Chapter 1 - Excuse Me?
"Hey guys, I'm home!" Shane called into the Glass House, "I brought chicken!"
"Hey," said Michael from behind him.
"Jesus Mike don't use that vampire shit to scare me," Shane joked, "So where's Claire?"
"Still at work," replied Michael, taking the bag of chicken from Shane.
"Work?" Shane repeated coldly, following Michael into the kitchen.
"C'mon mate, not this again," Michael put his hand on Shane's shoulder, "It's Claire we're talking about. And her crazy, bipolar boss."
Shane just grunted in response. It was at that moment the handle of the front door turned and Claire walked in.
"See?" Michael muttered, before Claire entered.
"Hey!" Claire smiled, "What's new?"
"I dunno, you tell me," Shane replied.
"Shane!" Michael warned.
"It's fine Michael, thank you though," Claire sighed.
Michael nodded. Within an instant he had left the room, giving the couple some privacy to work things out.
She then turned to look at Shane, "What did I do this time?"
"You're an hour late. And I'm sure that's a different top than you had on this morning," Shane stated.
"I had work. And me and Myrnin were doing an experiment with some chemicals. It went... Slightly wrong, and burnt a hole through my top. I came back here to get a new one. Ask Eve if you don't believe me, it was her break," Claire explained
"Oh don't worry, I will," Shane answered.
"I can't do this anymore. I just can't. I'm sick of being interrogated every time I walk through this fucking door. I'm sick of you not trusting me. Hell, I'm sick of you," said Claire, venomously.
"Well why are you still here then? In this house, with me. If you're so sick of this, why are you still with me?" Shane asked, confidently.
"Ha, God knows. God fucking knows," Claire laughed, "You want me gone, Shane? I'm out the fucking door."
"Excuse me?" said Shane, angrily.
"I'm fucking done, Shane. Me and you? We're over. For good. Farewell Collins," Claire said calmly, whilst walking out of the kitchen.
"Claire, wait!" Shane called after her.
But she was already gone, out of the front door, walking away from the Glass House. That's all it was to her now, a house. It wasn't her warm, welcoming home. It was an ancient, cold, uninviting house.
It was a few minutes before Claire realized where she was going. The only place she thought she might be welcome. The lab.
On the way, Claire thought about many things. There was one question that kept swimming around and around, doing laps in her mind. Why am I not sad? She was feeling many things, but not sad. Confused maybe. Hell, slightly relieved. Not sad. Still pondering the question, she reached the lab, letting herself in.
"Myrnin?" she called down, "It's Claire! I'm just going to turn on the lights, okay?"
"Mmhmm," came a mumbled response.
She felt the wall for a second before feeling cold plastic. She slid her finger up and
Click
Soft white light flooded the room instantly. She could see Myrnin clearly, he was reading an old-looking book, which he put down quickly upon seeing his young employee.
"Why Claire, to what do I owe the pleasure? It is still Tuesday, yes? I am not returning to my madness?"
"Don't worry Myrnin," Claire smiled comfortingly, "Still Tuesday."
"Is there anything specific you came for? Not to be rude, only I need to feed Bob soon," Myrnin said cheerfully.
"Well, erm, I hate to ask but, I broke up with Shane-"
"Ah, the Collins boy? Well you were always much too good for him, cariad," Myrnin said nonchalantly
"That's not quite it. See, in the heat of the moment, I thought it would be a good idea to move out. I was going to ask Eve if she could get my stuff for me, only..." she trailed off.
"You have nowhere to go?" Myrnin asked sympathetically.
"Not really," Claire admitted
"Not to worry annwyl! I don't sleep anyway, so you could have my room. It'll be fun! Like a sleepover!" he replied excitedly, making Claire smile.t
"Thank you!" she said.
Claire then proceeded to do something Myrnin didn't expect. She hugged him. At first he was slightly shocked, but after a second he put his arm round her and found that it was actually quite nice. He smiled slightly, before gathering himself together. He coughed slightly,
"Well, shall we get you settled in? I mean, you already know where everything is. Have you eaten? I'm afraid I don't have a lot in for humans to eat, but it's getting quite dark now so we'll be able to purchase some nutritious food soon. Is that okay with you? You won't have to worry about any vampires, I'll be with you. So what do you say?" Myrnin rambled
"That sounds great, thank you Myrnin," Claire replied.
"Brilliant!" he beamed.
If only little Claire could see what this simple decision meant...
Okay, so I've had this ready for a while. I've been editing it, as I'm not too happy with it. I'd really appreciate any feedback or constructive criticism :3
- EA