Chapter 1: That Stupid Smirk

3rd POV

Why did he have to be so…. UGH! Stupid Eli. Stupid smirk. Clare ranted in her mind.

Ever since Eli Goldsworthy entered her life, she can't ever think straight anymore. She doesn't understand how one boy can easily change her whole life. She is Clare Edwards, is and always have been a straight A student, has always had a perfect attendance, and she does not skip class! And then all of a sudden, this emo looking guy pops into her life and turns her into the complete opposite of what she used to be.

But no matter how much Clare dislikes Eli, deep down she knows that she has an attraction for him. The day they skipped class proved that much. The distance between the two of them was so little that Clare saw every single color that swirled in his eyes. She was reluctant about pulling away but he had already let go of his grip on her wrists. It would have been even more embarrassing to keep gazing into his eyes.

And that stupid smirk that he gave me afterwards! Once again, UGH! She thought.

Eli Goldsworthy on the other hand is infuriated. No girl in his life has ever sparked this sort of emotion in him. He has no freaking idea what is going on with him. He's supposed to be the guy who doesn't care about what people think, who doesn't care if he fits in or not, and who could care less about what people feel.

Well, that was before Clare Edwards entered his life. For some reason, he has the need to make her like him. He wants her to feel like she can be comfortable with him and don't even get him started about her feelings. He hates seeing her sad. At every chance he gets, he tries to make her as happy as she can possibly be. It's so not his style.

She's so…. infuriating! He yelled in his mind.

Life has never been more interesting to Clare Edwards and Eli Goldsworthy.

Clare POV

I sat on the bench feeling the most embarrassed in my life. This was nothing compared to the day when I proved myself to KC or the day they found the vibrator in my bag. Okay, okay let's not go back to that day. I looked across the street and tried not to think about what just happened. It's not as easy as I thought it was going to be, considering he's standing only a few feet away from me.

"So…" he finally said, breaking the silence between us.

"So…" I repeated in the same tone, still refusing to look at him.

"You ready to go?" he asked coolly as if nothing had even happened. I gave a small nod, not trusting my voice at the moment. I felt like I was going to explode with humiliation. I finally stood up and gathered my stuff. I could feel him burning holes in the back of my head as he was still pressed up against the wooden pole.

"I'm ready," I announced. My face was flushed and I refused to let him see me that way. I turned around, not facing him, and began walking back towards the school. Even though I couldn't even see his face, I could tell that his stupid smirk was plastered onto his face. I walked at a faster pace than he did but he somehow managed to keep up with me.

"Slow down Clare. Geez," he panted behind me. My face was slowly regaining its usual color and I sighed gratefully.

"Alright, slow poke," I teased. Yes! Clare Edwards is back! He scoffed and began walking next to me.

"I am not slow," he defended with a mock hurt expression on his face.

"Really?" I challenged with my eyebrow raised.

"You're just walking too fast," he simply stated with a smile. Whoa, whoa, what? Is that actually a smile? I must have looked shocked because he looked at me with confusion written all over his face. "What? Is there something on my face?" he asked, his smile turning into a frown. Oh man, I liked his smile.

"Nothing it's just…. you actually smiled," I pointed out, giving him a smile myself. He looked at me in disbelief.

"Everyone smiles Clare. It is but a simple fact. Just because I look I like a depressed, goth kid, it doesn't mean that I don't smile," he teased, now back with his stupid smirk. I chuckled before looking forward.

"I don't know. It seems very rare to see you smile. You're usually just smirking your stupid smirk," I commented. I mentally slapped myself. Did I just tell him that his smirk is stupid?

"Excuse me?" he asked, his eyes sparkling with amusement. He brought his right hand to his chest, mocking hurt. "Did you just call my smirk stupid?" he asked in amusement.

"Forget I even said anything," I replied hastily, not wanting him to make another comment.

"That's going to be very hard for me to do, considering you just insulted my smirk," he teased with a laugh. I groaned and scrunched my eyebrows in frustration. "Please elaborate," he added, making a gesture with his hand that told me to go on.

"Elaborate on what?" I asked with frustration clearly evident in my voice.

You see Clare, this is what happens when you blurt out your thoughts. Shut up, inner voice.

"On why my smirk is stupid. I'd like to hear your reasons," he replied with his stupid smirk plastered onto his face again. I ran my hand through my hair and sighed in defeat.

"First of all, it's like a half smirk half frown that you're pulling off. It's umm….. what's the word…. lopsided. Yeah, that's it. One side is always up and the other is always pulling down. You always use it against me and it makes me want to strangle you all the time and then sometimes it just makes me want to ki – " I stopped mid-sentence, realizing what I was just about to say. I can't believe I was going to say that I wanted to kiss him. I better have stopped there!

"It makes you want to ki – what? Come on Clare, you can't honestly stop there. It was just getting interesting," he laughed with his eyes glinting with curiosity. Think, think, think!

"It makes me want to kill you," I replied in a dark and evil voice. I laughed looking at his expression. His lips were pulled back into a mock frown. Wow, nice save.

"Are you sure?" he challenged. "For a second there I thought you were going to tell me that my smirk makes you want to kiss me," he wiggled his eyebrows suggestively and I playfully punched his arm. "Ouch," he played hurt, using the same tone he did back at the Dot.

The truth is my heart was pounding erratically in my chest. Who would have thought that he would ever guess what I was about to say? Then again, it wasn't really that hard to figure out.

"Of course Eli! I just really want to kiss you," I replied sarcastically. He laughed at my reply and smirked. "You're smirking again," I commented, "Why can't you just smile? Come on, practice it with me." I gave him the widest smile I could and he just merely chuckled at me. "I'm serious," I told him.

"Well, I still believe that you were going to say kiss instead of kill and if that's the case, I'm going to keep smirking," he stated simply with a grin. I could've have sworn that my heart skipped a beat. My face was beginning to flush again but the school was already only about thirty feet away from us.

"Let's see if you're really not as slow as you say you aren't," I smirked at him and ran towards the school at full speed. It only took him a split second to realize what I was referring to and began to run towards me. Okay, wow. Maybe he isn't so slow. Within seconds, he caught up to me and easily overtook my place. He reached the school a few seconds before me.

"See? Told you so," he panted but somehow he still managed to smirk. I collapsed onto the grass right when the bell for English class to end rang.

"Made it just in time," I commented. He held out his hand to me and I took a hold of it. He helped me up but he refused to let go of my hand even though I was already standing. He jerked me away suddenly and hid behind a tall shrub.

"Shh," he whispered. A teacher came out from the front door and walked towards his car. I was giggling with excitement as he slyly got us back inside the school with no one noticing, all the while keeping his hand in mine. Students were still hanging by their lockers and talking to their friends.

"That's the most fun I've had … ever," I beamed at him.

"Hey Clare! I missed you earli – " Alli was cut short as her eyes zeroed in on mine and Eli's hands. Both Eli and I saw what she was looking at and we quickly pulled out our hands from each other. He rubbed his neck nervously while I stuffed my hand in my back pocket.

"Yeah?" I asked nervously.

"Nevermind. I'll see you umm… later," she gave me a wink and a smile before walking off.

"Umm…." I trailed off.

"See you later?" he hastily asked.

"Yeah, see ya," I replied as I walked away. I ran my hand through my hair. Whoa. Eli Goldsworthy just held my hand.

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