Okay. I've been able to ignore Eli all until now. It wasn't easy. At lunch, I had to sit with my ex-best friend, Jenna, who kept apologizing for hurting our friendship over a boy like KC. I felt bad for her. How could he leave her at a time when she needed him most? Of course I forgave her, but KC will not hear the last from me. Trust me. Eli and Adam kept staring at us with confused glances. I tried to avoid all eye contact with him but those green eyes had such a... sad look to them. It broke my heart just thinking about them.

In the hall, I walked as quickly as I could; avoiding the routes he usually takes to his classes. I was already in my seat, waiting for the bell to ring when Eli and Adam walked in. They sat down and immediately turned towards me.

"Someone's very secretive today. What's wrong Blue Eyes?" he said in a sarcastic, but concerned tone. Completely avoiding his question, I asked,

"Eli, when can I have my paper back?" He smirked and said, "Not yet." He turned around and didn't say another word. Mrs. Dawes walked in and started talking about our assignments.

"So students, who wants to share?" Almost instantly, Eli raised his hand and Mrs. Dawes signaled him to go ahead. He got up from his seat and walked to the front, turning around and snuck a glance at me. I looked over at Adam and he just shrugged.

What is he doing?

"I did my paper on Clare Edwards, my English partner." Oh God. "When I first met Clare, I killed her glasses. Yeah, I know. Not the best way to meet someone, but you know, things happen. The day afterwards, we became partners. The first thing I thought was 'Oh great, I'm getting a nun as my partner,"

Adam chuckled and I gave Eli the 'really' look.

", but then we decided to hang out more and I really got to know her. Her life isn't as perfect as everyone thinks. With everything going on, it's amazing she's as sweet as she is. The girls in this school are all about hair, boys and gossip. They're all the same, but Clare is the complete opposite of that. You also can't really predict what she'll do next. She's spontaneous like that. She's hard to understand, but if she'll let me, I'd like to be there to help her through those moments and get to know her even more."

The whole class started clapping and Mrs. Dawes wiped away tears on her cheeks.

"That was beautiful, Elijah." He smirked and sat down only looking at Adam, who gave him a thumbs up.

Wow. That's all I can say. He basically just told me, in front of the whole class, that he liked me…

A piece of paper dropped on my desk. I opened it up and saw it was my assignment. It didn't have any writings on it.

Minutes passed and a few other people shared their papers, but I really couldn't concentrate on what they were saying. I could tell Eli wasn't either.

All I could think about was, what just happened? Was he planning this all along?

What do I do now?

Okay so the next chapter will be the last one and don't worry, she'll figure out what to do.

Oh and about the new promo, if anyone knows why Eli was freaking out or why Clare was crying with Eli behind her, please let me know. The suspense is killing me!

And again thanks for all the great reviews and support. I truly couldn't have gotten over HIM w/o your loving comments. Love u!

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