The second person Clara fell in love with was never obtainable.
To her dismay, Spencer was in and out of relationships faster than she could make a move, but her hesitancy was a factor too. After confessing to Ren, she didn't feel courageous enough to say her true feelings. It was easy for her to stand on the competition stage with hundreds of people watching her and for her to give her acceptance speech, but for some reason, she couldn't seem to say what she meant to Spencer.
The first time Clara met Spencer, she was bombarded with chatter and rambling about how Spencer needed a new outfit so a girl he met in the park would take his confession seriously. After she helped pick a bold outfit for a bold boy, Spencer gave her a quick thanks and paid before rushing out to confess.
The next day, Spencer brought in the girl, Sarah, on a date.
"Sarah, this is Clara! She coordinated my outfit yesterday!" Spencer said as he introduced her.
"It was so bold! Do you think I could get an outfit to match his?" Sarah asked.
"Of course," Clara replied.
After picking out a dress and boots from AZ-USA for Sarah, Spencer and Sarah were ready to leave the boutique.
"Thanks!" Sarah said as she took the bag from Clara. "I can't wait to wear it to our date tomorrow."
"You're welcome," Clara said as she smiled at the cute couple. "Where are you going?"
"We're going to the rose garden around noon," Spencer replied.
"You should stop by the rose garden tomorrow too," Sarah told Clara. "I hear there's going to be a free concert."
"I'll put it on my calendar," Clara said non-commitedly. Spencer and Sarah said goodbye and walked out together hand in hand.
The following day, Clara was working again in her boutique when Spencer came in once again.
"Hi, Spencer. How was the date?" Clara asked.
Spencer looked away with a sad expression. "The concert was great, but at the end of the date, Sarah and I realized that we didn't click."
"I'm sorry," Clara said. She didn't know what else to say, but before the silence could stretch on, Spencer said, "But I met this wonderful girl, Naomi, when I was walking downtown after the concert."
"Really?" Clara asked.
"Yup!" Spencer said as he nodded energitically. "She's the cutest girl I ever saw. I need a bold shirt to catch her attention tomorrow."
"Alright," Clara said. "We have a new stock of shirts from Dept-9 that will definitely catch any girl's attention."
"Fantastic!" Spencer said.
For months, Spencer came in reguarly stuck in loop of entering in and out of relationships. None of his relationships lasted longer than a week. But over the months, Clara began to fall in love with Spencer's opitism. He was always in love and Clara wanted to be object of his attention.
Clara hoped that Spencer would take a glance at all the girls in the city and see her as the next person he wanted to date. At the rate he was going, it was bound to be her turn soon she hoped. Alas, that never happened. Clara had fallen in love with Spencer, a boy who seem to keep looking at every girl but her and eventually, he found a girl who would love him back.
One July afternoon, Spencer came in to her boutique gushing about this girl that had approached him in the park and asked him out. Her name was Olivia and he felt that she was the perfect girl for him.
"Olivia's different from the other girls", he insisted, "because she asked me out and a girl that courageous is definately a winner."
"Oh, that's nice," Clara replied. She didn't take his declaration very seriously because Spencer had claimed all the girls that he dated were perfect for him as well.
However, July turned into August, and the summer turned into fall. Yet, Spencer and Olivia's relationship was still going strong. So, Clara took her broken heart and told herself that she had to move on because she wasn't going to spend her time pinning for a guy already in a relationship with a girl who was more truthful about her feelings. She felt like it was far too late for her to speak up now. She wasn't courageous enough to speak up earlier and she definitely wasn't courageous enough to destroy a relationship either.
