assures me.
"Yeah I know, uh I forgot a book in my locker, I'll see you in class." I tell him.
"Okay." Adam says slowly. "You want me to come with you?" He offers.
"No you go ahead to class I'll catch up," I reply.
Adam nods, I turn and start walking for my locker, stash my backpack in the locker and leave through the back of the school. I never should have come to school today, my guilt over Eli, the looks from people when they found out I stayed at Reese's place and the rumor mill that's been working overtime about me and Eli in the hospital and god knows what else, I just can't handle it right now. The only thing I want is to be in Reese's arms again, knowing the direction of Bardell and the general way they come at lunch I start walking that way. Bardell comes into sight a few minutes later and I go through a chain link fence. I have no idea how to find Reese at the moment; pretty sure cell phones get collected or at least made to turn off at the beginning of classes just like at DeGrassi. I'm hoping to see Angela or Nick or one of the others I know but all I see is a boys gym class out running track.
"Hey sexy thing what are you doing at our school?" A boy with dark blonde hair and dark blue eyes asks.
"I'm looking for Reese," I reply as he backs me up into the fence.
I'll get the next chapter up as soon as I can.