Author's Note: Hello. I've really began to like this story. It has a lot of compassion in it. To those who review, thank you. To those who review a number of time, THANK YOU SO MUCH! P.S. on chapter 5, Cliff's Dad came to visit him in Mineral Town.

Chapter 7: Claire: Both of Us

I was in the clinic with Gray, there, stood a young man wearing a doctor's coat.

"Um… Hello." I said, as he looked disturbed.

"Yes. Is something the matter?" he asked, confused.

"Are—Are you a doctor?" I asked, hopelessly.

"No, I'm the doctor's part-time high school assistant. I just hope to be a doctor soon. Pardon me, I'm Trent, and you are?" he inquired.

"Oh. Um, yeah, I'm Claire. Over there," I said, pointing to Gray, "He's my classmate, how's he doing?" I asked.

"He's just fine. He's under pressure. But I prefer taking him somewhere with fresh air." He replied.

"Will the beach do?" I asked.

"That's the best place there is. They said, water bring s out the best fresh air." He replied.

Tonight is the Fireworks Festival. I hope that we'll enjoy it there.

I hope that he gets better soon, cause I'm really going to miss him.

A few minutes were passing, just four more hours until the fireworks festival starts.

"Claire," Gray said, as I was getting closer, "Claire, ask Trent if I could leave already."

"Oh. Yeah. It is getting late." I replied.

We headed home. But, Gray, again, walked me home.

As we were walking, a sudden conversation came up.

"Um—Claire?" he asked, "Are you… dating Cliff?"

"Uh… I guess so. I mean, I am dating you too. So yeah, I guess that I'm dating you both." I replied.

We finally arrived at my house.

"Yes!" I answered, filled with joy and excitement.

It was already 6 o'clock. I was looking for a great dress to wear. There were so many to choose from. I finally got to choose one. I saw one pink- colored dress that had little frills one the bottom, it was a sleeve-less dress that was kinda called a "spaghetti dress" because the strips were like spaghetti.

I waited for a few more minutes.

"Hey, Claire, I heard that you have a date with Gray. Want me to fix up your hair?" Celia asked.

"Um, yeah, sure." I replied.

There, I saw her pull out a hair iron. She straightened up my hair. I wore a lot of beautiful jewelry and I hope that it catches Gray's eyes.

I waited again, and again.

"Ding Dong!" The doorbell rang.

Celia answered the door looking all impressed at Gray.

"I didn't know that a man like you could dress up fine." She teased.

"Heh, yeah. Where's Claire? I'm here to pick her up." He replied

"Yeah. She's upstairs." Celia replied.

When I heard that, I knew that it was my signal to step out of my room.

I walked down the stairs acting like a total princess, which I'm not.

"You… look," Gray said, speechless, "Words can't describe how beautiful you look right now."

We headed off to the beach; waiting for the fireworks to start.

"I helped out here." Gray chatted.

"Wow, Gray, this is amazing." I replied.

"Claire, you're the amazing one." He replied back.

I froze myself; feeling my heart pound like wildfire. We both suddenly became speechless.

"Wow, I've never seen anything more amazing than the fireworks here." I started.

"I've never met anyone who could make me feel cared or loved. I've never met anyone right. I've never met anyone like you," He replied, "I must be the luckiest man in the world to ever be with you."

I gazed into his eyes, I got lost in it.

We held hands while watching, enjoying the view, and everything.

All of the words that he said to me made me freeze me to red. We gazed into each others' eyes. Suddenly, he pushed his lips against mine, relieving the silence.

My heart was beating fast again, making me turn red, happy and relaxed.

All my pains had just brushed away…

It just fell so, relaxing, so happy, so amazing.