As promised, I have quickly put up chapter 3 for all of you. I'm loving all the reviews :) you guys are great! Ok, so now we're back to Clare and the ravine. As always, please ENJOY! :D

I've never liked this place. The one time I came with Alli I nearly fainted from fear. Sure she had Johnny to protect her, but me? I had no one and for some reason she didn't seem to notice. I'm telling you, when Alli gets with a guy, she gets pretty…distracted for lack of a better word.

Anyways, I'm here…again. All alone. Well that's not completely true. Fitz and his friends are with me, but that's not exactly very comforting now is it? When Fitz and I reached the ravine, panic mode set in. I mentally slapped myself for dressing all pretty and trying to look good for Eli. Why you ask? All the guys at the ravine did an up-down look over. And trust me ladies, you d not want attention from these guys. I was fresh meat and they knew it.

The ravine, for those of you who are unfamiliar with it, is basically a place for losers like Fitz to hang out, drink, do drugs, and ummm…have you know what. If you don't get what I'm trying to say, basically at the ravine they have…sex. A lot of it; which was why all these guys staring at me freaked me out.

Fitz was still tightly holding my wrist. As if I would run away once he let go. I'm not stupid. I know I could never out run him. I'd have to wait until he got distracted. Really distracted before I had a chance to escape.

He leads me to where everyone else is sitting and drops me down on a tree stump. "Wait here." He orders. Again, as if I would leave. Whatever would give him that idea? I'm having blast here freaking out from fear. Wow, Eli's sarcasm is definitely contagious.

Eli. I sigh. I know Adam probably told him Fitz took me, but as smart as Eli is, he's new here. Does he even know about the ravine? I'm hoping that when he was trying to get back at Fitz, he realized this was Fitz's favorite hangout spot. At this point, all the looks and whispers have scared me to freaking death. What does Fitz want from me?

"Hey Fitz." He turns around with an annoyed expression on his face. "Um…why are we here?"

He laughs. "Don't worry about it."

Okay, now I'm getting frustrated. I'm a dangerous mixture of anger and fear. You're walking on thin ice Fitz.

"What the heck do you want from me?"

"Nothing." WHAT? Okay, now I am perplexed.

"Excuse me? You want nothing from me? Then why am I here?"

He looks at me as if the answer is extremely obvious. "Again, how are you in all the smart classes?

I freeze and stare awaiting a response to my question.

"You know it's rude not to answer when someone asks you a question."

"My bad, I thought it was a rhetorical question."

"Huh?"

"Exactly. And you never answered mine. What is it you want?"

"My plan is plain and simple Clare." Wow, he actually knows my name. "Eli will realize you're missing and he'll go out searching for you. Of course, he'll know I had something to do with it. Don't think I didn't notice his weird freak of a friend-"

"Adam is not a freak!" I cut in.

"Don't interrupt me," he says sternly. I cowardly retreat. "Anyways, Adam will go tell Eli and Eli's smart enough to put pieces together. He shows up on my turf this time trying to be all heroic and knight in shining armor for you. Then, my friends and I ambush him. Isn't it genius?"

"No." I fold my arms across my chest in defiance. Why can't the violence just end?

"No one cares about your opinion anyway. But I'm assuming we have some time to spare before Eli shows up. What do you say we have some fun?" And then he winks at me again. How many times must I say that only Eli is allowed to wink and smirk at me?

I gulp and suddenly I can't breathe because of the lump in my throat caused by fear. I shake my head gently while staring at my feet. My eyes wander to my abstinence ring. "Please God, don't give me a reason to take this off." I pray as I touch my ring lightly with my finger.

Then, Fitz grabs my wrist again and by then my wrist is sore and bruised and I whimper silently in pain. He drags me away to a van on the outskirts of the ravine. I know what's going to happen. And I can't do anything to stop it. Tears start to form in my eyes mourning the inevitable loss of my innocence. Alli told me it hurts, but I've become so numb that I can't even feel anything anymore. All I can think about is Eli. There is still a small speck of hope within me that he will come. Like I said, I trust him. I know he'll do whatever it takes to find me. But Fitz is intellectually using me to provoke Eli. Do I even want Eli to come save me? Once he gets here, it'll be him versus Fitz and all of his friends. Would I want him in that kind of danger? No. I sigh silently realizing that whichever way this goes, at least one of us will get hurt.

Fitz turns my back against the van, stares into my watering eyes, and says, "Don't forget the reason you're here."

I look at him in confusion and plain disgust. "Eli's the reason you're here." And as he pins my arms to my sides, I realize the honest truth in his words.

I've already written most of the next chapter. I promise you all that fluff will come soon. I won't have a dark story the whole way through. Reviews are, as always, greatly appreciated =)