"Um…What are you doing with tampons?" Clare asked too Adam whom looked up at her, petrified.

"I was uhh…going to well you see…play a prank…on a teacher…I think I'll put it in his water" Adam said, not daring enough to look Clare in the eyes. His voice was squeaking, his face was red.

Clare felt she had to believe him. She couldn't push him and harass him about it. Despite the common bond Clare and Adam had, which was Eli. They weren't close. Neither of them made an effort to console one another. To be there for one another wasn't their style. So why was Clare allured into wanting to ease Adam's skittishness? Apprehensively she crouched down to his level.

"Well…Count me in" Clare said coolly as she assessed Adam's emotions. A wave of calmness fell onto his face as he regrouped himself. Not knowing Clare very well, he assumed she would push him until he cracked. Adam was indeed, thankful.

"I didn't think you were the type to want to get into trouble" Adam said.

"Curiosity tends to make me want to...explore new high school experiences" Clare said as she smiled meekly

"Don't you have Eli for that?" Adam asked.

"Eli helps, but my life doesn't revolve around him" Clare said as she sat on the floor, Adam sat next to her. It was about two minutes before class was to be let out and people would change classes, and more than likely run over Adam and Clare.

"He seems to beg to differ" Adam said "I mean that whenever were not scheming another take down Fitz mission, conversations always turn to how pretty Clare is and how much he likes you…and the unforgettable 'Clare keeps leading me on!'"

Clare chucked at the commentary. When Adam talks his personality shines through. Situations go away and other people staring don't matter. It was like a complete focus just on him.

"That's cute. Alli and I tend to say similar things" Clare said "About this prank…What teacher?"

"Mr. Simpson of course! Go for the big kill youngster" Adam said cheerily.

"Uh can I be scared?" Clare said.

"It's just adrenaline Clare, scared is when you're in a horror movie duh" Adam said.

"What if this turns out to be a horror film? Mr. Simpson magically decides to lock us in there and everything goes dark and everyone leaves and then…" Clare said as she made it up as she went.

"Then we get snowed in and magically the door opens and everything's dark, and then out of nowhere there's Eli going mad! And he becomes vengeful as he thinks were hiding something….Oh hey Eli…" Adam said, hoping that Eli wouldn't hear the last part.

"Hiding what?" Eli said puzzled at why Adam and Clare were sitting dangerously close on the floor. Clare was extremely red and Adam looked like he was sugar high.

"Nothing!" Clare said as she stood and regrouped herself. She enjoyed Adam and didn't want Eli to come in between on their newfound friendship. Strangely she was protective over this. She grabbed her bag off the floor and pulled it around her shoulder.

"Nothing at all" Adam said as he glanced at Clare, thankful that she covered. He knew that Eli would be intensely jealous of their small 'moment'. It was just friends, he needed a friend and Clare needed a friend, they couldn't just rely on Eli for everything.

"Hmm, Clare I'll walk you to English" Eli said. If Adam and Clare were to hide some kind of an affair…He had a right to be jealous.

"Ok!" Clare said giddily before she shot Adam a smile and mouthed 'we'll hang out later' to him. Adam caught on and nodded as he headed the opposite direction.

AN/: Ok so I saw that no one has written about Adam and Clare and I thought it's possible they could become friends. Only wrote about 600 words for the fact I want to see if anyone would actually read it. Review please (: