CLARE'S P.O.V.
Throughout the day, nothing seemed to be going wrong. After the awkwardness of first period with KC sitting only two seats away from me, my school day remained uninterrupted. Other then gym and media presentations, I had no classes with KC. In gym he'd snuck a few glances, eyeing me. It made me feel exposed in some ways, his eyes scanning me like an MRI. He's a creep, no doubt about it. I just remained calm, and talked to Alli. I was almost a little embarrassed for him, after all- he'd been so abrupt on the computer last night; he'd probably lost a lot of his boldness now that he was seeing me in person. That was the thing, I supposed, with the 21st Century. There sure were a lot of false bravados.
After school, I met Eli by his car. I found him sitting on the hood of Morty, his feet on the sidewalk, sun shining through his dark hair. He smirked when he saw me; "Don't worry, Edwards." He said, lifting up his hands, "I'm still alive."
I rolled my eyes at him, and slid on to the hood next to him. The parking lot was mostly vacant with the exception of the teacher's cars.
He glanced sideways at me, staring at me, searching for something within my facial expressions. I tried to remain unreadable, even though I was sure to fail, and stared ahead, as if I was unaware of his gaze.
"Clare?" He asked, and I turned my gaze to him, his green eyes, seemingly darker, although the sun was shining. "You're not still worried, are you?"
I shifted uncomfortably, and shook my head, biting my thumb nail. "Not really," I said- regardless of the fact I was. It seemed stupid to be worried about something as unimportant as KC was. I averted my gaze to him, our eyes meeting and locking.
"You're not going to be stupid about this, are you Eli?" I asked quietly, letting my insecurity leak out.
"Clare," He said, moving his head so close to mine I could feel his breath. "I'm never stupid."
And then he leaned in and kissed me, lightly at first, slowly evolving into something more…
"Shoot!" I pulled back, checking my cell phone for the time. "I've got to meet Alli at the Dot at five. We need to work on this thing for media presentations."
"Let me drive you," Eli said, patting the hood of his car.
"No, it's okay- I'll walk." I said, regardless of the fact that I wanted to. "Alli would flip if she realizes the reason I'm late is because I was with you."
"Ahhh- Alli." Eli smirked. "She's stealing you away-" He said, overdramatically sighing.
"Whatever." I rolled my eyes playfully.
"Will you still be there at say… six-thirty?"
"Possibly…" I said, making a thoughtful face. "But only if I had a really, really, really good reason to stay."
"Mmmh. I'll see what I can do about that." Eli said, leaning towards to kiss me again.
I breathed in, and moved back.
"I've really, really have got to run." I said, picking up my backpack off the back of his car.
"If you say so, Edwards." He said, pulling on one of my curls.
"And I do," I said, kissing him on the cheek, breathing in the smell of his lingering after shave.
"Well, what you say goes." He said, turning my face and pecking me on the lips.
"Oh does it?" I laughed. "Well then, Mr. Goldsworthy? Six-thirty?"
"Only if you have a good enough reason to stay." He said, sliding into the driver's seat and starting up his car.
"I'll see what I can do." I said, sauntering away, laughing.
Maybe I did have nothing to worry about.