Hey! Sorry I didn't update yestarday like I usually do, Chapter 7 was deleted and luckily, I had it saved on a memory card. I really, really hope you guys like this chapter, it's alot more intense than the others. This is in Clare and Eli's POV, switching back and forth. I've been wondering if this story should lengthen and cover the whole 2011-12 school year, review and tell me what you think. Review ;D
Eli's POV
Everything was turning out awesome. I wondered about Clare until I found her with her face already and I swear, it looked she's been crying. "Clare!" I yelled as I saw her angelic body near the drink table. She gasped, turned around and sighed, "Oh Eli, you s-scared me." She said, probably sobbing. "Are you okay?" I asked. "What? Oh yeah, I'm fine. Just allergies." She replied, but she never had problems with her allergies, if she had any. "Are you sure? Were you crying?" I asked, worried about her. "And if I was?" she replied, not answering my question. "Why were you?" "Because…I'm worried that's all." "So you cry?" "Yeah, and allergies and hormones and all that good stuff."
"Clare I'm serious, why were you crying?" I said, with a dark, demanding voice. I hate to use it, but I'm seriously irritated and worried. "Jake! That's why! He followed me to the fun house mirrors and-" she started but I shushed her. "Wait, there's fun house mirrors here? Where in the world would you get fun house mirrors?" I asked. Clare was about to answer that until she realized that was a rhetorical question. "Continue, Judas." I said, awaiting to see what she was going to say.
After some thinking, I realized, Jake. Jakey, Jake Martin. I really don't like him and he made things worse when he attacked Clare yesterday. "Tell me about Jake, what he do?" I asked, still waiting for her to speak. Clare just stood there, her blue eyes looking into my green eyes. "Clare! Tell me!" I yelled, with that dark voice. She realized I was angry and continued. "At the fun house mirrors," she started to cry again. "He said he love me and wanted me to come home and sleep with him! Sleep with him, Eli! So I said no and he threatened me, well about you, I'm assuming. Just please Eli, please be careful tonight! For me!" she cried.
I was feeling a thousand things, anger, shock, sad, jealous, fuming, and all of that. "Clare, do you know where is he?" I said, angry now. "Eli no! just please don't! Don't get into a fist fight!" she yelled. "Actually," I said, taking out an old friend. "I have a different thing in mind." I replied, with a mysterious voice. Clare looked at what I had in my hands and said, "Ipecac? You still have that?" she asked, amazed. "Yeah. Except we're not going to toast, he going to choke." "Choke?" "Clare, he hurt you. That's enough for him deserving to taste his own medicine." I said, wanting her to back me up. "Eli. You're bipolar. Do you even know what you're doing?" she retorted, with caution. I couldn't believe it. She was seriously bringing up the fact that I'm bipolar. I got even angrier, but I tried to control it the way my therapist taught me to.
I took a deep breath and looked at Clare. "I know. I know what I'm doing." I said, pushing Clare out of the way. Clare called after me, but I ran off. Do I even know what I'm doing?
Clare's POV
I gazed over where Eli was standing. What he going to do? I asked myself, afraid of the answer. I searched all over the auditorium until I found Adam, slapping Eli on the back as Eli walked away. "Adam!" I screamed, throwing myself on him. "Clare? What are you doing?" he asked, taking my off him. "Jake! Eli! Jake! Eli! Jake! Eli!" I kept saying, Adam obviously confused. "What are you talking about?" he asked. I grabbed his hand and dragged him, "Follow me." I sternly said.
I dragged Adam until I found Eli, walking up to Jake. I hear their entire conversation: "So Jakey boy, what have you been up to?" Eli said as he waltzed his way to Jake.. "Shut up emo boy." Jake replied. I haven't heard anyone call Eli that since Fitz almost stabbed Eli. I noticed Eli take the Ipecac, and smirked. "Do you know what Ipecac is?" "That vomit drug?" "Yeah, yeah. So have you ever seen it?" Eli asked, with a wide smile on his face. "Yeah, and it's going down your throat." Jake remarked, grabbing Eli's hand and shoved it up his mouth. Eli started coughing, and started to vomit. He got up and ran to the bathroom.
I looked at Jake, seeing his smug face smile at the sight of vomiting Eli. The rest of the party was not so good, and I was worried about Eli. I felt home free until Jake walked up to me and Eli, and punched Eli.
"Thanks Jake. I enjoyed vomiting 'till I could see stars." Eli replied. I heard Jake laugh, and then he took out a dark gun. This was not good. "You're welcome Eli. So Clare, how's being a train wreck?" Jake replied. I broke out. "Why are you doing this Jake? Why?" I asked. "Because of what happened after my party at the cabin.
Flashback from after Nowhere To Run, Jake's cabin party.
I scrambled my way back into my house. Jake and I were together again. I was really happy, then Alli came. "Alli, what are you doing here?" I asked, confused. "I'm so sorry Clare. I swear, I did NOT kiss Jake, he kissed me! Please Clare, believe me!" Alli started crying. "Alli, I forgive you." "Thanks Clare." Alli cried hugging me. When Jake came, he kissed me and leaned in for another and I stopped him. "Jake. We need to talk." I said, as Jake sat on the couch.
"Sure Clare, what's up?" "Did you kiss Alli?" "Yeah so?" he replied. "You told me she kissed you! You lied!" I said, upset. "Yeah but we love each other." Jake said, nicely. "no. we don't. I don't love you. You lied, and I shunned Alli for no reason. You're just a lying jerk. We're over." I said as I hugged Alli. She looked at me, and hugged me back. "You're breaking with me?" Jake said, standing up. "Yes I am." And Alli and I walked out the door.
***End Of Flashback***
I stared at Jake. "You're really holding a grudge after what happened at the cabin? It's your fault!" I yelled, Eli holding my hand to calm me down. "Clare, chill." Eli whispered, so calmly. "No Eli. This is all my fault for even breaking up with you before Spring Break. For yelling at you at The Dot. For everything." I whispered. Jake sighed and said, "Clare, I warned you. It just makes me laugh that you actually think emo boy here could actually beat me. I warned you! I loved you! And what do you do? You prance around with Goldsworthy as your boyfriend! How could you!" Jake's face got all red as he said that.
Millions of things swarmed my head but all I said was, "You broke up with me. You lied to me. You don't deserve me the way Eli does." Eli looked at me, gracefully. I love him, and his abstract green eyes shined in the parking lot, where a lot of 11th and 12th graders are hanging out for the "after party". Jake took something out his pocket again, the gun. "No. no. I love you! Clare, this is your final warning." Jake said, his hand shaking as he held the gun. "B-break up with Eli and sleep with me. Or, you'll pay." Jake said, shakily and scared of what he's about to do.
"No. I love Eli, and Eli loves me." I answered, with a firm voice. Jake stopped shaking and he was confident. "Fine. Your losses." Jake said as he aimed the gun at Eli and me. My eyes widened and anxiety filled my body. Eli grabbed my arm and Jake pressed the button, and a bullet came our way. "NO!" Eli and I screamed.