Hello, creatures of the night! Who else freaked out after reading Ghost Town? I sure did!
For those of you who didn't read the description (though why you wouldn't, I have no idea), this story is a flashback from Claire about the day Shane lost his memory. Based on the song Learning to Fall by Boys Like Girls.
It had quite possibly been the worst day of my life. And coming from me, that's saying something.
Shane had forgotten me. He'd promised me he wouldn't, but he had.
I remembered the look on Hannah's face, when she's said her . . . lover hadn't remembered her that morning. I had tried to imagine that look on my face right then, when Shane had freaked out at the sight if me. Even now, the memory hurt. It hurt worse than that night we'd slept together the first time, when Shane had said he didn't want to be there.
Because he had been there, and had chased after me and held me. Now, I'd had to chase after him, and he hadn't known me.
Seeing him fall apart at his family's house, and at his sister's grave, and not being able to help him . . . that had been the worst. I had felt so helpless. I'd wanted so badly to take him in my arms and kiss away his tears. But I couldn't, because he didn't remember me.
I never really realized how much Shane had meant to me until I had lost him. Now I did, and I never wanted to go through that again. Ever.
I rolled over and gazed at Shane, lying on the bed next to me. As if he sensed my stare, his eyelids fluttered and parted, revealing liquid brown eyes. Eyes that meant home to me.
"Good morning, sleepyhead," I murmured. He grinned, and leaned in closer. The kiss seemed to last forever and no time at all.
He pulled away and looked directly at me, his expression serious. "You know I love you, right?"
I nodded. He grinned again, and said, "Good. Don't ever forget that." he leaned in to kiss me again.
You like? Also, should I do another songfic for Shane/Claire? I was thinking of doing 18 Days by Saving Abel, from Shane's point of view.