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The Downfall of Our Hearts (Chapter 3)

"One moment my heart burns to hold you and feel your warmth...but at other moments, if it's the wrong moment...I don't even want to hear your heartbeat let alone your excuses for where you were last night..."

~Caitlyn Bonniwell

Eli's POV

I've been sitting next to Clare in the park for about an hour and I'm just now seeing her eyes start to open.

She moves her head to the side and looks at me. I see her eyes grow wide and she pulls the headphones off of her head.

"Eli? What are you doing?" Clare says with a confused expression on her face.

"I Umm… I saw you sitting here and I couldn't help it I had to come sit next to you." I say to her.

"Why aren't you in school?" She says to me.

"I could ask you the same thing Edwards, I'm surprised that boyfriend of yours doesn't have you on a leash under his desk. Why do you let him control you?" I ask her.

"That's none of your business, and he doesn't control me anyways, were just in love is all." Clare says. It almost looks like she is holding back a gag as she says it.

"Oh yea? Well I guess he didn't love you enough to let you stay pure until marriage though huh?" I say to her. I hate myself right now. I'm hurting her, I'm horrible.

"He forced me Eli… I didn't have a choice. He was going to leave me. I need him, I don't want him but I need him." She says to me. I see a single tear drizzle down her face.

"He, He forced you?" I say angrily.

"Eli, I shouldn't have said that…" Clare says. I look at my watch and its already 345. I better get back to Degrassi so I can give Jake a piece of my mind.

"Look, Clare. He is about to pay for anything and everything that he has done to you. Nobody hurts you and gets away with it." I say to her.

"Wait, What are you talking about?" She says.

"I stuck some notes in some lockers and let's just say that Jake is going to be meeting me at 350 to get his ass kicked so I have to go." I say to Clare and I start walking away.

I hear her get up and start to run after me.

"ELI! No wait you can't do that!" She says running after me. I'm just walking so she catches up to me.

"Why the hell not huh? I'm not going to let him get away with hurting you!" I say to Clare.

"Why do you care if he hurts me anyways Eli? YOU hurt me. You didn't respond to me when I asked if you ever loved me at all and I know that you never did! I was so Damn stupid for running after you…. You know what, fine! Go beat up Jake if you really feel the need, but all its going to do is cause me more conflict with him, he is going to hurt me more. He is going to kill me actually! Literally kill me, Not that you would even care! And take these god forsaken head phones of yours back! I'm going home…" Clare says throwing the headphones at me with her iPod still attached and running away.

I stand there. Frozen and now that she has told me more about what he has been doing I know he needs to be hurt.

All I want though is to run after Clare and tell her how much I love her and how much just leaving the dance that night damaged me and how damaged I am without her. I can't though. My body won't move anywhere but towards Degrassi and down to the boiler room I went.

"Hey!" I yell at Jake when I see him sitting on the bottom step. He gets up and looks at me.

"YOU? You wrote Clare that note." He says.

"Yea I did. I meant every word of it but this fucker was a set up. I knew YOU would come and it's time for you to get what you deserve." I say running down the steps and over to Jake.

"Oh yea? What are you going to do huh?" Jake says.

"Anything and Everything in my power to make sure you stay away from Clare for good." I say back running over and punching Jake.

"What? You think a punch is going to keep me from fucking and leaving her out in the rain every night!" He says throwing a punch at me, I dodge it and feel more rage come over me as he finishes his sentence.

"YOU'RE SUCH A FUCKING CUNT!" I yell at Jake shoving him into the side of the stair well.

He grabs my shirt and pulls out a pocket knife. I stare down at it in horror.

"Oh really Emo Boy?" He says to me. Holding the knife right above my stomach.

The same horror that came over me on Vegas night rushed over me again.

"Fitz, please don't do this." I say about to cry. Holding my hand out in front of me begging for Fitz to stop.

He gets closer shoving me against the wall looking at me with the most Evil filled eyes I have ever seen. What I want is to run over to Clare pick her up and run far away and never stop until were both safe.

"Someone's gotta shut you up." Fitz says stabbing the knife into the wall. I sink down into the corner terrified and relieved.

Clare rushes over to me and puts one hand on my knee and analyzes the fact that I'm okay.

I won't relive that night again. I grab the knife in my hand and let it cut through some of my skin and throw it across the room. I press my arm against Jake's neck and up to his chin where one hard press could choke him and kill him.

"I will kill you, I don't care how long I'm in jail for it I will. Stay AWAY from Clare. Never go near her again and transfer school's okay?" I wait for Jake to nod in agreement and he does.

I let him go and he runs out the back door away from Degrassi, and I run up stairs and go out the front door. I need to fix a lot of things…

Clare's POV

I'm sitting in my room crying my eye's out. Jake is going to hurt me I know it. And he probably hurt Eli too.

I'm in the dark and I turn over and try to go to sleep until I hear my balcony door open…

I turn over to see a dark figure standing in my room I flip on my lamp to see Eli standing there with my iPod and his headphones and a bouquet of roses.

"Clare I'm so sorry. At that dance I should have told you I was sorry for being so distant not talking to you and when you asked if I ever loved you at all of course I did and I still do and I never stopped and I never will. After I crashed Morty I had to start taking Meds for my issues. I was too scared to talk to you in fear that I might get so attached and scare you again. But then recently just a few days ago I threw them all away and that's why I didn't come running after you today because I was scared to hurt you. I beat up Jake. He is going to transfer schools and never speak to you again. He told me what he was doing to you Clare. These flowers are for you and I want you to keep the headphones and of course your iPod. I just wanted to let you know I love you and apologize for everything. I won't ever bother you again. Bye." Eli was about to walk away after handing me all of that stuff but I grabbed his hand and pulled him back.

"No Eli… I want you to stay."

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