Hey-o! Chapter 7 is finished and i didn't want to go to bed tonight until i finished this chapter. So this chapter is shorter but something significant happens. I've decided that i will just use you and your again just because its easier for all of us. This is pretty much some Eclare fluff.

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ChapterSeven

Faded flowers in your hand

The best that I could do

Be the one and only, wait for me

Will you be, be the one and only

Clare's P.O.V

I saw a horse pulling a carriage with someone on it. I couldn't make out who exactly it was because there were a lot of people surrounding them. I knew it was a man, though, because I saw all the ladies swoon over him.

I rolled my eyes.

"Ugh it's probably one of the suitors coming early or something. Can you just go chase him away or something?" I tell Jake as I start walking back to my bed.

"Clare, I think you should personally go tell him that you're not interested. It'll mean more coming from you. If I tell him, he will stop at nothing to talk to you." Jake answered all the while keeping his eyes glued to the occurrence happening outside.

I groaned. He did have a point there. If I didn't go, the suitor will keep bothering me. I walk out of my bedroom and down the stairs to the front entrance of the castle. I hear Jake's footsteps behind me.

Maybe I should just accept this suitor's offer and just marry him. I would make everyone's life easier. My mother would be happy, Jake would be happy, the suitor would be happy. EVERYONE would be happy except me, but hey, that's the life of a princess, right?

As soon as I was close enough, I heard what the people were saying.

"Who's he?" "Where is he from?" "He is very handsome." I scoff inwardly at some of the comments I heard.

"I'm sorry but I'm here to see the princess. Excuse me. Coming through. Pardon me." I heard a voice say. He sounded kind of familiar.

I tried to look over the crowd to see where the voice came from. With curiosity taking over me, I motioned to a guard. I needed to get a closer look.

"Move aside! Princess Clare Martin coming through!" yelled the guard, Jonathan. Usually, I would argue about having this special treatment but I'll make an exception. I guess being a princess has its few perks. Everyone instantly turned around and made a passageway for me to get through. Their eyes widened and they bowed down as I passed by them.

That's when I saw him. He wore white dress pants, a red blazer with golden designs on the shoulder, a white dress shirt underneath the blazer, and brown boots. I am astounded.

"Eli? What are you doing here?" I asked, confused as to why he would be on a carriage and why he was looking for me. Instead of answering my question, Eli jumped off the carriage, handed me a bouquet of daises, which are my favorite flowers, and knelt before me. He took my hand and kissed it ever so gently. I felt shivers run up and down my body.

W-what is he doing?

He took out a little brown journal book and broke eye contact with me and looked down to read the words in it. He rubbed the back of my hand with his thumb as he began to speak.

"Clare

My princess, my queen, my love

Your eyes, as blue as the ocean that God created, stare deep into my soul

They are a window to your heart

I see your joy, your pain, your misery, and your anger in those sapphires of yours

Your smile is like a ray of the sun that without it, I would die in darkness

It enlightens everyone's day with just a tug of your lips

Clare

A name so pure and honest

Its meaning describes you as beautiful and perfect

You and you alone can make me smile and swoon

You are a gift from above

Sent to protect and to love the people who surround you

Clare

That is the name of someone whom I love."

I saw his face the whole time he read me his poem and all I saw in his eyes was pure love and lust.

There is a dark blush on my face and a tear slips down my rosy pink cheeks. I tightly hold the flowers he gave me and sniffed their sweet scent. Eli is probably the sweetest man alive. I can't believe someone would go through this much trouble for me. It's like we're the only two people in the world. I then come back to reality and remember all the people from the village surrounding us. I hear all the girls and women saying 'awww' and being all gushy about what just happened.

I turn to look at Eli and a smile breaks out. I open my mouth to say something but then remember that what I need to say to Eli must be in private. I lean into Eli and whisper in his ear.

"Meet me in the garden at the bench by the fountain."

And then I turn to leave.

Eli's P.O.V

I sigh in content. I took a risk and I don't regret it at all. Remind me to thank Adam later. I need to go to the garden to hear Clare's thoughts on it all. Although, I think it will be positive, judging by her smile and the tear of joy.

I sat at the bench near the large fountain at the middle of the garden. I smile at the memories we've shared together on this specific bench. This is where I first decided that I loved Clare and that I wanted to be with her. We shared laughs and tears on this bench. We almost kissed on this bench as well.

I snapped out of the world of memory lane as Clare approached me with a smile on her face. As she got closer, I could feel my hands get sweaty and my heart beats quicken their pace. I hope that Clare will always have this effect on me.

She stopped in front of me and I stood up. Her smile had disappeared. I grew worried and a bit confused. Clare then slapped my arm with force and I flinched. Geez, this woman is violent.

"Ouch! What was that for? Need I remind you that I appeared on a carriage dressed as a prince and handed you a bouquet of flowers while I knelt on one knee and recited you a poem written from the bottom of my heart, expressing my feelings for you?!" I said with a smirk forming on my lips.

"That's for making me think that you didn't like me and making me feel like a pathetic looser. But I think that what you did for me was very romantic and wonderful. Nobody has ever done anything that extravagant for me." There's that contagious smile of hers.

"Aaaaand what's my reward for that?" I ask suggestively.

"Would a 'thank you' suffice?" She said with a mischievous smirk.

"Mmmm…" I pretended to be deep in thought. "Nope." I said; a chuckle escaping my lips and a giggle was heard from her as well.

"Well the last two times I tried to make a move, it didn't work out very well." Clare replied holding up her index and middle fingers, indicating the number two.

"Well in that case…" I smirked as I leaned in. I saw the longing and desire in her blue eyes and I couldn't help but tease this beauty in front of me. Just as I was about to kiss her pink plump lips, I stopped.

"What's the matter, blue eyes? Is this the moment you've been waiting for since the day you laid eyes on me?" I whispered and chuckled huskily.

That must have drove Clare over the edge because before I knew it, she smashed her lips onto mine.

Clare's P.O.V

He just loves to tease me. I couldn't take it anymore. I needed to taste his lips on mine. At first, it was needy and passionate, but then it became sweet and slow. I felt something inside me grow warm and fuzzy and instantly, I knew that this was love. This is what I've dreamt of since I was little. This is my future. Eli is my future. Not being queen, not ruling a kingdom, not marrying a stranger. This is what I want. This is what I need.

Oooooo. What will happen next? Review. I love ya!