Eli was in his house now, the one he shared with Clare and Adam he wasn't sure how he had gotten there what Clare said was hurting him so he wished to be somewhere else and he was, he was home. This house felt different somehow empty even though everything was still in place. He crept slowly up the stairs looking at the pictures Clare had hung up along the wall, he stopped to look at the picture of them from this past Christmas. Eli had his arms wrapped around Clares waist holding her close to him, she looked up at him with so much love in those blue eyes of hers he couldn't count how many times he had found himself lost inside of them, he ached to be looking in them right now.

He heard a faint noise coming from upstairs that puzzled him, no one should be here right now. He just left Clare at the hospital so it couldn't be her. When he reached the top of the stairs he heard it again, it sounded like the ocean but they lived a good thirty minutes from the beach you couldn't hear it from here. He walked down the hallway and water from the beach sloshed under the door, Eli shook his head where was he..this wasn't really his house...it couldn't be. He put his hand on the door knob and turned it opened it was dark and when he peered into the door, he saw them. A seventeen year old Eli and newly sixteen year old Clare out for a moonlight picnic on the beach to celebrate her now 1 am curfew.

They were standing along the shoreline he watched his younger self hold a younger Clares hand nervous and he remembered how they had been together just a few days over a year. He was so nervous to make it that far into a relationship or to be this in love with someone. He watched them embrace and share a few soft kisses before he had to turn away and shut the door behind him. When he looked back into the hallway it seemed much longer, there were more door. Eli took in a long breath he was afraid to open them and see what else awaited him.

(Meanwhile,Clare)

Clare sat at the kitchen table her books lay open and she chewed on her pencil trying to concentrate on the passage before her. She read over it over ten times by now but it wasn't sinking in, how could anything ever sink in again? She didn't understand what was happening around her, she was hoping to wake up from this nightmare find Eli curled up next to her and Adam down the hall in his room. She expected to hear them coming through the door at any second laughing about something, or down the hall fighting over games but nothing it was dead silent.

"Damn it" She muttered under her breath, she rubbed her temples trying to keep her mind busy was harder then she thought. Clare snapped her head up when she heard keys in the door, maybe she was dreaming. She was about to get up and run to the door when the person came into view she sighed, no she wasn't dreaming. Alli walked over and sat down at the table cradling baby Nadia in her arms. Clare gave her a small smiled and gestured to her books, Alli shook her head putting her hand over Clares patting it gently.

"Tell me what happened, Your texts confused me from before. You said Eli is dead...but not really"

"Hes dead..Adams not..Adam is in Eli now..a step in" Clare choked out and the tears began to fall again as she remembered how she pushed Eli away. She could only hope he had crossed over into the light and was happy now, at peace somehow that's all she wanted for him at this point.

"Wow...Where is Eli now? Is he here?" Alli asked.

"No of course not..I told him to go away.." Clare whispered.

"You what?"

"I had to Alli, souls don't belong here, I told you this.."

"But Clare..."

"Don't say it Alli" she wiped more tears from her eyes.

"I'm sorry but you're meant to be Clare..almost married there has to be a way" Alli said it softly.

"If there is I don't know what it is or where Eli is..." she put her head in her hands shaking her head as Alli bounced Nadia gently in her lap. It was at that moment Clare wondered where her loving Fiance was and if there was something she could do to get him back, she would give up everything to have him back.

"Darcy said she was going to stop by Clare" Alli finally spoke after they had been sitting in silence for a while.

"Tell her not to, I really don't want to see anyone right now. I just I need to figure this out" She spoke softly keeping her gaze down at the table.

(Eli)

"Eli" He heard a familiar voice call and he turned his mouth dropping open to see a fifteen year old Julia standing before him. She looked exactly how he remembered her, dark hair, eyes and dressed in black. He kind of chuckled looking at her she even still wore that same peeved expression on her face. He walked over to her and smiled softly.

"Julia, Wow" he smiled and the the guilt he had always felt hit him and he frowned.

"Don't you dare feel guilty Eli, just don't that's stupid. I want to throw things at you when I was watching over you" she shook her head and Eli just smiled, yep she was still very much Julia.

"Its weird seeing you older though, I must admit" she continued and Eli nodded.

"Weird seeing you at all" He smirked looking around noticing he was still standing in his house.

"Yeah, well I have a purpose here Eli and there isn't a lot of time so just listen, okay?" Eli only nodded he knew Julia was not the type of person you argued with, especially when she was on a mission to get something done.

"There is a way to fix everything, But Clare has to find the right steps she will shes smart and really loves you. I wish I knew what it was, then I'd tell you, or go tell her myself. I'm sure she wouldn't mind seeing me again" Julia gave him a soft smile and looked around like she was looking for something

in particular.

"Again, you've seen Clare before?" He asked raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I've talked to her a couple times, but don't be mad she didn't tell you. I asked her not to, its just I watched her one time have these major doubts about you guys and I couldn't let her leave you" Julia looked back at Eli with a soft sigh.

"Wow.. I don't know what to say Julia but thank you. I'd be so lost without her" He smiled softly and bit his lip, that must be what Clare feels right now,lost. His stomach twisted in pain thinking about everything she was going though, like he had felt when Julia died.

"I know Eli, I know. She's your soul mate even if I had stayed alive through that night we would've stayed broken up. I checked" she let out a small laugh.

"How do you even check? I think I have a lot to learn" Eli shook his head, this whole thing was confusing he was starting to wonder if he was hallucinating.

"Well you have to make it to Heaven for that to happen, to check I mean" She waved her hand in a never mind motion "I wasn't meant to live past that age, either way. I just feel bad I had to go on you, that you went through such hell" Eli looked at the floor then back up at her with a small smile.

"Look Julia, I loved you so much. Even if I went through hell I don't think I'd change anything about my life. I loved my time with you and I love being with Clare but I can't tell you how good it is to know you don't blame me" He let out of a sigh of relief for the first time he felt completely guilt free from Julia's death.

"I know Eli, I know you. And Cece was right, I did just want you to be happy. Its why I sent you Clare in the first place. Ms. Dawes didn't get that idea on her own you know " Julia smirked and Eli had to laugh it was just like her to manipulate a situation to work in her favor.

"What else have you done for me Jules?" Eli asked it was nice to talk to her again, he had missed her. He knew he always will she was a big part of shaping him into who he is.

"That's about it, I just I knew you were miserable and I knew she was your soul mate. You would of met eventually but I just sped up the process that's all" She shrugged and smiled at him. "Its good to see you happy Eli, really"

"Do you ever wish it was you Julia?" Eli wasn't sure why he was asking, mainly out of curiosity he guessed.

"I did, but not anymore. I mean we were good Eli but we weren't right for each other now that I think about it. But like you I don't regret my life, glad you were first love all of the sappy shit you know I hate" She laughed and Eli rolled his eyes.

"But seriously, shut up. I told you there isn't a lot of time and we're just going to make sure Clare and Adam is okay" Julia spoke softly.

"Wait, can I ask what this replica of my house is? And Adam is dead to me" Eli spat those last words out harshly.

Julia turned and scowled at him "Don't say that Eli! He doesn't know any better, this step in case is different he stepped into your life because your body was getting ready to pull you back the same time he went in, things got confusing he really does think he is you" She placed her hand on her hips and Eli's mouth felt open, he felt like such an ass for assuming Adam would ever back stab him like that.

"He has no recollection of Adam but he needs to find himself soon, if he doesn't his soul will battle it out until there is nothing left and not only will Adam be destroyed but you too. It will be like you are both dead and I just won't let that happen to you or him"

Eli was amazed at how much Julia was doing for him, they never had the perfect relationship when she was alive. They fought constantly, had sex before either of them were ready but he knew they had loved each other then. He would always care for her and after this he would owe her everything, she was doing everything she could to fix his life.

"Oh and this house well its like your memories, you know you can walk back on certain moments of your life but you can do that later, like I said right now we're going to see Clare and Adam" She grabbed his sleeve dragging him along. Eli only smiled at her it was different to feel her touch again "Hey Jules, thank you really" he smiled softly at her. She rolled her eyes nodding her head at him "You're such a sap now, thank god we aren't dating"

Eli could only laugh as he followed her out the steps of this house and into pure darkness. He looked around confused by the whole thing but Julia seemed to know where she was going. There was honestly nothing around them just pure darkness, it was kind of eerie even for his taste. She pulled him off to the side and suddenly they were at the hospital, watching Adams body hooked up to all the machines. His pulse looked like it had been the same just barely stable. His face was wrapped up in so many bandages, cuts and bruises all over him, Eli has a hard time looking at him. The tears started to swell he was feeling guilty again for everything, Julia, Clare, Adam, the fact that he thought Adam would double cross him like that...this.

"Hey" Julia put her hand gently on his shoulder. "Its alright, I only brought you here first because I wanted you to know, he made it through all those surgeries" she smiled gently. "Once we can get his soul back in there he'll wake up again" Eli gulped thinking that to everyone else he was in a coma, but he was actually just laying their soulless.

He wished her pep talk had helped but it didn't he still felt guilty, because wherever he went troubled seemed to follow. Only now he brought that on the people that he loved, and it was killing him. He looked at Julia and bit down on his lip before speaking "What if I don't want to fix this Julia, what if I just leave and never come back? Maybe they'd be better off.."

AN: First I am super sorry its taken me this long to write the next chapter but I had majors writers block and this chapter isn't even that good, there are probably a lot of typos so I apologize now. Hopefully the next one will be much better, does anyone have predictions on what is going to happen? I would love to hear them. Oh one last thing, I got this review saying this story was stupid and to put Eli and Adam back in their bodies I don't like that you wrote Eli off or something like that. WELL I don't mind constructive criticism but that one was rude (Yet I laughed at the review guess that makes me rude too :p) and that person had it all wrong, who said Eli was gone forever? As you can see he is in this chapter. Just don't jump the gun guys okay. Okayy so now leave me some reviews please and thank you