"Stop it Eli", Clare giggled. Eli proceeded to remove his hands from Clare's sides to stop tickling her. He smirked, "You know you liked it." Clare slapped his arm and smiled. "Ouch", Eli joked before turning around in his seat and facing the front of the room.
The bell rang moments later and their teacher, Ms. Oh, entered the classroom. "Good morning class, how are you all today?" she asked. Ms. Oh proceeded to walk to her desk and set her bags on top of it. "I have a new project that I'm very excited about", she smirked.
Half of the class groaned at her statement. "Oh hush, it's not that bad. I shall be assigning the partners though. Let's see. Eli and Clare, Adam and Fiona, Alli and Drew, and Bianca and Fitz" she pointed out the partners. The teens smiled at the teacher's choice, agreeing with her pickings.
Eli turned back around to smirk at Clare. "So what do you think this so-called project will be?", he inquired. Clare pretended to think about it for a moment before shrugging. "I'm not sure, but I hope it'll be easy", she replied.
Ms. Oh started passing out instructions to each student before standing at the front of the room again. "Alright, now that we have partners, I'll tell you guys about the project", she said. Eli turned back around in his seat to focus his attention on the teacher. "You guys will be carrying around a pretend baby for the next week. You and your partner will be the 'parents', and you two have to take care of it" she explained. Everyone groaned once again. "At the end of the week, you'll turn in your baby and get a sheet of paper explaining how well you did. If each group will please come up to my desk to sign out your baby, I would appreciate it", Ms. Oh said before sitting down at her desk.
Eli shot up out of his desk and held his hand out for Clare. She smiled and took it before standing. "After you milady", he smirked. Clare blushed faintly before walking up to Ms. Oh's desk. Alli and Drew were walking back to their seats by the time they made it up there. "Looks like we'll get the best one, considering we're last", Eli chuckled.
Ms. Oh smiled at the couple and told them to extend their wrists so she could put a bracelet on each of them. Afterwards, she smiled and handed Clare the baby girl. It was small, blonde and had bright blue eyes. Eli signed the sheet of paper for both of them before heading back to his seat, following Clare.
Clare sat the baby of top of her desk and sat down. She sighed. Eli turned around and looked at her. "What's wrong blue eyes?", he asked. "Nothing, it's just I hope this baby won't be too hard to take care of", she explained. Eli grabbed one of Clare's hands and smiled. "It's gonna be okay, no matter what happens. Isn't your mother away on a business trip?", he asked. Clare nodded. "Alright then, I'll just stay the night with you every night this week so we can take care of our baby together", he smiled. Clare giggled. "Okay, but only because it would be easier", she stated.
Eli smirked. "So what do you want to name our new baby?", he asked. Clare shrugged. "I'm not sure. Did you have anything in mind?", she asked. Eli shook his head. "Hmm", he muttered. "Well we could name her Ava. That sounds pretty", Clare suggested. Eli nodded. "Yeah, that sounds good", he commented.
The bell rang moments later signaling the end of class. Eli grabbed the fake baby off of the desk before waiting at the door for Clare. He handed it to her and she immediately cradled it in her arms. "Alright, to your house we go", he smirked. Clare giggled and walked to Morty and hopped into the passenger side while still holding their baby.