ELI'S POV
I put on my degrassi drama t-shirt and went into morty to drive to school, It was 6:00 P.M on a friday night, but there was a dress rehearsal for the show, and I had to help out backstage. And there was no way I was going to miss tonight, Clare had been ignoring my calls, and this was the only place there was no way she could ignore me.
I got to school at around 5:30, I was a half hour early, which was a good thing, because knowing Clare, she would already be there. I walked in and immediately went into the theatre to search for Clare. As soon as I walked into the auditorium, I saw her quickly go behind her curtains into the sound booth, clearly trying to hide from me. I'm guessing she thought I didn't see her. I tried to open up the door to the sound booth, but she locked it. I knew she knew I was trying to open it, she just chose to ignore me. I sighed, I tried banging on the door, she just continued to ignore me, and put her stage manager headphones on. I could tell she still looked sad. I frowned, clearly I would have to take a different approach. I went back to the main part of the theatre and saw Wesley, the awkward kid who was working lighting had arrived. I ran up to him
"Wesley, do you have a paper and pen on you?"
He turned around, clearly terrified I was talking to him. I smirked, I found it hilarious I still had that effect on some people.
"Umm, of course" he stuttered fearfully, and handed it to me quickly
"Thanks Man" I said patting him on the back, and then I ran off back to the sound booth. Clare was still there of course, she was writing some notes on her clipboard. She had a tear in her eye, it was amazing how she was one of those people who still looked incredible, even in tears.
I quickly wrote on that piece of paper. And then knocked on the glass once. I could tell she wanted to look up, but she wasn't going to crack yet. I kept knocking harder and more consistently, until she finally turned around. Her expression was half annoyed, and half sad. I quickly pressed the piece of paper I had made to the glass.
It said, in big, black bold letters i love you!
She read the sign, and I instantly started to see her blue eyes light up, they way they always should be
She then blushed, and smiled. And finally unlocked the door.
Before she could say anything, I pinned her against the door, and started kissing her with all of the passion I had stored in me, and soon, she was doing the same right back. I put my arms on her waist pulling her as close to me as possible, as she wrapped her arms around my neck. She then pulled away, glowing.
"Eli, wait,just cause I love you, doesn't mean you have to love me, you can wait until your ready to say it"
I smiled, not smirked, for once in my life, but smiled.
"I said it cause I mean it edwards, I love you, so much, and when I didn't say it before, it was because I was being an idiot, not because I didn't love you"
She looked down, smiling shyly, yet at the same time, it was one of the biggest smiles I had ever seen her wear.
"Are You Sure"
Before she could even finish the word sure, I sat down in the sound-booths chair and pulled her down with me, placing her into my lap. I crashed my lips into hers and put my hands through her curls.
"Does that answer your question?"