Author's Note: Well it seems like not that many people were upset with me with the ending of last chapter!

Here's chapter 7. Towards the end I feel it's rather wordy and I'm not a huge fan of it.

ENJOY :)

Eli pulled away slowly, smirk forming on his face. Clare blushed and took a step back.

"I-I…" She pointed to herself. "Y-you…" She pointed to Eli. "W-what was that?" Clare stuttered out.

Eli chuckled a little, watching Clare's expression becoming confused.

"Look Clare, I was stupid." Eli began taking a few steps to Clare. Clare shook her head and walked away. "Where are you going?" Eli followed quickly behind her.

Clare turned around and looked at Eli. "I left because I was upset with you and KC. You came here and kissed me. If I wasn't confused before, I sure am now."

"Clare, you need to hear me out." Eli pleaded.

"Not tonight. I have so much going through my head right now that I don't think I'll be able to handle talking about this with you right now. So I'm going home." Clare turned around and started walking.

"At least let me drive you home so you're not walking in the rain." Eli offered. Clare nodded and followed him to Morty. He opened the passenger door for Clare. Adam scooted to the middle.

"Is everything okay?" Adam asked. Clare shook her head.

Eli got into the driver's side and took Clare home. He pulled into the driveway and shut the car off.

"Please call me tomorrow, okay?" Eli leaned forward to look at Clare.

Clare nodded. "I will." She sat there for a second to look at the boys. "I was wondering if you'd want to stay the night."

Eli's eyes widened. "Don't you think that's moving a little fast?"

Clare smiled a little. "I meant Adam."

Eli slouched back into his seat and Adam laughed. "Sure."

Clare opened the door and stepped out heading to the front door. Adam scooted his way out.

"Dude, how is this fair?" Eli asked.

"Guy between the ears, but still physically a girl." Adam smiled and stepped out of the car. He peered down. "Just come by tomorrow and talk to her. Okay?"

Eli agreed and he left. Clare walked into her house and ran upstairs to change out of her wet clothes. She took a seat on her bed. Adam followed in and took a seat in front of her.

"You okay?" Adam asked.

"He kissed me, Eli kissed me." Clare repeated. She looked up to Adam. "Did you tell him anything?"

Adam turned red. "Maybe… just a little."

"What did you tell him?"

"I couldn't stand how he all of a sudden showed concern for you. So I may or may not have kind of flipped out. I told him I'm sick and tired of you two playing games with one another. He's coming by tomorrow morning to talk. Okay?" Clare nodded. "Now it's getting late, get some rest."

Clare laid in bed and Adam tucked her in before getting into Darcy's bed.

"Thank you Adam."

Adam smiled. "Goodnight Clare."

Clare woke up the next morning to the sun shining through her window. She found it weird how after a terrible night, the sun could shine this bright. She reached for her phone and checked the time. It was almost noon. She jumped out of bed and looked to Darcy's bed. Adam wasn't there. She got out of bed and opened her door and heard Adam talking with someone downstairs. She went downstairs and into the living room.

"Good morning sunshine!" Adam spoke his eyes glued to the TV. Clare's eyes wandered from Adam to Eli. Eli stared at Clare, she smiled a little.

"Why didn't you wake me up?" Clare went to the kitchen to grab a drink and went back into the living room.

"I figured you needed the sleep and plus Eli told me not to wake you." Clare looked at Eli and Eli just shrugged his shoulders.

"I'm going to go shower and then after can we talk Eli?" Clare asked.

"Sure." Eli smiled.

Clare ran upstairs and showered and got ready quick. She took a seat at her desk to finish putting on makeup. Clare took a deep breath. "Clare, everything will be fine." She repeated to herself out loud. Clare didn't expect to talk to Eli so soon. She expected to wait until Monday to talk to him but he insisted on talking to her. Adam assured her everything would be fine and that it might be better if they talked. Clare finished her makeup and headed downstairs.

Eli stood up. "Want to go for a walk?"

"Sounds great." Clare grabbed her coat and held the door open for Eli.

"Have fun kids! Don't keep her out too late!" Adam joked. Eli took a pillow and chucked it at him. Eli smiled and walked outside.

They started down the street. It was awkward at first but Eli broke the silence. "I want to apologize about last night."

Clare stopped Eli in his tracks, placing a hand on his chest. "Why are you sorry?"

"Well for hurting you Clare, I never meant-" Clare reached up and placed a finger to his lips to make him stop talking.

"How about I start from the beginning?" Clare asked looking up at Eli waiting for approval to her question. "I wanted to go to the dance with you. When you came up to me for advice and started talking about this girl you liked from English class I thought you were talking about me because we had moments where I questioned feelings towards you, where I felt sometimes we pushed the border of just being friends. I was obviously wrong."

Clare started walking again, so she didn't have to look at Eli while talking. She knew if she did, she'd end up crying. "When KC first asked me to the dance and I told him I already had a date, I figured you'd be asking me so I turned him down. But you asked Nina and I felt like crap, like I wasn't good enough for you."

Eli stopped in his tracks and looked down at Clare. "I'm not going to lie, I was jealous of Nina just a little bit. The way you looked at her, the way you made her happy. I wanted to be her."

"Clare…" Eli tried to speak but Clare held her hand up to shut him up.

"So at the dance, KC and Jenna ended up getting back together. When I saw them in the hallway, my heart dropped. I felt sick because after I figured things between us weren't going to happen that maybe there was a chance to get back with KC but he hurt me again. After seeing that the only person I wanted to talk to, the only person I felt would make me feel better was you." Clare smiled, tears forming in her eyes. "But you were too busy making out with Nina. Seeing you right after seeing KC broke my heart once more. In a matter of minutes the two people I liked had hurt me."

Clare had finished talking and Eli looked into her eyes, trying to find the right words to say. "Clare, I never meant to hurt you. This might not be what you want to hear but please listen." Eli took Clare's hands in his and laced his fingers with hers. "I liked you from the day I met you, from the day I stared into your eyes. But I wasn't sure. I pushed it off because I knew you liked the Justin Bieber look alike."

Clare chuckled and looked down. "That's when I started liking Nina. I really honestly liked her too. My feelings for you rushed back the other day when we were here and I fell on top of you. I was so adamant about getting with Nina that I didn't see the signals you were giving me. I'm sorry for all of that, for not paying attention to what was right in front of me the whole time."

Clare smiled and wiped a few tears from her eyes. "If there's something I learned from all of this it would be that I want to be with you. I want you to be my girlfriend, Clare." Eli smirked at the blush that started forming on Clare's face.

Clare wrapped her arms around Eli's waist and his arms wrapped around her, pulling her close. He kissed the top of her head. "So Clare, what do you say?"

Clare looked up at Eli, her blue eyes sparkling. She pressed her lips against Eli's and pulled away slowly. "Does that answer your question?"

"Works for me." Eli smirked and place one kiss on her lips once.

Clare smiled and left one arm around his waist and Eli's arm wrapped around her shoulder. He looked down again and kissed her cheek. They went back to Clare's house, walking hand in hand through the door.

"So are you two done playing this sick game of Romantic Russian Roulette?" Adam asked joking slightly.

Clare and Eli exchanged glances and nodded. Eli took a seat on the couch, pulling Clare onto his lap.

"So, uhh, if this," Adam pointed back and forth to the two of them. "is happening right now, then what about Nina?"

Well whatcha think? I feel like I failed a lot, well maybe a little.

This was the last chapter. I've got many suggestions about Nina and making her jealous of Eli and Clare.

I'm going to post an epilogue tomorrow along with information about a possible sequel.

So please please review and any suggestions you might have :)