Neither of us slept that night. Not even a wink. What were we thinking running away like that? We could've stayed at my house. No, no we couldn't have. Claire stop. It's going to be okay. You're not pregnant. You'll get a job. Eli will get a job. It will be just fine.
"Good morning, beautiful." Eli said to me.
"Good morning, Eli."
He kisssed me on the lips and sat down beside me.
"Look, Claire. Everything will be fine. It was your first time. I doubt you're pregnant. Even if you are we can get jobs. We'll get an apartment and raise that adorable little baby if we have to. But I really don't think you're pregnant. So it'l be just us two. I know you're worried, so I got you a pregnancy test. You can't use it right away though. You have to wait a while. It says so on the package. "
He rubbed my leg and pulled me in close to him.
"This is why I love you, Eli. But no more sex, kay?"
"Fine by me", he chuckled.
The rest of the day we layed around. At one point we went to go look for jobs. We got applications to several places. But we're both supposed to be in highschool. I don't know how this will work. Guess we'll find out sooner or later.
That night we went to bed rather early. I was worrying about everything. We didn't have much money left. We hadn't applied for any jobs yet. I had no idea where we were going to go if we ran out of money. I tried to sleep, but I had nightmares all night. I was really pregnant. Eli's dad found out. My parents disowned me. I tossed and turned all night. Everytime I woke up Eli was right there to hold me and tell me everything was going to be okay. He really is my gothic Romeo, I thought to myself.
"We have to go back, Eli."
"Claire, we can't. My dad will kill both of us. They're probably already looking for us. The cops are definetly involved, we can't go back. Ever. We can make due here. We'll apply for jobs tomorrow. Okay? Everything is going to be okay, even if there is a little baby in there. We can both get our GED's and go to college. That kid will have everything. Look at who it's coming from, Claire. You're amazing, you're bright, you're perfect. I love you, Claire. Everything will work out. We'll be like Edward and Bella for christ sake."
I giggled. That was an inside joke for Eli and I. I started to relax when there was a knock on the door.
We both froze. Neither of us even moving for the door.
"Open up you guys! I know you're in there! You can't hide now!"