A/N: When I upload a chapter I usually don't have time to read it so I do it just before I write the next one. I just read and realised it's so depressing! So hopefully this one will be a bit happier. Please review if you read it because I'm not sure if you guys want more or not, thanks anyways xxx
HANNAH'S POV
Oh my god.
I've been in the room for about half an hour and it was roughly half four. I kept repeating everything that Shane had said in my head over and over again. Scrutinizing every little detail about his life and I had a few questions, or things that I had noticed anyway about it.
Firstly, he had said "but obviously being the mayor's daughter she got away with it, not even a hit on the arm". I'm pretty sure that Jake had said that the girl Monica was the Mayor's daughter? If so, I hate her a whole lot more than I hated her before, that's for sure.
Secondly, he said "Vampires" like Eve. Are these guys all on crack or something? He seemed so serious though I almost believe him. Almost.
Also he said you can't remember anything. That's a whole load of crap for sure, it's not like you can just forget everything. I suppose he said he was drinking and stuff so that could maybe be the answer for that one anyways.
Overall I'm not the only one with family problems which isn't good but I guess it means that we could have no family together?
So I had a few options here:
Option A- Get the hell out of Morganville and forget about the whole thing, Option B- Stay in Morganville but live in a different house or… Option C- Stay here, try and clean-up all this mess, and try to find family like before.
Well Option B I think is going out the amazing bedroom window. It would be so awkward if I stayed but didn't live here, imagine if I kept seeing them everywhere, I would feel so cautious. Yup, that one was a no.
The next ones are the hardest. A would be the easy option but it would mean no family, ever. C seems hard, real hard. Firstly there is gonna be a whole lot of awkwardness between me and Shane, Eve's been really nice and stuff but the whole vampire thing has freaked the bejesus outta me!
I lay on the bed, staring up at the ceiling, thinking about how my life has become so messed up. My eyes start to close and I drift off into a deep sleep…
EVE'S POV
"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON IN HERE?!" I shout at them both. Hannah looks at me for second then storms upstairs, while Shane just stares at the ground, not daring to make eye contact with me.
"Shane what on earth did you do? And I don't want any funny business." I tell him sternly.
"I, um…" he wonders off into to his own train of thought.
"What did you do? Did you say something? Oh god you hit on her didn't you? Shane I know she's like really pretty but you can't -"
"Eve, I didn't hit on her." He told me still not making eye contact. Man, he can look at me, I don't have the power to turn you to stone y'know.
"Then what?! God Claire then this! We are not losing Hannah, she might be even nicer than Claire, but I guess we'll never even know 'cause you keep frightening them away! Tell me now what you did or I swear I will chuck you out of the house!" I threaten.
After a few seconds of silence he looks into my eyes and tells me. It just all pours out of him.
"So that's what happened. Happy?" He asked me while passing me a box of tissues. I think I started crying before he even told me. I took one, blew my nose and wipe my eyes.
"You might wanna take a few more." Shane advises giving me the whole box.
"Yeah well, I wouldn't need any if it wasn't for your stupid 'advise'! No wonder she started yelling at her, you're not a bloody detective Shane! Ever heard of a little thing called privacy? God this is so fucked up! Good one Shane, great work." I say sarcastically checking the state of my ruined makeup in a compact mirror.
"Yeah well I was just making sure she wasn't trying to oh I don't kill us? Working for the vamps? Trying to get us in trouble? We aren't exactly perfect Morganville citizens are we? I was trying to protect you and Michael." He looked at me with puppy eyes but not in a jokey way, but in a sorry way.
"'Kay fine, I'll go try to talk to her but you are so not of the hook mister. See when Michael joins us you are dead." I say whilst standing up and walking up the stairs.
I do a quick clean up in the bathroom, reapplying makeup and stuff then knock on Hannah's door.
"Hey Hannah? Shane's told me what happened. I'm so sorry, he is such an asshole. Can I come in?" I ask sympathetically. No answer.
"Hannah, please." I plead.
"Eve I just want to be on my own right now." I hear a small voice say. By her voice, I could tell that she was crying. A lot.
I decide to leave her. I know when I'm upset I prefer to be on my own but I still feel really guilty.
Downstairs I see Shane just sitting there, head in hands. I take a deep breath then walk towards him.
"Is she okay?" He asks, looking up.
"No, she won't let me in or anything." I sorrowfully say.
"Damn, I actually really like her you know." He says truthfully.
"I know, this might not help but in what way? I'm not trying to be awkward or that but things could get messy if-"
"As a friend, god Eve." He says, staring at the floor.
"Oh ok." We sat in silence for about a minute and things were starting to get really awkward.
"Dammit Eve, you sure know how to make something awkward." Shane says while stretching his long toned body (not that I was checking him out but he was hot, just not my type).
"Well coke?" I ask as I get up.
"Yup." He says popping the p.
I stroll through to the kitchen, get two cokes, two packets Doritos and stroll back through. I throw a packet of Doritos and a coke to him and he catches effortlessly.
I plonk myself down on the sofa next to him. We talk for a bit, just casual chatter then I flick on the telly and we watch some reruns of F.R.I.E.N.D.S. After fifteen minutes he gets up and goes upstairs. I had been up there three times already saying I was going to the loo but I checking on Hannah. Still the same response, she'll come down when she's ready, I hope.
About five minutes later Shane came down the stairs with a glum expression on his face.
"How was it?" I ask him.
"I was at the toilet." He says sitting on Michel's armchair.
"Shane, you were talking to Hannah, don't even try to deny it, no flush." I state while nibbling on a Dorito.
He opens his mouth to say something but closes it again.
"What did you say to her?" I ask curiously.
"Nothing!" He snapped. I glare at him, eyebrows raised.
"Sorry. It's just been a rough day." He grumbles.
"Tell me about it. I get two days off all week and one of them has been ruined, great." I sulk.
"Yeah seven days off and one of them ruined, great." He copies my sulk.
"You are such a slacker Collins." I shake my head.
"And your point is? Not my fault I'm lazy, it's in my genes." He shrugs.
"Yeah well maybe if you wash them you'll be a workaholic." He chuckles.
"Wow. I can't believe how crappy our lives' are. Here we are sitting in a dusty old house in a dusty old town talking 'bout how crappy our lives are, while some people are in like New York or California making the best of theirs." He says.
"Yeah well, they don't live in Morganville, America's No1 dream-crusher town." I explain.
"True, true. Oh well here's to our crappy lives." He toasts.
"And to who the hell invented days off work." We clink coke cans.
"Amen."
HANNAH'S POV
I awoke to a knocking on the door.
"Hannah, open up." Eve. Well gotta face 'em sometime better get it over with.
"Come on in." I say as she enters the room. I knew my eyes weren't puffy or red from crying, I had mastered that talent in the care home.
"You okay? I'm so sorry, we had no idea at all, swear." She said honestly.
"I know it's ok." I answer, strangely not as quiet as I thought I would've been.
"You wanna come downstairs?"
"Yeah sure. What time is it?" I ask rubbing my eyes.
"Six, dinners made. Afraid it's chilli again, but we didn't want to eat without you so you won't be on your own." She explained. Aww, nobody's ever waited to eat dinner with me before, I could never turn that down.
"Okay, I'm just gonna nip to the loo, meet you downstairs."
"'Kay." She says while happily stomping down the stairs. I quickly check my appearance which looks ok, but I quickly apply some mascara (unfortunately I have the curse of the blonde lashes) and give my hair a hurried brush.
I dash downstairs to see Eve placing plates on an oak dining table.
"Hey there, coke?" She asks me.
"Please, you want a hand?" I offer politely.
"Aren't you a sweetie, no I've got it thanks. You can just sit down there and I'll get the drinks." I smile at her in thanks. As she goes through into the kitchen, Shane strides through, not noticing me.
"Did she seem really upset when you spoke to her, 'cause I honestly feel so bad abo- Oh! Your already down, em, hi." He says uncomfortably.
"Hi." I say.
"Look about earlier, I'm really sorry. I had no idea and-
"I know. Can we just leave it and try to forget about it for the mo? I just think it will be easier that way." I ask.
"Sure, yeah, no problem." He says while placing a huge bowl of chilli in the centre of the table. Eve comes in with three cokes and hands one to me and Shane. Thankfully, Eve sits in the chair beside me and Shane sits in the chair diagonal from me.
"Is Michael coming or dinner?" Eve asks while passing me the bowl of chilli. I take a small portion then pass it to Shane.
"Well the guy hasn't missed one dinner in all the time I've lived here, so I don't think so. I love the guy honest but he worse than I am, so that must be saying something." He replies while shovelling chilli on to his plate.
Eve shrugs in response and changes the subject to me.
"So, where about from Scotland are you from?" She inquires whilst playing with the chilli.
"Stirling, it's a small city in central Scotland." I answer.
"Must be small I've never heard of it." Eve says.
"Eve, be honest, how many places do you know in Scotland?" Shane asks smugly.
"More than you!"
"Really? Ok then I name one then you name one let's see who gets the most." He plays.
"Fine, Hannah's referee." They both look to me.
"Okay, this could be fun. It can be towns, cities and islands too." I smile.
"Great I'll start." Eve says confidently. "Stirling." She sticks her tongue out at Shane.
"You only know that because she just said it!" Shane exclaims.
"And your point is?" Eve asks smugly.
"Fine Edinburgh, ha!"
"Glasgow." She fires back.
"That is the big two gone." I commentate in a voice far too deep for me. They laugh.
"Ok ok, I've got one. Inverness." He answers. Eve looks to me.
"Annnnnnd it's the right answer!" I say like a game show host.
"What no way! How do you know that?" Eve questions.
"When you're at home all day it is your job to watch at least one quiz programme a day to make you smartier." He tells.
"Smartier isn't even a word!" Eve cries, I was laughing so hard tears were in my eyes.
"According to Shane it is." A new voice says. I wipe my eyes and examine the new person.
He had blonde curly hair and bright blue eyes. He was tall, not as tall as Shane but still tall and really gorgeous. Like I could have any girl I wanted gorgeous.
"Michael! This is Hannah, she's just moved here from Scotland. She was looking at the room." Eve explains.
"Hi, I'm Michael and I own the house." He introduces himself while sitting down next to Shane.
"Hi, I'm Hannah." I smile. Michael seemed a lot older than he looked, he was very mature compared to Eve and Shane.
"Age?" He asked intensely. I opened my mouth to answer but the words came out without my mouth moving.
"Eighteen in three months!" Eve answered for me.
"Eve, I think she can talk for herself." Shane says while heaping more food on his plate.
"Shut up Collins." She says while rolling her eyes.
Dinner went well, Michael turned out to be a total sweetheart and everyone was being super nice. Was I okay from earlier? Truthfully, no, but I had made up my mind on whether to stay or not.
We all gathered round the telly. I sat next to Eve on the sofa while Michael sat on the armchair and Shane sprawled out on the other couch. Some random programme was on, we weren't really watching.
"So Hannah have you made your mind up about staying?" Michael asked me.
"Em…yeah I have actually." Eve gasps then grins like the Cheshire cat.
"And?" He asks.
"I'm going to go back. This was all a huge mistake, you guys are all really nice but I just don't think I'm ready." I look to Eve and I could practically see her heart drop.
"What?" Eve said looked like a lost puppy. "You can't go! You're like already one of us!" Tears filled up in her eyes. Oh shit.
"I'm sorry Eve but with earlier and everything it's just gonna be awkward and I think I's just best this way." I answer quietly. Shane looked down at the ground and Eve had tears streaming down her face now.
"No! No, you can't!" She cried.
"What happened earlier?" Michael asked quietly but seriously.
"It's really late I should be going to bed." I say while getting up and leaving the room.
"Hannah, wait-
"I'll leave tomorrow." I say calmly and amble up into the room.
Oh God. Well that was a real bad day huh? I knew it was too big a thing to do. I don't know how I'll get back though, I spent most of my money on the way here. I do have money from family, loads of it actually, but I'm not allowed to access it until I'm eighteen which is crap.
I search my case looking for my pyjamas.
"Shit." I whisper. Of course I had forgotten my pyjamas, because that's just my luck. I so didn't want to ask Eve right now cause it would be so uncomfortable.
I decided to look in the wardrobe, if it was that big surely there must be something in it.
Inside it was empty. Damn, I really wanted to go to Narnia today I sarcastically thought to myself. This is a really bad day. I take a deep breath and just as I'm about to start searching through my case for something wearable I see a box on the top shelf in the wardrobe.
Could there? Only one way to find out…
I stand on the chair from the desk and pull down the box. It was surprisingly heavy, so I quickly place it on the bed. I cough at all the dust on the box and carefully open the lid.
"Oh my GOD!" I yelled. I actually couldn't believe what was inside.
A/N: DUN DUN DUUUUUUUN! What was inside the box? Keep reading and reviewing thank you!xx