Authors note: Heyo! Sorry for the super late update! Life is kinda crazy right now (And I'm also kinda lazy and been watching too much anime, but shh) Also I've made a playlist for this fanfiction as a sorry, and you can find the link on my profile. Remember to read and review!

Disclaimer: Degrassi is still pretty shit, so I would never want to take any credit for the show.

Summary: They agreed to be friends… With benefits. No feelings, just sex. However, everything changes in more way than one.

You And I And A Plus Sign

Chapter Four

Eli smirked and kissed her again, it was short and sweet. It was chaste. When Eli pulled away the two stared at each other. They smiled and touched each other's faces with the pads of their finger tips and Clare felt a sense of relief wash over her.

This was them and they were going to be okay.

All three of them.

There was a knock on the bedroom door, but they both ignored it. They were too lost in each other's eyes. Clare adored his green eyes and he adored her blue ones.

There was a louder knock, but they still didn't move. And then another and another and then Clare heard her name. It got louder and louder. She looked towards the door as the voice continued and continued.

"Clare."

"Clare?"

"Clare?!"

"Wake up!"

Clare's eyes fluttered opened. And she realised she had been dreaming, she had been dreaming such a horrible, wonderful dream. She rubbed her makeup- less face and looked at the person who had woken her up.

"You were crying in your sleep." Eli said.

Clare felt like all the air was stuck in her lungs and she just couldn't get it out. She wondered if she had been sleep talking, she hoped to god she wasn't sleep talking. Crying in her sleep was enough to get him to be worried, she would hate if he heard her sleep talking and was now worried about that.

"I…" She glanced at his lap. She had fallen asleep while they were watching Eli's newest videos from his work, and now there was a large wet spot on his jeans from her tears. "I'm sorry about your pants." She said lamely. "I can put them in the dryer?"

"It's fine, Clare. It'll dry." He chuckled.

She flashed him a small smile and sighed. She hadn't told him about their baby and he never kissed some girl at their favourite restaurant and she was so relieved. That means she can tell him now, tell him about their baby and how head over heels she is for him and she prayed to God he felt the same because she wouldn't be able to handle anything that happened in her dream, except maybe the last part.

The part where she called him boyfriend and he called her girlfriend and they both said their "I love you's" She would be able to handle that. But if the boy she's been in love with since high school rejected her that's what she wouldn't be able to handle at all.

"Hey… Are you thinking about something?"

"What? Oh… Yeah. I guess, kinda." She shrugged and moved a bit away from him on the couch.

"Care to share?" He questioned as he turned off the television and twisted around a bit so he was facing her.

"Uhm.." Clare looked down at her little belly. There wasn't really anything there yet. She was 14 weeks pregnant, but it looked like nothing was different about her. But the doctor said that was okay and that it was normal to be small with your first baby. "I uh... Yes. Yes, I will share." She nodded, placing a hand on her stomach, absentmindedly.

"Okay?"

A few moments passed before she realised that this was the moment. "Oh! Yeah, wait here." She commanded as she hopped off the couch. She was going to tell him and he would finally know that he's the father, he's going to be a father, and they were having a baby.

She went to the bedroom and grabbed the ultrasound of their little one and shoved it in her pocket so he wouldn't see it just yet, then to the kitchen and grabbed three plastic cups from the space underneath the sink and hurried back to him.

Eli raised an eyebrow and she set each cup down on the table. "What are you doing, Edwards?"

"Shh, just wait."

She took out the ultrasound and folded it so he wouldn't see it and placed it in the middle cup, before turning each one upside down. "You saw which cup I put the picture in?" She asked him.

He nodded.

"Good." She smiled. "If you pick the cup with the picture in it you'll know what I was thinking about."

"Obviously tricks." He said.

"It's not a trick." She said seriously.

"Alright." He pushed his lips together, "This'll be easy."

Clare smirked slightly and began mixing up the cups again and again and again. She stopped after a bit and looked up at him. "Okay." She told him.

Eli picked up the cup on the left and threw it aside. There it was on the first guess. The ultrasound lie on the table and then Clare got nervous. She hoped he wouldn't reject her.

She watched as he reached for the photo, it felt like ten years went past by the time Eli finally touched it. She held her breath as he started to unfold it and looked at him curiously when he finally saw it.

He stared at it and stared at it as his mind tried to process it. Clare hoped the "Hi, Daddy." She wrote on it earlier would be enough for him to know what's going on. But he kept looking at him, not even glancing up at her. Clare was getting anxious now.

"Eli… Why are you not saying anything?" She asked after a few minutes passed.

"Oh my God." He finally said as he covered his face with his hands. She couldn't tell how he felt with the tone of his voice. "Oh my God." He said again and Clare swore he sounded like he was about to cry.

"You're pregnant?"

She saw him move his fingers a bit, but she could barely see his face, but she assumed he could see her, so she nodded.

"Oh my God." He said. He was definitely crying. "I have magical sperm."

Clare tried to hold back a smile, but it found its way onto her face. "I suppose you do." She said with a giggle.

"I'm so glad you're pregnant." He said.

Clare's eyebrows came together, "What?"

Eli moved rubbed his eyes clean from his tears, "You're pregnant. So that means it's not cancer."

"It's not cancer." Clare repeated.

Eli looked down that the ultrasound and smiled, "How far along are you?"

"14 weeks." She replied walking over to her previous spot beside him, "I found out last week."

"It's healthy?"

"Yes." Clare said. "Very healthy."

Eli let out a sigh and leaned back on the couch. "Wow."

"Eli?" Clare said suddenly.

Eli glanced over at her, "Yes?"

"I really want this baby… " She started, but looked away from him down to her hands, "And I know this ruins what we had going on… But I really want this baby after I was told I wouldn't ever be able to have kids… This is my miracle baby, so thank you even if it wasn't planned to happen."

"I think you mean our miracle baby."

Clare looked up at him, "Our."

"I know how your brain works, Clare Edwards, I want everything to do with this baby, so don't start thinking ever that I don't want to be a part of its life."

Clare nodded and wiped the single tear that had fallen from her eye, "I want you to be a part of my life too." She said quietly.

"I already am." Eli said. With his hand, Eli reached over and gripped her chin, bringing it up so he could see her face, "And I will be for the rest of your life."

Clare gave him and small smile, "I'm glad."

Eli leaned in and gave her a chaste kiss, "Marry me." He said.

Clare's eyes widened, "W-what?"

"Marry me."

"Eli…"

"I know I don't have a ring… but I will get down on one knee and ask again once I do. Until then, I'd really like to call you my girlfriend."

Clare's eyes filled up with tears and she smiled widely at him, "Until then, I'd really like to call you my boyfriend."

Yes, chapter two (from when the Bianca and Clare part ends) and three was all a dream.

I thought I should clear that up in case some people were confused!

Anyway! Review maybe?