I faked sick the next day, so not ready to face Eli. Why the hell did I tell him?I couldve lied and said there was nothing else. Maybe my subconcious was hoping he'd say he loved me too and then we would share a passionate, romantic kiss. Yeah right.
My phone rang again. This was the fifth time today, and school had only started 2 hours ago. The first call was from Clare, just making sure I was okay. The second was from the school, making sure I was really home and hadn't been kidnapped on the way to school. The last two were from Eli. He hadn't left messages, but I assumed he wanted to discuss yesterday.
I took my phone out of my pocket and checked the display screen. "Anonymous Caller". I sighed. Probably a stupid telemarketer. I would have to tell them to stop calling.
"hello?" I answered the phone. There was silence on the other end.
"hello?"
"hey...it's Eli. Can we talk?"
I shouldve known Eli wouldve hidden his number. He was always so smart and tricky... and sexy... And I couldn't put this off forever.
"okay."
"in person. Meet me at The Dot in twenty?"
I couldnt think of a way to get out of it, and I sort of didn't want to.
"sure. See you then." I heard a click as he hung up and shut my phone.
Why was I such a wimp? It wouldve been easy to say, "sorry, I can't." Maybe it's because I'm a wimp because I'm a girl. Or maybe it's because Im dealing with Eli. I can never say no to him. Curse his damn good looks and lovable personality.
I took a quick shower and put on my jeans and striped button up. For a half a second I considered changing into that sun dress hidden in the back of my closet, but quickly decided against it. Eli knew I was a girl. He didn't need any reminders.
I got on my bike and rode toward The Dot. Lukily I only live 5 minutes away.
When I rode into The Dot's parking lot it was easy to spot Eli's car. He drove a fricking hearse after all. I gave a small smile at the irony of the smiley face hanging from the rear-view mirror.
He was sitting at our usual table, and shot me a nod as I entered.
When I sat down we both just looked at eachother. It wasn't hard to focus on his deep, chocolate brown eyes. Stop it. I shifted my gaze downward, my eyes landing on his full, soft looking lips...
Eli cleared his throat, snapping me away from his gorgeousness.
"so...are you okay? I was kinda worried after you ran out yesterday..."
Eli was worried? About me?
"yeah, but I couldn't really stay. Not after what I told you..."
The awkwardness doubled and we both fell quiet again. I could hear the grinding of the cappachino maker behind the counter as it jolted to life.
After listening to that steady sound for a full two minutes, while trying not to look at Eli-who was thinking again, Eli finally broke the silence.
"well maybe we could put all of this behind us. Still be friends, but just go back to normal. Pretend nothing happened. You'll still be Adam."
I liked that idea, very much. To be able to forget the embarrasment I had been through.
"yeah. That's perfect." We smiled in understanding, and I was glad this was all resolved.
"hey, how's the date? Going shopping next?" Owen laughed behind me with his friends. He put on a stereotypical gay voice. "going to buy matching skirts?"
He laughed more, and his friends followed him out the door.
"god, he's such a douche bag. Someone needs to straighten him out."
"whatever, he's just an idiot. I mean, do you need another Fitz incident?"
Eli could be so...tempramental. He was always wanting revenge, and I got worried. Not as bad as Clare, no one could be worse than Clare, but I always hoped he could just forget things. Eli took a deep breath.
"you're right. I'll just ignore him."
I could see how hard it was for Eli to give up like that, and I was proud. Besides, Eli looked cute when he was so conflicted.