I woke up to Erika's crying she was my little alarm clock. I then changed her diaper, dressed her, and let her play with her toys in my room as I got dressed for school. I kept my bathroom door open so I could always keep an eye on her.

"Ready for breakfast?" I said as I picked her up

"Yea" she replied as we walked down the steps

"Cereal sound good?" I asked her as we got into the kitchen

Erika then nodded, I put her in her height chair, and gave her some cereal. We both ate cereal together then I got everything ready so both of us were ready to leave at 7:30, I had a few minutes and my mom didn't do the dishes so I started to do them.

"Clare is Erika ready to go to Emma's?" my mom asked

"Yea mom" I told her as I finished the dishes.

"Ok" she said as she put Erika's coat on her

"It's 7:30" I told her as I opened the door.

My mom carried Erika as I followed her out of the house I looked to Eli who was already waiting for me.

"Bye Erika I'll pick you up later" I said as I waved good bye

"Bye bye" Erika said

I then stopped next to Eli.

"Ready Blue Eyes" he said

"Yes" I replied

We then walked to school together it turned out we had 4th period lunch and 7th English together. Only I "forgot" to tell him we had English together.

When we got to school we went our separate ways he had to go to his locker and I had to go to mine.

"So who's the new kid?" Alli asked

"His name is Eli and he's got lunch and English with me" I told her

"So does he know about Erika?"

"No Alli we're just friends, plus the time never came up."

"Ok" She said as I closed my locker.

We then walked to class and before I knew it, it was lunch time. I ate with Eli and he introduced me to his new friend Adam who also transferred here apparently he's been going here for two weeks, but just got his classes fixed. We talked about classes before lunch and then the bell rang.

My 5th period and 6th period classes went by fast. I walked into 7th period and sat behind Eli and next to Adam. Eli looked at me confused.

"I didn't know you had this class" He said raising an eyebrow.

"That's because you didn't ask" I told him

"Ok class lets begin" Mrs. Dawes said as the class quieted down. "Now that we have enough students I will be assigning writing partners, Elijah Goldsworthy and Clare Edwards will be working together"

"Ms. Dawes it's Eli"

"Eli Goldsworthy and Clare Edwards will be working together" Ms. Dawes then assigned the rest of the partners. "You're first project will be assigned next week for now on there will be just class projects" Ms. Dawes then continued her lecture. "Ok there's 5 minutes left so feel free to talk amongst yourselves"

"So Blue Eyes what are your plans for after school" Eli said

"Blue Eyes?" I said raising an eyebrow at Eli

"Well you have pretty blue eyes so I gave you the nickname Blue Eyes"

"Can I object to this said nickname?"

"No objections allowed" Eli smirked "So Blue Eyes I'll ask again what are your plans for after school?"

"Well picking up Erika and doing homework"

"Sounds boring"

"It usually is, what about you?"

"My mom wants me to help her finish unpacking since my dad's not home"

The rest of the week went by fast after that Eli and I talked about English class as we walked to school and homework as we walked from school. He got along with Erika too, though she hasn't called me "mommy" in front of him or anyone in that matter, she didn't like to call people by their names unless she felt like it. I learned a lot about Eli that week his favorite band was Dead Hand, he mainly listened to rock and heavy metal music, his dad was a lawyer, and his mom was an on call surgeon. I found myself trying to tell him about Erika as I started to like him, but something always came up, like Alli would call me, Erika would cry, Eli would have to go, or the bell would ring. Monday came before I knew it.