Keep bleeding,keep,keep bleeding

Chapter 19

Clare sat down on the hospital bed,scared of what her dad was going to say. "Tell me" She said softly. "Clare,I uh" Her dad weighed his words,trying to find the right ones to say. "I've struggled for years with drugs,and addictions" Eli sat quiet as Mr Edwards spoke. "oh my God" Clare said. "and it gets worse..."

Clare stared at her father attentively. "before you were conceived,I hit a ultimate low." He looked ashamed. "Clare, I'm responsible for your heart defect." Clare looked around the room,waiting for someone to say something,anything. She didn't know how to respond. "Does mom know?" Her dad's response
"no,but I'm telling her tonight."

Her eyes moved over to Eli who was sitting up,biting his lips trying not to say anything. "Eli..." Clare spoke. "Did you know about this?" His mouth stood open. "no he didn't." Her dad interrupted. "He didn't know until I told him this morning,right Eli?" Eli nodded. "But you were going to tell me,right?" Once again, Mr Edwards cut in. "No,I was going to tell you. I asked Eli not to say anything."

"okay,well it's in the past. The important thing is you're clean now." Clare smiled a small smile. "uh..." Clare knew at that moment,she was wrong. "You're not clean?" "Wait,but there's help,and rehab ,you can get past it." Mr Edwards shook his head. "I'm unbelievably sorry for putting you through this." He whispered and walked out of the hospital room. She sat in shock that he just left.

"You,okay?" Clare looked down. "not really,Eli..." She caught a tear. "I feel really bad for him." She said quietly. "Come here?" Eli moved over on his bed,leaving a space empty next to him. Clare walked over to the bed,and laid down next to him. Eli traced the strands of her hair with his finger tips. He put his i-phone down and found a calming song on it. "blue eyes,baby's got blue eyes." Clare rolled over to face him. He let a gentle kiss on her forehead. "keep staring baby blue,cause I'm not going anywhere." She smiled.

"good,cause I'm not either." The two interlaced their fingers. "Knock,Knock" Eli sat up quickly. "Mom" He said,looking out the door. "I don't want to lecture you,I just want to know that you can come home without drinking a bottle of Windex?" Eli smirked. "hmm,I don't know... it sounds so tempting..." His mother rolled her eyes. She walked into the room.

"Clare,I'm glad to see you're alright." Clare smiled. "me too." His mother smiled. "and I'm proud of this one for standing by you." She messed up his hair,and Eli rolled his eyes. "Ma,come on don't. I'm not a little kid." Eli whined. "you're right,you're not. So get dressed and I'll take you home. You've been discharged,now I just have to make sure you don't try to kill yourself." Eli sighed looking over at Clare. "you'll see Clare later,but right now you have to be with me" Eli agreed and climbed up from his bed.

"see you later,baby blue" Clare looked up with her blue eyes. "promise?" She asked,clutching a white pillow. "promise' Eli whispered,leaving a chaste kiss on her lips. He grabbed his leather jacket. "see you later emerald green" She said and he went out the door.

"So,how are you feeling today Ms Edwards?" Clare glanced up at the doctor. "pretty good,but this heart monitor is annoying." She said picking up a book. "Alice in wonderland,one of my favorites" She smiled. "I always felt like her,you know. The pocket watch,running out of time." The doctor smiled.

"In a way Clare,maybe we're all like Alice. I think that's as deep as I get." He snickered. "I just want to make sure you're strong enough to go home,and back to school." The doctor said. Clare smiled. "I feel kind of weak right now." Clare answered. "it's expected"

"You're like Alice in another way Clare, Your story is one the rarest, strangest ones I've ever read,and that boy,that boy you have there is a good one. If I ever had a son,I'd want him to be like him. Hold onto him,okay?" Clare smiled. "okay doctor,I will" Clare glanced at the doctor. "Dr Ingles,I've never noticed this before,but you have really green eyes..." Clare said.

Meanwhile,

Eli was out with his mother to breakfast. "This was like our first date,strawberry waffles,and I accidentally broke the whipped cream canister." His mother laughed. "That's terrible funny" She grabbed a napkin. "I really love her." His mother smiled. "I felt the same way about Henry,he gave me the best 15 years of my life." Eli smirked. "There's something,I want to do. I know it's a long shot and I know the chances of finding him our very slim,but I want to try to find my dad." Eli took a bite of his waffle and looked at his mother,waiting for her to say something.

"alright,we'll try,but I can't promise anything,baby boy." Eli nodded. "All I'm asking for is a chance." His mother smiled. Eli's phone started to ring. He picked it up to see it was Adam. "hey,man you better get up here,there's something wrong with Clare. The doctors are in there now,but come back man." Eli's heart sank. "I got a go" Eli hit the end button and ran out to Morty.

When he got there...

Clare was sitting up in her bed. "What happened?" Eli came in running. "I just got a little dizzy,that's all." Eli looked around. "hold on..." He went to find the doctor. "give it to me straight,what's going on?" He asked.

"Clare just had a little bit of low blood pressure,probably cause she's had a loss of appetite,and hasn't eaten in a while. The nurse's are trying to find a food that agrees with her,and she should be okay." Eli smirked.

"okay,well good" He caught his breath,as his mother rushed in. "Is she okay?" His mother asked out of breath. "yes,yes she is fine,Mam calm down..." The doctor said. "Nurse, please get this lady some water." Eli's mom sat down on a chair,taking the water. "Thank you" She said,calming down. "I ran a little too fast." The doctor smiled. "I'm used to it,rushing in and out of the emergency room." He looked down at her. "I'm glad you're alright" He smiled,when he saw something familiar about her.

"Catrina?" He asked. Eli's mom smiled. "yes..." she smiled. "It's me Robert Ingles we went out in high school. Do people still call you CeCe? You're blonde now" She smiled again. "I don't know,do people still call you bullfrog? And yeah I got tired of the gothic thing,but my son inherited it." He laughed. "actually,I grew out of my croaking frog phase."

"Wow it's great to see you,after almost 18 years. I can't even remember why we broke up." Cece smiled slowly. "It may of had something to do with me cheating on you. I'm so sorry,I was a really stupid kid. I didn't appreciate what I had." She said,honestly.

"and look at you,married with a son." She looked down. "not exactly... I lost my husband last year. He had a heart attack." Dr Ingles (Bullfrog) frowned. "I'm really sorry to hear that. I never forgot about you CeCe" His mother smiled.

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Eli sat down next to Clare,trying to get her to eat. "eat it..." He laughed. "come on let the jet plane in." Clare laughed. "You're trying to feed me like a baby again." He put the spoon down. "Yeah only cause you need to eat." Eli insisted. "Fine you want a more adult way to eat?" He smirked putting some yogurt on his lips. Clare smiled. "You're really making me start to like yogurt." She leaned in to kiss him.

She licked her lips and smiled. "So,I'm really sorry Adam called and freaked you out." Eli smirked. "yeah, Adam can be an alarmist. Hey,I think my mom is flirting with your doctor." Eli snickered,putting the yogurt cup down.

"That's funny." Clare giggled. "It's good to see her happy again,though. I haven't seen her this happy in a while." He glanced out the window to see his mom kissing Clare's doctor. "wow she moves fast..." Clare said,looking out the window.

"I didn't know he was single. I'm normally really good at reading those things." Eli laughed. CeCe turned around, seeing them spying and walked in. "Alright you two." Clare get back in bed." Clare walked back over to her hospital bed.

"So..." Eli said. "He's an old boyfriend." His mother said. "really,my mom dated a doctor,who would've guessed?" Eli smirked. "Well,we broke up before graduation. It's amazing seeing him again.." Clare coughed. "kissing him again" His mother smirked.

"okay,so yeah he still is an exceptionally good kisser." The doctor walked in from behind her. "Why, thank you." Clare patted the space on the bed next to her. "Well don't just stand there,tell us the story..." CeCe smiled and sat down at the end of the bed. "Alright,we were 16..." Clare and Eli looked at each other. "sounds about right" Eli gave a crooked smile.

to be continued...

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