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No POV: The next day.

Once school was over, Eli went straight home and to his room. He signed back onto messenger and found he had a new message from Clare. He was pleasantly surprised to say the least. He clicked on it and it read,

Clare-Edwards: I am really sorry for the way I acted yesterday. I have something important coming up and it just makes me seem like a total bitch. I am hoping we can at least try to get along for the sake of this assignment and my grade. Because to be honest, I need this assignment to move on from the tenth-grade. So when you get back on later message I and hopefully we can start over.

Eli starred at the assignment and then looked back at her picture on her profile. She was perfect to him and he didn't even know her.

While Eli was doing homework and anxiously waiting for Clare to get back online, she was hanging out with Bianca. They were at Ravine drinking and getting high off oxy. This somehow never bothered Clare because she did it on a daily basis, sometime twice a day.

It was a good hour before Clare stumbled home, drunk and high. She walked over to her computer and turned it on and logged onto the website for her pen pal assignment. She starred at the screen with a blank expression and waited for something to happen.

Eli's POV:

I finished my biology homework and was about to go get a small snack from the kitchen when I heard the doorbell ring. There was Julia. She had a sad and broken look on her face. I invited her in and hugged her tightly. She silently sobbed onto my polo and said,

"Eli, we need to talk." Those are four of the deadliest words to ever come out of some ones mouth that is in a relationship.

Julia and I walked into the living room and she sat on the couch uncomfortably while I just leaned on the arm of the recliner two feel away.

Two minutes of silence and Julia finally said,

"I cheated on you." I gave her a deathly glare and said,

"What do you mean you cheated? Is this some kind of joke Julia? Oh wait you've done this before, so why not do it again to me! So who was it this time?" I sort of yelled the last part. Julia started to ball her eyes out and she said,

"It was with…with Adam." My own best friend. I can't believe it. She had the nerve to fuck I mean screw my best friend.

Before I knew it, I had told Julia to leave and we were over. She cried even more, but she left without a doubt. Once she was gone, I ran up to my room and let a few buried hot tears slip down my face. I cannot believe she would do this again.

I let myself have a small break down for about fifteen minutes and finally decided to check my pen pal account. When I logged on, I noticed Clare was online too. I felt opportunity arise and for me to really connect with her.

Eli-Goldsworthy: Hey!

Clare-Edwards: Hel-lo.

Eli-Goldsworthy: Are you slurring over messenger?

Clare-Edwards: What's it to you, pretty boy?

Eli-Goldsworthy: Never mind. So can we actually talk today or are you just going to sign off and leave?

Clare-Edwards: Sure, we can talk for a little while I guess.

Eli-Goldsworthy: Ok! So, do you have a boyfriend?

Clare-Edwards: Yeah, I am dating the bad boy of the school. You got a girlfriend?

Eli-Goldsworthy: No.

Clare-Edwards: Wow, someone as handsome and nice as you don't have a girlfriend? Wow that is odd. Wait! Now I get it, you're gay. Wild!

Eli-Goldsworthy: I am not gay! I had a girlfriend, but she cheated on me today and I just broke up with her.

Clare-Edwards: I see…she sounds like a total bitch! If you don't mind me asking, are you alright? What happened?

Eli-Goldsworthy: She liked my best friend and they slept together. This isn't the first time this has happened, but she usually tries to hide it. My guess would be she is pregnant. I know for a fact it isn't mint though, I am a virgin. And I am fine now, thank you for asking.

Clare and I continued to chat for an hour until my mom called me to come down for dinner. I kindly asked Clare to wait for me and she said she will try to be back online later.

Clare's POV:

Eli and I talked for a little while today while I sobered up. By the time the conversation was getting interesting, he had to go down for dinner. He asked me to stay online while he ate so we could talk when he was done. I agreed because I didn't have anything else to do tonight anyway.

While Eli was gone eating, I was sitting at my desk looking at a picture of me and Fitz. He and I really weren't in love or anything, but he was so appealing to me that I just had to have him. After Darcy died, I went from doing my school work most of the time to never going to school and only hanging out with Owen and of course Bianca. That was when I met Fitz; he was Owen's best friend. One thing leads to another and we were dating.

It took Eli an hour to get back from dinner, and I grew tired, and by the time I woke up from my nap it was three a.m.

I shot up from bed and ran to the screen and saw Eli was still online. I decided to message him before I turned in fully for the night.

Clare-Edwards: Hey, I'm sorry. I fell asleep and didn't wake up until just now. Well I am going to bed; feel free to message me when you wake up in the morning. Goodnight.

I was logging off my account when Eli messaged me back. What he said made me laugh. I had to think about what he said for a minute and then I quickly typed and "Okay" and I left out my bedroom window.

Maybe this assignment won't be as bad as I anticipated.

A/N: Wow, long time! Well I decided to write a sample chapter to this story and see if I could attract five reviews for it, and if I could, I would start updating it again. So if you guys want to know what happens between Clare and Eli, review! Thank you all and I am sorry for not updating sooner. Remember fiver reviews for an update.