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A/N: Thanks so much for the reviews! I enjoyed reading them! Hm, I know I said this chapter was going to have like ten or eleven chapters, but I think I was lying to myself :O It is clear that it's going to have more, so possibly twenty plus. Anyway, thanks again for the reviews! Oh and before I forget, must answer a question, Clare and Eli have NEVER had sex, and probably won't until later on in the story.

Enjoy chapter 10!

Unmasked

Summary: Sequel to Masquerade; You know what's awesome? Clare and I are together. You know what I find hilarious? Julia and KC's stupid jealousy. You know what sucks about that though? The drama that came along with mine and Clare's relationship.

Chapter 10 – In my Head

"AH!" Clare screamed, she buried her head in Eli's shoulder. He laughed and held her close to him. She peeked and hid her face in his shoulder again. Eli leaned down and whispered, "Clare it's over, the movie is done." Clare looked up and she sighed. Eli laughed and he pressed the stop button on the remote. He stretched and said, "It's a little after eight, what time do you want me to take you home?"

Clare leaned against Eli whispering, "I don't have to go home for another hour."

Eli smirked and said, "I know where this is going." He leaned down and brushed his lips over hers, before Clare closed the gap between them. Eli kissed her back with just enough passion, running his tongue along her bottom lip. The kiss deepened as Eli crushed their lips harder over each other's. Clare whimpered.

"Ah, young love."

Eli and Clare pulled away and she turned a bright shade of red, finding his mother standing before them with her hands on her hips. Eli whispered, "Let's go back to my room." Clare nodded and she followed Eli back to his room.

"Put a sock on the door Elijah." Cece called out.

Eli muttered incoherent words and Clare walked into the room, and sat on his bed, watching Eli close and lock the door. Eli sat next to Clare on the bed and just as he was about to kiss her, Clare's phone went off. He sighed, letting his head fall onto her shoulder. Clare smiled faintly and pulled her phone out.

"Hello?"

"Clare…"

"KC why are you calling—

"Clare I need to talk to you, please."

"KC, are you crying?"

"Clare please… is there somewhere we can meet?" KC interrupted her. Clare swallowed hard and looked up at Eli who mouthed "what does he want?" Clare said, "Hold on KC." She placed her hand over the phone and said, "Eli, it's KC, it sounds like he's crying."

"So?"

"Eli please."

He sighed and said, "Give me the phone." Clare slowly handed Eli her phone and he took it.

"KC, it's Eli… where are you?"

"… I'm at the Dot; if you want you can come by too. I really need to talk to Clare, and you." KC sighed shakily. Eli licked his bottom lip and softly turned his head when Clare wrapped her arms around his waist. He said, "I'll meet you there." Eli closed the phone and handed it back to Clare when he turned around to face her. Clare looked up at him with curious blue eyes. She asked, "What's going on?"

"We are going to go meet up with KC; he really needs to talk to us." Eli responded. Clare licked her lips and slowly nodded her head.

She gathered her things, and Eli led her out of the house, and walked to Morty. Eli opened the door for Clare and she climbed in. Eli walked around and climbed into the driver's side, turned the ignition on, and pulled out of the driveway.

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KC, where are you, we have to talk… what you were listening to, it wasn't what you think… Fitz came on to me; he forced me to have sex with him.
Julia

KC please talk to me!
Julia

KC closed his phone, and placed it next to him and he placed his elbows on the table, and buried his face in his hands, and sobbed quietly, uncontrollably. KC pulled his head up, when he heard someone place something in front of him, his soda. KC softly thanked Peter and he grabbed the glass and chugged the liquid, trying to hydrate his suddenly dry throat.

KC placed the glass down and looked over at his phone, which buzzed on the table. He reached over and grabbed it, reading the text.

KC, you have to believe me… please…
Julia

He closed his phone and, getting quite annoyed; he set it on silent, and shoved his phone into his pocket. KC brought his thumbnail to his lips, and he began chewing on it. Tears formed in his eyes, but he blinked them back, and bowed his head, hiding his face from anyone who could see him. The tears fell, and streamed down his face.

"God, hurry up Clare…" He whispered to himself.

As if on cue, the door opened, and in walked Eli and Clare. They looked around, and Clare placed a hand on Eli's shoulder, and pointed towards KC, whispering in his ear. Eli turned in the direction where Clare pointed, and he started to walk towards KC. They took a seat in front of him at the booth. They sat in silence. Eli cleared his throat and asked, "Okay what's going on that you had to ruin our date?"

"Eli!" Clare hissed while kicking his foot under the table.

"Julia cheated on me." KC muttered.

"Welcome to my world." Eli responded quickly.

"Eli!" Clare interjected. She said, "KC, I'm sorry this happened to you, how did you find out?" KC laughed through his uncontrollable break down and said, "I practically heard them. I was walking to her house, and I heard them. Just as I was about to knock on the door, she opened it, and standing behind her, was… was the stupid fuck!" KC clenched his hair in his hands and burst into a series of sobs.

Clare, even though she hates him, felt really bad. She moved away from Eli and sat down next to KC, she slowly placed her arm around his shoulders.

"Who is this stupid fuck?" Eli asked in a calm tone.

"Some guy named… Fitz." KC responded.

Eli blinked a few times.

"Fitz as in… Mark Fitzgerald?" He asked.

KC nodded.

"I hate to break it to you but, you lost her right there… she cheated on me with the same guy." Eli muttered. KC frowned. He sniffled and muttered, "I'm sorry dude." Eli shrugged his shoulders responding, "I have someone better, and it's not my problem anymore." KC nodded and smiled faintly. Clare rubbed his back and said, "We're really sorry KC." She flashed a sincere smile and he sighed shakily.

"I'm… I'm sorry about what I did." He whispered.

Clare and Eli frowned. She said, "KC forget it okay? It's in the past… it doesn't matter anymore, right Eli." She directed her sentence towards Eli who blinked a few times. And she eyed him. Eli swallowed hard and looked over at KC. He said, "Yeah… it doesn't matter anymore. Julia's a dumb slut, she just doesn't know when to quit." Eli laughed a little. KC wiped his eyes with his sleeve and managed to smile a little. Clare smiled as well and she said, "I don't have to go home for another forty five minutes or so, if you want we can hang out here?"

"Well you guys were on a date, I don't want to interfere." KC said.

"Don't worry about it, we weren't doing anything important." Eli chewed on his bottom lip, and Clare moved to sit next to him again. Clare interlaced her fingers with Eli's and he leaned over and kissed her temple. KC pressed his lips to a line, and reached into his pocket to check his phone. He had four missed texts.

KC sighed and he shoved his phone back into his pocket.

"So how've you guys been… since we last talked." KC asked.

"Um, we've been good." Clare responded.

"We've been amazing." Eli corrected her. Clare rolled her eyes and smiled. KC laughed a short laugh and said, "That's good, I see you guys made a new friend… Adam?"

"Oh yeah, if I remember correctly, you called him a freak." Eli said. KC blinked a few times and said, "Um… I never said that to him, Julia called him a weird kid, but never a freak." Clare glared daggers at Eli and he shrugged his shoulders.

KC rolled his eyes and laughed a little. He reached into his pocket when his phone beeped. KC decided to check his messages since Clare and Eli were flirting in front of him, whispering sweet nothings into each other's ears.

So what, you're not going to talk to me?
Julia

KC please… talk to me, I can't lose you.
Julia

Fitz forced me to have sex with him! Why can't you just believe me on that!
Julia

KC please… at least send me a text back, to let me know you're okay.
Julia

"Is Julia texting you?" Clare asked.

KC looked up and closed his phone, placing it on the table. "Unfortunately." He responded. Clare frowned a little. Eli said, "Well… I'm sorry to break such a moment, but Clare; I have to get you home." Clare nodded. She got up and stood next to KC, placing her hand on his shoulder. She said, "Call me if you need anything." He nodded and Eli waved him off. They walked out of the Dot, and KC watched. He sighed heavily and looked towards his phone. He grabbed it and quickly text Julia back; Julia I'm sorry… it's over…

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"I hope KC is okay." Clare whispered.

"I'm sure he's fine." Eli responded as he glanced over at Clare, taking his eyes off the road for a few minutes. Clare smiled softly at him and said, "I hope so." Eli averted his gaze back to the road, while he took her hand in his, and brought it up to his lips. Clare blushed and smiled when he kissed the back of her hand. She scooted closer to him and kissed his cheek.

Eli smiled and Clare leaned her head on his shoulder. She whispered, "Eli… can I ask you something?"

"Sure." He responded.

"Who's Mark Fitzgerald?" Clare heard Eli sigh. She added, "If it's a touchy subject, don't worry about it." Eli said, "No, no… it's just… you see," He pulled up to Clare's house and turned the car off. Eli swallowed hard and Clare moved away from him. He continued, "When Julia and I were together before we moved here, she cheated on me with that guy. He's been my enemy for as long as I could remember, since I was what… twelve? Fitz doesn't like to see me happy, so when he found out I got a girlfriend in my sophomore year; he decided to make my life hell. She cheated on me with him, and made it look like she was the one doing it." Eli clenched the steering wheel. Clare reached up and she placed her hand over his.

"It's okay, you don't have to talk about it anymore, I understand." Clare whispered. She placed her hand on Eli's cheek, and turned his face towards her. Eli glanced into her eyes and he smiled softly. Clare leaned up and she kissed his lips.

Eli cupped her face and wrapped his arm around her waist, and pulled her closer to him. Clare landed on his lap, and she groaned, feeling the steering wheel dig into her back. Eli shifted to the right, sitting in the middle of the seats. He licked her bottom lip, and sucked gently on it, trying to get her to open her mouth. Clare slightly parted her lips and she whimpered, feeling Eli clenched her hips.

Slowly, he moved them towards him.

Clare whimpered again and she tore her mouth from his saying, "Eli not here, we can't."

"I know." He breathed, grazing his lips along her neck.

Clare gasped and Eli kissed her flesh, licking the vein up and down slowly, agonizingly slow, just to tease her. Clare swallowed hard and Eli smirked. He moved his head back and looked up at her slightly dilated blue eyes.

"I'll call you when I get home." Eli said as Clare moved off his lap. She nodded while she fixed herself. Clare leaned over, kissed his cheek, and said, "I love you." Clare turned to leave, but Eli softly grabbed her arm and pulled her to him. He crushed his lips over hers and whispered against them, "I love you too."

Clare slowly smiled and she climbed out of the car. Eli waited for her to enter the house before he drove away.

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KC sat in his room, staring straight up at the ceiling. He shot his gaze towards the door, hearing someone knock. He sat up saying, "Hey mom." She smiled and said, "How are you doing? Julia called a few times, asking for you."

"I don't want to talk to her." KC stated.

"I figured." Lisa responded. "What happened?" She added.

"Julia cheated on me." He said quickly.

"Oh, honey I'm so sorry…" She walked to him and sat down on the bed in front of him. KC shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly. He responded, "It's fine… I um… kind of saw it coming." Lisa blinked a few times and responded, "How could you have seen it coming?" KC glanced up at her and licked his lips.

"I don't know… I'm not really as upset about it as I was before." KC responded. Lisa cocked her head to the side in curiosity.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"Well… Clare and Eli and I are actually talking again."

"Oh really? That's amazing news." Lisa chirped.

"Yeah. I'm not going to get my hopes up though. They could've just been talking to me to try and cheer me up." KC chewed on his bottom lip. Lisa placed a hand over his and said, "Well you just have to try to gain their trust back. I'm sure they'll come around." KC smiled a little. Lisa smiled in return and she got up, placing a kiss on top of his head. KC watched her leave, and closes the door behind her. He looked towards his phone and grabs it off the night stand.

KC flipped it open and quickly text someone; hey, what's up?

KC waited patiently for the person to respond. His face lit up when he got a response back.

Um, just relaxing in my room, and reading a book :) You?
Clare

End of Chapter 10

You know, I catually loved this chapter. Seems I type a lot faster and get ideas when I'm listening to soft piano music, and thinking about bashing my ex boyfriend's skull in. -gasp- Did I say that outloud? Anyway, I actually thought it would be good to have KC, Clare, and Eli talking again. You won't believe what's going to happen in the next chapter! Man... well, reviews are great! I love reviews! I'll give you a virtual cookie, well I'll give you all virtual cookies!

Anyway, again... reviews are great!

Now, on to working on I Think I'm Paranoid, then Miss Bipolar! Oh and I say again, I got a beta-reader for Alibis, and the updates will be slightly slow for that story. I have chapter 2 being beta-read, and I'm working on chapter 3, I'll possibly be able to update twice for that story!

Good bye for now!