"Clare Edwards, you are the most incredible person I've ever met. And I know this isn't how you planned for things to go, and I know it's scary. But I feel really lucky to be part of this journey with you. I love you, and I'll always be here for you, no matter what." |
The relationship between Eli Goldsworthy and Clare Edwards is known as Eclare (Eli/Clare). It began in the tenth season of Degrassi.
Relationship History[]
Overview[]
Their first relationship began in the episode All Falls Down (1) and ended in the episode Drop the World (2) because Eli was too unpredictable and possessive; Clare had felt as if he was manipulating and suffocating her. In In The Cold, Cold Night (2), they rekindled their romance when they kissed at the Frostival. In Come As You Are (1), they officially got back together after returning to Degrassi following winter break. Eli broke up with Clare in Ray of Light (2) because he believed Clare was the reason he was having trouble coping with finding Campbell Saunders's body after he committed suicide. They reunited again during The Time of My Life and in the same episode made love to each other for the first time. Over the summer, Clare was diagnosed with cancer, and Eli took time off from his internship and living in New York to help care for her. After Clare recovered and when college started up, Eli returned to New York, where he later cheated on Clare with his roommate Lenore Mantino, which he revealed to Clare in Black or White, prompting the end of their relationship once again. In Spiderwebs, while Clare was mad at Eli, she kissed Drew Torres, but later forgave Eli and took him back after he made a romantic gesture. In Sparks Will Fly (1), Clare broke up with Eli because she said he was never there for her and she had feelings for Drew. Clare saw Eli again in New York where they re-connected and Eli told her he still loved her and then Clare found out she was pregnant. Eli and Clare were trying to get things back on track but Eli couldn't deal with the fact the baby wasn't his or so they thought, Clare later found out the baby was his and planned to tell him before Eli blew up at her and Clare decided not to tell him. When Eli found out the truth from Imogen Moreno he apologized to Clare and asked to be a part of the baby's life and Clare eventually agreed to them being parents together to their kid.
Eli and Clare get back together in Ready or Not.
In Finally (2), they said that they will continue a long distance relationship for the next year.
Season 10[]
In Breakaway (2), Eli and Clare first meet after Eli runs over Clare's glasses with Morty, Eli's hearse. Eli then tells her that he thinks they are dead. Clare, flustered, explains to him that she just had eye surgery and doesn't need them any more. Alli Bhandari's eyebrows raise when she sees Clare have a bit of a struggle getting her words out. Eli then tells Clare she has pretty eyes. She thanks him and says she'll see him around. He replies that he guesses she will, smirks, and drives away. Alli tells Clare that she's seen that look on her face before. Clare tells her she has no idea what she is talking about but smiles. She then confidently throws her glasses away in a nearby trashcan.
In Better Off Alone (1), Ms. Dawes hands grades back and Clare complains that she's never gotten a C before. Eli, who sits in front of her, furrows his eyebrows. When Clare says she used complex sentence structure and advanced vocabulary, Eli rolls his eyes. Ms. Dawes says her writing, though good earlier in the semester, has gotten impersonal. She adds that Clare can't hide behind vampire fiction forever, hinting that she knows about the events of Innocent When You Dream. She assigns Eli and Clare as English partners for the semester so that they can edit each other's work since Eli's is "wordy." Ms. Dawes comments to the class that they might have a very special partnership here, like Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. Clare says in a low voice that Sylvia Plath killed herself. The bell rings and Eli and Clare get stuck trying to go through the doorway at the same time. He smirks as he pushes ahead of her and she watches him leave, angrily. Clare walks up to Alli and they watch Eli walk off. Clare tells Alli "He's just so... UGH! You know?" Alli replies that she gets it; she's in love with Eli. Alli changes the subject to Drew Torres. When Eli reads Clare's paper, they both agree that it's not very good work. Eli then gets the idea that she could skip class to write a better one. She then starts walking out the door, then turns around and asks, "Well, are you coming?" Eli shrugs and follows. They are later found on a bench (which later becomes "their bench"), Eli and Clare start talking about the English assignment and Eli tells Clare that she needs to write about something that pisses her off. She jokes, by saying, "Like my English partner?" Eli then says "ouch!ā Eli then asks, "If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be?" She responds "my parents," so Eli tells Clare to write about that but she says it's too personal. Eli tells Clare she cares too much about what people think. Eli has Clare prove it by yelling in public, which she does, leaving him impressed. Later that night, Eli and Clare chat on IM. Eli invites Clare to hang out, but she denies his invite because of family issues.
In Better Off Alone (2), Eli meets Clare at her locker to ask her why she didn't want to hang out, but when Clare starts ranting about her parents' relationship, Eli stops her and asks her to start over again. After Clare calmly explains what happened, Eli tells her she could write about how she feels for her English assignment. When Eli tells Ms. Dawes that Clare needs a bigger audience, Clare is upset. Later that afternoon, Eli comes by Clare's house surprising her. After a few sarcastic comments, Eli apologizes for interfering and promises not to do it again. Clare then grabs Eli's hand on the door of his hearse, and says, "you can interfere every once and a while, but I'm still going to do whatever I want." She smiles as Eli drives away.
In Try Honesty (1), Eli tells Clare about how Mark "Fitz" Fitzgerald snapped Morty's hood ornament off. Eli is angered further when Fitz pushes Adam against the lockers. Clare tells Eli to ignore Fitz, but he doesn't listen, saying the only way to deal with a bully is refusing to be the victim. The next morning, Eli tells Clare that he considered her theory, but it was unsatisfying. Clare tells Eli he doesn't have to impress her and Eli asks Clare what made her think that. After Fitz says a few snide remarks, he knees Eli in the "nards." Eli then is convinced that he should beat up Fitz. Clare disagrees and says that it will only make things worse.
In Try Honesty (2), Eli and Fitz fight, resulting in Eli getting a bloody lip. Clare touches Eli's chin, noticing his split lip, and asks him what happened. He explains the fight and Fitz's arrest. Clare, shocked and disappointed, starts to walk away. Eli reassures her that when the police figure out he and Fitz aren't who their fake ID's say they are, then they'll be released. Seeing that Clare is still uncertain, Eli promises her that the worst that will happen to him is that he'll get busted for fake ID possession and that he might have to go to court. She is still angry when Fitz appears behind them, sarcastically commending Eli on his 'nice trick' before bumping past him. Eli seems pleased, but Clare is still skeptical and worried.
In My Body Is A Cage (1), Clare walks up to Eli and Adam Torres and tells Eli that she doesn't approve of the Clara Edwin character he wrote about and that he should fix it. Adam then says that the two of them give him the runs and Eli says it's entertaining. The next day Clare and Eli are sitting on a picnic bench talking about why Adam had tampons and what he needed them for. Adam comes up to them and tells them that he is FTM.
In My Body Is A Cage (2), Eli and Clare are seen in a hallway talking on a bench when Adam comes up to them to tell them that he must be escorted to every class by a teacher. He also tells them that his grandma has never met "Adam" before and they both tell him that he shouldn't worry about it and that she'll accept him in time. The next day Eli and Clare are seen with Adam building a fire so that he can burn his old "Gracie" clothes along with Adam's family.
In Still Fighting It (1), as Clare gets up to get their assigned film package, Eli gets up and blocks her way, saying he'll get it. They smile at each other and Eli turns, Clare looking at him, flustered. Clare tells Adam excitedly that there's something going on between her and Eli. Adam says to make a move and Clare tells him they need the right moment. Eli comes back and smiles, saying they get to delve into Romeo and Juliet. Clare looks at Adam with a smile. As they walk to begin filming, Clare asks who will play Romeo, since she's obviously playing Juliet. Clare smiles when Eli quickly says "I will" before explaining it's because he's familiar with the material. Adam sarcastically asks what he's not an expert on. Eli and Clare come up with the plot of their assignment, with Clare saying that Juliet could wake up just after Romeo drinks the poison and Eli adding that they could have a final kiss together. Eli, Clare, and Adam start to film. Eli and Clare share their first kiss during the kissing scene and Clare is eager to ask if they need another take but Eli says he thinks they got it. Clare is hurt later on when Eli becomes distant and rejects her in class. Adam doesn't seem to know what's going on either. Later in the parking lot, Clare wheels her bike up to Eli who is working on Morty with music playing. She turns off the music and insists they like each other. He refuses and she says either he is denying it or he's a sociopath who likes to jerk people around and she knows he's not the latter. He stares at her and she says that maybe he is. He says he's sorry he led her on and she lets out an angry "Wow" before turning away. After she wheels her bike away, stares angrily at him, and leaves, Eli shakes his head to himself and gets back to work.
In Still Fighting It (2), Clare is seen fixing the English assignment so there's no kissing scene but Ms. Dawes is unhappy with it. Later Clare asks Adam to help understand Eli and find out why he has been giving her mixed signals. Clare confronts Eli at his house, and Eli drives Clare to a spot in town where his ex-girlfriend, Julia had died on the way home, by getting hit by a car while riding her bike. Eli blames himself and admits that he really likes Clare but that he does not deserve to be happy and they drive away slowly. Later Clare, Eli and Adam are seen in Ms. Dawes classroom turning in the final project (with the kissing scene). They all walk away happy when Eli tells Clare that he likes the idea of giving him space and time to get over his ex-girlfriend.
In Purple Pills (1), Eli tells Adam that he is bailing on their guys night because he has to "study," but Adam comes to The Dot later that afternoon and sees Clare and Eli alone. Adam bitterly tells Eli that he doesn't want to ruin their little date. At lunch Adam decides to sit with Fitz instead of Eli and Clare to show that he is mad at them for becoming a third wheel. Later when Eli tries to apologize Adam, Adam asks him to hang out that night. However, Eli tells him he already has plans with Clare but promises to call him after. Adam tells him not to pity him, and Eli replies by telling him to stop acting like such a girl but quickly adds, "Not like that." Adam still isn't convinced that he is truly sorry and tells him he has new friends, and doesn't need them anymore. Before walking away, Eli tells him that he does pity him because Fitz isn't his friend.
In Purple Pills (2), Eli and Clare try to convince Adam to not fight Fitz to solve his problems. Ignoring their comments Adam walks away annoyed claiming he can fight his own battles. Eli tells Clare that they have to stop him and Clare asks him how. When he doesn't respond, she says, "For once you have no sneaky plans up your sleeve?" He smirks, shakes his head, and walks away. Later, Eli meets Adam in the place he is going to fight Fitz. Eli tells him that he isn't going anywhere, and that he will always be there to stand up for him, proving that they are friends once again. While Adam is fighting Fitz, Clare sets off a stink bomb to create a distraction.
In All Falls Down (1), Fitz threatens to harm Eli. Clare is seen trying to hide from the principal after setting off a stink bomb. Eli scares her by coming up behind her and saying, "hiding from the po-po?" After a small conversation, Eli tells Principal Simpson that Fitz released a stink bomb during a test. Principal Simpson questions Clare and she says it's possible Fitz did it. After Principal leaves, Eli tells Clare that there needs to be some way she can thank him. She asks what he has in mind. Eli quickly responds by moving towards her, saying "well... I don't know" and kisses her. After the kiss, Eli tells Clare he has a French exam. Clare, flustered, replies "I think you just passed it." Clare is later seen talking to Alli about the kiss. Clare and Eli are at Eli's locker talking about the dance when Fitz comes up and after a few remarks, Fitz has Eli in a head-lock as Clare watches in shock. When a teacher walks by, Fitz lets Eli go. Eli and Clare talk about Fitz, and Eli says "the only way to avoid a bully is to keep him scared." Clare offers that he "could just lay low with [his] girlfriend." Eli then smiles and complies by saying "twist my rubber arm, girlfriend," as they walk away smiling. Later, while alone with Clare, Fitz threatens to hurt Eli unless Clare goes to the dance with him. Clare accepts but is uneasy. At first, Eli is okay with it but he later comes to Clare's house with Ipecac and asks Clare to put it in Fitz's drink at the dance. Clare refuses and storms away.
In All Falls Down (2), Clare tries to end the feud between Eli and Fitz, but when Eli's tainted drink causes Fitz to vomit, Fitz brings out a knife in search for him. Clare immediately tells Principal Simpson, which is followed by the school being put into lockdown as the police search the school. Clare goes to find Eli, planning to tell him Fitz has a knife. She finds him in a hallway, but it's too late. Fitz threatens Eli with the knife and has him cornered, ready to strike, with Clare watching in petrified shock. At the last moment he plunges the knife into a nearby locker. This is when the police find them and take Fitz into custody.
In Love Lockdown (1), Clare's parents are still fighting, but her fledgling romance with Eli is keeping her happily distracted. So when the dreaded "family talk" is scheduled for the same night as her first real date with Eli, Clare ditches her parents for a night of rebellion.
In Love Lockdown (2), Clare's rebellion seems to be creating common ground for her parents, she has just the thing to bring them back together: her guy-linered, dress-code flouting, atheist boyfriend, Eli. She invites him to dinner with her parents, where she tells them everything about Eli that her parents would not approve of. The next day Clare shows up to school in non-school uniform sexy clothes, trying to seduce Eli. He asks who she is and why she is doing this. She replies by telling him she is doing this because she likes when her parents are mad at her so they aren't mad at each other, and that she is just scared for her parents' divorce. He tells her that she only hurt him by doing all this to get back at her parents.
In Umbrella (1), Clare feels as if her own family is falling apart until that is, when Eli's parents give her a strange offer. Clare learns more about Eli's past with Julia and realizes how different the two of them are. She thinks about her parents and jumps to the conclusion that she and Eli will break up sooner or later. When her mom tells her that she wishes she would have taken risks earlier in her marriage, Clare has an idea. she goes to Eli's house and asks to spend the night with him. Eli declines, as he says it's against Clare's morals. Clare becomes disappointed and leaves on her bike.
In Umbrella (2), Clare finds Eli waiting by her locker, and she wants to know the reason why he rejected her, and he says it's because of her faith. She says they both know he doesn't believe in her faith and demands to know the real reason he wouldn't let her in. He says he cares about her and that's it, but she thinks it has something to do with Julia. Eli denies this but rejects her once more when she asks to come over again. She wants her dad's watch back but he tells her that he brought it home, and leaves while Clare shouts at him for not giving back her watch. Clare meets up with Adam and tells him about how Eli rejected her and he wouldn't let her into his bedroom even though his parents said it was okay. She tells Adam about wanting her dad's watch back and is planning to sneak into Eli's room during lunch hour. She asks Adam where he would keep it, but Adam tells her he's never went into Eli's bedroom, and he said Eli has a lock on his bedroom door.Clare insists she wants the watch back. Later during lunch hour, Adam meets up with Clare in front of Eli's house. Mr. Goldsworthy answers the door, half asleep,
and Clare says she is there to pick up Eli's English homework. Mr. Goldsworthy tells them nobody is allowed in Eli's room, but Clare says she knows Eli's combination, and he lets them in. She tries to guess the combination but it doesn't work. Adam suggests the date of Juliaās death and it works. They open the door to Eli's bedroom and find out it's a really messy room. Back at school, Clare is waiting by Eli's locker and says she understands he didn't reject her but that he's just embarrassed because he's messy but it's okay because she can deal with messy. Eli opens his locker and finds out Clare cleaned out his locker. He starts to freakout and runs to the recycle bin to get the stuff she threw out. She tries to calm him down but he yells at her, which scares her, and tells Clare to go away. Shocked, she backs away from him and walks off.
Eli shows up at Clareās house and explains why he hangs on to things. Clare suggests that Eli is a hoarder and tells him she's going to stand by him just like he's supported her. They start the long process of throwing things out in his room, with Clare by his side for every item.
In Halo (1), Eli and Clare are holding hands before Adam teases them, which causes them to let go of each others hand. They laugh about it, and Eli asks Adam about his current love interest, Fiona Coyne. Eli and Clare later take Adam to their secret romantic hideout which Adam asks about. Eli jokes about deflowering Clare in the spot where Adam was standing, which Clare quickly denies and tells him they only had a picnic and kissed, saying "c'est tout," which translates to "that's all." Eli responds, saying it was "parfait," or "perfect." Clare tells him they shouldn't be talking like this in a place of worship but he says that it's abandoned. Adam then comes up with the idea of throwing a party to cheer Fiona up in their hideout, twinkly lights and all, but Eli is hesitant about the idea because he feels they aren't the party-throwing types. Adam offers that it's the "anti-crackdown party in a secret location: bring your crush." Clare admits it sounds amazing but asks why there's a sudden need for a party and Adam admits it's for Fiona. Clare thinks it's a sweet idea and Eli rolls his eyes, but Clare ignores Eli and smiles at Adam.
In Halo (2), Eli helps Clare and Adam set up for the party in the abandoned church grounds for the party. Eli attends the party and is amazed at how many people showed up. His viewpoint changed, and now believes that they possibly could be the "party-throwing types." He questions Adam about when Fiona would be arriving. Clare and Eli look on as K.C. tells Sav. Bhandari that Jenna Middleton is having her baby, luring him to the limo Holly J. Sinclair is waiting in. Eli and Clare then cuddle on a hammock. Clare says the stars are out and Eli asks what her wish is. She says if she says it out loud it won't come true and he chuckles. He asks how cheesy it would be if he said his already came true. Clare smiles and says this party is what everyone needed. Eli adds it's thanks to Adam, adding that he's a hero. Clare wonders if Adam is okay since Fiona never showed.
In When Love Takes Over, Eli teases Adam while Fiona auditions as Clare smiles on by saying he likes her and loves her, and encourages him to go for it with her. Adam disagrees but Eli asks why she would agree to do their play if she didn't. Adam thinks she doesn't know about him being trans so he comes up with the idea that if she can get to know him first then maybe the "transgender thing" won't matter down the line. Eli says it's a pretty big "if" and Fiona walks up asking if she got the part. Clare and Eli look at Adam and he smiles at Fiona. Eli says the leading man approves but that she will have to work hard to catch up, pushing Adam forward to talk to Fiona. Adam offers to rehearse with Fiona by asking if she's free tonight while Eli and Clare look on, smiling and giggling, as they pretend to read their scripts. The next day, Clare and Eli are getting ready for rehearsal and waiting for Adam and Fiona to show. She asks Adam if he wanted to join them for the Lover's Lunch in the cafeteria. They then proceed then with practice. At lunch, the three are waiting for Fiona. When Fiona arrives late, it is clear that Fiona is drunk. Adam looks happily at her and says she made it. Fiona responds how could she miss spending time with him, Eli, and Clare. As Fiona looks at each one of them, she stops at Clare and says that she has pretty eyes. Clare, who notices the weird behavior, says thanks awkwardly. Fiona adds that the color of Clare's shirt does nothing for them. Clare looks down at her uniform and Eli tells Adam to get Fiona out because she's wasted. Fiona leans towards Eli and says it's not very nice to whisper. Adam asks Fiona to go on a walk and she resists, saying she just got there and that she and Clare are really hitting it off as she puts her hand on Clare's. Clare puts up a quick smile as Adam says he wants to be alone with her. Fiona gets the hint and looks at Eli and Clare mischievously and says "Oh, that type of walk." Adam pulls Fiona away and Fiona turns to Clare and tells her they should go shopping before putting her hand up to her ear and saying "Call me." After they leave, Clare and Eli look at each other, worried. Clare and Eli try and find Adam after he cancels practice. He apologizes for Fiona about the lunch incident, which Clare tells him not to be sorry for. Eli then replies that "Women are trouble." Clare asks, "Even me?" He smirks and says, "Especially you." He wraps his arm around her and pulls her close. They look at each other for a moment. Adam confesses he wants what they have. Eli reassures him he will and the trio begin to walk out of the auditorium until Fiona walks in thinking there was practice. Clare and Eli leave Adam and Fiona to talk. Adam tells them Fiona never wants to see him again. Eli reassures him that Fiona wasn't thinking straight and Clare adds that she will change her mind. Then Adam gets up to wallow in self-pity and bumps into Holly J., leaving Clare and Eli to chat at the table.
In Jesus, Etc. (1), Clare is receiving driving lessons from Eli. As Clare steps on the gas pedal, Clare and Eli run into Fitz and are shocked by Fitz's sudden return, Clare drives off leaving Fitz by himself. Later Fitz goes up to Clare and tells her he found God. Fitz runs away when Eli drives up in his hearse. Eli tells Clare to stay away from Fitz and that she is making it hard to do his job to protect her, she leaves out of the hearse. The next morning Clare is walking from the bus while Eli is leaning on his hearse watching out for Fitz. She asks him what he's doing and she walks away when she hears the answer. Then at The Dot Clare and Adam are talking then they notice Fitz is working at The Dot. Later Adam leaves The Dot and Clare walks up to Fitz and asks why he needed to talk to her and that he should keep a distance from her and Eli. Eli then drives up to the dot to see them talking. He angrily walks up, breaks the conversation and shoves Fitz and tells him to back off, asking Clare if she's okay. Fitz then apologizes to him. Eli hesitates and asks Clare if she's leaving with him. She hesitates and says yes and they leave.
In Jesus, Etc. (2), Eli is first seen reading in an empty classroom when Clare comes up to him and apologizes about talking to Fitz and freaking him out. He says it's okay and continues reading his edited story. Clare asks him what he thought about the changes she made to his story. He stands up and tells her she improved it and he's impressed. She throws her arms around him and gives him a hug. She tells him that he has nothing to worry about and promises to not let anyone come in between them. He says they should promise not to fight anymore and then she gives him a quick kiss before the bell rings. Later, Clare tells him over the phone that when he's done working on his story, he can come over to her house. When he arrives, he is shocked to see Fitz standing with Clare in her living room. Clare explains that Fitz had just showed up, beaten up, and that he's having problems at home. Eli says it's just another lie and asks her why she even cares. She tells him anyone with a heart would care about someone in trouble. Eli responds by asking her if she's saying he's some heartless monster to which she blurts out "sometimes." Both seems surprised by the comment and Eli just stares at her in disbelief. Fitz chimes in saying that he and Eli need to talk. Eli turns his attention to Fitz saying he has nothing to say to him and walks out. After Fitz leaves, Clare comes outside to find Eli sitting in Morty will his head down. She gets in and apologizes for calling him heartless and says she didn't mean it. He says it's fine and he deserved it. When he lifts his head up it shows that he is crying. He tells her that he doesn't want to lose her but feels like she's slipping away and there's nothing he can do to stop it. He asks her to promise not to leave him and she agrees. The next day, he tells her that he finished the story and changed the ending after being inspired by what happened with them and Fitz the previous day. He tells her that in the story, the hero realizes he can't protect the heroine so he kills her, drinks her blood, and that way they can be together forever as one. Clare says that's disturbing but he says it's his masterpiece and a true horror story. He tells her he couldn't have written it without her and that it's all about her. Clare seems unsettled by this but just brushes it off with an nervous joke. Eli says he owes her a driving lesson and gestures toward the exit. Before leaving, Eli publicly declares his love for Clare and puts his arm around her. They smile at each other and once they turn away, both of their faces change. While she looks somewhat nervous and uncomfortable, he looks somewhat possessive and sinister. They then walk off, with Clare looking rather uncomfortable.
In Drop the World (1), Eli sprints to the school to find Clare, who is shocked to find that her name is listed as one of the authors in his new story, Stalker Angel. She is not nearly as excited as Eli would like her to be. Alli walks by at the perfect moment and Clare makes up an excuse that she and Alli need time to talk about their dresses for the dance. Eli makes fun of Clare for wanting to go to the dance and tells her that itās trivial compared to his story being published, but Clare just tells him to not bother coming to the dance if he is not interested, leaving Eli confused.
Later on, Clare and Eli are hanging out on top of Morty in the woods and Clare starts to dance when a song she likes comes on the radio. Instead of joining in, Eli makes fun of her choice in music, saying it's "middle of the road." Then, Eli tells Clare that he talked to her mom and that she is allowed to travel with Eli and his family to the Gothic convention. Upset that Eli talked to her mom before her, Clare is hesitant to accept his invite, but eventually says yes. Clare meets Eli at their bench later that day and tells him that she figured things out and realizes that Eli has been acting differently because he is thinking about Julia. Eli denies this and tells Clare that he never thinks about Julia anymore, but she doesnāt believe him. Clare tells Eli that she needs a break from him and wonāt be going to Bloomington. Eli is upset and goes to the abandoned church with his dadās gun and a picture of him and Julia. Eli then yells at the picture as if he were talking to Julia, saying that she is the reason that Clare hates him, and that she ruined his life. Afterwards, he hesitates and then calmly says "not anymore" before raising the gun and shooting the picture of the two of them. In Drop the World (2), Eli gets out of his car to find Clare walking up to the school. He tries to convince her that he is over Julia, but Clare tells him to give her some space, which he agrees to. Then, Clare sees a gun inside Morty's trunk and gets scared, so she hugs Eli and tells him to walk her to her locker. Eli asks her what happened to her needing space, but she brushes it off and says not now. Later on during class, Adam wonders why Eli isn't sitting next to Clare. Eli tells him that's he's giving her some space. Later on, Eli finds Clare in the cafeteria. Eli is surprised to hear that it was Clare who called his dad. Then, after a quick conversation where Eli asks Clare what her plans for the night are, he asks her to meet him at their special bench at 9:00 so that they can go on their trip, saying that it would mean everything to him. At 9:00, Eli is ready to go and is waiting for Clare at their special bench. However, Clare shows up at the spring formal instead. At the spring formal, Alli tries to convince Clare to break up with Eli, but Clare is hesitant do so. Alli tells her that he is manipulating her and that breaking up with him wouldn't make her a bad person. Clare comes to a decision that she needs some space from Eli. Meanwhile, Eli is still waiting for Clare to show up at their special bench. Eventually, he gets in Morty and drives off. He calls Clare, frustrated and hurt, and screams that she ripped his heart out. They both argue on the phone. Clare brings up that she hates Morty after Eli talks about the trip to Bloomington again, and Eli realizes that if she really hates Morty, he's going get rid of him to please her.
Clare tells him that they need to break up, but Eli doesn't listen to her, and just focuses on getting rid of Morty. He intentionally loses control of Morty, and crashes him, therefore killing him. Clare gets worried when Eli doesn't answer and she hears a crash. Clare frantically rushes to the hospital to find out that (thankfully) Eli is still alive, but that he crashed Morty on purpose. Clare tells him he's manipulating her, and that he scares her. She leaves the hospital in tears, officially breaking up with Eli.
Season 11[]
In LoveGame, when Clare gets to school, she and Alli are talking about the break-up when Clare sees Eli. Alli asks if he has tried to call, email, or text and Clare says no. Alli points out that that could be a good sign and Clare agrees and says they can be mature and walk the halls in peace. Alli wishes her luck before leaving Clare to talk to Eli. She asks how he's doing and he answers with a blank expression. Clare asks with a surprised look if he wants to talk but Eli declines and walks away. Clare and Adam walk into their next class and Clare is distracted thinking about Eli, when Adam tries to hand her a binder. Clare doesn't grab the binder so it falls to the floor. When she picks it up, she asks if he could really be over her that quick, and Adam says Eli was doing great. Clare and Alli get ready to go to Above the Dot at Clare's and Alli says maybe Adam is right about Eli being over her. Clare repeats the maybe and Alli rolls her eyes and says that Clare is great but it's possible. Clare reminds Alli that he's the same guy that crashed his hearse to stop them from breaking up. Alli says that they should maybe stay in tonight and avoid all Eli-zones but Clare assures her she's fine, but something's off about Eli because he doesn't seem like himself. Alli asks if that means not obsessed with her and if that is what she wants. Clare pauses but doesn't get a chance to answer because Helen interrupts them and says Clare has to stay for dinner with Jake Martin and Glen. At dinner, Helen pardons Clare's untalkative behavior, saying she just got over a difficult breakup. Clare is upset at her mom telling them but she assures her mom she broke up with Eli, she's fine, and she's happy to be there, though it is clear she's just putting up a front. Clare offers to take Jake to Above the Dot to meet her friends, and Helen and Glen let them leave. At Above the Dot, Clare introduces Jake to Sadie Rowland, Dave Turner, Alli, K.C. Guthrie, and Eli. Clare sees Eli having a good time at the pool tables and drags Jake over to greet him. Clare tries to make Eli jealous but her plan backfires when Eli and Jake start talking. Clare then starts to talk to Eli, but ends up yelling at him because he acts nonchalant, prompting her to scream the famous line "Did three months mean nothing?! Did you flip a switch and erase me from your memory? It took you a year! A year to get over your ex! Did you ever love me at all?!" Jake stops her rant with "and... scene" and then takes her out of Above the Dot to tell her she needs closure. The next day, Clare is walking with Alli in the hallways and they talk about her kiss with Jake. She sees Eli at his locker and apologizes for her random outburst last night. Eli then tells her he can't feel anything because he is now on anti-anxiety pills prescribed by his therapist. He then walks away leaving her shocked, ashamed, and upset with herself.
In Dirt Off Your Shoulder (1), due to his medication, Eli is able to talk to Clare without losing it. She tells him she needs to interview him as part of the drama section in the newspaper. He realizes he's out of time when Clare shows up for the interview. Eli considers resigning from the play due to lack of inspiration, but the second Fiona asks Eli if Clare's a good writer, Eli rips the resignation out of Fiona's hands and tears it to shreds. Later, Eli still struggles to write. He looks over to the main lobby where Jake and Clare are talking. When he see Clare and Jake laughing and walking off together with their arms around each other, he tries to calm himself but freaks out and breaks a computer.
In U Donāt Know (2), Imogen is seen at Little Miss Steaks spying on Clare with Jake. Eli enters the restaurant thinking Imogen invited him to talk about "Clara." Imogen compliments him, but he shrugs it off. Eli starts to sit down where she is sitting, but Imogen suggests they sit at another spot. Imogen then walks over where Clare and Jake are. They walk up on the couple kissing. Clare then awkwardly introduces Eli to Jake, whom he has met before. Imogen puts her arm around Eli as if they are a couple and calls him "Muffin" twice. He becomes angry, yells at Imogen to stop calling him that, and leaves.
In Lose Yourself (1), Clare interrupts Eli and Fiona's work on the play to convince Eli not to gossip about her around Jake. Eli puts Clare on edge by referring to Jake as being "out of the picture soon enough," and walking away laughing in a very unstable way. Clare later goes through Eli's bag and almost gets caught by Jake. Clare then begins to get worried when she sees Eli has Jake doing things such as hanging lights on an unsteady rafter.
In Lose Yourself (2), Clare is paranoid about Eli doing something to hurt Jake, so she decides to work with him on the play set. Later on, Clare goes up to Eli and says that she read the play. He asks her how it was, and she tells him it was beautiful. Eli tells Clare that he made some changes. Clare tells him that he made Clara the hero, and Eli quickly says, "Because she is the hero." Clare and Eli stare at each other until other students walk into the theater for class.
In Extraordinary Machine (1), Bullfrog drives Eli to school and questions his mood when he sees Eli looking at Clare and Jake together. Clare and Eli talk about the new play and firing Jake and they decide to talk at The Dot. Eli is under the impression that it's a date. At The Dot Eli attempts to flirt with Clare which she shuts down. She asks him about Imogen and he gets upset. They start over but Eli becomes flustered when Jake shows up to take Clare to the movies after. After Clare asks if he's OK, he slams his fist hard into the table, causing Jake to come over and check on Clare.
In Extraordinary Machine (2), after Imogen plants pills in Clare's bag, Eli devises a plan to get Clare off the hook, by telling Mr. Simpson that the pills were his, and that Clare was just holding them for him. Mr. Simpson asks Clare if it's true, and she agrees, even though she was still mad.
Mr. Simpson then tells Eli that he has to tell his parents about the incident, and Eli agrees. In the middle of the play, he looks out to Clare, who is staring at him, and he forgets his lines. Eli begins to get upset and decides to tell the audience that although he changed the ending many times, it still won't be a happy ending. He goes on about how your mind will trick you, and that he was the one who was wrong and he was the one who hurt people, implying he was talking about his relationship with Clare and jerking around Imogen. He starts to burn his script on stage while he cries, and everyone gives him a standing ovation, including Clare, who is also crying.
In Don't Panic (1), Eli later comes up with an idea after seeing Jake and Clare have a fight in the hallway. The idea is to help Jake learn what makes Clare tick.
In Don't Panic (2), Eli has decided that he needs to help Jake win Clare back. So he comes up with a plan to get them together to talk it out. When the three of them are sitting there Eli reveals to them that he is bipolar. In the end Jake and Clare profess their love to one another while Eli watches the couple happily, now that he's in Clare and Jake's good books again.
In Dead and Gone (2), when Vince shows up unexpectedly and shoots Adam, Eli catches him. After Vince runs off, Eli
and Clare are seen kneeling next to Adam. When Adam is placed on the ambulance stretcher, Drew asks Eli and Clare if they will ride with him to the hospital. They agree. In a hospital hallway, Eli and Clare joke with Adam about how girls like scars. When Audra Torres shows up, Eli and Clare give her a moment alone with Adam. Clare gets a text from Jake which is clearly upsetting and after saying her relationship with Jake has gotten complicated, she shows Eli the text. He says he's sorry that they have broken up and Clare says she guesses it wasn't meant to be. They smile at each other, hinting that they might get back together sometime in the future.
In Nowhere to Run, Eli finds Clare in the woods. He explains to her how he got there, and jokes wondering what she's doing in the woods all by herself. She briefly explains being upset over Jake 'moving on,' and tells him that she's glad it was Eli who found her. Eli helps her wrap up her injured hand, and offers her his jacket. They briefly look at each other in silence until Jake and Drew find them, and they all head back to the cabin and Clare returns his jacket. Later Clare tells Jake she thought about kissing Eli to get back at him for kissing Alli. Later, When they all leave the cabin, Clare invites Eli to ride along with her and Jake, since it would be a long trip back by bike. He accepts and thanks her.
In In The Cold, Cold Night (1), Eli makes peace with Clare in the honor of completing the holiday edition of the Degrassi Daily.
In In The Cold, Cold Night (2),Eli tries to talk to Clare but Clare freezes him out. They are later seen at the J.T. Yorke Memorial where they chat and Clare accidentally spills soup on Eli. The next day when they finish the paper Clare and Eli go to the Degrassi Frostival. At the Frostival, Clare offers Eli some cotton candy which Eli spits out. Eli then asks Clare if she was really worried about him and Clare said it wasn't him. Then Eli has to go since his family is going away for the holidays. Then, Clare kisses Eli and tells him to hold on to what he's thinking and they'll talk after break.
Season 12[]
In Come As You Are (1), Clare wants to talk with Eli about the kiss they shared before break, but he seems to be avoiding the topic. After getting advice from Jake, Clare tries to get Eli to bring it up, but he never does. Getting fed up, Clare confronts him, and Eli admits he didn't bring up their kiss because he made a play last year to get her back and whenever he chases her he feels like he takes 5 steps back from his recovery. He admits that if they get back together, she has to be all in. Clare kisses him and says, "Eli, I am all in." Eli then kisses her and they get back together.
In Come As You Are (2), the two wake up together, still on the phone with one another from the night before. They are excited for their first date as a couple again. However, Clare's internship starts that very day, though she promises Eli she will make it to their date on time. Eli and Clare share a brief kiss. When Clare is offered a huge opportunity to cover a protest on her first day working, she calls Eli, asking if it would be okay to cancel their date. Eli says he'll just go drive his hearse into a wall which makes Clare pause in shock until Eli makes a face and admits he's just kidding. He then tells her that just because they are in a relationship doesn't mean that they have to give up everything.
In Gives You Hell (1), Clare is seen outside prepared to eat her packed lunch when Eli walks by, takes it and throws the sandwich away. Eli tells Clare he's going to take her out to lunch to celebrate his play idea. Eli grimaces when Clare mentions Becky Baker. Eli argues that he should be "top dog" because he is more familial with Degrassi's drama club. Clare chides him for using the term "top dog" and persuades Eli to be nice. Eli then promises Clare that he'll be nice to Becky. They walk off to lunch as Eli explains his play idea, which is Death of a Salesman, though later he is told Becky has already chosen Romeo and Juliet: The Musical.
In Gives You Hell (2), Eli is seen in the hallway going over list of students that auditioned for the role of Juliet. Clare sees him and asks about the Juliet callbacks. After seeing Eli's frustration, Clare jokes about auditioning, even getting him to smile by doing a little dance. Eli admits to having issues with his partnership with Becky. Clare reminds him that he will be working in these types of situations when he's at college, but Eli believes that this musical won't get him into NYU. Clare tells him, "When we watched The Dark Knight together, you talked nonstop about how Christopher Nolan took all these familiar, played out elements, and made them new again." Clare tells Eli that he can do that too, he should find a way to make it his own, and that she believes in him. Eli feels slightly better and affectionately holds her hand while they gaze at each other for a moment.
In Got Your Money (2), Dave says he didn't expect to see Eli at the WhisperHug concert and Eli says that Clare is doing a newspaper thing with her mentor, Asher Shostak, but wanted Eli to go to show their support for Adam.
In Closer to Free (2), Clare goes to meet Eli at rehearsals. As she walks in she sees several students look up at her and then look on their phones. She walks uneasily over to Eli, who is just ending the rehearsal and as he sees her he says "did my heart love until now?" She pulls him out of earshot of the students and he responds by asking if she doesn't like Shakespeare. She tells him she's upset about the twitter trend #stuffclaresays, how everyone is tweeting what she says, and how Asher saw them when she didn't even say the stuff. He reads some of the tweets out loud to an embarrassed Clare who admits she actually did say them. Eli tells her to calm down and just let it blow over. She agrees to "be zen." Eli looks down at his phone and Clare points to it and tells him not to tweet that with a smile.
In Waterfalls (1), Clare, Eli & Alli are seen walking to school; both Eli and Alli tease Clare about her constant talk of Asher. Clare is nervous how Asher will react to her sending him ideas in an email. As Clare gets a phone call from Asher, Eli holds Clare's hand while she talks to him about meeting for lunch to discuss her ideas. Eli and Alli are a little skeptical and ask if that's normal. Clare and Eli are seen in the gym talking about the interview Eli will be having with Asher. Clare says for Eli to be professional and that he can't touch her. Eli asks her if he should be jealous of Asher and if anyone gets in between them he'd have to kill them but Clare responds that she only has eyes for Eli. They end up holding hands and kissing as Asher walks in and comments about it. Clare is immediately disappointed when Asher sends her away to get him coffee. By the time Clare gets back, the interview is over and Asher tells Eli the article will be in tomorrow's paper. Eli, seeing Clare is disappointed, tries to comfort her by brushing off Asher's questions as terrible and saying he doesn't even want him to write the interview. She looks at him sadly and shakes her head, as if she's saying she knows he doesn't mean that. Eli adds that its thanks to her brilliant pitch the article will look great in his NYU portfolio. She's slightly comforted by that and Eli starts going into how he understands why Clare is obsessed Asher and adds, forgetting he said to the contrary in order to comfort her, that he had some insightful questions, saying he might marry him too. Clare tells him that she also had insightful questions and asks if he told Asher about his argument with Becky and how he got Dave to act like he was in love with a guy. Eli says he didn't and Clare insists that Asher has to know these facts for the article to be complete. She then leaves to go tell Asher "for the sake of journalism." Clare is able to catch Asher in the parking lot and convince him to let her write the article. When Clare is writing the article for the newspaper Asher has made due at 6pm, Eli is sitting on her couch doing homework. She then tells him she finished it and asks him to read it out loud. Once he sees she only wrote that he was brilliant, he asks why she didn't say handsome too. She then slaps him lightly and rests her head and hands on his shoulder while he continues to read. Clare then realizes she made a mistake on the article; Eli tries to convince her it wasn't that big of a deal while she calls Asher. When he didn't pick up, she leaves to go talk to him. In Waterfalls (2), Clare is seen in her house when Eli knocks on the door and lets himself in with a stack of the newspapers of which Clare's article was suppose to be in. Eli said he wanted their first time seeing it together to be with each other. He drum roles while Clare opens up the newspaper; she finds the article is not in it and tells Eli she'll get to the bottom of it.
After not telling Eli about Asher sexually harassing her; Eli walks over to a bench where Alli and Clare are hugging. Alli then leaves and Eli gives Clare her article in the newspaper in a frame. Eli suspects somethings wrong but she says she loves him and kisses him. Then Clare tells Eli that the gift is nice; he then puts his arm around her as they continue to sit on the bench.
In Sabotage (1), Clare is still lying to Eli about Asher and the internship, she meets him in the hallway and tells him she is late to her internship before kissing on the check goodbye. Later, Eli finds Clare in a classroom writing up an article about the Dallas and the hockey team smashing up the school garden and drinking during school. Clare, Eli, Jake, Katie are in the hallway when Dallas confronts Clare and reminds her he knows her secret before leaving. Clare admits to Eli she lost the internship cause Asher thought she wasn't a good enough writer, Eli seems to believe her and watches Clare enter a classroom and sit down looking upset.
In Sabotage (2), Eli organizes a surprise 17th birthday party for Clare to cheer her up with the help of some friends and gets Alli to tell Clare that they have a spa voucher together. Eli and Adam approach Clare in the hallway wishing her a happy birthday when Eli mentions that her co-opt is stupid, Clare tells him his musical of Romeo and Jules is stupid as well before bailing. Adam tells Eli to make it up to Clare by getting her a gift, Eli decides to get her internship back and goes go speak to Asher, Asher tells Eli, Clare is obsessed and in love with him and that's why she got fired. Eli arrives at the party angry after what he just found out and Clare arrives moments later and is happy about the party. Clare approaches Eli telling him thanks for the party and hugs him while telling him she loves him. Clare notices Eli didn't react to the hug or "I love you" and asks what's wrong, Eli tells Clare he saw Asher today and that Asher told him that she was obsessed and in love with him, and that's why she got fired. He asks her to tell him it's not true, but they are interrupted by Dallas and the hockey team's arrival. Dallas gives Clare some beer as a present, and Eli asks Clare what's Dallas is on about. Jake and Katie approach them, wanting to kick Dallas and his team out. Clare tells them it's fine, but Eli wants answers about Dallas. Clare tells Eli Dallas is a jerk, but Dallas doesn't take kindly to this and asks Eli if he knows the truth about Clare's mentor. Dallas doesn't spill, though, saying he can keep a secret, Eli asks Clare what happened between her and Asher. Clare says she can't tell him before bailing to a bedroom. Alli stops Eli from leaving, telling him to make Clare talk to him. Eli enters a room Clare is in and tells her that Alli made him stay, and Clare tells him Alli has been begging her to tell him. Eli tells Clare to tell him right now, but Clare says it'll change everything. Eli says he doesn't care; he can't do this anymore. Clare starts sobbing and tells Eli that Asher kissed her the night they re-wrote the article for the play and says that she thought she handled it, but then he tried again and she complained to his boss and she got fired. Eli asks why didn't she tell him. Clare says she doesn't know and just to add it to the list of things she's done wrong, and she starts listing things she'd done wrong in this situation. She sits down on the bed with Eli. Clare tells Eli it's her fault this happened, but Eli tells her she is wrong, it's not her fault, it's Asher's and that he doesn't blame her. Eli says she thought he'd go crazy but Clare says instead she went crazy on her own. Eli tells Clare that they'll get through this before pulling her to him in a hug.
Clare and Eli re-enter the party and Eli tells her that everyone will get over her leaving her own party. Dallas approaches them and insults them, leading to an all out brawl which only stops when Imogen gets the confetti canon to work. Fiona succeeds in kicking out Dallas and the hockey team. Clare is with Eli asking if he is ok, and Eli says he's fine but his hand hurts. Clare kisses him before they leave. On a balcony, Clare applies an icepack to Eli's hand and tells him that if hadn't of punched Dallas she would have. Eli says Dallas's face is like a brick wall. Clare says it was stupid to go after the hockey team when Asher is the one she wants. Eli says he has to pay for what he did, and Clare tells Eli it's all she ever thinks about and that he has gotten away with it. Eli says he can't accept that. Clare asks if he's going to do something to him, and Eli says, "No.. we are," and Clare says, "Together." They share a kiss and then look at each other.
In Scream (1), Clare asks Eli if he found out a way to get revenge on Asher, but Eli is busy with the play. He promises her he will work on it and they share a hug. Clare returns to Eli again and he still doesn't have a plan, but promises again to work on it and Clare kisses him on the head before bailing. The third time, he realizes that all the 'good plans' he had went wrong so they shouldn't sneak into Asher's office, but instead, she should talk to Ms. Oh. She refuses but Eli already did and Ms.Oh is waiting to talk to her.
In Scream (2), Clare is mad at Eli for telling Ms. Oh the truth about what happened with Asher and the internship, When they are in the hallway, Clare tells Eli to go to hell before attempting to walk off, Eli tells Clare he thinks her revenge plan isn't going to work and doesn't believe it's the right thing to do, Clare asks Eli if he is in or not, Eli says he's not and Clare tells him to go to his stupid play, Eli hesitates and when Clare repeats herself
Eli bails. Later after the play is over, Clare arrives with flowers for Eli and stands near Adam as he watches Eli get up on a table being congratulated for the play being a success, Eli gets down and approaches Clare, Clare admits she missed the play but promises to go to each and every one of the 7 remaining shows. Clare tells Eli about her plan with the naked photos not working out and that Jennifer another intern is going to the police with her to tell them what happened with Asher sexually assaulting them both. Clare tries to quote a line from the play but Eli tells her they have to stop thinking of themselves as Romeo and Juliet cause looked how that turned out. Eli asks Clare about the naked photos; once she says she deleted them he then says he'll just have to settle for the real thing. Eli tells Clare he loves her and Clare says forever and always and they kiss.
In Building A Mystery (1), Eli and Clare are walking hand in hand towards the school and talking about Eliās new project he has yet to think of, Becky bumps into them and says sorry before leaving, and they watch her go. Eli runs up to Clare in the corridor, Clare asks if he is excited or freaking out, Eli says both and then says this is going
to be the best term ever, Clare asks why And Eli tells her that the NYU Grad Brett Barnet will be guest starring in his class this week so he can get him to write him a reference for NYU, Eli puts his arm around Clare as they walk off. Clare approaches Eli who is sitting in a classroom; Eli tells Clare he has no ideas for the short film project and that he needs to impress Brett if he wants that reference letter, Clare tells Eli to relax and that he can do this, she offers Jake to help him as Clare bails.
In Building A Mystery (2), Eli is telling Clare about his project feeling really good this morning and that Jake helped him get over his writers block, she kisses him goodbye and wishes him luck. Later, Eli is telling Clare what a disaster his project was and then admits to smoking some good bowls of weed with Jake and now he thinks that he's not good enough for NYU, Clare quotes batman to Eli before taking his hand and telling him he can do anything, even if he doesn't know it yet, she does, Clare then offers to help Eli on his project. Eli later hopes Brett his new project which is about him and Clare's relationship and him leaving her behind next year, Brett is impressed and gives Eli a reference letter.
In I Want It That Way (1), Clare mentions to Alli and Jenna that she and Eli will be seeing a Jay Z concert that she got tickets to.
In Tonight, Tonight, While Eli and Clare are studying on Clare's bed she brings up university and then looks sad because she knows Eli is leaving so soon. Clare's mom, Helen Martin, comes in at exactly 8 pm and tells Eli it is time to leave. Clare sees Jake and Katie Matlin in the hallway and finds it unfair that Katie gets to stay to all hours of the night and Eli has to leave at 8.
At school, Clare asks Jake to invite Eli over to their house so her mom won't be able to kick him out since he is Jake's guest and not hers. Later, at the Edwards-Martin's household Clare is forced to go to the craft fair with her mom, even though she was supposed to spend the afternoon with Eli. She tells him he doesn't have to stay and they share a brief kiss. She comes home to find Eli and Jake high, takes the weed, and tells Eli to go upstairs to her bedroom so her mom won't catch him. She goes upstairs to find Eli, after talking to her mom and covering for Jake. She finds him sleeping in her bed, and wakes him up.
He tells her it's sleep time and refuses to get up. She asks him how he is at jumping out windows, he gets out of her bed shirtless and replies by telling her, "That's high, I'm high...sorry I'm such a bad boyfriend."
Helen comes in and catches Eli shirtless and he leaves embarrassed. She finds the weed on Clare's bed and asks if Eli is a druggie. She forbids him from ever stepping foot in their household again. Clare tells her it was Jake's fault and that he gave it to Eli. Jake hears this while standing in the doorway. He tells Clare's mom that they did smoke but not in the house. Helen is furious and tells him his dad will deal with it later. Clare, Jake, and their parents have a family meeting about the double standard, and Clare feels she is treated unfairly. While her mom isn't looking Clare steals Jake's truck and meets Eli in town. He tells her how hot she looks in a truck and the two of them drive to watch WhisperHug perform.
She gets a call from her mom once she gets there, expecting to be yelled at, but to her surprise her mom tells her that Eli is allowed to stay until 10pm from now on. Not only that, but they are allowed to stay out until 11pm since they don't have school tomorrow due to spring break. They smile at each other and share a sweet kiss.
In Bitter Sweet Symphony (1), during the few days of competition between different teams of students, Clare can't go in her locker because her locker is moved. Eli offers to share his locker with her and convinces a doubtful Dave that it will turn out fine.
When Eli and Dave leave for class, Dave notices that Clare's diary fell onto his books, but doesn't have time to return it because the bell rings. In a class he shares with Jake, he ends up reading the diary. He sees her old entries about her love for Jake. Some phrases in the journal are: "He is the spark that lights my fire. I think I might be in LOVE with him! When I'm with him, I am...," "...make love to him! He is romance! I could go all the way with Jake - I am ready to make love to him! I shudder with anticipation as my infatuation runs wild. Infatuation? No, this is more! L-O-V-E! It feels right! I'm so excited!" Eli looks up at Jake who waves to him. Later, Eli goes up to Clare who looks upset, though he doesn't notice at first, commenting that he saw she's against Becky in the spirit week gladiator competition and says he has to destroy her. When she doesn't smile back he asks if everything's okay. Clare mentions her diary was missing yesterday and when she checked again today, it was back. She asks him if he took her diary, he avoids the question and jokes by saying why and if she's worried he'd find out her deep, dark secret. She smiles and says she's sorry for asking but what she writes down is a stream of consciousness, unedited, unproofed. Just as she's speaking, Jake waves from over by the greenhouse and she waves back. She continues saying that it's embarrassing. Eli turns to see who she waved to and Jake waves at Eli and walks off. Eli gets up and takes a few steps in Jake's direction and turns back to Clare and smiles. She pauses until she sees his smile and then tells him Glen and her mom will be out tonight and was wondering if he wanted to come over. She smiles and wiggles her eyebrows. Eli asks if Jake will be there and Clare, confused, says she doesn't know and asks why. He says he wouldn't want things to be awkward and Clare figures out he did read her journal. He affirms he did. He admits, upset, that he read every word of it including the Jake chapter. He tells her he knew she dated "that lumberjack for like a second" but tells her it said she loved him and wanted to have sex with him. He expresses his shock by questioning "Jake?!" While Eli talks, Clare is very upset. She can't believe he invaded her privacy. He says he didn't think she needed any privacy from him. She gets up and says she guesses she does and storms off. Eli sighs.
In Bitter Sweet Symphony (2), Eli walks behind Clare asking to let him talk. She tells him to speak but walks fast because she has to edit something. Eli starts apologizing profusely to Clare about reading her diary as he walks behind her, coffee and breakfast in hand. He says he loves her so much he can't think straight but he's wrong and he's sorry. Clare's stern face breaks into a smile and she turns around and she forgives him. He adds that they were broken up when she was with Jake, so she loved him. She tells him she didn't. Eli says that's what it said in her journal. She clarifies that she said "'I think I'm in love with Jake.'" She says that she wasn't because back then she didn't even know what love was. Feeling embarrassed, Eli asks if he mentioned he was sorry and smiles at her. She says she loves Eli so much that sometimes she can't think straight either. Eli smiles. She adds that when she was joking about taking "the next step" yesterday, she thinks she was actually being serious. Eli asks her if she thinks she was or she was. She clarifies that she was, she definitely was. Eli says okay, with a smile on his face, and suggests that they eat breakfast and make a plan. As they are walking, Eli discovers Campbell Saunders's body in the greenhouse and pulls Clare close to prevent her from looking. In shock, he tells her not to look and to go find a teacher and call 911. He shouts for her to go when she tries to look. He walks up to the greenhouse with a horrified expression on his face.
In Ray of Light (1), Clare asks Fiona to ask Eli to do the video yearbook to help get him of his slump. Eli agrees and later finds out Clare was the one who put Fiona up to it. Clare explains she thought it would be good for him, so Eli continues doing the video. Later, when Eli is asked to put Cam in the video, Clare offers her help because she is worried about him, but Eli declines and suggest going on a random adventure to party with random people. Clare laughs but doesn't agree to go. She tells Eli that she is worried he is avoiding talking about what he saw and thinks he should talk about it.
In Ray of Light (2), Eli is seen walking with Clare and talks about how good he's feeling. Then, Talia comes up to him, gives him back his shirt, and asks him he's still "coming down." Clare seems to be upset about this and Eli tries to convince her not to worry. Clare questions him on what he's "coming down" on and Eli reveals that he went to the secret party with Jake and Mo and too MDMA. That worries Clare and he tells her that he won't ever do it again. Clare walks away and Eli unrolls his shirt and a baggies falls out. It contains MDMA and a note that reads "Leftovers, enjoy." During school, he and Fiona practice for his interview for NYU. While they practice, Fiona tells him that he doesn't have to do the video year book anymore. Eli says he'll get right back to it as soon as he's done with his interview's over and Fiona tells him that she doesn't want to leave him with a burden. He then finds out it was Clare who convinced Fiona to talk Eli out of it since it seems to be putting Eli in a bad place. Eli retaliates by going into the cafeteria and taking away Clare's food. Clare questions him about it and he says that it's too spicy and she wouldn't be able to handle it referring to how she got him out of the video yearbook because she believes he couldn't handle it. She tells him that the last time he worked on the yearbook, he did drugs. She tells him that he should postpone his interview that's suppose to take place shortly and Eli doesn't listen.
After his successful interview, Eli runs through the cafeteria and high fives people. He runs into Clare and tells her that the interview went great and they hug. He tries to convince her to celebrate and Clare thinks that they should talk about what happened to Cam. Eli isn't comfortable with talking and thinks about seeing Cam's body. He then sits on a stage and decides to do MDMA a second time.
Eli is high on MDMA and is taking a shower in the girl's locker room. Clare and Alli find him there and Clare asks him why he's in the girl's locker room taking a shower with his clothes on. Eli says he's thinking about nothing and takes off his clothes as he says that Clare has been forcing him to frequently talk about his issues. He is now fully naked, making all of the girls in the locker room freak out and Alli is grossed out by it. He asks Clare about the time where she wouldn't have sex with him because he was damaged and points at his penis and asks if he looks damaged to her. He then runs through the school fully naked and has Clare and Alli chasing after him. He runs into Mr. Simpson and freaks him out. Eli then gives angry Mr. Simpson a hug. While In Mr. Simpson's office he admits that it could have been him committing suicide last year.
The next day, he stands in the green house where he found Cam and Clare walks in. Clare asks if he's okay and Eli said he talked to his therapist and isn't freaking out or seeing dead bodies. Clare asks if he took drugs because of her and says that he regrets it. Eli says that it was her constantly trying to get him to talk is almost as bad as doing drugs. He tells her that they need time apart because he can't get better. He tells her that Cam isn't the problem, she is and they break up. Later, he watches the video yearbook with many other students. They all enjoy it. He sees Clare out in the hallway crying and looks away.
In Zombie (1), Dave believes Eli is a mess from his break up with Clare because he's very absorbed in working on his zombie movie. This leads Connor DeLaurier to believe that Eli and Alli should be together since Alli was recently rejected by Dallas. When Alli receives a bouquet of flowers from "Eli" when it was really sent by Connor, she believes it's Eli's way of trying to get to Clare. At The Dot, Jenna guesses the truth and Eli hands his bouquet to some older ladies and leaves.
In Zombie (2), Connor expresses his wanting for Eli and Clare to get back together. While Eli admits to Connor still loves Clare with all his heart, he refuses to get back together with her because he doesn't deserve her. However, later in the episode, he confronts Clare again, asking if she wants to be his girlfriend again because he doesn't want their fairytale to end this way. Clare turns him down, saying that they aren't a fairytale. Eli sadly walks off.
In The Time of My Life, Clare helps Alli and Jenna look for dresses in town. Alli holds up a purple dress and asks if Clare likes it. Clare rolls her eyes and reminds her she's not going to prom. Jenna starts to ask "But what about..." before Clare sternly says "Don't you dare say..." only for the question to be completed by Alli saying "Eli?" Clare purses her lips while Alli clarifies that Eli has send her like a dozen voicemails. Clare confirms but adds that since he wanted space, she's giving him lots. Alli holds up the purple dress and tells her the best way to get revenge is by looking great. A guy, just walking out of the store tells Clare he agrees. Alli turns and gives Jenna a cheeky smile. Clare pardons herself and asks if they've met. He introduces himself as Cliff Jacobs, a student in her history class. When he reminds her of this she say's she's sorry, embarrassed. They shake hands and he tells her he'll see her around. Jenna continues their conversation about Eli by asking "What about all the people that want you two together?" Clare responds "What people?" Jenna reminds her that she and Eli are finalists for prom king and queen. Alli crosses her arms and raises her eyebrows at Clare. Clare says "For the last time, Eli and I are done." Alli playfully responds "And for the last time, I don't buy it," before turning back to Jenna. Clare, fed up, sees Cliff still outside the store and runs over to him. She asks him if he has a date for prom.
Clare, Alli, and Jenna prepare for prom together in Clare's room. They discuss Cliff and Eli. Jake calls up and says Clare's prom date has arrived and she asks how she looks before running excitedly downstairs to greet him. She opens the door and is surprised to find Eli instead of Cliff, dressed in a prince charming outfit, standing in a horse drawn carriage. She repeatedly says "no" when she sees him. Eli, trying to look confident, fumbles with his plastic sword. He turns around when he hears Clare and his foot slips as he tries to prop it up. Alli and Jenna step out onto Clare's balcony and watch in surprise. He clears his throat and tells her, "You said we weren't a fairytale... I'm here to prove you wrong." Alli and Jenna giggle to each other and Clare looks up and rolls her eyes. Shortly after, Cliff shows up with a corsage and Eli asks who he is. Cliff says he is Clare's prom date and asks him the same question. Eli immediately responds that he is Clare's "soulmate."
Clare arrives at prom with Cliff and they dance together at prom, but Clare starts venting to Cliff about Eli. A remark from Cliff about how he actually finds Eli "dreamy" and wishes to date him himself leads Clare to realize that Cliff is gay. Fiona announces Clare and Eli as prom queen and king and Eli excitedly gets on stage, but Clare runs out of the room and into the coat check room. Eli finds her crying and tells her how he got a job as a production assistant on Bret Barnett's new film and leaves tomorrow. She says that they only have one night left in disbelief. He says that's why they shouldn't waste it, offers her her crown, and asks "What do you say, my queen?" The two make up and dance together. While dancing, Clare says she can't believe these people (their peers) voted for them. Eli says with a smirk, "Correction: some of them voted for us." Clare smiles, saying she knew he rigged it and thanks him for making them prom king and queen. She then asks what kids do on prom night these days. Eli says they get drunk and get a room. Clare adds in a whisper, "Have sex?" Eli looks at her surprised. Next, they are heavily making out in the coat check room. Clare says they can't have sex in there because they are in a hotel that has rooms. Eli asks if she has a credit card and she says Helen gave it to her for emergencies. Eli says it's an emergency and Clare agrees. They begin to make out again but stop when they hear crying. Eli and Clare find Imogen Moreno behind some clothes, sobbing. Clare leaves to tell Alli she won't be spending the night and Eli confronts Imogen. Clare reveals she and Eli are back together when Jenna says she saw them dancing. They high-five. Clare asks Alli and Jenna for advice, They tell her it might be weird, hurt during and after, and only last a couple minutes. Clare looks nervous but they wish her luck just as Eli walks up behind her. He asks if she's ready and Alli playfully says, "Have fun you two!" while her and Jenna do provocative dances. Eli's eyes go wide and as they leave he asks Clare if she told them, and Clare says that she wishes she hadn't.
Clare and Eli walk down a hallway and Eli comments that her palms are sweaty. He asks if she's nervous as they stand in front of their hotel room door. She is, she explains, because she wonders if it'll be a disappointment. Eli tells her to stand still. She complies, and he kisses her, asking if that was a disappointment. She smiles and says no. He kisses her deeply and asks again. Clare's eyes flutter and her breath stutters. They go inside the room to find candles he set up. Clare comments that it's beautiful and Eli says that she is. They kiss and Clare unbuttons part of Eli's shirt before embracing again and falling onto the bed. He takes her home in the morning on the horse drawn carriage and they talk about their night before. Clare asks if she looks different and Eli assures her they're going to know they had sex right when they see her. Eli says he had a great time last night and Clare shares the same opinion. Clare starts to get a nose bleed and Eli asks if he needs to take her to the doctor. She says no, but takes his handkerchief.
However, Clare is still upset at Eli for leaving her prior to prom and runs off, leaving Eli on stage by himself. Eli searches for Clare and finds her crying in a closet. He apologizes for the way he acted when he broke up with her and says he can't stop thinking about her. He announces that he is only going to be in the area for one more day, which makes Clare very upset. Eli tells her they shouldn't waste the night and offers Clare her crown. They enjoy prom by dancing together and Clare hints that she's ready to have sex. They find a closet to make out in before being interrupted by Imogen's crying. Clare and Eli decide to use Clare's emergency credit card to rent a hotel room in the prom venue in order to spend the night together. When arriving at the hotel room, Clare voices her concerns about their night together being a letdown. However, Eli reassures Clare their first time together won't be a disappointment by slowly kissing her and making sure it's alright. After reassuring her that she can stop them at any time, the two sleep together. At graduation, Eli hugs Clare and tells her he doesn't want to let go (to toss his cap). Clare is hesitant to tell Eli she may be seriously ill (possibly being diagnosed with cancer). Instead, she chooses not to ruin their last day together and tells him she doesn't want to hold him back. He refuses to give up on their relationship and leaves to toss his cap, taking Clare with him on stage refusing to let her go for even a moment. The episode ends with Eli and Clare kissing with other graduates surrounding them.
Season 13[]
In Summertime, Eli is now in New York as an intern and Clare is living her life as usual. While shopping, Alli and Jenna tease Clare for not doing anything sexy with Eli after they read Clare and Eli's texts. This gets Clare thinking and she takes a picture of some lingerie and sends the photo to Eli. Clare calls Eli later and asks him if it's bad time to be calling and he says it's never a bad time for her. She asks him what he thought of the picture. Eli says yes and asks her if she's implying anything. Clare suggests they do something sexy in order for her not to miss him so much. Eli is shocked, but agrees and they make plans to have video chat sex.
Eli and Clare start their video chat and Clare begins to take off her cardigan and asks if she should take her pants off too. The atmosphere is a bit awkward, but that doesn't stop them from continuing. Clare tells Eli that he should take something off too. As Clare begins to take off her pants, she is interrupted by her mother, who says she needs to speak with Clare downstairs. Eli overheard her mother say it was the hospital, and asks if everything is ok, and Clare assures him things are fine. Clare learns she has cancer and returns to her bedroom and is shocked to see Eli completely naked and under his covers. He says, "Where were we?" and removes the covers, exposing himself. Clare tells him to cover up and asks for a raincheck. He agrees and she then tells him she has cancer. He immediately responds that he's coming home. Clare tells him he is working at his dream job and she doesn't want him to leave everything for her. Clare assures him she will be fine and take care of herself and tells him that if he comes home, she will be mad.
After being in the hospital for awhile, Clare's strength crumbles. She packs up her things and begins to leave the hospital. Before she leaves, Clare stops outside her room and goes to sit in a corner to call Eli. Clare leaves a message for Eli and tells him that she knows she told him not to come back home, but asks him to return anyway and that she's scared. Soon after this, Eli appears and says he left right after Clare told him she had cancer. Eli comforts her and stays by her side through her treatment.
In All I Wanna Do, Clare and Eli are cuddling on Clare's hospital bed and trying to find something to watch on TV. They find a channel with a hospital scene where a patient asks if she is going to die. Clare turns off the TV and suggests they "play doctor." They begin kissing. Eli begins to touch the back of her head, deepening the kiss, until some of Clare's hair begins falling out in his hands. Clare becomes shocked and worried. Clare's nurse walks in and Eli leaves them alone, saying he will come back later. After speaking with Paula, Clare begins to worry that Eli may leave her. Adam visits Clare and accidentally mentions that Eli sent him an email on how to talk to Clare but that he wasn't supposed to tell her about the letter. This upsets Clare and Eli comes into the room with a healthy smoothie for Clare and isn't sure what he did wrong. Clare starts to yell at Eli. While she is getting upset, Clare grabs her hair and more of her hair falls out. Clare tells Eli he should come back later, and Eli and Adam leave to catch up.
Clare shaves her head, and Adam and Drew are the first to see her with no hair. Clare says she doesn't want Eli to see her like this. Adam and Drew suggest she gets a wig. Imogen and Adam later help Clare decide on a wig to keep. Later, Clare prepares for a date with Eli. Eli arrives and is surprised by Clare's new hair. When the truth is revealed, it is shown that he loves Clare's wig. They cuddle on the couch where Eli tells Clare she doesn't need a wig. Clare says she wants to wear a wig and wants things to be perfect. Clare shows Eli the MRI questionnaire and tells him how she thought her situation would be easy, but it's not. She tells him if he wants out, to tell her now. Eli tells her he knows what he is going to have to go through. They share a kiss and the episode ends.
In My Own Worst Enemy, they are both seen in Clare's hospital room with Clare's mom, Helen, when Clare researches what could happen if the cancer spread. Eli then tells her to put the computer down. Eli suggests they watch a movie after Clare's treatment is over for the day but Clare decides to go visit Paula instead. Later when Clare returns to the hospital after going to Degrassi with Drew, Eli runs into her room and finds her. He frantically asks where she was and tells her how dangerous it was. She tells him that she knows it was stupid and that she's not sure how much time she has left so she wants to spend it in the best way possible. Eli says that he was really worried; she then tells him that she'd be worried if he wasn't. They share a kiss and then Clare's mom walks in crying. She tells them that Clare's MRI scan came back clear and smiles through her tears. Clare says she's gonna fight it and all three of them share a group hug. In Young Forever, Eli visits Clare after attended Adam's funeral. She asks him "How do you say goodbye to someone who changed your life?" He says he doesn't know and that the funeral didn't help. They both decide to create a memorial video for Adam. Later they are seen watching videos clips of Adam and finishing up the video when Helen walks in to tell Clare that her CT scan came back clean and that Clare would be released that night.
Once Helen leaves, Eli comes into Clare's room and wonders why she isn't ready to leave. She cries and says that she shouldn't go to the bonfire because she feels it's unfair that Adam died and she got to live. Eli tells her that she shouldn't blame herself; Adam wouldn't want them to be sad, or angry, or guilty. That night both Eli and Clare show up to Adam's bonfire and Clare shares her good news with Alli, Jenna and Connor. They are both seen hugging, crying and laughing throughout the night. They will both forever miss their best friend Adam Torres.
In You Oughta Know, Clare video chats with Eli, explaining of her worries if their plans fall apart. Eli tells her that they'll think of something else to do. He is told by Lenore to quickly end his video chat since there was a party. Clare tells him to go and have fun.
In Black Or White, Clare and Eli go to watch a movie in a parking lot as their date. Eli has been tired lately and Clare feels as if he's hiding something. She later tells him to answer his phone call which he said was from New York. After he leaves to answer his call, Clare finds a pack of cigarettes in his coat pocket. She looks uneasy.
Later on, her and Eli are at her house. Eli finally brings up that last night's date was awkward. Clare then asks him a few questions about why he's been acting differently towards her. She then shows the pack of cigarettes toward him, saying that smoking was his way of missing her by "doing it once". But he corrects her, saying that those aren't his, they were Lenore Mantino's, he was holding onto them for her. Clare then asks if Lenore was his producer, but he doesn't answer, he looks away regretfully.
She later realizes that he cheated on her with Lenore and he says that it happened once. She starts to cry and opens the door, demanding him to leave. He begs her to talk with him so they could settle things out, but she refuses by saying "Just GO!" After he leaves, Clare leans against the door and cries.
In Spiderwebs, Clare fails to show up while the student council sets up for the Degrassi Thanksgiving Family Feast. She is seen in her kitchen, sulking. Alli brings her coffee and encourages her to go to school, but Clare tells her she isn't going. Clare reminds Alli that Eli cheated on her, and Alli reminds her it was only one time, but Clare insists she can't get over it. Even though Clare says it's over and she can't come back from cheating, Alli tells her she need to talk to Eli. When Clare can't decide on the spot if she is truly breaking up with him, Alli reminds her it's because she doesn't know the whole story. Clare agrees to talk to Eli.
Clare is seen walking to school with Eli behind her. Eli answers the question that Clare asked him off-screen, revealing Lenore's full name as Lenore Mantino. He also reveals that he has no romantic feelings for her, and that they did not have sex. Clare asks if came off, and Eli asks how knowing that information will make it easier for her. Clare tells Eli she has to know the truth. He reveals that some clothing came off when he made out with Lenore, but that that was it. Clare tells him she doesn't feel she can believe him, but Eli insists it meant nothing. Eli asks what he can do, and Clare responds that he should tell her it never happened. Eli can't, and Clare reveals that she messed up her magazine deal which was her last chance to getting into Columbia. She says that Eli and Lenore can have each other next year, and she leaves, saying she needs to help with the Family Feast.
Drew later finds Clare crying in the student council room. He tells her that Bianca DeSousa broke up with her, and she tells him that Eli cheated on her.
Clare suggests that Eli cheated on her because she isn't good enough for him. Drew tells her that she is best, and the two share a kiss on the couch, before Clare comes to her senses and leaves, shocked.
Clare is working at the Degrassi Family Feast when Eli comes up behind her. When she turns around, Eli immediately tells her to listen to what he has to say. She asks him what he's doing there, and he replies that he can't leave without trying to fix their relationship. He hands her a book and as she flips through it, she realizes it's a book of their emails during their relationship. He tells her that it's their story, and that it shouldn't end now. The two hug. She sees Drew over Eli's shoulder, but she tries to ignore him.
Clare and Eli are seen sitting at the Family Feast table with the student council. Eli is unaware of the situation between Clare and Drew, and Clare awkwardly tries to avoid looking at him. After Drew's speech Clare grabs Eli's hand and they look at each other for a while before eating.
In No Surprises, Clare video chats with Eli about going bungee jumping. Eli tells her that he has to stay in New York to finish his short film and can't go bungee jumping.
In Basket Case, Drew drops Clare off at her house after an entire day of poster-making. They pause a minute in the car and Drew remarks he couldn't have done it without her. Clare, unsure of her feelings, says she should get inside but Drew invites her to get coffee. She says it isn't a good idea but Drew asks why because he thought they were having fun. Clare says they were having too much fun. Just then, Eli arrives at Clare's doorstep and Clare sees him. She gets out of the car and asks what he's doing here. He then tells her he finished the short film quickly so he could come bungee jumping with Clare. Clare doesn't tell him that they already went and Drew acts excited for them to go. Drew tells Clare "I'll see you at school Edwards." Eli replies half-joking with "Edwards? That's my thing." Clare then, looking a little sad, tells him that everyone wants to be like him. Eli and Clare are seen walking into Clare's house together as she tells him she's so happy he's home.
In What It's Like, when Jenna mentions that Eli and Clare won prom king and queen the year before as a reason that it's not far-fetched that she is nominating herself and Connor, Clare smiles and puts her hand on her face as she blushes. Alli tells Jenna that Eli and Clare won because Eli "fixed" it.
In Sparks Will Fly (1), Eli and Clare are seen talking to each other on the phone and Eli tells her that he can't make it to the Wild Wild West dance and she gets upset. After Drew hints that she and Eli shouldn't be together, she calls Eli and ends their relationship over voicemail.
In Sparks Will Fly (2), Eli appears at the Wild Wild West night and finds Clare and Drew kissing in the prop room. Instead of confronting Drew, he pleads with Clare to give their relationship another chance. However, Clare explains to him that Drew is her rock and that he is there for her more than he was able to be. Ultimately, Clare leaves the room, confirming her and Eli's breakup.
In Thunderstruck, Clare missed her interview for Columbia University because she was in the hospital after falling and needing stitches. She explains this to one of the staff members at the university's admissions office and they give her a second
chance and has an appointment the following day in the morning. Because of a storm, flights are grounded and Clare is able to stay the night in New York. She stays with Eli in his dorm and borrows his dry clothes. Clare wonders if Eli's roommate will mind her sleeping in his bed but Eli says his roommate would love to walk in tonight and find her there. Eli offers to sleep on the floor and Clare can sleep on his bed, but she feels bad and offers to sleep on the floor instead. Eli suggests they share the bed head to feet.
They then start to feel hungry and go out to get hot dogs. Eli asks how Drew is, assuming Clare and Drew are dating now. Clare says they didn't date and asks about Lenore. Eli says they never dated either. They head back to the dorm and sleep. The following day, Clare has a great interview and is giggling and overjoyed. Eli walks in and confesses that he still loves her. Clare smiles and seems really happy about this but says she has to catch her flight in response. Clare returns to Degrassi and tells Alli about this.
Season 14[]
In Can't Stop This Thing We Started, Clare tells Alli that Eli is sending her a surprise for getting into Columbia. Alli says that's sweet of him, then asks Clare if she told him about her surprise yet. Clare says she hasn't told him yet and that she needs the perfect words. Clare admits that she hasn't told her mom yet either, and she says she has to do this all very carefully so she can keep her life on track. Alli says, "So you can still go to New York and be with Eli?" Clare replies, "I don't know, maybe... Eli and I have been though so much. Maybe we can get though this, too." Then, Eli calls out to Clare from across the street, and Clare frantically asks Alli what to do. Alli tells her to find the perfect words before he hears them from someone else. Eli says "Surprise!" and shares a hug with Clare and Alli. He explains that he's done with his exams, so he's going to look for a summer job. Clare says, "So you're just back?" and Eli exclaims "It's exciting!" Eli puts his arm around Clare as they start walking and says he's most excited about planning their future. Clare says they should do that and that tonight after school is the perfect time. Eli says he can't wait. Clare is next seen practicing what she is going to say to Eli when he arrives, "Which brings us to when we were broken up. A thing happened, a tiny one-time thing... with Drew; a mistake. But sometimes when you do that thing, other things happen, and one of those things did happen, and it's still happening currently, and am I making any sense? No, no I am not."
Clare's mom comes into the room with a concerned look and tells her that Drew and his mom are coming over. When they hear the doorbell ring, Clare says that would be Eli and Clare's mom says she'll tell Eli that Clare is feeling sick. Clare says she wouldn't be wrong. Eli walks into The Dot and is surprised to see Clare there because he thought she was sick. Eli glares at Drew before asking Clare what's going on. Clare finally tells Eli she is pregnant. Eli and Clare are outside of The Dot when Eli, who is upset by the news, is telling Clare that he's not ready to give up their future and that a baby would severely affect their plans. Clare then tells Eli that the baby is Drew's, not his. Eli is shocked as he says in disbelief, "You had sex with Drew?!" Clare apologizes, explaining that she was so messed up, and that she didn't tell him about the baby sooner because she wanted to tell him in person. Then, regarding the baby, she adds, "We-I'm keeping it." Eli gets upset at her slip-up of the word "we," meaning her and Drew, and asks what her relationship with Drew is. He says, "Are you going to raise a family together? Get married, buy a house?" Clare is upset and tells Eli that she loves him, and that nothing has changed. Eli, devastated, yells at her, "How can you say that?! Everything has changed!" He begins to walk away when Clare cries that she can't imagine a life without him. Eli says he doesn't care and walks away from Clare.
In There's Your Trouble, Tristan Milligan sees Eli and asks if he's back to rekindle things with Clare, adding that he totally ships them, they are his OTP, she's totally his OTL, and that it's so romantic that he sacrificed all his hopes and dreams to win back the love of his life. Eli says that given recent developments he's not sure that's how things are going to go to which Tristan asks rhetorically, "why not, doesn't love conquer all?" Eli smiles in response, considering, and they say goodbye.
Eli arrives at the school but starts to leave once he sees Clare and Drew together but Clare spots him and chases after him. Clare wonders what he's doing at Degrassi. Eli sarcastically apologizes for interrupting her "lunch date." Clare says her and Drew were just working on student council stuff and gets Eli to stop walking away. Clare grabs his arm and asks him to talk to her. Eli asks if Clare loves Drew and Clare says she doesn't. Eli is happy to hear this and says that that's good because he's going to go out on a serious limb here and is hoping to avoid further humiliation. Clare asks what he's talking about, and Eli says that he is talking about him and Clare. He says the way he feels about her is like he can't breathe and he isn't ready to walk away from that. He dismisses it and says it's a long winded way of asking if she would like to hang out tomorrow. Clare smiles and asks if it's like a date. Eli says it's "Like a something." Clare says "Yes, of course. It's always a yes with you Eli," Eli smiles after hearing this.
Eli is waiting for Clare outside the school doors when Clare appears and they both nervously say hi to each other. As they start walking down the steps, Eli asks how Helen is. Clare gets a call from Drew but lies to Eli, saying it's telemarketers. They both awkwardly try to speak and Clare says Eli can go first. Eli asks how she's feeling. Clare says she didn't know she could feel barfy and hungry at the same time so she just feels different. Eli and Clare sit down at a table. Eli asks Clare if she has time for a spicy tuna roll before she goes back to class but Clare tells him she can't eat sushi because of the baby. Eli asks if it's forever because he's knows a place in New York that has the best sashimi. Clare says maybe when she comes to visit him. Eli is confused and asks if Clare isn't going to Columbia. Clare explains she can't see how she can with the baby and all this year at least. Eli reminds her that it's her dream. Clare says she's not giving up on it, she's just postponing it and Columbia isn't going anywhere. Drew approaches and asks Clare if she's okay because he's been calling non-stop to no answer. Clare explains she was hanging out with Eli but then Eli gets upset that she lied to him. Drew tells Clare he's glad she's okay. Eli gets up and says he can't do this if Drew's going to around all the time. Drew tries to say he's sorry and adds that it's not Clare's fault. Eli rebuffs him saying he wasn't talking to him and turns to Clare saying he wants to be with her but he doesn't want to be with her and Drew. Drew tries to say he is the father but Eli rebuffs him again, saying he's still not talking to him. Clare tells Eli if he wants to do this then he has to accept that Drew is going to be involved. Eli looks at them both before saying he doesn't know if he can and walks away.
Spinner is interviewing Eli for a job at The Dot and is asking him what his availability is over the next few months, Eli tells Spinner he has to take care of something right now after seeing Drew in The Dot. Eli catches Drew outside The Dot and asks for a word. Drew says that they should just stay out of each others way from now on. Eli yells out that he knocked up his soulmate, ruined his life, and asks if that's all he has to say. Drew says it's a messed up situation. Eli asks who made the mess. Drew asks whether they can at least be civil for Clare's sake. Eli tells him to shut up and Drew tells Eli to clam down. Drew asks if he really thinks Clare will want their kid around a "crazy hot head" like him. Eli punches him in the face, Clare sees this but couldn't hear what was said and runs over. Clare asks Eli what is wrong with him but Drew tells her he deserved it. Clare defends Drew saying he didn't though and asks Eli if he feels better. Eli says he actually doesn't because all this time he thought he was mad at Drew but really he's mad at Clare. Eli walks back into The Dot and calms himself down before resuming his interview and telling Spinner that he's free for the rest of the summer, Spinner tells him he is hired and Eli smiles.
In (You Drive Me) Crazy, Eli tells Imogen about his situation with Clare and asks her to join him in his "wallowing."
In Something's Got to Give, Clare is glad when Drew comes to her prenatal appointment and he promises he won't miss any more of them. Her ultrasound is then performed and she finds out she's having a boy and that it's healthy. Drew is ecstatic as he and Clare decide to name him Adam. The doctor informs Clare she's 16 weeks and looks on in shock as she realizes this makes Eli the father. In Hero vs. Villain, In class, Clare reveals to Alli that the baby is Eli's and Alli says she needs to tell them both the truth. Later Alli asks Clare if she thought of when she might tell Drew, but Clare isn't entirely sure where to start. Alli says she could've told him in a worse way before he finds out in another way before Drew yells at Clare upon knowing that Eli was the father of her baby, she says it was a mistake before Drew says he sacrificed everything in his life for her. Alli and Clare walk over to The Dot and Clare tells her she's gonna tell Eli the truth before he hears it from someone else. She approaches Eli and asks him if they can talk. Eli asks why she doesn't talk to Drew instead and Clare tells him she has something to say that will fix things between them. Eli asks Clare how stupid she is, and Clare, taken aback, replies, "Excuse me?" Eli says she can't fix things between them because there is no "them" anymore. Clare says she knows he's angry, to which Eli says he's beyond angry at her for throwing their future together away. Clare tries to further explain, but Eli cuts her off, saying, "No, you don't get to come here every time you want to for a chat. Not after you ruined everything, and for what? So you could just jump into bed with Drew Torres?" Clare is extremely hurt by this and she begins to cry. Then, coldly, Eli says, "Tears, Clare? Didn't expect to see those from such a whore." He crumples up a paper napkin that he was about to hand her. Clare is shocked, and Eli walks off, leaving Clare crying.
In Firestarter (2), Alli asks if Clare is worried about Eli finding out he's the father and bursting through the doors of the school with some big grand gesture to win her back. Clare looks towards the door and Zoƫ Rivas enters and Clare shakes her head. Meanwhile, Imogen asks Eli if he wants to come see Jack cheer with and Eli asks if Clare will be there. She responds in the affirmative, adding that she's running the concession stand. He says no, he would rather focus on perfecting his latte art. Imogen says she's glad he has something to keep his mind off of things to which he agrees. He then shows her some of his latte art which she remarks is a perfect swan. He corrects her and says it's a tulip and she is surprised. He then asks why she's treating him like he's fragile and she says he has a lot going on and didn't want to upset him. He agrees sarcastically, saying he has four customers and might fire up the sandwich maker later. He asks what she's talking about and she incredulously says that he doesn't know. He asks what he doesn't know and she says that she overheard Alli and Jenna talking about how Clare was wrong about the baby and that Eli is the father. Eli stares at her, motionless, for several seconds, and then runs out of the store to find Clare, leaving Imogen at The Dot.
Eli enters the school and quickly approaches Clare who is at the popcorn stand with Alli. Clare asks if she can help him and he repeats her question with urgency. Clare, faking confusion, asks what he's referring to and he responds "our baby." At this, Clare drags Eli away and he asks why she didn't tell him it was his, Clare says she tried, adding "I think if you recall, you called me, what was it? Oh right, a whore." Eli says he wouldn't have done that if she just told him. Clare says sarcastically that he has long history of totally rational reactions. Eli acknowledges he's had troubles in the past and Clare reminds him that he punched Drew just 3 weeks ago. Eli says he's calmer now and he's here. When he asks if they can talk about it, Clare says there's nothing to talk about. Eli says he knows she has taken care of most of the details but if he could at least take her to "one of those breathing classes or something" adding that he wants to help. Clare says she doesn't need his help and doesn't want it. Eli says he's the father, Clare adds "who has a history of lashing out when any little thing goes wrong." She adds that "with a baby there are a lot of little things I just... I don't feel like I can trust you." With that, Clare walks away from Eli.
After the fire, Eli approaches Clare outside of the school saying he came as soon as he heard. Clare asks him if he lit the fire. Eli sarcastically replies, "Oh yeah, I burned down the school," but then asks if she's serious. Clare admits she is not but reminds him he's done crazy stuff before. Eli tells Clare he's not that guy anymore; he has changed and matured. Eli then hands Clare his pay slip from work, saying to use it for baby stuff and also shows her a schedule for the parents and tots program stating that he circled some that looked good. Then he shows her a stuffed wolf named Clarence, explaining that it was his stuffed wolf from when he was a baby. He says "I want him to have it... or her." Clare tells Eli it is a boy. Eli smiles at learning it's a boy. Eli says that he's tried to find something that will make Clare trust him, "but apparently that's really, really hard so all I can tell you is that I want to be serious and I promise to earn your trust; I want to be apart of his life." Clare nods and tells Eli "okay." Surprised at her agreement so soon, Eli asks "Really?" Clare says that he's right, he (their son) should know his dad and that she could use his help. The two smile at each other.
In Ready or Not, at the Dot, Eli gives Clare and Alli their coffee orders on the house, making Alli happy. Eli says he'll text Clare later about this afternoon but Clare reminds him the school has a no cellphones policy now. Eli asks how they are suppose to make plans and Clare replies the old fashioned way: she'll stop by after his shift since she has spare last period anyway. Eli says he can't wait to to rock this, shares a high five with Clare, and leaves to take an order outside. Alli says the two has always been the weirdest couple, high-fiving after a date. Clare corrects her and says it's not date, it's birthing class, and that they've high-fived because that's what strictly platonic co-parents do. Alli tells Clare she loves her but that she is delusional. Clare asks how she's delusional and Alli responds that she and Eli will never be friends because it's just not possible. Clare sarcastically thanks her for the support and Alli adds, unprovoked, that if history is any indication, her and Eli are like magnets that get in each other's orbits. Eli comes back in and nearly collides with her, and smash, it's inevitable. Clare says it can't be true, not this time.
Eli and Clare arrive for their birthing class. Clare says they are so getting an A but Eli says he doesn't think that's how this works. Eli and Clare listen to their birthing teacher, eyeing each other with a smile when she calls the pregnant women "goddesses." They continue to chuckle as they listen to their instructor. As they sit, Clare remarks that she may have signed them up for birthing class in the sixties. Eli says he's into it and asks where his crystals are, sharing another smile with Clare. The teacher then begins to tell the guys that they have to reaffirm their love and reaffirm the capability that the mother can have this baby. Clare, feeling uncomfortable, tells Eli he doesn't have to do it but Eli, smiling, says he's not going to responsible for her first failing grade. Eli moves to face Clare, takes her hands in his, looks in her eyes and tenderly says, "Clare Edwards you are the most incredible person I've ever met, and I know this isn't how you planned for things to go and I know it's scary, but I feel really lucky to be apart of this training with you and I love you and I will always be here for you no matter what." Clare tries hard not to smile at his words.
The next day in class, Alli asks Clare how the birthing class went with her "totally platonic co-parent" and Clare mentions how Eli told her that he will always be there for her. When Alli asks why that's a problem, Clare says that because when he said that she wanted to kiss him. Alli smiles and says she doesn't want to tell her she told her so. Clare says it's really bad because they can't get back together. Alli questions this and Clare says it's not just going to be them in the picture anymore. Alli reminds Clare she loves Eli and she can't just take that out of the equation. She reminds Clare that this is coming from someone who doesn't even like the guy that much. Clare is determined to set some boundaries so she and Eli don't slip into old habits. Alli asks if Clare is going to tell Eli not to do anything that makes her want to kiss him and Clare replies that she will if she has to.
Eli arrives after Clare called him. She lets Eli in and he asks what's up. Clare thanks him for coming and says they need some rules. Eli doesn't understand so Clare clarifies that they need to set some boundaries. Eli wonders why and says he thought they were doing pretty well, that birthing class was awesome. Clare says it was too awesome. Eli starts to say Clare's name but she cuts him off, "Rule one, no telling me you love me or how amazing you think I am or how much you support me," to which Eli says he does and that's never going to change. Clare slowly says, "Two, no looking at me the way you do that turns me into a pile of mush." Eli takes a step towards Clare and says those rules are gonna make things difficult.
Clare, nervous that Eli is getting closer, gets out "Three, no saying the exact thing I need at the exact moment I need to hear it." Eli reaches out his hand to touch Clare's arm but she steps back and says "Four, no physical contract of any kind." Eli tells Clare he'll obey any rule she wants but asks what she's scared of. She has little time to answer before Eli leans in to kiss her. They break apart and Clare responds to his question by saying "That." They quickly embrace again and fall back on the couch.
Eli and Clare are sitting on the couch, smiling at each other. Clare says she didn't plan for that to happen so Eli asks if she regrets it. Clare says no, but adds that they can't just pretend that things haven't happened because everything's changed. Eli sits up next to Clare.
Eli says "I hurt you and I know that." Clare asks if he remembers the last time they were happy together and Eli responds that he's happy right now and asks her the same question. Before she can answer, Eli adds that things haven't been perfect and they never will be, but he doesn't know any other way to be other than with her. He wants for them to spend the rest of their lives together. Eli notices she hasn't said anything and asks where she is. Clare looks into his eyes and says, "With you, I'm right here." Eli and Clare kiss and Clare lays her head on his shoulder.
In Wishlist, Clare and Eli sit in The Dot and listen to Imogen's problems with Jack. Imogen tells them she physically attacked someone because he was harassing her and Jack. Clare responds empathetically that that's gross. Imogen continues that when she tried to tell Ms. Pill, Jack threw her under the bus. Clare, knowing Jack pretty well, is confused and thinks Jack is usually one to stand up for something like that. Imogen agrees and wonders back why Jack wouldn't want to hold this "creepy creep" responsible and Eli responds he doesn't know but offers that some people are private about that stuff. Imogen thinks thats dumb and doesn't understand why people would ignore it because "how's the world gonna change if we ignore injustice?" Clare says awkwardly that if she had ignored it she wouldn't have detention all week. Imogen asks if they think she's overreacting after gathering that they're on Jack's side. Clare responds that Jack is a smart person and assures her that Jack has a reason. Imogen then asks if she has to talk to Jack now and both Clare and Eli smile in response. Imogen says okay before taking a cupcake from the counter. Eli clears his throat and, like a child, Imogen puts coins on the counter in a huff. As Imogen heads out, Clare smiles at Eli.
In Get It Together, Clare is spouting off facts about how to raise boys to Connor, Jenna, Alli and Dallas she learned in a book. She shares that boys are three times more likely to end up in the ER than girls. Alli says she believes it because Dallas is always doing dumb things that hurt him. Dallas says all boys are different and Clare says she and Eli have read about different kinds of boys there can be and all the techniques they can use to raise them. She sets five books down and Dallas offers to let them babysit his son Rocky while he has an interview for a hockey team at Brown, Alli excitedly adds. Dallas says they don't have to if they aren't ready and Clare says they're ready to do this for the rest of their lives. Class starts and when Clare turns around, she looks nervous.
Eli arrives to help Clare babysit Dallas' son Rocky and when Eli gifts Rocky with a water gun, Clare gets angry and demands Eli take it back. Eli obeys and tells Rocky he has to take the gun back because Clare said he couldn't have it. Rocky retaliates by telling Clare he hates her and fires the water gun at her, which leaves Eli laughing.
Later, Clare and Eli are trying to build their baby's crib but Clare starts worrying that they could build it wrong. Eli guesses her worrying isn't about the crib and she starts freaking out over the gun thing with Rocky, saying that the fact she took it away might make him covet guns later in life. Eli calms Clare down and says they will make a compromise: only water guns that don't look like guns. Clare adds that there should be a no pointing it at peoples face's rule too. Eli says they can do this and their real mistake was not talking about it before.
In Give Me One Reason, at the hospital, the doctor is explaining to Eli and Clare how much harder it is losing a baby at this point in a pregnancy because you still have to deliver it. Clare says coldly that she thought he could just suck it out. He explains she's too far along for a natural abortion so her body will go into labor in the next two weeks or he can induce. Eli looks at Clare sadly for a moment. The doctor says they should also also consider how to commemorate their child and gives them an info sheet before leaving the room. Clare looks at the sheet and incredulously says it's a checklist. Eli reads, "a lock of hair. Footprints, seriously?" Clare doesn't want to deal with it and asks Eli to throw it out but Eli tells her to wait a minute because there's a reason people do it and thinks they should consider it. Clare stares off into space as Eli looks at her.
Clare is driving her car, singing along to Eli's favorite band Dead Hand's song "Paisley Jacket," which is a throwback to the season 10 episodes I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (1) & (2). Her singing gets interrupted by Eli, and after the second time, she answers him, annoyed. Clare says what and Eli replies "your friends said you ditched school, are you alright?" Clare says she's fine and Eli asks where she is. Clare says she's driving and Eli asks where to because he will meet her there. He adds they should talk about the stuff that happened this morning and Clare says no thank you.
Clare picks up Eli but tells him he is here to support her and she doesn't want to talk about it. She asks if he can handle it and Eli quickly says yes, almost threatened by her sharp tone. After he starts to say they should consider what the doctor said, Clare threatens to pull the car over, calling him Goldsworthy. Eli puts his hands up in surrender then asks where they are going. Clare says, "next stop, New York City."
Eli and Clare are walking back to the car from a rest stop and Eli asks what the plan is. Clare says she's going to convince Columbia to accept her offer. Eli asks why she doesn't just call them. Clare thinks it's harder to turn someone down in person. Eli agrees but asks if she already said no a month ago. Clare says "what's one more student? If I was worthy then I'll be worthy now, right?" Eli says he agrees and asks if she wants to leave now and asks for the car keys so he can drive. Clare obliges and they get in the car. Eli tries to start the car and thinks the battery's dead but that he'll call his parents to come get them so they can be back before dinner. Clare asks Eli if he's trying to take her back and Eli returns, asking what happens if she goes into labor on the road. Clare says she knew he didn't support her and gets out of the car and Eli says he does support her but there are a lot of things to consider. Clare says she is going to New York and if he won't take her he'll find someone who will and walks off.
Clare tries to wave down a car to hitchhike the rest of the way but is unsuccessful. Eli tells her she can't hitchhike to New York and Clare says she can if she can find someone to take her. Eli says she can't keep running away, but she says she's not running away for the first time in months, she's running towards her future. Eli says they lost a child and there are things they have to deal with and it's okay to take a break. Clare doesn't want to take a break because a year ago she had cancer and then got better. Then she says she thought to herself, "now you can live your life," but then got pregnant. Clare shows Eli her iPhone lock screen, which is a photo of their baby's ultrasound. Clare then says what was the point of any of this if she was just going to lose the "stupid baby." She continues angrily, "'Take a break Clare,' the universe keeps telling me. No, I will not take a break. Not for this, not for that doctor, and not for that stupid car!" Eli tells Clare he'll take her and Clare questions this because the battery's dead. Eli admits he may have faked it. Clare asks if he's serious and Eli tells her to forget about that because he wants her to be happy after everything she's been through; she deserves it. He requests that he takes her and Clare agrees but demands they follow GPS directions and that there's no funny business.
Eli and Clare are on the road as Eli comes up with potential questions Columbia's admissions officer might ask her like, "our first year program is full, how do I propose I let you in?" Clare confidently responds that she's willing to audit the classes until the first few students inevitably drop out. Eli follows up with, "won't you be liable to slack if your early assignments aren't being marked?" Clare says "no, I'm the most determined girl you'll ever meet." In a gas station, Eli and Clare are buying snacks. Eli asks if she wants corn chips and she replies that she definitely wants them, with salsa. Eli continues the questions, saying, "great you're in, but you will have to find accommodation in New York City which can be very difficult." Clare slowly says she'll tell her she will live with her boyfriend. Eli is surprised and asks "really?" Clare asks if that sounds nice. Eli smiles and says obviously. Eli turns away and excitedly finds raisins, which Clare brands as disgusting rotten grapes. Clare turns and asks about beef jerky. Eli playfully says, "oh sure, dried fruit gross, but dried animal carcass, mmm." They laugh. As Eli asks Clare what makes her equally deserving of this exception, Clare comes upon a frame for a baby photograph and stares at it, taking it in. After a beat, Eli says her name and she replies to Eli's question with, "I tell her 'if you think I overcame adversity when I beat cancer, wait 'til you see what I'm like after losing a baby.'" She stares for a bit longer, sad, and turns back to Eli.
Clare and Eli are two miles past the border of the United States when Clare, eating the jerky they bought, asks him to not burst her bubble and imagine a future where they could have everything they wanted. Eli agrees and says a secret study with a huge balcony and jokes that Clare wants a humidity-controlled beef jerky drawer. They laugh at this before Clare goes quiet, considering. Clare asks if "he" would have liked beef jerky too. Eli looks to her and asks if she means their son. Clare starts choking up and Eli pulls to the side of the road and parks the car. He sighs and says maybe, but he would have taught him better, with a small smile. A tear falls down Clare's cheek as she says she can't believe they will never get to know him and that might never know why. Eli looks at her with a tear rolling down his cheek too. Clare adds that it's just not fair. Eli assures her he would have been beautiful and amazing. Clare takes it in with a sob and nods her head. Eli wipes a tear away and asks her if she's ready to hit the road. Clare wipes away a tear as well and responds that it's time to turn around because they have some things to take care of. Eli leans in and says for her to come to him and they kiss. Clare sighs and takes a beat. Clare says okay, takes Eli's hand, and kisses it.
Clare is sitting in her kitchen staring at the same frame she saw in the gas station when Eli comes up and says it's time for the procedure. He looks at the frame and asks if she's nervous. Clare says it won't be easy before pausing and thanking him for being there. Eli picks up the checklist from the doctor's office and asks if she's sure she doesn't want to do any of the commemorative stuff. Clare assures him she knows they won't forget him and explains that she wants those memories to stay between with them. Eli says the three of them will always have their road trip. Clare smiles into him and Eli kisses Clare on the head and asks if she's ready to go. Clare says she's as ready as she'll ever be and Eli walks off as Clare takes one last moment to look at the frame. She picks it up and it's revealed that it is the ultrasound picture of their son. Clare gives it a sad smile before putting it down and walking away.
In I Wanna Be Adored, Alli takes Dallas, Connor, Jenna, and Drew through a proposed prom idea based on Van Gogh's Starry Night. Alli says her and Clare have planned this prom idea since they were in grade 9. Drew says she obviously doesn't care enough to show her support. Jenna also asks "where is Mama Clare." Drew makes a snarky comment that she's probably off somewhere making out with her baby daddy. Alli tells him he doesn't know that. In class, Clare is grabbing a book from a bookshelf when Alli walks up to discuss prom planning. Alli tells her that they planned for four years and their plans got defeated in one minute. Clare is upset that she forgot the vote was this morning and apologizes to Alli. Alli says she hopes Clare has a good excuse and Clare pauses before saying she had to talk to Eli. Alli guesses baby stuff and Clare replies sort of. Alli reminds Clare that prom is their last night together and that's why they agreed to organize it. She adds that if this pregnancy stuff is too much she can find another co-chair and Clare tells her no because she'll do it. She asks for Alli to just tell her how she can help. At the Dot, Alli finds Dallas with his celebration cake since he has got a job playing hockey for the Nippon Paper Cranes in Japan. He notices that she isn't super excited and guesses she's worried about long distance. Alli tells Dallas she knows they can make it work and she's excited for him but her problem isn't with that. He guesses that her heart-to-heart with Clare didn't go so well. She says that she asked her to help with prom but you'd think she invited her to her own execution. Eli overhears as he cleans up a nearby table and makes a confused face. Alli adds that she thinks Clare's moved on. Dallas asks if it's from high school but Alli thinks it's from her. She asks if Dallas knew she ditched her this morning to hang with her boyfriend. She adds that Clare and Eli should just get married and move to some deserted island where they could read each other pretentious poetry. Eli, hearing this conversation, turns around and tells Alli he thought she'd be a bit more understanding. Alli asks if this is about the baby and adds that Clare isn't the first girl in the world to get pregnant. Eli says she isn't Alli asks what and Dallas looks at Eli. Eli pauses and says they lost the baby. Alli is shocked and Dallas says "Woah dude. I'm so sorry." Eli says he can't believe Clare didn't tell Alli and walks off. Alli quietly adds her either.
In Teen Age Riot, Clare tells Alli and Eli about how Ms. Pill is spying on their secret conversations at school and they give her advice about not dropping out of being valedictorian because of her.
In Finally (1), outside the school, Clare is sitting on a bench when Eli arrives with coffee and he sits down next to her. Clare says she doesn't have a plan after she graduates and Eli says he thought she would just come to New York with him. Clare asks what she will do there and Eli responds whatever she wants because the world is her oyster. Clare says she can see that working and Eli says the best part is they will be together. He asks if that sounds like a plan. Clare says it totally does. At Clare's house, Clare and Eli take a group selfie with Jenna, Connor, Alli and Dallas. Eli pulls Clare to one side before getting everyone's attention and tells Clare that she is the love of his life. He says that they've been though a lot but he knows that they're meant to be. He gets down on one knee and gets a box out of his pocket. Alli looks scared at what she thinks might be happening. Clare mirrors Alli's surprise. Eli continues that he wanted to ask her if she'd do the honor of moving in with him, and opens the box which reveals a red key. Clare sighs and Eli smiles, saying, "I had you going there didn't I?" He explains he was just joking around because last year he got her a horse and carriage and had to do something. Clare pauses and says she can't follow him to New York because that can't be her plan. Eli's smile drops and asks what her plan is and Clare says she doesn't know. Later, at dock, Eli and Clare wait with everyone else for their boat to arrive.
In Finally (2), Clare and Eli are with Jenna, Connor, and Alli, sadly sitting on a bench, eating burgers and fries, and talking about how their prom is ruined. Alli is upset that Dallas messed up the boat booking. Jenna says it's not the end of the world, but Alli says it's the end of their world because it's the last night their class will ever be together. Clare says that's not necessarily true and turns to Eli and asks if he still sees his class. Eli says not really because if you aren't in the same place it's hard to stay close. Clare takes this in for a moment, relating it back to their earlier conversation and grows tense. Alli says she joined prom committee so her class could have the most amazing night of their entire lives. Connor says that that's maybe a little ambitious. Alli and Jenna give him a look while Clare smiles.
the others when they get invited to The Dot. Eli and Clare arrive at The Dot with others and they are very impressed to see it all decked out thanks to Drew and Dallas. When Drew calls out "Who's ready to party?" Clare starts to dance while Eli looks over at Clare and walks off. Later, Eli finds Clare talking to Jenna and Alli. He asks Clare to dance with him before taking her hand and walking to the dance floor. When Eli and Clare are dancing together, Clare can't take the awkward silence and says they can talk. Eli admits it was hard enough the first time. Clare asks for him to explain. Eli says it was the long distance, adding they barely made it though this year. Clare says she knows and Eli responds she says that yet she still won't go to New York with him. Clare assures him it isn't about him. Eli asks what she'll do instead and Clare says she doesn't know. Eli asks if she will do anything else but be with him. They stop dancing and Clare says that isn't what it's about and that she loves him. Eli says he loves her but if she doesn't want to be with him then maybe she doesn't want to be with him. Clare says it's not that simple and she needs to figure out what she wants. Eli tells Clare she does and so does he and then says goodnight before leaving her upset in the middle of prom. The next day, Eli smiles as he watches Clare and her friends graduate, though they haven't yet talked about their plans. He hears her speech about not knowing what she wants to do but she wants to think of it as opening herself up to everything. Eli smiles and looks down as he hears this.
Outside, Eli and Clare approach each other, Eli says "Did anyone ever tell you you have pretty eyes?" Clare smiles and says that feels like forever ago, Eli says kind of like yesterday. Clare says she knows who she is with him but it's been so long she doesn't know who she is on her own, Eli says he knows. Clare says she needs to take time to figure it out or else she'll regret it, Eli says he knows, Clare says she doesn't now what the plan is but she's giving herself a year, Eli says he gets it, Clare says "you do?" Eli says "look I will miss you but if I love you now, imagine how much I'll love the person you'll become." Clare says she thinks they can make long distance work and Eli gives Clare the key to his apartment and tells her he knows that they can. Clare takes the key with a smile and Eli asks if she wants to go with her friends. Clare pauses and says "well..." Eli tells her to go and that they'll always find their way back to each other. Clare agrees and with a smile she says "but first..." and she kisses him. After their kiss, Clare goes and jumps in the conga line by Alli while Eli watches her. They shout that they'll miss Degrassi and we never see them again.
Degrassi Minis/Webisodes[]
Overview[]
Though some Degrassi Minis and webisodes are considered canon and others not, Eli and Clare have some that are confirmed canon and some very likely to be canon. Some of the confirmed canon minis are the four parts of Eli: Dorm Life and most, if not all of Champagne Supernova. Additionally, the Degrassi TV clips are also probably canon, and though Eli and Clare are not featured answering questions together, one with Eli hints at his feud with Drew that is started when Clare is interested in him.
Season 10[]
- In Part Two, during the Halloween dance, Eli walks up behind Clare in a deserted hallway with his hair pulled back in a low pony and a cape on, dressed like a vampire. He greets her as she is still faced away, telling her that when he heard she was going to be a zombie for the dance he didn't know she would be so "rapturous." Clare turns while he is in the middle of his comment, complete in zombie-mode. She immediately goes for his jugular and blood spurts out of Eli's neck as he greets her again with a high-pitched and surprised "helloooo!" He comments that she is a "feisty little undead minx." She continues feeding on him and his eyes roll back as he moans "yeah, Clare, oh." This causes her to stop incredulously, blood dripping from her hair and face, and ask if he's serious because she's trying to eat him and if he sees that this isn't supposed to be sexy. Eli replies flirtatiously by asking if she wants to cuddle first. She walks away upset and Eli follows her, saying he will let her eat his brain, adding that it'll be hot.
Season 11[]
- In Part Four, Eli participates in Alli's flash mob as Clare looks on at all the dancing while sitting with her then-boyfriend Jake.
Season 14[]
- In Part One - Meet the Roommate, which is set before You Oughta Know, Eli walks into his dorm and is talking to Clare on the phone. He tells her about his college experience so far and how much he likes it.
- In Part Two - J'adore Lenore, which is set after Spiderwebs, Eli confesses to his roommate Lenore that he told Clare about their kiss and that he made up with Clare, which causes Lenore to leave him handcuffed to his bed in their room because she's upset. After a conversation with his new roommate J.J., Lenore re-enters the room and Eli tells her that long distance relationships are hard and he made a mistake, but he still loves Clare.
- In Part Three - Moving On, which is set after Sparks Will Fly (1), Eli is crying and listening to old voicemails from Clare after their breakup. J.J. tells Eli that he needs to move on, though Eli says that he doesn't know how, even if he wanted to. J.J. tells him to stop saying her name every 20 seconds, and decides to punch Eli every time he says her name, despite being a pacifist. J.J. says that he needs to start having fun and let loose, but Eli decides to call Clare anyway. Clare answers and tells Eli not to call her back for a while. Lenore barges into the room while Eli is on the phone and hangs up for Eli, which Eli protests since he was talking to Clare. J.J. punches him in the arm for saying her name again, and Lenore decides that they will play the drinking game "Never Have I Ever." When it's Eli's turn, he says he has never impregnated or been impregnated by someone. Little does he know, but at this point in the Eli/Clare relationship she is pregnant with his child. After the three talk more, Eli starts thinking about Clare again and calls her and it reaches her voicemail. He leaves a message confessing that never has he not been in love with her, though J.J. and Lenore try to stop him. Eli says that he knows they're meant to be together, though he can accept they're not meant to be together now. Saying he still loves her, he hangs up, and both J.J. and Lenore call him an idiot, to which Eli responds that he knows.
- In Part Four - Rewrites, which coincides with the ending of the first half of Thunderstruck, Eli and Lenore are trying to film a play, based on his and Clare's relationship, of Eli's for a project with J.J. and Kira. Kira, however, stops filming, not because of J.J., but because she doesn't understand her character. She thinks the ending is too perfect, and questions Eli if is rewriting his own life to have a perfecting endings, which upsets Lenore. She halts production, assuring Kira that she isn't fired, and tells the crew to give them 24 hours for a rewrite of the script. Lenore storms off into her dorm room, but Eli follows her. Eli asks her what she is doing since they have a deadline, but Lenore tells him that Kira is right about the script not working, using characters to speak for Kate and Eli, she says that Kate (Clare) is not getting back together with Ethan (Eli). She says they aren't getting back together because Kate made her choice and Ethan should recognize it, continuing saying if Eli had half a brain than he would realize that there is someone right in front of him who loves him, referring to herself. Eli is shocked, and Lenore confesses her feelings to him, asking him to take a chance on her. Eli seems to mull over the decision, and confesses to her that he wouldn't have survived the first semester without her or J.J. He tells her he cares about her and is insane for not walking over to her and kissing her, but she interrupts him, urging him to kiss her. Eli is about to walk over and kiss her, but stops when his phone rings. He answers it while looking at Lenore and says hello. Clare greets him back, saying "hello, Eli."
- Part 6: Clare, which is set between Firestarter (2) and Watch Out Now, Zig and Miles, who have been on an adventure knocking on random doors and retracing their steps and find out where the keys to their handcuffed hands are, come upon Clare's house. She opens the door, confused, and asks what Zig has in his hands. Miles looks at it sarcastically and says it looks like a gift basket. Clare rolls her eyes and reads the card attached, "Clare, you won't tell me what you're craving, so I had to guess. Love, Eli." Clare then reads the cards labelling the food items, "something spicy, something sweet, something salty, and pickles." She chuckles as she reads the last one. Zig then asks if he thinks she's pregnant or something and she says she is. He says he's never going to have sex... again. Because, of course, he has before, he assures his company. After a very awkward exchange, Clare takes her basket, thanking them for delivering it. Miles clarifies that it was already on the doorstep when they got there. Clare then gives them information on their friend's whereabouts. Miles then wishes her luck and she does the same.
Timeline[]
- First Relationship:
- Start Up: All Falls Down (1) (1023)
- Broke Up: Drop the World (2) (1044)
- Reason: Eli was becoming manipulative and obsessive with Clare because he didn't want to lose her. It was the last straw when Eli crashed his hearse for her when she just needed space.
- Second Relationship:
- Start Up: Come As You Are (1) (1201)
- Broke Up: Ray of Light (2) (1234)
- Reason: Eli believed that Clare was the cause of his mistakes after Cam's suicide.
- Third Relationship:
- Start Up: The Time of My Life (1239-1240)
- Broke Up: Sparks Will Fly (1) (1329)
- Reason: Eli and Clare were having communication issues and Clare started having feelings for Drew.
- Fourth Relationship:
- Start Up: Ready or Not (1414)
Rival Relationships[]
- Clare-Fitz Conflict
- Eli-Imogen Relationship
- Jake-Clare Relationship
- Clare-Cliff Friendship
- Eli-Lenore Friendship
- Drew-Clare Friendship
Trivia[]
- Both Eli and Clare have said, "Go to Hell."
- They were the first ones to find out that Adam Torres was female to male transgender. They were both friends with him before his death.
- On the Degrassi Writer's Twitter, the writers tweeted that Eli and Clare were separated at the start of the pandemic (Clare in Toronto and Eli in New York), but since December 10th, they have been staying in Glen's friends' cabins across a lake from each other until they had quarantined long enough to reunite on Christmas Eve. Before this, they had been sharing an apartment in New York City. (Note: This can be considered canon, but doesn't prevent the writers from retconning this information in any sort of reboot.)
- They are both friends with Alli Bhandari, Dave Turner, Imogen Moreno, Mike Dallas, Jake Martin, Jenna Middleton, Becky Baker, and Connor DeLaurier.
- Their post-movie ritual is to "eat pie and talk about it."
- Eli had conflicts with Clare's friends Drew and Becky.
- Clare disliked Eli's friend Lenore Mantino.
- Both Eli and Clare, along with Adam, had a conflict with Fitz, though Clare ended up on good terms with him.
- Both Eli and Clare have a conflict with Mike Dallas and Luke Baker, though Clare and Eli ended their conflicts with Dallas.
- They are both passionate about writing.
- Eli's first relationship with Clare is the second relationship for him to end on April 22. The first relationship was with Julia.
- Both Eli and Clare have been published: Eli with Stalker Angel and Clare with her article about Romeo and Jules.
- They have matching helix piercings. Though you don't see Eli's post-season 10, Clare can be seen sporting one after she shaves her head in season 13.
- Eli's first line was spoken to Clare. "I think they're dead," (referring to her glasses).
- Eli and Clare's last lines were said to each other. (Eli: "Alright go.") (Clare: "Okay.")
- Eli taught Clare how to drive.
- They both have a signature necklace. Eli is almost never seen without his silver "guitar pick" necklace and his black leather bracelet, similarly to Clare who is rarely seen without her silver cross necklace. In terms of other jewelry, they both used to wear rings. Clare wore her purity ring on her left ring finger until season 13 and Eli started wearing less rings in season 12 but kept his black bracelet on frequently until his last appearance.
- Eli calls his relationship with Clare 'the best thing that ever happened to him.'
- Clare invited Eli to a family dinner to get on her parent's nerves, similar to when Manny used Jay to annoy her parents during dinner.
- Eli was the second character to have Clare prove that she doesn't care of what people think of her - she screamed at the top of her lungs in public. The first was K.C, who convinced her to sing a hymn in front of the entire cafeteria. Both became her boyfriends.
- Clare lost her virginity to Eli in The Time of My Life.
- Eli is still unaware that Dallas kissed Clare in Sabotage (1).
- They are both each others second relationship. Before, Eli was with Julia, and Clare was with K.C.
- They share similarities to past couples Semma and Parcy.
- Eli was one of the few people who helped Clare through cancer.
- Munro and Aislinn said their favorite scene in Season 13 to shoot together as Eli and Clare was the scene where Eli comes in and finds Clare in the hospital in Summertime.
- It was revealed in Black or White that Eli cheated on Clare with his roommate, Lenore because he said that he missed Clare since he was in New York while Clare was still back in Canada.
- Eli is the second of Clare's boyfriend's that have cheated on her, the first being K.C., who started developing feelings for Jenna in Heart Like Mine (1).
- They are good friends with other couples, Dallas and Alli, Dave and Alli, and Jake and Katie.
- Eli is unaware that Clare kissed Drew Torres in Spiderwebs before they reconciled later in the episode.
- They have been in multiple love triangles with Fitz, Jake, Imogen, Drew and Lenore.
- After Clare's interview in Thunderstruck, Eli confesses to her that he's still in love with her. Clare seems happy to hear this, but doesn't express how she feels to him.
- They shared their first kiss for a project on Romeo and Juliet in Still Fighting It (1).
- Eli goes to a college in New York (NYU) and Clare plans to go to a college in New York as well (Columbia).
- Clare mentioned in Can't Stop This Thing We Started that Eli had a surprise for her for getting into Columbia. This implies that the two have communicated after the events of Smells Like Teen Spirit when Clare found out that she got accepted.
- Ana Golja favors this couple.
- It is revealed in Something's Got to Give that Eli is the father of Clare's unborn son which means that they were sexually active sometime during Season 13. They most likely conceived their child in the episode Basket Case, when Eli shows up at Clare's house at night, as Clare has not seen Eli in a while and the next time she sees Eli is in Sparks Will Fly (2), the time she would have conceived with Drew had it been his.
- Eli calls Clare a whore in Hero vs. Villain before Clare could tell him that the baby is his.
- After finding out that he is the father of Clare's baby in Firestarter (2), he has a change of heart and wants to be in the baby's life.
- They were both members of the Degrassi Drama Department and the French Club.
- Eli and Clare's baby was revealed to be miscarried in Get It Together.
- They both graduated from Degrassi. Eli graduated in 2013, while Clare graduated a year later.
- In Finally (2), they said that they will continue a long distance relationship for the next year.
- Eli stated he was Clare's soulmate.
- They both appeared in 100 or more episodes: Eli (113) and Clare (181).
- Eli has told Clare "you have pretty eyes" twice: in their first scene together in Breakaway (2) and their last scene together in Finally (2).
- They both made their last appearances in Finally (2).
- Eli is one year older than Clare.
- Aislinn Paul and Munro Chambers have both said in their Straight Talk with Adamo Ruggiero interviews that they have no idea why Eclare was so big. Munro called the relationship "so dysfunctional and so crazy but in a great way."