What if Eli was never on his meds? What if Jake wasn't as nice as he seemed? What if Clare put up a bigger fight? How love game should have been. I also don't know EXACTLY how the episode went, but I'll be trying my hardest to keep it as close to the episode as I can. I also cut out the part of Jake and Eli talking, because I had no idea what for them to talk about.

Chapter 1 - Love game

Eli POV

I was playing pool at Above the Dot when I saw Clare and some random guy walk in. They walked straight to Alli and who I thought was KC and Dave.

I watched her smile and laugh, her perfect smile getting bigger while her ice blue eyes lit up. She was wearing a red dress that hugged her curves perfectly and her signature jean jacket that I grew to love. Her blonde-red hair was curled and it stopped right above her shoulders. In other words, she was absolutely gorgeous.

I sighed and turned my focus back to the game. I still have major feelings for her, but I was trying to get over them as fast as I could, even though my heart told me to sweep her off her feet, making her fall in love all over again.

That sounded cheesy.

When I looked back up, I saw her and that guy walking over to me.

"Hey Eli," She said, a smirk on her face.

"Oh, hey," I said, trying my best to sound uninterested as I concentrated on my game of pool.

"This is my friend Jake. We have a long history together," She said, and a white-hot burst of jealously rushed through my body. I tried my best to hold back a glare at the guy or something.

"Cool," I said, turning back to my game. She stood there for a moment, and I saw her from the corner of my eye shift her weight from one foot to the other. After a while, Clare stormed off, Jake trailing behind her.

"Dude, ignore her much?" Adam piped up from across the pool table.

"It's the only way," I said, glancing over my shoulder at her. She was standing at the bar, staring me down. I sighed and turned back to Adam.

"And why is that?" He asked me, setting the stick down. I sat mine down too, and walked over to his side of the table.

"I still like her," I said, keeping his voice down. Adam almost busted out laughing.

"Are you serious?" He tried to say as he laughed. "Everyone knows that! Hell, I bet Clare even knows that!" He motioned his arm to where she was. I turned to look at her again, and she was still staring, Jake no where in sight.

"You need to tell her before she gets involved with that Jake kid," He said.

"I want to move on, though. I just need to avoid her for a while," I said seriously. I truly did want to move on. It's just... my head didn't feel the same way. And that was the strongest part of me.

"Well, you might need to figure out how to move on a lot quicker. Clare at six o'clock." He said, walking away. Before I could turn around, I felt a tap on my shoulder.

"Eli, can we talk?" She asked in a sweet voice. I turned around and gazed into her gorgeous blue eyes, trying not to get sucked into them.

"Maybe later," I said with a slight smile, trying to turn away. I hobbled back over to Adam on my cane, but she stopped me with her voice.

"Did three months mean nothing?" She asked, her voice rising with each word, and I was frozen in my spot.

"Did you flip a switch and erase me from your memory?" She yelled, and I was still turned with my back facing her. 'Please, Clare," I thought. 'Please don't do this.'

"It took you a YEAR! A YEAR to get over your ex! DID YOU EVER LOVE ME AT ALL?" She screamed. Something inside me snapped, and I whirled around, rage boiling up inside of me.

"I took me a year because Julia DIED!" I said, walking up to her and yelling in her face. She just stood there.

"It's NOT all about YOU, Clare! YOU broke up with ME!" I continued, pointing a shaking finger at her. She took a step back, but I held her in place by putting my hand around her arm in a death grip, blinded by rage.

"Eli, please... you're hurting me," She whimpered. I just looked down at her.

"Do you know what your problem is?" I asked her, laughing crazily. "You only care about YOU!" I yelled as I threw her arm out of my hand.

"Hey, man! Lay off!" Jake yelled, walking up behind Clare. He pushed my shoulder, and I fell backwards.

"Eli!" Clare gasped. She fell to the floor after me and put both of her small hands on my shoulders. I shook her off and stood back up. She stood up behind me, so close I could feel her breath on my ear. I tried to keep my concentration, but she was making it very difficult.

"How can you go to THAT, even when he hurts you, Clare?" Jake said to Clare, even though he was looking straight at me.

"I never hurt her," I spit through my teeth.

"Could've fooled me," He scoffed.

"Jake!" Clare scolded him. I lunged at him, but Clare wrapped her arms around my shoulders, holding me back. Even though she did it to save her boyfriend's face, I still got chills. My hands turned into fists, and Clare sensed me getting tense.

"Don't," She whispered behind me, and it calmed me down a bit.

"You're lucky I don't do violence," I hissed at him. Clare brushed her fingertips over my back as a way of thanking me, and a shiver rippled through my body.

"I could beat your ass up, emo boy!" He laughed. Clare gripped the back of my jacket, but I ran at Jake, punching him in the nose. He bent over, holding his face in his hands.

"Eli!" Clare yelled at me. Jake stood back up and punched me back. I spun around and landed on my knees, it was so powerful. While pain radiated through my mouth and jaw, I reached up to touch my mouth to check for blood. When I pulled back, my hand was covered in blood.

"Jake, stop!" Clare yelled, dropping to her knees and putting a hand on the back of my neck and a thumb on my cheek, examining my mouth. I blocked out all my feeling of her and let out a little groan, getting aggravated.

"Get out of here, Clare!" I yelled at her, shaking her off. I spun back around and punched Jake when he didn't expect it, watching him fall to the floor. I got on top of him, throwing punch after punch.

"Eli!" Clare screamed at me. She grabbed my arm, trying to get me off Jake. I got off Jake and shoved her arm away from me. She looked at me as if I slapped her across the face, and at once I realized what I did.

"Clare... I'm so- I mean I didn't mean- oh, Clare," I said urgently, trying to calm her, walking towards her with open arms. She just shook her head and took a step back from me. I felt a pang in my heart as I saw terror in her eye.

I turned my head and looked down at Jake. His nose and mouth was bleeding, but he wiped his nose and smirked through the blood at me. I looked around the room, and everyone was staring at me as if I was a monster.

"I have to go," I breathed out, running towards the door, trying to get out of there and away from Clare as fast as I could.

"Eli! Wait!" Clare yelled when she finally found her voice, but I ignored her, running out of the club as fast as I could.

I looked back, and I saw Clare, walking towards me as she kept calling my name. I ignored her, trying to find the fastest way home.