Hola:D I actually somewhat like this chapter...:D I have to thank ThatPrettyStare for helping me out. Without her this chapter wouldn't be as good. The start of this chapter is the last chapter in Eli's POV and than has an add on part :D read and review pleaseeee:D

Eli's POV.

After class, I was walking with Clare to lunch making some small talk about her first day. I looked over at Alli who was throwing her hands in the air trying to gain Clare's attention. I couldn't stop myself from busting out laughing. Alli glared at me wondering why I was laughing, but I couldn't get any comprehensible words out.

Alli just scowled at me and dragged Clare away to a table. I was still stifling laughter as Adam approached me.

"What's got you so giddy?" Adam asked.

"Alli " I replied simply, still laughing a bit. "She does does the silliest things..."

"Why do you insist on always messing with her?" I thought back to all the times that I had made fun of her and her antics. It was almost too easy to get under her skin.

"Also, what is going on with you and Clare?" Adam said, eyebrow quirked. "You never latch on to girls this fast."

I honestly wasn't sure about the whole Clare thing. I couldn't deny the fact that I was attracted to her. She was cute, smart, and funny, but I didn't think she liked me. Probably because it was so soon? But there was something there...a spark.

"I don't know dude. I think I like her and all, but I doubt that she likes me back," I turned around and noticed Clare sitting with Carly and Alli. I was just looking at Clare when Adam started chuckling.

"Come on dude, I think Carly is aware that you are staring at her sister...sometimes that girl is too smart for her own good," Adam snapped me out of my trance and we got up. We only moved a far enough to where they couldn't see us, but we could still see them.

Adam was going on about one of the new comics out, but I was too busy paying attention to Clare. Suddenly her face scrunched up as if she was thinking hard about something, then she just ran out of the cafeteria crying.

"What the hell just happened to Clare?" Adam asked. Without answering I stood up and headed over to where Carly and Alli were sitting, Adam trailing not to far behind. I could tell that Alli was still pissed at me for laughing at her, but that had to be the least of my worries.

"Why did Clare just run out crying?" I didn't mean to sound like I was blaming them, but Adam still gave me a "what the hell" look. I don't think that either of the girls noticed that, though.

Carly was the one who decided to speak up. "I don't know, Alli just asked her why she moved here and that happened." I had only one goal in mind at the moment, and that would be to find out what was going on with Clare.

I mumbled a quick thanks before walking out of the cafeteria in pursuit of Clare. I ran through the halls calling her name, but had no luck finding her. I was about to give up completely when in the distance, I could faintly hear crying coming from an empty classroom.

"Clare?" I walked into the room and found Clare sitting on a desk, wiping her face. Her eyes were red and puffy and seemed to say that she didn't want to talk, but I wasn't one to walk away from a friend.

"Why are you crying Clare? Please tell me. I don't care if I have to sit here all day; I'm not going to leave until you talk." She shyly lifted her head in my direction and began to speak.

"Last year I met a guy named K.C.. I thought that we were destined to be together. He started out as one of my best friends, and I slowly started falling for him. K.C. had to be the nicest guy I had ever met."

"On the night of the biggest school dance I decided to surprise him," Clare continued. "When I got to his house I noticed all the lights were on but he wasn't answering the door. I walked over to his living room window, and I saw," her voice cracked, and I noticed that tears were threatening to fall down her face. Before I could tell her that she didn't need to go on, her quiet voice broke the silence. "I saw him making out with my best friend. Saying that I was upset would have been a major understatement. I ran and ran trying to get as far away as possible. With all the rain pouring that night, honestly, I couldn't tell if I was crying or not."

"While I was running a guy I knew from school blocked my way. I could tell that he was drunk, so I tried to get past him, but he pushed me down. He was telling me how struggling would just make it worse. But when e heard police sirens coming down the road, and he freaked out and left. The next day when I arrived to school everyone was calling me slut and whore. My best friend pulled me aside, yelling at me. Apparently the guy from that night had told everyone that he had had sex with me."

She looked up at me. "I couldn't handle it anymore Eli that's why I left. I just needed a new start." She looked so broken, and I couldn't help feeling like I had to go punch this guy in the face. Tears were now freely falling down her face. I gently lifted my hand, and wiped them away with my thumb. I didn't know what to say so I just wrapped Clare into a hug. We stayed in the comfortable silence until the bell rang. Clare quickly stood up but before she could leave I grabbed her elbow.

"If you need anything I'm here for you. I can't change what happened, but I can assure that I won't ever let it happen again." She looked up into my eyes. They told me the words that she couldn't say. As she walked away I knew that I had to do everything in my power to help her.