Baby Blue Eyes

Eli's POV

The way she blushed and the way she looked at me with her baby blue eyes made me more intrigued by her. Her tan friend was smiling the whole time by looking me up and down with her eyes as though she was checking me out. The baby blue eyed girl just looked at the ground while trying to mumble something out. She wa-

"Eli ! Earth to Eli!" Adam was waving his left hand up and down infront of his friend's face but Eli was stuck in his world.

"Oh… sorry Adam I was um… thinking about…" Eli thought about something to say but Adam stopped him.

"Clare right ?" Adam had never seen his friend so head over heels for a girl. This was obviously new news to Adam. Eli hadn't been able to really meet Clare, besides killing her glasses with his had heard the story over and over again. Eli hadn't properly met Clare because he had skipped the first day of school to listen to heavy metal music. Adam hadn't met Clare either but had seen her around in the hallway talking to her friend (Alli, I think her name is) or getting her books from her locker. Adam knew who Clare was because Eli and he had lockers across from Clare. He had caught Eli starring at her. Eli hadn't denied his liking her which was a good sign.

Adam had to tell me a couple of times to blink when he had caught me starring at her intently. Adam said it would look creepy if I didn't blink every once and a while. I didn't really know I had taken a liking to her. I wore all black from head,to nail, even to toe. I listened to heavy metal and drove a hearse. My only friend was Adam. But still I liked Clare. We were complete opposites- she wore color and smiled while I wore black and smirked every once in a while but never fully smiled.

"So Eli, when are you going to ask Clare out?"Adam smiled, nudging me and pointed at Clare, who was walking down the hallway.

"I don't plan on asking her out." I knew that Adam was looking at me confused but I was too busy gazing at Clare.

"I bet she would love to go out on a date with a creepy dude like you though!" Although Adam could get annoying sometimes he sure did have a great sense of humor, one of the reasons why we hung out.

"RRRIIIIING" The bell rung for 5th period, which meant Science for Adam and English for Clare and me.
I smiled to myself as I walked towards the English room. I sat down in the seat in front of Clare. She was there already getting her English book out while concentrating on a book. She's multi-tasker, smart girl.
The second bell rang which meant that class was about to begin. Clare put away her book sadly but looked up to pay attention to the teacher.

"I enjoyed reading everybody's stories. Some of you could use some work by the grades you are about to receive on your papers, but others did marvelous."

I could care less about this class but since Clare was in it, she made it worth coming. Dowes started handing back our essays; when I received mine I didn't look at it.

I knew I had gotten an "A" , which was fine for me. She handed back Clare's. She looked over her paper, then looked up with a scowl on her face.

"I don't understand. I used complex writing structure and advanced words." Clare's sweet soft voice spoke with anger in it.

I rolled my eyes thinking to myself, Clare just accept the grade you got.

Ms. Dowes replied back camly, "Clare your earlier essays were divine but lately they've been distant. You need to stop hiding behind vampire stories." Clare blushed a bit.
Clare writes vampire stories? Another thing about Clare I didn't know. Thanks Ms. Dowes!

"I have decided to put Eli and you as English partners for this semester." she said enthusiastically. I couldn't believe what I had just heard come out of the teacher's and me partners ? That meant spending time together and understanding what's so bad about her paper.I know not to smile but inside I feel my heart beat faster and faster knowing that Clare Edwards was my English partner.

On the other hand, Clare wasn't to happy about Eli Goldsworthy being her partner. What was wrong with her essays that she had to have an English partner for the whole semester? Sure, I have writer's block but that's all. I mean there was nothing wrong with Eli, besides the fact that he was cute and he was the guy that had run over her glasses but what made him deserve an "A" and not her?

Eli walked towards the door with Clare behind him. Clare cut in front of him and raced to the door to get out of the classroom first. Haha, I'm sorry Clare but let's see who makes it out first. I rushed towards the door and managed to get on the right side of Clare. We were in the doorway side by side but I managed to make it out first. She wasn't too happy about me pushing her out of the way.I couldn't help myself and smirked at her while doing so.

I see Adam at the end of the hallway reading a comic book while sitting on the ground. I race towards him "knocking" people out of the way. Well I wouldn't say I "knocked" them out of the way, they sorta just got out of my way;they saw I was determined to get somewhere so they just moved out of the way. I know I intimidate them but I like that. Adam looked up and saw I was coming towards him so he smiled and stood up from where he was sitting.

"So, how was English with Clare ?" Adam said. He asked me that every single day after he had found out that I even had English with Clare.

"We're partners for this semester." I smirk as I lean against the lockers.

Adam's mouth drops open with shock. He quickly closes his mouth and then puts up his hand for a high-five.

I smile back then smack my hand against his. This was a good beginning to getting to know Clare Edwards.