Eli's POV

We walked up to her big wooden door and just stood there. She didn't even try to move.

" You know we have to go inside.." I said, turning my face to hers.

" I know, but I don't want to.."

" Come on." I said as I grabbed her hand and reached for the door. I opened the door and dragged her with me. We walked in to find her house empty, with glass shattered in her kitchen. There was a note lying on her granite counter.

Dear Clare,

We don't know when you will be back, but your father and I filed for divorce. We wanted to tell you, but we couldn't find you. We had to go to the states for the divorce, so we shouldn't be back for a couple of weeks. You can have Alli stay over if you would like. Call me or your father when you get this note.

Love,

Mom and Dad.

I looked over at Clare, and tears were flowing from her blue eyes. I turned by body to face her and wrapped my arms around her waist, and let her cry into my chest.

" I can't believe this!" she mumbled into my Dead Hand shirt.

" It's going to be okay, Clare. Do you still want to stay at my house for a little bit?" I asked as I kissed the top of her head.

" Yea, just let my get some stuff." She said as she pulled away and took my hand, and dragged me to her room. She led me up to her bedroom and told me she had to go get some stuff from her bathroom. When she left, I walked around her room, looking at the pictures on her desk. She had pictures of her family on the right side of her laptop. I looked away from the family pictures and looked to the left side of the laptop. She had 3 pictures of us. The first picture was of us after the day we skipped english together. The second was of us during our Romeo and Juliet scene. The last one, was of us after we got our piercings. I smiled at the last one. Clare was like no other girl I had ever met. She was strong, smart, caring, and just plain amazing.

" What are you doing?" I whipped around to see Clare standing in the door way with a small bag in her hands.

" Oh, nothing." I smirked.

" You were looking at my pictures, weren't you?" She smiled

" Yea, sorry."

" Why be sorry? They are just pictures." She said with a smirk.

" Oh really?" I said as I leaned down so that my lips were against hers. The kiss was slow and passionate. I moved my hand from her face down to her waist and pulled her closer to me. I felt her tongue slide across my lower lip, asking for entrance. Our tongues battled for dominance and mine won. She pulled away after about 5 minutes and smiled.

" I think I'm ready to leave." She said in a small voice.

I took her cold hand and led her out of her room. She locked the door after she stepped outside. We walked hand in hand to Morty. I opened the door for her, then went to my door and slid in.

" So do you want to go back to my house and watch a movie?"

" Sure." Clare said with her eyes glued to the scenery outside her window. A few minutes later we reached my house, and I took in her small bag upstairs to my room.

" So what movie would you like to watch?" I asked as I cleared out one of my drawers for her things.

" You can chose." She said as she took off her shoes and sat on my bed. I smiled and walked over to my dvd shelf and pulled out The Titanic. It wasn't my favorite movie, but I knew Clare loved it so I popped it into the dvd player above my TV. As soon as the opening credits came on and I saw Clare's face light up.

" Wow. I thought you were going to chose a scary movie like Saw or Paranormal Activity."

" Nah, I thought you would like this better." I smiled and sat next to her on my big bed. I wrapped my arm around her shoulder and started to watch the movie, until we were interrupted by her cell phone ringing.

" Hello?" She answered.

" Yes mom, I'm fine. I'll call you later okay? Love you, bye." She hung up the phone and put it back on my dresser.

" Everything okay?" I asked as she sat down next to me.

" Yea, my mom just called to make sure I was okay."

" Oh, okay. So how long do you want to stay with me? A month, a year, forever?" I said with a smirk.

" Only for a little while, Eli, I told you that. I don't to be a burden."

" Clare, you can stay for as long as you want. I love your company." I saw a shade of red appear on her cheeks.

" Aww, do I make you blush, Edwards?" I asked as I pulled her closer to me. She just smiled and turned back to watch the movie. After the movie ended, Clare went into the bathroom to change, and I stayed in my room. I changed from my skinny jeans into plaid pants and put a black wife beater on. A few minutes later, Clare came back in black shorts and a blue tank top. I climbed into bed with Clare, and pulled the covers over top of us. We laid in my bed, facing each other until Clare let out a giant yawn."

" I think so one is pretty tired."

She giggled, " Good night Eli."

She turned around and I wrapped my arm around her waist.

" Good night, Clare."