Hey guys! This two-shot is dedicated to ilovetaylorswift13! It was her birthday request, so I hope you all like it! Please Enjoy this two-shot I'd like to call "Superluv"...
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This takes place after Frostival.
Superluv
"Okay class, now please, get with your partners and begin the paper process! The final essay will be due in two weeks, but I hope that you don't all procrastinate and wait until the night before to do it," Ms. Dawes pleaded to the class of twenty five, as they all rolled their eyes in annoyance, knowing that was exactly what they were all going to do.
Partners began to interact, except for two very lost, tense individuals.
Clare and Eli were facing each other, but not a word was being exchanged. The looks they were giving each other were courageous, yet confusing. Eli was looking down at his pencil, while Clare fiddled with her fingers.
"So...the essay," Eli began, trying to break the tension, as Clare slowly glanced up at him, "What about it?"
"Well, I kind of want to get an A on it, and to do so, I need my partners help," he tried to get his point across that he wasn't her partner to talk about their relationship, or friendship for that matter. All he wanted to do was get this paper done and keep his English mark up for the sake of his report card.
"I'm sure you'll get an A on it, you're good at this stuff," she whispered, continuing to play with her fingers.
The noise in the classroom was echoing the two teenagers ears, as they both tried to occupy themselves without slipping into another awkward tension. But alas, they have already fallen into it, and were suffocating in it, ever sine the night of Frostival.
The two had gone together as friends, trying to distract one another from their pasts, and in attempt to look ahead at a new beginning. At first, the night started off quite well, considering Eli was the polite gentleman he was raised to be, buying Clare whatever she wanted, and doing whatever the lady had asked for. The night was filled with uncontrollable giggles, much needed relief, and memories that will be treasured by both of them.
But, as the night had come to an end, the two had felt somewhat different than when they arrived. It was a feeling that both were frightened of feeling, an emotion that should've been buried long ago, in the past.
After spending four hours together at a Frostival, Clare and Eli had begun to feel again. Their bodies weren't numb with fake love, nor were their hormones clouded with lust, or their eyes filled with distractions from each other. They had finally survived a night together, without fighting, or even dwelling on the past. The night had been blessed with future desires and need of a friendship's fire being re lit.
They had left the Frostival in a daze, in a happy, heart warming, loving daze.
Ever since that night, Clare and Eli had been sleeping better, straight through the night to be exact. They exchanged texts over the winter break, even saw a movie together with Adam, and everything seemed to be heading in the right direction.
However, now we find Clare and Eli sitting in Ms. Dawes Advanced English class with a gust of awkward air settling around them.
"Do you want to talk about it? Frostival?" Eli asked, breaking the much needed silence between the two as she glanced up at him, her palms beginning to sweat with nervousness, "No, I'm fine."
"If you're fine then why are you being so quiet? Why aren't you talking to me?" He asked, need dripping from his tone, as she whispered, "I'm being quiet because I have nothing to say to you. I'm not talking to you because there's nothing to talk to you about, we're fine. We're friends, aren't we? Isn't that good enough for you?"
"You know, if a friend really had something bothering them on their mind, they'd tell their friend," Eli noted, drawing lazy circles with his mechanical pencil on her paper. He continued to do so, and Clare only watched in amazement at the diligence in his movement.
"A friend would speak up when there's something on their mind," although Clare was not speaking, she was surely listening to Eli, every word that left his crooked shaped lips.
"A friend would also shut up when the other friend say's they're fine," Clare spat back harshly, as Eli chuckled, leaning back in his chair, taking a moment to take in his view of Ms. Clare Edwards. He eyed her blue eyes, he most certainly adored her curls that shaped her face, and he was oogling over the way she crossed her arms over her chest, pretending to be angry with him.
Eli leaned in over his desk, getting close to her face, to make her look up at him, "You know Clare, the words 'I'm fine', is the most commonly used lie in the world."
"Where'd you hear that?" she asked, scoffing.
"You know...you don't have to hear to know when someone is lying Clare, I can see it in your eyes."
"Well, get your eyes on something else because these eyes aren't standing for stupid assumptions," Clare hissed at him, as if he was the only one lying, when in all reality, she was lying through her straight, gritted teeth.
The bell rang, signaling class was over, as the restless teens piled out in relief that Advanced English was over.
But, only two stayed behind.
Ms. Dawes walked up to the dynamic duo, while saying in a curious tone, "Clare, Eli, is everything alright?"
But they both didn't hear their teacher's concerned voice, for they were both lost, staring into each other's eyes. Eli was searching for a sign, anything that'll tell him she's feeling the same way. Clare on the other hand, was searching for a signal, a signal to tell her to stay away from him, that he was crazy, and dangerous.
"Clare, Eli," Ms. Dawes spoke again, as Clare pulled away from his strong vision hold on her eyes, "We're fine Ms. Dawes, just fine."
When Clare darted out the classroom, Eli glimpsed at Ms. Dawes, who asked, "Are you sure everything is alright with you two?"
Eli stood on his two, firm feet, gripping his bag and slinging it over his shoulder. He looked in Ms. Dawes direction, and said, "Ms. Dawes, when was the last time you ever heard a person say 'I'm fine', and actually mean it?"
"Well...," Ms. Dawes rested on a students desk, and toyed with her pen, "Never Elijah, why?"
"I was just asking, thanks Ms. Dawes, you're the best. Our papers will be done before the deadline," Eli said with a promising smirk, while heading to the lunch tables outside, knowing that's exactly where Clare sits during her lunch period.
They needed to talk about where they stood in their friendship, or relationship, whether the two liked it or not, because they were both driving each other's hearts into the ground, without even knowing it...
END OF CHAPTER 1
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