Authors Note: This takes place during All Falls Down part 2. I'm going to change the storyline a bit from the show. Reviews are welcome. :)

Don't worry, there will be some Eli/Clare stuff for the Eclare lovers.

"Is that corsage for me?" Clare asked me in the hallway.

"Yeah." I said nervously. "My Mom made me bring it." I had never felt nervous in front of a girl before, but Clare was different. I hated her boyfriend, Eli. I wanted Clare for myself.

"Cool." Clare took the corsage but didn't put it on. I felt a bit disappointed. "So this is it, no more fighting with Eli?"

"So long as he leaves me alone. But I do want one thing."

"I'm not going to have sex with you." She said.

"What?" I raised my eyebrow. "What gave you that idea?"

"Eli said you told him you wanted to have sex with me."

"Ah.. well theoretically most teenage guys would want to have sex with a girl like you. But I'm not going to try anything with you. Unless you want me to.."

"Theoretically… not a chance." She said.

I sighed quietly. "That's too bad for me."

"So what did you want from Eli?" Clare asked.

"I just want an apology. Then this is all over. No more fighting."

"I think I can get him to do that."

"Yeah right. Good luck with it, but I don't think he's going to do it." I said, shutting my locker. "Let's go to the dance." I reached for her hand, but she looked startled, so I just began to walk to the dance. She walked beside me.

"You want me to get you a drink?" I asked, spotting Eli in the crowd far away.

"That would be nice" Clare said.

I smiled at her "I'll be back in a second then." I walked over to the drinks area. "Two drinks thanks" The kid handed me two drinks, and I walked back to Clare.

"Here you go"

"Thanks Fitz."

"You can call me Mark if you want.. but you're the only one who can, alright?"

"Okay, Mark." It sounded weird suddenly, but it felt right coming from her. Everyone else just called me Fitz now.

We just stood for a while, sipping our drinks. I wanted to dance with her so badly, but I doubted that she would be interested.

I put down my empty cup, and looked at Clare. She was watching Eli from afar. Damn Eli.

"Hey, would you like to dance with me?" I asked hopefully.

"Um.. I'm not sure.."

"Its just one dance. I'm not that good either, but it'd still be cool."

"Um.. okay, I suppose one dance can't hurt."

"Great." I grabbed her arm gently and pulled her to the dance floor.

We danced to a song I didn't know, and I pulled her closer to me when I saw Eli watching us. She looked up at me.

"You're not as bad as I thought."

"At dancing?" I asked.

"No, I mean you actually have a soft side."

"Yeah, I'm not a jerk 24/7, just when people get in my face."

"Didn't this all start because of a parking space? Seems a bit trivial." Clare said.

"Yeah well.." I muttered. I moved my hand a little lower on her hip, feeling pretty good about it. I decided to make a daring move. "Hey?" I said quietly.

She looked up at me again "Yeah?"

I smiled and leaned in, kissing her gently on her lips. I wasn't the type of guy for romance, but I did actually like this girl. Plus I wanted to make Eli as jealous as he could be.

She looked startled and confused. "Sorry." I said.