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It's been a couple of weeks since the incident at the party and things between Eli and I have been great, I'm happy to say that after all the years of ignoring each other I can finally call him a friend, and one of the best ones I have at the moment. I've been trying to get my life together, working hard in all of my classes, trying to fix things with Alli, and getting out more. I've been spending most of my time with Adam and Eli, going out on urban adventures or sometimes we'd just go to Adam's house and I'd watch the boys play videogames. For the first time since my life fell apart I feel like it's not going to be dark forever that maybe things will get brighter for me. It's nice to not feel sad and lonely all the time. After feeling like I had no one for a long time, now I know that I have a great support system around me.

I have; my aunt Elena, Alli, Adam, and Eli.

I'm really grateful to have them and I have no idea where I would be without them.

It was Monday morning and as I was getting my things ready for school, my aunt came into my room telling me that her shift was starting an hour earlier and that she couldn't drive me to school. She was really sad about when I really didn't care. I liked walking it gave me time to think and analyze stuff.

"I'm really sorry sweetie, Marissa's son got sick and she's not making it to work" she said as she packed a lot of papers into her suitcase

"It's fine, really" I said

"Can't you tell Eli to give you a ride? I really don't want you walking alone in the morning"

"No, its fine I can walk"

"Please Clare, it would make me feel a lot better"

I sighed in defeat and quickly pulled out my phone ready to send Eli a quick text message

Hey, feel like being a bus driver today?

I need a ride to school. Please

-Clare

"So what's the deal with you two?" she asked

"Huh"

"You and Eli have been spending a lot of time together, I'm not completely clueless Clare I see all those flirty conversations you have every time he comes over" she said with a playful smile as if she were a teenager and we were having a sleep-over, talking about boys we want to kiss on the lips.

"We're just friends"

"Uh Hu" she mumbled as she shook her head in disbelief "You know he's a good looking guy, he's got green eyes and the whole 'bad boy with leather jacket' thing going on, plus-"

"Plus he has a girlfriend" I said cutting her off. She gave me a sad smile and sighed.

"But you like him don't you?"

Of course not, I do not have feeling towards Eli Goldsworthy. Or do I? Because If I didn't I wouldn't have such a hard time answering her question. Eli is the reason why I'm doing better right now, he told me to patch things up with Alli and he's the one dragging me out of the house telling me I should "got out and get a life", honestly if Eli hadn't taken me home after that party I don't how I would be doing right now. I wanted to tell my aunt that I did not had feelings towards Eli other than just friendship wise, but somehow it sounded like a lie. It was completely silent after that, she kept staring at me as if she wanted to break me and get the answer she was looking for, but just as I was about to let her win my phone rang.

Sure Edwards

One condition though, no more Call Me Maybe while we're in my car

-Eli

I couldn't help but laugh at the last comment. I still remember the day Eli, Adam and I went to the movies together, hard core rock music was blasting through the car speaker the entire ride there. When everything was over and we were about to go home as a punishment I made them listen to the local pop station. The kept groaning in Agony during the 15 minute ride back.

Alright, I'll be out in a few minutes

-Clare

"Well, I have to go to work but this isn't over" she said as she kissed the top of my head.

I smiled at her as she said her goodbyes and left the house. I got everything I needed for school and I looked at myself in the mirror before heading out as well. As soon as I stepped out of my house I was greeted by green eyes, Eli stood in front of his hearse with his well-known smirk, I couldn't help the shy smile that spread across my face, every time I saw Eli happy it made me happy.

The ride to school was nothing out of the ordinary, I've come to know that Eli is probably –if not- the funniest person I've ever met. He's one of those people that can make the most boring moment fun. We laughed the entire ride to the school and it seemed like today was going to be a really good day. I was wrong.

As soon as we arrived to the school I saw Julia waiting for Eli at the spot where he normally parks his car, Eli parked his beloved Morty and before he could even get out Julia approached the open window and clashed her lips into his. Eli was taken aback back her sudden actions but responded to the kiss anyway. They kissed for about a minute and all I could think about was how badly I wanted to roll the window up so I could off her pretty little head. I hated Julia, I hated the way she treated everyone, I hated the way she treated Eli and most of all I hated the Fact that Eli was still with her after all the crap she's put him through. Soon enough leaned back and placed her forearms of the cars window frame. She took a glance at me and rolled her eyes as if I was some nasty bug that needed to be killed. It seemed like Eli wanted to leave but Julia wouldn't let him. When I got tired of it I unbuckled my belt and told him I was leaving.

"No, Clare wait" he called

"No Eli, let her leave" Julia said and Eli glared at her.

I rolled my eyes at her in annoyance as I opened the door trying to get out of this hell.

"See you in English?" he asked in a soft apologetic tone.

"Yeah sure" I smiled

I walked away and when I almost got to the steps of the school an annoying voice made my head turn around.

"Bye Clara" Julia shriek with a mocking wave.

I was enraged and I turned back around just wanting to get inside "its Clare, bitch" I mumbled.

…

History has never been so boring, normally I would enjoy learning new things about the people that lived before me but today, it just felt boring ad useless. What happened in the morning really messed up my mood and as much as I wanted to forget about it, I couldn't get the image of Julia practically swallowing Eli out of my mind. The teacher kept talking about the Mayan's and human sacrifice, oh that sounded really appealing right now. In the middle of my teachers really boring lecture I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket.

Hey Sorry about this morning :/

I'll talk to Julia about it.

-Eli

Of course, it was just like Eli to clean up after her girlfriends mess.

Hey it's fine I don't mind

-Clare

It surprised me how fast he replied

But I do mind,

You're my friend and I don't want anyone treating my friends like shit

Not even my girlfriend

-Eli

I cringed at the word girlfriend but I was also really happy that Eli wanted to stand up for me. The Eli I knew a couple months ago would not care about how Julia treats me, the old Eli would never pick up a fight with his girlfriend to protect little old Clare, this was a whole new side of him and I was really glad that I got to see it. Over the past few months Eli showed me that he's not who I thought he was at all. When he cares about something or someone he will do the impossible to make sure it's safe. He's protective, caring, funny, and a lot of other things I would have never expected.

Two more classes went by and I was standing at my locker getting ready to go to English. So far my day had been average but it soon went downhill when I saw Julia leaning against my locker.

"Whatever you're doing stop it" she spat

"Excuse me?"

"Oh don't try to act innocent with me. Stay the hell away from my boyfriend!"

Was she serious? This is Julia we are talking about, the girl that cheats on Eli every chance she gets, the girl that didn't even bothered showing to his mother's funeral was telling me to stay away from him.

"Sorry but I'm not going to listen to you. You don't scare me Julia and I'm not going to do a single thing you say"

I could see her getting angrier by the second.

"If you're expecting Eli to leave me for you, you're clearly don't know him at all. He doesn't care about you Clare and he never will"

"See, now you're the one that doesn't know him he-"

"Oh please" she said cutting me off "Eli doesn't care about anyone. Not me, and definitely not you. Just because mommy and daddy are dead doesn't mean Eli is going to feel sorry for you and run into your arms"

That comment felt like a bullet to my heart. In a matter of seconds my palm came in contact with her face. I slapped her so hard I could feel my hand getting tingly, Julia looked directly at me and I could he see outline of my palm on her cheek. She was ready to charge at me and give what I thought would be the ass kicking of my life time, one of her friends pulled her back telling her that there was a teacher watching us. Julia rubbed her cheek furiously and looked at me and if looks could kill I would be bleeding out in the middle of the hallway right now.

"You're going to pay for this" She roared as she started storming off

Before she could reach the end of the hallway she looked back at me and yelled "This isn't over"

I knew it wasn't over

It was far beyond over.

Julia had started something and it wasn't just about Eli.

This wasn't over

This was war.

A/N: First of all I want to thank you all for your wonderful Reviews on the last chapter. I'm sorry if the relationship seems to be a bit rushed. I'm trying to make this story 12-13 chapters max. I have the whole thing planned out and let's just say that in the next couple chapter things are going to get intense so prepare yourselves.

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