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Eli's POV

I was just getting out of the shower, after taking a morning jog, when my phone went off. I walked over to my nightstand to see a text message from Imogen:

Hey babe! Meet me in the art room when you get to school

-Imogen

I looked at the message a couple time before replying:

Okay, but may I ask why?

-Eli

Because I have a surprise k?

-Imogen

Okay…see you at school

-Eli

Why would she want to meet me in the art room? I guess I'll have to wait and see. I walked over to my dresser to pull out my clothes and walked into my bathroom then closing the door. I walked out of the bathroom in my blue polo shirt, kaki pants, and my black converse. I walked into my room and grabbed my phone before exiting my room. I ran down the stairs to the kitchen to see my mom reading the news paper at the counter. She looked up from an article she was reading and noticed me, "Morning baby boy."

"Morning, Cece."

"Do you want me to make you some breakfast?"

"Uhh…..no I'm good. I'll just have this apple." I looked over at the fruit bowl and grabbed an apple out of it.

"Okay."

"Hey, has Bullfrog said anything about Morty yet?"

"No, sorry baby boy. But you're okay with walking to school right?"

No! I miss driving to school in my hearse "Yeah. I'm fine with walking." I smiled at her before looking at the school 7:33. "I got to head to school. See you when I get home."

"Okay. Have a good day, Eli."

"Bye." I walked over to the hallway closet to grab my leather jacket then heading towards the door. Just as I was about to take a step out the door, I heard my mom yell 'wait'. I turned around to see her running towards me. "You almost forgot to take your medication." I looked down and saw she had a small white pill in her right hand while holding a glass of water in the other. I grabbed the pill before letting it slip in between my lips then grabbing the glass of water and swallowing down the pill. I gave her the glass and continued to go out the door. Ever since the crash, Morty has been in the shop and it still is, even after all these months. So now I have to walk everywhere I go. I put my headphones in for it to start playing Bittersweet Memories from Bullet for My Valentine. I was about ten minutes away from school when a certain line from the song caught my attention:

You like to scream these words as a weapon

Well go ahead, take your best shot, woman

I wanna leave you, it's easy to see

But guess what, honey, it's not that easy

I suddenly started to remember about Clare, the moment when we were at Above the Dot and she started to yell things at me:

~*~*~Flashback~*~*~*

"Did three months mean nothing? Did you flip a switch and erase me from your memory? It took you a year! A year to get over your ex! Did you ever love me at all?"

I was just looking forward while having my back towards her. It hurt to hear Clare in tears. I just wanted to say 'the three months we had were the best three months ever' but as I turned around, I saw Jake pulling her outside.

~*~*~End of Flashback~*~*~*

I shook my head and looked down at the ground. Just thinking about that memory brought a tear to slip down my cheek. I wiped it away and continued my way to school. I looked at my watch to see the time 7:46 on it. I still had about fourteen minutes before school started so I quickly made my way to the art room to meet Imogen. I walked in to see the room black, minus the sun peeking through the shades. "Imogen?" I questioned as I looked around the room to find her. She appeared a couple feet away from me from hiding then made her way towards me. "Hey, Eli", she said as she smiled and wrapped her arms around my neck. I wrapped my arms around her waist then swooped my lips down to meet hers. We kissed intensely for a couple seconds before pulling apart. "Close your eyes." I closed my eyes and after I did, I started to hear some shuffling. "What are you doing?" I asked her.

"Wait…..wait." Suddenly the shuffling stopped and it was quiet until I heard Imogen speak. "Now." I opened my eyes to see an art piece of me in front of me. "It's me."

"I know." It had a picture of me in the middle made out of small pictures and a white back round. The words: obsession, paranoid, anxiety, stigma, panic, hopelessness, isolation, prejudice, and pain were written in red on the white back round. "Do you like it? Please tell me you like it." I could hear the hope in Imogen's voice. "I love it." I started to look at the masterpiece in front of me until something Imogen said caught my attention, "I showed my art class and they suggested that I put it in the student art showing."

"So more people are going to see this?" I started to get nervous just imagining that. "Yeah." I started to freak out inside and had to get out of here. "I have to go." I ran out of the art room and towards my locker. On my way there, I accidentally ran into someone and knocked over their books. "Sorry", I said as I got to the ground and help pick up their books. "It's okay", a soft voice said as the kneeled down to the ground, too. I looked up and saw Clare. "Hey, Clare."

"Hey, Eli."

"I'm sorry I bumped into you."

"It's okay. Are you okay?"

"Yeah, well….I'm not really sure." I stand up and helped her up also before giving her books back. "Do you want to talk about? We can talk about it during lunch."

"Yeah, that sounds good. See you at lunch then." We hugged each other then went our separate ways. Now, I can't wait 'til lunch comes around.


I'm in my math class and I can't stand being in there anymore. There is only five minutes left of class but it seems like the longest five minutes of my life. I just want to tell Clare about mine and Imogen's problem already. Clare doesn't really know a lot about me ever since we became friends again. I mean yeah we're friends but we haven't hanged out a lot and when we do, we're usually well used to talk about her relationship with Jake and about our assignments for English. But maybe she and I can now try to get to know each other. BRRRINNG! Finally it ranged! I ran out of math class and towards my locker to drop off my books before meeting Clare. As I turned the corner towards my locker, I saw Clare and Jake talking. I turned back around to hide behind the corner of the hallway to hear what they're saying:

"You're unbelievable Jake!"

"I'm unbelievable? You're the one who threw yourself at me!"

"Because I thought you loved me! But I guess not….have fun with your slut."

"Don't you dare call Jenna a slut just because she stole K.C and me from you."

"Go to hell, Jake!"

I peeked around the corner to see Jake walking my way while looking angry. As he passed me, I heard him mumbled 'bitch' in a low voice. I walked towards Clare and notice she had a couple tears starting to form in her eyes. "Clare?" I questioned and stood in front of her. She looked up and started to whip her tears away with her hand. "Eli. How much did you hear?"

"I think from the start."

"Oh", was all she said as she looked at me. It hurt to see this view in front of my eyes so I wrapped my arms around her shoulder into a hug. I felt her wrap her arms around my torso as she started to softly sob. After a couple of seconds of hugging, she pulled away from me and looked up at me. "So, do you still want to talk?" she asked while sniffling.

"Yeah and maybe it'll give us a chance to catch up."

"That sounds nice", she smiled as she answered. She started to walk out the back door that leads to the picnic area before stopping in her tracks and looking back at me. "Well…you coming?" she asked while smirking. I just shook my head playfully before following her out the door.


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