I hope this chapter is okay. Had to work on it later tonight, so if it isn't as good, I apologize. Please let me know what you think of it! Enjoy!

At home, Adam was sitting in Drew's room. They were having an argument over why he should or shouldn't tell Eli about Clare. "Have you met Eli?" Adam asked Drew the rhetorical question.

"All I'm saying is that you're absolutely miserable right now and it won't help much if you don't tell Clare that you like her. It might actually make you feel better," He responded.

"How would either a black eye or a bloody lip make me feel better?"

Drew rolled his eyes. "Did you not say that Eli was your friend? And did you not tell me that confessing your secret to him was a huge relief?"

Avoiding his brother's eyes, he said, "This is way different and you know it."

"Sure, it's a different secret, but you even said yourself, you were surprised at how accepting Eli can be."

Getting annoyed of this back and forth arguing, Adam walked to the door and said, "Obviously you haven't seen them together."

Sometimes Drew could be the most clueless brother. Eli and Clare were different than every other couple out there. Being complete opposites, they knew each other better than they knew themselves. Right now, they were the couple nobody wanted to mess with. Besides they were both the best friends he had there was no way he would risk that.

Later that night, Eli called him. He wanted to hang out, so Adam assumed it was like a guy's night out. He took it as an opportunity that would sober him of Clare. Eli was a good guy so maybe tonight could make their friendship overpower his crush.

When he got to Eli's house, he was surprised to see Clare sitting on the couch next to him. Apparently he missed the memo that said it was a guy's night out with Eli and his girlfriend.

Adam sat on the floor next to them. "Alright so get this," Eli started to tell him. "When I went to Clare's house tonight, her pare-," Clare gave him a death stare that cut him off, but it was a death stare that came from an adorable puppy.

Sitting there awkwardly on the floor, Adam pretended like they were just annoying him instead of angering him. It was bad enough when they just flirted in front of him, but now they were trying to tell him stories about their relationship. Inwardly, he was criticizing himself for ever believing that he could be with them and not want to punch Eli or hug Clare. At the same time he was mad at himself for even feeling that way.

"If you're going to make fun of the way my parents reacted at meeting you, well, don't," He looked at her and raised his eyebrows. "Eli, could you imagine what it would be like for them to see their sweet daughter come home with a black wearing, hearse driving guy?"

"What are you trying to tell me? That you don't like the way I dress? Or you do you have something against Morty?" Feigning hurt, Eli looked at Adam as if to get his opinion.

Already sickened enough, Adam shrugged while saying, "You're already dating her aren't you?"

Eli looked back at him strangely probably confused that he didn't say anything like Aww you guys just want to make me hurl.

"Anyway," Eli said bringing the other subject back up, "you should have seen the way Clare's parents looked at me when I dropped her off. Priceless." He laughed slightly, teasing Clare.

She glared at him again. "Okay first off, I told you not to walk inside with me and second, you didn't help much by leaving as soon as they saw you. I mean you could have at least introduced yourself."

Adam by this time was trying to wipe the jealousy off his face. They looked at him every once in a while since they were repeating the story for his benefit, and every time they did he tried to put on a smirk but instead it came out as a pained smile.

Eli and Clare had weird looks on their faces now, like they both knew something was up with him but were communicating it silently to each other.

Apparently they didn't want to push the topic so Clare said, "And by the way I'm forbidden to see you starting an hour ago."

"I thought I made a great first impression. Oh well, it's not like your parents can stop you from doing what you want."

Wondering why he had even been asked to come in the first place, Adam got up and said, "Look I feel like an extreme third wheel. We can meet up later but I'm going to go."

Eli said to him while he was walking out the door, "Wait. I really just wanted to hang out. What's going on with you lately?"

Adam got defensive and said, "Nothing. You guys obviously want privacy and I probably should work on homework anyway. See you tomorrow."

While he walked home, he was on the verge of tears. No one likes to cry but there was nothing he could do and things were just getting worse and worse. Maybe Drew was right. Maybe he should tell Eli.