A/N: Hey, people. Sorry for the delay, haven't had much time to update with all the homework. d: And as you all may know, the new episodes of Degrassi were playing every Friday, so of course, I had to watch those. Haha. So Im attempting to mold this story so it will go along slightly with what has happened on Degrassi. And this took a while because I had one version typed, but then nothing went along with Degrassi. D:

Six.

After the boys had burnt the hateful writing, Drew and Eli retreated into the house and relaxed in the freshly vacuumed living room. Drew sprawled out on the slightly cool black leather couch, but to Drew's puzzlement, Eli kicked back in the recliner instead of the couch. They lay in their places for a few minutes of peaceful silence, and then Eli suddenly sat up and went over to the fireplace. Drew hadn't noticed the fireplace at first.

"Why couldn't we have burned them in there?" Drew asked. Eli turned from his crouch in front of the fireplace and shrugged.

"I dunno, it's something about being outside that makes it feel more official. To me at least."

Drew also shrugged in reply to that, and watched Eli work at the fireplace.

Drew's eyes traced over the arch of the others back slowly, and rested on the back of Eli's dark head of hair. A sense of yearning, to be watched by the other, came over Drew. He rose from the couch and moved silently over to Eli. Eli worked for a while trying to get the fire started. He succeeded, and then stood up. Drew didn't give Eli a chance to turn around, and wound his arms around the others torso slowly, startling Eli. Drew tightened his hold only slightly around the boys' waist, making the other shiver. Drew felt the tingling and smiled to himself. The gentle flame warmed his face as he perched his chin on Eli's shoulder.

They stood there, watching the orange flame billow around for a minute or two, then Eli murmured "Drew" The one word, his name, made Drew feel as though his world was complete. Like he had found who or what he had been looking for in his life.

Eli had turned in Drew's arms and was looking into Drew's face. Eli's eyes locked on the other, who was much taller and stronger than he. Drew sighed as Eli leaned upwards to kiss him. The small peck felt magical, and sparked a heat in Drew's central core, where his heart was.

Drew's arms stayed at Eli's waist as he kissed the other back gently. Drew leaned into Eli's face when the smaller one wrapped his arms around Drew's head and coaxed him in. Eli's tongue pushed against Drew's. Drew responded hungrily, ravenously, kissing with such intense passion and hardness that Eli had to pull back for a moment.

Drew waited impatiently, his breath heaving.

Drew was suddenly seized by his collar and shoved violently back onto the couch. Before he knew what was happening, Eli's mouth covered his and Drew felt the others hands running themselves in his bed head of hair. Drew could only kiss back, he felt suddenly crippled from the neck down. Almost as if Eli had taken control away from Drew's limbs. When Eli left Drew again, Drew opened his eyes to find Eli hastily casting off his leather jacket. Drew watched as Eli practically ripped his plain black t-shirt up over his head.

The other caressed Drew's face lightly, his black nailed fingers traveling over Drew's face. Over his lips, nose and eyelids. This was a part of Eli that Drew had never in his life thought he'd see. He was almost nervous. Eli's lips were everywhere at once, all over Drew's face.

Drew felt himself gasp slightly as Eli had actually bit down on Drew's ear. He grabbed the other's naked waist and pulled him closer. Eli's flesh was cooler than expected, but it felt nice. Drew kissed Eli's neck in several different spots, each time triggering a small wave of tremors from the smaller boy. This moment was intense, more intense than anything he'd ever had with anyone else.

The sudden slam of a car door outside made the other tremble and suddenly hop away. Drew didn't realize at first that the car door meant someone was home. Eli was suddenly on the carpet scrambling for his shirt. Drew flattened out his own ruffled flannel. Eli pulled the shirt over his head just as the lock began to click back and forth, the sound of a key going in. Eli ran his hand over his hair to smooth it out and put on a straight face as the door was opened.

A big burly man and a tall woman practically broke down the door.

"Eliiiii" The woman practically squealed. "You have a friend over!" Her brown ponytail swished violently behind her head as she hopped over the couch and gave Eli a big hug. Eli looked mildly embarrassed at his mother's enthusiasm. The woman turned to Drew and held out her long nailed hand.

"Cici" She introduced herself. Drew hesitated before taking her hand.

"Drew"

The big man ambled over behind Cici and introduced himself as "Bullfrog". Drew nodded, and running his hands almost compulsively through his hair. He couldn't stop smiling. Bullfrog looked Drew over several times and then grinned. It frightened Drew, but Drew didn't let on.

Eli inched over to Drew and clamped a hand over Drew's bicep.

"Mom, Dad. . .shouldn't you guys be making dinner or something?" Eli murmured. A look of disappointment came over Cici's face.

"Psh, anything to get rid of us, huh Eli?" She stuck out her lower lip in a false pout and pivoted to march away. You could tell she wasn't as angry as she was letting on. Bullfrog just shrugged, a weird look on his face, and he went away as well.

Eli made eye contact with Drew, and motioned for them to go out front. Drew followed close behind as Cici began to sing oldies as she started to cut up vegetables for dinner. After the front door shut behind them, Drew began to chuckle. Eli looked confused as to why Drew was so giggly suddenly.

"Your parents are hilarious, Eli" Drew smiled. Eli raised an eyebrow.

"Are they?" Eli's grin showed itself finally.

"Yeah. Total loons. But their awesome" Drew leaned back against the wall and gazed up at the sky.

Eli sighed and watched Drew. The other seemed so much more enlightened. It felt nice to know that he had helped Drew kill off his monsters. Eli stepped closer to the other and he watched Drew suddenly look down at him. Their eyes locked on each other. Eli didn't worry about his parents walking out and seeing them. The door was solid with no windows.

Eli felt Drew wrap his arm around his waist and pull him close. They kissed again. Eli loved every second of it, but he couldn't help but think of Claire. What were they now? They had argued so much lately, Eli didn't know if he could handle it much longer.

Drew slowly pulled away and Eli opened his eyes.

"It's getting late . . . I should go" Drew murmured in Eli's ear, making shivers run up and down his spine.

"Want me to drive you home?" Eli asked.

"No, that's okay. I can walk. I need to think."

Eli didn't know what this meant, but Drew didn't appear to have a negative meaning behind his words. Otherwise it would have shown on his face. On his face instead was a small grin.

As Drew turned to go, he grasped Eli's hand momentarily and released it. Eli was left on the porch, watching as Drew started down the sidewalk and turned the corner.

Drew slouched over onto his bed and gazed up at the ceiling. What had happened today was amazing, he couldn't deny, but what were the consequences of his actions to be?

His cell phone rang. The ringtone was one of those preinstalled jingles that everyone hated, but Drew didn't really care. The caller was Alli.

Crap. Drew thought. I forgot about her for a second. . .

Drew sighed and hit "OK" and put the phone to his ear.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Drew!" Alli's voice pierced through the earpiece.

"What's up?" Drew asked, trying to sound casual.

"Well, since we have a three day weekend coming up, I thought we could do something then. . ." Her voice was low and purr-like when she talked. Why was she trying so hard to be seductive?

"Um, sure. What did you have in mind?" Drew wanted to take these words back as soon as they left his lips.

"I just thought we could have some one-on-one time at my house when my parents are out. And you know Sav is never here . . . attending all his Presidential Duties."

Drew nodded. He could deal with that, Alli was a fun person to be around.

They threw back a couple of casual flirts and Alli had to go because her father needed the phone.

"I love you" Alli whispered, so her father wouldn't hear.

"Mhmm" Drew responded, not totally in it. The line went dead, and he clicked off as well.

Drew ran his hand through his hair constantly and finally realized he needed a shower if he was going to look presentable tomorrow. He moved out into the hallway, and accidentally bumped into Adam as he was going down to his room.

"Dude" Adam scoffed and kept going.

Drew stripped down to nothing and stepped behind the curtain, pulling it behind him. The water was cold at first, but steadily warmed as Drew dampened his hair. As the steam rose around him he thought of Eli.

Drew realized that he had not seen Eli's room. What was it like? More importantly, if Eli considered Drew someone important, why hadn't he shown him?

Next time Drew went over there, he would ask, whether it was rude of him or not. He was curious now.

A/N: Again I apologize for the wait. D: I'm getting done with finals now, and may have more time to update. You'll have to forgive my herp derpness, as I feel like an ass now for waiting this long.

The future chapters WILL heat up with drama and all that Degrassi goodness.

PS. If this is too short, I'm sorry, but there WILL be more.