2 (Chapter) ...21

The whole week has gone by faster than expected. Monday after school, Clare signed onto Twitter and saw pictures of Eli at the read though, which brought a smile to her face. Tuesday, Alli basically forced Clare and her to sign up for the school play that Drew was directing. Wednesday and Thursday, they auditioned. Friday morning, Clare and Alli got their roles. Throughout the whole week, whenever Clare got the chance, she read Eli's journal. In fact, she had enough spare time that she had read it twice. It was now Friday after school. The last time Clare saw Eli was Monday after school. Her and Alli were catching a bus and going over to his house now.

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"This is his house." They walked up the stoop of the house and Clare knocked. Moments later, Drew appeared at the door and from behind her leg, the puppy ran to Clare's feet. With its tail wagging high, it barked loudly, welcoming her. Clare reached down. For a moment, it sniffed her hand and then licked it. Clare giggled. She picked it up and held it.

"Hey girls." Drew greeted them. Alli had her full attention on him.

"How'd you get here before us?" Clare asked, not moving her eyes away from the little puppy's blue eyes.

"Drove here. Duh!" Drew jokingly said and then moved out of the doorway, motioning them to come in.

"Who's here?" Eli asked. He walked out from the bathroom with a towel in his hand, drying his hair with it. Clare gently placed the puppy back on the floor and slowly walked then ran into Eli's arms, making him almost stumble. "Hey." He folded his arms around her. He broke out of the hug and saw that she had her eyes on his tousled up wet hair. "You like?" He bit his lips and wavered his eyebrows in a flirtatious way. She rolled her eyes.

"As if." Drew faked a cough. Clare and Eli turned their attention to Alli and Drew, feeling a little bit embarrassed that they had forgotten their presence.

"So what are you going to name the little guy?" Alli didn't take her eyes off of the puppy as it ran in circles around her feet. Eli and Clare looked at eachother.

"We're not sure yet," Clare looked back at Alli and Drew. "Any suggestions?" Eli let go of Clare's hand and went to pick the puppy up. He brought it back to where Clare stood and held it next to her face so that Alli and Drew could see the resemblance.

"Well, he does have your eyes." Eli announced. Drew nodded.

"So I look like a dog?" Clare raised an eyebrow. Eli grinned in response.

"An adorable one." He placed the puppy back on the floor and slightly tapped Clare's nose. She was not at all amused.

"What type of dog is it anyways? Half wolf or something?" The rest of them gave Alli an annoyed look.

"Siberian husky. I guess that's why we found him frolicking in the snow."

"Let's name him Lucky then." Alli suggested.

"Nah, too cliché." Eli replied.

"What about Wolf?" Clare asked. They all shook their heads simultaneously.

"How about Blizzard?" Asked Eli.

"Well, since there's a diamond on it's forehead, let's just name it Diamond." They all looked over to the puppy and noticed it. Eli shrugged.

"Okay,"

"Yea."

"I like it." They said in response. CeeCee came from upstairs and into the living room where they all stood.

"Hi Clare. And..."

"Alli. We've met before." CeeCee's eyes widened.

"Not sure we have." CeeCee winked at Alli. She got the clue.

"You're right. I just heard about you is all." CeeCee clasped her hands together.

"Okay, Eli. U went to the vet with-"

"Diamond." CeeCee smiled at the name.

"Diamond and she did a checkup and everything. 2 Months old. And that..." CeeCee faded off.

"What?"

"That he's healthy..."

"And that's bad news because..."

"He probably has his own family already, sweetie. We're going to have to put up Missing posters." Clare's shoulders slumped. Silence filled the room for a moment until they heard a loud scratching. It was Diamond scratching up the foot of the front door. He wanted to go outside.

"Well, let's have some fun with him while we can." Eli and Drew grabbed their coats and they all went outside into the street to let the pup play.

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I'm probably going to be wrapping this story up sooner or later. I'm not sure how many more chapters I'll write but it probably won't be a lot.

Thank you Natsicles3, RRsabi, MadameDegrassi354, MoNsTaToXiCFaZe, micblueeyes, Sp0rkz, ChelseyGrace, and sylvia goldsworthy for reviewing, putting my story on alert, etc. :)