Eli's POV

I couldn't stop thinking about Grade 9 Brunette for the rest of the day. I know I'm in Grade 11, but how come I've never seen her before? There are the hallways and lunch. She just...came out of nowhere. It might be because I was caught up in Clare Country I was shut out from everyone else.

What bothered me more is that I didn't know her name. We had only talked for two seconds, but I could've at least asked for it. I kept coming up with names for her while I should've been paying attention in class. But coming up with names was more fun. She seemed the kind of girl that would have an old-fashioned name like Ameila or Charlotte. The name of a damsil in distress in one of the horror stories I like to read.

When I got to English I was ill-prepared to see Clare. She was sitting on a desk, talking to a girl I didn't even know she knew. She was smiling while she talked. Nice to see she was taking the breakup well. I tried to get away before she notcied me, but she turned her head, and her smile faded. I lifted my head in a "Hi there, remember me?" kind of way, keeping my expression as plain as possible.

Clare motioned to her "friend" to wait one second. Then walked over to me. Oh hell no. But I didn't show how much I was freaking out on the outside, I kept it all on the inside. "Um, hi Eli." Clare said, sounding like she didn't know what to say. "Hey," I said back.

"About the other night...I'm sorry but I just...can't be with you right now. You still need to get over things. Julia..." Why did she always have to bring Julia up? It was like her secret weapon or something.

"...And I'm kind of in the way. Maybe all you need is to be alone to think things over. Like us." She finally finished her rambling of excuses to let me have my word. Something she use to let me do that all the time. Now, it was usually her doing all the talking.

"Fine, I get it. No need to explain it to me again." I said cooly. "That's it?" She asked. "Yes. You wanted your space. Now you have it." I said walking away and sitting in my chair. I might've been cold about it, but so was she. And although was a part of me that still loved her, there was another part that knew I had to get over her, no matter how much it hurt either one of us.

Sara's POV

I'm not the kind of girl that falls for guys she just meets, but I really wanted to talk to the guy from this morning again. But I was way too nervous to. Whenever I meet a cute guy, I overthink everything. What I say, what I wear, how my hair looks. I guess it's normal, but I always end up saying something stupid or not making eye contact. And I keep tucking my hair behind my ear like I was always do when I'm nervous. I guess I was just gonna wait until I see him in the halls and let him run into me.

Eli's POV

English lasted awhile. I spent most of the time re-drawing the black Sharpie on my nails. When the bell rang, Clare was the first one out of the classroom. I saw her walking off with some big group of people. Guess now she's trying to surround herself with people other then me. That's so... Clare, but it was ok with me. Now I could do the same.

On a whim, I saw Brunette Ameila/Charlotte at her locker at the end of the day. She was putting different books into her bag now, except A Night With the Walking Dead was still one of them. Wanting so bad to talk to her, I walked over and used it to start a conversation.

"Hey, remember me? Crippled boy who crashed into you this morning?" I said getting her attention. She was surprised and looked up. Her mouth was open a little bit, but she closed it quickly. She cleared her thoart and tucked some hair behind her ear before talking.

"Um, yeah of course. And that was more my bad." She said and she kept changing her glance from me to her locker. Guess I intimidate her. It's...kind of cute. "I think we can both be at fault here." I said and quickly changed subjects.

"So, couldn't help but notice you have a copy of Walking Dead. I read that last year."

"Really? I'm renting it from the library, the waiting list for it is longer then you think." She answered taking it out of her bag and looking down at the cover. It's of the main character, Victor, holding his love Deliah after she's biten by one of the deamons. It's the climax of the book because Victor vowed to protect Deliah but failed. Kinda like how I did with Julia, and now Clare.

"I bought my own copy the day it came out. I'm kind of a fan of the author. He writes some good horror stories." I told her.

"This is my first time reading his work, someone told me about him. But I'm liking it so far, it would be cool to read more of his stuff." She said, finally looking me straight in the eyes. I got lost again in her almost hazel ones. "You should. He also has this way of adding in some romance into the stories without ruining them. You...like romance?" I asked.

"Call me a girl but...yeah." She repiled. "Well, I have copies of his books. I can lend some to you." I offered. Straight-forward and fast, but that's me. She didn't answer right away. She looked down into her bag and tucked more hair behind her ear. But she finally did. "Sure. That'd be...awesome."

"It be easier to let you burrow them if I knew your name." I told her. "Oh right, sorry. It's um...Sara." She answered. Sara. Old-fashioned, like I thought. But very common. But it suited her. "You sure about that?"

"Yes." Her face turned a light shade of pink and she tucked more hair behind her ear. "Well, just let me know when you're ready." I said and began to walk off. I'd say I handled that pretty well. "Wait!" She called and I turned around. "Already?"

"No, no. Just wanted to know your name." She said. "Eli." I responded. "Great, well I'll let you know when I'm ready."

"I'll be waiting." I said and began walking again. I finally found out her name and now had an excuse to talk to her again. Easier then I thought.

Sara's POV

I did it, I talked to Eli. But I made a total fool of myself. I kept tucking my hair and could barley look at him. But at least he was the one who talked to me. And brought up my copy of Night With the Walking Dead. He seems to really likr horror stories. He seems like the kind of guy that would. I like the one with romance, they add some light to the story. Eli's even gonna let me burrow some of the other books the author wrote. He really didn't have to. Maybe he likes me to...

But I can't have a boyfriend right now. I just...can't.

Me again. Got bored today and I was watching the Degrassi marathon, so I wrote some more. Once again, if anyone has advice tell me. Does Eli act the way he does in the show? (If not what should I do to make him act more like he's suppose to?) Does their relationship seem realistic or rushed? I won't be mad if you don't like something I just wanna know. Thanks.