"You cheated on me?" she said slowly and softly as if the words were a foreign language. She heard the words but it still didn't make sense to her. How could her perfect, understanding, funny boyfriend cheat on her? She just kept replaying the words over and over. She couldn't hear anything after that. She was lost in her thoughts and she felt a tightening in her chest and she knew what he said was real. This wasn't some kind of nightmare. The pain in her chest got more intense and she put her hand to it as if to soothe the pain.

"I am so sorry. I have no excuse" he said reaching for her free hand but the look she gave him told him to rethink that and he clasped his hands together on the table and looked down at them. She never experienced pain like this in her whole life, not even when her parents' marriage fell apart. She felt like throwing up but was too weak to move. It took all the strength she had not to burst in to tears right then and there.

"I knew it" she mumbled under her breath. Eli looked back up because he heard her speak but wasn't sure what she had said.

"What?" he said softly scared of setting her off. She looked at him and the look scared him. He had never seen such a combination of hurt and anger in his life. Her eyes seemed darker and just peered in to him. If looks could kill, he would've dropped dead in that moment. The look on her face made him want to crawl in to a hole and die. He hated that he hurt her like that but he was weak and now he was about to lose the most important person in his life.

"I said I knew it" She said evenly almost emotionless.

"I knew you were attracted to her and I knew she was attracted to you but silly me, I thought I could actually trust you" she said her voice slowly rising.

"I thought you actually respected me enough to wait until I was ready. That you actually cared about me"

"I DO CARE" he interrupted.

"NO! Don't say that to me! If you did care, you wouldn't have done it in the first place!" she yelled while waving her hand around. She glared at him and tried ignore the pain she was still feeling in her chest tightening but she just used it to fuel her anger. Though they were sitting outside The Dot, no one existed in that moment except the guy who had just broken her heart.

"I'm sorry" he said pleadingly.

"I don't care! I hate you and I wish I had never FUCKING MET YOU!" she spat with so much venom even she was surprised before standing up and turning away to walk off. Eli jumped up and grabbed her elbow to keep her from leaving. She turned around and kneed him with as much force as she could muster and watched him fall to the ground.

"Don't EVER touch me again Eli. Don't look at me and don't talk to me. Just forget I exist and I'll do the same" she said before walking off still clutching her chest.

*** So, two things. 1) I don't know if this should be a one shot or not. Right now it's a one shot if enough people want something else I might write something else. 2) I didn't want Clare to be a broken down mess at least not yet especially in front of him. ***