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Come in With the Rain

Clare's p.o.v

"I'm coming! Slow down Eli!"

"No way! Catch me if you can, Clare!"

I laughed as I ran up to my boyfriend of five months, Eli Goldsworthy. I loved him with all my heart. I just didn't tell him yet. But I'm planning on telling him soon. And when I do, it will be perfect.

Today, Eli was supposed to be walking me to school. But instead, we decided to race each other. Of course, I was losing.

Let me give you guys some background. My name is Clare Diane Edwards. I'm a junior in Springsteen High School. I have short, auburn, curly hair. I'm fairly curvy. I have blue eyes. My religion is devout Christian, but I'm not a goody-goody anymore. I broke out of my shell, thanks to Eli and my best friend Ali. I'm a writer and a huge reader.

Eli on the other hand, is the complete opposite. He's a senior in Degrassi High School. He has gorgeous raven black hair, forest green eyes, built body (not that I stare at it), is an atheist, and a writer, like me. He's outgoing, fun, exciting… he's really too good for me. I don't know what I did to deserve him, but it must have been something good.

Me and him met at the beginning of the school year, while I was waiting for the bus.A boy in my math class, Josh, came up to me and started to talk to me. My first thought, being that I'm so naïve was that he wanted to talk about school. But as he soon started to touch my arm, I became alert. I calmly told him to get off, but he grabbed my arm and started pulling me away. I screamed for help but alas, no one heard me; or so I thought. Eli swooped in and saved the day. I'd rather not go into the gruesome details, but you guys get the point. Once Josh backed away, I looked over to Eli and blushed.

"Thanks for helping me." I murmured while looking down.

"It was my pleasure m'lady." He said while mock bowing.

I giggled and he came up to me and kissed my hand. At that moment I felt sparks fly. With a sudden burst of confidence, I took out my pen and wrote my phone number on his hand.

"You should call me sometime." I said while smiling to him.

"Yeah." He said in a daze.

I lifted my hand to wave to him and turned on my way. Once I was out of earshot, I sighed.

'Wow. That was just… magical.' I thought as I got onto the bus.

'I'd be on cloud nine if I could ever find a guy like him.'

Little did I know I was going to have another encounter with the cute, mysterious boy in a short few days.