The third chapter! Please review! 12 more till update!

Eli drove Clare back to his home. He would look over every now and again, but Clare never saw. She was busy looking out the window. Eli took a right turn onto Wall Street. He drove down a bit and parked at 1023. Clare stared at the house for a second before Eli opened her door and she got out.

Eli's house was big. When you walked in there was a living room to your right, with a flat screen T.V. over a fire place, and couches lining the other two walls. When you walked down some more there was a dining room with a big chandelier to your right. At the end of the hall was the kitchen. There were cabinets, a sink, a stove, a fridge, and a microwave. In the far left corner was some winding stairs up to the second floor. Up there was the master room that lead to a private room. At the beginning of the hall was more stairs leading up to the attic. Down the hall were guest rooms and a bathroom. In the middle of it all were some slightly curved stairs leading back down to the entry where the piano was.

"You have a big house. Where do you want me to sleep?" Clare asked.

"Just, chose a room. Except for that one." Eli pointed to the master room. "That's mine. Of course we could share, my bed big enough for two." Eli winked.

"I think I'll take this one." Clare grabbed her bags and went to unpack.

Her room had a single bed, closet, dresser, and desk. It was painted navy blue and the bed comforter was navy blue, with light blue stripes. Her dresser was white as was the closet.

After she unpacked and got settled she went down stairs to meet Eli in the living room.

"Hey." he greeted, sitting on the couch.

"Hi. I just wanted to thank you for taking me in. Don't worry I'll be out of here soon." Eli stood up and walked towards her. He bent down to her so their faces were only an inch apart.

"There's no need to rush. You can stay as long as you want."

"Okay." Clare squeaked. Eli smirked at her.

"So, what would you like for dinner?"

"I'll eat anything. It's been awhile sense I've had food."

"Your boyfriend just kicked you out with nothing, but the clothes on your back?"

"Yeah, I guess he wasn't who I thought he was."

"Well, how about we go out to eat. Anywhere you want, and I'll pay."

"Eli, it's fine. I don't need you to take me anywhere or pay."

"Don't worry, I want to."

"How about we go to the Dot. Show the guy there that I'm still alive." Clare giggled and Eli laughed.

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"Can I take your order or are you still not ordering anything?" the guy from before asked. Clare looked down embarrassed.

"I'll have the chicken salad and a coke." Clare answered.

"And I'll have a burger with fries and a Pepsi." Eli ordered. The man started to walk away, but Eli called out. "And I'd like it if you talked to this lady with more respect!" but the waiter ignored him.

People around started to stare and Clare hid her face. Eli smirked and looked down at Clare. He felt kind of bad that he embarrassed her.

"I'm sorry." he said, taking her hand and giving it a lite squeeze. Clare looked up and smiled.

"It's alright." Clare squeezed back.

Later a different server came back with the food and apologized for the others attitude.

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"Thanks for the food, Eli." Clare said, as they sat on the couch watching Storage Wars.

"Anytime. It's nice to have someone to spend time with. It can get pretty lonely around here."

"You should get a pet or something."

"Yeah, but I don't know what."

"We could go shopping someday."

"Why not?"

Eli and Clare stared for a while at each other. Clare leaned in slowly, with her eyes closing. They were centimeters away from Eli's when she was stopped by him.

"I have to go to bed." Eli stated, and got up.

Clare sat there wondering what happened. Maybe it was too soon, maybe he didn't like her that way, or...maybe he had a girlfriend!

Clare is having a freak out! Leave some more reviews and I'll update! 12 please!