CHAPTER 8

ELIS POV

Im sooo dreading walking into that hell hole. I should have just waited with clare to get ready or something. I need to get a shower anyway.

Walking into the house I noticed it was a mess, yup dad was drunk again. If you could even call him a dad.

I headed to the stairs not seeing him anywhere I proceeded to go into the bathroom to get a shower, after my shower I got some new clothes to wear and did my hair. I guess im sort of a girl. Whatever I like to look good, espesially for Clare, smiling to myself as I walked out of the bathroom I noticed my dad leaning against the wall with a bottle of JD in his hand, shit I was really hoping I wouldnt have to see him.

"Hellooo there Elijahhh" great he took intrest in talking to me today and he's slurring what a surprize.

"uh hey dad" scared to say anything that will make him hit me.

"Wherrre ddo yooou think yoour goinggg afterr beingg outt allll nigghhttt?

"School? Isn't that where I should be on thursday morning ?" trying not to sound to cocky i probably failed because no matter what I say it turns out like that to him.

"WHERRE THEE FUUCK WHERRE YOOOU AAALL NIGGGHT EELLLI?" he screamed pinning me to the wall. Fuck I really wish I didnt come back.

He punched me in the face when i didnt reply fast enough, I could feel it swelling already and my lip was bleeding. Not that I cared I was just glad it was his fist and not the bottle.

"Im sorry I went to a friends, his name is Adam, we fell asleep playing video games with his brother!" hopfully he believes me..

he let me go so that was a good sighn. "Whatevver jusst gett the fuuck ouut of myy facce woulld yoou ! "

"Alright, sorry dad, see you later." not that i was coming back till Later tonight.

As I drove to school I noticed I was a little late so Clare was probably already there at her locker waiting for me. I parked Morty and pretty much ran into the school hoping the bell wouldnt ring just yet.

Clare was there looking around, most likely for me so I walked up to her relizing people were staring at me, Shit I forgot about my face !

Clare noticed me and just stared, shit she is going to think I got into it with Fitz again.

" Oh My God Eli Your Face ! " was all she managed to choke out.

"I know, Clare will you skip with me today, I cant be here - " she cut me off.

"Eli what happened ?"

"Can we just go ill explain on the way to where ever we are going ! "

She nodded at me and grabed my hand to let me lead her out to Morty.

"Eli did you and Fitz get into it again !" I knew she would assume that.

"ClareBear you really shouldn't assume things. You know what that does right ! ?"

"Eli im not joking what the hell happened to your face!"

Alright, I might as well tell her now instead of having her yell more.. "Clare when I went home this morning my dad was there when I got out of the shower and he got mad that I didnt tell him I wasnt going to be home - "

"YOUR FATHER DID THIS TO YOU!" again with cutting me off.

"Yes Clare but I had it coming he always gets angry like that when he is drunk."

"He still shouldn't have hit you, can I see ?" she said as she went to touch my lip, it stung a lot because it was still fresh. I winced when she touched it.

"Im sorry, I didnt mean to hurt you more." she was worried, I could tell. "Eli do you want to stay with me for a while?" was I really just asked if I wanted to stay at Clare Edwards house?

"uhm Clare, are you sure your parents would even go for that.. ?" This will probably never happen.

"My parents fight like 24/7 they never even notice me now they never check up on me and they usually arent home much. So if you stay it would just be a matter of figuring out when my parents would be home." I cant believe it, am I going to be living with the one person I have loved most since, well Ever ? This has to be a dream..

"Clare, if thats the only thing we have to worry about, then I would love to live with you! "

"Good now, since my parents are out of town for a week, we wont have to sneek around till they come back, do you want to go over there now and get your stuff settled ?"

"Wait your parents are gone for a week? Wasn't she just home this morning?"

"Well my dad doesnt live with us anymore, he moved all of his stuff out last night supposably, and my mom told me this morning when she dropped me off that she will be gone for a week on a buisness trip, knowing her she is just getting away to forget about my dad but whatever you can come over ! "

"Wow this is great, a whole week alone, just us?" I slid closer to her, now that we were parked infront of the park, she noded and said "yup, just us" and I leaned down to kiss her, it was passionate and intimit, I could feel her smirking into the kiss, that was usually what I did. She was the one to pull away this time.

"Eli want to just go to my house now?" I could tell she didnt want to do this in the car, again.

"Sure ClareBear." as I winked at her. I knew that got under her skin but this time when I said it she just blushed.