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"It's been six years, Clare; it's time to pronounce it." I couldn't catch my breath at that moment. I knew my mom was right, but the thought killed me.

"Okay, let's see if the judge will sign the papers." My mom nodded and we headed to the court house. It was a do or die moment, heartbreaking really.

"In the matter of Elijah Goldsworthy, I pronounce him legally dead. Now after I sign this death certificate, the case closes and we stop looking, do you understand that?" I looked at the floor to regain my composure but nodded nonetheless.

"I understand your honor." He nodded and signed the certificate and handed it to the court service officer. I couldn't believe it, six long agonizing years of searching, waiting and hoping and it was all over with in a micro second.

That was three years ago. I now am married to Jake Martin. I met him a year after the case finally closed. He understood what happened with Eli, but no one truly knew what happened, nor do I. it all started nine years ago this month.

Flashback:

"Come on you slow poke!" I yelled as I walked into Eli's room. He turned around and smirked at me and said,

"I'm coming, I just need to put on my blazer and we can head out." I smiled and nodded as he disappeared into his closet to grab the blazer he wanted to go with his attire for the night. Tonight was Eli and I's one year anniversary, we had made plans to go out to a party downtown for a while and then head to a romantic dinner for the two of us. It sounded amazing in my opinion.

Finally. "Took you long enough!" I said as Eli came out of the closet with not just his blazer, but a jewelry box." I felt my blue eye well up with tears.

"This is for you, I love you Clare." I couldn't believe it, it was my ring. My original purity ring, but reset and had diamonds put into it. I was overwhelmed with emotions.

"Oh my god, Eli, it is a-amazing." I stuttered a bit. I smiled and kissed his lips and said,

"Why did get me this? I mean I know it is our anniversary, but you didn't have to spend so much." He smiled and said,

"Clare, we aren't just dating, we are technically married, so I thought for my wife/girlfriend I would buy her or fix up something special." Yes we have been married for six months, since he was eighteen I was seventeen. But my mom made us; I was pregnant, in my second trimester when we got married. Two weeks after the wedding I lost the baby. We had a funeral for the fetus. It was a girl.

End of flashback:

"Clare, honey are you ready to go, we're going to be late!" Jake shouted at the bottom of the stairs. I got up from the bed and put the picture of Eli away and went to the door knob and grabbed my pink sweater and made my way down the stairs.

"Yes, sorry honey I was just trying to find shoes to match this dress." I pointed to the white and light blue dress. Jake smiled and said,

"Baby, I think you're losing it, you aren't even wearing shoes." I cursed in my head and ran up to the closet in the hall and grabbed a white pair of pumps and jogged back down. I tripped on the last step and landed into Jake's arms. He smiled and kissed my forehead and said,

"You have got to be more careful baby." I smiled and we made our way out the front door.

Flashback:

"Wow, Eli this party is crazy, there are so many people here!" I shouted over the music. He smirked at me and said,

"Oh come on, you got pregnant at a party just like this one." I punched his arm and made my way over to the drink table. I grabbed a bottle of sparkling water while Eli got a coke. Not uncommon considering neither of us really cared for alcohol.

The party grew more and more wild; Eli and I decided to dance. We walked into the middle of the living room and started to grind against the loud song. It made me remember the good stuff that had happened only six-months ago.

Six short months. After I had lost the baby, I grew a complex and decided I wanted time away from Eli. He understood, but we decided to stay married, in my religion it was a sin to divorce, so we just separated but didn't date other people. It was important to me.

"Eli!" I shouted over the music. He looked down at me and said,

"Yes, my love?" I smiled and said,

"I am starving, can we go?" Eli smiled and said,

"Of course, let me go scrape off the car and heat it up, you just wait in here to stay warm." I nodded and smiled and watched him disappear into the night.

End of flashback:

"Finally, we're here!" I said to Jake as we walked into the diner to meet up with some old friends.

"Jake, Clare!" Adam, Ali and Drew all shouted when they saw us. I smiled and hugged Ali before we got seated.

"So how have you guys been? How's it been having a border living with you?" I asked Ali and Drew while I was teasingly eyeing Adam.

"Oh it's been good; Adam cleans up after the baby a lot and pays a good amount of rent. We're almost out of debt!" Ali said excitedly.

"Wow, that's great!" I said with as much enthusiasm as I could muster up. Jake looked at me and grabbed my hand from under the table and said,

"What would you like to eat, baby?" I smiled a little and said,

"I want a burger." He nodded and told the server and everyone else went back to their conversations. I went back into my daze.

"Wow, Clare you belly is huge now. How many weeks left?" Drew said with a smile on his face. I smiled and said,

"Just two more!" Through everything else I was excited I was having a baby, maybe it would make me feel better again.

"Do you still plan on waiting until the baby is born to know the gender?" Adam asked with a mouth full of fries. I started to nod when suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my back. I screamed out in pain and toppled over in my chair.

A/N: Well, hello everyone! Incase most of you didn't know I changed my pen name! I am expanding from just Degrassi to other fandoms, but of course I will still write my stories on here too! Okay so this story is based off the movie Vanished. It will take place nine years after Clare last saw Eli. There will be plenty of flashbacks and details in the story. Next chapter you will find out what happened at the party and what is happening to Clare currently. I am super excited about this story and hope to update it about once or twice a week until it is complete. It is Eclare fic but will have Cake in it too because otherwise the story wouldn't make any sense. Thanks for reading :)

P.S.: My old pen name was elijahgoldsworthy5243 in case you weren't sure.