Chapter Two

"You're a curse; I cut my lips on your diamond hands."

"Someone's anxious." Ali noted, as she pointed to Clare's leg that kept shaking in her desk up and down. She was looking forward to her plans after school. It'd been a long time since Eli and her had actually had some form of time to themselves. He was always to wrapped up in NYU stuff, and she was always consumed with the school newspaper.

Clare smiled a little and nodded to her best friend.

"Maybe a little….Eli's coming over after school." She said softly, Ali raised an eyebrow.

"That's cute." Ali said sincerely with a smile. She wasn't insanely crazy about Eli, after the past things that went down. But she was growing to be okay with his relationship with Clare. She seemed happy, and being her best friend, Ali couldn't help but be alright with that.

"Yup. My mom and Glenn won't be home till later because of work…and Jake's busy with some environmental thing." Clare mumbled, Ali raised an eyebrow.

"So, Saint Clare is going to have her boyfriend over with no one else home. Hmph." Ali smirked.

Ali always did this whenever Clare told her that she had plans with Eli which involved them being alone. They'd had instances at both of their houses where they were the only ones home, so it wasn't anything out of the ordinary. But this time was different, Clare had a trick up her sleeve. Clare normally just ignored Ali's sexual innuendos, but she couldn't this time. She decided instead to enlighten her best friend.

"Well, this time is very different." Clare said softly, raising her eyebrows and smirking devilishly. Well, as devilishly as Clare Edwards could smirk.

Ali looked at her, questioning her with her eyes. "What do you mean? Instead of doing the normal moving watching and cuddling you guys are going to order pizza, too?" Ali asked, teasingly. Clare rolled her eyes playfully.

"Funny. But no." Clare stated, "Eli and I have been together for a while…we've been through so much together. I love him, and I know he loves me." Clare said, Ali put her chin on her hand as she leaned onto Clare's desk.

"And?" Ali asked, getting slightly bored with Clare's conversation. Clare smiled and leaned in closer to Ali, so no one else around them could hear.

Clare whispered softly, "I'm ready to make love to him."

Once Clare articulated those words, Ali's eyes grew huge. Her jaw dropped and she covered her mouth in order to silence the sound of her scream. Clare blushed a little at Ali's reaction, and at the fact that she'd actually said that she was 'ready to make love' with someone.

But Clare was completely sure about it. She loved Eli. She wanted to give him her all, there was no thinking involved. Clare's mind was made up.

"A-Are you serious?" Ali asked, Clare nodded with a soft smile. "Very." She said.

"I'm so excited for you, Clare!" Ali squealed, causing the teacher to ask them to speak lower.

"Me too." Clare said. She was a little nervous, but not because of Eli or losing her virginity to him. She was absolutely sure about that. She was just nervous about actually having sex with him. She wanted everything to be perfect. Beyond perfect.

Ali looked down then back up at Clare, "Does Eli know that you're planning on having hot sex with him?" She asked, Clare's cheeks turned red.

"No! And don't say it like that. I'm trying to ease myself into this." She said softly with a laugh. Ali chuckled. "Just like Eli's going to ease himself into you." Ali said, Clare rolled her eyes.

"I hate you, Ali." Clare said with a giggle.

When the end of the day arrived, Eli ran up to Clare and kissed her deeply for a moment. After they both pulled away, Clare laughed.

"Well hello to you, too." She said softly, Eli smirked.

"How was your day?" He asked her, as he intertwined their fingers and began to head toward Clare's house.

Clare shrugged, "Average. I hardly have any homework though. So that means more time to spend with you." She said softly and kissed his cheek.

Eli smiled, "More time to spend with you? I like the sound of that." He said and gently squeezed her hand. Clare was pondering when she was going to tell Eli what she was planning. They continued walking.

"Something on your mind?" Eli asked, noticing her silence. Clare looked at him and smiled. "Just you." She said softly, his smirk grew.

Once they reached Clare's house and walked in, Clare quickly wandered around to verify that they were the only ones in the house. She walked into the living room where Eli was and spoke up before he sat down on the couch.

"I thought maybe we could hang out in my room instead." She suggested, "If you want."

Eli looked at her raising an eyebrow. "You want to get me all alone in an empty house in a room with a bed…someone's trying to take advantage of me." He joked, then laughed. Normally Clare would've laughed and rolled her eyes, but this time she didn't.

"Maybe I am." She said softly, as she walked closer to him. "Do you have a problem if I do?" She asked softly, looking up at him, as her fingers looped around his belt loops. Eli smiled, "None whatsoever." He answered huskily, licking his lips.

Before they knew it, their lips were crushed against each others, their tongues found one another, and their hands moved everywhere on each other. They somehow managed to make it to the stairs, while passionately kissing one another. Clare moved her hands up his shirt, Eli took that as a challenge and replied by grabbing her butt, and lifting her up against him. Clare quickly wrapped her legs around his waist. He carried her up to her room, while her lips never left his.

Once they arrived in Clare's bedroom, Eli set her down on the bed, and before she could sit up, he quickly pinned her down. Clare looked up at him and smiled, he smiled back at her.

"Well…that was fun." He said softly, then leaned in and kissed her softly. She nodded in agreement, then glanced down and looked at his waist, seeing a slight bulge, she blushed.

Eli looked down and saw what she was looking at, he bit his lip and started to get off of her. "My apologizes, beautiful." He said softly, "I can go to the bathroom and, you know, take care of things." He said. He and Clare had had passionate makeup sessions before, things normally never went beyond that. He had this issue before, he normally excused himself, took care of himself, then returned and spent the rest of the time talking and cuddling.

As Eli started to get off of her bed, Clare grabbed his hand, he looked at her.

"Yes, Edwards?" He asked, she looked down then back at him. She wasn't sure what to say, so she just allowed whatever wanted to come out, come out.

"You could also stay here, with me." She took a breath, feeling her cheeks growing redder, "And let me take care of that." She said, looked down at his crotch then back into his eyes. Eli looked at her, confused.

"What?" He asked her, not sure if she was meaning what he was thinking or not. Clare bit her lip, and moved closer to him.

"Eli, I love you so much. I've never felt this way about anyone." She said, "We've been together for a while…and I….I want you. I want to make love with you." She whispered the last part in his ear. She moved her hand, as it was growing sweaty. This was all so new to her. She lacked the confidence a bit.

Eli took a moment to reply. "…You want to give yourself to me?" He asked, softly.

She smiled and nodded, "I do." She said, having no regrets about it.

Eli smiled, he leaned in and kissed her softly, "Are you sure?" He asked, making sure this was what she wanted. "Because if you're doing this because you think you need to for me, you don't." He stated softly. She shook her head.

"Eli, I'm ready. I want you, no one else." Clare said and Eli replied by kissing her deeply, pulling them both back down onto the bed.

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The writing is a little messy and rushed in this one. I was short on time.

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This chapter is building up to the next one.

The next chapter has sex. Aha. I'm going to detail it a bit….so if you don't like reading about that, I suggest you skip it.

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