Claire POV-

"I can't believe it," I whispered.

"Believe it," Shane spoke quietly.

"We're actually leaving," I said, almost not believing myself. I never thought that this day would come. Shane and I were leaving Morganville. Permanently. Amelie had granted us both permission to leave.

I had been accepted in MIT so we were both heading to Boston, we had rented a small apartment 15 minutes away from the university where I would be studying. Shane had gotten a job at a barbeque place, similar to where he currently worked. All the details had been sorted and tomorrow we would actually be going.

Shane's arms wrapped around me creating a safe and comfortable cocoon. I leaned my head back on his chest. There was just one thing that I was worried about. Michael and Eve.

My newly married friends have had relationship troubles. Amelie, the towns founder had ordered Michael to divorce Eve on account of the fact that he was a vampire. What worried me even more was that when he refused she had told him that she would think of a suitable punishment for him.

"Do you think they'll be okay?" I asked Shane, wanting his voice and words to comfort me.

"They're committed to each other," he said, knowing who I was asking about, but avoiding the question. "I know that. What about everyone else?" Everyone else being the people who were against their marriage, which was a significant number. "They'll work something out. Not many people had complaints before they were married, what's changed now that they are?" Exactly what all of us had questioned. We had been told that now that they were married it was set in stone, it was noteworthy. They were a single entity and people saw that as wrong given the species difference.

I sighed and Shane turned me around from where I was standing staring out of my window, to give me a small kiss on my lips before he pulled me towards the door. "It's our last day. Let's spend it having fun with our friends instead of worrying, okay?" Shane asked, I was glad that he did, otherwise I would have missed out on spending our last hours in this town with our friends.

"Hey! There you are!" Eve called out as we descended down the stairs hand in hand. She had just walked out from the kitchen. "I was about to see where you were, getting busy upstairs were you?" she asked in a joking manner, she had her eyebrow raised and laughed. "Bite me," Shane replied. "We were just doing some last minute packing," I jumped in to diffuse them. Eve sighed and pulled us in a tight hug. "I can't believe you're going," she said, though it was muffled as we were all squashed together in a hug.

"Hey," Shane said in a soft tone. "We'll be back to visit." It was really sweet the way he said it, sometimes he can be so charming. "Yeah," I said in support. "So much, you'll get sick of the sight of us." She pulled us even closer. I held on to her as it must be hard for her, it would just be her and Michael in the house, we won't be there to support them. "We'll be back in a few years, when I've finished college." She let us go. I saw her swallow. Hard. Just then Michael walked in from the kitchen to tell us that dinner was almost ready. We walked over to sit at the table. "Yeah, I suppose." Eve said when we were sat at the table.

After we had eaten we all sat on the couch and watched movies and had fun. It was normal and totally the best way to spend our evening. Shane commented every now and then, Eve gave sarcastic replies then Michael and I, the only sane ones, would step in. Just the way that it had always been. Perfect.