This is my first fanfiction. I have had this idea for awhile. I sort of know where I want to go with it but any insight will be welcome. The only this is this will the completely third person. Thanks for reading and please review

**Disclaimer: I do not own Morganville Vampires or the characters as much as I wish I did. Only the new ones that will be added in this story are mine. Also only this plot is mine. Only Rachel Caine owns the true plots and stories. For this alone she is awesome **

Chapter One

It has started out as a normal week for Clairee. Get up and go to class about 7 every morning. Deal with Monica being her bitchy self (she was still pissed that Michael, Eve, Shane and Clairee had gotten to leave Morganville for a week and go to Dallas. She didn't know that most of that time was spent fighting sick vampires). Then, head over to the lab to work with Mrynin around 3 every afternoon until about 5 or 6. Then go home to eat with her housemates/friends and boyfriend; Goth girl Eve Rosser, vampire and landlord Michael Glass (also Eve's boyfriend), and awesome, way hot, and perfect boyfriend Shane Collins. After supper they would hang out for a little while watching movies or playing the latest zombie video game Shane could get his hands on. After a while Claire would head up to her room to study, but that normally only lasted a total of 15 – 20 minutes before Shane would come up and claim her complete attention for the rest of the night. This was her normal daily routine.

"So where did it all go wrong?" Claire asked herself. "Oh, yeah, on Friday."

Shane had the day off so Mrynin, her lovable but most of the time crazy vampire-boss, had given her the day off. He did it sometimes when Shane was off so they could spend more time together. Claire had told Shane this so he would know she would be home about 3:30.

She was thinking how nice it was going to be to have the afternoon to spend alone with Shane. Eve didn't get off until 6 and Michael would be asleep if he was even home. This was fresh on her mind when she walked in the front door Friday afternoon so she knew something was up right away. 1) Shane wasn't waiting in the front porch as usual and 2) Michael was up and sitting in his favorite chair when Claire walked into the living room. To put Claire even more on edge Michael wasn't even playing his guitar.

"Hey, Michael, what are you doing up?"

"Hey, Claire, how was school?" He chose to ignore her question completely.

"It was fine. You know the usual. Where is Shane?"

Michael didn't say anything, just kept looking out the window at every little noise.

"Michael! Didn't you hear what I just said? I'm getting my nose pierced, maybe my eyebrow too. I am also getting a tattoo on my a-"

Michael jumped up then, "No you are not! I will lock you in your room if you are serious!"

"Chill out, Michael." Claire was having a hard time not laughing. "I was just saying that to get your attention. What I really said was where is Shane at?"

"He is at work."

"No he isn't. It is his day off. That is why I am home. Mryinin gave me the day off too. Shane knows that."

"He got a call and told me that he had to go, but would be back soon."

Shane walked in the front door at that moment. He went straight to Claire, gave her a kiss that left her breathless, and hugged her while burying his face in her hair. Claire knew right then something was majorly wrong, but didn't ask. She knew Shane would tell her when he was ready. Michael stayed downstairs with them, and he and Shane got to work kicking zombie butt.

"It is going to be a long night." Claire told herself as she went to get something to drink for her and Shane.

Claire was right about the night being a long one. They had decided on tacos for supper, so it was Claire who cooked it. Usually Shane would stay in the kitchen with her, but tonight he sat on the couch talking with Michael. When Eve got home she went straight into the kitchen to talk to Claire.

"What is going on?"

"Hi Eve, how was your day? Mine was fine. Thanks for asking."

Eve rolled her eyes and asked again, "What is going on?"

This made Claire nervous, "What do you mean, Eve? What happened to make you think something is going on?"

"Well, first of all, Shane come into Common Grounds today and went to talk with Oliver without even speaking to me. It was like I wasn't even there. Then, when I walked in just now he and Michael were talking until I walked into the living room. Then they just got quiet and Shane just looked at me. No smartass remarks or anything. That is when you know something is wrong."

"I don't know what it is. Shane was gone when I got home. Since he got back he has stayed around Michael like he doesn't want to be alone with me. I know he will tell me when he is ready, until then there is nothing I can do about it."

"Oh, ok. Sorry to flip out on you like that."

"No problem. I know how you are." Claire told Eve as she went to tell the boys supper was ready. They ate mostly in silence. Michael asked Claire and Eve about their days. Nothing had happened with Claire and Eve didn't bring up about Shane coming into the shop so there wasn't much to say. After supper Shane suggested they watch a movie together. That was when Claire knew he really didn't want to be alone with her. She sat through 3 hours of "Avatar" not really paying much attention. She was too busy trying to figure out what she had done to make Shane mad at her. From the glances Eve kept throwing their way, she was too.

When the movie was over Shane made no move to get up, even when Michael and Eve went upstairs. After waiting a few minutes Claire finally stood up. "I am heading upstairs. You can join me if you like."

She leaned down and gave him a kiss that let him know more would come if he did go upstairs with her. She went to her room and waited for a while. Shane never came up. She finally decided to take a shower. She got her clothes and headed to the bathroom, worrying the whole time. Shane's behavior was really starting to scare her. She stood under the water until it turned cold. When she stepped back into the hallway she saw the lights were off downstairs. Guess Shane decided to go to bed Claire thought. Well, she wasn't going to throw herself at him by going to his room. She sighed and walked to her room, more hurt than anything. Shane acted like she wasn't even home today. She opened her door and cut her light on. When she turned around she about screamed. Shane was lying on her bed.

"Are you okay?" He asked while laughing at her

"You scared the crap out of me! What do you think?"

"Well, you told me I could join you so here I am. You were in the shower so I decided to make myself comfortable."

"I waited around for like 30 minutes and you never came up so I decided to take a bath."

"Sorry, I had something I needed to do. Now come here. I do believe I felt a promise in that kiss."

Claire just smiled and climbed in bed. If Shane seemed distant downstairs, now it was like he couldn't get enough of her fast enough. Of course, this only made her want him more. It was a while before they went to sleep. Claire still didn't know what had Shane so distant downstairs, but she wasn't about to kill the mood by asking him. Shane acted like there was nothing else besides Claire and she loved every minute of it. Right before she fell asleep she heard Shane whisper, "I love you and always will. Please remember that in the months to come."