Hey guys really getting this going now, huh? My first tory on fanfiction and I'm on chapter 7! Time flys eh?


"what do you mean its Shane?" I stammered.

"He's gone Claire" Michael said, he reached for my hand.

"W-w-what do you mean gone?" I said snatching my hand away from his.

"last night when you and Eve went upstairs, after your parents left he went out, he didn't come back for a few hours so I went to look for him, I was out for a few hours so Eve told me to come home. I thought he'd be back this morning but..." he trailed off.

"We can't just sit here and do nothing!" I shouted.

"Claire, please calm down, listen, the police are out looking for him there's nothing we can do!" He said. "they're trained for this Claire, this is Morganville people go missing all the time! They'll find him"

"But what if he's in trouble?!" I said.

"its Shane Claire he's always in trouble" Michael smiled.

"I mean what if he's dead!?" I burst into tears.

"Right that's it!" Eve stood up. "Claire this is Shane! He's tough he's not dying anytime soon! Okay? He wouldn't just leave you like that he loves you he has a reason to stay!" I sniffed.

"Can we at least look for a few hours?" I pleaded.

"okay, but Claire?" Michael said. "He'll be okay."

We searched for 4 hours and found nothing. I curled up on the sofa that night and cried myself to sleep. I woke up with a blanket draped over me, but I still felt cold and numb. I stayed at home on the sofa next to the phone for 2 days straight, I didn't move, well not unless I was desperate for the bathroom.

It was on the night of the second day at 10:30pm on my way back from the bathroom that I heard the door creak open. I stood at the end of the hall silently praying, I blinked and there he was standing in the doorway. 2 bags of shopping in his hands and a dark bruise shadowing his jaw. He staggered forward and I darted towards him. He picked me up wrapping his arms around me, I hung on to him. He dropped the bags.

"Claire" he whispered he put me down in front of him. His eyes flicked to something he nodded. Michael was standing in the living room doorway. I could see his reflection in the mirror. Shanes eyes flicked back to me. "hey" he smiled "miss me?"

Tears filled my eyes, lunged at him hitting his chest he held up his hands, I carried on hitting him. I felt strong arms lift me away from Shane.

Tears poured down my face. "Of course I missed you! I thought you were dead!" I screamed I turned into Michael and sobbed. I felt him shift. I was lifted up, this time by Shane and carried into his bedroom he placed me on the bed, walked around and climbed in on the other side. I shuffled over to him and rested my head on his arm, he sighed.

"what is it?" I murmured.

"I've missed this," he replied. "just me and you. I don't want it to change when...when you have the babies."

"Shane, I won't change. Maybe a little, I mean weight wise, but I'm not going to let this change me." I kissed his forehead and snuggled up to him.

I felt Shane nudge me, I turned my head to look at the clock, 1:30. "God Shane, its half 1, what do you want?!" I moaned.

"Claire...I...I love you." he croaked. "I'm sorry for the other day, but know this. I will never ever ever leave you." he looked me in the eye. I hit him with a pillow.

"That could have waited 'till the morning." I kissed him. "But thankyou. I couldn't stand the thought of being without you." Shane draped
an arm over my waist and lay his hand on my stomach he buried he face in my neck. I smiled and went back to sleep.

I woke up at 10:30 Shane walked in fully dressed in grey trackpants and a navy T-shirt. I sat up.

"Well?" I asked. "Where were you?"

"well good morning to you to" he sighed.

"Shane answer the question." I demanded. "and how did you get that bruise?"

"I was talking to Amelie." He replied. "and me and Oliver...had a misunderstanding"

"About what?" I encouraged, he sat on the edge of my bed.

"About getting you out of Morganville. For good." he looked at me. "You can't stay here anymore Claire, everyday I look at you, you look even more exhausted."

"Shane that's normal I'm pregnant remember?"

"No, Claire I don't mean now, I mean before all of this, before them" He pointed at my stomach. "before...before you almost killed yourself! Before everything!" His eyes filled with tears. "Claire Morganville is dangerous, it took my mom and sister it twisted my father and turned my best friend into a vampire. Claire you're always getting into trouble always getting hurt and I hate it. Claire I love you so much and I can't stand to see you get any worse, you've had to many close calls. You can't stay here any longer." I stood up.

"What the hell Shane!? You think I'm going to leave now? After everything you just want me to leave? What did Amelie say?!" I shouted.

"She told me that it was a good idea." he whispered. "she also said it was up to you."

I looked him in the eye. "How much do you love me Shane?"

"Claire, I-I-" A look passed across his face. He looked me in the eye, looked at the door then back to me. "I don't love you Claire, now leave Morganville, and don't come back."

My heart stopped. I turned and ran out of the door, I bumped into Eve she looked at me for a split second then I pushed past her.

I heard her scream "You don't love her? you bastard!" She must have heard the last thing Shane had said. I ran into my room and grabbed my rucksack, I tipped all of my books out of it then grabbed 2 T-shirts a few pairs of knickers and a pair of pants. I threw on my jeans they barely fit, and ran down the stairs. I grabbed an apple from the kitchen and my purse from the table in the hall I shoved them in my bag then raced out the door slamming it behind me.


sorry its kinda short but hey ho.