A/N Tada! A Degrassi story over 700 words :p I think I'm officially addicted to Eclare now, I can't stop writing this. I just love jealous Eli :p

Eli Goldsworthy stood in the Degrassi high parking lot leaning against his hearse, glaring across the lot where Clare Edwards stood. He wasn't glaring directly at Clare, the look of hatred in his green eyes was meant for the person she was talking to. Fitz, the guy who seemed to make it his mission to make Eli as miserable as possible while at Degrassi. Pure hatred pulsed through Eli as he watched Fitz, who was clearly trying to hit on Clare. Eli wouldn't say that he was jealous, just that he didn't think Clare should be talking to someone like Fitz.

"Ass." Eli said shaking the hair out of his eyes. He'd had enough. Somewhere in his subconscious he knew that he was jealous, but it was just feeding his anger towards Fitz. Pushing away from his car, he made his way towards the pair.

"I don't understand why a pretty thing like you is hanging out with a freak like Goldsworthy..." Eli heard Fitz say as he approached from behind. The bully obviously didn't see him coming, though Clare's eyes widened when she saw Eli. Probably thinking that he was going to try to break Fitz's nose.

"That right?" Eli said calmly, causing Fitz to jump and turn to face him. "Cause I was just wondering why she would bother talking to an idiot such as yourself." He caught Clare's eye and smirked.

"You looking for a fight freak?" Fitz said, going back to his usual Jack-ass self.

"No, I just thought I'd rescue the damsel in distress from the ugly troll." Eli said coolly.

"You don't look like a hero, so are you the fire breathing dragon?" Fitz retorted.

"Please, don't fight." Clare stepped between the two boys. They were starting to draw a slight crowd. "Common Eli, let's just go to class." She grabbed Eli's arm and walked towards the school.

"What were you doing talking to that creep?" Eli asked Clare angrily once they were inside the school. He retched his arm from her grasp and gave her an accusing glare.

"He just came up and started talking to me. I couldn't get away. You seemed to take your good sweet time coming to rescue me. I saw you looking from where you were. You couldn't have stepped in sooner?" Clare said.

"It didn't look like you were begging to be rescued. Please don't tell me you actually liked talking to him." Eli said, a look of disgust on his face.

"Of course I didn't. I know how bad he is to you and Adam. He just wouldn't leave me alone." Clare said in a tone that made it clear the discussion was over. "I'll see you later. I have to get to chemistry."
She turned and walked away towards her class, leaving Eli in the middle of the hall looking after her.

The rest of the morning was nothing short of torture for Eli. His classes were boring as hell and he wasn't able to see Clare in between any of them. During history he shot her a quick text about wanting to eat lunch together and never got a reply. By the time he entered the cafeteria at noon he was beginning to wonder if she was even still at school.

As soon he got to lunch Eli scanned the room in search of the familiar red hair. At first he didn't find her, then he spotted her in the corner. Talking to KC. The jerk that dumped her for some blonde power squad member.

"Hey Adam." Eli said, stopping Adam who just happened to be walking by. "Any idea why Clare is talking to KC?" Adam cranes his neck to see where Eli was pointing.

"No clue." He shrugged. "Why don't you just go and scare him off like you did when Fitz dared to talk to your girl this morning." Adam smirked at Eli.

"Good idea. See ya later." Eli said, not taking his eyes off of the couple that was still chatting it up in the corner. He made his way across the crowded room, not really caring if he knocked into anyone.

"Hey Clare, I've barely seen you all day." Eli said as he reached them, casually draping his arm around Clare's shoulders. "KC." He added stiffly.

"Hey Eli..." KC said awkwardly. His eyes were focused on Eli's arm.

"KC and I were just talking about today's media lesson. We learned to do edits on photo shop." Clare looked at Eli. "We had to edit some creepy guys face to look better." She laughed.

"Sounds like fun." Eli said. He looked at KC, trying to get the message go away across in his eyes. KC obviously got the message.

"I need to go find Jenna." KC said. "Bye Clare...Eli." KC took off through the cafe before Clare could even say bye.

"Wow, looks like he couldn't get away fast enough." Clare was looking in the direction that KC had left. "Anyway," She turned back to Eli. "are we having lunch together?"

"I hope so. I sent to a text earlier asking but you never responded." Eli said as they made their way towards an open table.

"I always have my phone turned off during school." Clare laughed. "I thought you would have known that out about me."

"Probably should have figured." Eli said, shaking his head. "Soo Edwards, you seem to be popular today."

"What do you mean?" Clare asked, looking clearly confused. Eli waited for them to sit down before explaining.

"First Fitz this morning and now KC." Eli smiled. "Am I gonna have to scare another one of your admires away later? I think I have an opening after school."

"Ha ha. Funny. KC wanted to talk to me about the class and Fitz is an ass who doesn't count." Clare said matter of factly. "So I don't think I'll be needing your assistance anymore."

"I'll keep my afternoon open anyway." Eli smirked.

"Yeah yeah. Did you do that letter assignment from yesterday?" Clare asked, changing the topic. The rest of lunch went by with talks if English homework and Eli teasing Clare whenever possible. All too soon for Eli's taste they were waking towards English class.

"Can't we just skip? I really don't feel like listening to the rules of grammar and punctuation today." Eli complained as they walked down the hall side by side.

"You do what you want but I'm going to class." Clare said, not even bothering to look Eli in the eyes.

"Well if in going I'm gonna be late. I'm going to get my iPod from Morty. See ya." Eli said, turning towards the student parking lot.

"Don't be too late!" Clare called after him. He wave his hand over his shoulder and continued down the hall and out the door. The cool, crisp autumn air hit Eli as soon as he opened the door. Most people had already headed off to their classes, so the parking lot was relatively empty. Out of the corner of his eye though, Eli noticed Fitz against the wall of the school with a couple of his goons. Deciding he didn't feel like fighting, he just continued towards Morty. Unfortunately, Fitz had other ideas.

"Hey freak show? Where do you think your going?" Fitz said as he walked up to Eli.

"I don't think that's any of your business." Eli said evenly, determined not to let Fitz bait him.

"How bout we finish what we started this morning? Clare isn't around to stop me from breaking your nose this time." Fitz said, then he smirked in the cockiest manner possible. "Not that she could have if you'd really pissed me off. I was just looking for some pretty thing to have some fun with. She could have easily been replaced." Hearing
him talk about Clare like that touched a nerve with Eli, Fitz knew it too.

"Don't talk about her like that!" Eli roughly grabbed Fitz's shirt. Eli's green eyes looked murderous.

"Its not like she's your girlfriend." Fitz spat. "Even she has standards that are higher than you."

"As a matter of fact," Eli said before he could stop himself. "She is my girlfriend. And if you so much as say her name again I'll make sure you a passenger in the back of my hearse."

"If she went for a freak like you I want nothing to do with her." Fit said. Eli released his grip on his shirt and continued towards his car.

A/N I think I'm either gonna make this a two or three shot, depending on the length of the next chapter. Reviews are welcome :D