Threes a Crowd
Claire
Claire lay on the settee, her head in Shane's lap. He stroked her hair in a rhythmic movements. Claire sat up, dazed by the beauty of Shane's soft features. She leaned forward, and pressed her lips to Shane's, producing a passionate kiss that made a promise of forever. It was intense, needy, longing. She couldn't let go, she didn't want to, but her phone beeped as the alarm sounded for her to go to Myrnin's lab. "I have to go," she said, regretfully. No, you don't," Shane replied, obviously longing to kiss her again. Claire looked down, and after a second's consideration, she shook her head and got up. She leaned down and placed a gentle kiss on his forehead. She turned her back on the living room, on Shane. She longed to be back with him, in his warmth, kissing him, but she knew Myrnin would be mad if she were late. She struggled to pull farther away from him, up the stairs, and into the bathroom which, for once, wasn't cluttered with Eve's goth make-up. Claire closed the door behind her and locked it, knowing if she didn't, she might find her way back down to Shane, and unable to leave him again. She turned on the shower and quickly washed, leaving little hot water for anyone else in the house. "Eve won't be happy with the lack of hot water," Claire thought. Oh well, nothing to do about it now. She quickly unlocked the door and looked around to see if anyone could see her. Coast clear. She quickly whipped across the landing and rushed into her bedroom which looked exactly the same as the first day she moved in, almost 2 years ago. The cold air whipped at Claire's skin, like tentacles of a swimming dead octopus, and in this town, anything could be possible. She quickly dressed in her usual jeans and t-shirt combination and rushed down stairs. She grabbed her back-pack and slung it onto her back. "Bye," she sung as she flew out of the door. Just before the door closed, Claire heard Shane reply with "Be safe. Love you". She was too far away to shout back, so she continued to walk onto the side walk. Day light was coming. She looked down at a clear patch on the road and shivered. The spot where Miranda had, what? Disintegrated? Shattered? Well, Miranda did something. She continued along the side-walk and put the memory of that awful night behind her. Anyway, now wasn't the time to think about it.
She reached the shattered door, leading to Myrnin's lab just in time. She walked down the steps cautiously and when she reached the bottom, she dropped her bag and turned to her left, searching for the light switch. After a few seconds of cold stone wall under her finger tips, she found the cool feel of plastic. She flipped the switch, and the lab was filled with brilliant light. Myrnin was in the corner, and as the lights came on, he flinched at the brightness. "Sorry," she said, smiling at Myrnin. Myrnin gave her a faint smile. "I believe it is my duty to apologise for my behaviour the other night," he said, looking a little guilty. I took Claire a little while the figure out what he was talking about, and then it dawned on her. The kiss, in her bedroom. A goodbye. Claire looked down in embarrassment. She took a deep gulp and finally said "It's okay"
"It was...inappropriate of me, and because of that, i give you my dearest apology," he said, looking very shameful. She gave him a smile and replied with "Lets just get on with work." Myrnin just nodded in agreement. Claire walked over to the work bench and started tweaking her machine to try and control vampire emotions, and that was the beginning of a long day.
Longing
Myrnin
Myrnin looked at Claire as she worked, admiring her human intelligence, when suddenly they came. The voices telling him to run. "It's not safe. Run. She'll kill you. She doesn't love you. Run! They're coming. IDIOT! RUN!" Myrnin walked over to the back room and started tapping his head, softly at first, then harder and harder, until he made a grunting noise of discomfort. He heard a back noise, a girl screaming. Claire. Claire was screaming. What was she saying? Somethings happening. Need...to...help...Claire. "Stupid mind. Stupid, Stupid, STUPID!" Finally, Myrnin's mind cleared, and he could hear Claire screaming his name, horror in the corner of her eyes. He blinked, and took a deep breath. He walked towards her, grabbed her, and pulled her close.
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