Chapter 1 Shane P.O.V
Claire was gone, I don't mean gone as in dead, I mean gone in the sense of her dad's job transferred and she had to move. She told me two weeks before she left. It wasn't a long time, wasn't enough time. But then again, it would never be enough time with her, even if I had her forever, it wouldn't be enough. She had tears in her eyes when she told me, she was crying because she was leaving, of course. But it wasn't just that.
Who did she leave behind? What did she leave behind? The main things were: Eve. Michael. Myrnin. Amelie. Oliver. ME. That's what hurt the most, that she left me. She had to go through all of the memory wiping stuff that everyone else has to when they leave town. She wouldn't remember our first kiss. Wouldn't remember the first time I told her I lover her. Wouldn't remember all of the things I ever said to her, and meant every word of it.
Basically, they erased the last 3 years and replaced it with some fantasy. She gave me the necklace and ring back I'd given her. Gave me all the picture of us, of just me. Gave me her diaries of her 3 years here, with instruction only to read it when it was absolutely necessary, when I needed her.
That was basically every day, not one went by that I didn't need her. I hadn't read it yet, I was waiting for the right time. She'd had to delete my number… and Eve's… and Michaels. Basically anyone's related to this damn town. I'm not saying I wish I never met her, but at this point, I'm thinking that would be easier, that way, I didn't have to feel this hurt. And it hurt, you better believe it. Hurt more than you'll ever know, more than I'll ever admit to anyone, maybe even myself. I slept, only to dream of her again. She's been gone for a week, the hurt wasn't going away, if anything, it made it worse.