Apparently I'm a liar and always say I'm going to update every week and I don't. Haha sorry guys! Soo.. who's excited for the second half of season 12?! I am! It's time of EClare! And it looks like Zig and Maya get in quite the predicament...

Leggo!(as Munro Chambers would say)...

The smell of the hospital never changes. Always that same retched smell. The same white walls and bright lights that hang from the ceiling. This is the last place Eli would want to be. Never a good place to be. The last time he had been here was for their friend Adam who'd been shot at prom. Now the girl he loves is sitting in a hospital bed, unconscious, because of that damn lumberjack, Jake. It wasn't fair. Why does all the bad things happen to such a sweet girl.

Eli paced in the waiting room, he had no patients to sit still. Clary and Shane sat holding hands hoping for the best, and Helen was staring into space. When she first arrived at the hospital she didn't understand what was going on, or why her daughter had been admitted into the hospital.

"What's going on? Why is my daughter here?" Helen demanded. Her face a mixture of anger and distress.

"Ma'am, please calm down. You're daughter had a few minor injuries and passed out due to the pain." The doctor explained. But that still didn't stop Helen from yelling at them to tell her what happened. But they didn't know what had happened. Only the teenagers who had witnesses the abuse knew the truth.

"Eli, who did this!" Eli walked over to Helen and gave her a hug and told her to calm down. For once he was the one who wasn't having the melt down.

"She was being abused by her boyfriend, Jake. She was afraid to break up with him because she was afraid he was going to hurt her again." He explained.

"But, I'm her mother. Why didn't she say anything?" Helen cried into Eli's shoulder. He held onto her tighter, knowing how she felt. He didn't understand why Clare didn't say anything either, if they weren't messing around on her bed then he wouldn't have found the bruise. After realizing that he was glad he'd came back into her life. If he didn't, then she would probably be more banged up than she already is. But then again, if he wasn't in her life then she wouldn't be here, in the hospital, either.

Eli and Helen agreed that they will all talk to the police and make a statement to get Jake arrested for abuse.

Now all they can do is wait, wait for Clare to wake up and tell the police everything that happened.

Clare wasn't able to fight the darkness as she told Eli that she was Sorry. She wasn't sure why she said it, she didn't know what she was specifically apologizing for. She knew she still felt guilty for all the horrible things she has done to Eli, she wishes she could take them back; but she can't. She shouldn't have walked away that day, she should have stayed and been there like a good girlfriend, but instead ran away like a child.

That's all she'll ever be, a child.

She was stuck in a trance, she wasn't In a comma, but she was dreaming. Laying in the hospital bed in a deep sleep that created these vivid dreams.

She was running from him, the creature that had caused all her pain, who created the liar that she's became. He was silent, moving in the shadows waiting for the kill, but did she really know the truth. Why he did these things, why he became the monster that now roams the world? She didn't: he's misunderstood, he doesn't wish to be this way, he wants to be himself again.

"HELP! SOMEONE HELP!" Clare screamed as she ran through the forest, she didn't know where to go. She had nowhere to go. She just let her feet guide her until she came upon this little cabin out in the middle of the woods.

She runs to the door and slams her hand repeatedly into in trying to get someone to open in for her. Soon enough the door opens and a teenaged girl wearing a black blink 182 shirt and black Converse answers the door.

"Hello, Clare. Its so nice to meet you."

"Julia?" Clare asked, not so sure that this is the same girl that had once been the apple of Eli's eye.

"The one and only. You should come in, you'll be safe." Julia opened the door wider for Clare and she hesitated, but went inside anyways. Once she was inside Julia closed the door and went into the small living area. It had a huge fire place, a small tan love sofa, a square wooden table in the middle of the room, two reclining chairs, and a small area rug.

"Would you like something to drink? Coffee, water, tea..." Julia asked as she walked to a small kitchen the was only a stove and a small icebox.

"Um..not to sound rude or anything, but aren't you...dead?" Clare was beyond confused, how the hell is talking to a dead person? Its impossible! Wait, if shes able to talk to Julia, does that mean shes...

"You're not dead, Clare. Far from. You're just in a deep sleep and somehow are able to reach me here." she gestured to her home. Clare calmed down a little knowing that she wasn't dead.

"And yes, I am dead." she stated plainly, the same way you would recite your birthday. As she was making drinks for her and Clare, Clare had observed her. She had long straight black hair that ended in the middle of her back and front bangs that hung above her dark brown eyes. She was about the same height as Eli, maybe a inch shorter. To say the least, she understands why she and Eli had went out, they were exactly the same, right down to the black Converse.

"Here." Julia handed Clare a mug of hot coca and they sat down on the sofa facing each other.

"Why am I here?" Clare asked taking a sip from the piping drink.

"I needed to talk to you and when you blacked out due to Jake, I jumped at the opportunity." she explained and went on.

"I need you to do me a favor. I know this must be really weird considering I'm dead and all and we both dated the same guy. But I need you to get Imogen called out for what she did. It isn't fair that I had to die because of her strange obsession with Eli. I only got to live until the age of 15! I didn't even get to have a sweet 16 or get my permit! It isn't fair! And I want Imogen to be put in her place for all the bad she has caused. Eli wouldn't be the way he is today if I didn't die." Julia felt like it was all her fault why Eli is Bipolar. She maybe telling the truth, and might be the reason, but it could have happened either way.

Clare looked away from Julia and stared at the rug's elaborate pattern thinking before giving Julia and answer.

"When I found out that Imogen had killed you, all I could think of is how hurt Eli must have felt. Knowing that he had dated the girl who killed the love of his life. But then again, if I had stayed and been there for him, then they wouldn't have dated. And I wouldn't be getting abused by my boyfriend and we'd both be happy." A tear escaped Clare's eye as she finished her hot coca.

"He still loves you. I'm pretty sure more than he ever loved me." Julia stated sadly, but knew it was true. What she and Eli had was puppy love. They thought it was real, but wasn't in the end. She was meant to die and for him to find this way to Clare's side. They were written in the stars.

Clare looked at Julia in shock, she can't be serious; how can Eli seriously still lover her? She hurt him so badly and left him in the time he needed her and how could she possibly be more loved than Julia? He was completely gaga for the girl!

"What?" was all Clare could manage to say.

"Its true. Sure Eli loved me, but it was nothing compared to what you two share. Its everlasting. Most people would kill to have what you two share. Its like a secret that only you guys know. But don't get me wrong, I'm glad he found you. You might not see that, but I am. I remember when you two broke up I actually cried. It was like I was watching West Drive and seeing my favorite couple break up! But I watched how you and Eli were acting on your own and, my god, it was so weird. You were both a mess. I know Eli is a strong guy and I saw him cry, he never cries. And you were so hollow that I thought if someone touched you you would fall apart."

"Wow. But why don't you hate me?" Clare asked.

"I never did, Clare. When you and Eli first met, I knew it was meant to be. What were the possibilities that Eli would be the one to run over your glasses and not some other guy? From their I knew that he had to move on, and I am glad that it was with you." Julia honestly stated. It was nice to know that Julia had approved of their relationship and that she didn't hate Clare. But they're not even friends, at least she doesn't think they will be considering Jake almost killed Eli.

"That means a lot coming from you, but after what happened today, I don't think Eli will be talking to me anymore. Jake could have gave him serious injuries and it would be all my fault because I'm a terrible girlfriend." Clare cried. She used the back of her had to wipe away the tears from her eyes.

"Never think that Clare. You couldn't control what had happened today; and what happened doesn't make you a terrible girlfriend. Jake was the one at fault. He made you feel unwanted, cold, and scared. No guy should make a girl feel that way. And Eli will want to be your friend, probably more than that. Like I said, the child still love you, that will never change." Julia gave Clare a hug. Clare was astounded that she was hugging a ghost or whatever. She wasn't quite sure if this was real or not. But it doesn't matter because Julia is right. He will always love her: until his last dying breath.

Julia released Clare and told her to follow her to the back of the house. At the end of the house was a small room that had a little TV perched on the wall. Julia grabbed the remote and gestured for Clare to take a seat on the small sofa in the room.

"We're going to watch TV?" Clare asked confused.

"No, I'm going to show you something so that you believe me." Julia turned on the flat screen and the screen filled will color. It showed a picture of a young man walking back and forth in a hospital waiting room.

Clare gasped what she realized who that young man was, "Eli!"

"Yup. But watch, I want you to know how much he loved you." Julia and Clare turned towards the TV and watched as Eli kept pacing and kept his head hung low. He stopped his movements and looked up to the ceiling. And silently he said, "God, Please let her be okay. I don't know what I would do without this girl, she's my everything." Clare's eyes widen when she heard Eli's silent prayer, he prayed for her. Eli, the atheist, had prayed. He really does love her.

"Eli just prayed..." she can't believe that he did that, and for her.

"Yeah, do you believe me now that he loves you?" Julia asked as she turned off the TV.

"Yes, I do." suddenly Clare gets up and Julia follows suit.

"I need to get back. How do I do that?"

"All you have to do is click your heels thr-"

"I'm being serious! This isn't the wizard of oz!" Clare said smiling.

"Okay okay. All you have to do is face your fear. Then you shall wake up." and then Julia faded away and she was once again running through the forest, trying to escape the monster that wanted her dead.

So what do you think? Sorry if its short, wanted to update!

~MadameDegrassi354