Claire's pov

I wanted to say thank you to Myrnin for getting me out my bedroom window and for saving Shane but I couldn't get the words out of my mouth. I was furious with Michael though. He promised to get Shane out and I know that he just left him because how did him and Eve get out?

I was so angry, I even tried to stake him, which I do feel guilty about, but Myrnin stopped me. I couldn't get angry at him though, after all he had done for me. "Thanks for your appreciation Claire." Myrnin said sarcastically.

"Thanks Myrnin." I gave him a hug blushing. I heard sirens now. They were getting louder and louder. They're a bit late though. The house has burnt, Shane is lying unconcious on the floor and I am unstable. I start to sag in his arms but he tries to hold me upright with his arms. I feel dizzy and I can't walk. I close my eyes and fall into blackness.

Later I wake up and find I am somewhere else. I don't reconise the place at first but then it becomes familiar. The hospital. Myrnin and Eve are gathered around my bed, worried looks on their faces. Eve sighs with relief when I open my eyes. "Oh darling. Your'e alright." She tries to give me a hug but it is awkward as I am wired up to some machines. I feel selfconscious as I am only in a thin hospital gown.

I can't see Shane but I assume that he is in the bed next to me. The curtains are drawn sso I can't see. "How's Shane?" I ask. There faces give everything away. "Oh God." I start crying.

"Don't cry. He's alright. Everythings going to be fine." Eve soothed.

"Oh, stop lying to her. Shane is unconscious and hasn't woken up. His heart is still going though, so we havn't lost hope." Said Myrnin, annoyed. I bury my head in the pillow to block everything out. Maybe if I close my eyes I will wake up in my ed at the Glass House. Maybe it's all a dream.

"Where is everyone?" I ask to nobody in particular. I had fallen asleep again but not for long. Eve and Myrnin are still by my side. They are smiling now. I have two other visitors now aswell.

"Hey Claire. How you doing?" Hannah Moses says smiling. "Shane's awake. I try to get out of bed but a hand holds me down. Richard Morrell.

"You can't get up, Claire." I thump back down depressesd which sends a sharp pain through my body. I growl in frustration.

"Where's the bloodsucker?" I ask.

Eve looks unconfortable, "He is too ashamed to show his face."

"He should be. That..." She swears about him.

"Language missy." Says Eve. "I'll go and get him. I'll be back in a minute."

"Why hasn't Shane got any visitors?" I question.

"He isn't allowed any." Thats the first time Myrnin has spoken up since I had awoken. He seems to be thinking.

I stay silent. I don't know what to say to that. I hear shouting. I can hear Eve's voice. "You go in there you bloodsucker. You go in there and show your face." I hear a hand slap something. I feel quesy. Michael hasn't hit Eve has he?

He comes round the curtain. He had a white patch where a hand has hit him. Oh... Eve hit Michael. Not good. I never wanted to break them up, I wanted Eve to be happy. After all, she is my best friend. They were going to marry. I never wanted to stop that.

"Claire I'm sorry. I... acted the wrong way. Can you forgive me?" He pauses. He obviously doesn't expect me to do that. But I do. I confirm this by nodding my head. He smiles sadly. "Your'e a person Claire. Stay strong." And then he was gone.

I can never stay angry at anyone for long. Especially not Michael.

I fall back to sleep again. I don't wake up for a while. When I do wake it's night time. Eve and Michael are by my bed whispering quitely. When they see I'm awake they stop. "Have you actually left my side?" I ask Eve. I havn't even see her go to the toilet. She shakes her head. "You are allowed to go to the toilet, yu know."

"I owe it to you. I'm afraid that if I leave your side, you'll slip away from me.

"You don't owe me anything Eve. You have always been by my."

"Not when I blocked you out when you were the old mans assistant. I feel guilty that I'm never the one that gets hurt. Michaels died twice and been bought back to life. You died and Myrnin did some of his wacky magic and then you came back. Shane got stabbed. Now you and Shane are dying in hospital. When have I been on deaths door? Oh, and you have been bitten by crazy boss and Francois."

I don't know what to say to this. She is right about the part when Shane, Michael and me always seem to be hurt and not her but it's because she rarely goes out at night. We make sure of it.

A man in a white hospital uniform come in to give me a checkout. "My name is Dr. Smith. We havn't met yet as when I first saw you, you were unconcious and for the last three days you have been asleep." Three days? I never knew I was asleep that long. I'm surprised Eve hasn't had an accident. He checks my pulse and temperature and then asks me to try walking. He stays behind me just in case I fall. I can walk but I'm still wobly. They give me a walking frame and tell me that I can walk around when I feel like it. There is still one more question on my mind. "Can I see Shane?"

The doctor smiles. "Is he your boyfriend? And he isn't allowed visitors yet. He is a strong one, that boy. And very unemotional." I smile. That's Shane alright. "I will make sure that you are the first person to see him. He should be allowed visitor by tomorrow. He had a problem with his lungs. He inhaled alot of smoke. So did you, but not nearly as much as he did. We didn't think that he would make it but as I said, he is a strong one. You should be allowed out next week and your boyfriend in two weeks. He is your boyfriend, right?"

I nod. Two weeks? That seems a long time. A very long time. Shane isn't the biggest fan of hospitals either. I walk round with Eve and Michael on my walking frame wondering how I am going to survive another week in hospital.