A/N: Sorry guys, it's been, like, 2 weeks since I last updated this story! School has been difficult, so I'm not on much. Enjoy (:

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"No, no, no no!" He slammed his fist into the nearest locker, and proceeded to run it through his hair. "This can't be happening." He nearly whispered. I could hear the pain in his voice, and I felt it too. This had become completely out of proportion. It needed to end, now.

"I know, I know. It looks bad, but it's fixable, right?" I asked, hope laced through my words. I gave a faint smile, but we both know I didn't mean it.

"No." His voice cracked, and he gazed up at me. His blue eyes bored into mine, pleading. I knew Drew hadn't wanted to go this far, and at the moment, he was stuck in his own trap. I couldn't let him stay there and starve.

I had to help.

He started shaking his head, laughing bluntly, "I'm such an idiot!" He drove his hands into the locker again, harder. I jumped, and watch as he slid to the floor. I furrowed my eyebrows, and gaped at him with concern.

"Drew, stop it." I laughed inwardly. Lately, all I've wanted is for everyone to stop. "You're better then that and you know it. Sitting around, moping won't solve anything." I reasoned, my voice soothing.

He heaved a sigh, "You're right." He looked down, and spoke softly. "What do we do now?"

His words tore me apart. I honestly had no idea. My expression fell, and I stared at him for what felt like hours. He finally looked back up at me, curious from his unanswered question. I shifted my eyes away. His eyes cut through me like a knife.

"I…." A sigh broke through my lips. "I don't know." I murmured, feeling remorse.

I gazed back at him, and scanned through our situation. I started giggling, my tears swelling up. I must have looked ridiculous.

Drew raised his eyebrows, officially confused. He stood up, and ran the short distance to my side, concerning. "Clare…" He breathed.

"Look at us Drew!" I lightly tapped his shoulder. "I mean, we're two sad-stories sitting in an empty hallway. How low can you get?" I beamed at him, and rubbed his arm for comfort. He smiled back, seeing the way I did.

"I guess we are pretty low." He agreed.

"Let's go." I told him, and reached my arm out. We linked together, and began walking down and out the door.

We decided to head to 'the Dot' and I ordered a warm, wonderful, cup of coffee. I took a quick sip, and placed my elbows on the table, resting my head in my hands. Drew set his drink down, and copied my action. I snickered slightly at his sarcasm.

"Clare." I became immediately alert, but relaxed at the softness of his voice.

"Yes, Drew?" I asked, waiting.

"Has anyone told you that you have very pretty eyes?" He talked so…so casually, care-free. I had tried forgetting about him. It had worked.

Until now.

"Well, yes." I took sipping my cup as an excuse to move away from his blue eyes. Those little spheres had soon become to death of me.

"Oh." He said. I hadn't realized it was compliment, until I gave him a subconsciously rude answer.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that." I apologized.

"I know." He set off a smirk. We laughed together, then stopped. I was trying to hard to be happy. It was more painful then being sad.

"Drew…" I trailed off until I had his attention. He only sighed.

"I know, we have to do something. How were we supposed to know Alli and Eli decided to hook up?" I cocked my head to the side, finally catching on. "What is it, Edwards?" He asked, noticing my expression.

"Alli knows how much I like Eli, she wouldn't do anything with him. Even for everything in the world." He nodded. I started up again. "We, also, saw them talking, and look our way." His brows furrowed. I could tell he was completely oblivious.

"Yeah, they were talking about us." He thought out loud. I smiled.

"Exactly!" He started at me, empty-minded, and blinked. I heaved a sigh. "Don't you get it?" I squealed, happily. "It was apart of their plan."

His eyes widened, but he quickly straightened out his composure. He slumped back into is chair, finally relaxing. I realized he must have been thinking about it the whole time.

"Of course! I mean, Alli would never do that!" I'd never seen someone more cheerful.

"Now, more importantly, how do we get back at them?" I knew, I felt, it was wrong. We'd already messed up with a supposed 'plan', a new one would never work. But it felt satisfying. My lips twitched upward.

"Well, instead of fighting fire with fire. Let's talk….'water'." I grinned evilly, the plan sinking in.

"Excuse me?" Drew was confused, once again.

"We could act like it actually hurt us. You know, dribbling up field, but then making a move the last second. Playing innocent. Playing….dumb." I used my hands while speaking, trying to explain further. His eyes danced with amusement, and his face it up with excitement. He nodded, and I laid back into my chair, pleased.

"Oh, but Drew." I smiled wider. "Let's not let them take control of the conversation, 'kay?" I asked, referring to lunch.

"The balls on our side now." Victory was upon us. They were going to get, what they deserved. I couldn't help but feel complete.

It took so long for me and Eli's relationship for start on the right track. I should have felt bad, remorse. But I didn't.

Yes, this war was pointless. And yes, we were acting naïve. But I was forced to move forward, to not stop. Even if I could, though, I wouldn't.

"Ready?" He asked.

"Ready as I'll ever be." I answered, felling confident.

From the outside, people would look at us, and think we're madly in love. But from the inside, we're two very broken people, madly in love with someone else. At least, I thought so.

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