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Clare's POV

Fitz chuckled evilly and then punched Drew. Drew held his jaw and looked back at Fitz before punching him square in the face. Fitz held his nose as it started bleeding. Fitz went to punch Drew but he missed and Drew punched him in the gut. Fitz groaned and bent over and Drew brought up his knee and hit Fitz in the face. Fitz fell to the ground and Drew kicked him. By now, there was a crowed surrounding them.

"Now, if you ever come near her again, I will do much more" I heard Drew say before walking towards me.

Fitz jumped up and grabbed Drew, bringing him to the ground. Once Fitz turned Drew over, Drew through a punch the made Fitz fly off of Drew. Drew quickly got up and left Fitz to lie on the ground. He began walking towards me again.

"You okay?" he asked me.

"Yeah, thanks" I hugged him and he wrapped his arm around me before walking down the hall. As soon as we got outside, Drew sat me down on the stair railing and he moved my face to look at him. He examined the bruise on my cheek and he looked pissed. He hesitantly touched hit and I hissed at the contact.

"Sorry" he muttered.

"It's okay"

Drew sighed heavily and shook his head. "I can't believe he would do this" he muttered to himself.

"Drew, he also… came on to me."

"What?"

"He kissed me" I shuddered as I remembered his chapped, disgusting lips against mine.

"I'm going to fucking kill that bastard" he started pacing back and forth. I got up and stopped him.

"Drew, just let it go. If he tries anything else, I'll let you kill him" I smirked and he chuckled slightly.

"So what's your story going to be?" he asked.

"What do you mean?" I asked. he nodded his head behind me and I turned around to see Eli walking towards us.

Eli was smiling at me, until he got closer. His smile dropped once he was standing in front of me. I looked down but he moved my head back up and tilted it to the side so he could get a better look. I looked up at him and he looked pissed.

"I have to go. I'll see you tomorrow" Drew said before leaving.

"Who did this to you?" Eli asked with a hint of hurt and anger in his voice.

"A wall?" it came out more as a question then a statement.

"Clare" he said kind of angry, telling me to tell him the truth.

"Fitz. He tried talking to me but I wouldn't listen and he kissed me. I pushed him away and spit in his face and he slapped me. But Drew got him back" I said fairly quickly.

"I'm going to fucking kill him" he muttered.

"Get in line. Drew said the same thing." I laughed a little but Eli didn't. I walked closer to him and rested my hands on his shoulders. "Eli, please don't do anything you'll regret. I already told Drew he can beat Fitz up if he hurt me again. So if and when that time comes you can do whatever, but just not now"

Eli took a deep breath and then said, "Fine, but if he ever lays another finger on you I swear to god he will pay"

"Okay" I pulled him closer and hugged him. He returned it and held me close with a tight grip. "Am I still meeting your parents?" I asked.

"You don't have to if you don't want to" he said as we pulled away.

"No it's okay. I want to. I need something to keep my mind off of…" I couldn't even say his name without wanting to throw up. "Do you have any water?" I asked, needing to get the taste of him off of my lips.

"Oh of course, I just walk around carrying a jug of water" he said with obvious sarcasm. I rolled my eyes.

"Well can we hurry up and go so I can get water?"

He nodded and took my hand. I interlaced our fingers and rested my head on his shoulder as we walked down the steps. We got to Morty and Eli opened the door for me before I climbed in. He shut the door and climbed over to the other side before climbing in. Once he climbed in he turned Morty on and started driving. The ride was silent and half way through the drive, I lifted my hand and touched my face with my fingertips. I hissed; it still hurt. I looked over at Eli and he was staring at the road with an angry expression.

"Are you okay?" I asked.

"Yeah I just… I just can't believe he did that" he said the last part in an angry tone before hitting the steering wheel. I jumped a little and he started breathing heavy.

"Eli, pull over" I said. He didn't say anything; he only did as I said. We stopped and he looked over at me. "Are you sure your okay?" I asked again.

He didn't say anything, he only stared at me. He started looking angrier by the second and he was breathing heavy again. I noticed his eyes were on my cheek so I reached up and turned his head so he would look my in the eyes. He was shaking a bit so I grabbed his hand and held onto it tightly. He moved his gaze back to my cheek and his face expression went too pissed. He let go of my hand and opened the door before getting out. I watched as he walked out in front of the car and paced back and forth, muttering something to himself. He reached up and pulled on his hair before kicking the curb. I got out and walked over to him.

"Eli, are you okay?" I whispered. He looked over at me; his eyes were dark, his face had a little bit of a red tint to it and his breathing was really heavy. He turned away and sat on the curb, bringing his knees up and digging his face in them. I walked over to him and sat next to him before placing my arm around him.

"Eli" he looked up and I could see that he had tears in his eyes. "What's going on?" I asked.

"I'm sorry" he said looking me in the eyes. "I just… it makes me so mad that he would… hit you. Hitting me was fine, but he's gone too far this time. I don't even know what he wants" I sighed and closed my eyes while I took a deep breath.

"Eli I have to tell you something" he gave me a confused look and I began. "Last year, Fitz was a friend to Adam, Alli, Fiona and Drew. All of us would hang out and stuff." I looked down at the ground and started playing with the grass. "Soon Fitz and I started… dating. It was fine at first but soon I realized he was becoming a jerk. To me and everyone else. He started bullying and tormenting people so I decided to end it; end everything. Everyone agreed and we all told him to get lost. Now he says he wants to be in my life again" I scoffed. "like that will ever happen" the last part was meant to only be heard by me but I guess Eli heard it because he laughed slightly.

"Why didn't you tell me before?" he asked.

I looked up at him and shrugged my shoulders. "I didn't think he was that important to talk about"

"Wait, you said he kissed you." I nodded. "So he doesn't just want to be in your life, he wants to replace me?"

"I guess"

"But, that's not going to happen, right?" he asked.

"I can't believe you would even ask me that! Of course not! He's…" I shuddered in disgust.

Eli laughed and wrapped his arm around me pulling me closer. "That's my girl" he said before kissing my forehead. I brought my head up and kissed him passionately. He was shocked at first but kissed me back with as much passion. We pulled apart and I hugged him sideways. "Do you still want to come over?" he asked.

"Sure" I got up and brushed the dirt off of me before helping Eli up. He stood in front of me and I laughed a little. He gave me a confused look and I whipped the dried tears away from his face. He blushed and bowed his head. "Come on" I pulled him towards Morty and we both got in.

As we started driving, Eli grabbed my hand and intertwined our fingers. I smiled and scooted closer to him and rested my head on his shoulder. He started rubbing his thumb back and forth on the back of my hand and I smiled to myself. We soon pulled up to what I'm assuming is his house and we got out first. I followed after him and when we got to the door, I grabbed his hand.

He opened the door and stepped in before yelling, "I'm home"

"I'm in the kitchen baby boy" I heard a woman yell back. I smirked when she said 'baby boy'.

"Come on" he pulled me into the kitchen and I saw a tall blonde haired woman with big hoops in her ears.

"Oh, this must be Clare" she said coming towards me. Instead of shaking my hand she pulled me into a hug.

"Uh, yeah, that's me" I said as we pulled apart.

"Eli has told me so much about you" she said smiling. I looked over at Eli and he was blushing. "Oh my, what happened to your cheek?" she asked.

I looked over at Eli with a pleading look saying 'help me'.

"Let's just say she's very clumsy" Eli said.

His mom looked at him with the 'don't lie to me' look. "Elijah, tell me the truth"

"I ran into a bully. It's nothing really" I told her. She sighed and went to the freezer before pulling out an ice pack. She came over and placed it over my cheek softly. I hissed at the pain but it soon started to help.

"Thanks Mrs. Goldsworthy" I said while holding it against my cheek.

"Oh please, call me CeCe." She smiled at me. I just nodded.

"Bullfrog, come meet Eli's girlfriend" CeCe yelled up the stairs. Bullfrog? I thought to myself.

Soon a fairly large man stepped down the stairs. He looked very tired and he had greasy hair. I removed the ice pack from my face and he walked over to me smiling.

"So this is the famous Clare. Eli hasn't stopped talking about you since he got back from spring break" he said while shaking my hand.

"Dad" Eli said trying to tell him to shut up.

"Okay, okay I get it" Bullfrog said putting his hands up in defence.

"So Clare, what time did your parents say you had to be home?" Cece asked.

"Oh, uh, well I don't live with my mother at the moment" I said honestly.

"Oh?" she asked. "what about your dad?"

"He and my mom broke up when she was 3 months pregnant with me so he's out of the picture"

"Well, if you ever need a place to stay, your welcome to stay here" Bullfrog said. I looked up and my eyes widened.

"What?" I asked. I wasn't totally sure that I heard him correctly.

"I said your welcome to stay here" so I did hear him correctly.

"Uh, thanks." I couldn't really say anything else. My boyfriend's parents just said I could stay with them if I needed to. What was I supposed to say?

"Okay, well were going upstairs now" Eli said grabbing my hand and pulling me up the stairs.

"Be safe!" his dad yelled.

"Not funny!" Eli yelled back. I could faintly hear his parents laughing downstairs.

We soon came to a door with a skull and cross bones on it. Typical Eli. He opened the door and we walked into a room with Black walls with Dead Hand and Escape the Fate posters everywhere. The bed was in the middle of the room, with the head part up against the wall. There was a dresser on the left side and a computer desk on the right.

"You can sit on the bed" Eli said, exiting me from my thoughts. I nodded and walked over the bed before sitting on the edge. "I told you they were weird" Eli said laughing a little while rubbing the back of his neck.

"Were they serious about me staying here?"

"Uh, yeah"

"I'm not saying I am but if I did take the offer, where would I be sleeping?" I asked.

"Your sitting on it" he pointed to the bed. I raised my eyebrows and laughed slightly. "What?" he asked.

"Well it's not every day your boyfriend's parent are saying you can sleep in the same bed as him. Let alone encourage it" I laughed and he joined.

"Yeah, they're a little messed" he said coming and sitting next to me. I just nodded. There was an awkward silence between us and I just sighed. I lay back on the bed and Eli just looked at me. He got up and went over to his laptop before turning on some music. He came back over to the bed and lay beside me. I turned on my side and just stared at him. After a few minutes he noticed and looked over at me. "What?" he asked.

I opened my mouth and then closed it. I didn't know how to ask him. "Uh, w-what happened… earlier?"

"What do you mean?" he asked confused.

"You freaked out" I whispered.

He turned his head back and looked at the celling before sighing. "I just… got worked up I guess. I let it get to my head and I guess I went overboard." He turned and looked at me again. "I'm sorry if I scared you"

"You didn't scare me, you just had me worried" I reached over and took his hand in mine. He interlaced our fingers and held my hand tightly.

"Sorry" he whispered.

"It's fine" I said before kissing his hand. He chuckled and let go of my hand so he could sit up more and move to the top of the bed. I followed him and he opened his arm for me to lie next to him. I lay down next to him while his arm wrapped around my shoulders and mine around his waist. I rested my head on his chest and listened to his heartbeat. He ran his fingers up and down my arm and we just laid there, listening to music. My eyes were slowly closing and I was soon falling asleep. My eyes shot open and my head shot up when I noticed a song that began to play. It was 'Cut by Plumb'.

"Are you okay?" Eli asked. I looked at his laptop, where the music was coming from and gulped.

"You know this song?" I asked.

"I know, it's normally not my taste but I like it" he sat up.

I grabbed my wrist and started rubbing it. I bit my bottom lip and closed my eyes. This song brought back so many memories. I opened my eyes once the music was shut off. Eli was standing near the laptop and came and sat next to me again. "Are you okay?" Eli asked eyeing my wrist.

"Uh, yeah." I took a deep breath. "It's just that song…" I couldn't finish the sentence. I would always listen to this song when I was cutting. If I didn't have my IPod with me I would just sing it in my head.

"It's okay" he said while taking my hand. I nodded and closed my eyes while I bit on my bottom lip. I bit down a little too hard and it broke the skin. A little bit of blood ran down my chin. I whipped it with my hand and looked at my hand.

"Where's your bathroom?" I asked.

He pointed down the hall and I got up before walking to the bathroom. Once I got there I closed the door and turned on the light. I got some toilet paper and wet it a bit before placing it on my lip. I removed the toilet paper from my lip once I noticed the mark on my cheek. I reached up and touched it; it still stung a little bit and I removed my hand. I felt tears threatening to fall out of my eyes. I sighed and looked down. I looked over and I saw a razor on the side of the counter. I shook my head and looked back in the mirror. I eyed the razor again and slowly reached my hand over and picked it up. I eyed it for a few seconds before sitting on the lid of the toilet. I slowly moved the wrist band to the side and eyed the scars. I looked over at the razor and gripped it. I can't… but I want to… but I promised Eli…

I shook my head and dropped the razor before covering my wrist again. I quickly got up and opened the door before running into Eli's room. He stood up and I ran over to him before wrapping my arms around his neck. I started to let the tears fall from my eyes and onto his shoulder.

"Clare, what's wrong?" he asked as he wrapped his arms around me.

"I'm sorry" I choked out. He pulled me away from him and grabbed my wrist before checking it. "I didn't do it, but I wanted to." I told him. He sighed and wrapped his arms around me again. He sat down on the bed and moved my legs so I sat in his lap, sideways. I had my arm under his and I was gripping onto his shoulder while I silently cried into his neck.

"Clare, it's okay, calm down please" he was rubbing my back. I nodded and lifted my head before whipping my tears away with the back of my hands. He kept rubbing my back as I tried to calm down. "I'm so glad you didn't" Eli whispered.

"To be honest, the only thing that stopped me was you" I sniffled.

"Really?" he asked.

"Yeah, I remembered the promise I made you and it stopped me" I looked up at him and he was smiling. "What?"

"Nothing" he smiled even more before kissing me softly. "I want to show you a song" he said while getting up, bringing me with him. He sat down on the computer chair and made me sit in his lap. He clicked play on the screen and a song started playing. It was called 'hang on by Plumb'.

Hang on
When the water is rising
Hang on
When the waves are crashing
Hang on
Just don't ever let go

I sighed and smiled to myself. I looked over at Eli and he just smiled. "I love Plumb and I didn't even know this song existed" I told him. He just smirked. "Thank you" I said while putting my arm around his shoulders.

"For?"

"Showing me this song… and for staying in my life" I whispered the last part.

"Why would I leave when your just as messed up as I am?" he smirked. I hit him playfully and we both laughed.

There was a knock on the door and we both turned to see CeCe walk in.

"Clare, are you staying for supper? We ordered pizza"

I looked over at Eli and he nodded. "Sure" I told her. She smiled and left.

OoOoOoO

We were all eating in the living room and actually talking. It was awkward at first but I got more comfortable. CeCe and Bullfrog were actually really nice to me. I didn't understand how my own mother couldn't give 2 shits about me but I just met these people and they're already saying I could spend the night. I just didn't understand.

"So Clare, where are you staying exactly?" CeCe asked.

"I'm staying with a friend." My phone started ringing and I pulled it out of my pocket. "And that would be her, excuse me" I said as I got up and walked into the kitchen.

"Hello?"

"Hey, where are you?" Fiona asked.

"I'm at Eli's eating supper with his parents"

"Oh, are they nice?" she asked.

"Yeah, they even invited me to spend the night because I don't live with my mom"

"Oh, okay, well see you tomorrow, bye" before I could respond she hung up.

I sighed and closed my phone before walking into the living room. I motioned for Eli to come over and he did.

"Uh, Fiona kind of kicked me out for the night" I explained.

"What?" he asked.

"I told her what your parents said and she thought I was saying I was staying here and before I could explain she hung up" I said in one breath.

"So are you staying?" he asked.

"I don't know, I don't exactly have anywhere else to go"

He held up his finger at me, telling me to hold on a minute, and then walked out into the living room. I could overhear the conversation.

"Uh, Clare needs a place to stay" Eli said.

"Oh that's fine, she can stay here" I heard CeCe say.

"Yeah, Clare can stay anytime she wants" Bullfrog said.

Soon Eli came back in the kitchen and said, "They said you can stay" I nodded and we went back into the living room.

"Clare, you don't need to ask next time, your welcome to stay here whenever you want" CeCe smiled at me.

"Thank you" is all I said and I smiled back at her.

We finished up our pizza and CeCe and Bullfrog said they were going to bed. They walked downstairs, where I'm guessing their room is, and it was just Eli and I.

"Are you tired?" he asked.

"A little"

"Come on" he grabbed my hand and we walked upstairs.

Once we got in his room he went to the dresser and pulled out a pair of boxers and a t-shirt before handing them to me. I looked at the boxers and then back at him.

"Seriously?"

"Well unless you'd rather sleep in your panties" he smirked. I rolled my eyes and grabbed the boxers.

I walked out of his room and into the bathroom, changing quickly, and then walked back into his room. He was changed into some sweat pants and a t-shirt. He was sitting on the edge of the bed; I placed my clothes by the door and then walked over to him.

"What side do you want?" he asked.

"Doesn't matter" he nodded and got up before turning the lights off.

He climbed on the right side so I walked over and climbed under the covers on the left side. An awkward silence fell between us, but I don't know why, I mean we have slept in the same bed for a week before, why is this different. Maybe because were in his bed. Eli turned on his side, facing me and I did the same, facing him. We just stared at each other and I started laughing.

"What's so funny?" he asked.

"Nothing, it's just… well we shared a bed for a whole week and now it's like it's the first time"

"Weird right?"

I nodded and the silence fell between us again, but this one wasn't as awkward. I decided to take a chance and I slid a little closer to him. He smirked and wrapped his arm around me before pulling me closer; so close that my legs were put between his and our foreheads were touching. We looked into each other's eyes and held onto each other. He leaned down and placed a slow and soft kiss on my lips. I smiled and kissed him back. When we pulled apart, I kept my eyes closed and I dug my head into his chest. I soon fell asleep lying in his arms.

Okay, I'm sorry if the ending sucked, I was literally falling asleep while writing this. My eyes would close but then they would open again because i would remember I had to update this. :)

Anyways, I hope you liked it! And the little meltdown Eli had will be brought up again in later chapters, so remember that! :)

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