Hey. I'm back baby! Also it's my birthday! Whoo Hoo! So I decided to be nice and give you a chapter. : D I hope you guys like this chapter. I'm trying to slow down their bond with Claire, maybe even stop it. I'll see where it goes. On with the story.

Chapter 4

Claire's POV

"Stay inside. Don't even think about coming outside. Keep Claire away from the windows." And with that Michael was outside. Then Eve looked at me.

"Do what Michael says. Don't go near the windows. Got it?" I nodded and Eve turned around and walked out the door after Michael. So what so you expect me to do? Listen to what they say? Of course, NOT.

I stood up and causisly open the door to see if they're just outside. And their not. So I walk out further and see Michael, Eve, Shane, and Steven?

The closer I look, I see blood on Michael and Shane. But not a scratch on Steven. I continue down the walkway out to the sidewalk and then Shane takes a punch at Steven when his back is turned. Then I screamed remembering a time that Steven had hit me like that.

It was a bad idea because everyone turned and looked at me. I could see the surprise on Michael's face that turned to anger. Probably for not following his directions. On Steven's face was a smile. Most likely from seeing me. Then I turned to Shane and what I saw confused me. Did I see adoration? Did Shane actually like me?

"What are you doing outside? I told you to stay inside. You too Eve! God, does no one listen to me?" Michael shouted.

"I just followed Eve. I don't like being left out. And I do listen. I just wanted to know what was going on." I answered him.

I saw a smile spread across Steven's face. And a hint of a grin on Shane's. "That's my girl!" Steven said.

"So you think I'm your girl? And this is how you treat girls? Beating them up? Because it's not a very nice thing to do!" My voice raised higher and higher as I got to the end of my sentence.

Now there was a smile on Shane's face. "That's not what I meant." He defended.

"Then what did you mean?" I countered.

"Come here Claire-Bear." He said as he opened his arms expecting me to come into them and started forwards.

Everything happened so fast after that. I was pushed back and Eve was standing in front of me. As I peaked around Eve, I saw Shane and Michael stepping in front of him.

"Don't go near her." Snarled out Shane. And I do mean snarled. He sounded deadly at that instant.

"Whoa. What's your problem? I was just going to give her a hug. Don't get jealous or anything. I bet she won't even let you near her." Steven sneered.

With that I heard a loud crack and a cry of pain. Before I could register what happened, I was being ushered back into their house.

"What happened." I asked, once we were inside.

"Why didn't you stay inside? You could've gotten hurt." Shane said.

"Ok, I think we get that I went outside. Get over it. It's in the past. This is the present. Now. What. Happened." I sassed back, pronunciated each word.

"Lover boy was waiting outside your room waiting for you. Then followed me like a little puppy. He took a swing at me, I returned it. You and Eve got outside and he started to walk to you I punched him and here we are. Anything else?" Shane was now staring at me hard.

"What's your problem? He was right, wasn't he." I asked him. His mask failed for a second but he recovered it quickly.

"You put yourself in danger. Which potenially put us in danger too. Think about others for once in your life!" Shane yelled at me.

"God. What's wrong with you? PMSing already?" I shot back at him.

"Oohh. We're gonna need some ice for that burn." (A/N My friend said that today and I thought it was hilarious. :D) That was Eve, if you didn't guess.

"Shut up Eve."

"Touchy, touchy"

Now we went on like this for a while. Swearing our heads off and every once and a while Michael would say, "Language Claire." And I would glare at him. I won't bore you with the details. But I will tell you that after a minute or two Eve went and popped some popcorn and watched us like we were a movie. It was unnerving and rude. I mean, come on! We're having an argument, and she's acting as if we're NCIS. (First show I thought of.) Now the craziest part, of this argument, was when something completely unexpected, unwanted, illegal thing happened.

Sorry it's soo short. I really wanted to post today. And I'm getting tired. So I'm going to stop before I mess up this fanfic more than it already is. REVIEW. PLEASE. That could be your birthday present to me. REVIEW.