First off I'm surprised that none of you noticed the date in the last chapter…anyways exams are over now so I should update more at least once a week, maybe. Was the last chapter that cute…? I mean if that chapter was cute then this chapter is gonna be adorable. Oh and I think I forgot to mention but back in chapter 8 with the whole Jenna, Eli thing, I didn't really have a reason for that whole thing….so use your imagination, Enjoy!

Chapter 10

love me anyways

"Let's go ice skating." Clare says putting the last decoration on the tree in her living room, which Eli and herself just finished putting up in the corner.

"Really?"

Clare nodded "Yes, come on it'll be fun!" Clare told him

"But I don't know how…" he said.

"That's okay, I can teach you. And it'll give you an accuse to meet my grandparents."

"You know how to skate?" She takes his hand tired of questions and takes him upstairs with her to her room, letting go she grabbed a box from under her bed and sat on the edge of the bed.

"See." She said showing him the box full of photos and awards of when she would figure skate, she loved it so much but after everything happened with her parents she stopped because that was a Clare and her dad thing, every composition, practice. Her dad was there through it with her. Any chance she got during the winter to go over to grandparents she went because they knew how much she loved it and her grandpa owns a rink.

"Wow, Clare….I don't know what to say." He said looking at her most recent ones in there the ones back from 2010 then he spotted a DVD that said January 29th 2010,15 years old he picked it up and popped it out of the case and put it in her player and turned the TV on as it began he asked "why did you stop?"

Clare shrugged "well one I sprained my ankle and two it was something me and my dad did together so after my parents got divorced and he moved to Florida, I just never saw a reason to continue it." She explained to him as she noticed how into her figure skating he was, she smiled to herself.

"So…do you want to go…?" she asked again as it ended.

"Just don't laugh at me when I fall." He chuckled

"I won't." she told him.

"Grandpa!" Clare smiled "hi" she said getting out of her car, Eli got out of the passenger side and walked over with her.

"Clarebear," he smiled and turned around from the door "whose this?" he asked

"This is Eli, Eli Goldsworthy. My boyfriend." She told him

"Nice to meet you." Eli said they shook hands

"Same to you, just lock up when you're done, Clare. I gotta get home now."

"Hey! You said you wouldn't laugh!" Eli said getting up from falling for the first time.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Clare said through giggles "I won't laugh again I promise." Clare said skating circles round him, Eli had actually picked up skating pretty quickly and was able to skate fine so when he fell she couldn't help but laugh a little.

"Sure you will." He rolled his eyes, he was up now, he pulled her over to him and kissed her, pulling away he said "Show me, some of your figure skating moves…?"

"I'm a little rusty though…" she said

"I'm not gonna judge you." He said.

"Okay, fine." She went to the side of the rink and took off her coat leaving her with her skinny jeans and a Flowing floral top, and then she went to the stereo on the wall and put on some music as Eli went to sit down in one of the seats.

Skating to the middle then started. She did a couple Axel jumps, Biellmann spins, a Camel spin, and then coming around one side she did a Russian split as Clare slowed her skating and went over to Eli he was clapping and making fake cheering sounds with his mouth "encore!, encore!." Eli said, Clare giggled looking down.

"You're a goof." She said.

"Yeah, but you love me anyways." he said getting on the ice again skating past her, she felt her heart race, sure they've said I love you but joking about it, apart from they day they started dating. But they've never actually said it to each other yet and Clare wasn't expecting to hear it from him yet since they have only been dating for a month and a couple days.

"I can't believe your mom is even letting you stay the night." Eli said opening his door to his house.

"She is always a nicer person near Christmas." She told him

"That explains a lot." Eli chuckled "ready to met my parents?" it was Christmas Eve and this was the night Eli knew both his parents were gonna be home so he thought why not tonight be the night they met.

"yes." She said with a smile, as they walked in the house holding hands

"Mom! Dad!" he shouted "I'm home and I brought Clare!"

They took off their boots and coats and went in the living room, when Clare saw his parents she wasn't surprised at all, the whole family wore black upon black. "So you're Clare!" Cece said setting down a plate of cookies on the coffee table.

"Yes, I'm Clare. It's nice to meet you Mrs. Goldsworthy."

"Oh god, no. call me Cece. Mrs. Goldsworthy makes me sound old." She told Clare with a laugh.

"And call me bullfrog." His father said sipping on what looked to be a hot chocolate. "We've heard a lot about you." He told her

Clare raised an eye brow "like what." She looked at Eli "nothing bad I hope."

"No! Just that he can't shut up about you!"

"Hey! Mom, I thought you weren't gonna say anything about that…" Clare smiled at his embarrassment

"Oops, I let it slip!"

Up in Eli's room about an hour later, Clare was exploring, books on almost every shelve in his room, posters all over his dark green walls, a skull print blanket. His room was way different then hers but she some how like it better. Eli came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her showing her a little box.

"What is this?" she asked turning around so they were facing each other.

"Open it." He whispered, she looked down at the little box and opened it, inside sat a charm bracelet holing two charms one was a heart with a date on the back, it was the date they stared dating and the other was a figure skate. She smiled taking it out.

"It's beautiful…" she told him "thank you." She said leaning up to kiss him after he did it up on her right wrist, he kissed her back. "I love you…" he told her she smiled and kissed him again "I love you too." One thing lead to another that led to Eli asking

"Are you sure you want to do this Clare? We can wait, no rush." He asked from above her. Everything was slow and Clare felt like she was ready.

"I would of asked to stop if I wasn't sure, Eli." She told him

"Okay…" she kissed him again.

Sorry about the ending of this chapter, kind of awkwardly wrote. I didn't know what to do to make this chapter bigger so I added that and also Clare staying the night wasn't going to end like that i just made that happen …I don't know where I'm going with this but review!

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