This is a fanfic about Eli and Claire (Eclare). I have read many stories about the two and I just wanted to write one. I hope you all like it. I don't own degrassi or its characters.

The first time I saw him I was speechless. His hearse ran over my glasses. He got out of the car, examined them, and then handed them to me. We exchanged words and then he got into his car and left. He was the first guy to tell me that I had pretty eyes. Matter of fact, he was the first guy to make me nervous since KC. There was something about him that made me want to know more about him. Maybe it was the way he didn't care about what people thought of him or the way he looked. He wore all black, drove a hearse and kept to himself. He was sarcastic, but a realistic. He was everything that I wasn't. Before he left that day, I told him "I'll uh, see you around". I thought I was going to die if he just left with no response, but instead he said "Guess you will". I watched as he got into his hearse and left. His loud music left echoes behind. I had such a big grin on my face that even my best friend Alli knew something was up. I told her that she was just imagining things, when in actuality I was crushing on the new guy. I should've asked him his name. I can't just refer to him as the hearse driving, black wearing, mysterious guy that stole my heart.

He didn't actually steal my heart, he just borrowed it. I felt like I did when I started to like KC. But, me and him were more than over. He had his new girlfriend Jenna, my ex-friend. I used to hate her, but now I just feel sorry for her. She got my boyfriend, but at what cost. She lost the only real friends she had at Degrassi for a guy that let his girlfriend for a pretty face. How does she know that he won't just dump her when the next best thing comes along? She doesn't. When it happens to her, she'll khow it feels to lose someone you thought cared about you.

But, enough about her. The same day that he ran over my glasses, was the same day that I saw him in my English class. I got placed in eleventh grade English because I was in the gifted program and tenth grade English was way too easy for me. When I saw him walk in room I froze, I couldn't believe that the same guy that ran over my glasses was just a couple of feet away from me. Was this a sign? Was I supposed to get to know this guy? I asked myself before he looked directly at me. He was so caught up in my eyes that he didn't even notice that Mrs. Kwan had been calling him. Finally, he snapped out of his trance and sat down in his assigned seat, which was right by me. I thought I was going to lose it when he leaned closer to me and said "So we meet again." I responded with a simple "Yeah, it must be fate". I was being sarcastic and he noticed because as soon as I looked at him, he began to grin.

"What's your name?" he said while he looked into my blue eyes. "Claire." I said as my heart skipped a beat. I had never felt like this before, he made me nervous, very nervous. "I'm Eli." he said as he extended his hand out to me. I shook his hand, tried to pull away, but he still held my hand. This went on for about two minutes until he let go. I thought I was going to pass out right then and there. This is going to be a long semester, but interesting I told myself.

This is going to be my year. I'll laugh more, have more fun and experience things that make life worth living. Maybe I'll even fall in love. Anything can happen, especially when a guy looks at me like Eli does.

Hope you all like the first chapter. I know this is short, the next chapter will be longer. Keep reading to find out what happens next. Review and tell me how I did. This is my second fanfic.