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Well the time has come for Eli and Clare to have their first date in many years! I wonder how well this shall pan out.

Before I start the story, I want to thank my two loyal reviewers whom review almost every chapter and are always encouraging. So, thank you The Cliffhanger Girl, and thank you Degrassistar, you both make me continue. Love you both! :)

Getting ready for the date… In the bathroom.

"I need to take a shower! Hurry up Ali!" I heard Eli knock on the door. I giggled and said,

"Guess again, Eli." I heard him gasp and said,

"Oh, sorry Clare. Can I maybe come in and take a shower?" I laughed and opened the door. I was in my robe doing my makeup, so I didn't see why not.

"Yeah sure." I shut the door again once he was inside and turned on the vent fan.

"No peeking, missy." I smirked and went back to looking in the mirror while applying mascara.

Once Eli was done in the shower he put a towel around his waist and walked over to the potty and sat down. He looked up at me and smiled before saying,

"I'm really happy right now." I smiled and said quietly,

"Me too."

I finished putting on makeup and doing my hair before exiting the bathroom. Eli stayed to comb and grooms himself.

At dinner…

"Thanks." I said to Eli as he pulled out the chair for me. He smiled and sat on the opposite side of the table. We were at this fancy Chinese restaurant where everything was authentic. The décor was red and black, and the chefs only spoke in traditional and professional Chinese.

We were looking at the menu and I decided on the sweet and sour shrimp and fried rice. Eli got the same but with fried noodles instead.

"So, Clare…" Eli started.

"Yes?" I asked.

"I was wondering if you maybe wanted to talk about what happened…" I looked at his with a sad face and shook my head.

"No, I don't want to talk about our break up, or your accident or anything like that. Please?" Eli nodded and looked around the restaurant for something to say. We both stayed quiet for quite some time until our food finally arrived.

"Oh my gosh, this is amazing!" I said with a piece of shrimp hanging out of my mouth. Eli laughed and said,

"Yes, but didn't anyone teach you manners?" I laughed and accidentally spit a piece of shrimp in Eli's eye. He jumped up and tried to get the food particles out of his eye while the rest of the restaurant starred at him and laughed.

"Eli, sit down!" I ordered. He wiped his face on his shirt and sat back down. His eye was red and puffy.

"Oh gosh, I am so sorry!" I said as I fished eye drops out of my purse.

"It's okay, really." I looked around at everyone still laughing and I said,

"Let's just go." I got up from my seat and walked out. Eli paid and followed.

"This was a horrible idea, let's just go home and forget about tonight." I said in a sad disappointed voice.

"No, I promised you a date, and dammit we will have one!" I shook my head and walked over to the curb to hale a taxi.

"Clare, please let me take you somewhere else, anywhere." I sighed and said,

"We were always a disaster couple that will never change. Only thing that did change was the level of awkwardness and our ages."

"Please, let's at least go get a dessert."

"Okay." I gave up and Eli grabbed my hand and we walked down the street to a local bakery. I sat down again and Eli ordered us both a vanilla cupcake and coffee.

Three days later…

"Mommy, why did Eli sleep in your room last night?" I blushed like mad and said,

"Um well…" I couldn't think of a response so I just said,

"How about we go to the bakery and see if Ali needs any help with an order." She smiled wide and nodded.

At the bakery…

"Ok Lily, you go sit at the table and I will get you something to decorate." She went and sat at the small table in the middle of the room while I went and got a small bag of frosting and a mini cake for her.

"Here, I want it to be gorgeous." I told her. She slipped on a pink frilly apron and got to work. I love how serious she got when it came to cake decorating. She was so much like me, and I was grateful for that.

I was working on a seven tier cake when I heard Ali come in. Originally I thought she was going to be here, but I guess she had other things to do.

"Hey." She said while trying to hide her face.

"Um, Ali?" I said as I approached her. I lifted her chin up slightly and that's when I saw it. She had a huge black eye.

"Oh my god! What happened?" I asked her as I rushed to the freezer to get some ice for her swelling face.

"Dave is what happened." I sighed and told her to sit down while I held the ice for her.

As Ali cried, I looked over at my little princess. When I saw her table was empty and she was gone; I panicked. I dropped the bag of ice and yelled,

"Lily! Where are you?" I went into frenzy as I looked all over the bakery. I looked in the pantry, in the store room and finally in the freezer.

As I opened the walk-in freezer, I saw instantly a shivering little brown haired girl shaking on the floor. I went over and picked Lily up and took her to the office. I sat her down and tried to warm her up while Ali called for an ambulance. It looked like Lily's epilepsy got the better of her today and she had another seizure.

Well guys… so it starts. I think this chapter has more significance than most because you get to know more about Lily and Ali's characters more. So, epilepsy… I had a friend who had it and she would have seizures that would make you wander off and not know who you are and what you are doing. So after thinking about it I thought it would be good to add it to the story. I'm not going to give away the next chapters plot, but I will tell you it is going to be sort of active like this one. Please review if you would like an update soon or at all :)