Heeyyoo how are all of you good? Good that's awesome I'm awesome you're awesome WE'RE ALL AWESOME especially you guys because you have the amazing power of REVIEWING and I hope you do that because I would love it come one its easy please pretty please, PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE WITH MYRNIN ON TOP? I know you want to

Claire

"…So he's gone?" I felt my heart clench and I felt like someone punched me in the stomach.

"Yes." He said softly and rubbed his hands up and down my arm.

"How?" I was barely talking now.

"Being um," He stumbled over the words trying to be sensitive. "Murdered in this house he has the power of home ground. When I called upon the poltergeist that had taken residence it umphed up Shane's power and when he attacked the intruder since their power equated out they are forever locked in battle. Neither can win nor lose. He sacrificed himself for you." I didn't feel like crying. I had had enough crying. I grabbed onto him tighter, my nails digging into his flesh. He didn't seem to mind. My room still felt like a million degrees and I lay in nothing, but my bra and underwear. He didn't seem to mind. He had taken off his shirt and I pressed myself tighter to him. I continued to process the information. Shane was gone. Gone for good this time. He wasn't coming back. Not ever. I sighed and he wrapped his arms around me. "I know." I listened as his voice fought for room in his ribcage. You would have thought it would have enough space without the need for oxygen or a beating heart. No it felt deeper somehow, like it peeked through the smog of decay and made his voice sound millions of times better. A candle always shines brightest in the darkness. I buried my face into his chest.

"I need a vacation." He tensed up. "Not now, after the case. After this all blows over. After we get ourselves figured out. Baby steps." He slowly began to relax.

"Can the first step be you leaving? This house I mean." I hinged my head up to look at him. "I understand if you don't want to. I just think it would be safer, especially after today, - " I kissed him softly.

"Fine, but on one condition," He tilted his head slightly. "You come with me on this vacation." He mulled it over looking around the room. Finally his eyes came to rest back on mine.

"It's a deal." I kissed him one last time before wiggling into a more comfortable position on his side.

"Tomorrow. I promise." I yawned closing my eyes and falling asleep to his gentle massaging on my arm.

xXx

I cleared my throat and coughed. I ate a few more marshmallows and finished packing the rest of my stuff. I bit down on my tongue and cursed under my breath. I grabbed my bag and the bag of marshmallows and stuffed those in my hoodie pocket while dragging the bag down the stairs. I cleared my throat again and groaned. Damn heat gave me a fever which turned into a cold. I wanted to stab the ghost that made that happen. I didn't need this. I ate the rest of the marshmallows and my throat felt better. I didn't trust myself to talk.

I'm ready.

The text back was almost instant.

Be there soon. I groaned as I dug into the bag and looked for more marshmallows. I knew I was out, but I was hoping for that little reject that hung to the bottom of the bag and was disappointed to find none.

MARSHMALLOWS I hurried to text him. Another instant reply.

Already got them

I love you I heard the car pull into the drive and I opened the door and rolled myself out. The car idled in the drive way and I hurried to the trunk. I popped it and put my bag in sighing with exasperation. I shut the trunk and proceeded to the passenger's seat. I slid in into the darkened car. He handed over the bag instantly and I nearly attacked him for them. I stuffed a few in my mouth and felt the itching die away as I swallowed. I finished and reached over grabbing his lapels. I pulled him to me and kissed him hard. Without the risk of getting him sick I felt a lot better about doing it. I was lucky he wasn't driving either because he took both of his hands and put them on me. With the cold I lost that air in my lungs faster, so I pulled away breathing hoarsely.

"You taste like marshmallows." His face quirked into a smirk as he finished.

"You're such the detective." I pulled away and put a few more in my mouth. He leaned back in his seat and put the car in reverse. We began the drive to his house. Since I couldn't see, nor did I feel like doing anything I closed my eyes and waited for him to stop. Or carry me in I would have been okay with that. Before I had a chance to get completely at rest shrill ringing sounded from both of our phones. I groaned and grabbed at it. He answered his and made a growling noise. I picked up mine in my own time knowing it had to have been Eve. "Yes?"

"Girl we have a bit of a situation here." I nodded.

"I could have guessed." I took a marshmallow and slowly began to eat it.

"Ther – are you clothed?" I almost spat out my half chewed sugar puff.

"Yes, and he can hear you you know that right?" I managed to smile.

"Sorry I didn't want to interrupt anything, I'm a caring friend like that. Okay as I was saying, remember mystery body that they had taken away from your house?" I made a noise of recognition. "Well," She dragged it out. "Turns out he was a fellow officer of the law." I cocked my head taking another bite.

"How? Myrnin would have recognized him." She tsked.

"You see he wasn't from Morganville." I groaned. "He was from Dallas." I stopped chewing as Myrnin turned and hung up his phone. I held onto the door handle.

"How did he get here?" Swallow.

"He was sent out here in search of a suspect. He was last seen here, the suspect, and they sent out one of their own to check it out." Bite.

"And he just happened to end up dead?" Swallow.

"No, you see the thing is he left. A few days before his body turned up in fact." Bite. Process.

"He was killed out of Morganville and brought back? And why Myrnin's house?" Swallow.

"Yes and I don't know." I hit my head softly with the heel of my palm.

"Okay what can you tell me about where he as killed?" I closed my eyes resting my hand on my head.

"He didn't make it to Blacke, but he also didn't make it hardly out of Morganville. We used Ada to find out how far he got before turning around and there were two cars that left."

"Let me guess, the officer's and mister murderer?" I popped another marshmallow.

"Bingo. After mister murderer did the deed though and came back into town we lost sight of him. I have just been informed that Myrnin knows." There was soft talking in the background. "Alright." I waited for my turn. "You are heading out to look into officer man's car. There will be a tow truck close behind you." I sighed. I could recognize the streets curves and winds.

"Thank you Eve." I really wanted to just go back to bed. "Oh and have someone send me my kit. I have a feeling I might need it."

"Sure thang." I hung up. He looked over at me and I could feel his worried gaze.

"I'll be fine, it's you who should be worried over." He scoffed.

"Sure. I'll start worrying about myself when you are in a warm bed resting watching reruns of Judge Judy." He smirked without looking at me as he turned back to the road.

"If I remember correctly, and ninety-nine percent I do, you don't have a TV." He shrugged.

"I happened to have come into an investment recently." I rolled my eyes and waited until we arrived at, hopefully, the crime scene. I began to wonder. If this perp was from Dallas, how did he get to Morganville, and did he know us or just coincidence. There are no coincidences in murder, Claire. I reminded myself. Thank you self I almost forgot you like to annoy the hell out of me. God I was talking to myself granted it was in my head, I still felt insane.

"Do you really think it was a coincidence that the body ended up on your roof?" He twisted his face slightly at the question as if trying to solve it with expressions.

"No, and yes. If this guy did kill the cop then he would have known about the rules here. We are obviously not like normal towns." I gasped in mock shock.

"You mean other towns and cities don't have ridiculously hot, infuriating, insane, and mostly good vampires? I obviously didn't get the memo." He shook his head with a twitch of his lips.

"No sadly, that's just at my house." I laughed and instantly regretted it. I ate a few more Jet Puffs and finally I felt the uneven scrape of dirt road beneath the tires. He stopped and I waited for the okay. He put his thumb up as he threw his hat on. I opened the door and he went back to hiding. I walked into the bright sun and took a breath through my teeth. I covered my eyes and looked around for the car. I walked over to it carefully, still getting used to the sun and waiting for Myrnin. I threw my free hand in my pocket to stop the temptation to touch. I looked in the windows and reeled back. I stumbled into Myrnin and he looked in as well. "Damn." He said under his breath.

"You could say that again." I wiped the slight sweat from my brow as dust was kicked up from the back up and the tow truck.

"Damn."

I know it's short and theres a cliffhanger, I'm evil but I gave you something it's late and this soda isn't working I had another fanfiction to put up but the story isn't going up yet more time to make it better