Chapter Two

"He kissed me, Alli!" Clare gushed to her best friend during their nightly phone call.
"Aw, no way. How was it? I want all the deets, sister!"

Clare laughed as she listened to Alli's excited voice on the other end of the phone.

"What deets? Eli kissed me. Does that mean he wants to be more than friends?"
"Of course it does, Clare! That's how Drew and I got together." Clare rolled her eyes, waiting for an Alli and Drew story. But to her surprise, Alli didn't ramble on.

"Do you really like Eli?" Clare could see Alli's big grin even if this was just a phone call.
"I mean sometimes he's just so UGH! But then there are times when he's just so sweet." She could just imagine Alli rolling her eyes.
"Clare likes Eli!" Alli sang.
"Yeah, yeah, make all the fun you want."

Her cell phone started beeping, indicating that her call waiting was active. She bit her lip before telling Alli to hole on and pulling the phone away from her ear. The caller I.D read Eli G. Clare said a quick goodbye to Alli before clicking over to her other line.

"Hello?"
"Clare?"
"Yes?"
"Do you um… uh." Clare smiled as Eli stumbled over his words.
"Spit it out, Goldsworthy."
"Do you wanna hang out tomorrow?" She felt her cheeks get red, he never asked her to hang out much outside of school."
"Sure."
"Awesome!" she could hear the smile in his voice.

The line went quiet on his end and at first she thought he had hung up without saying goodbye. Clare pulled the phone away from her ear and saw that the call was still in progress. She frowned and put the phone back to her ear.

"Is that all you called for?" she was curious.
"Basically, I guess I'll see you tomorrow, Clare." She was disappointed, especially after everything that had happened earlier that night.
"Ok, I'll see you then." She replied, sadness evident in her voice.
"What's wrong?" He caught the sadness she made prominent in her voice.
"Nothing, Eli. I'll see you tomorrow."
"I'll catch you later, Clare."
"Bye, Eli."

She flipped her phone shut and tossed it next to her. She was definitely falling hard for Eli.