Eli's Perspective

"Clare. I need to talk to you." I said in a serious voice.

"About?…"

"We both know I haven't been honest lately." I pulled her next to me sitting on my bed. "Well here it goes…I will start with Fitz."

Clare smiled with tears of joy falling down her face.

"The night before I got beat up, I was so mad at him for exposing secrets about you I wanted to defend you to make things even. Instead I mad matters worse. Adam, Jake, and I all thought of ideas of revenge over video chat. It took months of planning, but we found out some secrets about Fitz, and in front of his whole crew exposed them." I explained to Clare as she sat on my lap.

"What were the secrets?" she had the most adorable curious face ever.

"Fitz has an STD." I smirked thinking poor girl who did him.

"Ew!" Clare looked disgusted.

"Trust me Clare there are more especially photos of him when he was drunk and some of him robbing drug stores…such a creep. So anyway I thought I could black mail him with the dirt I knew…but it backfired."

"How so?"

"For one cops knew about him, and already had him under house arrested last year. Two, no girl ever liked him anyway except for Bianca but she is a slut. And three, his crew had all the same problems so they didn't care." I felt more open talking to Clare. It felt good, and better than when I talk to Jake or Adam.

"Anyhow, so it backfired. He got me back by beating me up. I started the fight though with trying to get him caught in stupid mistakes he made in the past. Then he said he was going to rape you if I didn't keep my month shut and be more careful next time…He threatened me."

"Oh my gosh!" she sounded afraid and shocked.

"So a war broke out between us. He stalked me and knows too much. He will use you to hurt me. The worst part is I can never take it back, but I feel as if I can not finish it either this will not end happy." I gulped.

Clare put her arms around me and we hugged comforting each other.

"So basically there is a feud between you too." I sensed Clare was afraid just like me.

"Yeah."

"What about Imogen?" she asked. "What happened with you too?"

"Are you sure this isn't too much for you to handle right now?" I tried to delay the truth for a bit.

"No Eli. Tell me." she demanded.

I then spilled. I just opened up and everything, every piece of information came out that I know about Imogen. How Fitz is her brother, how she may get kidnapped by her dad, how she feels and felt about Julia…EVERYTHING!

Clare actually didn't mind all the baggage that was exposed through the whole conversation. Through the whole thing I saw in Clare's eyes she had something she was hiding.

She looked horrified I could see.

"I am speechless…We need to help her." Clare insisted.

"I know. As much as it pains me. But Jake and her are working it out right now. They are in my living room. I am surprised they didn't see what was taking me so long." I wondered what they were up too.

"We should go check on them, but wait Eli I can't just go out to the living room from your bedroom they will wonder where the hell I came from." I laughed at the thought.

"Ha-ha. Your right, here go through the window I will meet you at the front." I smiled at her laughing along.

Helping Clare leave through the window I wondered what were Jake and Imogen doing?

Finally I quickly walked back to the living room noticing Jake and Imogen making out on my couch.

"What?" I was pissed. Sure I will help Imogen, but Jake just went too far! I cannot BELIEVE he was never over her!

"Oh. Eli. Where were you? You took so long." Jake tried to take away from the awkward moment.

"I was cleaning my room dude, for our sleepover and I got out the blow up mattress. Why am I interrupting anything?" I glared at him.

"Dude. It is not what it looks like. Seriously you do not know." he tried to protest my expression as if I had no clue why they were making out.

"Well obviously looks like you are not over Imogen." I stated.

Right after that we all heard my door bell ring. I knew it was Clare already.

When I walked over to answer the door I felt Jake's eyes staring at me.

"Hey Eli." Clare smiled as she was about to enter my house.

"Hey." I said softly and blocked her from coming in. "Can you give me a moment?"

"Um. Sure. Is everything okay?" she wondered as appose to Imogen and Jake.

"Yeah. Just give me a second." I replied. Closing the door Jake's hand stopped the door.

"I think I am going to home…" Jake looked at me with anger in his eyes, as if he couldn't talk to me no more.

"Come on man? What you staying over and us hanging out?" I asked him as he got irritated by each second I made him wait.

"Looks like everything is fine for you so bye." he impatiently took his bag and Imogen with him.

"Wow man. Really? Why? What is going on with you?" getting really arrogated with him I ran outside chasing after him fighting for answers.

"If you want to know next time do not jump to conclusions! You seriously have no fucking idea! You OBVIOUSLY do not understand! And if you cannot except this than screw you man! You are not a really friend." Jake surprisingly snapped at me.

Jake the guy who always helped me gave me advice and calmly talked me through my shit. Jake my best friend. Jake the one who usually never stands up for himself and I always had to help him with that.

For once I looked at him not as my bud, but as an individual. I just couldn't believe he was standing up for Imogen!

Sure I will help her but he crossed the line too soon.

My head was spinning processing his words when he yelled at me. I watched as Imogen went in Jake's car and they pulled out of my drive way and drove off.

WHOA! Wait a minute! Déjà vu… Imogen wanted to rip Julia and me apart and now she is taking Jake away from me too!

I knew it! I was ALL an act! FAKE! I was played again! This wasn't happening no! Not again!

She wants the whole world to turn on me. Next is Clare! OH HELL NO! NOT CLARE!

THAT IS WHERE YOU CROSS THE LINE! I have to protect her. Clare cannot be manipulated by HER!

"What just happened?" after a moment of silence Clare walked up to me and asked.

"That BITCH she did it again! She took Jake to go against me!" I felt tears coming.

"Oh. Eli." Clare said in a soothing voice comforting me. "How did this happen?"

"I came back and they were making out on my couch. Of course I flipped out. But why shouldn't I have. Jake is just being stupid and naïve!" telling Clare my side of the story.

"Well maybe you should give him a chance to explain…you did jump to a conclusion. I mean after you were gone for awhile with helping me out of the closet." Clare laughed.

"Are you kidding me Clare?" I couldn't believe she was agreeing with Jake.

"No." she crossed her arms defending herself. "Maybe Jake actually had a good reason for it."

"Whatever. Do you want to go to dinner?" I just wanted to drop this conversation and be with Clare my…girlfriend?

"Ugh. Eli. You cannot just avoid this you know he is your friend." she would not give it up.

"Clare this isn't even your fight so just stop trying to help save our 'friendship.'" snapping back at Clare I felt like an ass.

"Okay then." turning around she started walking away.

"What now? I thought we could go out and catch up with things about…about us." I just wanted to forget this issue and have my mind cleared.

Enough with stressing.

"Sorry Eli, but if you have no time for me to talk to you and you not just hear me but actually listen then there is no us." she walked away.

"Wait. No." Running after Clare I gently touched her arm.

Shaking me off she kept walking.

Now I Eli Goldsworthy have no friends no girlfriend and no parents. I was absolutely all alone.