Title: Break Down These Walls

Fandom: Degrassi

Pairing: Cake - Clare Edwards and Jake Martin

Status: Not complete, chapter fic.

Rating: Teen, could change but probably not.

Notes: This is my take from the promo and what I'd want to happen after, I know it probably won't. But hey, that's why we all write fanfiction, right? Enjoy. :

The air pushed around them and her words hung in the air, her heart break sounding and bouncing off of the trees as it forcibly hit him against the chest. Jake looked at Alli, her eyes were wide. After all, they hadn't expected to get caught. Neither of them had said a word about Clare, he didn't want to. He had his reasons, mainly the fact that he was trying to forget that he was irrevocably in love with his future stepsister. Why had Alli kissed him? He didn't know. He had his reasons: he was trying to forget.

"Wait, Clare." He said, pushing himself to his feet as Alli stood beside him, opening her mouth to make her own apologies but Clare simply shook her head as she took Bianca's hand and turned, walking off. In the dark, he saw Bianca put her arm around Clare's shoulders, which were shaking.

She was crying.

"What have I done?" Alli muttered quietly, covering her face. "What have we done?" Alli stepped away from Jake, it felt wrong. "Why did we do that? Why did I kiss you? I know how she feels about you. She's my best friend! Why did you kiss me?" She shrieked at him and he felt a headache coming along. "The same reason you kissed me, Alli. We're both trying to forget." He hadn't missed her stares at Dave, the open heart breaking gaze that he was trying to hard to hide when he saw Clare.

"We have to tell her." Alli turned, looking up at him but he shook his head. "We can't. Maybe it's better this way, with her hating me." This didn't help Alli, though. "I can't let her hate me! And you know what? You're stupid if you think it's easier for her to hate you. Parents be damned, you two belong together."

"Says the girl who just kissed me."

"Can it, Martin. Stop being a jackass and find a way to fix this. And fast."

"She doesn't want both. I can't break up my parents to be with her. And she doesn't want us together if they are."

Alli rolled her eyes. "She was upset at prom, she was still in shock. It was more of the fact that her mom is getting married right after the divorce. Everybody knows how hard the divorce was on her."

He hadn't actually thought of that. Then, with all of it laid out in front of him, he realized it didn't have anything to do with their future stepsibling status. She was hurt and confused. His father hadn't had a problem with them dating but Helen had showed resistance at once and that night, the words Clare had said was basically Helen's words.

"Fuck." He muttered quietly.

"Yep." Alli agreed as she watched him began to pace.

"How am I going to fix this?" Jake asked, but he knew nobody could answer that for him.

More to come! You don't have to but reviewing is nice. :]