Chapter 4: I'm falling
Two and a half weeks later (Friday)
… Clare's point of view…
Eli and I are sitting under our tree, I call it our tree because we have been sitting here at lunch for the last five days. Just Eli and I, no Alli. Alli is off with Drew. The wind blows my hair into my face, I go to fix it but Eli beats me to it. His touch makes my heart beat faster, Eli Goldsworthy is like my drug I feel intoxicated when he's around.
"Can I tell you something?" Eli asks.
"Of course, you can Eli. Your secret is safe with me." I reply
"I never said it was a secret. Just don't freak out ,okay?"
"Why would I freak out?"
"Because Clare, I think I'm falling for you."
Did Eli just say he is falling for me? "I've already fallen for you" I say without thinking.
He smiles. "If I kiss you right now what would you do?"
"Why don't you find out." I say with an amount of smoothness I never knew I had.
Within seconds Eli's lips are on mine. The kiss is perfect, everything I hoped plus more. It's like in the movies when the girl sees fireworks in her head, yet somehow it's better. Eli breaks away. "So?" He asks. I answer by capturing his lips with mine.
… Eli's point of view…
I find myself sitting under a tree with Clare, over the last week this has become my favorite place in this whole town. It's where I've gotten to know Clare Edwards. The wind blows Clare's hair into her face, I hesitate but then Brush it out of her face using my left hand. " Can I tell you something?" I ask her.
"Of course, you can Eli. Your secret is safe with me." She answers.
"I never said it was a secret. Just don't freak out, okay?"
"Why would I freak out?"
Here goes nothing, or everything. " Because Clare, I think I'm falling for you."
She's quiet for a moment and I start to get worried. Then she says "I've already fallen for you."
I smile. "If I kiss you right now what would you do?"
She replies by saying "Why don't you find out." I take that as my cue and kiss her.
After kissing her for a few moments I break the kiss. "So?" I ask. She leans forward and kisses me, I guess that means she enjoyed it.