Author's note: so I have an idea for the ending now, which is good. Now that I know how I want the book to end, I can decide how its gonna get there.

A generation's always waiting, a revolution's passed it's time.

"Eli?" Clare asked, pulling me out of the trance I was in as I held the Valentine's Day card in my hand.

"Yeah?" I asked.

"Do you think you can throw it away?"

I was about to say no, but I looked into her eyes and saw a tint of pain. I pursed my lips. "Yeah, actually, I think I can,"

"You sure?" she asked.

I nodded and read the words over one more time. Be Mine? Be Mine Forever? Kay, Good (; I Love You, Eli. -Julia.

I smirked. It was so like her. Looking back into Clare's eyes, I place the card in the trash bag and sat down next to it, taking in a deep breath.

"Good job, Eli, you're getting so better,"

I took her hand in mine when she sat next to me. "Thanks. It's not so hard anymore. I think I've finally realized that I can remember her without all this stuff,"

"That's good,"

I nodded and leaned in to kiss her. "Do I get a reward for being good?"

She leaned back, making me hover over her. We weren't exactly laying on my bed, but we weren't sitting on it, either. "I thought that was only when you were naughty?"

"I cant be naughty all the time…unless you want me to,"

She winked. "No, not all the time,"

When Clare leaned into my lips, I felt the fire spread throughout my body. Her fingers pulled gently on my hair and I moaned in her mouth. She pulled away, blushing. "Sorry,"

"It's fine. I cant help it, I like hair pulling,"

She giggled and stood up. "C'mon, we only have a little bit left,"

I looked around the room, realizing she was right. In the past month since my 'incidents' we have made a lot of progress in the room cleaning. It was all just kind of piled in the corner of my room. All the rest was clean.

I stood up and pulled her against me. "But this is more fun,"

"Eli, we told your parents we'd be cleaning,"

"We did clean. I say it's time for a break," I twitched my eyebrows(3) up and then leaned down to capture her in a kiss.

I was walking with her, trying to find a wall to press her up against. On the way there, she grabbed something out of the pile and pulled away. "What about this? Oh," she said when she looked at it. "Never mind, you need to keep this,"

I took the blue frame out of her hands and looked at it. The picture frame held a picture of me and Julia. She had a lollipop in her mouth and my arms were around her waist, head resting on her shoulders.

"I think I will keep it," I said, turning the frame over and unclasping the clasp. I took the picture out and went over to put it in the keep box. "But, I don't need it in the frame. What about one of me and you? How about…" I set the frame down and shuffled through some things in the keep box. I pulled out a picture of me and Clare at Vegas Night(4) "What about this picture?"

She smiled. "I like it,"

I put the picture in the frame and set it on my night-stand. "There. Now we kiss,"

I grabbed her again and went to kiss her, but she turned her head. I sighed.

"Eli, how are you so good at this?"

"Kissing? Well you see-"

"I mean the cleaning, Smart Ass,"

I smirked at her. "Like I said, I finally realize that you've all been right all along. Julia's in my heart, not this stuff. Some stuff I would like to keep, but not everything,"

"Its so easy for you to say goodbye now,"

"Clare, I have new memories to make. With you,"

She smiled up at me, her whole face lighting up. "But it's happening so fast,"

"What is?"

"You saying goodbye. Are you sure you don't need more time?"

"I'm not saying goodbye. I'm just saying…see you later. Sure, I'll think about Julia sometimes. A lot, honestly, but when you're here, you numb the pain,"

"Glad I could help,"

"Wanna know how you could really help?"

"How?"

I crushed my lips over hers, enjoying the gasp the came from it. I slid my tongue behind her lips and tasted her mouth.

She put her hands on my chest and pushed me back. I groaned and playfully stomped my foot.

"Before we get too carried away…" she turned around and grabbed another picture. This one wasn't in a frame, just a plastic rubber sealer. "Oh. Who's this?" she asked.

I walked over and leaned over her shoulder, looking at the picture. "Oh, that's me, Julia and her brother, Vitaliy,"

"Vitaliy?" Clare asked. "That's an interesting name,"

I shrugged. "He was technically her step-brother, but she loved him enough. He's actually the reason we met," I said, remembering that. I haven't talked to Vitaliy since the funeral.

"Hmm. How did you two meet? If you're okay to talk about it,"

I went over to my bed, pulling Clare with me. I pulled her down on my lap. "I'm fine to talk about it. It's easier now than it used to be,"

I sighed, going into my flashback and explaining to Clare where it all began…

"Dammit!" I yelled.

"Haha, loser!" Vitaliy laughed.

"Shut up, man, I'll win eventually,"

"Eventually or never?"

"One more game?" I challenged.

"Cant. I've gotta go to my step-sister's swim meet,"

I sighed, pulling the dice into my bag while V collected his money.

"Right, your mom moved in with that guy,"

"Not only moved in. She MARRIED him, too. Now I've got a step sister. Oh joy,"

I laughed. "Well then, I guess I'll see you later?"

"Hey, wait a minute. You wanna come with me? It wont be as boring with you there,"

"To a swim meet? I don't know…sports and I don't really click,"

"C'mon, Eli!" he whined. "I don't wanna be alone there with my mom and Dave. You'd be able to see hot girls swim…"

I smirked. "Okay, you got me. Bikini's?" I asked as we walked to his car.

"Sorry. One-pieces,"

"Dammit," I cursed under my breath as we got in the car.

When we arrived to the swim meet, we found his parents and sat down next to them.

"Nice of you to join us, Vitaliy. Oh and you brought Elijah. How nice," she smiled at me and I smiled back, turning to roll my eyes when she looked away. Vitaliy's mom wasn't the nicest lady around.

"OOh!" She squealed a couple minutes later. "Here comes Julia!"

I turned to look at the girl stepping up onto the diving board. She had long black hair that she was putting under her swim cap. She adjusted the goggles on her eyes and took her mound.

The gun shot was blown and she dove into the water. The way she glid in was so smooth. It was soundless, fast and it didn't make a big splash like the others. Her body was elite and she swam fast, doing a skilled flip under water and coming back to the other side, all without coming up for air.

She broke surface and smiled as the announcer said her name. "Julia Mason came in first, followed by Megan Luther, then Jaime Stevens…"

I stopped listening and focus on her body as she stepped out of the water, dripping from head to toe. It was about the hottest thing I've seen in my fifteen years.

"Dude!" Vitaliy smacked my arm. "Are you checking out my sister?"

"What? No!" I lied, my eyes averting back to her. She grabbed a towel and headed to the locker room.

At the end of the meet, I followed Vitaliy and his family over to greet her. Julia was now in tight black skinny jeans, ripped from the top of the thighs all the way down. She had on a tight black long-sleeved shirt under a tied corset top. Her black hair hung down her shoulder.

Her dad hugged her and she reluctantly hugged her step-mom back. I couldn't keep my eyes off of her.

Vitaliy went over and high-fived her, then dragged her over to me. Her grey eyes were stunning and I thought I was gonna loose my balance when I stared into them.

"Jules, this is my friend, Eli. Eli, this in my new step-sister, Julia,"

She stuck her black fingernail-polished hand out and I shook it. It was so smooth.

"Hey," she smiled at me.

"Hey," I smiled right back.

I put the picture down next to me and smiled. Clare had moved off my lap and was now sitting next to me. "That's sweet,"

"It was a good day," I nodded. "Vitaliy gave us permission to date about a month later and…we kinda just fell in love,"

"Do you and Vitaliy still talk?"

"No," I sighed, regretting it. I did loose him as a friend after that. "I don't really know if he's forgiven me for killing Julia,"

"Eli, you didn't kill her,"

"We shouldn't have fought,"

"You didn't know that would happen. Eli, really, stop blaming yourself. I bet you Vitaliy forgives you. You should call him and ask,"

"I don't know…"

"Don't you want your best friend back?"

She got up and started shuffling through my desk. We had cleaned that out and organize all my phone numbers. I stood up and grabbed her hand. "I have Adam,"

She pushed my hand away and went back to looking for Vitaliy's number. "You can have two best friends, Eli,"

"What if V doesn't forgive me?"

"He will. No one blames you for this but yourself, so knock it off and let me find his phone number,"

I sighed and pulled a piece of paper from underneath the spiral notebook we kept numbers in. "Here,"

"Well…call him," she pushed.

"I don't know,"

She grabbed her cell phone and punched in the number. "Hello? Is this Vitaliy Mason?"

I smirked, knowing he would correct her and say Vitaliy Wieser. She nodded. "Oh, I'm sorry. Anyway, Vitaliy? I'm Clare Edwards, a…friend of Eli Goldsworthy and he would like to speak to you,"

I looked at her confused. Why did she say she was just a friend. As she handed me the phone I lifted one eyebrow. "He doesn't need to know you moved on," she whispered and shoved the phone at me.

"Hey, Vitaliy," I said, clearing my throat.

I heard a deep voice on the other end laugh. "Eli Goldsworthy? Well, it's been awhile, hasn't it?"

"Yeah…it has,"

Author's note: (: I have a friend named Vitaliy so that's dedicated to him. We aren't close, but I just love that name. Also, I decided to add a friend in here for a teeny bit more drama. I hope that okay(:

(3) you know the eyebrow twitch he did in "All Falls Down" part one? When he was gonna kiss Clare but stupid Fitz interrupted? Yeah, I didn't know if that was the right wording but that's what it is. Lol. XD

(4) in this book, Vegas Night went smoothly for Eclare. There were now psychotic bullies trying to stab my Eli. Eli and Clare just danced and had a great time. So there :P