Hey everyone… are you excited to find out who Elliot is? Anyway onward to Ch.3! :)

Snowballs Chance in Hell

Ch.3: Two of you?

Eli's POV

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I was sitting at the breakfast table looking out the bay window I watched as the bright sun glistened off the snow. It was a going to be a beautiful day especially for what I had planned. I heard Clare coming down the stairs.

"There's cereal in the cabinet" I said to her.

"No thanks" she said and joined me at the table. We sat there in awkward silence for a moment.

"So are you going to tell me who Elliot is?" she asked. I knew I couldn't avoid the question forever so I figured I would enlighten her.

"Elliot is my brother." I stated. I watch as her mouth dropped a little.
"I didn't know you have a brother" she said. Her voice was laced with hurt.

"Yeah Elliot and I went to school together last year. When Julia died Cici and Bullfrog thought it would be best if I had a fresh start. You already knew that part. Anyways Elliot didn't want to move or transfer schools so Grandma Pat offered to let him stay with her." I said

"So why haven't you mentioned him before?" she asked

"We don't really get along to well. I guess you could say we are very different. He is more of the in crowd type and well…. Im not" I made a gesture toward my appearance.

"So you don't get along because of the clothes you wear or the things you like?" she asked in a confused tone.

"No that's not the reason we don't get a long" I stated "we don't get along because whenever we are around each other everything turns into a competition. He has always trying to prove that he was better then me. Maybe he's trying to make up for the fact that I was born a minute before him." I replied shrugging my shoulders.

"Hold the phone" Clare exclaimed "you mean…"

"He's my TWIN brother" I interjected. That's when her jaw flung open.

"Were you ever planning on telling me you have a twin?" she asked sounding mad.

"I was planning on telling you, are you mad that I didn't?" I asked raising my eyebrows.

"No not mad but I am a little hurt that you would keep a secret like that from me" she said standing up and looking out the window.

"Im sorry, I should have told you. I just thought out of sight, out of mind" I said standing up next to her.

"Well, ill let you make it up to me tonight" she said.

"How?" I asked

"Desert at the dot after dinner" she stated.

"Deal" I replied. As soon as I said that the phone rang. As I walked to it I had an eerie feeling in the pit of my stomach.

"Hello" I said into the receiver

"Oh hey grandma… im good… yes she told me this morning… no she wont be home til around four… yes ill tell her… ok… love you too." I hung the phone up.

"That was my grandma" I said to Clare. She nodded at me with a smile.

"She's going to be dropping Elliot off this afternoon" I stated.

"So what are we going to do today?" she asked changing the subject.

"well I thought we could either stay inside where its warm and have a movie marathon or go outside and play in the snow." I replied

"Well… why not do both" she said with a grin. I agreed that was a good Idea. I thought it would be better if we went outside first while the weather was still nice so I went to the hall closet and pulled out our snow boots and winter jackets. Once we were all bundled up we stepped out into the backyard. The air was crisp but it wasn't as cold as I imagined it was going to be. I picked up a pile of snow and lightly threw it at Clare.

"Hey!" she shouted brushing the snow off her jacket. She bent down to pick up a handful of snow to retaliate but I was too quick; I gently tackled her to the ground. She started laughing as she smeared a handful of snow in my face. We played around all morning in the snow making snow angels and attempting to build a fort. I felt like I was ten again it was such a refreshing feeling I didn't want it to end. We finished our snow day by making a snow man which Clare criticized.

"He's lopsided" she stated

"Don't tell him that, he might get a complex" I stated laughing at myself. Clare rolled her eyes at me.

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Back in the house we both took separate showers and changed into warm dry clothes. I met Clare in the den downstairs.

"So what are we watching Blue eyes?" I asked her. She was already picking through my DVD collection.

"How about this" she said holding up my copy of Dumb and Dumber.

"I see you like the classics" I said as I took the case from her and slid the disk into the DVD player. She took a seat on the couch and a second later I joined her. We were halfway through the movie when I heard the front door open.

"Mom?" his voice called.

"Ugh!" I responded "here goes nothing" I said looking at Clare. She just smiled at me.

"Where's mom?" Elliot asked waking into the den and standing in front of the TV. He was wearing a red Abercrombie hoodie and pair of light wash frayed jeans and his Nikes. It mad me throw up a little in my mouth.

"Hi, Eli how are you? It's nice to see you too!" I said my voice dripping with sarcasm. Elliot stopped looking at me and turned to Clare.

"Eli, don't be rude introduce me to your beautiful FRIEND" he said. I could here him emphasize the word friend. It was his way of saying there was a snowballs chance in hell that Clare was actually my girlfriend.

"Clare, this is Elliot" I said drawing out the words like it hurt to speak them.

"Nice to meet you Clare" Elliot said with a smirk, my smirk, the smirk that I was only allowed to give Clare. She blushed a little bit and shook his hand.

"Nice to meet you too" she said smiling. I felt anger and jealousy build up in my stomach.

"Don't you have some unpacking to do?" I asked him my tone was now filled with annoyance.

"It can wait" he said taking a seat on the other side of Clare. I rolled my eyes. I heard the front door open again. I pictured the devil walking through the threshold because I was obviously in HELL right now!

"Hey Eli im home" my mother called.

"Mom" Elliot shouted as he headed out of the room to greet her.

Once he was out of the room Clare turned to me. "He seems kind of nice" she said. I rolled my eyes "yep he's nice alright" I said as I turned the volume on the television up and returned my glare back to the screen.

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So now that we have met Elliot what do you think?

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