Last chapter? I don't know though. I mean, with the second part of season 10 coming out, I really am inspired to make a story about the new rules and Eli and Clare. Yes, I'm the biggest Eclare head. :D So I don't know…Once I get more inspiration I'll think about it. Hmmm, maybe Clare's birthday? I don't know, but on with the story.

Oh and also, I learned more words today. :P So I'm going to use those.

Clare's POV

My mom's car pulls up to the depressing graveyard. In the backseat I could smell the aroma of the flowers in the front seat that depressed me even more than I was at the moment. Why can something so cheery-looking be for something so…sad.

My mother grabs a huge sigh and then looks back at me in the backseat and then back up at Darcy in the front seat. "You guys ready?" She addresses both of us.

Darcy and I exchange looks and then slowly nod in unison. We all step out of the car and then make our way to my father's grave. I couldn't fight the tears that we're dripping from my leaky eyes and then wipe them away.

We arrive at the gravestone that said: Randal Edwards, 1969—2010. I take a look at Darcy who was looking back at me. "You okay, Clare?"

I sigh and wipe another tear from my eye. "Yeah," I say blankly. My mom leans down and puts the bouquet of flowers we brought onto the comfortable grass and then looks back at Darcy and me. It wasn't until then that I noticed she was crying too. "Well," She says avoiding the subject of our dad. "Why don't we get you down to the airport?" She addresses Darcy.

Darcy nods, then we head back to the car and then comes a quieter drive to the airport. When arrived at the airport, Darcy turns to me first and then pulls me into a hug. "Hang in there kid-o," She says and then pulls away from the hug. I give her a polite smile as she goes to my mother and gives her a big hug too. A hug goodbye because we didn't know when we would see her again. As she boards the plane, she looks back at us and waves back at us as we wave to her.

Afterwards was a silent trip home from the airport with my mother and I. We hadn't talked much since I told her what happened.

"Well," My mother asks sternly when she drops her keys on the counter after the trip from the hospital. "Care to explain?"

I shake my head "No," I say quietly and start to walk up the stairs but she stops me in my tracks by grabbing my bandaged wrist witch caused me to wince by the hurt.

She quickly retreats her hand. "Sorry," She says but then shakes a strict look back on her face. "Tell me why you would do this!"

I sigh. Maybe I was ready to tell them. I walk over to the couch as Darcy and my mother follow after and we all take our seats in different chairs in the living room. "It all started when dad died…"

"Mom," I start. "Can you talk to me please?"

She stops the car on the side of the highway to prevent her from being distracted from the road. She does that a lot. She shakes her head. "I don't know what to say Clare," She says. "I thought you were better than that."

I tilt my head down in embarrassment. "I thought I was too." I start tapping my feet—it's what I do when I'm nervous—and not say another word until my mom spoke.

"Well," She starts. "I'm not going to lecture you, because I bet you already got that from Eli."

I look up at her a bit…confused. "What?"

She snags a weak grin. "He's a nice guy," She starts. "We talked at the hospital." She looks at me. "He's much better than that KC guy last year." She says through chuckles.

I chuckle too then get serious again. "Then did I gain your trust back?"

She grins. "Just don't go to anymore ravines," She says.

I chuckle. "Don't worry…" I say. She smiles at me one last time and then drives off. "And mom?" I start again.

"Yes?"

"I'm sorry. I took you guys for granted, and I'm never going to do it again."

She nods her head, but not in agreement, she nodded as if she understood. "I know." She says understandingly.

I was surprised at my mom. How I thought it would play out: She would kick me out and then that would be done with that. But she was surprisingly more understanding than I thought.

It wasn't until now I realized how lucky I was.

I walk into Ms. Suvae's office nervously and clear my throat to get her attention as she wasn't facing me. She turns her chair around and I see her face light up. "What can I do you for, Clare?"

I look down and then look back up. "I'm ready to talk…" I tell her.

She smiles. "And I'm ready to listen." She says.

I take my seat across from her desk. "So," She starts again. "Tell me what happened."

Eli's POV

Yet another day at school…Yuck. Have I ever said I hate school?

I step up to my locker and start on the combination but before I got to the second number, I hear the door of Ms. Suvae's office open. I look over and notice Clare standing across from Ms. Suvae talking to her. Clare looked…happy, which I haven't seen in a long time.

Ms. Suvae steps back into her office and Clare stands there and then takes what looks like a sigh. She then notices me at my locker just down the hall and smiles and waves.

I grin back and then continue to open my locker until she walks over to me. "Good morning," She says.

I turn to her and smile. "How was it?" I ask her addressing to Ms. Suvae's room.

She takes a deep breath and smiles. "Talking about it was easier than I thought." She tells me.

I smile at that. It was good to know that she was so much better.

I open my mouth to say something, but since I was regretting what I was going to say, I close it quickly. "What?" She asks.

I shake my head and look back at my locker. "Nothing," I say trying to sink my face into it to not let her see that I was smiling like an idiot.

"What!" She says louder but laughing while saying it. She grabs my shoulder and turns me to her to see that we were only inches away from each other's faces. Her smile faded to what looked to be a comfortable look.

I break the silence. "I was just going to say that it's good that everything is alright now." I say and jokingly pull my face back to my locker to continue to grab my books.

With my peripheral vision, I saw her smile. "I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders," She says. "And it was all because of you." I look at her with a look on my face of confusion. She shakes her head and smiles. "If it wasn't for you…and Alli helping me with this, then I would've never made it through this."

I grin to her and as I turn back to my locker, I say "You're welcome." And she smiles and nods her head. She starts to walk down the hall the other way and I realized my chance was just about to walk away from me.

Just do it, Goldsworthy.

I watched as she walked away and couldn't even make out the courage to call her back over here. I shook my head and just decided that I would do it maybe in English, or after school.

"Eli," I hear behind me. I knew it was Adam—that was definitely his voice. I turn over to him. "She's walking away. That was your chance!"

"Is it really that obvious?" I ask.

He laughs. "I saw the whole thing." He says and pats me on the back. "Talk about blushing."

"What!" I yell. I feel my face and notice that it's really warm. Shit, I was blushing. "Adam-

"I know," He interrupts holding a hand up to my face. "It wasn't the right time or place."

"The chaos is just gradually getting over with," I tell him. "Once everything is cleared over, I'll definitely take a strong consideration."

He rolls his eyes. "I can't take this!" He says. "You love her, right?"

I give him a look. "What kind of question is that? Of course I do."

"The sooner the better."

"Well, I don't want to seem like I'm just doing this because I feel sorry for her."

He rolls his eyes once again. "Just do it." He says and walks away.

He was right again. I need to just do this.

After school, I climb into my hearse and sit there for a moment. I knew I needed to tell Clare as soon as possible that I loved her, but I just didn't know the right time. I didn't want her to think that I felt sorry for her, but I didn't want her to think that I was waiting too long and then it was…too late.

I put the key in the ignition before I realized I had no clue where I was going to. Clare's house or my house? The words "Just do it, Goldsworthy!" repeated in my head over and over again. My conscience was right—I had to just do it!

I start the car and drive over a few blocks down to Clare's house. When there, I step out of the door and start to knock on the door but then quickly look into the driveway to see if there were any cars in the driveway because I knew Clare walked home and I wanted to make sure it was her who was going to answer the door.

I lifted my hand to knock but the door was already opening. It was Clare. She didn't seem to be opening it because she knew I was there though, she seemed to be opening it because she was going to maybe go somewhere.

She notices me at the door and then gives that confusing look—The same look she gave the first time I showed up to her house. Plus, she gave the exact same greeting too. "What are you doing here?" She asks me.

I smirk. "Is that always how I will be greeted every time I come here?" I ask sarcastically.

She crosses her arms. "Hi Eli, how are you?"

"Fine, Clare. Thanks for asking!" I say to her dramatically which made her smile.

"But seriously, what are you doing here?" She asks, but this time, it wasn't as cold as the last time.

"I-uh," I start. Crap, I'm so nervous! I noticed myself saying "um-uh" a lot…again.

She chuckles. "Spit it out, Goldsworthy." She says this time coming outside of her doorway and closing the door behind her.

"I…I just wanted to see how you were doing!" I spat out. What! That's not what I came here for at all!

"I'm doing fine." She says warmly. "You know, my mom loves you."

I laugh. "Yeah," I start. "I had to really kiss-up at the hospital."

"Oh really," She says sarcastically. "Why so?"

I smirk. "You know," I start. "I didn't want her to hate me. What? Did you want me to be an ass to her?"

She laughs. "Listen, Clare," I start again. "That's not why I came here…Sure I wanted to know how you were doing, I mean, I don't want to seem-

"Quit rambling!" She jokes which made me laugh nervously, and made her laugh too. She looks up to my eyes now which made it hard to speak staring into her big blue eyes.

"Ok," I say taking one big breath. "I'm just going to come right out and say this. Clare," I start. Great, here I go pouring my heart out. "I don't want you to seem like I'm doing this just because I feel sorry for you, or because it's just the right thing to do but I came here because I wanted to tell you that…" I started to stutter. This was nerve-wrecking. "I never stop thinking about you. Even when all that happened, all my thoughts always came back to you and how I've always…" She smiles and then looks as if she knew what I was going to say next. I found myself only inches from her face. "Loved you." I finish and then quickly after that, I found my lips crashing with hers for the first time in a long time, but it definitely felt like the first time. She had no hassle pulling away and neither did I. I wanted to stay there forever.

But then the kiss came to an end as we both pulled away slowly, her forehead resting on mine. She smiled and I grinned. "Well," I say breaking the amazingly comfortable silence. "I'll see you Monday, Edwards."

Her forehead was still rested on mine and she smiles. "I'll plan on it, Goldsworthy." She says.

I take a small step back and give her one last peck on the forehead and head to Morty. While in there, I let out a huge sigh of relief

Awwwww. I promised Eclare fluff, and I did it. And NO, not the last chapter. I don't think. I want to write in AFD and then do the new rules in my story. So, don't go anywhere.

Oh, and can I hit more than 100 reviews after this chapter? That'd be amazing because you guys are what keeps me writing.

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