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Forever and Always

GENERAL POV

Eli, Clare, and Adam were playing Truth or Dare after school one day. Currently Adam and Clare were in 7th grade, and Eli was in 8th. They go to Wright Brothers Junior High. After school, they all walked to Clare's house and decided to play a game.

Truth or Dare was agreed upon, so they began. "Okay," A thirteen year old Eli began. He was trying to decide who to ask. "Clare, truth or dare?" He had his signature, evil smirk painted on his lips.

Clare's heart skipped a beat. Lately, she's been getting nervous around Eli. Adam says she has a crush on him, but she denies every time he brings it up. Although, the last few weeks, she's not so sure it's not true.

She shook out of her thoughts, considering the consequences of each option. She decided to play safe- or so she thought. "Truth." She said with confidence.

Eli's smirk just got bigger. "Truth, eh? Playing it safe I see." He thought about what to ask her for a moment. "Hm… Alright, if you could switch the place with any male celebrity for a day, who would it be?"

Clare would've said her favorite author, Chuck Palainuik, but what's the fun of that? So she decided upon her favorite actor. "Robert Pattinson. I just love him in the Twilight movies!" She smiled, because she knows that both Adam and Eli find her vampire obsession annoying.

"Fine. Now ask someone." Adam said, trying not to laugh at her choice in celebrity.

"Adam, truth or dare?"

"Dare. I always will pick dare, since I'm amazing like that, you know?"

Clare rolled her eyes and laughed. "Right… Well, I dare you to give Eli a stripper dance show. Oh, and leave all of your clothes on please."

Adam looked a little bit embarrassed, but thought it was funny and complied. Eli couldn't stop laughing at his friend's failed attempt to look like a stripper. "Okay, am I done now?" Adam's face was just about as red as it could get. Clare nodded and Adam's gaze settled on Eli. "Eli, truth or dare?"

"Um, dare… No, truth. No, no dare. Yeah, dare." Eli muttered, afraid of what his best friend was going to make him do.

"I dare you to kiss Clare." Adam now had his own smirk upon his lips, and then continued. "On the lips, for at least 15 seconds."

The two middle school student's cheeks' tinted pink from embarrassment. Eli had a small smirk appearing, because he knew Clare hadn't had her first kiss yet, but he had. Being her first kiss seemed pretty exciting. It was like a sense of accomplishment or something.

Eli leaned forward, getting only inches from her lips before saying, "Its okay. At least you get to get your first kiss over with, so you don't have to worry about it later in life." He presses his lips on hers, locking them together. Clare gasped, and Eli took that chance to swipe his tongue against hers, just barely. He then pulled away, smirking. Kissing Clare was amazing. It was as if she was the only thing holding him down to Earth at that very second. He wondered if she felt to same way.

Clare cleared her throat, looking as if she was in her own little world. "Your turn." She squeaked. If only Eli knew how she felt, maybe that kiss would've meant something to him. Because it meant the world to Clare. Not only was it her first kiss, but it was also so… inspiring. It was as if Eli was her gravity, holding her against the forces of space, allowing her to stay on the Earth for that very second.

"See, you guys do love each other!" Adam joked. He had no idea how much truth was in that statement, although, neither did Eli or Clare at that point in time.

Eli realized how awkward this situation was about to get, so he moved on. "Adam, truth or dare?" Eli already knew what he was going to say, but it's the rules of the game to ask.

"Dare, obviously."

"I dare you to wear one of Clare's bras for the rest of the game, and Clare gets to pick." He turned his attention to Clare again. "If I were you, I'd pick your most girlish, revealing bra." Eli figured Clare didn't have any revealing bras, but he thought he'd tell her, just incase she did.

Clare got up and walked to her drawer, Eli was about to follow her, but she turned around and said, "Absolutely not. I'm so not letting you see in my underwear draw!" Eli smirked and raised his eyebrows suggestively and sat down, turning around to face Adam. Clare could hear them talking- they were pretending to gossip in girly voices. She rolled her eyes and opened her drawer. She picked out a bra she rarely wears because of the color. It's bright green with magenta polka dots and white lace trimming. Her aunt had gotten it for her when she took Clare shopping a few weeks before.

Clare held up the undergarment to the two boys, getting their attention. Eli just smirked, and Adam laughed. "Alright, now let me see that… thing." He snatched it out of Clare's hands and tried to put it on, but failed miserably. "You know, I need to learn how to put one on if I'm ever going to be able to take one off." The two boys laughed at Adam's comment.

"Oh just come here, and I'll put it on you." Clare told him. After she fastened the polka dot bra, she put tissues in the cups to keep them from sagging. "There you go." She said.

"Alright, this is getting boring, after Clare goes, let's do something else. The two others agreed.

"You know the question, so what do you choose?" Adam asked Clare.

"Truth." Clare answered; she didn't want to have to do anything embarrassing seeing as what the two boys have had to do.

"What's one of your first memories of all of us together after walking home from school?" They've all been best friends pretty much forever and always will be. They have so many memories of each other from over the years. And Adam was curious as to what was Clare's first.

Clare smiled, remembering so many things and she rewinded as far back as she could go. "Well, I'm going to have to say us playing Hide and Seek when Adam and I were in second grade and Eli was in third." Clare noticed both of the boys' eyes soften, maybe they also remembered. But Clare decided to refresh their memories a bit, just for the heck of it. They all started to smile as Clare descried this memory, one of the boys piping in every once in a while, saying how they felt about something, or adding details that Clare forgot to mention. But one thing's for sure; as they were reminiscing, they all know that their friendship will last. Forever and always.

"Clare, Eli! Ready or not here I come!" A seven year old boy named Adam called down the stairs of the Edwards household. Adam and Clare are both in second grade. They've known each other since they were still in diapers, because their parents work together. Eli is a year older than both Clare and Adam- therefore he's in third grade.

Whenever they would walk home from school together, they would stop and play at Clare's house for about an hour. Eli lives right next to Clare, so they do almost everything together. Adam lives a few blocks away, but he still comes around a lot.

Adam heard someone giggle behind the couch in the living-room. He knew immediately that it was Clare. She was always the easiest to find, as where it took quite a while to find Eli every time. Adam snuck up to the front of the couch, quietly. He then jumped on to the blue piece of furniture and yelled, "I found you! Boo!" He started laughing when Clare jumped from shock.

"Adam! Don't do that! You scared me." She was trying to fake anger, but it wasn't working to well. She gave a light laugh. "Where's Eli?" She asked.

"I have no idea…" I trailed off, getting an idea. "Actually, maybe I do." He gestured for one of his two best friends to follow him up the stairs of Clare's house.

Clare Edwards looked confused, which wasn't very often that that happened. She was a very bright girl. She could help Eli with his homework- if he needed any help. Eli's just as bright as Clare (probably smarter just because he is in a grade higher than her).

"Where do you think he is?" Clare loved asking questions, just because she didn't like not knowing things. Adam stepped off the last stair on to the second floor. He hurried off in the direction of Clare's room. "You think he's in my-" She got cut off by Adam shushing her.

"Be quiet, we don't want him to know we're coming." Clare nodded in response, catching on.

As they stepped into Clare's room, Adam went to check under her bed, and Clare opened her closet door. She grabbed the handle, but it wouldn't open. This confused her. She tried the door again, this time it opened easily. But just as she opened the white and blue door, she saw Eli tumbling out, along with a few boxes from her top shelf.

"Mph." Was all Clare heard before Eli stumbled and fell out of her closet, causing Clare to fall down backwards under her older best friend. They both began to laugh, as Eli landed across Clare's chest. "Eli…" Clare managed with giggles falling from her lips shortly afterward.

"Y-yes?" Eli asked, still laughing loudly.

"Please get off of me." Eli nodded and rolled over next to her, getting up after Adam came over and helped him up. "Adam thanks." Clare said as he helped her up as well. "I found him!" She gave a front-teeth-less grin.

Both boys chuckled. They all sat on Clare's bed until Mrs. Edwards called up to tell them she had to go pick up Darcy, Clare's 11 year old sister from her soccer practice and could drop Adam off on her way. They said their goodbyes to each other as Adam crawled into the car with Clare and Mrs. Edwards car, and Eli walked next door and disappeared through his doorway- waving through the window to the minivan as is drove down the street towards the Torres residence.

"That was a fun day." Eli remembered. They all agreed. None of them could decide what to do, so they finished up their homework and then Eli and Clare walked Adam home. When they made it on to their street again, Clare looked as if she had something to say.

"Eli, um, thanks." She smiled, looking down.

"For what, walking with you?" He was confused. But he couldn't help to join her in smiling, just because they were side by side. Eli loved hanging out with Clare. And even more than that, he loved those little moments they had, like this one, when they were alone.

"For being my first kiss." She looked up at him, blue orbs colliding with green. She smiled, and stood on her toes, so she could say something in his ear. "And my second." With that, she pressed her lips to Eli's in a short, sweet kiss. It wasn't one that a couple would share exactly. But it also wasn't really as friendly as a kiss shared between best friends, if that makes sense.

But over all, it was absolutely amazing.

She smiled once more, wished him a good night, and walked up her driveway, into her front door. All the while pressing her index finger to her lips, remembering nothing but his lips upon hers.

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