Drew drove her home that night. When Clare's mom called her cell to check up on her, and heard that her daughter was hanging at the Dot with a friend... Let's just say Clare was pretty sure she had heard her mom shout for joy. Thank goodness she didn't have her on speaker-phone. Now that would have been embarrassing, she thought.
Since Helen knew Clare was with a friend, she asked if this friend had a car and could drive her home because Glen and her were watching a movie together.

Clare hesitated, but then asked Drew if he indeed could give her a ride and he replied with a "sure, of course".
So they left the Dot together (after Drew insisted on paying her bill, of course). They got in his small green jeep and and were off to Clare's.

"thanks for the ride", she said when they arrived in front of the small house.
"oh, anytime", he said with a smile.

They had had alot of laughs and exchanging of smiles that night. It turned out that a former jock and former brainy chick could have alot in common.
Tv, movies, but especially music. They both agreed that they listened to basically everything but were both fans of rock.
Clare now thought of when he made that crude joke about how hot the lead singer of evanesence was.
He was something else, this guy.
But in a good way.
So...was this the end?
Would she ever get the chance to connect with him again like this?
Wait...why do i even care?, she thought.

She was about to rush a goodbye and hop out of the car.
For good.

But he beat her to it.
"Maybe we could...", he began hesitantly, "maybe we could do this again sometime."
She was silent but Drew saw her cute smile form, so he continued, "i had a lot of fun with you, tonight. More than i've had in a while"
Clare felt herself blush, but tried to ignore it, hoping he didn't notice through the darkness.

"yeah", she said hesitanly, being cautious while choosing her words. "i did too".

He then asked that they exchange numbers and she agreed to it.
Although she had no idea why.

Finally, they said their goodbyes and she made her way out of the car and into her house, playing over all of tonights events in her head.
Though much didn't happen tonight. Its wasnt like he flirted or called her beautiful or anything..

Although he did tell her she had nice eyes that one time..
He kept looking at her kind of strangely and when she asked why, he replied a shy, "sorry..you just..you have really nice eyes".
That was another moment that night she attempted at hiding her blushing. He noticed this and no longer wanting to make her feel uncomfortable in any way, he changed the subject to something school related which then turned into a conversation about their favorite bands which they had many in common.

Clare lay on her bed, willing herself to try and clear any thoughts from her mind that involved how sweet or cute Drew was. And how nice his hair was. Or how much HIS eyes had attracted HER. She was just better at hiding the fact she had been staring into them. Unlike Drew who she eventually had gotten to admit it.
But her trying to will away these thoughts was near impossible.

Oh well..., she thought to herself, smiling.

Drew also lay on his bed thinking about the quiet, blue-eyed girl.

He learned that they actually had alot in common. He was glad he had gotten to know her a little better, but she still seemed so mysterious to him. This attracted him even more. Which forced him to go ahead and told her he wanted to hang out with her again. He had even gotten up the nerve to ask for her number.
Was it too much that he asked for her number?, he wondered.

Eh, whatever im just glad she gave it to me.
He decided to use the 10 digits for the first time.

Hey thanks for a so-not-boring night :)
-Drew

Clare heard her phone beep and she grabbed it from her bedside table.

A message from Drew.
Hmm, she thought.
She opened the text and smiled.

haha ditto
-Clare

Goodnight, girl with nice eyes :P
-Drew

Clare blushed for a 3rd time that night, this time with a huge smile on her face, not having to hide it from anyone.

Goodnight:)
-Clare