Hi my Name is Danielle also known as Ilovetaylorswift13.I am writing this with the persuasion of my Bff Thea who is just as obsessed with Degrassi as me so I decided to write a story. It might suck royally, but please be kind since I am new at this. Hope you enjoy this one shot.
Eli's Pov
Today is the day. Today is the day I am finally going to tell Clare how I feel. Its been months coming now. Today could either end in disaster and I could lose my best friend since Middle school or it can end great and I will finally get the girl of my dreams. Lets hope for the latter.
Everything is all set to go. My stomach is doing back flips and I feel like I'm gonna hurl. I haven't felt this nervous since Eighth grade when Clare forced me to go to the dance with her since she didn't want to go alone. I didn't now how to slow dance and didn't want to make a fool of myself so I got my mom to teach me. The night went surprisingly well except the two times I stepped on her foot. Although she didn't seem to mind and we had a great time anyways.
Clare tapped my shoulder jolting me out of my thoughts and I froze remembering why she was here."So why was it so important that I showed up at the Dot at exactly 6:00 o' clock?" Clare asked sitting across from me at the booth.
"Oh you know this and that,nothing special." I answered
"So what did you have to tell me?"Clare asked
"Clare what I am about to tell you is gonna change our friendship forever."
"Eli your scaring me. What is it?"
"I love you"
"W-ha-what?"
"I said I love you. I've always loved you since middle school when you were the only girl to look past the emo facade, and eyeliner and saw me for who I really was. Just a boy who wanted to be accepted while being true to himself."
"Eli I don't how to respond to that. Were just friends and I am flattered that you like me, but I don't see you in a more then friends kind of way."
"So what your saying is the past 5 years of the constant flirting,little touches, and moments we shared has been all in my head?"
" I am sorry you have confused me being nice for having feelings for you,but we are never gonna be together. We are just friends and that's all I want to be."
"I can't just be friends with you Clare. I love you and want to be with you. I want to call you mine and tell you how beautiful you are. I want to hold your hand and kiss you. I don't want to be friends dammit, I want us to be together!"
"I'm sorry, but that's not gonna happen."
"Fine then I cant be friends with you anymore".
"Eli come on."
"No Clare. I have watched you date jerk after jerk just waiting for a shot with you so I could treat you the way you deserve to be treated. Like a princess. I can't do it anymore, it just hurts too much."
Not being able to handle the rejection and not wanting to let Clare see the tears in my eyes, I walk out of the Dot and Clare's life without looking back."
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Clare's Pov
Hell that's how I would describe it. It has been 2 weeks since Eli has walked out of my life and I have been nothing, but absolutely miserable and missing him like crazy. I just can't believe that he is really out of my life. I really blew it this time.
There was knock on my door interrupting my thoughts.
"Sweetie I am going to pick up dinner. What would you like to eat?"
"I'm not hungry. I will just make myself something later."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah mom, I'm sure."
"Ok I love you and will holler when I get back."
"Alright mom."
After I hear the front door shut I go back to my thoughts of Eli and how I screwed everything up. I guess the sayings true,"you don't know what you have until its gone." These past few days made me realize two things. One I am a complete idiot for letting Eli walk out of my life and two I am completely in love with him. I know two weeks ago I was telling Eli we were just friends, but ever since he told me how he felt I just cant stop thinking about how great we could be together. Maybe the reason all my relationships end in disaster is because I have been going for the wrong guys. The right guy has been there the whole time and I was too blind to see it.
What am I doing? Laying on my bed feeling sorry for myself when the guy I love doesn't now how I feel. That's it no more taking Eli for granted and no more feeling sorry for myself. This story is gonna have a happy ending and the princess will ride off in Morty with her prince Goldsworthy.
Clare jumps up from her bed,throws on her denim jacket and dashes out the door to tell Eli how she feels.
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Eli's Pov
Its been two weeks since I last saw Clare. Two weeks since I saw her ocean blue eyes. Two weeks since I felt her electrifying touch. Two weeks since I heard her contagious laugh. Two weeks of complete and utter torture.
I know its my fault since I am the one who walked away without even trying to be friends, but can you blame me? I am madly in love with this girl and being just friends isnt something I can do anymore.
I am tired of acting like she isnt the love of my life and pretending we are just friends. I am tired of seeing her with other guys and gushing about every new crush she has. I am just tired of it all. I rather never see Clare Edwards again then see her so happy with someone else. So what if that makes me a bad person?Who cares if it makes me selfish. A guy can only go through so much crap before they stop trying.
Two more days. That is what I keep telling myself. I only have two more days and I am out of here for the entire summer. Me and my folks are going on a family road trip around the world. Just Cece,Bullfrog, and the station wagon only used for this occasion. I just hope by the end of the summer I will finally be over Clare Diana Edwards. Yeah right like that will ever happen, but a guy can dream can't he?
A knock on the door jolts me out of my thoughts. Its loud and repetitive. I keep hoping Cece or Bullfrog will get it until I remember they went out for dinner which I kindly declined. I get up from my bed and run downstairs. The knocking sound just keeps getting louder and wont stop.
"Hold on, I'm coming."
I open the door and see Clare Edwards soaked to the bone and shivering.
"Can we talk?"
"There is nothing to talk about."
"Like hell there is nothing to talk about. Please Eli I am freezing and I really need to talk to you."
"Fine, come in." I open the door wider to let Clare in. We just stand in the hallway in silence until I offer to get her some dry clothes to change into so she doesn't get sick. I go upstairs to get her some clothes. I come downstairs and hand her a pair of my boxers and a shirt of my moms to change into. She comes out and hands me her wet clothes which I throw into the dryer.
I come back in the living room and see Clare sitting on the sofa. I sit a cushion away from her and look at her waiting for her to speak.
After 10 minutes of silence I start to get upset and frustrated. Did she just come her to give me false hope that she changed her mind? Did she not break my heart enough before by rejecting me?I was about to tell Clare to get her clothes and leave, until I heard her say my name.
"What?"
"I love you too"
Did my ears deceive me or did I just hear Clare say she loves me too? This has got to be some kind of joke. The girl I have been in love with since I first met her in the sixth grade feels the same way?This can't be really happening. I had to make sure I heard her right.
"Did you just say what I think you said?"
"Well if you think I said I love you then yes. I just said exactly what you think I said."
"That's what I thought you said. I'm confused two weeks ago you told me we would only just be friends. What changed?"
"Everything changed. You walked away and I was left with this empty feeling inside and no one and nothing could fix it. I couldn't stop thinking about you and I couldn't stop missing you."Clare takes a chance and grabs both of Eli's hands and looks into his emerald green eyes." Eli tell me what I can do to make it up to you for hurting you and I will do it."
"Clare I want you to be honest with me. Are you doing this because you want to be with me or because you can't handle me being out of you're life?"
"I am doing this because I love you. I want to be with you and losing you made me realize how I have been taking you for granted for so long and I am never gonna do that again. I have been looking for the right guy for such a long time when the truth is the right guy has been right by my side the whole time."
"Do you really mean that?"
"You tell me?" Clare lets go of Eli's hands and looks deep into his green eyes. He looks right back at her and they both start to lean in. The kiss is filled with passion and love. Eli holds Clare's face and Clare tangles her fingers in Eli's hair. After awhile they both have to come up for air.
"Does that answer your question?"
"Yes. Now Clare Edwards can you answer a question for me?"
"Anything, Clare breathes."
"Will you be my girlfriend?"
Clare answers Eli's question. Not with words, but with a kiss.
The End
