"What did I do to him to make him go cheat on me with that slut Bianca? I thought we had something good, something irreplaceable, but no, he replaces it for a good time in the boiler room!" Alli yelled, getting the attention of the people around them eating their lunch.

Clare tried to reassure her friend, but it was barely working. She was hopeless.

"Alli, just forget about him. He's been a jerk since the day you 'bumped' into him." She said, remembering the day she shoved her in front of him. Alli smiled a bit, but frowned soon afterwards.

"Why me?" She murmured. Clare patted her back in sympathy.

She started to look around for a distraction to get her mind off the dark-haired football player. Instead she found Eli and Adam walking with their comics in hand.

Alli groaned at the realization of the family ties between Adam and Drew, but still said a soft hi as the two reached their table.

"Hey Clare, Alli." Eli said, smiling.

"How's it going Clare Bear?" Adam asked.

Alli chuckled at the nickname, while Clare gave him the death stare and Eli smirked.

"I'm fine and you?"

"Okay, I guess." He looked over at Alli and smiled widely. "Um, hi. Sorry, didn't see you there for a sec. I'm Adam."

"Alli." She smiled back and looked at him, up and down.

Clare noticed and shoved her arm, making her roaming eyes look at her blue ones fiercely.

"I'm sorry about our mother. She can be a bit…conclusive. And also about Drew, he can be an asshole sometimes."

"I saw." She whispered, now looking down at the table's surface. Adam stood there, sad and angry at his stepbrother's stupidity.

Eli took one step closer to Adam and whispered in his ear. He smiled and Eli smirked. The girls looked at them confused.

"Clare, I need help with my French. I have a test next block and need to review. Please come." He said, pouting. Clare chuckled, knowing no studying was going to happen.

"Yeah, I can stay here with Alli to keep her company." Adam said, looking at Alli the whole time.

Clare looked at Alli who nodded.

"Okay, but this time, not in the library. Too many people there…, they won't let us focus." Clare said the last words quickly. Adam looked at Eli and winked. He smiled, not being able to hide the blush forming on his cheeks.

She gave Alli a hug and told her she'll call her later. She got up and left, Eli close behind her.

Adam went to her side and sat down. He kept a distance, nervous of closeness.

"Adam, do you think I did something wrong?"

"I think you were the perfect girlfriend to him, better than the past ones." He sighed. "You know, the day of the dance, he didn't sleep at all and wouldn't let me sleep, asking me what to do. He really feels bad."

"He should!" She yelled, causing Adam to jump a bit off his seat. "Sorry. I'm just frustrated. I'll tell you this now so that you can tell him. I'm not going to forgive him. Ever. That was wrong, it was stupid, it was… heartbreaking."

Tears were falling down her cheeks already. When did she start crying?

Adam lifted up her chin towards him and with his thumb, wiped the tears away. She looked into his eyes, the closeness surprising her. He leaned in and quickly gave her a peck on her lips. Once he backed off, he looked at her, expecting all hell to break loose.

Why did he just do that? Does he feel something for her, his stepbrother's ex?

Oh no.

He got up and stepped back.

"I'm sorry." He said, softly and ran out of the cafeteria. Alli looked at his retreating figure, mouth gaped.

What just happened?

And why did she like it so much?

She shook her head, trying to block out the thoughts. She grabbed her tote bag and walked out. A few steps later, she found Clare at her locker.

"Clare, where's Eli? I thought you two were 'studying' together." She asked, putting quotation marks around studying.

"We were, but then he saw Adam running out of the school and got worried. He looked really guilty of something, do you know why?"

"When you guys left, he tried comforting me and, well, he kissed me." Clare looked at her with widened eyes.

"I thought I told him to comfort you, not make a move." She said, laughing at the last part. Alli smiled and leaned back next to her locker.

"Alli," She looked at her friend curiously. "Did you like it?"

Alli looked at her, the answer noticeable in her eyes.

"You do know that could break Adam and Drew up. It could start a whole feud between them. And it would just be plain awkward."

"I know, but I can't stop thinking about it. Maybe I should go talk to him, you know, to clear things up."

Clare nodded in agreement and hugged her friend tightly.

"I'm still going to call you later, okay?"

"Yeah, oh and please tell Eli to meet me at the Dot in twenty minutes."

"You and your boy toy going to have more fun, right." She laughed and got off the lockers. "I'll see you later."

She starts walking out front doors and towards Adam and Drew's house.

'This is going to be strange. Drew's home today because they cancelled football practice and most likely Eli drove Adam home, so what do I say? What can I say that won't make things bad?'

She slapped her forehead with her right palm, wondering why she didn't ask Clare to come. It would've been so much easier! Oh well. She's going to have to do it alone now.

She reached their house a few minutes later and went up the front porch steps.

'Dingdong'

After a minute or so, the door opened.

Drew.

"Alli? What are you doing here?"


Ok, so after A Messed Up Plan, I realized how interesting Allam is and totally fell in love with them. For the Eclare fans, I still have bits of them in here so you get the best of both worlds. Should I continue? Any ideas? R+R!

Love always,

Nicolle 3