This is one of my ideas for Morganville Vampires.

Disclaimer: I do not own Morganville Vampires. Rachel Caine does. I only own the ideas put into the story.

Please, enjoy.

Chapter 1

"When are you coming home? I miss you sooo much! You've been gone for so long."

"I miss you too, Lyss. I promise that I will come and visit soon. So what's been going on?" Shane grabbed his textbooks and anything else he needed for his class while his sister talked on and on about what he's missing while he was away at college.

"Mom got her hair cut at a new place her friend told her about. It was supposed to be great, but they chopped like all her hair off. It looks horrible. And now she has to go and get her hair cut again." Alyssa told him.

"How are Mom and Dad?" Shane was finishing up his freshman year of college. He was going to school to become a video game designer. He thought that since he loved video games so much, he might as well make some.

He dressed as he normally did. Jeans, black shirt, and tennis shoes. His hair was messy, as usual, and hung down in front of his brown eyes.

"They're great. Dad got that big promotion he was hoping for, so he gets to travel a lot. And Mom has a business trip coming up soon."

"That's great! Tell them I said hi. OK, Lyssa? I have to go to class now. I'll talk to you later. Love you." Shane grabbed all his stuff and walked out of his dorm room.

"Oh. Okay. I'll talk to you later then. Bye." When Alyssa hung up, he slipped his phone back into his pocket. Shane started to walk up the steps to his graphic design class, he instantly regretted it. Standing at the top of the stairs, was none other than Monica Morrell and her acolytes, Gina and Jennifer.

The first week of school, at Texas Prairie University, was insane. Parties every night, basically trying to ignore the fact that school had started. Shane, being the party animal he is, went to a few of them, and at last one, he met, dun dun dun dah, Monica Morrell. She had gotten him to down cups of the spiked punch to get him to take her back to his room.

And it worked.

Now he's stuck at TPU with a girl that can't understand, that what he did, was a mistake. She obviously thinks that he's into her, but he's not.

"Hey Shaney. I was thinking we could go out to dinner tonight." She batted her heavily mascaraed eyelashes and started to walk down the stairs towards Shane. He, being a gentleman, looked away as she descended the steps because her mini, mini skirt rode up even more so than it was already. She faltered, slightly, in her Roger Vivier Tejus Origami sandals, when she saw him look away, but continued on.

"So pick me up at 8:00." She thrust her, barely covered chest in his face as she kissed his cheek.

"No, Monica. I will not pick you up at eight. I will not go out with you." He ran up the stairs before she had the chance to say anything else to him, but when he got to the top, Gina and Jennifer stopped him. He normally is really nice to girls, but Monica is one exception. She bugs every fiber of his being.

"But as I remember it," Monica said as she walked back up the stairs. "You did go out with me, and you loved it and everything about me."

"All a BIG mistake. And I'll nevergo back to Bitch-ville ever again." Then he pushed past the mini Monica's and walked into the art department.

He almost forgot all about his encounter when he stepped into his class. He dropped his bag by his chair then waited to find out what they were doing that day.

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It turned out that he needed a new sketch book for class, but he was to busy with classes and work to get it that day. He decided to go on Saturday, when he didn't have any classes.

During a break in his classes, he went to grab a cup of coffee at Common Grounds and catch up on studying.

"One black coffee please." He handed the money to an older man dressed in hippies clothes. Everything from a tie-dye shirt to flip flops. He took the cup and sat down.

Not twenty minutes later, a Goth girl and an "angelic" looking guy walked into the coffee shop, holding hands. When they had their coffee's in hand, they couldn't find any place to sit except for the table Shane was at.

"Can we sit here? There's nowhere else. Please?" She was extremely perky for being Goth.

"Sure, why not." He nodded to the chairs and moved some of his stuff to the floor.

"What's your name? My name's Eve. Ironic huh? I know. And this is Michael. Are you in college? Of course you are. I've never seen you in school. Me and Michael are Seniors. So is Claire, but you wouldn't know from looking at her."

"Wow." Was all Shane said. "I've never met anyone who could talk as much as Alyssa. And my name's Shane."

"You're girlfriend?" Michael asked, finally saying something.

"No way. She's my sister." He laughed when Michael's mouth formed an "o" shape.

Eve perked up even more and asked, "How old is she?"

"She's sixteen."

"OMG! So is Claire. She's my little sister. Shane thought Eve said she was a Senior. "But she's really smart," Eve continued. "She skipped some grades. Oh Michael, she asked us to bring her a mocha. I'll be right back." And without another word, skipped off to get Claire's drink.

"So if you're in school, why aren't you there now?"

"We have a free class period."

"And Claire?" Shane was wondering about her. She was the complete opposite of him and he wanted to talk to her.

"She did have a free period, but she changed that. She's obsessed with school."

"So is Eve your girlfriend? Because it seems like it." When Shane asked this, Michael's face light up with a smile.

"Yeah, we've been together for about a year and friends even before Claire was born." That's when Eve came back.

"We have to go back now. If I'm late again, Claire will chew me out. And even though she's small, she can be really mean. It was nice to meet you. Bye."

"Bye, Shane." Michael said.

"Bye guys. See you later." He said, then they left, holding hands.

Shane had never met Claire but he wanted to. More than he's ever wanted to meet someone before. And it kind of scared him.

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An alarm on Shane's phone brought him out of studying, telling him it was time for his next class. So he started to pack his stuff and when he stood, Monica busted into the packed coffee shop.

She slowly dragged her eyes around the tables and stopped when she saw Shane. A "sexy" grin appeared on her face and she made her way to him all while he cursed silently to himself.

"Hey Shaney. What are you doing?" She trailed a finger down his chest as she said this.

"Leaving. And I know you try to come off as sexy and alluring but your just slutty and needy." He leaned closer to her when he said the last part. "And your just no good in bed." He stood back up straight and left.

Monica's mouth had dropped open and she starred at the wall. Gina and Jennifer had to help her into a chair before she finally snapped out of it. Since Shane hadn't lowered his voice during his last comment, the whole shop heard and now was hysterical.

"Shut up!" She screamed, which caused even more laughter. "Ahhg!" Monica stomped her feet all the way back to her dorm.

"Please tell me someone recorded that." Some random person said in Common Grounds.

"I got it all." Someone else said and everyone cheered.

And that's the first chapter.

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