Eli's Point of View:
As the group approached Darcy and Clare, I felt Riley push me along with the group until we were face to face with a very confused Darcy and a very scared, Clare."Well, well. Looks like we finally figured out why Declan and Darcy are no longer together. Seems like Darcy is a lesbian now." Owen guffawed. "Also looks like Clare is already stepping out on you too, KC." Owen added.
"Cheating on, KC? What the hell does that have to do with, Clare?" Darcy asked confused. "Nothing compared to what she has with you, obviously. Looks like she's pretty comfortable around you. Didn't knew you swung that way, Darce. Especially with fifteen year olds."
I noticed Clare's cheeks burn with embarrassment which she was often was, she quickly removed Darcy's arm from around her shoulders."KC, it isn't what you think it is-" Clare began to say before Jenna waved her hand in the air and scoffed."Shut it, freak. You have Edwards' arm around you so now you think you deserve to speak? I don't think so, lesbian!" Jenna snapped at Clare.
I swallowed and looked down, this was getting too intense, too many words were being thrown around here.
"Fucking do something, Eli. Just because you're paralyzed doesn't mean you can't speak up and defend, Clare. Defend her and Darcy." The familiar voice whispered once more.
I noticed Darcy look at me angrily.
"Eli! Tell your little slut over there to keep her trap shut when it comes to saying shit about my sister!" Darcy shouted.
"Sister?" Everyone besides myself said in shock.
Alli's Point of View:
I approached Ms. Pierce's class when suddenly I saw Drew standing in front of Ms. Pierce's desk.
What was he even doing in her class? He never attends.
"B - Minus." Ms. Pierce said with a smile as she handed a paper to Drew.
I smiled as I saw Drew's face lit up.
"We all know you have it in you, Drew. You just choose not to use it." Ms. Pierce murmured as she looked at Drew.
Drew smiled and looked down at his paper, muttering something incoherent, but smiled even wider, a smile I hadn't seen in months, a smile that made me even smile more than I already was.
"Ready to help out in the band room, Ms. P!" I exclaimed as I entered her classroom.
I notice Drew look at me and then glance down at my wrists before swallowing and stuffing his test paper in his backpack.
"I'll just see you later, Ms. Pierce." Drew said glumly as he proceeded to leave the classroom, but I smiled and stopped."Drew? Why don't you help me out in the band room today?" I asked with a smile.
Drew looked at me and softly grinned.
"Yeah, sure." Drew agreed.
"Alright.." I paused as I felt my smile falter. "I'm sorry about this morning. With Reese and all…" I trailed off looking down at my arm, which was still throbbing and red.
"No no. I should be sorry. I shouldn't have grabbed your arm like that. I apologize." Drew apologized sincerely with a sad smile.
"I get it. Its nothing serious, so.." I trailed off once more.
".. So can we start over? Like in.." Drew trailed off as he tried to word his sentence, I giggled.
"I know what you mean. So yes." I answered with a grin.
Drew mirrored the grin, a grin that I was enjoying seeing."Cool. That's awesome." Drew answered.
"Alright you two. Lets go." Ms. Pierce said, obviously bored with our conversation.
I smiled at Drew as we left the classroom, our hands brushing against each others, our shoulders as well.
I could only feel my stomach doing somersaults and my cheeks redden at this contact with him.
Eli's Point of View:
"This is your sister?" Owen guffawed as he gave Clare a once over and scoffed.
I noticed Darcy's fists clench in anger towards Owen, I could already tell she was gonna do something stupid in a couple minutes, I just couldn't find the will to stop her, or anyone else for that matter.
"Hey, watch what you say Milligan." Darcy growled.
Owen only shook his head.
"Man, I feel sorry for you, Darce. That's such a disappointment having her as a sister." Owen chortled.
Soon Darcy couldn't hold her anger back any longer and she slammed her fist into Owen's face, I could hear the crunch of his nose under her fist and spurt of blood rushing under his nose as he tumbled backwards.
"Oh my God! Owen are you okay?" Jenna exclaimed as she rushed over to help him, but Owen pushed her away and held his bloody, broken nose."You're gonna pay for that, bitch!" Owen growled at Darcy, who was holding her bloody knuckles in her hand while Clare, who had the most scared expression on her face, watched this all unfold.
"Don't bother showing your face around here during lunch, at parties or during football games or we'll have so many girls jump your ass, this was a huge fucking mistake, Edwards." KC sneered, a clear scowl on his face.
"I could give two shits, Guthrie." Darcy spat and then she faced me, her face mixed with anger and betrayal.
"And as for you? I called you my brother and all you did was just sit there and watch, that makes you just as bad as these guys." Darcy murmured, her eyes wide with disappointment and sadness.
I could only swallow and look up at Darcy."What the hell am I suppose to do?" I told Darcy exasperated.
"For once, stop being such a fucking hypocrite." Clare sneered, I could only stare at Clare in clear shock as she cursed, she never swore, never, until now, and towards me.
"I think I can speak for everyone when I say that I'm sick and tired of you saying one thing and doing another. You're one person, then a second later, you're a completely different person." Clare scowled, her blue eyes watering with tears. "You gain people's trust and you betray them. You sit there and watch things happen, but you don't do anything to prevent it." Clare sighed and paused. "You say you're a different person than everyone else, but you don't let anyone see that side of you because you're afraid of what they're gonna say about the real you." Clare whispered and then looked at Owen and Jenna. "And as for what you guys think of me, I could care less, you may think I'm a loser or a freak, but I'd rather take that name than something that I'm not." Clare explained as she looked back at me, tears already falling freely down her face.
Everyone outside was silent, no words, no nothing. Everything was in complete silence except for Clare's words hanging in the air.
"And you know what's the worst part of it all?" Clare asked, looking me straight in the eye, I could feel the tears form in my eyes, threatening to fall down."The fact that I was feeling something for you and that I was stupid enough to believe you had those same feelings for me too." Clare choked out, more tears streaming down her porcelain face.
I could only feel my heart break with each of her last words.
I felt numb.
"What the FUCK is going on here?" Jenna shouted exasperated.
"Come on, Clare. Let's just go home." Darcy said softly to Clare, lightly taking her arm as she did so.
Clare took one last look at me before shaking her head.
"I should have listened to Alli when she'd tell me that you'd only end up hurting me in the end." Clare took in a shaky breath as more tears fled down her cheeks. "Also I don't care where you go, just don't turn up at our house." Clare sneered before letting Darcy take her away.
Silence danced around everyone as Darcy and Clare left.
"What the fuck is going on, Eli?" Jenna exclaimed as she stood in front of me, clearly confused and angry.I didn't say anything, I just continued to look down at my shoes.
"Come on man, I'll take you out of here." Riley murmured as she took a hold of my wheelchair handles and began to push me away from everyone.
"Same goes for you too, Stavros! Walk away and you're considered out, just like Edwards!" KC growled furiously.
Riley looked back at KC and scoffed.
"I'm so sick of being under your fucking limb, Guthrie, that I'll run out that fucking door." Riley sneered before taking the handles and pushing me away from everything and everyone.
Jenna's Point of View:
"Goddammit!" KC shouted sharply before punching a locker as we retreated inside, I noticed how KC's hand had caused a dent in the locker.
"Saturday detention." Ms. Pierce said as she walked past with that god awful, Alli Bhandari and Drew Torres, who seemed to be cozy with each other.
"FUCK!" KC screamed before kicking a locker from even more anger.
Then Ms. Dawes walked by and smirked.
"Detention after school, Mr. Guthrie." Ms. Dawes said whilst walking by.
KC groaned and ran his fingers through his hair before facing us all.I sighed deeply and looked at KC."Well. What do we do now? That girl comes into this school and suddenly everything changes?" I asked despairingly.
KC noticed how everyone else in the hallway was staring and suddenly shouted.
"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKIN' AT? GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!" KC screamed furiously.
Suddenly, I grabbed KC by the collar of his shirt and pulled him close.
"Listen to me, KC. You have got to win her over. Win that freak over, and crush her. Just fucking crush her and hurt her good in front of everyone. Make her be in pain. Our school shouldn't change because one freak enrolls and steals one of the best people in this group." I sneered.
KC nodded and pulled my away from him."Alright, I know. I got this." KC said and he looked at Owen.
"Come on, Owen. Lets go." KC motioned for Owen to come with him.
Owen, who's nose was still broken and bleeding was holding his nose.
"That brunette bitch is gonna pay." Owen growled, angry as hell.
"Just come on, Owen." KC growled as he grabbed Owen and led him out the school, murmuring to him.
The rest of us stood around, not sure what to do, or what to say after what we saw.
Clare's Point of View:
Later that night, I found myself sitting in the park I had ran into Eli that one time, just his name being thought brought pain to my chest.
He betrayed me.
He betrayed Darcy.
He betrayed everyone.
He wasn't who he said he was, he was a two faced jerk who goes around using girls and breaking their hearts.
Just like mine was feeling right now.
I looked out into the pond that was apart of the park and sighed heavily, dipping my fingers in the freezing cold water, wishing that I had never met, Eli.
That Helen had never adopted me.
I wished I was somewhere else, somewhere else, away from Eli.
I could feel the tears come again and wash down my face once more.
"You were the girl." Eli murmured.
Surprised I jumped up and noticed Eli sitting in his wheelchair, not that far away from me, confusion and apathy in his face.
"What.. What are you doing here?" I whispered.
"I told Stavros to drop me off here." Eli murmured. "Now tell me why you never told me you were that girl." Eli asked as he moved forward in his wheelchair.
I shrugged and wiped my tears away."We weren't exactly best friends at the time." I whispered.
Soon Eli was right in front of me in his wheelchair.
"Was that one of the obvious moments that you weren't okay?" Eli asked soothingly, obviously worried and concerned over me.
If he only knew I felt the same way about him.
"Look, the last thing I wanna do is-" I began to say before Eli cut me off.
"-see me. I know. I wouldn't blame you if you never wanna see me again." Eli told me.
I sighed and looked back at the pond.
"I don't plan on taking back what I said at school. I meant every word and I don't plan on taking them back, no matter how much they embarrassed you." I whispered, as I sat down on the wet grass before the pond.
I could hear Eli groaning and grunting and I noticed him pull himself out of his wheelchair and sit next to me using his arms.
I sighed and looked forward,
"You're wasting your time." I told him bluntly.
"I don't believe that." Eli murmured.
I looked at Eli, tears still in my eyes that were making its way down my cheeks.
"Yes you are. I'm not gonna be another girl you play with, Eli." I told him in a choked voice.
"You'd be surprised at how much you mean to me than the others." Eli whispered, his eyes showing truth and meaning.
I shook my head and looked forward again.
More silence danced around us.
"Thank you." Eli murmured.
I looked at him oddly.
Eli sighed and looked back forward.
"Ever since the night of that party, you knew I wasn't okay. You hated me at the time. Of course, I had no idea, but you were always there for me no matter what. With what was going on with my dad.." Eli trailed off and I noticed he was starting to cry. "With my mom leaving me again for her new family. To you tutoring me. You were always there." Eli whispered and paused. "Those things you said at school today. You were right. I am a hypocrite. I do care too much about what people think. I do say one thing and do another. Its just that.. That's my lifestyle since everything began to fall apart. The popularity made me feel wanted. Something I didn't feel at home. I didn't want things to change at all." Eli murmured, full fledged tears running down his face. "Believe it or not, with my dad dead and gone. Things have been going downhill." Eli whispered as he looked at me with his puffy green eyes. "You're the only good thing I have in my life. I'm not ready to lose you." Eli murmured.
All I could do was stare at him, I couldn't find my tongue after his words.
"I'm falling for you, Clare." Eli whispered.
"Now you tell me why its so hard to believe someone who has lied about who they are countless times." I told Eli.
Eli just shook his head and smirked.
"Because I never lied to you about who I was." Eli interjected.
At this point, I just couldn't take it anymore. As much as I wanted to be with, Eli, it couldn't happen, so many things stood in our way, things that were temporary or things that were fatal.
"Please don't tell me this." I begged him whilst sobbing.I could feel Eli's gaze on me.
"Why not? Because you wanna be with me just as much as I wanna be with you. Admit it, Clare. You wanna be with me." Eli told me.
I couldn't say anything to him, but to just stare at him with puffy eyes.
Soon Eli leaned in and I didn't back away, I just stood frozen as his lips came closer and closer, I had never kissed anyone before. I never thought that would ever happen to me.
But it Eli's lips met mine and I could feel my insides doing different tricks at the feel of his soft subtle lips on mine, it felt so good, so right, I didn't want this to end.
But soon, Eli pressed his lips deeper onto mine once he noted that I wasn't gonna pull away.
But then I did.
I pulled away and shook my head.
"I'm sorry. I can't.. I can't, Eli." I spurted out before springing up and running away from the pond.
I couldn't be with Eli.. Not when his issues with the populars and my HIV stood in the way.
He couldn't know about that, ever.
But I could still feel the taste of his lips left on mine as I zipped through streets to get home.
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