"HEY! CLARE!" Eli Goldsworthy shouts, shoving a group of Freshmen out of his way to get to Clare Edwards.

"Hey, Eli." Clare gave him a slight smile, as she met up with him. Eli put his arm around Clare in a friendly way and guided her to the school parking lot.

Once at the parking lot, He dropped his arm and began to walk backwards in front of Clare to face her. "Hey, have I ever told you how much I LOVE a school without Fitz?"

"A couple of times, but he's not gone for good, I hope you know." Concerned for Eli, as always, she couldn't help but smile to see him so smug.

"Ah, young Clare, I know he will be back, but he will be so undeniably feared by such a human being as me, that he will not bother to try and torment me or Adam."

"Alright, but don't go putting yourself in danger. I don't want you getting hurt like last time."

"Aw, Clare-bear cares about me" Eli smirked.

"Clare-bear? KC used to call me that…" There was a brief silence until they reached Eli's car, a vintage hearse named Morty.

"Need a ride? I just fixed up Morty, so he's danger free. I hope" Eli added that last sentence of his comment as a joke, which Clare responded to a sarcastic "ha ha"

"No, but I'm serious about the ride. I wouldn't kill you to ride in Morty at least once. No pun intended." Eli held the passenger door open, beckoning Clare to sit in the hearse. She agreed and placed her book bag in the back seat before taking her seat.

Eli concentrated on his driving while Clare babbled on about some scientific theory that she researched for a science project. She got quite when she realized Eli was going the wrong way.

"Um, Eli, you were supposed to take a left to get to my house."

"I know" Eli responded with a smirk on his face.

"Well, turn around."

"Hmm… Nah."

"Eli! Where are we going!" Clare shouted. Her voice slightly cracked when she said his name.

"Having a hard time with puberty, Clare?"

"Eli! I'm serious!"

"Puberty's a pretty serious thing." Eli said with a smile on his face. He was quite amused by Clare's obliviousness.

"ELI!"

"CLARE!" Eyes still on the road, he poked Clare's shoulder. "Fine, Ms. Curious. I'll tell you where we're going."

"Please!"

"We…Are going… to…" Eli stalled.

"To…?"

"We're here!" Eli put the car in park and sat, looking quite amused, still staring straight ahead of him. Clare grabbed his face in her hands and yelled, "Where's 'here'?"

This only made Eli more amused. He took Clare's hands and placed them back on her lap, and responded, telling her that he drove them to a park he used to got to when he was little, before his mom died.

"Oh." Clare mumbled. She was blushing still from after she realized she had her hands on Eli's face. Clare also realized just then, that she definitely had some feelings for Eli. At the same time she realized that, Eli noticed how beautiful Clare really was. Not only on the outside was she adorable, but her personality was, also.