It was a sunny Friday afternoon. Degrassi had just let out for the day. Eli and Clare were in the neighborhood park. They sat under a big shady tree, in a comfortable silence. Clare felt so safe in Eli's arms, but despite the butterflies fluttering in her stomach. A tinge of sadness pulled at her heart strings. A memory had surfaced in her mind, of her sitting this way with her father. When he used to read her bedtime stories. Ever since her parents seperated, Clare had started seeing less and less of her father. She never would have pictured him as being a dead beat.
Lost in her thoughts she hadn't even noticed eli lightly stroking her hair and gazing at her.
"What?" She questioned.
" I'm wondering what your thinking so hard about." He responded.
Damn. He reads me way to well, Clare thought.
"Just wondering how I got so lucky." She lied.
For a moment Eli had a hesitant expression. He then flashed a smile and said. " I ask myself that all of the time." Clare didn't want to ruin the moment so she just smiled and kissed his cheek.
"zzz!" Clare's phone buzzed. She saw that it was her mother.
I really shouldn't worry about ruining the moment. That's what I have my mother for, Clare thought.
She looked at Eli sadly and untangled their bodies.
" Leaving so soon?" Eli asksed. Disappointment evident in his expression.
" Yeah. I'll call you later though." With that said Clare turned and headed home.