Ok good news- it's updated
Bad news- I am not sure if I'll be able to update for 3 days
Yay! No...
You'll probably kill me after you read this though.
Dave's POV
My heart burst out of my chest when I saw Alli and Kyle together at the Dot.
I waited until their flirt fest was over when I sat down next to her.
"Uh…hi…" I said.
She drank her smoothie. "Dave…"
I sat down. "I like you,"
She choked on her smoothie.
"What?" she had squeaked, clearly not expecting this, and to be honest neither was I.
"I like you Alliah Bhandari."
She stood up, grabbed my shirt, and kissed me.
"I like you Dave…" she said. "Kiss me… now."
I laughed and kissed her.
Clare's POV
This boy had crazy family.
But it didn't matter.
Because I saw now… he needed to go. He had a sister that needed him, a mom that needed him.
I was just his girlfriend.
But that didn't make it hurt any less.
Eloise went to the bathroom to fix her make-up I looked at the floor and started crying.
"You… need to go." I whispered, my heart breaking with every breath I took.
"Clare…"he said.
"No… Eli, she…needs you…your mom needs you and I may need you as much as them but… but…"
I couldn't finish and left.
Eloise ran up after me.
"Stop," she said.
I stopped. "What?" I said.
"Don't." she whispered. "You are the best thing that has ever happened to my brother in his 16 years of living."
"But…"
"True… I may never admit it but I need him. My mom needs him… but damn it if I let him return to that death obsessed sad sack he was than I would fail as a sister."
I sat on the bench. "What am I supposed to do?"
She looked at me. "Fight for him. When someone makes a lot of progress, it's common for them to then take a step back. This is your step back, now walk forward."
I pulled my hair. "I don't know what to do or how to fix it."
"My mom loves to near water… know that. There's this cottage my dad had when he was happy that she used to love to be in, near the water. In Toronto."
I looked at her. "You're saying… if she found a place like that, she'd move here?"
"She'd move here in a heartbeat,"
I looked confused. "How will she find this place?
Eloise smirked. "Her oh-so scheming and devious daughter," and raised her eyebrows.
"You remind me so much of your brother," I told her and she shrugged.
"Goldsworthy curse," she said. "With our names come great responsibilities."
Eli's POV
I knew Clare and my sister were up to something the moment they walked back.
Together.
"I'm scared." I muttered and she kissed me.
"I just had a meltdown under the stress of things, forgive me?" she pleaded and I sighed.
"As long as you and my sister don't kill me,"
"No need to worry big brother." Eloise said.
"Well, Eloise and I need to go and talk about girl stuff, in the uh… lobby." Clare said.
I didn't believe them.
"What type of girl stuff?"
She smirked at me. "If you must know—"
Then I had a slideshow of all the possibilities.
"No…no… no… I don't need to know!" I said squeezing my eyes shut.
"Good boy," she said and kissed my cheek.
"Good bye," Clare giggled.
Then they walked out.
"Eli…" a frantic voice said. "Eli, your sister's gone." My mother said, tears in her eyes.
I sighed.
Were visiting hours over yet?
"No she's in the lobby with my girlfriend,"
"How'd she get here?"
"The bus,"
She groans. "I need to tell her something, well the both of you now."
"What is it mom?"
She fiddles with her purse.
"I have a boyfriend for four years."
I raise my eyebrows. "Is he better than Dad?"
She nodded and smiled.
"Four years… Eloise must know…" I say.
She nods. "Yes…she does know about Aaron."
I shrug. "So… what's the secret?"
She moans.
"I'm pregnant."
Then the sun turned off and I black out.