A/N: This is my first fic so i'm still learning the ropes of this, let me know if I can improve on anything. As stated in the description this fic is going to be an eclare semi-au loosely based on 'The Rock Show' by Blink-182 (mainly in Eli's pov). I hope you enjoy!
Chapter 1
"What?" she looked at me annoyed as I gaped at her. Adam nudged my shoulder and I came out of my daze and realized they were both staring at me confused.
"..Huh?" I asked
"You were staring at me like I had 3 heads"
My face probably looked like a tomato as I stuttered out "I-I dont know"
I stared down at my shoes and prayed to a god I don't believe in that she didn't see my blush and as I looked up again I saw a faint rose coloring on her cheeks, maybe it was the lights but that thought didn't even cross my mind as I moved closer to her and asked,
"Do you wanna..dance?"
I was staring right into her beautiful ocean blue eyes.. god I could do this forever. She started speaking and the color brushing her round cheeks darkened. She looked down and replied "..Sure" I smiled the biggest smile since forever but once I realized what I was doing I stopped, she probably thought I looked like a dork who had never seen a girl before. I took her hand in mine and spun her around before pulling her in, completely forgetting about my best friend behind me and only focusing on the beauty in front of me whose name I don't even know.
After what seemed like forever but was really only a few minutes I spoke up.
"So what's a girl like you doing at a dead hand concert?"
"What's that supposed to mean?" she raised an eyebrow up.
Shit. "um.. i mean.. just like youre-"
She cut me off "What? Dorky? A goody two shoes?"
Perfect. Beautiful. "No! I just mean you don't seem like the rock concert type"
"Can I be honest?" I nodded to give her the go ahead "I'm not. My best friend dragged me here to third wheel her and her boyfriend so now i'm here alone because they had other plans" she gestured to them sucking face by the bar.
"Good thing I found you then" I said jokingly and flashed my signature smirk. "Good thing you did" she smiled at me and it was the most beautiful thing i'd ever seen.
We "danced" for a while longer but it was really just us jumping around and me screaming the words to every song. The intro to paisley jacket started to play and she started mumbling along, I looked over in astonishment and said "I thought you didn't like this band" to which she quickly replied "No. I said I didn't know the band, I know this song because I did some research on the band before I came and this was my favorite song" I laughed a little and said "You're the first person I've met who does research before coming to a concert" and she just shrugged back and continued to sing. We screamed the chorus so loud I knew I was gonna have a sore voice tomorrow.
Once the band left the stage after their encore fans started shuffling out of the arena. I took her hand and we walked out together. I saw Adam standing off to the side and felt a slight guilt for ditching him during the concert as I turned back to the girl and asked "So …" realizing I never caught her name but she must've read my mind and said "Clare, Clare Edwards''
Clare.. I said in my mind that's a pretty name. I smiled as I continued, "So Clare, do you have a ride home?"
"No, I was just going to take the bus back to the stop near my house and walk the rest of the way."
"I'm not letting you do that, something could happen to you this late at night. Cece- I mean my mom raised me to be a better man than that."
"And something couldn't happen to me going into a stranger's car? I don't even know your name" she laughed
"No- well I mean it could but I wouldn't do anything to you. I pinky swear" I held out my pinky and she linked hers in mine. "Eli" I said randomly. "What?" she looked at me confused, "my name" "It's Eli, well it's Elijah but most people just call me Eli because I think Elijah sounds too serious"
"Eli" she repeated, "I like that name" she smiled. God I could stare at that smile forever, I'm such a sap and I just met this girl tonight. I was about to reply but Adam interrupted us.
"Bro, are we going home yet? My curfew is in like 20 minutes and there's gonna be traffic" shit right I forgot about his curfew.
"Lets go blue eyes I gotta get momma's boy back home" I joked and Adam rolled his eyes.
"When did I agree to go with you?" she said with a raised brow.
Fuck. I messed up bad. She must've seen the terrified look on my face and quickly said "Hey, I was just joking" and put a hand on my arm.
"Well aren't you two cute" Adam said before I punched him in the shoulder.
"Thank you for offering to take me home" Clare said as we were walking to my car.
"It's no problem really" we reached Morty and I unlocked him. Her face was priceless.
"You drive a hearse?"
"Yeah, do you have a no hearse policy?" I smiled.
"Well, I never thought I'd have to make one. But I guess not, how'd you get this thing anyway?"
"That's a story for another time, I need to get this one home" I said as I ruffled Adam's hair. He quickly fixed it and I rolled my eyes and laughed. I walked over to the other side of the car and opened the passenger side door for Clare but Adam stepped in front of us and said "what a gentleman you are" and put his hand over his heart.
I glared at him and he retreated while mumbling "what happened to bros before hoes" and got into the backseat.
Clare climbed in and I caught a glimpse of the blush on her cheeks before I closed the door, she sure does blush a lot, good thing it's cute.
Clare and Adam were getting along well which is good because I want her to stay around.
"This is my street," Clare said, pointing to the street sign. I turned onto her street and she pointed out her townhouse. She lives this close and I've never seen her before? I guess I just moved here at the beginning of the summer.
Clare moved to get out of the car and I jumped out to make it to the door before her and opened it. I bowed like a chauffeur and she giggled. We walked up to the door together but she didn't go inside right away.
She looked at me with those piercing blue eyes and said "I had a lot of fun with you tonight.." "maybe we could do this again?" Oh my god she wanted to hangout again. I didn't even know what I did but I must've done something right or had some god on my side. I sound like such a girl god, I need to stop watching rom-coms with Cece.
I must've been taking too long because her face had started to drop. Once I realized I quickly responded "I'd love to" She immediately smiled and my heart melted for the hundredth time tonight.
She took my phone and put her number in and texted herself a simple 'hey' so she could make sure it worked. After she handed me my phone back she looked up at me and said "I should probably get inside" and I realized Adam only had like 5 minutes to get home. Thankfully he lived right up the street.
"Yeah, I need to get Adam home before his mom bans him from ever seeing me again" "You have my number if you need anything else tonight" she nodded and I took a spark of a second to think about what I was about to do. I leaned in and kissed her cheek and before she could do anything I said "Good night Clare Edwards" and walked back to my car. I waved at her as she turned back right before entering the door she had just unlocked and she smiled and waved back.
"You like her" Adam joked
"Shut up." I kept my eyes on the road so he couldn't see my idiotic smile.
"Dude you're screwed if you're already down bad. You've barely known her for a night" Adam replied
I rolled my eyes as we pulled up to his house.
"Just go dude. You're cutting it close especially if you want your mom to let you come over for guys night on Saturday"
"Fine" He rolled his eyes as he got out of the car. "You loooove her" he said in a sing-song voice. He laughed and I flipped him in the finger as he closed the door and reciprocated through the window and went up to his house.
I made sure he got inside safely and headed towards my house "he's right.." I thought to myself.
A/N: So.. what'd you think? I could leave this as a one shot or continue it. Let me know your thoughts :)
