Eeek! I'm sorry that I didn't update! Our internet was down and it was awful, so clearly I couldn't update! But anyway, you are all so amazing, your reviews mean the world to me and I love reading each and every one of them! I can also proudly say that this story has the most reviews out of any story I have ever had, so thank you so much~

The Cliffhanger Girl and I have a new saying and I thought I'd share it with all of you too! A little bit of a back story first though, we were talking about how hard it is to update fast and still do homework/go to school but then we said that we should make a rule. And the rule is: NO MORE MATH, MORE ECLARE! :)

Oh, and I'm still not saying who was right on the guess.

So on to the story, I know you all have been dying for this!

Eli's POV

Sitting in the car with the box in my hand, is torture. I couldn't stop fidgeting. I looked over at my dad and saw he was smiling a knowing smile.

"What?" I asked a bit irritated that he was enjoying my displeasure.

"Look, buddy, it isn't like you're proposing to her, calm down. This is nothing. Easy peasy." My dad gave me this awful piece of advice.

"I know I'm not proposing but It isn't nothing and I have a right to be a nervous wreck. I mean, come on!" I yelled a little bit near the end. Bullfrog cringed which made me muter an apology.

"Look, I don't know what I'm going to do with you, but you can practice on me when we get home." He said. I looked over at him like he had three heads.

"Practice on you? Are you insane?" I questioned, but he only chuckled.

"Trust me, it'll help and work. You can practice your speech; tell her how you really feel." He teased.

"She knows how I feel already, I like her, she knows." I rubbed my thumb along the box, I am so dead.

"I know, but you can tell her how much she really means to you, chicks dig that romantic crap. Believe me I know. How do you think your mom agreed to make you?" I jerked my hands to my ears and started singing very loudly. A few seconds I let go and looked at him.

"Ew. Never again, do you understand?" I asked with a disgusted look. My dad barked a laugh. "Fine!" I gave in.

"What was that son?" He didn't know what I was talking about, which gave me a chance to back out. But maybe getting some feedback from a guy first wouldn't be too bad.

"Fine, you can help me, but only if you help me and not tease me about it!" I stated sternly. He nodded.

"Deal." From there all the way home we stayed silent. I however was planning what to say to Clare in my head. Maybe she wouldn't accept the gift. What if it is too late? My biggest fear, right there.

"You okay there, bud?" My dad asked me as he drove up to our house. I nodded.

"E-everyth-hing is fine." I stuttered like an idiot. Oh yeah, that proved that I wasn't lying, totally! He chuckled.

"You will be fine, after my help, you'll want to do this every weekend." He winked. I laughed a little.

"Oh, I doubt that." I responded while getting out of the car.

"Yeah, me too." I left the box in the car considering that I saw Cece and Clare were already back from their girl day. I walked into the living room to see Cece passed out on the couch. I scrunched my eyebrows together and walked to the stairs passing Bullfrog on the way.

"Your wife is dead asleep on the couch." I winked at him. He hit me though.

"That is your mother!" He whisper-yelled. But the smirk on his face told me he was teasing. I rolled my eyes and walked further up the stairs to my room. I opened the door and saw…nothing.

"Where is she?" I whispered to myself. I walked back down the stairs and saw that Cece was now awake and on Bullfrog's lap. Ew.

"Mom?" I called and she looked up at me with a knowing smile.

"Yes?" Her smile grew.

"Where is Clare?" I questioned. She pointed toward the back door and without another sound or signal she lied back down on my father's shoulder with her eyes closed. She must be really tired. I walked out the door and saw Clare lying on the hammock swinging from side to side. Her eyes were closed but as I got closer I saw the tears that formed around her eyes. My heart instantly broke into two, and I had no idea what to do.

"Clare?" I whispered gently. Her eyes opened the second she heard noise and once she saw it was me she got up from the hammock and ran past me. I was so confused; I didn't know what to do. I ran after her. I wrapped my arms around her waist and I picked her up like that as her sobs became louder. I took her back to the hammock and lied her down. She turned and faced the opposite of me. What in the world? I lied down with her and wrapped my arm around her then turned her to face me.

"Clare?" I whispered.

"I barely even know her!" She yelled. What?

"Baby girl, what?" She opened her eyes so I could see her big blue eyes filled with tears.

"I don't even know her, and it is having this kind of effect on me." I kissed her forehead.

"Honey, I don't understand." She shook her head violently.

"You aren't supposed to." She struggled to get up and away from me but I didn't allow it, and I wasn't going to let her not tell me what was going on.

"Clare?" I asked. I heard leaves crunching around me, I looked up and saw Cece standing there with a knowing expression.

"Can you tell me what is wrong with her?" I whispered to my mom, and when I did Clare shook. My mom bent down to my ear and told me what had happened at the mall. I gasped; I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I nodded at my mom when she was finished. I turned my attention back onto Clare, the girl that continued to sob and shake without a care in the world.

"I saw it happen!" She told me.

"I know, I know." I rocked her back and forth to the best of my ability considering we were lying down. I calmed her down the best way I knew how.

Clare's POV

Eli and I sat in his room on the bed. Our backs pressed against the headboard and our knees bent. Not a word was spoken. I felt as if the silence was broken I wouldn't be able to hold myself together anymore. As is, I was barely holding on. I looked over at him and saw that he was plainly staring at the door of his room. Not moving, nor talking, it looked as if he wasn't even breathing. But I knew he was.

"Why are you so frozen?" I whispered. The words that had escaped my mouth made both Eli and I shocked. He looked over at me.

"I'm just-finding out something like that is scary, Clare. And it makes it worse that you were there." He spoke his words with pure honesty, and it literally broke me into two.

"I'm not about to go over the railing and fall to the first story. That girl was no more than four and her parents weren't watching her. I'm not about to do that." I spoke and a silent tear left my eye. It was the first time I could speak of it without totally falling apart, even though it had been hours since it had happened. It was now 3:00am, Eli's parents had already gone to sleep, and Eli and I had already gone back to my house.

"Something else could have happened though! And then I wouldn't be able to do all that I had planned!" He said irritated and getting up as well.

"What plan?" I questioned very confused.

"The plan where I-" He stopped mid sentence before sighing.

"Eli?" I didn't understand what was going on at all, it had been an odd day.

"Look, I was going to give you something and tell you something too. But what happened at the mall ruined my plans!" He stated while starting to pace. I gently slid off of the bed and onto the ground in front of him.

"What were you going to tell me?" He shook his head no. "Just tell me, it could make this day better." I suggested. He smiled a bit before saying,

"Yeah, okay." And then I heard the words that I didn't expect to hear, or at least not for a very long time. The words that shouldn't be spoken on such a day or time.

"Clare, I don't like you anymore."

Dun dun dun! LOL, look I know it is short and this update is late but with school and my internet being down to getting sick! I didn't have much time. :\ I'm so sorry! But I hope this made up for it. Review and let me know please! I'll love you forever!

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