Kate and Mitch are Eli's parents.
I must have cried myself to sleep because I heard my mom calling and it was a few hours after Eli left.
"Clare" mom yelled
"Yea"
"Phone it's Mrs. Goldsworthy she's upset about Eli or something and needs to talk to you"
Thoughts just then ran all through my head I didn't know what to do. I took the phone from my mom as soon as I could.
"Hello?" I asked, my voice a little shaken
"Hi its Kate."
"Hey what's up is Eli ok?" I asked concern showing in my voice
"Did he tell you exactly where he was going?"
"No, he just said that he had to take care of his aunt and he'll be back in a week he promised to see me soon though" I said trying to cheer her up.
"I see, well this is important and I'd rather not tell you over the phone can you please come over I'll make us some dinner."
"Yea I'll be over it'll take me about 15 to 20 minutes to get there" I told her
"I'll drive you hunny" my mom said
"Never mind my mom said she'll drive me I'll be there soon."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome" I said as I hung up the phone.
My mom grabbed her purse and keys, while I put on my jacket and she quickly drove me to Eli's, for once my mom sped to get there probably knowing how much I care about Eli.
"Clare, let me know if everything's ok" she said sounding concerned
I rubbed on my cartilage piercing thinking back to when Eli and I had gotten matching piercings on our first date as I walked to the door. I didn't even have to knock Kate had already opened the door before I even got near it.
"Come in, come in" she said fast
"What's wrong?" I asked
"I don't know Eli left us this letter saying to take care of you and that he's not coming back, he said to give you the things that he left behind, so Mitch and I checked his room and there wasn't much of anything in there besides furniture, when we looked in his drawers we found some arm bands, and belts, there was a forgotten t-shirt under his bed that I had taken out it was one of his Dead Hand tees they're yours. You're welcome to stay here anytime still it'll help us know you're ok and because Eli asked us to take care of you and help you move on."
"I don't think I want to move on so I'm not fulfilling that request, but I would like to stay in Eli's room I might need to." I said looking down
"Why sweetie what's wrong you can tell us"
"I'm kinda pregnant and my parents might kill me, I was hoping to tell Eli today so the both of us could tell you together then tell my parents, but he took off."
"Aww sweetie I'm so sorry you didn't have a chance to tell Eli, he can be an ass sometimes like his father, but Mitch should be here soon and the two of us could be your moral support when you tell your parents and we could also help you out with whatever you need."
"Thank you Kate, can I go into Eli's room?"
"Why sure you can."
I walked up to Eli's room with Kate following behind me and I looked around his room was bare there were not posters on the walls, no clothes on the floor or in the closet, no messed up dresser, no papers, everything went from looking 'lived in' as Eli would call it, to deserted. I went up to his dresser and opened his top left drawer and seen his arm bands and belts just where he kept them. I took one of his Dead Hand arm bands and put it on my own wrist as tears started to fall down my face.
"Sweetie I'm here for you" Kate said as she rubbed my shoulders
"Baby I'm home" Mitch yelled as he walked in
"I'm up stairs hunny and we need to talk." Kate yelled back. "Let's go fill Mitch in on what's going on."
Kate and I then went downstairs to talk to Mitch. He was upset that Eli left, but agreed to go with me to tell my parents I think he said something like "I think it will be best if we go with you Clare, that way they can't do anything" or something like that even before we told him about him going. I told them how I made a doctor appointment for after school tomorrow while Eli was on his way and Kate seemed so excited and I asked if she could take me and she nearly jumped up and down which was so unlike Eli, I can't even picture him jumping up and down. After dinner the three of us went to tell my parents. Kate drove.
It didn't take long to get there, we all went inside.
"Mom" I said
"Oh hi hunny." She said looking at me while wiping her hands off
"I'm Kate Eli's mom and this is my husband Mitch Eli's dad" Kate explained
"I'm Helen, and that's Charlie" my mom pointed out as they shook hands, then gestured us to the table "Have a seat. So what brings you here? I hope everything's ok." My mom said in her caring tone
"Well that's what we wanted to talk to you about, Clare sweetie why don't you tell them." Kate said
My mom then looked up at me as my dad put his paper down. I felt Kate's hand on mine giving me a small sense of security.
"Mom I'm….pregnant" I said looking down
"And where's Eli? I assume he's the father, and what about your purity ring you said you lost it we even called the carnival and they said there's a chance someone else took it after you got off the coaster"
"Eli is the father, but…" I looked over at Kate
"No one knows where he is." she said finishing my sentence
"Well he was over here this morning didn't you tell him Clare?"
"No I didn't I asked if we could go for a drive and he said he had to go to his aunts house for a week so I told him that I'll tell him when he gets back if he comes back." I said as tears fell down my face.
"Clare Diane Edwards I can't believe you lied to your father and I, you know we don't condone that kind of behavior in our house, now you're pregnant, and a single parent. Your father and I can't afford to take care of a 15 year-old and a baby-"
"Then she'll live with us" Mitch said
"We'll take care of both her and the baby" Kate finished "She's more than welcome in our home as well as the baby when he or she gets here and they can stay as long as they need to."
With that said my parents gathered my things and pack them into Kate's car and we left.
"Welcome home Clare and little baby" Kate said as we walked in the door.
"Thank you Kate" I replied
"Well lets get your room set up." she said as her and Mitch carried my things to my room which is Eli's former room.
We set up the room just like he had it only it was with my stuff not his. My laptop was put on the desk next to his bed along with my iPod. I felt myself wanting to rebel at him so I searched for some rock music that I would like and I downloaded a few on my iPod taking off older music that I had. I downloaded every song by the Black Veiled Brides, Eyes Set To Kill, Escape The Fate, Fall Out Boy, Evanescence, Paramore, and a few others and of course Dead Hand which was Eli's favorite. I then crawled in his bed I then felt close to Eli and I fell asleep.