Thoughts? Should I continue it? Or not? Just wondering if it's worth finishing! You guys rock; just sayin! (:

Clare felt endangered in Eli's arms. When Clare was in his arms, she felt the warmth of his body. She felt like she had nothing to worry about. She felt as if life was going to be okay; she was going to be okay. Though Julia might have been a threat, at this point; Clare couldn't care less. She had Eli now. Clare and Eli were finally together.

Three months in their relationship; it was going perfectly. Clare had gotten really close to CeCe and Bullfrog; she could basically call them parents. But Julia on the other hand wasn't getting that close to Clare. Julia always maintained her distance when Clare came over.

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"I love you." Clare declared, while sitting on Eli's bed; their hands entangled. "I love you too cuppy." Eli dully stated. Clare knew he was acting strange today. "What's up with you today?" Clare got to the point; and pulled away from Eli's grip, looking him in the eyes. "What?" He acted surprised.

"Nothing." He refused to make eye contact with her. She knew that meant something was wrong. "Eli, you can tell me you know..." She stated. "I mean, we are going out. You should really learn trust me." She felt rejected; knowing that Eli didn't trust her.

"Clare..." Eli switched his gaze to the heartbroken beauty sitting in a slump. "I do trust yo..." Eli didn't get to finish his sentence before Clare angrily interrupted him. "Eli, you don't trust me. Don't pull that bull spit with me.." She was gathering the rest of her thoughts. "If you trusted me, you would tell me why you're acting this way." She cried. "You have acted this way several times throughout these three months." She paused for a while; holding back some tears.

"You always act this way when we're at your house; never at my house, or if we are somewhere else. It always happens...here." Clare faded out, suspecting something that had to do with Julia. She continued. "Why won't you tell m...?" Eli interrupted in a harsh voice. "I can't tell you!" He screamed; his voice seemed pitchy. Finally he lowered his voice, it cracked. "I just can't..." He ended abruptly

"Why not Eli?" Clare couldn't believe that they were having their first fight. But it was bound to happen sometime, right? "Why not?" She repeated again, but in a lower tone.

"Because you wouldn't love me anymore." Eli hung his head in shame, still refusing to make eye contact with Clare. "I will always love you." She smiled, knowing he was full of it. She scooted closer to him, taking her hands in his and squeezing them lovingly.

"But that's just it, you wouldn't; I know that." Eli voice cracked again. He pulled his hands away from Clare's grasp. Clare noticed, and felt rejected again. "Eli, are you cheating on me?" Clare questioned that silly assumption. "No..." He said dully. "Never!" He finally looked into Clare's eyes, seeing them filled with hurt. "Then, you can tell me." She said. "You know you can tell me. Just please?" She pleaded one last time, giving up after that.

"I can't Clare!" He said again. Clare immediately got up from the bed; making her way to the door; almost ready to leave. "When you are ready to tell me, you can tell me. I will always be here. But until then..." Hurt filled Clare's voice. "We are done." She said, gripping on the doorknob, ready to open it.

Clare opened the door, and walked into the hallway; before she was stopped dead in her tracks by Eli's alluring voice. "Julia..." Eli said out loud, but not loud enough for any of his family to hear.

Clare backtracked into the bedroom. She sauntered over to Eli, standing over the distressed teenager who was perched on the bed. "What about Julia?" Clare was afraid to ask that. "She's the reason I have been acting this way!" He didn't want to bring any of this up, but he loved Clare; he didn't wanna lose her over this one silly thing.

She looked at him, and sat back down; she could tell that this would be a long explanation. Eli paused for a while, thinking about where to start.

"Around 7 years ago, I was an only child, before my parents decided to adopt. I was excited; because I would finally get an older or younger sibling." Eli paused for a little while; before continuing his story. "See, my parents decided to adopt because my mom couldn't get pregnant again." He explained that tiny complication. "That's when we found Julia. She was at the local orphanage."

"She was only 9 and I was 10. My parent's decided to adopt her, because she was like my twin. We looked so much alike; as you could see from us now." He chuckled a little, before becoming serious again. "Julia and I were best friends, through out our whole childhood." Eli sighed. "Then came teenage years…our hormones were raging, and it didn't help that I kind of had a crush on her. She was beautiful and amazing."

Pain filled Eli's voice, he didn't want to continue, but he knew that he had too; he was already this far into the story. "When Julia was 15 and I was 16... We decided to date and not tell our parents." Eli paused again. "Well not really date, but we decided to be sexual towards each other; we really liked each other; ya know?" Eli would have used the word love, but looking at Clare, he knew that she was already hurt enough.

"And one night when my parents were asleep, there was a thunder storm. Julia was really scared, so she came in and slept with me." Eli said. "I suggested that she slept on the top bunk, but she refused too...so I aloud her to sleep with me." Eli cringed with what he was about to say.

"I really liked her, and sleeping with her made me want her...she really wanted me too." Eli paused, looking like he was about to cry. "We had sex..." He said sadly and boldly. "It was amazing, but at the same time, I felt guilty about doing that. I mean, she was my sister. Maybe not blood wise, but family wise." Eli felt ashamed.

"After that, around three months passed, and I decided to break it off with her. It was inappropriate for us to act this way towards each other. Not too mention that my parents didn't even know." He cringed with disgust. "So ever since then, she has tried to persuade me to be with her again. But I know it's inappropriate, so never again have I done anything with her. Though I have always wanted too..." Eli finished his little story.

"Oh..." Clare was shocked; she didn't know what to say. "That's why she has been acting so weird around you and me." Clare seemed really hurt. "Do you still love her?" Clare asked the much awaited question, that Eli didn't want to answer. "No, not really!" He didn't know what to say; but he saw Clare was on the brim of exploding. She was hurt; like words couldn't explain. "Not really? So you still do?" Clare forced those words from her esophagus. "Clare..." Was all Eli said, before Clare stood up.

She looked like she was going to leave, but she surprisingly didn't. "I'm going to go have a chat with Julia." She rolled up her sleeves, heading towards the door. "Are you crazy?" He stood up, and ran over to her; grabbing her arm. He gripped it gently. "Let go Eli, she deserves to know that I know." She tried yanking away. "No Clare, she must never know...or she will get rid of you." Eli stuttered, not knowing how to stop her.

Eli twisted Clare around, so she was facing him. He looked into her never ending blue eyes, and planted his lips onto hers. He worked his way into her mouth, as their tongues played tag. Clare was lost now. All she could see and feel was Eli, and how no one else mattered but him. Julia didn't matter, his history with her didn't matter, nor did anything else.

Their lips disconnected, and Eli started to caress her neck with his lips. Lovingly; Clare's world started spinning, as she was in love, in love with the man that she met from a bottle. Eli disconnected his lips again, not going any farther. Yet they both knew they wanted to.

"Clare; I love you, not Julia." He smiled, embracing her in a hug. "I met you through a bottle, a phone call." That must mean something." He said, while playing with her hair. She smiled. "Eli, I love you too." She said again, really meaning it. But half of her was still hurt.

"You're right, we met for a reason. And that reason is a good reason." She smiled one last time. "I might not forgive you for having sex with her, but; you'll make it up to me somehow." She giggled, socking Eli in the arm. "Well, I could start making it up right now; he pulled her in and kissed her again passionately.

Clare Pov:

Every kiss, and I Love you, seems like a dream. I feel like I'm Cinderella, just without evil step sisters. And my prince charming has a sister that he fucked. I'm pretty sure that Cinderella's lover didn't even have a sister, or as far as she knew. I know Eli might not be perfect, but when it comes down to it, he is brave for telling me in the first place. God; I love him...

Clare gazed happily in Eli's eyes, not knowing the eavesdropper that was out in the hallway, passing by….

Julia Pov:

So, Mr. Goldsworthy decided to tell her huh? Well, just because they were whispering, doesn't mean that I couldn't hear. Next time, they should close the door. Me, a walking by bystander, heard them. But now, since she knows, it will be a lot easier to get rid of her, someway; I will do it. Bravo Ms .Edwards Bravo….