Chapter 10

3 weddings and a funeral?

Clare laid in her bed,waking slowly staring at the ceiling above her. Eli sat in Clare's desk chair. He had fallen asleep,and was snoring slightly. Clare sat up. "Eli..." Clare sighed. "beep beep beep" The loud noise caused Eli to get up quickly. "What are you doing here?" Clare asked. Eli stretched his arms out and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. "Sorry" He yawned. "Your parents went out,and asked me to watch you." She smiled.

"That's really sweet,Eli" She said. "Are you hungry?tired? thirsty?" Eli asked. "a little thirsty." Eli grabbed a water bottle from the mini fridge. "been keeping them cold,incase you were to wake up." He said. "beep beep" Clare sat up,taking the glass from Eli. "I hurt really bad." Clare said. "probably the bolts in your chest." Eli mentally kicked himself. "I mean,it's expected,Edwards." She smiled. "Well thank you Captain optimistic." Clare teased.

"Hey Eli,you know I really don't want to be confined to one area for the next two weeks,or till a donor comes through. I mean if anyone matches,so I'm going to get dressed and I want you to take me somewhere,other than this room." Eli bit his bottom lip. "Edwards,the doctor said,not to shake you up." Clare rolled her eyes. "I'm not going to die,before I live." She said,and climbed out of her bed.

"Edwards,it's Sunday afternoon,where could we go?" Eli asked,unsure of what to say. Clare picked up her diary,unraveling the ribbon with the key. She popped the lock and felt the pages. "Here..." She handed Eli the book. "#99 crash a wedding..." Eli's eyebrows went up. "Edwards..." he wined. "you want to crash a wedding?"

Clare smiled,as she ran over to her closet. "yup we're their distant cousins." She giggled picking up a peach baby doll dress. "Clare..." Eli tried to put up a convincing argument. "Where are we going to find a wedding?" She laughed. "The newspaper announcements of course." Eli rolled his eyes.

He was seriously considering it. "Where would I find a suit?" Clare smiled,pointing down the hall. "My dad's closet..." She said. Eli made the turn down the hallway to Clare's dad's room. "I must have a screw loose." Eli said,picking up the suit. "1920's pimp,yeah that's always in style." He rolled his eyes.

Clare smiled,running back to her room. "beep beep" "Edwards,don't run,okay? If we crash a wedding,you can't do anything that could kill you." He waved his finger past her face. "No drinking,No stripping,and no catching the bouquet." Clare rolled her eyes. "Turn around" She said,slipping the dress on. "zip me up" She said. Eli turned around,grabbing the zipper of the back of her dress,and pulling it up. He snickered to himself,thinking She's so beautiful.

Clare put on some lip gloss and flipped her hair a bit,adding a flower headband. "To the future Mr&Mrs Bernuckle" She laughed,picking up the news paper. Eli rolled his eyes,looking at the ugly suit he was wearing. "Oh no we won't stand out at all." Eli smirked.

"Okay,so here..." Clare picked up a note pad. "Mom,Dad Eli and I went to feed the homeless,yup we'll be back around dinner. xo-Clare" Eli laughed. "right,that won't seem suspicious at all." He held the door open for her. "Hey do you have a key?" Clare shook her head. "We should probably at least eat first..."

*1 hour later*

Eli pulled Morty into the church parking lot. "Uhh you sure this isn't a funeral?" Eli asked. "Number 98 crash a funeral,either way we get one thing checked off that list." She smiled. Eli stopped the car,and parked it. "Alright,hopefully nobody will recognize us." Eli took out a fake mustache,using double sided tape to hold it in place. "My name Eelo." He said in a funny accent,making Clare giggle. "and I'm Chloe" She laughed. The two got out of the car,as the church bells chimed.

"okay so his name is Louie and hers is Samantha,so if someone asks just remember to talk about how wonderful they are." Eli tried not to roll his eyes,as the two entered the church.

Eli and Clare sat down in a pew,as the music played the wedding march. "Hey Edwards is that the grooms father...or?" Clare looked around. "Nope,I think he's the groom." Eli raised his eyebrows. "So we crashed someone's retirement party...?" He smirked. Clare pursed her lips together. "We could bail...?" Eli laughed. "oh no,this is too good." He shook his head.

"We're gathered here today..." "Well I guess you're never too old to tye the knot..." Eli laughed. The elderly lady made her way down the alter to the elderly man. "Eli..." Clare stuttered,her hand shaking. "Hey,hey" Eli whispered,taking her hand. "beep beep" Clare's head fell onto Eli's shoulder as the bride and groom said there I do's. "Calm down" Eli said,brushing strands of her hair with his fingers.

"Clare" Eli whispered. "hmm" Clare hummed. "You want to crash the reception?" Clare smiled. "why not?" She said softly. The whole church cleared out,as they moved outside for the reception. Clare and Eli ducked behind two woman with very large dresses and slipped into the party.

"ordorbs" Eli said,and snuck away to the snack table,leaving Clare alone with a bunch of elderly strangers. "Lovely ceremony" Clare nodded. "So how do you know Louie?" Clare nodded. "He's a friend of my Grandpa's dentist." Clare said quickly. "Honey,you all alone over here." Eli walked up. "I got you punch,and Samantha is just looking lovely as always." Eli tried to lay it on thick. "Yes she is" The woman nodded.

"enjoy the party" Clare smiled. "That was a close one..." Eli laughed. " a friend of my grandpa's dentist?" He mocked her. "Hey" She playfully punched him. "So you want a crash the Goobearts wedding?" Eli asked,his eyebrow raised. Clare smiled,as the two made it to the parking lot.

"I mean why just crash one?" Clare asked,crawling into the passenger seat.

Clare and Eli slipped into another wedding. This time 2 gay men tying the knot. Clare dabbed her handkerchief as tears rolled down her eyes. Eli just stood stiff,trying not to make any sudden movements. "I now pronounce you MR & MRS GOOBEARTS" Eli stood up. "Finally!" Eli said aggravated, a little too loudly,causing everyone to stare at the gothic kid dressed like a vintage pimp.

"I mean they are just so in love,and it's just wonderful,really! It's just about time,that's all folks!" Eli exclaimed,earning some applause. He picked Clare up by the arm. "Come on Chloe" He said,pulling her out of the church.

The two ran to the parking lot. "Before traffic gets insane, Edwards" Eli said,quickly making his exit. "Look a Greek Wedding!" Eli gulped,as Clare pointed to a large hotel. "You know what they say. OH pa!" He said,turning into the hotel.

"So Chloe,I think we just made the chair dance." Clare smiled,as she entered the ballroom. "Remember if anyone asks you a question, just say Oh pa!" Eli was pulled into a circle of dancing Greek men,with chairs over their heads. "shit" Eli said,giving Clare a funny stare.

"When in doubt...dance" Clare said,and joined in the circle of dancers,beeping all the way. "Come we break plates!" Eli's eyes widened. Then a bunch of plates started falling to the floor,and breaking into millions of pieces. "What do we do?" "beep beep" The sudden noise scared Clare.

"duck and clap!" Eli yelled. Both of them got down and starting clapping,as everyone joined hands and went around in a circle,kicking there feet,and dropping more plates. "Uh..." Eli said. "Duck and clap out the door!" He motioned for her to follow. The two walked out of the wedding like 2 ducks.

"that was awesome!" Clare exclaimed. Eli rolled his eyes,holding the revolving door. He looked across the street. "Look a funeral is going on..." He smirked. Clare's eyebrows went up. "No,Edwards we're not crashing a funeral. especially dressed like Anne of green gables and a zoot." Clare gave Eli the puppy dog pout. "Come on we'd get two things off the list..." Clare begged. Eli hated that.

"uhh,how bout we don't do it,but say we did?" His eyebrows rose and fell at the question. He looked at Clare's puppy dog pout. "I'm going to actually crash a fricken funeral." Eli rolled his eyes,as Clare clasped her hands together happily.

The two walked across the street to the the funeral. "Okay Edwards the guys name is Jim,he apparently was hit by a bus,poor idiot." Eli laughed. Clare slugged him one. "Well we're the only ones wearing color..." Eli rolled his eyes. "and..I look like the monopoly man." He pressed on his fake mustache.

"Poor Joe" Eli said. "Jim" Clare whispered. "Jim! He was just too young...!" Eli said. Clare's eyes turned to tears. "Eli..." Eli turned around dreading what she was going to say.

"Let's go!" Clare said,pulling him out the door. "You're the one who wanted to crash a funeral,so you could check it off your list!" Eli argued ,as they made it back to the car. "yah,but it became real,and made me realize that I'm forgetting that I'm dying." Eli caught a breath. "Right now you're living,and that's all that matters."

He reached for her hand,as he walked her to the car door. "Since I'm in a vintage suit,I figure I'll pull an old move" He smirked,picking Clare's hand up to kiss it. Clare in return,blushed climbing into the car.

Eli drove down Clare's street. "just tell your mom,the homeless say hi." Eli teased,turning into her driveway. "So what do you want to do tomorrow on that list?" Eli asked. Clare smiled slowly.

"I'd like to try falling in love." She said,causing Eli to nearly stop breathing. He cleared his throat. "It's not really something you do,Edwards. That just sort of happens." Clare looked at him. "Oh well,then I'll think of something." She said,shutting the door and walking up her driveway to her door.

"Damn" Eli said,hitting the steering wheel,before he drove off.

to be continued...