Eli and Clare had set up their stuff on the beach, their blanket, sun tan lotion and had been in the water for about 20 minutes so far swimming around. Eli was no sitting at the very edge of the shore where the water would come every now and then and hit this legs. He was watching Clare swim around and admired every inch, to her angelic face, her porcelain skin, curly, wet, auburn curls matted on the side of her face. He hated to think their time would have to come to an end soon. He tried to think of many ways to make their relationship better and even thought about asking her to move in with him but with school and the overprotectiveness of her mom, he knew that wasn't a possibility.

He looked up and saw her walking out the water, tying her wet curls up. He admired her body as she walked out of the water, coming up to him. She was standing above him and smiled, sitting down.

"You alright?" She asked.

"Yeah, just thinking." He smiled.

"About?"

"Nothing, its fine." He weakly smiled giving her a kiss.

"Okay, come." She said standing up and holding her hand out. He took her hand and got up as she pulled him further into the water.

They played around a bit, kissed until they began to get pruny.

"Lets go." She said pulling his hand.

"You want to go back?" She nodded and they walked to where they had set up. They packed up the stuff they had laid out and went on the boardwalk. Eli still had still trunks on with a gray v neck while Clare had her jean shorts on but left her top off. It was 2pm, so they simply walked around enjoying each other's company and made small talk.

"I want cotton candy." She said pulling him to the stand.

She ordered her cotton candy and Eli gave her money. She smiled and looked up at him, "Thank you but you're gonna stop paying for me."

"No I'm not, I love you and I want to you."

She smiled and kissed him on the cheek, "I love you too."

They continued to walk on the boardwalk, hands interlocked.

Clare ripped a piece of the cotton candy off and held it out to Eli. He shook his head in response to her gesture.

"Eat some please." He playfully rolled her eyes and opened as his mouth as she stuffed the sweet treat into his mouth.

They walked around for a bit more as they began to make their way back to his house. They walked to the backyard and decided to sit on the swing for a bit. Eli sat down and Clare lied down, her head in his lap as Eli's feet was on the ground moving the swing at a general pace.

They enjoyed the silence and peace as long as they were in the presence of each other. Eli softly stroked Clare's curls as they continued to relax on the swing.

"Clare…"

"Hmm?" She asked looking up at him, her head in his lap. He retrieved his hand from her hair and was about to ask the question.

"No, keep doing it. It feels good." He smiled and continued to run his fingers through her curls.

"What were you going to ask?" She questioned.

"I wanted to know, if you ever-thought about us, like moving in together."

"Oh." She said bluntly. "I've thought about it, yeah."

"What exactly have you thought about it?"

"I want to be with you and live together but I have school so…"

He nodded and continued to run his fingers through her hair.

"Why did you ask me that?"

"I was just thinking about it. I want you to live with me but I was thinking about school and stuff but you won't be able to transfer that easily since we live in different countries."

She nodded and turned to face his shirt and played with the hem, "Do you think we won't work out if we don't live together?"

"No I do, there's not a doubt in my mind that we'll stay together. I was just thinking about you going back and I hate being sad when I have to leave or you have to leave so I was just thinking about a way to fix it."

"We can't live together but maybe after college possibly."

"That's so far away though, do you think your mother would let you come to college down here?"

"I don't know, tuition for non residents is expensive and we don't have my dad anymore so I don't think she will."

He nodded and Clare continued to make out his contemplating facial expressions.

"Hey." She said as he looked down at her.

"You okay? What are you thinking about?" She asked.

"I'm fine, promise." She smiled and pulled him in by his shirt, down to kiss her. She sat up a bit so he didn't have to lean so far down to kiss her. She broke the kiss and fully sat up and climbed into his lap. She smiled at her before rekindling the kiss. She tugged at his shirt, took if off and he put it to the side. She ran her fingers all over his chest as they continued to kiss. Eli ran his fingers up and down her sides, hesitantly moving closer and closer to her breasts.

He hesitantly rubbed the sides of them, and she didn't shiver or show a sign of resistance so he kept them there. He hesitantly moved his hands over her breasts and softly began to massage them causing Clare to moan in the kiss. She pulled back and looked down at his hands, back up at him.

"Is this okay?" He asked.

She nodded and brought her lips to his neck. She gave open mouth kisses to his flesh and moved to behind his ear, kissing it causing Eli to let out a small whimper as he continued to massage her breast. She pulled back from him and looked at him then her breasts. Eli was trying to read her face but couldn't figure out what she wanted him to do.

"What do you want me to do?" He asked in a tone below a whisper. She gently grabbed the back of his head and gently pushed him down to her breasts.

He looked up at her for confirmation and she nodded. He gently began leaving small kisses against her flesh.

He looked back up at her, "You okay? Your heart is beating really fast."

She weakly smiled and nodded. Eli moved back down to her breasts and began leaving soft kisses. He then took her flesh in his mouth and began sucking her pale skin leaving a hickey. She bit her lip to fight the whimper bound to come out and tugged through his hair. She looked down at him as he was working miracles on her skin. He moved to the other breast giving it the same treatment, leaving soft kisses and then hickeys. He then moved the fabric to her bathing suit top covering her breast, and tugged at her nipple with his teeth, "Eli." She squealed. He smiled and looked back up at her giving her a kiss.

"Can I ask you something?" He asked.

"Sure."

"Would you consider getting your nipples pierced?" She looked at him and instantly blushed.

"Uhm I don't know."

"Would you get it while you're down here?"

"I don't think so. That's gonna hurt."

"No chance of convincing you?" He asked. She sadly shook her head.

"What about your tongue?"

"You're not gonna let it go till I get some kind of piercing huh?"

"Nope." He said smugly.

"Fine, I'll get my ear pierced."

"No, that doesn't count."

"Then what are my options?" She questioned.

"Nipples, Tongue or your belly button."

"No nose piercing?"

He shook his head in response. "Okay, I'll get my tongue pierced."

"Really?" He asked with wide eyes.

"Yeah, I'll just have to avoid opening my mouth in front of my mom."

"You want to get it now?"

"There's a condition though."

"Oh no, what is it?"

"If I get my tongue pierced, you have to get your lip pierced."

"Alright, let's go." He grabbed her hand as they grabbed their shirts, putting them on as they walked. They went to the local piercing shop and told the person what they wanted and said girls first.

Clare nervously sat in the chair waiting for it all to be over.

"I'm gonna kill you." She said to Eli who was holding her hand.

"Just think about it, kissing is gonna be so much better with it." She smiled and puckered her lips, "One more kiss before I get it."

He smiled and captured her lips in an intense kiss until the man came back in.

"Are you ready?" He said interrupting them.

"Yeah sorry." Clare said pulling away.

"Which one hurts more? A lip or tongue piercing?" Clare asked the man considering he had both along with a countless amount of tattoos.

"Definitely lip I would say."

She looked at Eli and smiled.

"Alright stick your tongue out." She swallowed the lump in her throat and stuck her tongue out. She saw the man getting the piercing gun and tightened her grip on Eli's hand.

"It's okay." He whispered in her ear.

She tightened her grip on his hand, shut her eyes tight as she felt it on tongue. In about 2 seconds, she felt the piercing in her mouth.

"All done." He said.

"It feels so weird."

The guy nodded in response, "It'll probably throb for a couple of days but it'll be good."

Clare nodded and removed herself from the seat, "Let me see." Eli said.

She showed him her tongue and he smirked, "I can't wait to kiss you with it." She smiled as Eli took her place, "You're getting your lip pierced?" The man asked.

Eli nodded and took Clare's hand. The man got the needle, cleaned it, alcoholed under Eli's lip and stuck the needle in, leaving the ring in its place.

"How does it look?" He asked Clare.

"Sexy." She said and Eli smirked in response. The man handed him a mirror and Eli looked at the piercing, "Do you like it?" Clare asked.

Eli nodded and gave her a chaste kiss. The man gave them an explanation of how to take care of it and gave them some products, Eli paid him and they made their way out of the parlor.

"Does it hurt?" She asked Eli as they walked back to his house, hands interlocked.

"Not really, yours?"

"Yeah, it's still throbbing."

"So no kiss?" He questioned.

"When we get back." Eli nodded and they soon made their way back to his house.

They got back and headed up to his room, Eli was looking through his drawers.

"What are you doing?" Clare asked. He finally pulled out basketball shorts, "Put these on."

"Why?" She asked.

"We're playing basketball."

"Uh, no we're not. I don't know how to play."

"I'm gonna teach you, put it on.

"I need a shirt."

"Wear a sports bra." She nodded and changed into the shorts he handed her. Eli slipped on basketball shorts of his own leaving him shirtless.

"Are we going to a basketball court?" She asked.

"The one in the basement."

"Remind me to look around the whole house, you have everything in here."

They arrived in the basement and Clare took in the huge basketball court. The walls were white painted with a black rock and roll theme.

"Lets go, we're having a competition." Eli said.

"What? I thought you were gonna teach me."

"I'll see how bad you are first then maybe I'll help you." She rolled her eyes as Eli took one of the balls and shot it in. He threw it to her as she grew lose to the basket and threw it up, missing.

Eli laughed, "See, I can't do it. Help me."

"Try one more time." He said throwing the ball to her.

She did it again, getting closer to the basket, she threw it as it hit the rim but bounced right back off.

"I don't like basketball." She pointed out. Eli gave her a ball and walked over to her standing behind her.

"Bend your knees a bit." She did as he said as he held her hands as she held the hall up. "You aim at the basket and throw it in, bend your wrist, and make sure to keep your arm tucked in to your side."

She nodded and Eli backed away, she did as he said and threw it to the basket missing again.

"I think I just suck at this."

"Move back, you're too close." She did as he said and again aimed at the basket. She saw the ball twirling around the rim and it went in. She smiled and jumped and squealed to herself.

"I told you, do it again." She did it again, making it again.

"Now that you know, we're counting points." And the game between them again. Clare was pretty decent making baskets pretty often, but Eli had a past of playing many sports and won by a landslide. The score being 45 to 20.

Clare took a deep breath and sat down leaning against the wall. Eli sat down to her, "You okay?" He asked.

"Yeah I'm good, its just tiring." He nodded and grabbed a towel for her to wipe the sweat off her face and they made their way back upstairs.

"Does your tongue still hurt?" He called sitting on the bench on the window seal as Clare was in the bathroom washing her face.

"Not right now, no."

"Does this mean I get a kiss?" He asked.

She walked out the bathroom and smiled at him, sitting with him on the bench.

"What about your lip ring?"

"It's fine." Clare softly captured his lips in a kiss not wanting to hurt his lip.

Eli pulled back, "Don't hold back, you're not gonna hurt me." She nodded and rekindled the kiss. She deepened it this time. Her tongue interlocked with Eli's. It felt weird with the ring but nevertheless, it felt good. Eli sucked on her tongue, tugging at the ring with his teeth before continuing the kiss normally and they soon pulled back.

"Was it worth it?" He asked.

She smiled and nodded, "Might even consider getting my nipples pierced too."

"Really?" He questioned with excitement. She laughed and shook her head. Both of them took their individual showers and climbed in the bed together.

"I had a good day, thank you." She smiled up at him giving him a chaste kiss.

He smirked and looked at her, not believing the amazing girl he had the luxury of falling in love with her which caused a tear to fall down his cheek falling down on Clare's face.

She wiped her face and looked up at him, "Why are you crying?" He shook his head and weakly smiled, "I just cant get over how lucky I am, I love you so much."

She smiled and wiped his tears with her thumbs. Eli thought back to Julia and wanted to tell Clare, but felt she'll be a little scared about his past and want to run away which caused him to tear a bit more.

"Stop crying please." She said still wiping his tears. "I love you too."

He nodded and finished wiping his tears, "I have to tell you something tomorrow."

"Why can't you tell me now?"

"Because I'm scared how you're going to react so I want to tell you tomorrow. I don't want to ruin this perfect day."

Clare really wanted to know and couldn't stop thinking about it but didn't want to force it out of him. She simply nodded and curled into his chest making an attempt to fall asleep.

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