Sorry this is such a short chapter!
Eli's POV
I looked at the clock. It's already been an hour and she still hasn't finished. I looked over at her and she looked so focused that if a nuclear war was going on outside, I don't think she would've noticed. I've been talking to Adam on facerange chat. He was going on about this girl in his recreation class, but I wasn't really paying attention. Every couple of seconds I looked back at Clare. At points she stopped typing and covered her face with her hands and whispered something I couldn't hear, but then before I could say something she would resume typing.
eli-gold49: Geez, Clare, are you almost done?
She looked up from her laptop. "I'm two feet away-" I stopped her and put my hands on my ears and mouthed "I can't hear you" and nodded to her laptop. She glared at me, but then typed away.
clare-e23: I'm two feet away from you.
eli-gold49: So? Come on, it's 9:23pm. Let me read it.
"Fine, come-" I stopped her once again, and nodded to her laptop.
clare-e23: Fine, come next to me. I'm done anyways.
eli-gold49: Finally!
I said bye to Adam and shut my laptop and took a seat next to her. She was so close. Her hip touched mine. I should've moved, but I didn't want to. It felt comfortable and…right? I took her laptop from her lap. I scrolled down. It was four pages long. I took a deep breath, and started to read.
"We need to talk" is a line every kid dreads…
"Wow, Clare. This is…" I looked down at her, but she was asleep on my shoulder. I smiled to myself. She looked so peaceful and so…beautiful. No, I couldn't fall for her. Not after what happened. But with her lying so close to me, I couldn't help but want to kiss her. I decided that would probably freak her out, so I just saved her document and put her laptop on the floor. I just wanted to lie there with her forever. I didn't even need to do anything, just being next to her. My eyelids started to feel heavy. Before I knew it, I was sleeping.