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Chapter 5: Our Night
"The View… it's so… beautiful." She told me.
"But I know someone who is more beautiful than that." I replied.
"Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!" The school bell went.
"Oh no! We're gonna be late! Cliff, we've got to hurry." She said, extremely worried.
"Don't worry, Claire. We still have ten minutes until we start. Let's start moving now…" I said, hoping to calm her down.
"Yeah, you're probably right. Um—Cliff, are you okay? You argued with Celia earlier. I just wondered" she told me.
"Uh…yeah. That was nothing. I didn't really mean all of those stuff I had just said." I said.
I really meant all of it. I… I was afraid to tell her how I feel… Claire, I love you.
We headed to our class… it was our third period.
"Uh, I hate school." Celia murmured.
We took our seats, listening to the teacher, time-by-time. It was so boring.
A few periods passed, we were so happy that we were finally able to be dismissed. I was called back for extra- school duties, so I wasn't able to walk Claire home. Besides, Gray seems to be taking care of her. Maybe he is in-love with Claire too. You'll never know unless you ask.
I finished my duties. I headed home. Without Claire, I'm so depressed. I threw my back unto the bed, slamming my fist through the wall.
Lucky Gray, I thought. He might be the first guy who ever met her parents!
I feel asleep on my bed, wanting it to be the next day I get to see Claire.
I want to see her. I want to see her right now.
"Ring! Ring! Ring!" alarmed my telephone.
It woke me up. It made me mad.
"Hello?!" I shouted.
"Um—Cliff? Is this you?" a soft voice spoke.
"Claire?" I asked.
"Um—is this a wrong time," she spoke, softly, "You were mad when you answered the phone."
"Oh… no, I'm not mad… So, why'd you call?" I questioned.
"Um—Can I come over and study with you?" she asked.
I thumped my head. We have a test tomorrow?! Maybe I didn't notice that because I was staring at Claire.
"Um—y-yeah, sure, that'd be great." I replied, not knowing why.
"Okay. Thank you. I can really count on you. Thank you, Cliff." She replied.
"You're welcome. You're very welcome." I said, as I blushed.
"Bye." She said as she put down the phone.
"I love you." I whispered.
I waited a few minutes till she came. I set up a table, with a lot of paper, pencils and pens.
"DING DONG" The doorbell rang. I ran down as fast as I could. Before I could reach it, my dad answered the door.
"Oh, hello." He said.
"Hello, sir. Is Cliff home?" she asked.
"Oh, so you're Cliff's girlfriend?" he said, I started to hide towards the wall to listen to her answer.
She suddenly turned red and said, "Um—no, sir."
She sounded like a military soldier.
"Dad!" I shouted, hoping her ashamed feelings would brush away.
"Oh… Cliff, your girlfriend's here." He teased.
"Dad." I said, blushing.
"Um, sir, I came here to study with him. May I come in?" she asked.
"Son, you never told me you have a girlfriend." He teased once more.
"Um, dad, we're going up now." I said, relieving my embarrassment.
"I'm watching you two." He said, teasing me once again.
We went up the stairs, leading up to my room.
We sat beside the table.
"Looks like you were all prepared." She said, joking.
"Yeah, since I knew that you were coming." I said.
We studied for three hours.
"Claire…" I said, redeeming my smile.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Thank you…" I said.
"Why?" she asked.
The atmosphere was getting more silent, more quiet.
"You… always being there for me." I said.
I pushed my lips towards hers. I pressed it.
It felt so great, so nice, so right.
Suddenly my young brother barged in the room. He was laughing.
We both got ashamed and embarrassed at each other.
"I—I'm sorry, Claire!" I replied.
"Cliff and Claire sitting on a tree…K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" he said.
He was right. I mean, we did kiss.
"I—I'm sorry to Cliff!" she apologized.
She looked at me through the eyes and said, "See you in school."
"Cliff, you have a girlfriend?" my brother asked.
"N—no! She's not my girlfriend!" I shouted, blushing.
It seemed so hard for me to say that to him.
Claire packed her things saying, "Thank you…"
As soon as I noticed it, she was gone. She left.
-------To Be Continued-------