I've been wanting to write a Morganville Vampires fanfic for a while. I finally got myself to read Bite Club and decided to finally write this. I'm not sure about pairings and who will end up with who at this point so that will be a surprise for me as well as you. Enjoy and please R&R!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Morganville Vampires, Rachel Caine does.

CHAPTER 1: Does Love Last?

Clarie's POV

I can feel the warmth of the sun against the side of my face. I can feel the warmth of Shane's body next to me on the bed. I smile and don't dare to open my eyes. Everything feels perfect.

Loud footsteps destroy the perfect scene. Claire's eyes fly open to find that the footsteps aren't coming from her room and must be coming from the hallway.

She rolls over in the bed and peaks over at Shane who is still fast asleep, not bothered at all by the sounds coming from the hallway. He looks so peaceful in his sleep, all the pain, the strength, everything that he shows while he is awake seems to disappear when he is asleep and he looks younger and weaker.

Claire doesn't want to wake him so she carefully slips out of bed and gets dressed as quickly and as quietly as she possibly can. She doesn't stay quiet and finds herself surprised as Shane doesn't wake up to her hitting her hand against the wall and falling over with a thump as she tries to get her clothes on in a rush.

It takes her a few more minutes than she'd wanted to take to get dressed. She knows in the back of her head that there isn't any danger but she still quickly grabs a silver stake that is hidden in the back of her underwear draw. In Morganville you can never be sure about there not being danger.

Silently she opens the door and walks out into the hallway, closing her bedroom door behind her then walking down the hallway. Two of the doors are open, Michael's and Eve's bedrooms. She quickly peaks into both of the rooms but they are empty, no sign of either Michael or Eve.

"Eve? Michael?" Claire calls out and gets no answer.

She walks down the stairs quickly, almost running and looks around the living room and then into the kitchen. The two roommates who are missing from their rooms are standing in the middle of the kitchen, in the middle of what looks like a serious conversation. They both don't seem to notice as Claire walks into the kitchen and stands near the doorway.

They are speaking too quietly for Claire to hear what their conversation is about but from the tone of their voices and the expressions their faces are holding, it doesn't seem like a friendly conversation.

Claire clears her throat and the conversation dies, leaving the kitchen silent.

Eve and Michael lock gazes for a second then Michael walks out of the room. Claire sees his face but he is wearing a mask to hide any emotion.

"Coffee?" Eve asks, her voice shaking.

Claire looks over at her and sees tears shinning in her eyes. "Eve, are you ok?"

"Yeah, of course!" Eve suddenly bursts up with so much fake happiness and starts to make coffee.

"Are you sure?"

She stops making the coffee and Claire sees a tear escape from her eye. She walks over to her and hugs her. Eve cries into Claire's shoulder. Claire stands there and lets Eve cry herself out, she doesn't know what else to do. Eve eventually stops crying and moves out of Claire's hug, smiling slightly.

"Thanks," she mumbles with a sniffle.

"Want to tell me what happened now?"

Eve is silent for a moment, looking as if she isn't going to say. "It's nothing, just Michael…"

Claire doesn't say anything, just waits to see if Eve will tell her. She wouldn't force her to, if she wants to then she will if she doesn't then she won't.

"Amelie talked to him about me and him getting married. She said we could but he…it's like he's changed his mind or something." Eve looks up at Claire with hurt filled eyes, "I can't lose him."

Claire doesn't know what to say and they both stand there in silence.

Eve is the one who decides to move first, she finishes making the coffee.