I JUST WANT TO BE WITH YOU-CHAPTER 1

THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR…

ELI'S PROSPECTIVE

I forced my eyes open. "Bad nightmare," I mumbled. Clare was still fast asleep. I undid my grip on Clare and stood up rubbing my eyes. I stretched and noticed it was one a.m. Great, its one A.M., my back is killing me from that bed, and I want to see my kid. I grabbed the picture of Clare, Matthew, and I and placed it in my pocket. It was one of those pictures I will carry in my pocket for the rest of my life. I kissed Clare on the forehead and headed downstairs to see Matthew. I just had to see him once more, to sleep well. I made my way down the steps and stopped searching for Matthew in the incubator. But, he wasn't there. "Hey! Nurse!" I said trying to get her attention. I turned the chair around and it was a stuffed nurse's outfit. I backed up and I smelt poison. I soon felt the room spin, and then I felt a big bang on the top of my head. I soon, saw the room go black. The last thing I saw was a face I couldn't describe. But, a face I could remember. The last thing that came to mind was the safety of Clare and Mathew…I love you guys…

CLARE'S PROSPECTIVE

"Eli Come back!" I kept screaming but, he wouldn't turn around. I was trying to walk to him, but there was a force keeping us apart. I glanced to my right and saw an unfamiliar person holding our baby. "Give me him!" I screeched as he just shook the baby back and forth smiling. "Please…" I whispered pleading. "We aren't coming back Clare…" the unfamiliar voice said. I felt tears fall to my cheek and then Eli disappeared. "Eli!" I screamed and continued lowering my voice, "You promised you'd always be here with me…" The person reviled them in the light, it was Michael. "If you want Eli to come back, then you have to love me Clare. You have to love me the way I know you do deep down." I started crying, my world was crashing down on my shoulders in a matter seconds. I cried, feeling weak, not knowing what to say.

I looked at him as he cradled our precious baby. "Please Michael, don't turn on me. I need a good friend in my life. Just one…" I did, I think I deserved one friend I could trust. I started walking towards him and asked, "Michael, why would you do this?" He smiled, "I love you Clare…I'm doing this for us." I shook my head and reached for my baby. But, my fingers slipped right through the tiny baby in his arms. "Ha-ha…" Michael's laugh echoed through my head. I asked, "Where are you taking him?" He smiled, "Somewhere safe." He started walking away and I jumped on top of Michael causing him to stumble, holding the baby secure in his arms. Then, I said, "Please…stop I just want my baby. He might be sick. Please…" I was practically begging. Michael laughed, "No Clare." I tried to follow him down the hallway of the hospital but, when I turned the corner I banged into a glass door. I pounded my fists on the door and he just smiled on the other side. "Don't hurt him…" I whispered. I saw Eli on the other side, with Michael and Matthew. "Get Mathew!" I screamed at Eli. Eli flashed me a smirk and Michael pulled out a knife. "No…No…Someone help!" I screamed as nurses walked by as if I didn't exist. "Help!" I screamed again. Michael plunged the knife into the baby's stomach. I fell to the ground and suddenly awoke sweating in my hospital bed.

I looked around, no Eli. I hate that, I hate having a dream and it felt so real. I felt like it was happening. I looked out the window and smiled seeing the sun rise. It's going to be a better day. I looked around and wondered where Eli had gone. He probably got up to get breakfast. I was still sore from yesterday. My legs still had an aching pain and my lower stomach was still in knots. But, having Eli sleep with his arms around my waist for the first time in a long time eased my mind a bit. Eli's company healed my mental and physical problems. I glanced around the room wondering where Eli had gone. I looked around and saw the nurse walk in. "Excuse me nurse, do you know where my boyfriend went? He's about 5"7 or 5"8…" She smiled and mouthed an "Oh." She smiled and walked out of the door. I was confused. She walked back in with flowers in her hand and a note. "He dropped these off this morning." I smiled saying, "Thank you." I sniffed the scent in and giggled. I then noticed the note inside the flowers. "I love you Clare. Just seeing you makes my day a little better. –Michael." What the *#$%?

I looked around nervously know. Where was Eli? I pulled out my phone and dialed Eli. "Ring…Ring...Ring…Hi you've reached Eli. I obviously don't care enough to answer the phone. Leave a message only if you're Clare. I'll try and get back to you, love you." His voicemail was so stupid. I tried five more times, no answer. I dialed Drew, maybe he was with him. "Hello?" Drew asked in a groggy voice. I smiled, "Drew! Drew! Is Eli with you?" He said, "Clare, you do realize it's only seven in the morning." I said, "Yes Drew! I know, but Eli is missing. I don't know what to do. He fell asleep with me in the hospital bed and then I wake up and he's gone. Then, the flowers…" He asked, "What flowers?" I said, "The flowers from Michael. He told me he loved me in a note inside flowers…" Drew laughed, "Clare I think you have a mistake. Michael crashed at my place with Ali and Adam after we drank. He's still sleeping." What the hell was going on? "No…no this isn't happening." I whispered removing the sheets from underneath me. I closed my cell phone as Drew repeated my name. I asked the nurse, "Where is my baby?"

The nurse looked at me like I had seven heads. "The last time I checked your boyfriend left in the middle of the night with your baby." I looked at her with my eyes bulged out of my head. "What! Where did they go?" I asked her curiously. "Listen, I don't know everything. Do I look like a crystal ball?" She laughed and I gripped her by the shirt pulling her close to my first, "Listen, Barbie I don't have time for this. I will get your ass fired if you don't tell me where the hell my boyfriend went with my baby!" She said, "First off take your hands off me or I will file for sexual harassment." I released her and she breathed out heading to the door. "Where are you going?" I asked. She smiled and said, "My shift is over. Feel better baby cakes; hope you find your boyfriend or whatever." The pressure and nervousness built up in my body causing the pressure to build up. I started seeing doubles of the room and the world went dark…

ELI'S PROSPECTIVE

My vision was blurry. Then, I heard a baby crying. I looked up and saw a familiar face. I assumed it was Clare's and smiled. I couldn't remember what I was doing. I couldn't see straight, and I couldn't feel my head down. I felt, paralyzed. I growled in my throat. I opened my eyes as wide as possible trying to look around. But, I couldn't even see anything in front of me. The hardest thing you could make your body do was fight your eyes to open. It was the hardest thing for me, my eyes soon faded again…

DREW'S PROSPECTIVE

"I'm going to head over to the hospital Adam. Want to come?" I asked him as he cleared his throat. "What happened last night?" I said, "We got drunk after we got home. Ali is still sleeping so I want to go before she wakes up." He mouthed an "oh," and asked, "Why are you leaving now anyway, it's only seven thirty. Clare and Eli probably aren't even awake yet." I whispered, "Eli's missing." Adam screamed, "ELI IS-." I covered his mouth before he could finish his sentence. "Shut up and get in the car," I told him as I wrote a note down for Ali telling her we went to go get breakfast. I grabbed my car keys, my cell phone, and a coffee. I jumped into the car and started the engine. Adam ran out of the house with one shoe on, pajamas on, and his hat halfway on. He jumped into the passenger seat. I couldn't help but laugh. "Just go." Adam said looking annoyed.

Adam kept glancing at me making me nervous. "What?" I asked. "What happened to Eli? Everything was great before. Last night, they looked so happy." I concentrated on the road and said, "Well, supposedly Clare woke up with flowers from Michael telling her he loved him. But, it's not possible because he was with us the whole time. And, then the line went dead. So, I need to check on Clare." Adam laughed and said, "It was probably just some sick joke." I said, "Adam, no. It's not funny." He said, "Dude, pull over." I tried to get into the right lane, but the guy in the right lane kept inching closer. "Shit. I can't Adam." I looked forward and saw a car coming head on. "What the hell?" I screamed trying to swerve out of the way. I heard Adam scream my name, and the collision caused Adam to pass out. I forced my eyes open and managed to see blonde hair getting out of the car that had crashed into us. That was the last thing before the air bag slammed into my head causing me to see yellow stars…

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