Disclaimer: Not Mine
Pairing: EClare
I wasn't able to stop it. She glanced back at me before she got behind the wheel of her new car. Anger, resentment, and hurt were etched on her delicate features. "I still love you," she called out to me.
I stubbornly stood at my doorway and turned my head. "Just go, Clare. Just leave."
Her head dropped and she slid in the driver's seat. I watched her pause and wipe her face. A pang of guilt and pain of breaking her heart burned in my chest. I hated the way I made her feel. She finally turned the vehicle on and started to pull away. Her piercing blue eyes found mine through the rearview mirror. I foolishly looked away and retreated back inside my lonely home.
The sad beauty of her tear-filled eyes was still imprinted in my mind. They were oddly familiar, like I had dreamed of those eyes before. A grave feeling washed over me as I realized what I had done. Panic hit me like I had hit a brick wall going 80mph. I hadn't broken up with Clare, had I? I felt like I was going through déjà vu.
Eli- go after her.
"No," I muttered to myself with little resolution. My thoughts still raced.
Eli, Go after her.
I looked out the window. The sun was setting as it was close to dusk. The familiarity of the situation grew stronger and stronger by the minute. My denial, however, seemed to be stronger.
"She won't have me. Not after what happened today. Not after what I said to her." I felt crazy trying to reason with myself, but something was urging me to reconsider.
Eli, she's going to end up like-
"JULIA!"
My body flooded with the horrific realization of how well I really knew this circumstance. I threw the door open and pounded the pavement towards Clare's house.
"This can't be the same. She won't end up like Julia…"
It had only been moments since Clare's departure, but it seemed like hours since I saw her. I drew in a sigh of relief as I saw the body of her car sitting quietly at an intersection stoplight down the road.
"Clare!" I called out, breathing heavily. I was out of breath.
Her windows were down, but she didn't seem to hear me.
"Clare!" I yelled, a bit more intensely. My heart fluttered as she turned to face me. Her eyes met mine for a split second. I glimpsed her wonderfully beautiful face for half of a moment.
And then it happened.
I blinked- and her face was gone. I gaped in horror as another motorist slammed into the rear end of her car, which was still waiting patiently at the red-light. The reckless driver belted Clare's car into the other part of the intersection.
I wasn't able to stop it.
Just like Julia…
"CLARE!"
I couldn't see her or the car. My lungs and body ached from my instinctual sprint towards the undeniably heinous scene.