Thanks for the support so far! I had already wrote this and was waiting to post, but I figured I'd post it now so you can get more of an idea & more EClare ;) *Sorry for any spelling errors, I read it over, but spellcheck wasn't working so I may have missed some. Enjoy!


Chapter Two: Kiss You Inside Out

When I opened my eyes I saw the red seatbelt light go on. I looked out my window and saw all the city lights. In a matter of minutes I would be standing next to Eli and be in his arms. It had been a month and 17 days since I had last seen him. His parents flew him home for the weekend for his father's birthday. They invited me over to spend the weekend.

As hard as the long distance relationship is between Eli and I, I always remind myself that in only four months I'll be moving to Colorado and get to be with him. He'll come home in a month and stay with his parents until June, then fly back to Colorado and move into his new apartment. Then in August I'll be the one moving to Colorado and packing my bags.

My excitment couldn't be contained as I rushed off the plane to collect my luggage. Luckily, mine was one of the first to come. I made my way as quickly as I could to find arrivals.

I stopped when I saw a rush of people waiting for their loved ones to come through the doors. I looked around for Eli, but couldn't see him. I slowly walked towards the crowd, searching for him.

"Clare!" Someone called.

I scanned around me and saw Eli, wearing a plain white shirt and black jeans. He was waving his hand in the air with a smile on his face. I threw my bag over my shoulder and pulled my suitcase along as I ran towards him. We were both pushing through the flood of people. I pushed passed an older man and was caught into Eli's arms. Dropping my suitcase and bag I wrapped my arms around his neck as he swung me around.

"Ah, I've missed you so much!" Eli said, putting me on my feet.

"I have too." I said, staring into his eyes.

Eli smirked and put his hands on either side of my face. I tugged on his shirt and pulled him closer to me, allowing our longing lips to finally touch. His lips were as soft as I remembered and his breath hot on my face. I closed my eyes as he pulled me into his arms. Our kiss was a little too PDA for an airport, but we didn't care.

Eli pulled away first, resting his forehead on mine and closing his eyes. I smiled and pecked him on his lips. Eli's eyes opened and he pulled me tight into his chest once more before throwing my bag over his shoulder and pulling my suitcase.

We started making our way through the crowd again and finally made it outside in the cool spring air. I put my hand in Eli's as we walked towards the parking lot.

"We should probably hurry before all those people get out." Eli said as he unlock his truck.

Eli drove a red and silver chevrolet truck. I didn't know much about trucks but I'd say it was from at least the 1990's. He had bought it not long after moving to Denver. It took him a while to fix up some of the engine, but the person he had bought it from had just wanted it off their hands.

Eli threw my bags in the truck bed as I hoped into the passenger seat. Eli came around to his door and put the keys in the egnition. Before turning it he turned to me and slid across of the bench. He put his hand on my far hip and leaned over to kiss me.

It was much more passionate than the one in the airport, not as rushed and quick. Eli took his time, tracing my lips with his tongue and pulling me onto his lap. He moved my hair behind my ear and opened his eyes. We were in an underground parking lot, so we didn't have the best vision, but he looked over me and kissed me on my neck, slowly kissing his way to my ear.

"You're so beautiful, Clare." He whipered, kissing my cheek and finally back to my lips.

His hands traced my thighs and worked their way to my hips, playing with the lace of my undershirt. His hands then pulled my shirt up and I could feel the coolness of his hands on my bare hips. I laughed softly as I parted our lips.

"I don't think this is the most appropriate place for this." I said, watching Eli sigh with a mysterious grin. "Anyways, I thought you wanted to beat the traffic?"

Eli rolled his eyes and kissed me tenderly as I got off his lap and put on my seatbelt. Eli's apartment was about a 30 minute drive from the airport. He shared it with a roommate. He had been saving every extra penny to buy his own apartment for next year, thankful to find a one bedroom. It was halfway between his school and UD.

We figured that the farther from the campus we got the cheaper the rent was. Eli had said it was not a problem for him to drive to school and I would just take the bus or save up for my own car. Eli was trying to convince me to move in right away and save money on housing, but I wanted the dorm room expirence. Something about the dorms is what makes university so exciting. Meet new people, floor parties, and just getting away from parents.

Eli didn't have a problem missing out on the on-campus housing, he prefered to not get caught up in the parties and uneeded drama with roommates. He applied for an apartment with two single rooms and common kitchen, he liked his space and he could still have company. His roommate was opposite of him and was usually at his girlfriends or partying with friends around the university hill area. He didn't really understand that perspective, but he never pushed for me to change my mind on dorms.

When we finally reached Eli's apartment he lugged my bags up the stairs and into his room. His roommate, Sean, was home and engolfed in a polite conversation with me. He had reminded me of Adam when I'd first met him, but his personality was much more sharper.

I followed Eli into his room and sat on his bed. I could tell he had just made it within the minutes I was talking to Sean. No doubt he had went to sleep late last night and only woke up an hour before coming to get me. Same old Eli.

"Is that you're project?" I asked Eli, walking towards his open laptop.

"Uh, yeah." He said, throwing clothes into his closet and setting my suitcase in the corner. "It's almost done, it's just-" He said, trying to close his broken closet door. "-missing something."

"Can I watch it?" I asked, raising an eyebrow in his direction. Eli took off his socks and shook his head. "Why not?" I pleaded.

"When it's done and perfect, then you can watch it." Eli said, throwing his socks on the floor and turning off the light. I smirked and moved the mouse towards the play button, watching Eli's reaction. "Clare." Eli said sternly.

I raised my brow and clicked the left side of the mouse and watched as Eli flew across the room. He picked me up and threw me on the bed.

"I thought I said no, Clare." Eli said, laughing as he started to tickle me.

I began shouting for him to stop, my stomach hurting from laughing so hard. I couldn't breathe as he sat on top of me and tickled my arm pitts. Eli kept saying something, but I couldn't hear over my laughing.

"Eli-" I tried. "-I - I -"

"What's that Clare?" Eli laughed.

"Eli-stop!" I shouted. "I'm- I'm sorry!" Eli pinned my arms above my head and kissed my lips.

"That's the good little church Clare I know." Eli teased. He kissed me again on my nose and then rolled over the lay beside me.

I put my arm around Eli's stomach and laid my head on his chest. I felt his hand tracing circles on my back. I closed my eyes listening to his steady heartbeat pounding in my ear. Eli began humming a song softly to himself. I couldn't exactly catch the beat but it sounded like something from Queen.

"I can't wait until this is us," He said, breaking his tune, "Everynight."

"Mmmm," I said, feeling relaxed in his arms. Eli chuckled and kissed my head.

"You'd think you would be wide awake after sleeping the whole way here."

"I didn't get much sleep before that." I shrugged. "I was excited to see you."

"Well I'm here and I'm not going anywhere." Eli kissed my head once more. "You sleep and I'll be here when you wake up."

"Mmmm." I mumbled as Eli started humming again.

"I love you, Clare." Eli whispered just before my world went black.


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