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Clare's POV

The bright sun light beamed into my room. I rubbed my eyes, blinking slowly. I sat up and looked around. For a split second, I forgot where I was and why I was there. But then I remembered everything about yesterday. I slowly got out of bed. I walked into the living room.

"Good morning." Eli said, scaring me a little.

" Good morning to you too."

" Okay, since I don't have to work today, we are going to spend this time to get to know each other." He stated. I raised and eye brow and smiled. I walked over and sat on the opposite side of the couch from Eli. I crossed my legs and folded my hands. He chuckled at me.

" Ok, so for starters; why are you here? Not to make it sound mean…" He asked. I huffed.

" Well, the biggest reason was that my parents left me with nothing; they kicked me out and told me to go live with my boyfriend, well now ex-boyfriend." I stopped to catch my breath. Eli's eyes were filled with sincerity, like he really cared about me and what had happened to me.

" And the second reason was my boyfriend. After the thing with my parents went down, I went over to his place, and he was making out on the couch with some woman who he apparently worked with. I ran out in tears. I felt like it was time for me to leave everything so I went home and packed some clothes and all the money I had. I took a bus to the airport and bought a one-way ticket to Vegas. I wasn't really sure where I was going to stay and what I was going to do. I have to find a job so I can get my own place down here and also so I'm not intruding your life." I looked down at my hands, fiddling with my thumbs.

" Clare," Eli said to get my attention. My eyes locked with his.

" You aren't intruding, you can stay for as long as you want. And job wise, the bar I work at is hiring if you would be interested in that. I can put in a good word for you." He flashed me a smile.

" You don't have a girlfriend do you? I don't want to cause problems by being here." I felt funny asking him.

He laughed a little.

" No don't worry, I don't have a girlfriend." He smirked and I blushed

" Okay, okay, enough about me. How did you make down here to Vegas?" I asked, trying to change the subject. Eli stood up off the couch and went into the kitchen.

" When I was little, my parents moved us around a lot. We lived in Texas for only about a year, then we moved to Washington and that is where I grew up. Then my senior year, we moved here and I went off to college and just never bothered to move." He said, bringing back two cups of coffee. He also brought back a little cup of milk and some sugar. I added some sugar and stirred it up. And let me tell you, it was really good coffee.

" Well, Miss. Edwards, would who like to go to the bar and apply for a job?" It was about 10 o'clock on a Monday morning.

" I'm kind of hungry. Would you like to go get some breakfast with me first? My treat?" I said, finishing my coffee.

" Sure why not." He said, standing and holding out his hand to help me up. I took it and popped up, my face came close to his. Our breaths mingled. His eyes looked right into mine. I just smiled nervously and stepped back, going to get changed in my room. I shut the door and let out a deep breath. I think I was slowly falling for a man that I barely knew. I walked over to my bag and pulled out a pair of dark skinny jeans and a white loose tank top. I redid my messy hair and put on some light eye liner and a little bit of mascara and lip gloss. I found a pair of cheap Walmart flip flops and went to meet Eli by the front door. Just a few minutes later, Eli came out in a pair of grey skinny jeans, a white t-shirt and a black vest.

" Ready to go?" I asked him, grabbing my purse. He nodded and held the door open for me. We walked down to his car and drove out of the parking lot.

" So where is a good place to eat around here?" I asked.

" There is a place called Egg Works which is really good." He said. I giggled.

" What?" He asked and smiled at me.

" That is just a funny name of a restaurant. Lets go there."

When we got there, we walked in and a nice lady sat us at a table and we both ordered orange juice. We looked over the menus. The lady came back with our drinks. Eli ordered a Western omelet and I got blueberry pancakes. After we were done eating, the waitress brought the check. I reached for it, but so did Eli.

" Eli, come on, you let me stay in your apartment and you don't even make me pay rent. You welcomed me without even knowing me, the least I could do is pay for breakfast." I gave him puppy dog eyes. I really wanted to pay for this.

" Fine, but I'm paying next time." He said as I walked up to the register to pay. We left the restaurant. We hopped into his car and drove away.

" So do you still want to apply for the job at the bar?" Eli asked me when we were stopped at a red light.

" Yes, I need to start paying you rent." I felt bad that I was just living there for free.

" No you don't Clare. Just having you around is enough." He said and I blushed a deep red.

" Okay, so off to the bar?" I asked. He nodded and we drove in the direction of the bar.

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