Eli's P.O.V

She was staring at me. Those beautiful blue orbs were watching me.

"Alright, each man will have thirty minutes with Clare. Introduce yourself and get aquatinted. After she's meets every Bachelor, she will eliminate ten of you." The host said.

I wasn't listening to a word he was saying. Her beauty distracted me. Clare, I said to myself. Everything about her was so pure.

"Well, who would like to go first?" the host continued. Jake raised his hand quickly, along with twenty other guys. I didn't bother raising my hand; eventually I would get the privilege to talk to my Goddess.

The host pointed at Jake, "You can go first." He said smiling.

"Yes!" Jake screamed, then gave me the dirtiest look ever. After he came back you could tell by the look on his face his meeting didn't go very well, but he continued to brag. I also met a few of the other guys named K.C, Dave, and Fitz. They all seemed like descent guys, but never shut up about themselves.

"Elijah" they all called me. It took them forever to understand the fact that I prefer Eli. Honestly, I hate the name Elijah. It just doesn't suit me.

After endless talking, listening and my brain melting to goo from boredom, I finally got my turn.

I walked across the corridor and knocked before entering the room.

"Hello, I'm Clare Edwards" she said with the most infectious smile in the world.

"Hi, I'm Elijah Goldsworthy, but I prefer Eli." I stated before sitting down.

"You have beautiful eyes," I said before realizing I sounded ridiculous.

"Thank you. You are the first guy to complement me today." She stated.

"I don't understand how guys could walking into a room with a stunning girl and not complement her." I replied and she giggled. "Not to be rude, but I have to ask. How do you deal with all these guys, begging for your attention and wanting to find love? Especially these guys." I emphasized

Her smile faded, and she looked deeply in my eyes before replying.

"Can I trust you?" she asked

"Of course." I replied.

"To be honest, I don't know how you're going to survive living with those guys! Seriously, they have no brain cells, and only brag about themselves. This 'Jake' guy was so obnoxious!" She said, her beautiful smile fading away. "I sorry to dump all of this on you, but you're the most real guy I've talked to in a while." As she said that, my heart skipped a beat.

After thirty minutes of mocking the guys and laughing so hard, my time was up.

"Well, I should probably go. My thirty minutes are up." I stated and she frowned.

"Why don't you stay a little bit long?" she asked.

"But the rules…" I started.

"You don't really look like one to follow the rules." She said as she walked toward me. Then she did the unexpected.

She kissed me.

She slowly leaned in and pressed her gorgeous cherry red lips against mine. Her tongue licked my lips for entrance. I allowed her in and our tongues danced together peacefully. I rapped my hands around her waist and she tangled her fingers in my hair.

"So will you stay? Please!" she begged. I couldn't say no to her, not after that amazing kiss, her angelic smile and those breath-taking eyes.

"I'd be honoured to stay longer with you." I replied. Her smiled widened and my heart melted.

"So, tell me about yourself, Eli." She asked, intrigued.

"Well, my name is Eli." I said, stating the obvious and she giggled. "We could do this the fun way and play twenty questions."

"Okay, first question: favourite thing to do." She asked.

"Read." I replied.

"Really? Favourite author?" she questioned.

"Chuck Palahniuk." I stated, afraid of what she might say.

Her eyes widened. "Really? He's my favourite author too!" she stated with a smile.

"Favourite book of his?" we asked in unison, and then laughed.

"Fight Club," I replied.

"Lullaby." She stated.

We continued talking and laughing for another hour, revealing things about ourselves to each other.

"I really must go, before one of the guys punch me in the face for spending more time with you." I said.

"Alright, well if you must go, I'll give you something to remember." She said before kissing me again, this time there was so much passion between us, and it felt amazing.

"Goodbye Blue Eyes." I said, as she smiled.

"Goodbye Elijah" she said rolling my name off her tongue.

From her lips, Elijah sounded perfect.

Thank you so much for reading and reviewing. Please tell me what you think, or how you'd like the story to play out. Also, I'm leaving on vacation for about three weeks and will not be able to update for while. My sincerest apologies.