Hay so heres a new chapter its called Somewhere a clock is ticking just because the song by snow patrol fits in really well with the mood and stuff.
I also redescovered my love for the song misguided ghosts by paramore i love it wen yhoo dont listen to a song for AGES then wen yhoo hear it again its amazing :D
i also love sharpies coz well who doesnt anyway I am not Rachel Caine and i dont own Morganville or Shane *tear*
so enjoy
Sarah xxx ;D
MPOV
At dinner tonight we all ended up sitting on the couches in the living room and watching a film (age appropriate obviously because of Lisa) it was the one about the fish Finding Nemo I think it was called. It was surprisingly funny and I actually laughed at all of the wee comedy moments which was a nice break from all of the stress that I had been under the past couple of weeks. But that stress was nothing compared to what I was going to have to say to Claire and Shane.
As the credits started to come up signaling the end of the film Claire began to pile up all of our plates but I stopped her deciding that now was as best of a time that I was going to get in Morganville.
"Claire, why don't you leave the dishes for a second I need to talk to you and Shane." I said noticing the questioning looks I was getting from Shane. I took a deep unneeded breath and let it all out. "It's Dean he's back, for good. He's been attacking girls and draining them again, and we know what he's after. Claire and to get to Claire, we think he'll have a go at Lisa." I heard Shane's sharp intake of breath and I felt so guilty because I was the one who had to burst the happy bubble that had been surrounding the two of them the past month.
I looked at Claire, waiting for a reaction to what I had said but she gave none. She just picked up all of the plates and walked out into the kitchen leaving us all staring after her. Shane stood up and made his way into the kitchen as well letting the kitchen door swing behind him but it was left open a little letting a thin line of light escape into the dark hallway.
I let go of my breath which I hadn't realized that I had been holding in and turned to Eve. She wasn't shocked because I had already told her today while we were out at the park but I could still see worry heavy on her features laced with fear.
"Come here." I said gently to her as she lay down beside me on the couch. Now it was time for my second big announcement of the night, strangely I was more nervous about this one than the last. "Eve, I know that over the past couple of years things have been tough but you know that I love you and would do anything for you. Eve will you…." I didn't get to finish what I was going to say because at that moment, that was when the shouting started.
CPOV
Shock. I was in complete shock. I knew that this was coming, the dreams they were all coming true and there was nothing that I could do to stop it. I picked up the plates and went to the kitchen as an escape to get away and process the information but within two minutes of leaving the living room Shane had followed me. We just stood there in silence for a couple of minutes just looking at each other, until it all got a bit too much for Shane.
"Dammit Claire talk to me!" He said suddenly getting angry.
"Hay don't shout at me, I've done nothing wrong."
"I wasn't shouting I'm just freaking out." He said then he had a determined look on his face. "Right okay go and pack a bag we're getting out of here tonight."
"Wait What? You know that I can't leave Morganville, Amelie and Myrnin need me!"
"ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO PUT THE VAMPS FIRST BEFORE YOUR OWN DAUGHTER?" Shane was practically screaming at me now.
"OF COURSE I'M NOT; IT JUST SEEMS THAT I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO SEEMS TO BE THINKING RATIONALLY!" I was screaming right back at him now. "MAYBE I SHOULD TAKE MY DAUGHTER AND GO TO MY PARENTS IF THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK."
"OHH NO YOUR NOT TAKING MY DAUGHTER ANYWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, ESPECIALLY ON YOUR OWN."
"WHAT YOU THINK I CANT TAKE CARE OF HER?"
"YES, CLAIRE THAT'S EXSACTLY WHAT I THINK BECAUSE YOU CANT SEEM TO KEEP YOURSELF OUT OF TROUBLE HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO LOOK AFTER A CHILD." His words cut through me like a blade covered with ice.
"WELL SCREW YOU SHANE!" I screamed as I picked up a plate and threw it at him, narrowly missing his head. It hit off the wall and smashed into about 5 different pieces. I felt someone tugging on the bottoms of my jeans and I looked down to see that Lisa had crawled from the living room into the kitchen and was now looking at her parents screaming at each other. She looked at me and then Shane, then big fat tears started rolling down her cheeks. I bent down and picked her up then made my way out of the kitchen and up into my room making sure that I slammed my door as hard as possibly. Even with the door shut I could still hear the sound of something smashing coming from the scene which I had just left.
SPOV
I instantly regretted saying what I said to Claire when I saw how much it hurt her, how much I hurt her. I didn't even try to duck out of the way when she threw that plate at me luckily she was off but it was close only narrowly missing my head. And to make the situation worse we had our screaming match in front of our now very upset daughter.
As soon as Claire left with Lisa I felt all of the strength go out of me and I thumped down in the nearest chair, I listened as Claire slammed the door so hard that it echoed throughout the house. I couldn't take it anymore; I picked up the closest thing to me – a glass – and threw it at the wall, watching as it erupted into a million tiny bits of glass, just like my life had done in the last 15 minutes.
I wasn't really angry at Claire, I was scared more so than I have ever been in my life, and I've been through a lot. My wife and my baby were in danger and I felt powerless to stop it, but I had to try. No body is going to lay a finger on my family; they'd have to go through me first. I gave a short humorless chuckle at that as I got a dustpan and brush and cleaned up the mess that we had created.
As I made my way through the living room heading up the stairs I noticed that Eve and Michael had disappeared, probably ran for cover when the plates started getting thrown about. It's not like Claire and I haven't had arguments or fights before but I have to say this has to be one of the worst we've ever had, and I had caused it.
I was now standing in front of a closed door trying to think of what I could say to make everything better again. I settled for knocking gently on the big wooden barrier that was in my way.
"Go away Shane." Claire whispered so quietly I wasn't sure if she had actually said anything. I put my ear up against the door trying to hear anything, and what I heard was a sound so full of pain and misery that I opened the door and went inside and found Claire sitting on our bed with Lisa curled up in her arms and she was trying to wipe away some of her mommy's tears but they just got replaced with new ones.
Claire looked up at me and her eyes were full of so much pain and fear that I instantly went over and sat beside her pulling her against my chest.
"I'm so sorry Claire. I should never had said those things to you." I whispered looking down at her.
"Why not Shane they're true. I can't look after anyone. I'm a terrible mother." She said in between gasps of air before she completely broke down and started to cry hysterically.
"Hey, hey. Why would you say that? You are an amazing mom and I love you. I will protect you and our daughter no matter what do you hear me Claire Collins?" I said gazing down into her light brown eyes, she calmed down a little bit and had stopped crying now but there was still fear laced across the features on her face.
"I knew this was coming though." She said. I must have looked confused because she took a deep breath then continued. "This is what I've been having nightmares about."
My arm unconsciously tightened around Claire's shoulders. So this is what she's been dreaming about I thought to myself, I had been curious about them but I hadn't wanted to push her into telling me something that she didn't want to.
"He's not going to lay a finger on either of you. I promise." I said kissing her forehead.
"I know. I love you too." She said tilting her head up so that I could kiss her on the lips.
EPOV
Michael and I had escaped to our room when the smashing of things had begun between Claire and Shane, we both knew better than to intervene in one of their fights. We were lying on the bed when Michael started behaving odd again. It was the same way he was acting when we were sitting down stairs, when he was asking me something.
"You okay my fangtasialicious boyfriend?" I asked giving him a cheeky grin.
"Well Eve I have something that I really want to ask you and em, I not quite ehh sure how to do it." He was so nervous about this. I sat up looking at him waiting for him to continue but he just got off the bed and walked away to the dresser and the walked over to the side of the bed that I was lying on.
"Eve, I love you will you marry me?" He got down on one knee and opened a little black box and nestled in between the velvet was a ring, not just any ring but a skull ring. White gold with black diamond in the eye sockets and a cross in the top with white diamonds, I actually thought that my eyes popped out of their sockets. It took me for surprise and for a minute I forgot that Michael was still waiting for an answer.
"YES!" I practically shouted before getting down on the floor beside him and kissing him passionately on the lips.
"Hey, turn down the porn soundtrack, got an infant in the house." I laughed at Shane shouting at us through the walls but not even he could burst my happy two people igloo with Michael my future husband.
So there you go bet yhoo werent expecting that TBH neither was I :D ohh and if yhoo want to see Eves ring its on my profile
So any way plz reveiw and I will update soon
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