Hi guys! Yes im updating once again. I thought we could use another chapter. This one will be longer. Wont be so rushed. Promise.
Lets get to it….
Chapter 4
Claire
Fire. Burning. Screams from with in the house. Claire's mother scolding Claire. A slap there. A kick here. "Im sorry" Claire sobbed. Her eyes slowly opened, escaping from her nightmare. Sitting up in her bed she scratched her head. Looking down at her scarred arm with a frown. Memories of that horrid night flooded her mind for a moment.
"Im Sorry!" Claire cried.
"You are worthless to us!" Her mother declared before smacking Claire across the face. Claire layed on the floor motionless. Her eyes stared up at her father.
"You killed him. Now how can we live on the family name, you foolish child!" He yelled before kicking her stomach.
Claire curled up in a ball and held her head as she cried, praying for help. Claire shook her memories away. She retreated to the shower, clothed herself and left for school. She arrived at her locker to see her boyfriend's gothic friend standing there, leaning up against it. Her brown eyes on Claire. Claire stopped a few feet away from the chick. "Your in my way." Claire said. The girl gazed at her with challenging eyes, as if to say bring it. Claire sighed. "Seriously please move." Claire expected the girl to start a fight but she didn't. She let Claire get her locker opened before laying a hand on Claire's shoulder, which led Claire to look up at her. "We need to talk."
Claire stared at her, seeing deep concern in her serious eyes. She gulped. "O-okay."
Once they were settled out in the court yard the girl turned towards her. She shoved her hands in her jeans before making her way closer to Claire. "Im Eve. Eve Rosser."
"Oh? Nice to meet you."
Eve looked at her with a stern look. "Say what you will, your not fooling me."
"Excuse me?"
Eve glowered at her. "You think you can just butt into Shane's life? Just that easy?" Eve shifted her eyes away before turning away from Claire completely. "Well you cant!" Eve looked back at her, her eyes filled with determination. "Shane is a brother to me, and know this Danvers….you break his heart I will break your face." It took a moment to realize that Eve may actually have feelings for Shane. Maybe more than friend kind of feelings. Eve must of read Claire's face since her face soured. "Do not get the wrong idea Shane is no boy I like that way." She folded her arms and sat down. Claire proceeded to sit beside her. She gazed up at the clear blue sky.
"Eve…Do you wish you had wings? So you could fly, soar like a free bird." Claire asked feeling her lips curved into a small smile. Feeling Eve's eyes on her she turned towards Eve to see Eve was staring at her as if she were crazy. Claire felt heat form upon her cheeks. "It was just a question." Claire looked away with a frown she stared at her untied shoes. She knew she was weird but not that weird. Eve must think she was a real nut case, and it sucked too, excluding her attitude she's a pretty cool chick. "Yes." She heard Eve sigh. Looking up she saw Eve staring at the blue sky with a calm look on her face. "I've always wanted to fly. Fly away from here. From this stupid place."
Claire gazed at her for a moment longer. She felt her lips curve into a small smile. Eve looked at her with a red face. "What are you looking at you weirdo."
Claire chuckled. "Nothing. I just hope we could be good friends someday."
Eve looked stunned for a moment, then soured. "God, your so annoying." Claire just looked straight on, though in the corner over her eye she saw that Eve had a little smile on her face as she looked over at Claire. Even though Eve doesn't show any friend affection towards her doesn't mean she wont. Someday she will. And Claire was willing to wait.
When lunch approached Claire felt herself being pulled from behind. Before she could let out a yelp she was up against the wall and a boy's body was against hers, making it impossible to escape. She squirmed a little. "Hey! Get off of meee!" She growled. The boy did so. She blushed when she saw Shane standing in front of her, his eyes peering down at her. "Sorry. Did I hurt you?" He asked. She looked down and shook her head. "No."
"Good….. Claire….." Shane began. Claire looked up at him. His face was red. He wasn't making eye contact at all. His hair fell in all sorts of directions, his bangs covered half his face, which sucks since she could ever hardly see his eyes. "I was wondering."
"Yes?"
"Well….I have two tickets to the fair that's next year. And I was wondering….would you-"
"Yes!" Claire blurted, blushed as she covered her mouth in shock at how she acted. Claire was really surprised by her sudden outburst since she was not that type of person to do such things. Though with Shane, she felt different. She didn't know how to explain it exactly. It was like she was changing as she grew closer to him. Shane gave her a big smile that melted her heart and made butterflies flutter about in her tummy. "I would love to….." She continued.
Shane gave her a ticket, still grinning. "Great. Its next week."
"Great." She tucked her hair behind her ear as she hugged her books close to her chest. "So I guess…I'll see you later then?" She dismissed though he must of not wanted her to go since he grabbed her hand. Turning she saw him looking at her. "I-I want to go on a date with you tonight-okay?"
"Tonight?"
Shane nodded. "So…be ready by five okay? I want to be there before it closes. Oh dress nicely okay?"
"O-okay."
Shane nodded then leaned close to her, inches apart from her face, which made her face go incredibly red. "What?"
"Nothing." Shane smiled and kissed her forehead. "Till tonight." He laid his hand on her head then walked off. Claire stood there speechless as she watched him go. The guy has some powerful spells over her, she had to give him that, that's for sure. She had to tell Eve. She just had to share this moment with a friend, of anyone. Though it had to be Eve, even Michael.
Her first date. With her first real boyfriend.
Shane
"I cant believe my little brother has plans on a Friday and I don't!" Alyssa whined. Shane was still trying to attempt to do his tie when his mother came in the living room. Once the tie was half way decent looking her turned towards his family. He gave them a smile. "How do I look?" he asked.
"Well your tie is not right." Alyssa said.
"And your hair is a mess." Adam pointed out. Shane looked back in the mirror that was above the fireplace. He saw his hair was poking out in different directions, he frowned. "Damn gel." Shane sighed as he combed his hair with his fingers, turning he noticed his mother slowly walking up to him. His arms hung at his sides as she stopped in front of him. His mother moved his bangs to the side so that he could see out of one eye at least before moving on to his tie. "This girl…..she must be special for you to spend your savings on her, and getting dressed up."
Shane couldn't help but to smile. "Yes. She's really amazing. I cant wait to see her-" He frowned when he noticed his father slipped into the room. His dad stuffed his hand in his pocket while the other hand was occupied by a cold beer. "So son. You leaving me for a girl now?" His dad scoffed.
"Frank, stop. Our boy is going on his first date."
"Shut up Molly."
Shane glared at his dad as he cupped his mothers shoulders, protectively, trying to keep her far away from his father as possible. "Don't you dare tell her to shut up." Shane hissed. Shane's father was stunned for a moment then sour the next. He grabbed Shane's shirt collar and pulled Shane towards him, so close that they both were inches apart.
"Stop it Frank please! Let Shane go!" Shane's mother begged. Shane gritted his teeth as he stared his father in the eyes.
"You come near us…..and I wont hesitate to call the police on your ass."
Shane's dad chuckled. "Like they'd do anything." He then released his son, making him stagger back into his mother's arms. His dad stared at them, then at Molly. He frowned then looked away, there were something in his eyes that pained Shane a little. Was it pain? Heartbreak? What? "You better go. Or you'd be late. Don't stay out so long. And be careful." His dad said before walking off into the kitchen. Shane stared at the kitchen door for a moment or two then turned to his mother, who was already fixing his tie. "Alright baby. I'll see you later. Have fun."
Shane smiled. "I will." He waved goodbye then walked across the yard over to Claire's house. He rang the doorbell about twice before the door opened. Shane felt his jaw drop open a little when he saw the girl standing in front of him come out. She was in a red short dress, strapless, showing her curves and breasts. Her hair was in curls. Her face looked pretty as he had ever seen it. "Beautiful…." Shane mumbled.
"What?" Claire cocked her head to the side. Shane shook his head and smiled.
"Just telling you how stunning you are."
Claire's face turned bright red. "Lets hurry okay." She stuttered as she rushed down the steps. Shane rushed right by her side. Hand in hand the walked. Enjoying the night.
After dinner they both were a street away from Lot Street when they heard footsteps behind them. Shane had definitely heard some guys laughing too. Shane's arm rounded Claire's waist. He slowly made his way behind her, cupping both her shoulders, so that she'd keep walking. "What are you doing?"
"Oh me? I just though you'd be chilly tonight so I just thought I'd stand behind you." Shane smiled and sighed in relief when she continued walking. He looked over his shoulder to see four men following, grinning like old pervs. Shane was paying to much attention to notice Claire had stopped up ahead, making him bump into her. He snapped his head forward to see three men ahead were grinning the same way as the other guys from behind were. "Shane…." Claire called out with a shaky voice. Shane hugged her close in his arms, trying his best to protect her from both sides.
"Give up the chick and we may let the guy go." One said.
"Yeah baby wanna play with us. This guy isn't even a man. He's just a boy." Another laughed. The one closest to Claire took a step and grabbed Claire's arm, pulling her out of Shane's arms.
"Hey!" Shane yelled, rushing to grab her back but was stopped by a guy from behind. To guys held his arms back to where he couldn't escape. When Shane saw the three men hands start skimming down Claire's body, anger boiled. He began seeing red. When her whimpers started to turn into crys his rage over took him. Red covered his sight. Anger took control of his body, one punch. Two punches. Then it all went black.
"Shane..!" Shane heard a soft voice calling him over and over again. The light's brightened his eyes when they began to open. A figure hovered over him, making the lights disappear. "Shane!?" He heard the soft voice again. Gazing up, and vision in focus he saw Claire's red face staring back at him. He noticed her eyes were red and puffy, as if she was crying.
"Claire…." Shane moaned when he stuggled to sit up. Claire gently took his hand and kissed it then hugged his neck, making pain shoot everywhere inside his body, though he didn't dare complain right now. "Hey what's wrong?"
"You idiot. You scared me!" Claire said with a shaken voice. "I thought you were-I-I" She choked at the end before she finally broke into soft sobs. She hugged him tighter. Closer. She cried harder. Shane's arms wrapped around Claire's waist as he buried his head into her shoulder. A few minutes passed by slowly. The crying died down eventually and when it did Shane and Claire gazed in each other's eyes. "D-do you hurt?" Claire asked in a soft voice as she leaned closer to him. Shane inched his face closer to hers. "No. Im okay." He said smiling.
"You were an idiot for taking on those guys." She said.
"Maybe I was an idiot. But id be a damned if I just sat back and did nothing while they-" He shook his head and stared into her eyes.
He felt himself get closer to her.
She got closer to him.
Their eyes slowly closed
and their lips slowly met.
And there you have it. First kiss in Chapter 4! Not bad right? I don't think so. Anyways im planning to have more in store for you guys. I hoped this chapter was better. And I hoped you guys enjoyed!
Review please I'd love to hear you thoughts, opinions, and comments :3
Chapter 5 coming soon to a fan fiction near you. Lol.
-MIKI-
