Eli's POV

It had been a year since I told Clare that I loved her, and I still did. And to my surprise, she loved me back. About 3 months ago, she had moved in permanently with me, life at her home was getting really bad. We graduate together in a week, even though she is a year behind me, she had enough credits to graduate early. I know that we are young, but I want to propose to Clare on graduation, but at the graduation party my parents were throwing us. I told my mom and she thought it was a sweet idea. My parents love Clare, probably as much as I do.

" Hey sweetie." She said as she walked into my room.

" Hi." I said as she sat down next to me on my bed. I lightly kissed her temple.

" So are you ready for graduation next week?" she asked.

" Yes, I am so ready." I chuckled.

" Well I promised Alli that I would go dress shopping with her for the party, so I should get going. I love you" She smiled as she gave me a small kiss and left the room. As soon as she left, I grabbed my phone and dialed Adam's number.

" Hello?" Adam's voice rang.

" Dude, we have to ring shopping, now!" Adam already knew that I was going to propose to Clare.

" Alright, pick me up in 10."

" Kay, bye" I ran down the stairs and into Morty and picked up Adam.

Clare's POV

Alli and I walked into Deb, her favorite store. We walked over to the dresses and she went crazy, picking out any dress she liked. She handed me 6 and shoved me into a dressing room. I tried on a the first five and didn't like any of them, but then I tried on the last one and it was perfect. It was a black ruffled, strapless dress with black roses on the top, and a big bow on the waist, off to the side. It was absolutely perfect. Alli's dress was a short black dress with a white top and a pink strap that wrapped around the waist. She squealed when she saw me in the dress. She took me over to the shoes and picked out a black pair of flats. She got a pair of white, 4 inch heals. I don't even know how she could walk in them! Alli wanted to make sure I looked perfect so she got me a pair of gold angel wings earrings. Even though the party was in 2 days, I was really glad we got all of our shopping done today. On our way home, I called Eli to see what he was doing.

" Hey beautiful." I loved when he called me that.

" Hey what are you doing right now?"

The was a brief silence.

" I'm hanging out with Adam, getting party stuff. Are you and Alli done shopping?"

" Yep, I have my whole outfit for Sunday. So I'll see you in a little bit?"

" Yes you will. I love you, beautiful." I blush every time he says that.

" I love you too."

Eli's POV

That was really close. I really wanted to keep the proposal a secret from Clare. Adam and I were in the jewelry store, looking at engagement rings. I looked from case to case, not yet to find the perfect one.

" Eli, come look at this one." Adam said pointing at a case I hadn't yet looked at.

" Wow." That was all I could say. A 3 carat diamond engagement ring sat in a black velvet box under the glass case.

" Um sir, how much is this?" I asked the store manager.

" That one is $2,500." That was a lot less then I had thought.

" I'll take it, and can I get it engraved please?"

" Yes, what would you like it to say?" The manager pulled out a pad of paper and a pen.

" Forever and Always" I smiled.

" Okay that well be ready tomorrow around 4 o'clock."

" Okay, thank you sir." I said as Adam and I walked out of the jewelry store.

Clare's POV

Today was the party. I woke up in Eli's arm's. I smiled to myself and rubbed my sleepy eyes. I tried to remove his arms from my waist and he just held on tighter.

" No, stay here." He mumbled, half asleep. I just chuckled and laid back down to face him. His eyes opened slowly as I gave him a quick kiss on the lips, then kissed his neck and his jaw line.

" Ugh fine." He said as he climbed out of bed. I smiled at my victory.

The party started at 12:00, and it was 10:30 now. I decided to call Alli and see if she wanted to come over to get ready. She said sure and that she would be over in 20 minutes. I set my phone down on the dresser and walked down the stairs to the kitchen. Eli was standing in the kitchen eating a bowl of cereal and he had poured me a bowl of cheerios.

" Thank you." I said as I grabbed my bowl and hopped up on the counter.

" So are you ready for today?" Eli asked me as he drank the left over milk from his cereal.

" Yes I am, are you?"

" Of course." He smirked. God I loved his smirk.

The door bell rang, so I jumped of the counter and ran to get it. It was Alli with my dress and my accessories. I let her in and we ran up the stairs to the bathroom, trying not to have Eli see what she had in her hands. We made it into the bathroom and pulled out the dresses. I slipped on mine and helped Alli zipper her's up. She pulled out the make up she brought and did mine for me, then I did hers. Alli helped me to curl my hair, then I straightened hers. By the time we were all ready, it was 11:45. I figured it was okay to come out so we threw our old clothes into the bag and went outside to Eli's backyard. There were lights hung on the trees, ' Congratulations' balloons tied to the fence, speakers in the far conner, a picnic table with snacks on it in the middle. Everything was perfect.

Eli's POV

The party was in 15 minutes and my heart was racing. Adam kept telling me to calm down and that I shouldn't worry about Clare saying yes. I walked outside and the first thing that caught my eye was Clare. She was beautiful. She looked absolutely amazing in her dress, her hair was perfect, her make was just right, not too much but not too little. I walked over and wrapped my arms around her waist from behind.

" You look amazing." I said as I kissed her neck. I could not see it, but I knew that her cheeks were flushed. I removed my arms and faced her. I looked into her deep blue eyes and smirked.

" I'll be right back." I said as I kissed her cheek and walked over to Adam.

" Okay so how should I do this?"

" Do what?"

" Propose! Should I stand on the table and ask her there? Or should I just randomly get down on one knee and ask her? Help me!" I shouted in nervousness.

" Oh okay, ask her in 5 minutes so I can go and get the video camera." Adam smiled. I groaned and walked back over to Clare and started to make small talk until I saw Adam standing at the door looking at me, giving me the look of 'do it now!' I pulled the velvet box out of my jacket pocket and held it in my hand. The music quieted and I turned to face Clare. I got down on one knee and opened the box.

" Clare Edwards, I have loved you since our kiss for English class, I promise to love you forever, will you marry me?"