I sat next to her on her steps. "Clare, I want to know what I did wrong. I mean you seem so mad and you keep ignoring me. You won't even let me touch you without you jumping. Please, just tell me so I could fix it." Clare pulled her beautiful hair behind her ear and looked at me with her big blue eyes and said, "Eli, I am just scared…" I said, "Scared? What are you scared of?" She said, "I could be pregnant Eli. And, if I am I could end up alone, taking care of a child." I put my arm around her waist and pulled her close to me. "Clare, If you were pregnant I would help you no matter what. I would never leave you…that's ridiculous. You don't have to be scared. I am here with you every step of the way. We will just get you a test in two weeks and see if you are pregnant or not…that's all. But, I am pretty sure you aren't." I rubbed her shoulder as she cried in my arms. "It's ok Clare, don't cry…please. Everything will be fine." She looked at me and said, "I love you." She cried in my arms for an hour that day. I could imagine if she was pregnant what she would do…oh god.

2 WEEKS LATER

I didn't know if I should be the one getting the pregnancy test or should I send someone to go get it? Then, a light bulb turned on in my head, Adam…They knew it wouldn't be for him and no one would know that Clare and I did it. It's perfect, now all I have to do is convince Adam to go buy me four pregnancy tests. I saw Adam in the hallway and pulled him aside. "Hey…Adam do you want to do me a huge favor?" Adam said, "Depends…how huge?" I said, "Buy Claire pregnancy tests. Here is the money!" I handed him forty bucks. "Dude, I don't want to do that. I don't have time." I said, "Please, Adam I will do anything. I don't have time." I said, "Please, I gave you the money just go for me!" I was begging by now. "Come on do it for Clare." I said. "Alright, which ones do I need to buy?" I looked at him with the blankest stare. "How do I know Adam?" Adam said, "Well you knew how to …you know. I assume you would know what pregnancy test you want." I looked at Adam and said, "I don't know…the very first one you see down the aisle." Adam said, "Ok, when do I get it give it to Clare?" I said, "No! No when you get it come to my house and drop it off and then I will give it to her." Adam said, "Alright, I will get the tests after school." Then Fitz walked by, "Tests?"

I was so screwed. This ass had to walk by at that moment. "Scan-tron tests from the lab." I said. He backed Adam up against the locker and said, "What tests? Or I will beat the crap out of him or her!" I pushed Fitz off of him and got him on the ground, I was punching him repeatedly in the face. Adam was trying to get me off of him. But this kid made me so mad! And, I figured why not beat the crap out of him. Adam was trying to get me off of him... Then, at the corner of my right eye, I saw Clare. I looked at her for a split second and then boom! Fitz punched me in me where a guy should never be punched! I was on the floor in the hallway, holding my nuts because of frigging Fitz. Clare came over and bend down near me, "What do I do?" I held my hand out and said, "Don't touch…anything…" She said, "Alright, well you deserved it. I told you not to fight with him." Adam said, "Clare he started with us first! It wasn't Eli's fault." Clare said, "Ok, fine just stay out of trouble for once." Clare walked away from us as Adam helped me up, "Dude! That was so close!" I said, "Yeah, now go get the tests numb nuts!" The bell rung and I went home to sit on the couch, watch T.V. with a pile of ice on my junk. This was just like I dreamt my life would be like.

I waited for Adam to come, left him hundreds of messages. Then, finally my doorbell rang. It was Adam. "Dude, what took you so long?" Adam said, "There were so many, I didn't know which to choose." I said, "I told you just pick the first four you see!" Adam said, "Ok, well I was just making sure…that's all." I said, "Alright, thanks dude. I am going to go to Clare's house now." Adam said, "No problem bro, anytime." He said sarcastically. I hopped in my car and drove off to Clare's house.

I put the tests in my book bag just in case the parents answered the door. Clare's mom answered the door, "Hello Eli, Clare is upstairs." I said, "Thank you." I ran upstairs to Clare's room. I closed the door behind me and said, "Clare I got them, well Adam got them." I gave her the four tests. She said, "Ok, so give me a couple of minutes." Clare was in the bathroom for nearly fifteen minutes. I got up and knocked on the door, "Clare, are you ok?" Claire opened the door and brought me into the bathroom. I saw four tests, done. All were negative. "So, negative…means good, right?" I asked her. She said, "Yes!" She smiled and jumped into my arms. "So, the old Clare is back?" I asked her smirking. "Yes…She's back." She smiled and kissed me on the lips. Her lips were fresh and tasted like cherry, my favorite. I took the pregnancy tests to throw them out in the dumpster near my house.

I walked to the dumpster with my book bag. I took the plastic bag out and chucked it into the garbage. I didn't hear it hit any garbage. "What the hell?" I said out loud. I looked in the garbage and Fitz was sitting in the dumpster. "Wow, sitting in dumpsters not surprised, but not amused." I told him. He was holding the bag of pregnancy tests. "Well, it was worth being in here. So, pregnancy tests, why do you have them? You knocked Clare up?" I said, "You know, why can't you just mind your own business?" Fitz looked at me like I had six heads. "So you did?" I said, "Did you know you have been really getting on my last nerve? You try and take advantage of my girlfriend and then you expect me to talk to you like you are a human being. Well, news flash you aren't you're an animal." He got up and hopped out of the dumpster and got all in my face, like he was going to do anything. He took out a knife, "Dude, what the hell? Are you crazy?" I said. "Maybe, or maybe I am just going sane." He told me. Then, I saw Clare. She walked up to me, "What's going on?" I stood in front of her. "Well, I was throwing out my garbage and this lowlife is in my way." He swiped the knife towards me and it ripped my shirt. "Clare run, call the police!" I told her. I didn't keep my eye of the knife. "Just put it down…You don't want to do this." Fitz started running, he was going after Clare.