The Way Your Eyes Shine
(A/N): Okay, so I know that I shouldn't start another story when I haven't finished my other one, but I really had to post this. Tell me what you guys think!
Chapter One
With every soft touch.
Every whisper.
Every tender kiss.
She was put in a trance by him and his charm, but she didn't know… she didn't know how much of a horrible person Jake Martin really was. She never asked for something so terrible to happen to her, but it did anyway.
He took advantage of her and took her virginity away.
Something Clare so dearly held close to her. It was apart of her religion and he just took it all away from her. She felt dirty and used afterward, like a whole coat of dirt was thrown around her whole body and she couldn't get it off.
She could practically feel his bruising touches and harsh pants against her ear. She would whimper in pain, but he only suspected it was of pleasure. Every single movement and sound was etched into her memory and she would never forget.
It would haunt her for the rest of her life.
So she did the one thing that felt rational to her;
She ran away. Away from Jake. Her parents. The baggage.
She transferred to Lakehurst and moved in with Alli; nobody would find her, she was safe. Perfectly safe.
But her whole world turned upside down all because of one person.
Eli Goldsworthy
He changed everything with those nine words.
"Hi, I'm Eli Goldsworthy; your night in shining armor."
Those were the first words he ever spoke to Clare and she just wanted to run away. She had never been near a boy as handsome as Eli since Jake and her insecurities ate away at her.
She felt like she would never be good enough for any guy ever again; after getting raped by someone she thought she was in love with it didn't do much in the trust department either.
And her relationships with anyone had gone awry since she started at Lakehurst. Her shy aura didn't appeal to the eye too much and when Eli came into the picture as someone she would be forced to spend time with, she didn't know what would happen. What he would think of her; what he could possibly do to her. He was Lakehurst's known bad boy; the wimpy nerds feared him and the desperate girls wanted a piece of him, while the jocks challenged him.
He was the talk of the school.
Everyone knew who he was, no matter who they were.
Clare had no one at Lakehurst. She kept to herself; eating outside by herself for lunch; reading during any free periods; and being the teachers pet.
She got teased for being who she was. Because she wasn't apart of any stupid clique group.
The one person that bugged her was Mark Fitzgerald; just him and no one else.
He eerily reminded her of Jake; it was like wherever she went she was reminded of her past. Like it was haunting her to torture her for some unknown reason.
She would walk into to school and there he would be waiting for her with a devious smirk plastered on his face. His hands would casually rest in his hoodie pockets and he would be leaning up against the doors from inside. She would turn to walk off to her locker and there he was; the smile she had on her face always disappearing.
It was a Monday. August 15th to be exact.
The day Eli Goldsworthy entered her life and stirred up trouble for her.
She walked into school; a small smile playing at her lips. It was just for show. Only to send a message across to anyone that she was happy; she really wasn't, but they didn't need to know that.
As she rounded the corner to walk to her locker she spotted Fitz; her personal bully. Her smile faltered and she sighed in frustration as she walked straight, avoiding Fitz on her right. He aggressively stopped her by the forearm; his hand enclosed around her arm and he harshly turned her around.
"What? No hello?" He teased. She tore her arm from his grip and looked at him in pure disgust.
"Leave me alone Fitz. I'm not in the mood for your shit today." She said bitterly and hastily as she turned around and sped off to her locker with Fitz right on her tail.
When she made it to her locker he was still trailing closely behind her. She gulped as she realized he was right behind her leaving her in between him and the locker.
She turned around to have him in her personal space and pushed him away by his chest, not saying a word and turned back around, fondling with her lock. After getting it open she rummaged through it getting the appropriate books and supplies for her first few classes.
All of a sudden all talking ceased and Clare could only guess what had happened.
Eli Goldsworthy had entered through the front doors and started down the hall. His locker happened to be next to hers and she hoped that he wouldn't see the opportunity to gang up on her with Fitz.
What happened next surprised her. As Fitz got closer and she begged him to back off he was pulled from her personal space. She wanted to kiss the ground her hero walked on just for that.
Having people close to her in her personal space when she didn't want it made her remember that night with him. How he was so close to her against her will; inside her. It made her nauseous remembering and thinking about it.
She turned around to politely say thank you when she was almost smashed against a hard chest. She looked up and backed away slightly, "Uh, hi." She fidgeted with her fingers as she realized she was socializing with Eli Goldsworthy.
"Hi, I'm Eli Goldsworthy; your night in shining armor." He teased. She almost laughed at his corny joke.
"I guess you could say that." She replied softly.
"Well, I think Fitzy Boy will be off your case for a while and if he keeps bothering you, just tell me and I'll take care of it." He said nonchalantly. She raised an eyebrow at him.
"Why the sudden interest to protect the school nobody?" She questioned as she crossed her arms.
"Hey, I can be a nice person. Talk is cheap; if I were you I wouldn't listen to the rumors." He warned her. She made a 'hm' noise.
"I don't listen to the rumors. I just don't get why anybody would just out of the blue decide to protect me from Fitz when I don't even know them." She explained; her auburn curls bouncing slightly.
"I just don't like watching some slime ball beat up on an innocent girl." He said with a compromising crooked smile.
"Well, thanks I guess." She replied, tucking a stray curl behind her ear; trying her best not to smile. She didn't want to show him that his charm would win her over easily. She already made that mistake once.
"Well, think of me as your protector." He said with another crooked smile; not letting her respond and walking off.
That was the day she met Eli Goldsworthy and she found out that he was nothing like he was labeled to be.
He was different, and she would find that out soon.
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