Tears
Clare sat on the front steps of Degrassi with her hands on her face and tears running down her cheeks. "How could this happen?" she mumbled to herself. Suddenly, she heard foot steps moving closer towards her. She felt someone sit next to her, she knew who it was. She felt his fingers twirl her curls in little circles. They sat there in silence; they only heard the sound of the wind blowing. Eli felt her shiver and silently took his coat off and wrapped it around her. Clare looked up; her eyes were pink and puffy. Eli let out a sigh and faintly smiled. "You could have gotten killed today, you know that?" Clare said in a ticked off yet pained tone. "Rather be me than you." Eli replied. Clare instantly stood up and stared at him with tears in her eyes and anger taking over the worry and scare she had a few minutes ago. "You're such an idiot Elijah Goldsworthy! Don't you ever say that again. Do you understand me?" Eli then stood up and took her in his arms. Clare tried to fight him off of her but he was much stronger. She suddenly gave up and cried even harder, her face buried into his chest. Eli held her with one arm and played with her hair in silence letting her cry. A few minutes later he finally said, "You're not mad at me Clare, you were just shocked and scared." He felt her little head nod in agreement. He then let go of her and lifted her chin and wiped a few tears away. "Clare that asshole will never touch you again." Clare looked into his eyes; she then noticed the tear slipping away from his left eye. "That was so brave of you Eli, just fighting off Fitz like that. You managed to take the pocket knife away from him." Eli smirked, "What kind of knight in shining armor would I be if I didn't fight for my lady?" Clare and Eli managed to giggle for a few seconds. It became silent again but this time it was pleasant. "Thank you, Eli." He then kissed her nose and cupped her face, "I could never let anything bad happen to you." He then smiled and kissed her gently then kissed her forehead. "Come on, it's time to take you home." Clare nodded in agreement and felt his hand slide into hers and they looked at each other for a brief moment, smiled and walked towards the hearse.