The relationship between Jake Martin and Clare Edwards is known as Cake (Clare/Jake). It began in the eleventh season of Degrassi.
Relationship History[]
Overview[]
When Clare and Jake were children, the two weren't necessarily close. Clare had initially disliked him as he had thrown a dead frog at her at one point. In LoveGame, Jake offered Clare a way to move on, by kissing her, after she was upset by her break-up with Eli, and had a very public meltdown at Above the Dot. Clare begins to develop feelings for him, as she discusses the kiss with Alli later in the episode. Despite having feelings for Jake, Clare tries to hide them, worried about getting into another relationship. Things change, however, when Jake provides a way for them to have a relationship, without all the pain and hurt - being Friends With Benefits. Both decide to become official, after their feelings become too much to just be casual, although they hit a snag as their parents announce they are also dating.
Clare and Jake continued dating in secret, with little to no issue, but it all changes when their parents, Glen and Helen announce they are getting married. Glen already told Jake so he knew it. Jake congratulates them, while Clare is upset. Jake ends up breaking up with Clare at prom, wanting his dad to be happy. After seeing Clare again at his father's wedding, Jake confesses he still loves Clare, although she wants nothing to do with him after he hurt her. Only when she realizes she does, she catches him locking lips with Alli. Jake tells Clare that Alli kissed him, which leads to Clare cutting off ties with Alli and she begins dating Jake again.
After reuniting, Clare believes she is ready to take the next step, and have sex with Jake, but after realizing he can't give her the forever he thinks that she wants, Jake can't bring himself to go through with it and leaves. Clare realizes they don't have a future together, with their parent's married, and breaks it off. When Jake starts hanging out with Jenna more Clare decides to move out. She ends up living with a girl named Summer. Jake gets worried and starts questioning her new home. Later it's revealed that Summer was a drug dealer and Jake goes after Clare before the police come and arrest Summer. Once they get home they decide being siblings could be great for the both of them. Throughout the end of season 11 they seem to be fine and are on good terms again. While Clare is dealing with the aftermath of Asher assaulting her, Jake is seen comforting and trying to help Clare as best as he can, even by beating up the hockey team since they were bugging Clare.
Season 11[]
In LoveGame, Jake and his father Glen come to visit Helen and Clare, much to Clare's disappointment because she and Alli were supposed to go out. Helen tells Clare she must stay because they just moved back. Clare is unsure about Jake, especially because their previous interactions as children weren't positive, as Clare describes when she recalls to her mom that the last time she saw him, he threw a dead frog at her. Helen laughs and tells her it was six years ago and that since they go to their church, she wants them to feel welcome. Later 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. Clare then asks what prompted the move. Jake stops chewing for a beat and Glen says the contracting business up north is dead so her had to drag Jake here to the city. Clare asks if he doesn't like it and he shakes his head and says it's not really his thing. Helen looks at Clare to keep going so Clare asks about school. Helen asks how his first day at Degrassi was. Clare is shocked. Jake says it was big and he got lost. Helen wonders if Clare could take him around and introduce him to friends at school tomorrow. Clare sees this as an opportunity and asks to take him to Above the Dot. Though Helen objects at first, saying they're at dinner, Jake agrees to go and Clare drags him out the door. When they get there, Jake meets her friends and Alli flirts with him. After, Clare has a breakdown during a confrontation with Eli, Jake calms her down and starts to walk her home and ends up kissing her.
In Cry Me A River (1), Jake is seen setting up an orienteering booth at the Clubs Fair when Alli says that Clare should join (referring to the Jake and Clare kiss in LoveGame). Clare then exclaims that she is not interested and that she and Jake were a one time thing.
In Dirt Off Your Shoulder (1), Jake and Clare are seen standing in the foyer and talking to each other before walking away together, when Eli has his meltdown.
In Should've Said No (1), Clare walks into the kitchen to see Jake shirtless and denies staring at him. Clare can't stop thinking about him and is advised by Alli to just go for it. The next day Jake is back again fixing a leak in the sink and they decide to order pizza with the money Helen left them. Jake enters Clare's room and they make out. Clare is ecstatic until she finds out that Jake asked Katie to Movie Night. When she confronts him about it, Jake reveals he doesn't do relationships. After having a dream about Jake and hearing about her mother's boyfriend, Clare and Jake decide to become "Friends With Benefits."
In Should've Said No (2), Clare is waiting in the car for her mother to go to school in the morning, she flirts with Jake via text messaging. Later, Clare and Jake make eye contact in the library when Clare is talking with Alli and Jake pulls her away into a nearby Science class room. The two begin talking about what happened the night before and their own relationship, which they both seem comfortable in. Jake says he’ll cancel with Katie for movie night and can hang out. After school when Clare arrives home, she is wearing a dress and is lighting
candles around the house and talking on the phone with Alli, and Clare admits to her that she is falling for Jake a little bit. When she gets close to her mother’s desk, she sees her and her father’s divorce papers sitting out in the open. She says bye to Alli and begins reading the papers seeing all the hateful things that her parents said about each other. Jake arrives at the house at this moment and lets himself in. After reading the papers she worries that she will get hurt in her relationship. Clare tells Jake simply that she thinks they aren’t casual anymore, and that he should go to movie night. Jake leaves. Later, Clare decides that the best way to cope is to go to movie night as well. She goes with a boy Alli is trying to set her up with. They find a seat near Jake. Clare can’t bear to be this close to Jake, and asks Liam to get some fresh air with her. The two sit on a bench outside of the makeshift theater, and while Liam begins talking, all Clare is interested in is kissing. Liam pull away and Clare admits that she’s trying to get over Jake. Liam understands, and when Jake approaches, he leaves them both, warning that Clare is “frisky." Jake and Clare discuss what happened earlier. Jake understands and comforts her, but says that he can’t just be friends with her, so the two decide to “take a risk." Later when Jake drives Clare home, her mother comes down the stairs, and Jake's father follows shortly after when she calls him, and the two reveal that they are in a relationship. When the pair ask Jake and Clare how they feel about it, they pretend to be totally fine with it, and do not reveal that they too have begun a relationship.
In U Don't Know (2), Jake and Clare are talking about how they should tell their parents that they are dating, over dinner at Little Miss Steaks when Imogen and Eli come over. After an awkward moment Eli leaves. The next day, Jake joins Drama Club as the new contractor to get some extra credit. It is revealed that Eli still has feelings for Clare and considers Jake an enemy. Eli implies to Imogen that he will try something.
In Extraordinary Machine (1), Jake and Clare kiss in front of Degrassi; Eli and Bullfrog see it. When Eli reveals that Fritz has been changed to Jack, everyone looks at Jake, knowing that Jack is based on him. Jake comes up to Eli with the newest version of Love Roulette in his hands and says that he joined the play to build sets and he ended up with a role and now a character based on him. He tells Eli that he knows that the play is about his relationship with Clare and that he's tried to be cool with it. But now with the Jack character, Jake loses his cool and tells Eli that he's crossing a line and that the play will not impress Clare. Eli, trying to get in Jake's head, tells him that Clare's already impressed and that all Clare is thinking about while she rides in Jake's truck is how much she loves his play. Jake then tells Eli to stop messing with Clare's head and asks Eli, "Haven't you put her through enough?" Jake tells Eli that he's lost it and he needs help. Eli then fires Jake, and Jake throws out Love Roulette, saying to Eli, "Good luck finding replacement." Jake had told Clare that Eli had fired him. When Clare is interviewing Eli at The Dot, Jake walks into The Dot, once Jake touches Clare's shoulder, Eli can't focus. Jake is there waiting for Clare to finish so they can go on their date. When Eli loses his cool and screams at Clare, Jake comes over and asks if everything's okay. When Eli says he can't do the interview, he and Clare walk off with their arms around each other.
In Extraordinary Machine (2), Jake comes up to Clare after she's written her article on the play and asks her what she thought of the ending. Clare tells him that she doesn't think Eli will ever be done re-writing Love Roulette and she's just happy to be done covering and they can go their separate ways. Jake seems happy by this news and tells her it's about time. Jake tells Clare that he'll see her at lunch and kisses her.
In Dead and Gone (1), Jake finds out that his dad and Helen are getting married, however, he has to keep it a secret from Clare. While having a dinner, Helen reveals to Clare that she and Glen are getting married. Jake is okay with it while Clare isn't. Clare tells them she and Jake have been dating since probably when they got together and later leaves.
In Dead and Gone (2), Jake breaks-up with Clare at prom. He later goes to the cabin for the summer until the wedding and sends Clare a text messages that reads see you at the wedding sis.
In Nowhere to Run, Jake begins to believe his feelings for Clare are unrequited and escapes to his cabin with some friends. When Clare finds out, she and Bianca drive up there, only to find Jake and Alli kissing. Clare is upset and runs off. However, later Jake and Clare realize that they both have feelings for each other and they date again, despite them being step-siblings.
In Underneath It All, Jake and Clare are seen kissing in the beginning of the episode. At lunch time, Clare finds Jake with Owen and Drew who are poking fun at Jake. Clare asks what that was about and Jake tells
Clare that since they were living together, Owen and Drew thought that they've had sex and joked about it. Clare asks Jake if he wants to and Jake says of course, but he knows that Clare isn't ready. Clare tells Jake they should have a talk tonight. Later, Jake is seen at home, on the couch, when Clare comes up to him and sits down next to him. Jake expects that they're going to have sex now, but Clare says that she needs to make sure they're ready, emotionally. She gets a magazine and comes back and starts asking Jake the questions in the magazine: "How do you feel about your partner?; Do you feel like your partner is your soulmate?; What would you like to gain out of this experience?" Clare feels that Jake answers none of the questions seriously, and asks him how she's supposed to know if she's ready for sex or not. Jake says you just feel it, so Clare says she's not feeling it then, and walks away mad. They then have another conversation the next day, both apologizing to each other. When Jake says he was childish, Clare says she was also childish, using a magazine to decide if they should have sex. She tells him their parents will be out that night and that it would be a good time. Later, when they are about to have an intimate moment, after Clare says it's the moment and she can imagine being with him forever, Jake freezes when Clare leans in to kiss Jake on her bed. She is shocked when he gets up and leaves saying he can't do this. Once he tries to console her in the kitchen, a hurt and angry Clare breaks up with him. Later when Helen asks if they want to go shopping as a family Jake gives Clare a last look before walking out the door. Clare is seen crying for a moment, wiping her tears, and following her family.
In Not Ready To Make Nice (1), during breakfast, Clare and Jake talk about their breakup and Jake thinks Clare's trying to avoid him. Later in the episode, Jake and Jenna are seen spending a lot of time together, and Clare gets jealous and angry. All her problems cause her to run away and move in with Summer and Cash. Jake texts Clare, but she is forced to get rid of her cell phone.
In Not Ready To Make Nice (2), Jake and Clare are seen talking in the beginning of the episode about how she is staying at her dad's, even though Jake is skeptical. To get Jake to back off, she gives him Summer's address. He bursts into the house to get Clare, but Cash won't let them. However, the cops eventually let them free, and the two laugh off the situation and go home.
Season 12[]
In Come As You Are (1), Alli and Jenna ask Jake for guy advice because Clare wants to get back together with Eli. He tells the three girls that a guy will want to kiss the girl if he's interested. He asks Clare if the guy they're talking about favours the colour black and Clare tells Jake to leave her room.
In Sabotage (1), while Jake and Katie are making out in the hallway, they both notice Clare walking in the halls drunk without her shoes on. Clare tells Jake and Katie that they are cute, but then the two question Clare on why she isn't at her co-op and why she doesn't have her shoes on. Clare tells Jake and Katie about how Dallas kissed her and Jake attempts to go after him. Clare then tells them that Dallas and the rest of the Ice Hounds may have something to do with the garden being destroyed and she arranges a newspaper interview with the two.
They are later both confronted, along with Eli and Katie, by Dallas after Mr. Simpson finds out about Dallas and the hockey team drinking beer on school grounds.
In Sabotage (2), they both hug each other after Clare finds out she's at her own surprise party. They are both later seen in the fight with the hockey team along with Eli, Katie, Dave, and Alli.
In Building a Mystery (1), Eli doesn't have any ideas for his short film, so Clare suggests that Jake could help him. Later, Jake tells Eli not to tell Clare about them smoking marijuana.
In Building a Mystery (2), Clare finds out from Eli that he and Jake smoked marijuana and Clare is shocked. When they smoke again, she is annoyed and tells Eli to go to her bedroom. She tells Jake to stop spraying the room spray all over himself. When Helen comes in she asks if Eli left and Jake dumbly says yes. Clare glares at him. When Helen finds the weed on Clare's bed she asks if it's Eli's and says he's not allowed over anymore. Clare says it's Jake's. As she says this, Jake skates slowly past the door frame and Helen questions him about it. He claims they didn't smoke in the house and she says she will talk to Glen about it and shouts that he takes his skates off. Jake breathes out slowly, sharing a glance with Clare, who is very upset.
In Tonight, Tonight, Clare questions Jake about why Katie gets to stay at their house longer than Eli does because Helen and Glen have different rules about when visitors have to leave. Jake tells her that Glen says it's okay for Katie to stay longer. The next day, Clare goes to Jake and offers him a sandwich and starts to refer to him as "Jakie." She then asks him if he notices a double standard in their household when it comes to visitors. Clare then asks Jake to have Eli over as his guest later that day because Glen and Helen are going out. Jake goes along with the plan and it seems to make Clare happy.
Later, the plan fails because Glen had to work and Helen forces Clare to come to the crafts fair with her. When Clare comes home, she walks in on Eli spraying Jake who is riding on roller skates. She can tell that the two are high and sneaks Eli into her room. After Helen catches Eli in Clare's room and finds the marijuana, Clare tells Helen that it's Jake's while he rolls past the room. The next day at school, Clare asks Jake how much trouble he's in and if he has to go to rehab. Jake tells her that his punishment is not to smoke weed again and Clare is still angry that there's still a double standard and decides there needs to be a family meeting.
At the meeting, Clare tells Glen and Helen about how Jake can have Katie over whenever he wants and Eli can only stay for a limited time and how Jake can use the truck when he wants and Clare can't. Helen and Glen start to argue about each other's parenting styles and Clare decides to take the keys to the truck and drives off to see Eli.
In Degrassi: Las Vegas, Drew mentions how Jake and Clare used to date each other.
In Bitter Sweet Symphony (1), in a class he shares with Jake, Eli ends up reading the diary he accidentally took fro his shared locker with Clare. 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!" The next day, just as Clare is speaking to Eli, 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?!"
In Bitter Sweet Symphony (2), Eli apologizes 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. 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.
In The Time of My Life, Jake yells to Clare that her date has arrived. Jake watches with Mo as Fiona announces that Clare is prom queen. He awkwardly starts dancing when the music starts back up. Clare watches the seniors graduate.
Degrassi Minis[]
In The Power Play, Jake and Clare are sitting next to each other in the cafeteria when everyone starts dancing.
Timeline[]
- First Relationship:
- Start Up: Should've Said No (1) (1112)
- Break Up: Dead and Gone (2) (1129)
- Reason: Clare and Jake's parents were getting married to each other, and he thought it would have been worse if they broke up later.
- Second Relationship:
- Start Up: Nowhere to Run (1131)
- Break Up: Underneath It All (1133)
- Reason: Jake rejected Clare before they had sex, and Clare thought they should just break up since it was bound to happen eventually.
Rival Relationships[]
Quotes[]
- Jake: "Make a sock monkey for me!"
Clare: "Yeah. Shut up."
Trivia[]
- They are the second pairing to be named after a dessert, as Eclare was the first. Clare was a part of both pairings.
- They are the only characters to become step-siblings after being in a relationship.
- They are both good friends with Jenna Middleton and Alli Bhandari.
- Clare is good friends with Katie Matlin, who is Jake's girlfriend. Jake is also friends with Eli Goldsworthy, Clare's boyfriend.
- They are on great terms as friends and help each other through their problems.
- They both have a conflict with Mike Dallas and Luke Baker, except Clare resolved her conflict with Dallas.
- Both took part in the fight at Fiona's loft.
- They both have had instances dealing with weed. Clare's was in Not Ready To Make Nice (2), when she moved in with Summer, who had a Marijuana warehouse in her home. Jake's was in Building A Mystery (2), where it was revealed that he smoked weed with Eli.
- Jake's first line was spoken to Clare. ("Hey Clare, who's your friend?")
- Clare and Jake have known each other for seven years.
- Their first relationship ended at prom.
- Clare was very close to losing her virginity to Jake in Underneath It All (2). However Jake changed his mind because he felt Clare was more committed to future of their relationship than he was.
- This incident led to their second, and final, break-up.
- Jake is the second guy that Clare had a wet dream about. The first was Declan and the third was Drew.
- The last time Jake and Clare saw each other before LoveGame, he threw a dead frog at her.
- They were both members of the Degrassi Drama Department.
