Hello everybody! Oh my gosh. I am so happy that I finally got this chapter up. I am really sorry about the delay! I've had major writers block and it really frustrated me. So I'm really really sorry for talking so long, but here is the new chapter none the less! Thank you so much for all the reviews and alerts, I love them! Please review! Oh, and for anyone who want's to talk about the new season feel free to message me, or leave it in a review. I love having people to talk about it with, and Imogen is really ticking me off! I'm so upset with the whole EClare situation right now! Sorry, I'm done, lol please enjoy!

Clare's POV

I woke up to the bright sun, shining through the thin curtains of my bedroom window, and slightly perkier than I had been yesterday. But that could have had something to do with the fact that I now thought I had hope of making new friends, thanks to Ali and Eli of course. After everything that went down with Sarah and Matt, I wasn't so sure. I felt betrayed, but I guess everything happens for a reason. I got up and showered for the day and dressed in short blue jean shorts, and a light blue floral print top. I thought that maybe I should take Max outside for a walk. And if I just happened to see Eli outside...well then that would be a plus, but it wasn't like I was just going out there looking for him...pfft, no I deffinantly wasn't looking for him.

As I made my way down stairs, I grabbed Max's red leash off of the hook by the door, and hooked it to his collar. It was beautiful outside. The sun was bright, and the weather was hot, but not too hot. Just how I like it. I was letting Max walk around the yard to do his "business", when I heard my name being called. "Yo, Clare!" I heard the familiar voice say. I looked next door, and saw Eli outside in a pair of black skinny jeans and a gray top, waving me over. Man, did he look hot. Not that I was gonna let him know that. It would be too much of an ego boost for him, and trust me, his ego is plenty big enough without my help. "Wow, thanks for the great greeting Eli! Maybe next time you could try something with a few more syllables!" I hollered back to him, with a devious grin plastered on my face. As I walked closer I saw that he was leaning over a vintage hearse with the hood popped open, and a smirk of his own forming at the corner of his mouth. "Well hello Clare, how are you on this wonderful summer morning?" He drew out with heavy sarcasm. "I'm just fine, thank you for asking. Oh, and Eli?" "Yeah?" "There is no need for sarcasm." I giggled as he continued smirking and rolled his eyes. "Shut up Edwards, and just get over here." "Well since you asked so nicely" I said while rolling my eyes, "Let me just go put Max back in the house first."

I quickly ran back to my front door, unhooked Max, letting him inside the house, and walked back over to Eli. "So, what are you doing?" I asked, curious. "I'm sun bathing in my brand new pink bikini. Seriously, what does it look like I'm doing? I'm fixing Morty." "As much as I wish I could gouge my own eyes out right now and get the image of you in a bikini out of my head...I know, unfortunately that that's now impossible. So thank you for that." I shuttered slightly. "And, Morty?" "Very funny Clare, and you know you can't resist this awesome body. And yes, my hearse's name is Morty. Is there a problem?" I blushed a little at his "awesome body" comment. "Nope, if you want to be a weirdo, that's fine by me." "Good, and I'm not that much of a weirdo." "Haha, sure." I said to him, with a slight laugh.

"You know, if your going to be over here hanging out with me, you might as well make yourself useful. Could you hand me that wrench from the tool box over there?" Eli asked while pointing the current tool he was working with at a red tool box, off to the side of his driveway. "Oh, so I see how it is. You didn't really want to hang out with me, you just wanted me to come over here and do slave labor." I said to him while fishing out the silver wrench and handing it to him. "I'd hardly call it slave labor, your merely helping me fix up Morty." "I'm not actually working on Morty, I'm just running back and forth handing you the tools that you need. In case you hadn't noticed, you have two legs, as do I, and are perfectly capable of doing such a task by yourself." "Yes, but I could get the job done much faster with your help." "Yeah, well I think I'll head back home and watch tv or something. No offence but I'm not really the tool handling kind of girl." "You say that now, but your not really going to go back home." "Oh yeah, and how do you know this? Mr. I know everything there is to know about Clare Edwards." I asked with a slight smile, as I stuck my tongue out at him. "Because if you really wanted to leave, you would have left all ready. C'mon Clare, even you can't fool yourself with that one." "Touché" "That's what I thought" He said while giving me another one of his heart fluttering smirks. "Besides, if you stick around long enough, I promise we can watch tv in the garage after." "The garage? Why would we watch tv in the garage when we could just watch it in the house?" I asked, a little disturbed by the fact that he wanted us to watch tv in a dusty, smelly garage. "Just wait and see Edwards, I don't think you'll be disappointed." So, thats what I did for the next hour, I waited. I waited, and I handed Eli the various tools he needed to fix up Morty. "Okay, Edwards, Morty is looking good!" Eli said while closing the hood of the hearse, and throwing his previous tool back into the tool box. "Thanks for the help, I appreciate it. Plus, it's kind of entertaining hanging out with you." He said while winking at me and heading towards his garage. I stood there momentarily trying to catch my breath, and steady my heart rate when I heard Eli say "Well, are you coming to watch tv or not?" I nodded, and hesitantly followed him into his garage.

I wonder what's in store for the garage... Haha, guess you'll just have to wait and see! Please review! Thank you! Sorry about this chapter being so short. :(