Situations Chapter 21
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Monicookie22: I would put the pictures up of the dresses, but I don't have any. I just went from the top of my head on Julia's dress, and Clare's is the dress Miley Cyrus wore in The Last Song. Lol. I really liked the dress so I decided to put it in here. :P And it means a lot that you love this story :)
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Sorry it took me a few days to update. I'm moving soon and I went to my friends for the night to spend some time with them before I go. It was her birthday party, which made it even better. :) So yeah, it was pretty fun and I couldn't really update while hanging out with my friends. Lol.
Also, could someone tell me how to do the line thingy so I could separate some scenes without putting dots. Lol. I can't figure out how to do it and it's driving me insane! LOL
Summary: Eli and Clare are far from friends; they hate each other. But when hormones are added to that, could the anger and frustration towards each other become pleasure? Will it stay casual or will it lead to something more?
Inspiration- Situations by Escape the Fate :)
Clare's POV
"Julia."
I instantly froze.
Julia? As in the Julia that cheated on Eli with his best friend, Julia? Well, excuse me while I go throw myself off a cliff.
"It's been a long time." Julia started.
"Yeah… it has." Eli mumbled, still holding onto my hand for dear life.
"Two years, right?" Julia asked, staring intently at him.
"Sounds about right." Eli said, clearing his throat.
I just sat there, staring intensely at my fork, wondering how weird it would look if I took it and stabbed myself in the eye.
I listened to the conversation going on between the former couple, wishing desperately that I was anywhere but here. What is Julia even doing here? Her and Eli aren't together anymore so why is she at his cousins wedding?
"My brother seems happy, don't you think?" Julia asked, looking over at the bride and groom.
Well, that explains it.
"Yeah, so does Sophie." Eli responded.
"Isn't this weird? It's like we're kind of related." Julia said, laughing slightly.
Okay, she is acting way too nice for what she did to him. If you cheated on someone, wouldn't you at least want to stay away from them and not start a conversation?
I could feel Eli tense up as he squeezed my hand. "No, it's not and we're not even close to being relatives." Eli's tone was cold.
"I was just saying-" Julia started but was cut off by Eli.
"What do you want, Julia?" Eli asked, obviously getting annoyed.
I didn't blame him. I mean, Julia is his ex-girlfriend, who cheated on him; let's not forget that part. I understand why he's being so cold, but I had a feeling there was too much coldness in his tone. There was something off.
She shrugged, "I just wanted to talk."
Eli scoffed. "Yeah right, just admit it, you wanted to come over here to see who it was that I was with."
I suddenly felt very uncomfortable when Julia's gaze landed on me. I shifted in my seat and looked down at my lap, feeling very unwanted. Maybe I could say I needed a drink or something. Yeah, that'll work.
"Uh, I need to get a drink." I said, trying to stand up but Eli pulled me back down, making me sit again. He reached over and grabbed his glass, placing it in front of me. I pressed my lips to line. I really didn't want to be here, but when I looked over at Eli, I saw he was looking at me with pleading eyes, silently begging me not to leave. I sighed and picked up the glass, taking a sip of water.
"Actually, Eli, I just wanted to try and have a civil conversation, but now that you mention it, I would love to know who you brought this time." Julia said, smirking her own little smirk, obviously enjoying Eli's anger.
I couldn't help but notice her words. It was like she was saying he always brought different girls with him to events like this. Was I just another girl to him?
Eli rolled his eyes, "This is Clare, my girlfriend." Eli answered, looking over at me to give a quick smile before turning back to Julia and glaring at her.
I still felt uneasy, like I was going to throw up. I don't know why, but just this vibe from Julia made me feel sick. She just didn't give off the 'friendly' vibe. It was more like the 'I'll do whatever I want, and if you get in my way, I'll kick your ass' type of vibe. My heart was beating rapidly and my palms were getting sweaty. I wonder if Eli noticed.
Julia was about to respond when a tall guy with brown, spiked hair came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, making her giggle.
"Hey babe." He said.
Eli tensed up again and his grip tightened on my hand, make me wince at the pain. He turned to look at me and quickly let go of my hand. He whispered that he was sorry and I said it was okay while grabbing his hand again, trying to keep him calm.
"Eli? Hey man, how are you?" the guy asked, smiling at Eli as he moved to stand beside Julia.
"I'm good." Eli responded, giving my hand a squeeze.
By the way Eli was reacting I knew there was more to the story he told me. Yes Julia cheated on him, but it doesn't make sense that he would get this upset. What is he not telling me?
"I see you and Julia are still together." Eli said.
Still? Who was this guy and why was I suddenly very uncomfortable with his presence? Yes, I was uncomfortable before, but now I felt like I would rather be dangling from a piece of string, over a blazing hot volcano.
"Yeah, this one can't stay away from me." The guy answered.
"Shut up, Fitz." Julia answered, playfully punching him as they shared a laugh.
Fitz. Why does that name sound so familiar? Fitz …Fitz! That was the name of Eli's best friend! Wait a minute ...oh shit.
I could feel that Eli was beginning to get uncomfortable.
"Excuse us." Eli said, standing up and pulling me with him.
"Oh come on man, aren't you over it yet?" Fitz asked. "It happened two years ago. Just because she chose me doesn't mean you have to act like a child."
I glanced at Eli who was now frozen in place. I watched his nostrils flare; He was getting angry, and I was kind of scared. Eli's grip on my hand was getting very painful, so I removed my hand from his and he clenched his fist. He turned and went over to Fitz, punching him square in the nose, causing me to flinch, along with Julia. Julia and I stared in shock as Fitz fell to the ground, clutching his nose in his hand.
"What the fuck, Eli?" Julia screamed. "What is your problem?" she yelled as she went to kneel next to Fitz.
"You are." Eli growled, breathing heavy.
"Just because you're not over me doesn't mean you have to punch him!" Julia said.
Eli let out a forced laugh. "You think I'm not over you? Oh I'm way over you. But I just can't stand the fact that you guys don't give two shits about what you did to me. You guys were the closest people in my life and you went and fucked each other behind my back! Julia, you knew I cared about you and you still cheated on me. And Fitz, you were my best friend and you knew how I felt about Julia, and you still betrayed me." Eli scoffed. "I hope you two have a nice life together."
Eli was staring at them with complete hatred. Julia was staring at Eli in disbelief as Fitz sat there, holding his nose and looking like he was in pain. Eli was breathing heavily, his face red from the screaming. I looked around and noticed all of the people staring at them.
CeCe and Bullfrog appeared out of the crowed and marched over to Eli. They brought him over to me and then moved us so we were standing near a tree, far away from everyone else.
"Eli, what the hell is wrong with you? This is Sophie's wedding for crying out loud!" CeCe yelled at him, obviously disappointed.
"I know, I'm-I'm sorry," Eli mumbled.
Bullfrog sighed, "I think it's best if you go home. Take the truck, your mother and I are staying here the night."
Eli nodded and grabbed my hand, leading us away from the backyard. I glanced back and watched as CeCe and Bullfrog had a conversation before turning back to the reception. I looked back ahead and walked with Eli. We finally made it to the truck and Eli let go of my hand, but he kept walking. I watched as he walked across the long driveway, and when I say long, I mean long. This driveway was probably like 2 acres long, and on one side there was a large are with grass and a few trees. May I remind you that this place was practically a mansion, so the long driveway went well with the place.
I watched as he marched over there, running his hand through his hair. He kicked the ground and kept mumbling to himself. I took off my heels and carried them in my hands as I slowly walked over to him. He sat down on the grass and propped his legs up so he could rest his elbows on his knees, letting his hands dangle.
I slowly walked over and sat next to him, staying silent. I didn't know what to say. I mean, that's the first I have seen Eli so angry. I placed my shoes beside me as I sat there, quietly, wondering what I could do. I wanted to try and talk to him, but I didn't know how the conversation would turn out.
"Do you hate me?" Eli asked softly, breaking the silence as he stared straight ahead.
I shook my head, "No, Eli, I don't hate you." I answered back softly.
His gaze stayed locked ahead of us as he replied, "I'm sorry."
I pinned my eyebrows together and cocked my head to the side slightly, not quite understanding why he was sorry.
He turned his head so he was looking me in the eyes, "I'm sorry if I scared you. I saw how you looked back there; you looked terrified." He whispered.
I sighed, "Eli, I admit that you caught me off guard, but I wasn't terrified. I was a little scared since I have never seen you act like that." I paused. "I mean, it's not every day you get to see your boyfriend pound on some random guy's face." I said, trying to lighten things up, but he didn't laugh, he just stared at me.
"He's not a random guy, Clare." He whispered.
I sighed, "Yeah, I know. He's the one who…" I trailed off, not wanting to finish my sentence.
"Julia cheated on me with." Eli finished my sentence.
I pressed my lips to line and nodded once, looking away. To be honest, I felt kind of bad. I mean, I have been cheated on too, but I didn't know the girl that I was being cheated on with, so I didn't really understand where Eli was fully coming from.
He nudged me, "You don't have to feel bad for me." I looked at him. "I'm a big boy." He said in a mocking tone as a small smirk appeared on his lips.
"Yeah, who just got us kicked out of a wedding for punching someone." I responded, making his smirk disappear.
He sighed, "Yeah, I guess I'm a stupid big boy." He joked.
I let out a short laugh, "Yes, yes you are."
I ruffled his hair and he chuckled, shaking his head so his hair went back in place. He wrapped his arm around my shoulders and pulled me closer to him, placing a kiss on my temple. I smiled and rested my arm over his stomach, holding him close to me. I turned my head and pressed my lips to his cheek, placing a lingering kiss there before resting my forehead against his cheek. My eyes were closed as I took in his scent. He smelled of mint and just plain Eli.
I then remembered how Eli was acting a while ago. He seemed to have a lot more anger than he should have. I knew he was hiding something, and I wanted to know what that was.
"Eli, we need to talk. I know you didn't tell me the full story about what happened between the three of you." I told him softly.
He sighed and looked at me. He nodded and motioned to the truck. I let go of him and we both got up, heading for the truck. Once we reached it I got in, waiting as he climbed in and started the truck, pulling out of the driveway.
Once we got on the road, I looked over at Eli, waiting for him to start explaining.
He sighed, "What I told you was true, but you're right, there is more. After I caught them, they tried to act as if nothing happened, as if nothing was wrong. Julia still tried being my girlfriend, and Fitz still tried being my friend. They would say it was just a spur of the moment thing, and that it would never happen again. I almost believed them too… almost."
I listened intently, watching as Eli told me. He looked like it was taking so much out of him just to tell me this and I was grateful.
"I still never forgave them, but I tried to be civil. Well, until I found out that they have been sneaking around my back throughout my whole relationship with Julia, and even after I caught them, they still didn't stop. They kept fucking around, without a care in the world about how it was affecting me." Eli sighed as we pulled up to his house. He turned the ignition off and we sat there; him staring out the windshield as I stared at him.
"Things took a bad turn after that." He looked down at his hands.
"How bad?" I asked softly, scared of what the answer might be.
"Bad." He answered as he looked up at me. He licked his lips and turned his head back so he was staring at the steering wheel. "I can't believe I let them get to me." He grumbled, resting his arms on the steering wheel.
I sighed and unbuckled my seatbelt before scooting over to him. I pulled his arms off the steering wheel as he looked at me, watching my every move. I moved closer and wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him into a hug. He moved his arms so they were wrapped around my waist, pulling me closer as he dug his head into my neck. We sat there for a few minutes, just holding onto each other tightly. I wanted to do everything I could to try and make him feel better.
"Thank you, for telling me. I know it was hard." I whispered.
"Well if I didn't, you probably would have beaten me until it slipped out." I could practically see him smirking.
I pulled back and slapped his arm.
"This is supposed to be a heart filled moment, you know, remembering the mistakes in the past."
"I don't want to remember the past." Eli said, looking out the windshield. "They just brought it up. I don't even know why they started talking to me." He scoffed and began talking to himself. "Oh wait, because Julia wanted to know who I was with." He scoffed. "Nosey little bitch." He mumbled to himself.
I know that Eli was saying nasty things about Julia, but I couldn't help but feel that he was hiding his feelings. As much as it killed me inside, I felt as if he still had feelings for her.
I played with the hem of my dress, staring down at my hands. "You know, if you still have feelings for her, I understand, I mean, it's not like we were gonna las-"
"What? No, I don't have feelings for her." Eli interrupted, looking over at me. "And I don't want you to finish that sentence."
I looked up at him and noticed he was looking at me seriously. He grabbed my hand in his, intertwining our fingers. I held his hand tightly, not wanting to let go.
"Clare, you're the first person to make me actually give an effort to being in a relationship. With other girls I didn't give two shits about actually being with them, but… you're different." Eli said, rubbing his thumb on the back of my hand.
I smiled at him. He smiled back and nodded towards the house. "Come on, I wanna show you something."
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"Eli, why am I standing in front of your closet?" I asked as I stared at the black door.
Eli brought me up to his room and stood me in front of his closet as he stood behind me, his hands on my waist.
He took a deep breath. "Behind that door is a huge secret of mine." He said softly. "Just… just open it."
I hesitantly lifted my hand and placed it on the door handle, turning it slowly. I was confused as to why a huge secret would be in his closet, but I opened the door anyway.
I let out a gasp as I saw the closet was packet with random items. It was a huge disaster. It looked like a tornado hit. There were boxes everywhere with things pilling out of them. There were old action figures, popcorn buckets, comics, books, binders, papers, and more.
"This is how bad it got." Eli whispered. "After what happened with Fitz and Julia, I started hoarding. I didn't want to throw anything away, I couldn't. Every time I would try to, I felt like someone was going to get hurt." He explained from behind me. "I felt like I was going to die."
I slowly turned around and looked at his sad face. He looked so… lost. I could feel the tears threatening to come out of my eyes, so I quickly wrapped my arms around him, pulling him into another hug. He wrapped his arms tightly around my waist, pulling me closer to him.
"I'm so sorry, Eli." I whispered, on the verge of tears.
"Don't be. I'm getting better. It was a lot worse than this, but I'm making progress." He mumbled into my neck.
"That's good." I smiled.
"Just…" he took a deep breath. "Just don't leave me. Not like Julia did, anyway." Eli said softly, still holding onto me.
I pulled back and stared into his eyes.
"I'm not going anywhere." I said softly, pressing my lips to his.
And I was going to show him that I meant it.
Okay, that drama wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be. Oh well. But there still is more, :)
Also, I was wondering if anyone wanted to help me with the next chapter? It will be smutty, and I'm kind of blanking, so would anyone want to help me? Just PM me if you're interested. :)
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