Okay, before the story, I'd just like to thank all of the people who reviewed 'Mind over Matter… or Friends?' because you all convinced me to do a sequel! So I hope you enjoy, and keep reviewing please!
Claire woke up with a gasp, waking Shane. He made a startled noise and sat up, ready for action, before he realised the problem. 'It's okay' he soothed Claire, rubbing her back. 'You're here now, nothing's happened'.
Claire turned to him with tear-filled eyes. She sobbed once and buried her face in his chest, shaking. They sat like that for a minute, until Claire managed to get control of herself and sat back, wiping tears from her eyes. Shane opened his mouth to say something, but Claire needed to get it off her chest.
'It was so scary' she whispered 'But I can't remember what it was about!' Shane watched her with concern. Claire paused, then blurted 'What if he comes back?'
Shane immediately reassured her. 'Claire, listen to me. Bishop can not get out of jail. He's not going anywhere.' He said each word slowly. Claire felt her heart rate finally return to normal at the words, and replied 'I know. It's so stupid but-' 'It's not stupid' Shane interrupted her. 'After what he made you do…' a dark look crossed Shane's face before he continued.
'I will never let him hurt you again Claire, I love you.' Claire smiled and thanked him before leaning in for a kiss.
'Claire? Claire!' Claire jumped slightly and turned to face Myrnin. 'What?' she asked, startled. Myrnin tsked and hit her gently on the head with a rolled up newspaper. 'Stop drifting off, you do no one any good when you are not focused.' Claire mumbled an apology and tried to get her head back into reality.
She realised that she'd been staring into space for a while, and it worried her. It had been two weeks since Bishop was put into jail, but she was still having nightmares, ones that she couldn't remember when she woke up, but that left her feeling scared and alone. Luckily Shane was usually with her when she woke up, but he couldn't be there all the time…
Now she was staring into space for minutes at a time, and it was worrying her. She couldn't shake the feeling that somehow Bishop had escaped, and he was coming for her… but that was stupid. Bishops execution date was set, and soon he would be out of her life forever.
The feeling stayed with her though, all the way through her time at the lab, and even when she got home. She finally managed to shake it off when Shane came home smelling of barbeque and sat snuggled up to him when they watched a movie with Michael and Eve.
Eve still gave her funny looks every now and then, and it hurt Claire to see that her best friend was having trouble totally trusting her, but she just pretended not to see whenever it happened.
That night she fell asleep with Shane's arm around her, feeling tentatively peaceful and happy…ish.