I woke up to a sound of an alarm. I reached for it annoyed and turned it off. It was 11:00am. Today was the day, Cece's funeral. "I should probably lay out my clothes now" I said to myself. I went to my closet and picked out a black dress with ruffles. I found a pair of black heels that I forgot about. Afterward, I went downstairs to have breakfast. I was surprised to see Eli sitting on the couch. I was still in my pj's with messy hair. "what are you doing here?" I asked. "I knew you would say that" Eli answered. "Your mom let me in and she said I could wait for you." Eli said. "Does she know that where I'm going?" "Yes I explained to her, she felt sorry for me." "That doesn't really sound like my mom" I said. Eli smirked. " I was gonna make some breakfast, do you want some?" "Sure" Eli said.
I made some waffles for me and Eli. I looked at Eli and noticed he barely ate anything. "Why aren't you eating?" I asked. "I am" Eli answered. I continued eating. I wasn't going to force him to eat. "Do you wanna go for a walk?" I asked. "Okay but you should change first" He looked at my outfit. I giggled "Okay". I walked up the stairs. I put on a white v-neck shirt and light blue jeans. I brushed my hair. I didn't put makeup on. This was just a simple walk. I went back downstairs and Eli smirked. "You look beautiful" he said. I smiled and kissed him.
We headed out the door. It was really sunny. We walked around the neighborhood hand in hand. We noticed someone looking at us. I didn't seem to recognize the person. Seconds later, I did. It was Fitz. "Eli, is that Fitz?" "You mean that bastard from school?, yes that is" "Why is he here? I thought he went to jail" I said. "I don't know but I think he's coming up to us." Eli said. "Hey" Fitz said. Eli stepped in front of me and said "what the hell do you want?" "I wanted to apologize, about everything." "Aren't you suppose to be in jail?" I asked. " I was released a month ago. "We don't need your apologies" Eli screamed. We continued to walk. "That was strange" I said. "Why would they release him?" Eli asked. He started to become really worried. "Calm down Eli, lets finish our walk."
We continued to walk. We passed by many stores. Eli spotted a comic book store. "Can we go inside for a bit?" "Sure" I said. I knew how much he loved comic books. I browsed through some comics and bumped into somebody. I looked up. It was Jake. "Hi Jake" I said. "Oh hey, how are things with Eli and his mom passing away?" "Better" I said. "Wait, how did you know about that?" "Oh I heard from somebody." he said. "oh" was all I said. "Did they find any suspects?" He asked nervously. He was a little shaky. "No not yet." Eli came behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist. "I see you moved on" Jake said. "Yeah, you should too" I said with an angry tone. I turned around. "Eli, are you done?" "Yeah let's go." We walked out of the shop.
Eli and I walked back to my house. It was already 2:30pm. "We should get ready for the funeral" Eli said. "Okay I'll go get ready." "I'll pick you up at 3:45". "Thank you Eli." He kissed me and then went into his hearse and drove away. I walked into my home and went upstairs. My mother wasn't home. I went upstairs and found a note on my door. It read " Clare, I went out with some friends and I probably won't be home til tomorrow morning ~Helen. "Great" I scoffed. I went into my room. I put on my dress. After that I curled my hair to make neater curls. I put on mascara and lipgloss. Then, I put on my heels. I was ready. It was 3:30. While I waited, I listened to some music. I never have been to a funeral. I only saw them on television. I never imagined going to one. Today I was. I wonder what it will be like. This is a really hard time for Eli, to go to his mother's funeral. I felt really sorry for him. I sighed and waited for Eli to arrive. Soon, a hearse pulled up next to my house. I smiled and went downstairs. I stepped out of my house. I sat in Eli's hearse. "Ready to go?" he asked. "Are you?" I asked.