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Eli's POV
I awoke to the annoying familiar beeping that was Adam's alarm clock. I groaned and covered my head with the pillow. Adam has always been an early riser, unlike me. That is the one bad thing about having to room with him. He always has to get up so dang early!
"Rise and shine!" Adam sang. He always woke me up after I didn't move.
"One day! Can't you give me one day to sleep in?" I asked while stumbling out of my bed.
"Yes, but not today. You want to know why?" He asked in his chipper voice.
"Do I have a choice?" I questioned even though I already knew the answer. He shook his head and replied,
"One of us or both of us might get married today in class!" He was so excited and I know exactly why.
"Yes, you got your crush and you're super happy because you think it is a possibility for you two to get together after this assignment, but you have to remember I got my enemy!" Adam rolled his eyes at my words.
"Give me a break, Clare is not your enemy." He said. I scoffed and responded,
"You're wrong. She is, she is like my own personal nightmare, a nightmare that I now will never be able to get away from." I stated.
"Well, maybe you two will think differently about each other once you live together." He reasoned.
"No nothing will change between us, and besides that was just a rumor. We don't even know if all couples will be living together." I told him.
"I think it was a pretty definite thing but maybe you're right." Adam said.
"Thank you." We decided to get ready for class and we still had about forty five minutes to spare so we decided to grab some breakfast at the Dot. It wasn't crowded because it was still too early for the morning crowd. Our creative writing class is at 7:30am and most classes start at eight so we normally leave right when a lot of people come in, which is nice for us. Once we got there we saw Drew, Alli and, unfortunately for me, Clare sitting at a table. Adam must have noticed me staring at them and particularly her. He whispered,
"Be nice." I rolled my eyes. Yeah right, like that will ever happen. We sat down at their table and it seemed to me that they had just gotten there. Because there was no food on the table and the waiter was just now filling up the coffee mugs. After a few more minutes our waiter came back and took our orders, since he left Alli and Clare have talked non-stop about today's weddings. Saying how romantic they will be.
"I can't wait for ours, Drew. I hope we get married today!" Alli exclaimed a little bit too enthusiastically.
"Adam, where is your lady?" Drew asked him.
"She loves to sleep as much as she can so since class doesn't start until 7:30, she won't wake up until about 7:15." He explained.
"I would do that too if my roommate didn't wake up at the crack of dawn!" I kind of yelled.
"Oh Eli, can you repeat that please but maybe say it a little softer. You are going to wake up Adam's 'fiancée'." Clare teased.
"Are you mocking me?" I asked her. She giggled and nodded her head. "Big mistake. That was a very big mistake." I said.
"Should I be scared?" She questioned. I nodded my head.
"Yes."
"Too bad, for you, that I'm not." She told me. I was about to reply but our waiter came back.
"You know you have very beautiful eyes." He told Clare. Her cheeks became a dark pink color while she thanked him. He finished serving the rest of us and right before walking away from us he winked at her. I didn't know what it was, but something just didn't feel right at all. We continued to eat our meal until Drew said,
"Alli, I can't wait to show you the ring I made." Huh?
"Awe! Me too! I kind of did it fast though so it doesn't look the best." Alli replied. What in the world are they talking about?
"Adam, what does yours look like?" Alli asked.
"You mean the one I made?" He asked and she nodded back at him.
"Oh it looks pretty crappy since I am not artistic at all." Everyone laughed except for me, since I had no idea what they were talking about.
"Well, Clare's looks amazing. She spent so much time on it!" All exclaimed. "Uh oh, Eli! Your ring for her better be good or else you will look stupid!" Drew added. I was starting to sweat. I didn't even have a ring. They must be talking about the assignment. Why didn't I pay attention? I just faked a chuckle and nodded my head. Clare gave me a confused look probably because of my odd behavior, but what was I supposed to say: I don't have one? I can't do that; I would sound like a complete jerk. What am I going to do? I heard someone's watch beep and of course it was Clare's.
"Ten minutes until class we better go." She and everyone else got money out and I felt around in my pocket and realized that I didn't have my wallet.
"Adam, I don't have my wallet can you pay for me? I'll pay you back." I asked politely. He looked in his wallet.
"Sorry, man, I don't have enough." He gave me an apologetic smile. I was about to ask Drew if he could pay but then I saw Clare place way more money then she needed to.
"I'll pay for you." She said quietly before standing up and walking out of the diner with Alli and Drew.
"Remind me to pay her back." I told Adam.
"I'm surprised you're going to." He replied.
"Just because I don't like her at all doesn't mean I wasn't raised a gentlemen. A girl just doesn't pay for a guy, enemies or lovers." I said.
"Oh, so now you're lovers?" Adam teased.
"No."
"Well you certainly aren't enemies because if you were she wouldn't have paid for you." He then got up and exited out of the diner. I went up to the counter and asked if they could give me a twist tie, seconds later they gave me one. I walked out and before I knew it we were all in class. Five minutes until class actually started and still only the five of us were in there. Not that surprising though, most everyone in here is like me. They like sleep.
"So where is your 'fiancée' lover boy?" I asked Adam in a teasing manner. He shrugged his shoulders
"Who knows?" He frowned a bit.
"You miss her?" I questioned him, he only nodded his head. He looked like a lost puppy when thinking about her. Thank goodness I completely despise my soon-to-be wife. Right before it turned to be 7:30 all of the other students came in. I like to sleep but I don't like to be pressed for time. I would get too stressed out. Ms. Dawes came in a minute later and greeted us like always.
"Now before I name who is going to get 'married' today I would first like to explain living arrangements." She started. All I know is that I kept on chanting 'please say we won't have to live together'.
"There are, as some of you know, new apartments for students who attend this school. Well, before they open for students to purchase we will be using them for this class. I already talked to everyone so you will not get into any trouble living there with your pretend spouse." Great! Just great! We do have to live together and in our own apartment.
"Okay, so the two couples that will be getting married today will be Drew Torres and Alli Bandhari. Then we'll have Eli Goldsworthy and Clare Edwards. So come on up the four of you! Who wants to go first?" She asked. I definitely wasn't going to volunteer and I knew Clare and Drew wouldn't but,
"Us!" Alli exclaimed which no surprise to any five of us was.
"Okay then you two stand right here and Clare and Eli on the sides of them. Perfect! The rings please?" Ms Dawes asked. Drew and Alli handed her their rigs, the entire time Alli was squealing like a little girl who was just approved, by her parents, to get a new toy.
"Alright, Drew. Say with this ring I thee wed." And so he did, as well as Alli. They exchanged I do's and then,
"Drew, you may kiss your fake bride!" Ms. Dawes and everyone else clapped. I was frozen. I didn't even think that I would have to kiss Clare. I keep saying can this get any worse, and you know what? It does! I sort of ran over to Adam.
"Did you know that we had to kiss?" I asked in a whispered tone.
"Well, I kind of imagined since it is a wedding and normally the man kisses his wife." He whispered back.
"I don't want to kiss my wife. I hate her!" I told him and he just started laughing. "What?"
"That just sounded very wrong and odd." I chuckled a bit because he really was right.
"Eli, please stand up here with Clare." I rolled my eyes mentally, thank goodness, otherwise I would have probably gotten in trouble but this isn't high school. So who knows what would happen. I walked over to her and Clare.
"Rings?" She asked. Clare handed her hers while I dug in my pocket for the twist tie I asked for earlier. "Eli, this is your ring?" I smirked and nodded at my teacher. She sighed a bit.
"You got my best friend a twist tie for a ring?" Alli asked angry. I nodded hesitantly because Drew has told me that when his girlfriend gets mad you don't want to be on the wrong side. And clearly I already am, considering she is shooting daggers at me.
"Clare, why don't you go first? With this ring I thee wed."Clare sighed a little bit but did as she was told. I looked down at the ring she had made for me and Alli wasn't kidding when she said it looked great. This must have at least taken her an hour to make. I felt a little bad then knowing that I got my ring at the little diner we always eat at.
"Okay, Eli. Your turn. With this ring I thee wed." Ms. Dawes said to me. Much to my dismay I followed orders and put the twist tie on Clare's finger.
"Alright, Clare do you take Eli to be your fake husband?" Clare giggled a bit but still responded,
"I do." She looked annoyed but no where near as annoyed as I.
"Eli, do you Take Clare to be your fake wife?" She asked me.
"I don't." I replied.
"Eli." I heard Adam warn.
"I'm not going to marry her. I hate her with a passion!" I announced. Ms. Dawes gasped a little bit.
"Well, right now you are in love with her. So say I do!" I didn't budge. "If you don't say it I will be forced to fail you because you didn't participate." She told me. Dang it!
"Fine, I do!" I gave in and Ms. Dawes gave me a small smile.
"Eli you may kiss your fake bride now." I barked a laugh at our teachers words.
"Ha! Right, if you think I am going to kiss her then you are mistake-" I was cut off by soft and warm lips pressed against mine. Clare just kissed me! Clare is kissing me! Once the realization set in I pushed her away.
"Don't ever do that again! I was talking!" I yelled at her.
"Well, you obviously weren't going to do it and unlike you I have class right after this that I can't be late for." She shot back. Everybody's claps faded.
"Congratulations to the four of you. May you be happy!" She started. "And Clare and Eli please don't kill each other." She finished with a smile. Only thirty minutes later was class out.
"Clare!" I called out after her. She didn't turn around only walked faster. I ran to catch up with her and stood in her way.
"What? Like I said I have class." She snapped.
"I know. I was just wondering if your next class was your last for the day." I told her.
"Yeah, why?" She asked.
"I was thinking we could start moving into our new place tonight. At least some stuff." I said. She nodded.
"Okay, that sounds like a great idea. My class is done at ten o' clock so I'll meet you at Adam's dorm at ten thirty?" She was making sure that was okay in an innocent way. I tilted my head to the side.
"That's fine but Clare, that is my dorm too!" I exclaimed as she started walking away.
"Whatever." She responded. I rolled my eyes. I think Ms. Dawes is right, we just might kill each other.
First of all, who do you want to be Adam's crush? Fiona? Te new girl Katie? or someone I make up?
I personally think this sucked but I hope all of you think otherwise! I got so many reviews on the last chapter so I hope I didn't disappoint. Please let me know though because if this wasn't good then it will be hard for me to continue! Review please! I desperately need it!