After a long delay, I return to you with Chara. Some continuous developing feelings, some confusion, some normalcy, some relatable things, some contemplation. All in a day's work. And considering I actually do have glasses, this chapter comes a lot from personal experience. Though...not, at the same time. I don't know. Whatever.

Glasses

"Ugh!" The girl slammed the door to her locker.

I eyed her. "What?" I asked cautiously.

"I went to the eye doctor last night, and I have to get glasses."

I shrugged. "At least it will help with your whole 'nerdy' look."

Clara glared at me. "Oh really? And what about you, Mr. Valedictorian?"

"My vision is perfect."

"I'm guessing that's because you had a little help." She smirked.

"I guess. I don't know really. I've never thought about it."

The bell rang, and we went to our separate classes. I couldn't get that thought out of my mind though. Would my vision really be perfect if I didn't have my bionics? What exactly did my bionics help with? What would happen if I didn't have them? Who would I be? The questions kept gnawing at me all day.

I voiced them to Clara at lunch. I half-expected her to laugh and think I was joking or say I was overthinking things as usual. But she looked serious. "Chase, dwelling on things like that won't help. Trust me, I've done it before, and all it did for me was give me a migraine. It's good if you're prepared for anything if something like that ever does happen or whatever, but don't let it eat you up."

I nodded. "That seems sensible. Thanks. You always know what to say."

"Well, if I didn't, you probably wouldn't have come to me."

It felt like my face was turning red, and I hoped I wasn't really blushing. I hadn't come to her just for advice. Well, that wasn't the whole reason. The truth was that I liked talking to Clara and just being with her. That shouldn't be weird, but it always felt awkward or something when I thought about wanting to be with her, even as just a friend. I still wasn't sure what my feelings were about her. Everything was just jumbled up inside. And if we ever did go out or anything, it might ruin our friendship, and I couldn't stand it if that happened. We helped each other. That was it. At least, for now.

"So, what do your glasses look like?" I asked, trying to change the subject.

"You'll see." She looked at me slyly.

I sighed. That didn't sound good. At all.

"Ta-da!"

I turned around. It had been a day since Clara had announced she was getting glasses.

"Do you like them?" She brushed a strand of hair away from her face shyly.

"Uh…yeah. They look great." I didn't know what to say. Clara's glasses were simple enough. They had thick black frames and looked just like the typical 'nerd' glasses.

"Are these 'nerdy' enough for you?"

"Yeah, sure." I was still a bit in shock. She looked exactly like I imagined her in glasses. She actually looked kind of cute in them, kind of…normal.

"Well, I'm going to class. You'd better pick your jaw off the floor and do the same." She grinned and was gone.

I had no idea what to think, what to feel. She had made me, the smartest man on Earth, not able to think straight. She just had that effect on me. I don't know why though.

So, I just shrugged and walked to class, leaving it at that.

Casey Storm: Thank you. I'm trying to keep it as real as possible. With two depressed teenagers and one being a bionic superhuman. Ikr? Love takes time, people.

LovelyInspiration: Fair enough. I totally want them together too (obviously), but I think that with them both being emotionally hurt, they're more likely to take it very slowly and carefully. But they do care for each other; they're just afraid. And yeah, she isn't really into the whole "dating everything under the sun" thing or whatever, and I guess that would be intimidating or at least a reason to pause. I think they're just trying to get the best friends thing under control before they go into a relationship. They both are very similar and have gone through a lot of the same things, which does make them very relatable to each other and compatible. They would probably never stop helping one another, even if they never dated or broke up. They're just too good of friends; they're relationship as people is just too deep. Here it is!

HawaiianChick12: Interesting... I'll think about it.

Dirtkid123: Side of angst coming up soon!