"Clare, you okay?" Jake asked realizing her change of emotion.
"Clare…" He called again trying to snap her out of her daze.
"Uh—what? sorry." She said looking towards him. "Are you okay?" He asked.
"Uhm no, I'll be right back." She said as she got up and began making her way over to Eli and Imogen on the dance floor.
She tapped Eli's shoulder causing him to pull away from Imogen and his eyes widened, "Um hi."
"What are you doing?" She asked.
"What do you mean?" He asked obviously clueless.
"You and her, why were you kissing her?" She asked, her jealousy very evident.
"For one, she kissed me and two, why do you care?"
"How can you kiss her right in front of me?" She asked practically yelling at him at this point.
"We aren't even together and I didn't even know you were here." Jake came over and tugged on Clare's arm, "You alright?" She glanced between Eli and Jake, and slammed her lips to Jakes', shoving her tongue in his mouth and he soon pulled back.
"Uhm what was that for?" Jake questioned. Clare didn't respond and stared at Eli waiting for him to reveal some sense of jealousy. Just something, to show he was just as heartbroken as her.
Eli simply shrugged it off and walked away. Of course, he was angry at her and didn't want to see her kiss another guy, but talking to her and arguing wouldn't get them anywhere.
"Where the hell are you going?" She yelled. Imogen followed Eli as they were about to make their way out of Above the Dot.
"Did you erase me from your memory? Did you ever love me at all?" She yelled, the hurt obvious in her voice. Eli stood there, taking it all in. He turned around and looked at her.
"Just go, Eli." Imogen whispered to him. He turned around and began making his way out.
Clare was about to chase after him when Jake pulled her back, "Clare….Clare, calm down."
"Let go of me." She shrugged, tears already running down her face as she chased Eli out. She ran down the stairs stopping him from going in Morty. She pulled him away from Imogen.
"What's with you?" She asked.
He looked at her face and noticed the tears "Why are you crying?" He asked unintentionally avoiding the question.
"Why are you with her?" She asked as a tear fell down her cheek.
"I told you, I'm trying to move on." He said not understanding why she was crying.
"Do you not love me anymore?" She asked looking right in his eyes, needing an answer.
"Of course I do, but considering we're over, sitting around and moping is not going to get me anywhere. And you're with Jake, why are you jealous?"
"I don't wanna be with him; I'm just trying to not think about you all the time." She said muttering the last part.
"Wait, what?" He asked not understanding her.
"I don't even like him, I was just….trying to get my mind off of you." She admitted. She couldn't take it anymore, seeing him with anyone but her. Seeing him swap spit with another girl, pretending she's moving all, when all she can think about is Eli. It was eating her alive and she couldn't stand hiding it from him.
"Clare…."
"Eli, please." She pleaded.
"What do you want from me?" He asked.
"I can't stand not being with you. Please. Just please, be with me again."
He looked down and hesitantly shook his head, "I can't….You cant. We're bad for each other. I scare you remember? I'm too dependent on you and I'm not gonna hurt you again and I don't wanna get hurt again." He said obviously doing it all just because he cares.
"Eli, I need to be with you." She said the tears pouring out as she begged him.
"Clare, you're saying you need to be with me only because you can't get over me, you don't want to be with me."
"But I do." He shook his head, "Not now, not this soon. I'm sorry." She nodded and continued to cry, "Wow Eli, that's just great. Way to show how much you love me." She said as she began to walk back upstairs until he pulled on her arm.
"I do love you."
"But not enough to be with me?" She questioned.
"I do, but I hurt you, you hurt me. There was nothing more to our relationship." He said saying being apart is what's better for both of them.
"But….I…I can't stand to see you with someone else." She said avoiding his eye contact.
"I can't stand to see you with Jake either, but we have to deal, Clare. You hurt me so bad; I do not want to go through it again." He admitted. The whole accident, her leaving him. He wanted to be with her, but he didn't want to get hurt again. He couldn't.
"I won't hurt you Eli."
"Clare, I love you but we can't get together again. Again not this soon." He admitted and gave a kiss on her cheek, kissing her tears.
Eli walked away hopping in Morty as Imogen hopped in his passenger seat. She felt the headache coming on and tried to wipe her tears away to no avail as she made her way back upstairs to the party to find Jake.
"Hey, can you take me home?" She asked him. He nodded and led her out to his car. They soon arrived at Clare's house and he walked her to the door. As he leaned in to kiss her, she turned her head.
"I'm sorry; I'm not going to kiss you." She said.
"Why not?" He asked confused.
"I don't think we should go out anymore. I honestly was just trying to go out with you to get over Eli. But I'm not going to get over him, like anytime soon. I'm really sorry." She admitted.
"So I was rebound?"
"I'm really sorry." She apologized.
"Whatever, I guess I'll just see you around." He said as he hopped in his car and drove off. Clare sighed and leaned against the brick wall, beyond frustrated. She unlocked her front door, and walked in seeing Imogen sitting on her living room couch.
She wiped her tears obviously confused, "What the hell are you doing in my house?"
So in case you didn't know Imogen is a stalker, I wanted to include that somewhat in here and have tension between Imogen and Clare. And I don't think Im gonna forget about Jake, I think Im still going to include him, not so sure. Give me ideas pretty PLEASE and review! And credit to Aztec girl of suggesting Clare kissing Jake, adding to the jealousy.
