Chapter 1

There he was in my mind again. Elijah Goldsworthy. That sexy, yet annoying smirk. His piercing and beautiful green eyes. His wavy dark brown hair, the way it covered his face. And then those damn skinny jeans! Makes me have such impure thoughts. My daydreaming was loudly interrupted by our great friend Adam Torres. "Clare Diane Edwards!" He yelled down the hallway.

"Wow Adam could you get any louder?" I sarcastically asked him. He ignored my sarcastic remark. "Have you told Eli yet?" He asked me. I looked at him completely confused as to what he was talking about. "Adam what are you talking about?" I asked him curiously. "That you like him! Duh!" He said in an obvious and super loud tone that I thought everyone in the hallway could hear him. "ADAM!" I shouted. "Could you be any louder? What if he hears you?" I asked him trying to hide my burning red cheeks.

"Ohhhhhhh so you do like him?" He asked with raised eyebrows and a smirk. I avoided the question. "Did you do your English assignment?" I asked him, desperate to change the subject. But of course Adam saw right through me. "Seriously Clare you need to tell him how you feel. Or someone else will beat you to it." He said. "Wait who else could possibly like Eli? Not that he isn't good looking because he totally is! And has such a great personality." I said the last two sentences quickly so that he wouldn't understand them.

But of course he did as usual. How did Adam become so smart sometimes? "Hey guys!" I heard a familiar low voice say behind me. I turned around to see Eli right behind me. "Wait- Did you hear our conversation?" I asked suddenly worried if he did. "No. Why? Were you talking about little old me?" He asked in a sarcastic baby voice. "NO!" I snapped quickly. "Wow, someone is defensive." He said with his famous. (That is so sexy) No Clare snap out of his dreaminess! "Hello? Edwards are you there or did a mysterious alien take over your body? Should I be worried?" He asked. His voice dripping with sarcasm. "I'm still here you idiot." I said venomously. Then we were suddenly interrupted by a peppy voice that belonged to the beautiful (think again) Tori Montgomery. She had dyed her hair straight black with pink streaks. She had dark brown eyes. She always dressed in black like Eli. She was wearing a black shirt, with black skinny jeans, black high heels, and a black jacket that had chains all over it. SHe was just like Eli but what was strange was that she had a peppy Jenna voice.

"Hey Eli!" She said totally ignoring my existence. "Hey Tori." He said with a slight smirk. Darn it! That smirk and this boy will be the death of me. "What's up?" He asked in a bit of an impatient tone. "Nothing really." She answered. I was getting just about fed up with her talking to MY man! Wait my man? Eli doesn't even notice me like that. We are JUST FRIENDS. Oh how I wish I could change that label so badly. "Are you alright Clare?" Eli asked me. "Oh yeah! Why?" I asked him curiously. "Looks like that alien took over your body again." He said sarcastically with a sexy smirk.

I was so deep in that smirk again that I forgot that Tori was even there. "Well I guess I'll see you in Science class Eli." She said cheerfully. Still ignoring my existence. "Yeah." He said quietly as she walked down the hallway. I don't know if I can take Eli's oblivious sense to me liking him. But then again he would never go for me. He would definitely go for Tori though since she dresses like him and is interested in the same things Eli likes. It is very clear that she likes him too. That makes me so jealous to even think or see them together. It makes my stomach churn. Unfortunately Eli likes her back I bet. "Hey Clare, ready to go to English?" He asked me. "Oh yeah sure." I said snapping back to reality.

As we were walking down the hallway together he linked his arm with mine which made thousands of sparks fly inside of me. I glanced at him and he smiled. Not smirk but smiled at me. That made my heart flutter and my cheeks turn a bright pink. We both walked into the English room to see Adam already sitting down in his chair. "Hey Adam!" We both said in unison. Adam glanced at our arms, then to us, then to me, and smiled brightly at me.

Oh god! He thinks me and Eli talked! Please don't say anything! Please don't say anything! Please don't say anything! "So Clare you finally told Eli you liked him?" He asked excitedly. Oh. My. God. I could just die of embarrassment.