Why was he like this? Anyone would think I was a 4 year old girl, not a 17 year old women.
"You don't decide things for me, Shane," I shouted at him. I could tell he was angry, not just at me but at our whole situation.
"I think I get a say, if it means I might lose you!" He shouted right back, without hesitation. I almost cracked, but stood firm. I never wanted to hurt him, but I couldn't just sit back and not do anything, not when people needed my help.
"Nothing is going to happen to me." And I meant it. I had survived to much already, to die at the hands of something so small. "All Jason wants to do is talk to me. If I let him he'll leave you alone and he'll Eve alone."
"And what about you huh? He might leave us alone, but he definitely won't leave you. Why get involved with something else, when I'm already trying to protect you from everything?" Shane sounded defeated. I guess he had a right to, he had been through so much, as well as trying to keep me safe. But I wasn't a little girl, I wasn't Alyssa.
"No one asked you to protect me Shane, and I don't expect you to." I whispered it, to afraid to say it loudly. Shane got up slowly, and walked towards me. I sighed and dropped my head to look at the floor. Eventually Shane's shows came into view and he picked up my hand from my side. Our fingers entwined together. I looked up to find him searching my face carefully.
"I would fight, to my last breath, for you, whether you asked me to or not. I love you to much, to watch you suffer, just for me." Shane whispered it to me. I closed my eyes and listened to his heartbeat and he pulled me closer to his chest. I smiled up at him.
"Can you promise me something?" I asked him.
"Anything," he breathed.
"Promise me, that no matter what, we'll leave here one day. That we'll have a family and our own house. That you will always love me." Shane smiled at me and placed a gentle kiss on my forehead.
"I promise you, Claire Danvers, that one day we will have everything you have ever wanted. I promise we'll have a family and house. I promise that I will always love you, regardless of what happens. You're mine okay? The best thing that has ever happened to me since the day I was born. I wouldn't change anything about my life, if I meant I would never have met you." A tear spilled down my cheek and I looked carefully at Shane. I stepped back from him and looked away from his face.
"Claire?" Shane asked confusedly.
"Don't... just don't okay? I'm nowhere near as important as your family. I never have been and I never will be, so take it back." I said
"Take what back?" Shane asked.
"That you wouldn't change the past if you could because of me. Take it back, because you don't mean it." I said defiantly.
"I... I do mean it." Shane said stepping towards me.
"No you don't, and I can't have you thinking that you do." I turned and walked away.