Chapter 1: First impressions

Clare's point of view:

Today was my first day of 7th grade! Whoo! I'm so excited. This year we actually get to switch for all classes. 7th graders also get to go to all the dances except for the 6th grade one. The school I am going to is called Union Middle School. Our colors are green ,white , and Silver. I woke up and realized I didn't know what to wear. So I called my sister Darcy in to help me.

"Hey Darce I need your help with something." I said. Darcy was my older sister. She was 16. She also took me back to school shopping to get really cute clothes.

"What do you need Clare?" she said in a happy mood.

"Can you help me pick out my outfit?" I asked and she just grinned.

"Of coarse I can Clare-bear." She smiled. She walked into my closet and picked out my outfit. She picked out black skinny jeans, a cute purple shirt she picked out at forever21, and my new navy blue low top vans.

I looked in the mirror and I was impressed. I then brushed my hair, brushed my teeth. Washed my face, and applied some mascara and clear lip gloss to my face. I hopped downstairs feeling re-freshed and good as ever. I grabbed an apple and told darcy I was ready to leave. She nodded and got the keys to the BMW. The ride was fun. Me and Darcy jammed out for 5 minutes while driving to Union. As we pulled into the parking lot I thanked my sister and hopped out of the car. I then saw my two best friends in the world Alli and Sydney waiting for me.

"ALLI! SYDNEY!" I said and they turned and saw me.

"Clare!" they yelled in unison. We all ran to each other and hugged.

Alli, Sydney, and I decided to wait in the front because she said she had to wait for someone.

"Hey Sid, who are we waiting for?" I asked.

"Oh I'm waiting for my cousin Elijah. My parents told me to stick with him for the first day." Sydney said less than enthusiastic. We were waiting for about 2 minutes when we heard really loud music blasting from a car. That car was a hearse.

"Oh great. They brought the coffin car." Sydney said. Just then the car stopped and a man in about his late thirties stepped out.

"Hey Sydney!"

"Hey uncle bullfrog" she said before she hugged him.

"Uncle bullfrog I would like you to meet my best friends Clare and Alli." She said addressing us.

"Hey" me and Alli said. Then a boy who looked about our age came out of the hearse.

"Hey Eli." Sydney said.

"Hey" He responded.

"I like your car" I said to bullfrog.

"Thank you but it's Eli's when he can drive it."

"Yeah it's mine. I'm Eli. What's your name?" he asked.

"Clare my name is Clare."

"Nice to meet you clare and thank you for your compliment about the hearse. I was thinking of naming it morty."

"Like mortician?" I asked.

"Exactly. Nobody knew what it meant but me and my dad. And well now you." He said smirking. I do admit it Eli was very cute. He was in all black, had longish brown hair, and mesmerizing green eyes. We were shaken by our conversation when Sydney cleared her throat.

"Clare the bell is going to ring soon want to head to class?" she asked

"Yeah sure. It was nice meeting you Eli." I said

"You too he said before I turned around and walked away with Sydney and Alli. As we were walking around a corner Sydney and Alli both yelled, " You love Eli!" in my face. And I couldn't help but blush. Maybe I did like him. he seemed interesting.

Eli's point of view:

Today was my first day at Union. Yay! (Sarcasm) intended. I got out of bed and picked out my outfit for the day. I chose a black shirt, black skinny jeans, and my black slip on vans. Colorful I know. I walked into the bathroom and brushed my teeth and combed my hair. I went downstairs and grabbed an apple.

"Hey dad I'm ready to face my doom now." I called up the stairs. He stepped down the stairs and grabbed his keys. When we entered the hearse I started thinking. Maybe I will meet the infamous Clare my cousin is always texting. The worst case scenario is that people just label me Sydney's cousin. We pulled into my personal hell and my dad stopped the car and was looking for Sydney. She said something before introducing her friends to him. one was about 5 feet tall and was wearing brightly colored clothes. She had jet black hair. The other one was something else. She had her hair in a curly bob that framed her face. This girl was shorter than me and had the prettiest blue eyes that I just had to go out and talk to her. So that's what I did. I found out that her name was clare, and that she liked hearses. She even knew what morty stood for. I think I'm in love. After she left I had a smile on my face and a warm and fuzzy feeling inside.

"looks like you have a thing for Clare" my dad said while nudging me.

"I think I like girls now" I said in a daze thinking about he beautiful blue eyes.

"Bout time!" my dad said.