I can't believe I'm updating two days in a row. I'm pretty sure this has never happened before. This may never happen again, so I'm very excited.

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"My, my, my, Clare Edwards, I've never quite seen that look before," Eli grinned at me as I made my way towards where he and Adam stood in front of his locker. My face was red but it wasn't from embarrassment, but pure anger. I glared back at him and shoved his papers against his chest. "Didn't like my story?"

"You made me a floozy," I was seething. I've been called a lot of things: a know-it-all, a goody-two-shoes, a saint. Never in my life have I been considered a floozy.

"She's an ingénue. Besides, how do you even know you and her are the same?"

"Clara Edwin," beside me Adam gave a chuckle and I shot him a glare to shut him up. "Anybody here could tell you based this character on me. I'm not a floozy."

Eli rolled his eyes and looked at Adam as if to say, Women, huh? Adam gave short snort in his attempt not to laugh. Eli grinned down at me and said, "Well, we'll see."

I looked at him with wide eyes. Did he really just say that? Who was he to insult me? Did he just basically call me a slut? I was stunned speechless, but I tried to protest, ending up with me opening and shutting my mouth like a fish out of water. Eli took the opportunity to go on. "Like I said last week, Edwards. It's a battle of wills. This story is sort of foreshadowing what is to come of us."

I finally found my voice again to interrupt him. "I thought you knew I was kidding."

Eli laughed. "Oh, Clare. I'm not much of a kidder. We were making a bet."

"I'm sorry, a bet?" I just kept getting madder every moment and the angrier I got, the harder he laughed. "And what, pray tell, do I get when I win?"

Eli stopped laughing and his smirk was showing, mischief growing in his eyes. "When I win…well I'm thinking you and I celebrate your new-found floozy-ness." He glanced down at my chest and back up at me. "If you know what I mean." Adam laughed, but shut up quickly when he saw how hurt I was. Was that all Eli wanted from me? Corrupt the little Catholic girl, make her break her oath, and leave her lying soiled and disgusted with herself? Eli laughed a little until Adam elbowed him and he watched as I felt the beginning prickles of tears form in my eyes. But I wouldn't let him see me upset so I turned on my heel and walked quickly away, wiping absently at my eyes.

"Wait, Clare, I swear, I wasn't…I didn't mean to upset you…I didn't know…" Eli ran to catch up to me, grabbing my hand and turning me to face him. I tried to tear my hand away, despite the tingling feeling I again felt in my hand from his touch. He looked down at my hand, for the first time noticing the thin silver band I wore. "I didn't know. I mean I knew you were a good girl and religious and all but I didn't know how far it extended. I didn't want to hurt you. I could never do that to you. Please, I'm sorry. I guess I'm too messed up. I just push the envelope way too far and I should've have said that. No bet, I promise."

I wiped away at my eyes and he pulled my hand away, reaching his own up to wipe away a tear that had slipped down my cheek. The mischief in his eyes was gone, concern and fear shining through its place. This was the Eli I would come to love. In that very moment, looking at the way he cared, I knew I was already falling for him. I smiled. "Maybe a bet isn't such a bad idea. Who knows? I'll probably end up being a good influence on you."

Eli smiled. "Let's not talk about bets right now. How about we agree that we both balance each other out pretty well?" I nodded. "And you know what they say about opposites attracting?" I nodded again. "I think that's why I'm here, why I found you. I think this was all supposed to happen somehow. I think maybe you are supposed to save me," he mumbled as his voice got quieter and quieter, his lips getting closer and closer to mine as he cupped my cheek, his thumb gently stroking it. He held back a moment, his lips just a few centimeters away from mine, as if he was asking me if this was okay, but I couldn't wait a moment longer. It was as if something had completely come over me, but I just wanted to feel his lips on mine. So I closed the gap between us, feeling his soft lips mover against mine.

It was soft, chaste, and he moved away a bit first before stopping, smiling, and going in quickly for another kiss, this one harder and rougher. I'm not sure with one I loved more. His tongue moved against my lower lip, demanding entrance, and I gladly gave him access. Our tongues fought a battle for dominance but he won, his arm snaking itself around my waist to pull me closer to him.

Someone cleared their throat and I broke away from him. I was a little dazed to say the least, but I could feel a blush creep its way up my cheeks. Eli was just grinning.

Adam looked back at us, eyebrows raised. "I came to check to be sure that everything was alright, but…" He broke off and I avoided his eyes, but I couldn't suppress the smile anymore. "I can see I had nothing to worry about. So what is this exactly?"

Eli seemed surprised by the question. I wasn't sure whether or not he'd ever answered that question before. Eli never seemed like the type to have a girlfriend. But he does now, something in the back of my head said. But I couldn't just say that. It wasn't like Eli and I had ever decided that we were dating. This all just sort of happened and I didn't want to put Eli on the sot like that.

I smiled at Adam and went to reassure him that nothing was going on, but Eli jumped in before I could. "Well, I think I was just kissing my girlfriend."

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