"You're cold, too though." she mumbled, handing it back to him. She touched his hand again, then saw how pale he was. "Are you sick?" she asked and placed her hand on his cheek, feeling his skin.
"No, I'm fine. I'm just uh, naturally cold. Take the jacket." he said and handed it to her again. She groaned and put it on. "Trust me, I'll be fine without it." he added and grabbed her hand again as they started walking.
"I care about you, Eli.." she whispered in a voice that was just loud enough for him to hear it. His cheeks turned a light shade of pink, but she hadn't been looking at him so she didn't see.
"I care about you too, Clare. You're really wonderful, and I'm glad to have met you." he replied and started tracing the hearts on her hand again.
"You too.." she whispered in that same almost-silent voice. Eli glanced over at her from the corner of his eye and saw her cheeks. They were a deep red, and he loved it. He smiled and quickly kissed her on the cheek, making her blush even deeper.
"Cute," he said and kissed her cheek again, then looked down and kept walking hand in hand with her. "I'll have to find ways to make you blush more often." he joked.
"I'm not blushing!" she claimed and looked down, giggling.
"Oh, right. I forgot, your cheeks are just naturally that color!" he joked as they arrived at the park. He saw Clare shiver again and wrapped his arms around her. "Maybe we should just go hang out with Adam and Fi." he whispered into her ear, making her shiver again.
"Yeah, its cold..we should." she mumbled and looked down again, smiling. "Lets go." she added.
Eli and smirked and gestured for her to walk ahead. "After you, ma'am." he said sarcastically.
She walked towards where they had left the car, and Eli followed her, smiling. He watched the way she walked. Her posture. Her foot-steps. He smiled at how perfectly in sync her steps were with the movement of her hair. He quickly snapped out of it and shook his head, laughing softly. He caught up to her as they arrived at the car and got in.