Author's note: I am soooooooo bored so I'm updating this chapter. it's gonna be different plot-line (Darcy-wise, you'll get it when you read) but I needed it to be different. if this chapter sucks I'm sorry.

When I woke up the next morning, I could already hear my phone buzzing under my pillow. I looked at the clock. It was almost noon.

Crap! I grabbed my phone and saw the text from Clare. Luckily, she only sent it three minutes ago.

I'm ready, Eli. You can pick me up at anytime. Just text me when you're on your way!

I sat up. Damn, I slept long. I stood up and stretched.

As I walked to my closet and open the door I asked myself out loud, "Okay, Eli, you're going to meet Clare's parent today. Don't wanna come off Goth so what to wear?" Do I even own a different color shirt?

I shuffled through my closet and found an old white V-neck. It was kinda tight but oh well. I wore my normal black skinny jeans. I quickly ran a brush through my hair and brushed my teeth.

I grabbed my phone and sent Clare a text on the way out the door.

I just left. See you soon!

Her reply made me laugh.

Can't wait! (;

Morty started with no problem and I took off. She was waiting on her front stairs again and when she saw me, her whole face lit up. That made me smile big.

She got in Morty and slid right over to me. Her arm went through mine, she grabbed my hand, and rested her head against my shoulder.

"Somebody's excited to see me," I laughed, pulling out of the driveway.

"It's been a whole night since I've kissed you. I only had my dream to go on,"

"You dreamt about me?" I asked.

"Dammit," she cursed under her breath. "That slipped out. Never mind,"

"Tell me. You dreamt about me?"

"Only once,"

"Aw! You don't have to be embarrassed, Clare, I've dreamt about you, too,"

She snuggled closer to me. "So where are we going?"

"To our park,"

"Did you just call it our park?" she asked.

"Well, I thought it was appropriate. It's where we had our first kiss,"

She put her hand on the steering wheel and began to slowly turn it. "I'd rather go to where we had our first date,"

I turned to car all the way and drove to the dock.

When I stopped car, she almost instinctively, climbed on my lap and started kissing me.

"How eager are you?" I laughed around her lips.

"I haven't kissed you in a whole day. I don't like that. So just be quiet, okay?"

"Fine by me," I wrapped my arms around her waist and kissed her back, her body began to automatically fit the shape of mine and I was starting to like that.

I don't know how long we stayed kissing like that, but eventually I pulled away. "Can I meet your parents now?"

She sighed, her breath crashing across my face, practically causing me to die, and climbed off my lap. "Fine,"

I tucked her under my arm and laughed. "I just hope they'll like me…"

When we got to the house, I took a deep breath and got out. She met me halfway, took my hand and pulled me inside.

"Mom? Dad?" she called. "Are you guys both home?"

Her mom came out of the kitchen, apron tied to waist, and her dad came out from the living room. "Who's this?" her mom asked.

"Mom, Dad, this is Eli. He's my…boyfriend," she looked back and forth between them, looking almost scared. This confused me.

"Eli?" her mom repeated. "Clare, what did we tell you about dating?"

"You know how we feel about this, Clare!" her dad yelled.

"Dad! Mom! Please! Don't overreact!"

"We don't overreact; we're just looking out for you! We don't want anything to happen to you, Clare Bear!" her dad screamed back.

I was completely confused.

"You don't know anything about him!" she defended.

"Neither do you!" her mom argued.

"Clare, I think it's best if you don't see Eli anymore," Clare's dad didn't even spare a glance at me.

"Daddy, no! Please, give him a chance!"

"No, Clare, you know our opinion on this,"

Clare screamed out in frustration. "Not every guy is like Peter!"

Who is Peter?

"No, but some are, and we don't want that to happen to you!"

"Eli is not like Peter, he won't hurt me!"

"Did we think Peter would hurt Darcy?" Clare's mom yelled.

"You don't ever know Eli!"

I still stood there, holding Clare's hand, wondering what the hell was going on. So it was pretty obvious that they didn't like me, but it turned into this giant screaming match. I had no idea what to do.

"Neither do you!"

"Eli is not going to rape me!"

Whoa. Rape? This was an argument about rape? Her parents thought I was going to rape her. Now I was even more confused.

"You don't know that!"

I was about to open my mouth and say something-I didn't like that these people were accusing me of rape the second I walked through the door-but Clare spoke before I could in a serious, begging tone. It was then I realized she was crying.

"Please. Give him a chance,"

"Clare Bear-" her dad began.

"Dad, please? You can't be afraid of every guy that's in my life. I'm trying to be honest about it and let you know I like Eli and he's gonna be in my life, and I just want you to accept that. I know it was horrible what happened to Darcy, but that doesn't mean it will happen to me. My life can't be over because my sister got raped,"

So her sister got raped? It was kinda starting to make more sense.

"I wanna give him a chance, Clare, I do, but how can I trust any man after what happened to Darcy?"

"Okay, then don't trust Eli, but trust me. I can make these judgments on my own,"

I noticed that there wasn't yelling anymore. Clare had silent tears streaming down her cheeks without stop and her mom was noisier about it. I hadn't moved since I walked in the door.

"I'm sorry, Clare. I'm glad you're honest about your feelings with us. It's just hard for us. We don't wanna see what happened to Darcy happen to you,"

"At least give him a chance," she begged.

Mr. Edwards finally looked at me. "Eli, I'm sorry. We overreacted about it all too much. I bet you're very overwhelmed. I'm terribly sorry,"

"That's, uh, okay, Mr. Edwards, it's clear you have some things to talk about with Clare. I shouldn't have come by so suddenly,"

"No, no, I'm glad you wanted to meet us. That you and Clare aren't hiding this from us, I just was…surprised that's all. Please forgive me?"

"Of course,"

"I would love for you and your parents to stay for dinner one night. Or maybe go out,"

"I'll talk it over with them and see."

He nodded then turned back to Clare. "I'm sure you probably want to talk to him alone,"

She nodded. "I trust him, Dad,"

"Okay, okay. Your mother and I need to talk privately, too,"

"We'll be outside," Clare said and yanked me out the door.

When we got to Morty, she leaned against him and started sobbing. I could think of nothing to say, so I just took her in my arms and held her to me.

"Its okay, it's okay," I said over and over again. I was still absolutely confused, but it didn't matter right now. I just needed to see those blue eyes stop crying.

"Eli," she sobbed. "I have baggage and family problems and I'm sorry about my parents. Please, please, don't leave,"

"Leave?" I exasperated. "Clare, I'm not going anywhere,"

"Promise?" she cried into my shirt.

"I promise,"

I continued to hold her against me and let her cry. Finally when she was done, she turned and got in the hearse. I went around and got in on the other side.

"Are you okay?" I took her chin gingerly in my hand and made her look at me. Those blue eyes were still sad, but they were free of tears.

"I'm fine now. I'm just so sorry. I tried to bring you here for a good day, but it is ruined now. You probably never wanna come here again,"

"Hey, hey, hey, that's not true. I'm one-hundred percent confused, but I don't care. I'm not gonna stop seeing you because of this,"

She nodded. "Thank you."

"Anytime,"

"I'm sorry. All this happened and you have no idea what the hell we're talking about," she laughed.

"That's okay. You don't have to tell me everything,"

"No, no, I want to. I just didn't tell you earlier because it's not the first thing I tell people,"

"That's okay, you don't have to and you can stop at anytime, but I'll listen if you want to tell me,"

"My sister, Darcy, had a boyfriend. Peter. He was really nice and I really liked him. He almost became a big brother to me. He and Darcy were engaged, but one night-according to Darcy-they were at his house and they were kissing. And she said he wanted to go further, but when Darcy said no, Peter wouldn't listen. He said that they were close enough to marriage so it didn't matter. Darcy still said no, and he…" she tried to choke it out between her cries. "He kept going and he wouldn't…stop when she begged him to. Darcy didn't get, like, pregnant or anything, but since then, my parents don't let us have guy friends or anything near the lines of boyfriends. It's because Peter was Darcy's boyfriend. We all thought we knew him and we all thought he was great, but he raped my sister,"

I hugged her. "Clare, I know why your parents act like that. They don't to see their only other daughter get hurt, but I need you to know, that I will never hurt you and no matter what, when you say stop, I will. I promise you that,"

She hugged me back. "I know, Eli, I know, and that's why I needed them to understand,"

I held her some more and let her cry some more. "They aren't gonna understand that fast," I whispered. "They don't know me. You've got to give them time,"

"Eli, they don't want time! They don't trust anymore. We all trusted Peter. We thought we knew him. We did know him. I could tell you every little detail about Peter. We all knew everything. But it didn't stop the fact that he raped Darcy. We knew him too well and we trusted him but he still did the unexpected,"

"Clare, I'm not going to do that,"

"I know! But my parents will never understand that. They're too scared,"

I held her tighter. "I know they are. They should be. But I am never, ever going to hurt you no matter what. I'll stop, I'll stay, I'll sit, I'll jump, I'll roll over…anything you want or need and can't do, I'll be okay with it. I'll do whatever you tell me to do. Clare, please, trust me,"

She nodded. "I do, Eli, I do. And hopefully, my parents will soon," she pulled back to look at me. "Thank you for being so…understanding about this. I know it's not easy to come into my house and be accused for rape. I'll talk to my parents tonight. I'll get them to trust you and me. I know you're not gonna do anything I don't want to do. You've proven that you by you stopping me. I'll explain all of this to them. And when they meet your parents at dinner if we all go, I'm sure they will like you better,"

I smiled. "Alright, alright. And I'm not gonna leave you, Clare. Not until you force me away,"

"I don't plan on it,"

"Promise?" I asked.

"I promise," she vowed.

I leaned in and pecked her on the cheek, but when I pulled away, she kissed me on the lips. "Thank you,"

"You're welcome," she answered.

She wiped her tears away from her cheeks and then leaned against me, her head fitting in the space between my neck and shoulder. "Drive, Eli,"

"Think you should tell your parents you're leaving,"

"If I tell them now, they won't let me go and I can't be here anymore,"

"But if you don't tell them now, you won't be able to go ever again. I want them to trust me. To see I'm-we're responsible,"

She adjusted herself to look me in the eyes. "Please, Eli?"

Her eyes became pouty and overwhelmed me.

Dammit! She knew what she could do now and she was using it against me. Crap, crap, crap. I can't argue with those eyes, but it's the right thing to do.

She raised her hand and laid it gently on my cheek. "Eli, please, let's go?" she whispered.

I was too close to caving when her mom came over and knocked on the window.

"Clare, Eli? Can I talk to you?"

I unrolled the window, while she sat up straight.

"Okay, Clare, we trust your judgment. Only because you're up front about this and didn't try to hide your relationship like most teenagers would. I know we can't hide you from every guy out there, but sometimes we worry too much, because of what happened to Darcy. I hope you both can understand,"

"Of course," I whispered.

"Mom, I get it. I'd be a wreck, too, but I know what I'm doing. I won't make the same mistakes Darcy did,"

"Eli," her mom looked at me. "I'm sorry you had to meet us like this. It was unexpected and we should have acted better. It was very childish and foolish and I would love for you to come into dinner with us tonight,"

"That'd be great, Mrs. Edwards, thank you for having me. I understand why you're protective parents after what happened to Darcy. I'm very sorry, but I want you to know ahead of time, that I won't ever hurt Clare,"

"That's sweet of you, Eli. Come on in, kids, dinner is almost ready. I made chicken, I hope that's okay?"

She eyed me, probably wondering if I had a problem with chicken or was a vegan or something.

"Mmm, I haven't had actual chicken in forever," I lied to make her feel better. "Thank you so much,"

She smiled and backed up so I could get out of the door. Clare came over and too my hand and we followed her mom inside.

author's note: yeah, I know this chapter was bad. sorry! I know me changing the Darcy rape was kinda confusing, but in my story she needed to be raped by Peter to show that there was a trust issue between Clare and he parents because of Peter. if it's confusing let me know and I'll clearify in the next author's note. okay, well love you guys. review please?