Author's Note: Guess what? I have almost no homework tonight, which rocks my socks off, so I'm gonna write the second part right now! I was so happy that some people liked the first part, and it was really fun to write, so thank you for reviewing and stuff! Unfortunately, I feel like this part will be a little worse than the first part, but I guess I'll just have to see where this goes. Gosh…it's so sunny today. I feel like singing. But I guess I'll just type stuff instead…By the way, a row of smiley faces (unless they don't show up like last time I tried) means a new…scene, I guess?

Disclaimer: This is starting to get annoying, but I think I have to write this…I DON'T OWN DEGRASSI! If I did…Craig would perform at the school dance, Jenna would find her other star earring, and Eli would dye his maroon scarf black.

PICTURE PERFECT (PART TWO)

The next morning before school started, I let Alli look through the pictures I took the day before on my camera and told her to choose the one that she liked best.

"Let's see here…," she started, searching for her favorite, "How about this one?" She held the camera up to me. It was the picture of the vine.

"That's the one Eli picked," I informed her, "But there are a few more after that one that you should look at, too." So she continued to skim through the photographs until she seemed to come across one that she really loved.

"Yes! THIS one!" She held the camera up to me. I expected it to be the picture of the caterpillar (which I did end up finding on a tree branch a few feet away from where I saw it first, because Eli decided to pick it up and put it there while I wasn't looking), but that was not the case. Instead, it was the picture that I took of Elli when I wasn't looking.

"Oh…that? It was just a random picture."

"And a GREAT one at that. Look at it! The sunset is beautiful in the background, and the cool light thing going on with that ring, and you can see that his hair was blowing around in the wind and he looks so relaxed, except his eyes tell you that he is deep in thought. It has that thing…that Chantay was talking about at the meeting last week…umm…well…I forget what it was called, but it's when the picture allows you to ask a lot of questions or something. Like right now, I'm wondering, 'Where is he driving to?' and 'What is he thinking about?'…Do you know?"

"He was driving me home…but I don't know what he was thinking about."

"Well…that doesn't really matter, but what DOES matter is that you submit THIS. You'll have a really good shot at winning."

"You think so?"

"Totally. Plus, the fact that Eli is mysterious already adds to the…that word that I was talking about. You know?"

"Yeah,"

"So go print that picture out and bring it to the meeting. Okay?"

"Okay," She turned to walk away to her class, but I stopped her.

"Wait!" I called.

"What?"

"Can I see the picture that you're submitting?"

"Oh…it's…not that good. It's just a lucky shot. I caught a bird on a tree branch up close. But it's no big deal. It doesn't have mystery or anything like yours does."

"But I'll bet its pretty,"

"Yeah. Because crows are so colorful," she said sarcastically, "Anyway, I gotta go,"

"Wait!" I shouted.

"What?"

"Just…thanks for helping,"

"No problem. As long as you buy me a coffee with some of your gift card money," And before I could explain to her about my date, she had already turned and walked away.

So that was the photo I submitted for the contest. And it also happened to be the winning photo. At the meeting the next week, Chantay announced it and everyone clapped for me, and that's when I received the gift card. Alli told me that she knew I would win and Chantay commented that the picture of my new boyfriend was a step up from last year's picture of K.C. and his bike. But I was too busy waiting for the meeting to be over so that I could tell Eli that we would be going on a date on Friday. When the meeting finally DID end, I caught the first bus that I could and it drove me to Eli's. I ran up to his door and rang the bell excitedly. He opened the door with sweatpants and a t-shirt on, and that along with his messy hair told me that he had been taking a nap, which for some reason I found adorable.

"Hey, sleepyhead! Guess what?" I cooed.

"What?" he asked groggily, wiping his eyes.

"We're going on a date,"

"For real?"

"Friday night, baby! Woohoo!" I exclaimed, showing him my gift card.

"You won? No way!"

"Don't act so surprised,"

"So Chantay didn't see the dirty image?"

"I bet HER mind is clean…but…"

"But what?"

"I didn't use that picture."

"Oh. Did you use the caterpillar?"

"No,"

"Then which one?"

"Actually…it was a picture of...you…"

"Me? What pictures do you have of me? I don't remember you taking a picture of me."

"I know…I took it when you weren't looking."

"How? Did you just HAPPEN to be walking past my bedroom window late at night and decide to take pictures of me while I was sleeping or…GETTING CHANGED?" He joked accusingly.

"NO! It was when you were driving me home that day that I took the other picture for photo club."

"Oh. Why did you take a random picture of me?"

"I don't know,"

"Yes you do. Is it because I'm SEXY when I drive?" he questioned smugly.

"You wish,"

"Seriously, tell me why,"

"Okay…it's just because you looked so…perfect…"

"And SEXY!"

"Shut UP! Anyway, you just…in that moment…looked like something I should take a picture of,"

"Wow. Glad to know that I'm SOMETHING," he said sarcastically.

"That's not what I mean!"

"I know. So may I see the winning picture?"

"I guess. I don't know how it won, but…here you go," I took out the picture and handed it to him. He studied it carefully, and then gave it back to me, "So…?" I asked expectantly.

"You're right. I DID look perfect!"

"Eli!"

"Kidding! But seriously, that's a good picture. It has perfect lighting and the background is beautiful, and…I can't describe it, but it makes me feel…strange."

"What do you mean?"

"The look in my eyes. It looks like I'm deep in thought or something. I wonder what I'm thinking about."

"I was going to ask you that."

"Hmmm…maybe…was the radio on?"

"Yeah,"

"What song was playing?"

"I think it was the second screamo song,"

"'New Noise' by Refused?"

"I think I heard the word 'noise' in the song…in between the other weird noises."

"Oh. Then I know what I was thinking about during THAT song."

"What?"

"You REALLY wanna know?"

"YES! Even ALLI wants to know!"

"Oh, well if ALLI wants to know, then of COURSE I'll tell you!" I raised my eyebrows at him, and he continued, "I remember during that song, I was daydreaming,"

"About what?"

"Well, the only thing that I remember imagining COULD have been what I was thinking about then,"

"Which was?"

"Okay…I was imagining that I was the caterpillar we found and you were one of the caterpillar hookers that I paid for that night…"

"OH, GOODNESS ELI!"

"I'm not done! And then you threw yourself at me because I had paid to do certain things with you, but I pushed you away and told you that I just wanted to play a board game, and you left all sad and depressed."

"You are so…"

"Funny? Creative?" His leaned over and his voice dropped down into a sultry whisper, "Dirty?"

"Weird!" I laughed.

"Well, I guess you could say that…"

"Only YOU would start daydreaming about caterpillar hookers!"

"Correction: a caterpillar playing MONOPOLY with a hooker,"

"I'm just…speechless,"

"Good. You talk too much, anyway,"

"ELI!"

"I'm KIDDING!"

"So…are we on for Friday?"

"Let's see…I'll TRY to pencil you in, but I can't make any promises,"

"Why? You can't find time between doing homework and playing video games with Adam?"

"Hey! It's not nice to break plans, even if they aren't very exciting ones,"

"I think you'll get tons of excitement out of blowing up aliens and setting cities on fire,"

"Are you trying to talk me OUT of this?"

"Just…be at my house at seven, okay?"

"Sure. See you tomorrow?"

"I hope," I replied, smiling. He leaned over and gave me a peck on the cheek before heading into his house.

"Have a nice nap!" I told him.

"Will do!" he called over his shoulder before shutting the door. As I walked down the sidewalk to the bus stop, my phone vibrated. It was a text from Adam, which read:

Heard you won your photo club contest!

Awesome! Be sure to save some money

on that thing so you can buy me a burger!

I have a feeling that my date on Friday will end up coming out of my allowance.

The next morning, Alli ran up to me.

"Hey, Clare! Did you find out what Eli was thinking about?" I nodded, "What was it?"

"You probably don't wanna know…"

Author's Note: Yeah, not as good as the first part, but I'm still proud of it. Oh well. I made Eli dirty again, because it's actually really fun. And so are caterpillars and naps. Haha…I had to look up the name of a screamo song. So now this story is over, unless someone tells me to add a sequel. I could always write a story about their date…Anyway, review if I deserve your time and stuff and…yeah…bye bye! 3