A/N: I had noooooooooo idea that I never finished this story. Heck, I didn't even remember writing it, and when I saw it, I was like, "Hey, what's this?" so I read and was like "Why on God's green earth did I not finish this?" So I'm going to attempt to get back on track. Clearly I wrote this like a year and a half, maybe 2 years ago originally, so I'm not quite sure where I was going with this, but I'm going to try and I hope you like it! (:

tl;dr: forgot about this, sorry, i will continue now.

The bell rang to signal the end of lunch. Despite what Clare had just admitted to me (her undying love for KC Guthrie), I stayed and finished lunch with her. We sat in the garden and talked, laughed, really just had a good time, but I wasn't sure what to make of our relationship anymore. This new information I'd just received threw our very fragile budding romance into a whole new light. I'd always thought that Clare and I were basically on the same page. We got along just fine, flirted, teased each other, made each other smile excessively...but now it all seemed different. She'd all of a sudden become untouchable to me. She and KC had been broken up for months, but he still had a claim on her.

Clare stood up to go to class. Before she could bend down to pick up her bag, I already had it and began to walk to the door.

"So, off to Mr. Perino's?" I asked, as if I didn't have her entire school day memorized. She looked stunned at my chivalry, and I gave her one of my signature smirks. I couldn't tell you why I was reaching out for her so badly, even if I tried...I was just so caught up in everything about her.

"Eli, you don't have to," she replied, blushing.

"None sense," I said, opening the door for her. "If Mr. Asshole can make you fall in love with him, I'm sure I can too."

We walked in silence until we got to her class. Right before the door, she suddenly turned around to face me, with a smile on her face I hadn't noticed while we were walking.

"So you're going to make me fall in love with you?" Her smile was so beautiful, and the question she'd asked made her blush. The color made her look even more lovely than she'd already been. Lovely? I asked myself. I'd never used that adjective to describe anything in my life, but it was true, she was utterly lovely, like my own little taste of heaven.

"I've made it my mission," I answered her, as if it was the most obvious thing in the entire world.

She took a step closer to me.

"And just how exactly are you going to do that?"

I stepped closer to her, almost completely closing the distance between us. Being that close to her made me feel like I was coming undone at the seems.

"I guess you'll just have to wait and see," I said.

I smirked and she started to walk away.

"By the way," I added, "Words can't describe how beautiful you look when you blush. You burn brighter than the sun."

Her blush deepened, and her mouth opened in disbelief at what I'd said. I walked away, but not before I told her I'd see her after class.

A/N: Hope you liked! I'm like really excited about this, once again. And also, again, sorry I forgot about it for those of you who like it (: Review please, and I will update soon! (: