You are all so fabulous that I decided to update again! Two days in a row! When does that ever happen from me? I'll tell you NEVER! So enjoy!

To: superfresh No they were really good friends before they started dating and I am not going to tell you yes or no on the Eli liking her now thing. That will be answered as the story goes on.

Clare's POV

I was sitting in my room with Eli doing homework. Well I'm trying to do homework but he is a big distraction.

"Eli. Stop that!" I say in between giggles once he started to tickle me. He currently has me laid down on my bed while he is hovering over me and tickling me. Now he has been at this for a couple of minutes and will not stop.

"What's wrong, Clare? I can't hear you." He teased. I finally got an idea. One I knew he couldn't refuse. It was a little difficult considering he had me pinned down under him but I made it work. Through my fits of laughter I pushed myself up as best I could so I could kiss him on the mouth. He kissed me back and stopped tickling me. Mission accomplished! I took this time to flip us over so I was straddling his waist.

"Whoa. Feisty Clare! I like it!" He said with a smirk.

"Don't get used to it. I just wanted you to stop tickling me." I replied.

"And what makes you think that I can't right now?" I raise my eyebrows at him and before I knew it he was tickling me…again.

"Stop! Stop! Eli, please!" I yelled in between laughs. He kept on going though. Ignoring my pleads. He stopped once his phone beeped signaling he had a new text message. I got off of him so he could read it.

Eli's POV

Clare's laugh is so contagious. I got to say tickling her is now one of my favorite things to do. Unfortunately for me I received a text message which caused me to stop tickling her and made her get off of me. I instantly missed the warmth of her body on me. I noticed that it was a text from Adam. I made sure that Clare wasn't looking and then opened the text.

So are you two boyfriend and girlfriend yet?

No. Soon hopefully.

I knew you couldn't do it. I am so going to win this bet!

I can and I will. You'll see. After I finished my conversation with Adam through text messaging Clare asked me who it was.

"Adam." She nodded her head.

"What did he want?" She asked.

"Why?" I said with a harsh tone. A lot harsher then I liked.

"Well, I just thought you wouldn't mind me asking since we are dating but you don't have to tell me if you don't want to." She said innocently.

"Clare," I started but she continued,

"No, it's fine. I get it. It's not like I'm your girlfriend so it doesn't matter."

"Well do you want to be my girlfriend or what?" I asked. I immediately regretted how that came out. Clare had a look of disbelief on her face.

"Is that your way of asking me?" She asked.

"No. That's not how it was supposed to come out." I say.

"Oh okay good." I couldn't tell if she was being sarcastic or not. I smiled at her.

"Well do you want to be?" I asked like I should have the first time.

"Let me think…NO!" She replied.

"What? Why not? I thought you liked me." I stated confused.

"I do. But- but obviously you don't care enough about me to ask in a proper way. So my answer is no. Now if you would be so kind as to leave my house. I would appreciate it."She says as she walks to her room door and opens it.

"I'm sorry, Clare." I tell her. She just uses her hand and shows me the way out. I leave her house feeling like a total jerk. I guess I did deserve the rejection though.

Clare's POV

I don't believe what just happened. Is he really that insensitive? I wonder if it had something to do with the text Adam sent him. I needed girl advice so I called Alli over for a sleepover. Of course she said yes. She should actually be here any second now. As if on cue I heard the doorbell ring. I went to go answer it but saw that my mother already had.

"Oh Alli! It is so nice to see you again! It's been a while. Please come in!" She greeted.

"Thanks Ms. Edwards! It's good to see you too!" Alli responded.

"Clare is…" She trailed off so I said,

"Right here. We'll be in my room, Mom."

"Okay. You girls have fun! And don't stay up too late! It is a school night." She said.

"Got it! Goodnight, Mom!" I then dragged Alli up the stairs to my room.

"Easy there. Now what's up? Did something happen with Eli?" She knows me so well.

"How did you know?" I ask.

"Honey, on the phone you said you needed girl advice and how you sounded was upset. And I know for a fact that Eli was over here earlier today. If I'm not mistaken he is the only person you saw today. So what happened?" She's so smart. I love that about her!

"Okay. Well, we were in my room studying." She gave me a look. "What?" I asked.

"Studying? Clare, I'm not your mother." She said. I laughed and replied,

"Well, I was trying to study. He had other ideas though."

"Oh La La!" She sang in a flirty voice. I glare at her.

"So all of a sudden he starts tickling me and he wouldn't stop. So to stop him I kissed him. We kissed a little but then he started tickling me again. He did that until his phone beeped a couple minutes later. He had gotten a text from Adam. When I asked him what Adam had wanted he gave me a simple why. I told him that since we are dating I thought he wouldn't mind me asking but if he didn't want to tell me that that was fine." She stopped me right there.

"I don't understand how this is a problem. Maybe what Adam texted Eli was private and Eli wasn't supposed to tell anybody, including you. Yes I do agree that Eli should have said it in a nicer way but-" I cut her off this time.

"Alli."

"Hm?"

"I haven't even told you my problem yet." I stated. She blushed and muttered an,

"Oh." I giggle at her and continue,

"So then I said that I understood and since I'm not his girlfriend he shouldn't feel obligated to tell me anything. Then he said this. And I quote Well do you want to be my girlfriend or what."

"What? Oh my! That boy! Then what happened?" She exclaimed.

"Well then I said no and he was trying to apologize but I kicked him out." I told her.

"You go girl!" Alli screamed.

"Everything all right up there?" My mother yelled.

"Yes." We yelled back in unison.

Eli's POV *The Next Morning*

"I really screwed this up." I told Adam.

"Well, fix it!" He said then skipped away. All day long I have been trying to come up with ideas to get Clare to be my girlfriend. Number one: APOLOGIZE! I made my way to English and noticed that I was the last one to show up.

I got it! I know how I can get Clare's forgiveness and for her to become my girlfriend! I made my way to Ms. Dawes and told her that I needed to make an announcement. She nodded in approval.

"Everybody! Can I have everybody's attention?" Clare looked into my eyes and I smirked at her.

"I was a jerk yesterday. I made a huge mistake and I admit that. I really hope she forgives me because I would really like her to be my girlfriend." I say to everyone. Clare blushes as I made my way over to her.

"Clare, I should have done it like this before. I like you a lot. You make me so happy and I would love to be able to call you mine. So Clare will you be my girlfriend?" I asked in a voice so that only her and I could hear.

"Yes." She whispers and then I kiss her on the lips.

"You two are adorable but I do need to start class." Ms. Dawes says with a huge smile on her face. We laugh and nod at her as we take our seats. I smirk at her even though I know she can't see me since I'm behind her. I reach around her and take her hand in mine. She interlaces our fingers and gives my hand a nice gentle squeeze. We stayed like this for the rest of the class.

Cute, right? And I made it longer! So let me know what you think in a review! Until next week! ReViEw!