Woo I'm back! I'm finally updating this story! It's been forever, hasn't it? Sorry for the long wait, with school and the depression over Degrassi and all that jazz. Well, anyways, here is chapter 7 of 'along for the Ride'. Enjoy :)
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Clare's eyes fluttered open, adjusting to the light as she moved to get out of the bed. A small force pulled her back, the arm around her waist pushing her backwards as she fell back onto the bed. Clare giggled as Eli hovered over her, kissing her cheek lightly, "Good Morning beautiful." He whispered, placing light kisses all over her face. Clare smiled and closed her eyes, loving the warmth his kisses gave off. She grabbed the back of his head and pushed him down to meet her lips, kissing him for a brief moment before placing her hands on his bare chest, pushing him away lightly.
"Good morning, gorgeous." She replied, cupping Eli's cheek, feeling his skin get hot under her touch. "What's the agenda for today?" She asked softly, looking straight into his deep green eyes.
"Well, I was thinking that we could go to the beach, or stay here and swim." He pointed to his window that showed a view of a large swimming pool, with rocks surrounding it with a small waterfall off to the side. Clare smiled and nodded lightly,
"I want to stay here." She whispered, wrapping her arms around his neck, bringing him down to kiss her again. "But, first, I need to eat something," she mumbled, "I'm starving." She smiled and pecked his lips before moving out from under him, running into the kitchen. Eli smirked and licked his lips, getting up and walking into the kitchen, only to see Clare nowhere around. He cocked his head to the side, confused.
"Clare? Where are you?" He asked, looking around for her. He walked inside the living room, looking behind the couches. When he stood back up, small arms wrapped around his waist from behind. A small amount of panic ran through his veins and he fell to the ground, a soft body collapsing on top of him. He opened his eyes to see Clare, giving him a strange look.
"You're such a spaz." She chuckled and looked down at him, a small blush covering his cheeks. Her eyes glanced down, eyeing the scar on his chest, right under his collar bone. She pursued her lips and ghosted her fingers over the scar, her eyes rimming with tears as she thought about that night. How one single person could ruin everything?
"Baby, don't cry." Eli whispered to her, pulling her hands away and cupping her cheek with his hand, "Don't think about it..." He whispered and kissed her, but frowned lightly when she didn't respond to his kiss.
"Eli, how can I not think about it?" She asked, raising her voice, "Whenever I see the scar I think about it, whenever I see myself in the mirror, I think about it." She said, her voice coming out into a whisper. She closed her eyes tightly, blinking back the tears. She instantly felt better when Eli raised his hand up, using the pad of his thumb to wipe away a small tear. She leaned into his touch and looked down at him again, their eyes locking together. No words were said after this, but Clare leaned down and lightly kissed him, putting her hands on his bare chest to keep her balance.
Eli happily returned the kiss, deepening it by sliding his tongue on her bottom lip. She gave in and let him enter her mouth. Their tongues fought for dominance as the moment got more heated as the minutes went by. Eli had finally built up the courage to move her off of him, only to place her back onto the bed with him towering over her. Clare laughed as their lips reconnected again, their lips moving in-sync with each others. Eli snaked his hands down to her waist, barley raising her shirt to touch her bare skin on her stomach. She gasped as his cold fingers came into contact with her skin, instantly melting into his touch. Clare's hand traveled to the back of his head, tugging at the ends of his hair with her fingers. Eli moaned lightly, causing her to pull back,
"Was that a moan, Mr. Goldsworthy?" She asked him, looking at him with a smirk on her face. He looked down and back at her, a light shade of pink covering his face. She laughed lightly and ran her fingers through his hair. Clare leaned up and pecked his lips, "It's okay, baby. I thought it was quite sexy." she whispered, looking up at him, seeing a small tint of lust in his green eyes. Clare smiled at him and leaned up, pecking his lips lightly. She raised her leg and put it around his waist, using her strength to flip them over. "We should get dressed and go swimming." She whispered to him, feeling his heart beat rapidly though her palm.
"But I'm already having fun." He smirked, raising his hand and moving a strand of hair from her face. Clare sighed and leaned down only centimeters away from his lips,
"Baby," she said, "I want to swim. We'll still have fun in there." Clare whined, showing him a small pout. Eli groaned and flipped them over, getting off of her. He went to his closet and pulled out a pair of black swim trunks.
"Get dressed." He smiled lightly and slipped out of the room and into the bathroom. Clare giggled lightly and went to her bag, pulling out a strapless, purple bikini. Alli had bought it for her last time they went shopping, "Eli would love it." She said to Clare, giving her a small wink before dragging her to the checkout counter, buying the bikini before Clare could protest.
Clare sighed and put on the bikini, eyeing herself in the mirror. She looked up and down her body, her eyes stopping on the scar that Julia caused. Clare ghosted her fingers over the scar, the anger rising in her.
"Clare, are you ready?" Eli knocked lightly, causing Clare to pull back to reality. She sighed and walked over to the door, opening it and smiling at him,
"Yeah, I'm ready." She whispered, grabbing his hand and pulling him outside to the pool. When they got to the deepest part of the pool, Clare got on top of a rock, pulling Eli up with her. Clare put her arms around his neck and kissed him, "You look really, really sexy with no shirt on." She mumbled against his lips. Smiling as she saw the blush appear on his face. Before Eli could respond to her, Clare fell backwards with Eli still in her arms. As they hit the water, Clare swam back up for air. She put her legs around Eli's waist for support and her arms back around his neck.
"You didn't give me time to tell you that... you look pretty hot in that bikini." He smirked and looked at her, leaning up to kiss her lightly. Clare smiled lightly and looked down, trying to hide her embarrassment. She looked back up at him and tightened her legs around his waist, pulling him closer if it was even possible.
"Truth or Dare?" He asked softly, a smirk forming on his face as her head shot up to look at him. She bit her lip but smiled,
"Dare." she said simply, playing with the ends of his hair with her fingers.
"I dare you to... kiss me." He said, "Anywhere besides my face." Eli smirked and watched her as she leaned down, moving her head sideways to place a kiss on his neck. She pulled back after a few seconds and looked at him,
"Truth or Dare?" She asked, smiling at him.
"Truth."
"What's the real story between you and Julia?" Clare asked softly, "I just want to know the whole story. I feel like I don't know everything that happened." she whispered and looked at him. "You don't have to tell me..." she told him after a few moments of silence. Eli licked his lips and sighed, pulling over a float and getting on it, pulling Clare up with him to sit in his lap.
"Julia was the first girl that I was ever interested in," He said, "I thought she was everything. She was perfect, everything I ever wanted. We started dating during freshman year and that's how I met Fitz, KC, and Drew. One night all of us were out to dinner and as I was walking out of the restaurant, I looked over and saw Fitz towering over Julia, kissing her. The only thing is, was that Julia had her arms wrapped around him, and she wasn't rejecting him." He pursed his lips and took a deep breath, "I didn't say anything to her about it, but a couple weeks after that, I saw her and Fitz kissing again, and I went off on them. I told them about how I saw them at the restaurant and that I knew that they've been seeing each other behind my back."
"Eli, that's terrible." Clare whispered, turning around to face him. "I'm so sorry..." she told him, seeing a frown on his lips.
"It's not your fault, it's just... after she hurt me like that, and ever since you came here, she's been asking if I would ever take her back. That one night when we were with everyone, she threw herself on me, Clare. She told me that she's better for me than you would ever be." He looked at her in the eyes and looked down, breaking their glance, "I told her that I would never break up with you, that I love you, Clare. I told her that she needs to leave us alone. She got pissed and told me that I would regret it, and that's probably what she meant by shooting us." He mumbled lowly, closing his eyes and leaning his head back against the float. Clare sighed and put her head on his chest, hearing his heart beating slowly.
"Eli, I'm sorry, I didn't know it would hurt you, I should've never asked." She told him, looking up at him with her chin on his chest.
"No, it's fine, Clare... you wanted to know, so I told you." He cupped her cheek with his hand and gave her a small smile before putting his arms around her lower back, pulling her up towards him. He gave her a dark, but playful smirk and flipped them over into the water. Clare shrieked and held onto him tightly,
"Eli, what the hell! It's freezing!" She said, raising her voice, now realizing the light of the moon peaking from the clouds, the stars covering the sky.
"I thought you wanted to swim." He whispered lightly, walking towards her, making her back press up against the wall of the pool. His hands found their way to her waist as her hands traveled up around his neck. She smiled at him and pulled him closer, leaning up to his ear,
"Do you... want to go inside?" She asked softly, kissing his cheek and pulled back to look at him. Eli smirked and grabbed her waist, lifting her up to place her on the side of the pool, kissing her collar bone and pushing his body up to sit beside her.
"What do you want to do?" He asked, picking her up bridal style, and carrying her inside, sitting her down on the couch. Clare had her arms around him, but didn't let go when he sat her down.
"You're so warm," she mumbled, snuggling into his touch, "I don't want to let go." she whispered, giving him a pleading look. He smiled a nodded, lying down and putting his hands on her back. He kissed the top of her head, both of them falling into a deep sleep.
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Clare was sitting at her post, watching the people swim and walked around the shore of the beach. She put on some sunscreen and sat on the edge of the chair, letting the sand run between her toes and she kicked her feet back and forth. Clare propped herself up by putting her hands behind her, letting them rest on the floor of the stand. She sighed and lifted her head lightly, feeling the cool breeze rush up against her skin.
"Enjoying yourself?" A deep voice asked, starling her. She gasped and jumped back, quickly covering herself as she saw the unfamiliar, but attractive boy standing there, leaning against the lifeguard chair.
"I'm... I'm just watching... to see if anyone drowns." She stammered, trying not to make any eye contact with him.
"Ahh, well, you should pay more attention, cutie." He whispered, sitting next to her. Clare inched away from him and stared down at the sand. "I'm a new lifeguard here, and I just saved a little boy." He stated, "Right there, in front of your post. If Mr. Pointer saw that I saved him and not you, you would've been fired." He said sarcastically, giving her a smirk.
"Well, I'm sorry, new lifeguard, I'll be sure to pay attention next time." She snapped back, standing up and walking back to her chair.
"I have a name, you know." He said, jumping back down to the ground, still looking up at her, "I'm Jake." He said, "Jake Martin."
"I'm Clare," she told him, "Now, if you would let me do my job, Jake, which would be great. I would really appreciate it." He put his hands up in defense and stepped backward, walking away slowly.
"Okay, fine, I'm leaving, bye... Clare." He gave her a smile and walked away from Clare.
She watched as he walked away, the aggravated look not leaving her face. She rolled her eyes and moved her them back to the water. She sighed and jumped as her phone went off. She grabbed it and smiled once she saw it was from Eli. She gladly opened it up and read the text slowly,
I got you off work early, meet me by our special spot, I have a surprise. I love you. - Eli
Clare couldn't help smile widely. She grabbed her things, pulling on a pair of shorts and walking down the latter. She dragged her feet through the sand, blocking off the sound of Jake calling her over. She didn't need some new guy, who's obviously a smart ass ruining her night. She sighed sadly, but smiled as she saw Eli off in the distance. Clare ran over to him, and kissed him, making sure that Jake got a good look at them. She pulled away and turned around so Eli's back was facing Jake; she looked behind Eli's shoulder and saw the frown appear on Jake's face. He slowly walked away and back to his post.
"So, Eli, why did you call me off early?" She asked, putting her arms around his waist, "and why are you dressed so nicely?" She looked at him up and down. He was wearing a black, buttoned up shirt with dark skinny jeans and dress shoes. His hair was messy, but it looked good.
"I'm taking you out somewhere," he said simply. "Alli has some dressed back at my house, you need to decide what to wear, and she'll help you get ready." He said, grabbing her hand and walking her to the sidewalk.
"What's the big surprise?" she asked him, leaning into his arms.
"I can't tell you." He smirked, looking down at her,
"Why not?" She asked, looking up at him with a small pout.
"Oh no, don't give me that look. I don't want to ruin it. Either you quit asking, or we won't go on this date tonight. I've always wanted to take you here... and it's going to be ruined." He said playfully. "Now, get inside and get dressed, I'll be waiting out here." He said and sat down on the chair on his porch. Clare sighed and gave him a kiss before walking inside he eyes widening at the sight she saw.
"Oh my god! Eli!"
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Welp... It sucked, didn't it?
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