Hey everyone! I just wanted to say thank you for reading and reviewing! You guys made me smile :) Anyways, thank you for my RP friend to give me the idea of this whole story and also, a big thank you for my lovely Beta Reader, The Cliffhanger Girl, (: She helped me with this chapter and helped edit it and added some details, so thank you. Also, you all need to go read her stories, she is an amazing writer and her stories are amazing as well :)

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Chapter 2-

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Clare woke up, sleeping next to Jake, her head leaning on his bare
chest with his arm wrapped loosely around her waist. She looked around
her room, but, she couldn't help but feel as if something was different.

Something isn't right.

Clare carefully got out of bed, trying her best not to wake her
peaceful looking boyfriend, Jake. Clare turned back to look at Jake,
but jumped when she saw herself, still lying there in Jake's arms.

How is this possible?

Clare hesitantly walked over to him, but, suddenly the scenery changed.

There was cars moving quickly passed her, not one beeping or trying to
alarm her to get out of the way of their speeding cars. Clare was
glancing around, her heart racing faster than her body could keep up
with, as she kept looking around, in search of a way out.

She was terrifed.

She tried running across the street, but that didn't help either. She
looked around, tears falling down her cheeks, having no idea what was
happening to her. Clare yelled, quickly falling to her knees.

When her soft knees hit the cold, hard pavement, she hissed in pain.

Clare looked back up, hearing someone scream so loudly that the voice
had echoed her ears torturously. She didn't notice where she was until
she glanced around her surroundings, noticing that she was now in a
moving car.

"Clare, you can't tell anyone about this," the man yelled into the
phone.

Dad?

"I swear to god Clare, if you tell you are going to regret it," He
yelled again.

She looked around the car, only to see broken glass bottles all around
the moving car.

"Clare, you can't tell. I will ruin your life if you tell a one single
person," he threw his phone down and stepped on the gas, making the car
go flying down the street.

To say that Clare's heart was beating faster than is should and to say
that her blood pressure must have been way over the average, would be
an understatement.

"Dad stop!" She screamed, but her voice just echoed, he didn't hear her.

She placed her head in her hands, gripping her hair lightly and crying
so hard that she could hear her sobs echo through her ears. Clare
looked up, only to see her dad throw his head back and chuckle.

Clare couldn't help but look ahead to see blaring head lights flashing
at their car. She glanced around worryingly to see a small, red corvet
with a strange woman who had suspiciously pale skin and light brown
hair.

In an instant, Clare had gone from completely terrified to beyond
terrified and confused.

Clare closed her eyes tightly as she yelled at her dad to stop the car,
or to at least slow down.

She knew he couldn't hear her.

She tried, though.

Clare opened her eyes again, only to see police cars and ambulances
surrounding her, barely giving her a chance to breathe because of how
tightly compacted she was to the people.

People whom Clare did not know were rushing by her, trying to see what
happened. She ran over to the crowd and shoved roughly through
everyone. She kneeled down and closed her eyes tightly, wishing to not
be in this exact spot.

"No..." She said as she saw the broken, lifeless body of Mrs. Martin.

"No..." She whispered again, the tears rushing down her flushed cheeks.

What was happening?

She looked around and glared at the woman, her light brown hair and the
red corvert a few feet behind her. Clare's heart nearly stopped in her
chest and she kneeled down beside her.

Clare moved the hair out of her face as saw the bright green eyes that
she would never forget.

Clare jolted out of bed, screaming.

Tears were running down her face as she woke up from the terrifying
dream, her hands shaking from the intensity of the nightmare. The scary
part about every night terror she has, it feels so real.

"Clare!" Jake yelled as he tried to calm her down, tried to bring her
back to reality.

Although, reality wasn't even that much better than the nightmare.

He stood up and wrapped his arms around her, but she kept fighting him,
not wanting to feel comfort from Jake.

"Clare, it's me, Jake. Calm down, I'm right here," he said as he pulled
a tighter grip on her. Jake smiled to himself as she surrendered and he
felt her arms wrap around his lower body, griping tightly onto him.

She sobbed frantically in his arms, as Jake tried to quiet her down.

"Shh, it's okay," Jake whispered as he began to rub her back lightly.

"Clare, calm down. I'm here for you," Jake kissed the top of her head
and Clare slowly moved back to glance up at his caring green eyes.

She wiped her eyes, rubbing the tears away, although they will always
be there, and looked at him.

"I-I'm sorry I woke you. Let's just go back to sleep," she whispered
while lying back down on the bed, as if nothing had just happened and
she didn't just wake up from the most petrifying nightmare of her life.

"Clare, no. You're going to tell me what happened," Jake said pulling
on her arm to sit back up.

"We have school in the morning, can we please just talk later?" Clare
pleaded, her voice sounding scratchy from the screaming and crying.
Jake sighed and nodded before kissing Clare's cheek lightly and lying
back down, wrapping his arms tightly around Clare's slightly shooken up
body...

OOO

"Are you sure it worked?" Imogen asked for the tenth time, starting to
annoy Eli, as he shoved his books into his locker while rolling his
eyes.

"Yes, Immy. I gave her the note and I know how she gets when she's
upset," Eli said with an annoyed tone as he continued, as if to assure
Imogen, "When she's upset, she cracks and when she cracks, she gives
up."

"What are we going to do if they're still together?" Imogen asked,
doubting Eli's actions.

"Stop asking questions, if they're still together then we are just
going to post the article online, for the whole world to see," he said
with a devious smirk spreading across his face as he closed his locker.

"Now, that's the Eli I know," Imogen smiled while kissed him lightly
and pulling back slowly, as the school doors opened. Eli turned around
and his curled smile turned into a downward smirk.

"Are you serious?" He hissed lowly, as Jake and Clare walked hand in
hand inside the school.

Eli watched intently as Jake leaned down and kissed the top of her
head, and Clare smiled shyly while looking up at him. Jake gripped
Clare's hand, to only show her that he was and will always be here for
her.

Eli took a deep breath and closed his eyes, trying not to let out his
anger physically.

"Do you have the paper, Imogen?" Eli asked through gritted teeth.

"Um, yes!" Imogen smiled and dug through her bag to get the small piece
of paper. Eli smirked and unfolded it, still watching closely at Jake
and Clare, wondering why the hell the note didn't affect her.

Eli read over the note carefully.

Two People Die due to a Terrible Car Accident. July, 2004.

"Perfect. Immy, come over tonight, we have some work to do," he
ordered.

Eli smirked, knowing exactly what he was going to do. His plan was to
destroy Clare Edwards, to break her, to make the 'love of her life'
have nothing to do with her anymore.

His plan...no matter what, was going to work.

OOO

Clare had her English books spread across her bed as she glared down at
her confusing Chemistry assignment. Jake was staring at her intensely,
with that half smile that always made her melt inside.

"Dammit!" She yelled throwing her pen down on the bed.

"Why is this so difficult? I don't understand any of this," Clare said
running her fingers through her hair.

"Can I help you? I have an A in Chemistry, let me see," Jake stood up
and sat beside Clare, studying the paper she was working on.

"Ah, I see. All you have to do is make observations on what substances
do when you put them together or take them apart," Jake smiled and
handed her back the paper that seemed to be haunting her.

She glared at him, "Like, when you add acid and salt together. Didn't
she give you small examples of some of the substances you need to use?"
Jake asked leaning down to lay on his elbows for support.

"I don't feel like working on this anymore," she said while placing her
books on the floor next to her bed.

"What do you wanna do want to do now, then?" He asked smugly, smiling
at her every movement.

"I don't know, you tell me," she whispered while leaning down and
capturing his lips with hers.

Jake smiled at her as she moved onto the bed, straddling his hips. She
pushed him back onto the bed and placed both her hands on his chest for
support. Right when Clare was about to deepen the kiss, her phone
buzzed signaling that she had an incoming call.

"Aren't you going to get that?" Jake asked, breaking the kiss, looking
up into her eyes.

"Um, yeah..." Clare mumbled while reaching over and grabbing her phone.

"Hello? Hey Alli... Um, yeah... No I haven't... Slow down... Wait, Eli
did what?" Clare's eyes widened and she quickly moved off of Jake and
grabbed her laptop. She signed into FaceRange and clicked onto Eli's
profile, "Hey, Alli... I'm going to have to call you back." Clare told
her while quickly hanging up the phone before Alli could respond to her.

Clare read over the page that Eli posted, almost afraid to see what he
was up too.
She looked down his profile page, and stopped at a familiar headline.

"Two People Die due to a Terrible Car Accident, July 2004," Clare said
out loud.

"What is this?" She asked, talking to herself.

She quickly clicked on the link and it sent her to a page with pictures
of the accident, some of Mrs. Martin. Clare's eyes filled with tears as
she read the small captions on each picture that Eli certainly tweaked
to make it look more intense.

Clare eyed the page carefully and a certain thing caught her attention.

There was a small video, playing at the very bottom of the page. Clare
clicked on the video and Eli came up on the screen with that breath
taking smile Clare could never find the strength to get over.

"Hi. As you may know, I'm Eli Goldsworthy. And I want to tell you a
small story about a young couple with a dark and sad past," Eli's tone
was cold, with no emotion what so ever.

Jake shifted on the bed and looked at the screen.

"You all know the lovely Clare Edwards, right? Beautiful, smart,
everything in a small package. Well, she has something she's been
hiding for all these years. It's probably something that her precious
boyfriend would want to hear too," Clare looked at Jake and he shot her
a confused glare.

"Well, some of you may know that there was a terrible accident in July of
2004, and Jake Martin's mother was in the car, and died. Well, the
thing you all don't know is that the person who hit her was the one and
only, Clare's dad, Randall," Eli stated while clapping his hands
together, flashing that devilish smirk.

"Clare, what is he saying?" Jake said while looking at Clare, her eyes
were filled with tears as she was twiddling her cross necklace between
her fingers.

Is he seriously going there?

"Ah, yes. That's right, I said it. Her dad, Randall, cheated on Clare's
mom with Jake's mom and when she threatened Randall, he went crazy and
killed her. Randall called Clare and told her if she told anyone that
he was the one who killed her, that he would ruin her life. Isn't that
the real story Clare?"

Clare's body filled with anger as he said that last few words. Even
though it was the complete truth, Eli had no right to say this,
especially online, for everyone, including Jake, to see.

Eli practically told the whole school- the whole world what happened.
"C-Clare... is this true?" Jake asked nervously, his voice low.

Clare looked at him and closed her eyes.

"He threatened me, Jake. He hurt me emotionally and physically. He said
if I told anyone, he would make my life a living hell. I-I wanted to
tell you, I really did. I'm sorry..." Clare said, feeling the emotion
of depression hit her harder than a bowling ball to the chest.

She stood up from the bed quickly, walking into the bathroom as she
placed her back against the sink and wiped her eyes to erase all the
shedded tears. She heard her bathroom door open and she suddenly saw
Jake standing comfortably in the doorway.

"I'm not mad at you," He stated slowly and then looked at Clare, whose
face was creased with tears.

"You... you should be mad at me. I kept this from you for the longest
time. I lied to you, you have every right to be mad," Clare choked up
through her heaving sobs and frantic sobs.

"But, your dad threatened you. He killed my mom and swore to hurt you
if you told. I know I should be mad, but I'm not. I promise. I just
can't believe that your dad would do such a thing though. How come you
never told me that he got into a car accident?" He asked, just wanting
to know the hardcore truth at this point.

He didn't care how much it might make him cry or how much it'll hurt.

Jake just wanted what a lot of people want after having something that
scarred him for life...the truth.

"He thought that it would give you hints on your moms death, so he told
me to say everything was okay with us," Clare suddenly broke down right
at that moment and started sobbing quietly to herself.

Jake hated seeing her cry, it broke his heart knowing that something is
hurting her.

He sighed and walked over to her, opening his arms, "Come here," he
whispered.

Clare just stood there for a moment before walking over to Jake and
wrapping her arms around his waist tightly, while mumbling into his
chest, "I'm going to kill him. He had no right to say any of that."

"Do you know how many people are going to see that? When we go to
school Monday, people are going to say things," she whispered.

"I'm not going to let anyone speak to you badly. I'll be right by your
side," Jake said while rubbing Clare's back softly for comfort.

"I promise."

OOO

How to describe Clare's Monday, hell on earth.

People were mocking her, throwing things at her, calling her names and
when they weren't doing that, she could feel every pair of eyes in the
room staring at her and whispering.

She just wanted eveything to be over with.

At the end of the day, Jake met her outside by his truck with a wide,
but worried smile.

"How did your classes go?" He asked, only trying to create
conversation.

"Fine." Clare lied, just wanting to leave this school.

She looked up at Jake and looked behind him to see Eli, laughing at
Imogen and smiling over at Clare the moment he laid eyes on her.

"I'll be right back," Clare said, her voice flat, but, at the same
time, pouring with venom.

"Clare?" Jake called out to her, but, she kept walking.

She approached Eli and stood there, her arms crossed, clearly full of
frustration, until she finally caught his attention.

"Um, Clare. May I help you?" He said with a smile.

Why was he being such an asshole to Clare?

Before Eli could say something else, she raised her right hand, only to
smack him right across his face.

"I hate you Eli. I've had enough of your shit! You hurt me, you walked
all over me and now, you've officially ruined my life. I hate you,"
Clare spat.

She glared at Imogen who had a concerned look on her face and then
glared back at Eli, who was holding his cheek. Clare scoffed when she
saw fake tears shedding down Eli's pathetic face.

"Why are you even crying, Eli? I thought you would be happy about
ruining my life, wasn't this a big part of your plan?" She screeched
loudly, as Eli just looked at her.

"You know what, burn in hell Eli. I'm done with you," Clare said
triumphantly, feeling as if she got all the anger that stored up in her
body all day let out.

She backed away from Eli, smiling, and turned around, heading back
towards Jake.

"Come on babe, let's go," she smiled at Jake and got inside the truck.

"What was that for? Eli looks pretty pissed," Jake noted, looking back
at Eli's angering expression.

"Eh, he deserved it. Let's go, I want to go home," she said, trying to
change the subject.

Clare laced her hands with Jake's long fingers and started to head
home...

OOO

"I-I can't believe she hit me. That's not how it was supposed to work,"
Eli choked up trying his best not to let out his anger. The physical
pain that Clare had brought him, was not nearly as close as to what he
expected.

"Eli, darling, it takes time. You want Clare back, right? So you need
to do whatever it takes to get her back," Imogen stated.

Imogen was right, Eli did want Clare back, so he did everything she
said to make that happen. Everything she had told him to do was getting
him one step closer of being hers again.

Eli really liked that Imogen was helping him with this, he was on his
medication so his mind was mostly blank. He believed that with Imogens
help, he would get to where he needed to be.

"Yeah, I do want her back. But, why is it taking so long? You told me
she would be with me by now," he said simply, just wanting to be in
Clare's house, rubbing her back and comforting her.

Not Jake.

"Like I said, it takes time. You need to take a deep breath and wait,"
Imogen smiled and placed her hand on his, "And just by us pretending to
be dating is working, she seems to be jealous."

She grinned and smiled at him, "Come on, let's go think of another
plan. I'm pretty sure by the time this plan is over, Clare will be
crawling back into your arms at night again."

OOO

Well, what did you think?
Oh, and sorry if the format and all that is all weird.. my computer was being stupid and wouldnt let me change the paragraph view and all that(: So, sorry :)

And also, Imogen is only making things worse, obviously. She is in love with Eli and she hates the fact that he wants to be with Clare again, so she is trying to do everything to pull Clare away, to make her hate him for Imogen to have Eli all to herself.

Well, if you have any suggestions for Imogen's plan to 'get Clare' for the next chapter, please review, PM me for ideas. I love your reivews :)

Oh and like I said to some of you. You will probably hate Eli by the end of this story. This story is gonna lead to something totaly unexpected and unbelieveable.

And another thing that sucks, I have NO power at all, I had to use my ipod/phone to type all this up. So sorry for taking such a long time. Another sucky thing is that I won't have power for another 2-3 days, so I won't be able to watch Degrassi. AND my first day of school got canceled. I was supposed to be going tomorrow, but they send e-mails saying it was closed. SO that sucks big time.

Well, yeah. Send me some loooveeee.

Bye(: Stay Beautiful.