This chapter is completely innocent, I promise! (: Ha. I would never do that to Eclare though, seriously. They will never have sex, at least not in my fan fiction. But if they ever do, I will be PISSED. Eli taking something like that from Clare, it's crazy.
But since it was Reese in here…*Coughs*Anyways…
I keep changing the song title for this chapter. I keep thinking the one's I had didn't work.

On with the story, shall we?

When did silence drown out all the joy
And leave us with the pain
Or have you counted all the things that we've gone through
Yet here we are today

Clare's POV

Eli's basement. Perfectly set with the couch in front of a big screen TV and a mini fridge. I know I've been here before, but man, it is fancy. Every time I walk down here, it's like I've walked into a whole new world.

"So you're just…moving." He starts. "Just like that?"

I take in a deep sigh before answering. "Yep," I say simply. "Just like that…It sucks."

Eli doesn't answer. He just sort of stands there, tracing the patterns on the wallpaper apparently. He didn't look too happy though. Not like he was mad, he looked…sad, almost.

"What?" I ask him.

He raises a hand and a frown creeps onto his face. "I'm just surprised." He says and then looks me right into the eyes. "I don't want you to move." He says it in a playfully pouty voice.

It made me smile that he could still joke around with me even when I'm at my worst. I turn my head. "I guess life goes on." I take a step forward. "You're not going to miss me too much, are you?"

He tilts his head down and then back up to me. "I can't make that promise."

As I grinned just then, all the thoughts about being mad at Eli had suddenly disappeared. It was like nothing bad ever happened, and that we had a clean slate. But sadly, that wasn't going to last for long.

"I just wish things would've been different," I sitting myself comfortably on the couch. At the exact same time, Eli did also. I look at him with a sincere smile on my face. "Remember when you asked me if I could change one thing in the world, what would it be?"

"Yeah," He says nodding his head. He looks at me with a more confused look this time. "Why?"

I shake my head. "I guess I would change everything from when my dad died to up until now." This time, thinking about my dad, I didn't want to cry. I felt comfortable talking about it, for the very first time.

He puts on his sincere smile again. "A lot happened," He says nodding his head. He then puts on a more comfortable look. "I'm really sorry Clare…For everything."

I smirk. "That's history, Eli." I assure him with a smile.

He stares into the blankness of the television in front of him. He didn't say a word, —He probably didn't want to.

"It's not fair," I start again. "I'm taking the fall for her stupid mistake. She never once thought of me in this situation."

He shakes his head. "People are selfish," He says. "I guess we can't change that." He looks at me. "So what's your master plan of getting out of this?" He asks with a smirk on his face.

I couldn't help but smile, although I had no way of making it out this time. "There is none," I say. "There's no way of getting out of this. I guess I need to pack my bags, and then live in an even worse hell then I'm living now."

I get up and stare blankly at the wall. I didn't feel anything at that moment. Not happy, not sad, just numb.

He asks me the all famous question. "So you're just not going to tell her," I hear him get up from the couch and walk over behind me. "At all."

I shrug. "I guess I can try," I start. "I doubt she'll believe me." I turn back around, and Eli was closer to me then I ever thought he would be.

Despite everything that was going on, Eli smirks as if nothing else was going on and our faces began to get closer and closer until our foreheads touched. It was perfect until…

Ring breaks the perfect moment. I look down at my pocket and at my buzzing phone. I pull my head back and slip it out of my pocket and see my mom was calling. My stomach started to turn as I answered it. "H-hello?" I stutter.

"Clare Edwards," I heard on the line. Her voice was stern and intimidating. "Where are you? It is 11 o'clock at night."

I roll my eyes. "You saw me leave, didn't you?"

She doesn't say anything, and I could feel her frown developing. "Come home. Now."

I sigh and hang up the phone. My eyes shoot straight back to Eli. "I need to go." I start to walk over to grab my jacket.

"Need a ride?"

I laugh faintly. "If my mom finds out I was here, she'll kill me." I nod my head. "I'll walk."

He nods and I say my last goodbye for the night. As I walk out the door, I was relieved that no one was home at Eli's, but mad because my mom called at the worst time.

I'm waiting for you hoping you were hopeless
And you'd find your way to me
Caved in, burnt out, is this how our story ends
It wasn't meant to be

It's a really short chapter, but the next one is going to be really good.
Hope you guys like this story still! (: REVIEW!