A/N: Though I do love Eli/Clare with a passion, I've recently become attracted to this pairing and thought I'd give them a try. I hope you like this fic so leave a review and tell me how I did. Happy reading!

Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi or any of the characters.

"Eli," Clare squealed as she pulled her dark haired boyfriend through the crowded hallway. He kept asking what she was so worked up about but she refused to answer. Instead, she merely continued through the hall with her hand firmly griping his wrist, preventing him from escaping. "Hurry up!"

"Clare... Where on Earth are you taking me?" Eli demanded with a chuckle. He had to admit, she was pretty adorable when she was so excited. Clare scoffed and smiled as she stopped dead in her tracks.

"Alli's coming back to school today. I've only told you about fifty times in the past week!" she replied. Her brisk walk turned into a slight jog as she tried to race to meet Alli at the school's entrance. Eli followed closely behind, laughing all the while. Pushing through the other students, the couple finally made it to the school's front doors, standing on the front steps of Degrassi.

"Is she here yet?" Eli asked as he broke his arm free from Clare's grip and placed it around her shoulders. Clare chewed on her lip silently. Her clear blue eyes ghosted over the hundreds of students making their way into the building before the bell rang. There were tons of girls in the signature sophomore purple polo shirt. But none of them were Alli.

"I don't... Wait a second... There she is!" Clare said as she pointed at her dark haired friend in the crowd. Alli hadn't noticed as she slowly walked toward the building. Even in her uniform she still stood out from the crowd. Alli's eyes finally caught Clare's gaze, causing both girls' eyes to light up in pure elation.

"Alli!"

"Clare!" The two girls embraced each other tightly and squealed. Both friends began chattering away eagerly, wanting to fill the other in on everything they'd missed since they last met. Eli rolled his eyes. No matter how smart or stubborn Clare could be, he knew, girls would be girls.

"Hey Clare, I'm gonna meet up with Adam. I'll see you later tonight at the Dot, okay?" Eli said. Clare nodded eagerly and gave Eli a quick but meaningful peck before he wandered off to meet Adam. He walked to Adam's locker and sure enough, Adam was there along with his older step-brother Drew.

"Hey Adam," Eli greeted his best friend with their classic fist bump, and then he nodded at Drew in acknowledgement.

"'Sup dude?" Adam said. "Where's Clare? Did God help Clare finally realize she's too good for you?" Eli rolled his eyes at Adam's teasing and smirked.

"Ouch!" Eli said placing a hand over his heart dramatically. "That hurts man. But actually, she's off with Alli talking about the wonderful world of females." Eli and Adam shared a laugh, but Drew merely looked around apprehensively.

"Alli's back?" Drew asked, his light eyes filling with hope. "Maybe she can..."

"She still hates you man," Adam cut in. Drew's eyes which were once brimming with hope suddenly fell. "No way she's gonna tutor you."

"Tutor?" Eli asked. He tried not to laugh at the ultimate cliché; star jock failing a class miserably and not knowing a single thing about the course.

"Well yeah... I'm not doing so well in trigonometry..." Drew said. Adam laughed and mentally added that Drew wasn't doing well in trigonometry, Italian, history, or physics, but he refrained from poking fun at his older brother. They were family after all and had to look out for each other. Noticing Eli's perplexed look, Adam sighed and rolled his eyes before giving Eli the full explanation.

"Actually, Mister Football here isn't doing well at all in trigonometry. In fact, he has one quiz left before midterms and if he doesn't manage to get at least an B+ on the midterm he's gonna have a great time in summer school. And we all know how much our mom is gonna love that," Adam stated. He stressed the last sentence, causing Drew to sigh. Nothing, not even an angry girlfriend or getting tackled on the field was quit as terrifying as their mother when she was ticked off. It also didn't help that she began hounding him to get better grades for the past month or so.

"Thing is, I need a tutor, but no one's available," Drew said.

"Really?" Eli asked. He cocked one eyebrow as if to say that Drew was wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer. "There are a ton of tutors who need the cash and the volunteer credits..."

"Yeah, but after hearing this guy's tragic story, nobody wants to help... Not that I blame them..." Adam mumbled. Drew punched his younger step-brother in the arm and rolled his eyes. The last thing he needed was someone joking about his situation. If he failed, their mother had threatened to take him off of football.

"Quit joking okay? If I can't get Alli to forgive me, how the hell am I going to pass this term?" Drew asked. The three boys were silent for a moment, before Eli's famous smirk tugged on his lips. Before Drew could ask what Eli was thinking, the latter spoke.

"I might have a solution for you," the green eyed boy said slyly.

"Really?" Drew asked. "At this point, anybody would be a God sent!" Eli chuckled and shook his head.

"Actually, she's a saint."

Kind of short, I know. I hope you like it so far! Leave a review!