Glass House-Chapter 4.
Previously...
We laughed and talked all the way to the cinema and somehow in a way I felt like Alyssa was with us.
The film finished at around 10pm, so we had just enough time to run home. Number one rule in Morganville- don't stay out after dark. We ran the 3 blocks in a full on sprint so we reached home in just under 5 minutes.
Michael was home when we got in; he was playing a classical piece of music, new I think. He smiled at me when I walked in. "Hey Sissy Poo" he said with a cheeky smile. I blew him a kiss. "Coffee?" I offered. He nodded his head then wrote something on his little notepad. Me and Michael both loved music. Both of us can sing although I must say Michael is better, we were brought up on music and I shall love it till the day I die. I walked into the kitchen and switched the kettle on. We have four main mugs in the house the others are in a cupboard somewhere in case we have guests. Shanes is a black one saying 'Wake me and I'll kill you', Eves is a purple Dracula one which kind of fits in Morganville, mines a Scooby doo one and Michael is a guitar. I made 3 coffees and got some cookies out of the tin. When I went back into the living room, Shane had fired up the play station and him and Michael were killing zombies. Unusually Shane was losing. I plonked their coffees down on the table deliberately standing in front of the TV. "ALICIA MOVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" Michael whined. I rolled my eyes and snuggled into the empty armchair, pulling on my hoodie. I waited till they'd finished till I finally said "So did you let Claire stay?." Michael looked at me momentarily confused before saying "She's not come down yet, but it'll be a no" I stared at him, my mouth hanging open! "Why she's perfect for this house". "Eve said she was sixteen." I stared at him again trying to understand what he was saying. "I'm sixteen and I live here." He rolled his eyes and took a long gulp of his coffee "1. Your my sister. 2. You have no where else to go. 3. You own this house." I waited till he'd finished his coffee "Reasons to have Claire," he sighed "1. Someone's looking to do her some serious damage, 2. She has nowhere else to go, 3. She's vulnerable to the vampires, 4. She seems nice, 5. We need the money, 6. All the other people who have come to look at the house have been weird or blood sucking freaks!" He looked at me, then Shane, then his drink. "I don't know Alice." I sighed, I didn't want an argument with him. "Whatever I'm going to bed" I took 4 steps towards the door when I started to feel faint. "Alice?," Michael said. That was the last thing I heard before I passed out.
"Alice?" My eyelids fluttered open. Before I had chance to say anything Michael was shoving the needle into my arm. I shut my eyes and counted to ten. I winced when the needle came out again. I have a very low blood count which makes me very weak. It has its advantages and disadvantages. I yawned. "Come on princess!" Shane said smiling looking at Michael as if for permission before picking me up and carrying me up the stairs "Night Michael" I called down.
Shane laid me on my bed turning on my bedside lamp. He shoved me to the side and laid down next to me. "You scared us then Al" I wriggled round to face him "Scared myself" I giggled. A ghost of a smile traced on his lips. "What's a matter?" I asked. He stared at me straight in the eye "You laugh just like she did." My heart stopped for a minute. He meant Alyssa. "You could never be separated," He laughed "Used to drive me mad. But I still loved you both." Before I knew it his lips were against mine. He moved away first and turned to lay on his back. Then he just got up and walked out of the door. I layed motionless on the bed shocked at what had just happened. I ran after him but he shut the door. "This shouldn't happen Alice" he said through the wall. I heard him sigh and tears swelled into my eyes "Michael would kill me." I couldn't help it then. Tears flooded down my face and I heard him slump defeated to against the door. I followed suit. Through the wood I could hear his heavy breathing and It wasn't long before I was dreaming of me and Shane and what could be.
