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When You Do Your Very Worst it Feels the Best

I bit my bottom lip and felt my stomach rise, as I watched Arthur from the distance.

He was talking to some other guy and I felt myself getting hysteric when Arthur patted his friend on the shoulder, meaning that he was ready to leave.

"Go!" I heard Alli hiss from behind me, giving me a light push on the back.

My face distorted to a grimace, my palms were getting sweaty and I heard my stomach making weird noises, as I swallowed down the big lump in my throat.

"I-I can't.." I stuttered.

Alli sighed right into my ear. "Of course you can! Now go before he leaves!" Alli hissed quickly.

I know she was trying to encourage me and I'm thankful for that but the truth is, her hectically behavior was making me even more nervous.

I shook my head, feeling my knees getting weak.

"There's no way I can make it there!" I told her with a shaky voice, while my eyes widened.

"We already talked about this," Alli answered, and I could imagine her rolling her eyes at that moment. "Don't be so self-concious! You're pretty!"

I shook my head once again, ready to puke all over the place. "You don't get it, Alli," I said, while my eyes never left Arthur. "I mean, I don't think that I can walk all the way over to him. My legs feel like jello.."

We watched as Arthur turned away and made his way down the hall.

Alli squeaked, causing me to flinch.

"Your men's slipping away." Alli trembled.

MOOOOVE!, A voice in my head shouted. That was like a kick in the pants and so I ran after him, determind to ask him to prom.

Yes, I, Clare Edwards was going to ask my long-time crush Arthur to prom.

Like I said; 'was going to' as in, 'intended to'.

But I never got the chance to.

"Arthur!" I called out to get his attention, when I got closer.

I had almost reached him, when suddenly something got in my way and blocked it. I crashed into a hard chest and fell to the floor.

BUMP!

Asking myself who the heck just ruined my only chance to ask Arthur to the prom, I raised my head.

In front of me stood a peeved looking Eli Goldsworthy.

"Great," I quietly mumbled to myself and got up to stand on my feet.

He just stood there, with his arms crossed over his chest watching me getting up with that angry look of his.

This kid didn't even offer me his hand or apologized. But I wasn't suprised; this was Eli after all. He hates my guts and the craziest part is, I don't even know why.

"Watch where you're going, Edwards!" He huffed, the moment I was on eye-level with him again.

"What are you talking about?" I snapped back, pulling my eyebrows together. "You came out of nowhere!"

He scoffed. "Out of nowhere, huh?" His intense green eyes bored into mine. "I came out of that door, dumbo!" Eli grumbled, pointing over his shoulder. "This wouldn't happen if you wouldn't run around the hall like a maniac!"

"..I have no time for this." I mumbled, trying to shrug off all the insults he mercilessly threw at me.

I tried to look over Eli's shoulder to see if Arthur was anywhere nearby. But no such luck, it seemed like he was already gone.

I sighed and tried to made my way past this idiot but he blocked my way once again.

I moved to the right, he moved to the right.

Giving him an odd look, I moved to the left, which he then did too.

Getting furious with him for not letting me pass, I shoved him out of the way.

"Freak." I heard him mutter under his breath.

I turned around and looked back at him, just to catch him starring back at me.

He then turned his back on me and walked off.

I try to make it through my life,

In my way... there's you.

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