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Clare's POV

"Are you sure?" I asked, opening my dorm room's door. "I mean I know how risky that can be."

"Yeah. I am still going to try. I mean my own younger sister is going to over take me in the extra curriculars. I need to get my edge back." Katie said through the phone, as I closed the door behind me.

It was currently Thursday, and I had just gotten home from my internship. It was my first normal day of the week since I technically had Monday and Tuesday off, minus the call from Jesse, and Wednesday I worked late to make up for Tuesday.

"Yeah, but soccer? That was how you damaged your knee back in high school, do you really want to risk making it even worse?" I asked, plopping my laptop bag down on the desk and then falling back onto my bed.

"I think if I don't give it a shot, I'll regret it. My doctor has already signed off on it, and she thinks if I start off slow, I might be able to get up to eighty percent of my former strength. So it wouldn't be the same but I still want to do it." She explained.

"You are definitely braver than me." I sighed.

"Oh. That reminds me. How are you and Eli? Have you heard from him yet?" She asked.

I had explained to her two days ago at the band rehearsal all that happened between Eli and I during our argument. She had told me what had transpired after I left her with Adam the night before that too. It has been two full weeks since Eli came to my dorm room. Clare texts Eli asking if she will ever hear from him again. They talk/text for hours. They agree to meet Saturday.

"No I haven't. It has been officially two weeks now, and nothing. It's beginning to drive me crazy. I want to give him his space, but I need to know. Last I checked with Adam, he didn't know anything and I don't want to keep asking him. It's not his business." I sighed again.

"Call him then. If you want to know, ask him. Who else is going to give you an answer? If his best friend doesn't even know, then the only one that truly will know is Eli." Katie stated.

"I know. I just don't want to push." I said.

"You gave him two weeks. I believe that is long enough." She retorted.

"But he gave me nearly two years. How can I possibly ask any less?" I argued, confused.

"Clare. If you can't go two weeks without an answer, how are you possibly going to last two years? We both know that that is ridiculous." She chuckled.

"I guess." I smiled.

"I'm hanging up now. You better call him. I don't care if he answers or not, as long as you reach out. I want all the details at breakfast tomorrow." She warned.

"Okay. Okay. I'll reach out. I can't guarantee much of a story though." I replied.

"Whatever. Any detail is a good detail." She said.

"Goodbye, Katie." I stated, hanging up. I paused staring at my phone. "Should I call him?" I sighed. Making my decision, I began dialing. The phone started ringing as I put it up to my ear.

"Hello?" Hearing his voice made me freeze for a brief moment. I questioned whether to just hang up and pretend I never called. I mean he didn't even know my phone number. I had his only because I begged Adam. Another reason why I didn't want to go through Adam anymore. I felt extremely guilty about it but I knew that it would be the only way to contact Eli without Adam's help.

"Hi." I mumbled.

"Damn it, Adam." He muttered into the phone.

"I just want to talk." I reassured.

"About?" He sighed.

"I wanted to know if I would ever hear from you again, for starters." I stated.

"That's a pretty heavy starting point." He replied.

"I prefer to be straightforward." I explained.

"You always have been." He said. I couldn't be certain but I thought I detected a smile.

"Yeah." I smiled.

"So have you slept with him?" He asked.

"Eli." I gasped.

"What? I prefer to be straightforward." He threw my statement back at him. This time I definitely detected a smile.

"Well, if you must know. No. We actually broke up a couple weeks ago." I said.

"Really? I'm shocked." He joked. "It didn't have anything to do with me, did it? I wouldn't want to be the reason that he was scared off."

"You are really pushy." I teased. "I broke up with him."

"Wow." He exhaled. "I didn't expect that outcome."

"Well you asked." I stated. "Since you got to ask, I think it's only fair you answer your own question."

"No. I have not slept with him." He said confidently.

"You know what I mean." I laughed.

"I never thought I would hear that again." He spoke softly into the phone. It caught me off guard.

"Hear what?" I asked confused.

"That laugh. I had only heard it a couple times when we were together but even then it sounded forced or fake most of the time." He explained.

"I wasn't happy then." I sighed.

"I know. And I know that it wasn't me entirely. I just wished I could've made you happy. Truly happy. Not the false joy that we were living in." He sighed as well.

"Eli. It was more about me, than it was about you. I promise you that. I don't regret anything that happened between us. It was more everything that happened around us."

"That's good. I was worried about that. Because I care about you, Clare. Even after all this time. I still do. And I want to see if we can be friends again. That is, if you want to." He said.

"I think if we didn't try, I would regret it." I agreed. "Adam and I have been meeting up weekly, to hang out. Did you want to join us next week?"

"What day?" He asked.

"Next Wednesday. I have an internship until seven, so Adam and I were planning on getting dinner afterward." I explained.

"I can't that night. The garage is short-handed next week because the boss is on vacation. So I told them I would pick up an extra shift. That would be next Wednesday night." He exhaled.

"That stinks." I replied.

"What about this Saturday?" He asked.

"I'm free." I said.

"Okay. Great." He said. "Look. I have to go. You should get some sleep. It's late."

"Yeah. Yeah. Bossy." I teased. "Have a goodnight."

"You too, Clare." I hung up the phone. I got up and began getting ready for bed.

As I was getting into bed, I realized that I hadn't been this at peace in a long time. I could only relate this to making things right with Eli. I smiled at the thought before turning off my bedside light.