Chapter 7

Shane's POV

I stared at her, as shock and then confusion crossed over her face. She looked at Amelie and then to me and Claire. She looked back at Amelie.

"Who the fuck is Carrie?" she asked.

"Cla- "Amelie began.

"I do not need a lecture on swearing right now. Who's Carrie?" Carrie snapped.

Amelie sighed, "She's you..."

"But my name's Clarissa..." said Carrie sounding confused, she frowned and looked up at the vampire behind her, as if he had the answers to all her questions. She looked back Amelie.

Amelie looked uncomfortable, as if she didn't know how to continue. She stared at the vampire behind Carrie before continuing, "You were going to become a different person, so I felt as if a new name might be better suited," she said.

"So, Clarissa is like my name when I go have sex with vampires and then kill them after?" Carrie asked.

I felt my blood boil. She said it so casually, like she didn't mind doing it, like it was something she did on a normal basis. All those things she did, that was horrible enough to happen to anyone, but my own daughter? I didn't know how to feel about that. I felt Claire's hand pat my knee, as if she was to say she knew what I was feeling, or was to stop me from going on an angry rampage.

"No. I named you Clarissa, after you came to us- "

Claire stopped her before she could say anymore.

"Came to you? I'm sorry, you actually have the audacity to say that, after you took my baby, and replaced her with a dead baby. No one believed me when I said that it wasn't my baby dead in that cot. No one. Not even Shane." Her voice broke as she said my name. "Then you kidnapped her, and trained her to do your dirty work for you..." By this point Claire was in tears, and she quickly walked out the room. The vampire behind Carrie followed her out.

The room was silent. Nobody said a word.

"You kidnapped me?" asked Carrie from behind me, her voice quiet, eyes wide and tears threatening to fall from her eyes.

I really wanted to go give her a hug. Tell her everything's going to be okay and that Daddy's here to protect her from the evil vampires. But I stayed glued to my seat.

"I'm sorry Cl-, Carrie. You were an opportunity that we couldn't miss. An advantage we had to take, and you've helped not only Morganville, but you've helped the world. You've gotten rid of some of the most oldest, dangero-"

"Okay I get the picture," said Carrie, stopping her mid sentence. "So what's going to happen now?"

"Well, you don't have to do anything else for us. You've helped us a great deal, and it's time for you to go," explained Amelie.

Carrie sat suddenly upright from her slumped position on the sofa, as if she had an electric current passed though her, "That's it? You're letting me go?" I was surprised, eager, as if she couldn't wait to go.

"Yes... I'll leave you two to talk. I'll see if Claire's calmed down and I'll send her in," said Amelie leaving the room, closing the door behind her. Carrie sat of the sofa hugging her legs and staring at me.

Just me and my daughter. The daughter who I thought was dead for 17 years. The daughter who I spent 17 years drunk over, just to numb the pain of losing her.

I got up from the chair at Amelie's desk, and sat on the leather couch opposite her.

"Hey," I said, not sure what to say to her. God, I didn't even know what to say to my own daughter, I would be such a shit dad.

She smiled, "Hey." After a moment's silence, she laughed, a small musical laugh. "Well, this is awkward."

I chucked, "So..." I struggled to think of a conversation starter, without wanting to talk about vampires or sleeping with them, "Do you live in Texas?"

She looked surprised, as if she wasn't expecting that as a question, "I move around a lot, I lived in Dallas as a kid, but I've been moving around since I was 12. I've stayed in London, Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, Rome, Venice, Moscow, Shanghai... and a couple of other places. I've never stayed in one place for more than 6 months though."

"Wow..." I said, I wasn't expecting that as an answer. "So I'm guessing you can speak more than one language then?"

"Yeah, I can speak Chinese, Mandarin, Italian, French, Russian and I can put loads of accents, so I can sound British or whatever," she said shrugging.

"That's a lot," I said.

"I guess," she said nodding. She smiled "But it comes in useful when you prank call people. They don't know it's you, when you pretend to be Irish," she laughed.

I smiled at her. Claire opened the door, and came in. Her eyes immediately went to Carrie, Carrie looked back at her.

"Um... Amelie says we can go..." she said to me, but eyes not leaving Carrie.

Amelie came in behind her, "Carrie you can return home with Shane and Claire. Finn will be outside to say goodbye," and disappeared behind Claire.

Claire's eyes still hadn't left Carrie.

"Hey," said Carrie. She looked nervous.

"Hi," said Claire. "Um, I'm guessing you're coming with us then..."

"Yeah, I guess I am..." said Carrie.

I got up, Carrie followed me and we all walked out together. Like a little family.

Finn's POV

I waited outside their car with Carrie's stuff waiting for her to come outside. She deserved to be happy, after every night of her crying and the nightmares, she needed a normal life. I don't see why she even had to do it; they could have got some other vampire to do all the stuff she did. A vampire who even wanted to do that.

I stood up straight after seeing her with her parents and the two vampires with them. She walked quicker towards me when she saw me. I opened my arms for a hug, when she came close enough.

"You deserve this, yeah? You deserve to be happy," I said looking into her eyes.

"You're not coming with me, are you?" she asked.

I shook my head, "A life without any vamps involved is a pretty good one, you're better off without me."

I watched her eyed grow worried, "You're not bad though. I want you."

I knew she didn't mean more than friends, "I won't be far. I'll see you soon. "I kissed her forehead, before disappearing vamp speed back into the Founders Building.

I slowed down once I got back inside I walked back to my room, running my hands though my hair. Fuck, I missed her already. I sighed. Nothing was ever going to happen between me and Clarissa, well, Carrie now. She probably hated the shit out of us, and I didn't blame her.

Just as I got to my room, I heard a cough behind me, getting my attention. I turned around to see Jesse standing leaning against the wall. She smiled.

"Miss me? I know two centuries is a long time but..."

"Lady Jane Grey, an honour," I said.

"A bigger one now," she said, as she pressed herself against me.

My lips were on her before she could get another word in. I pushed her against the wall, my hands ripping the material on her dress. She fiddled with the door knob of my room, unlocking it, we both stepped inside, and she shut the door behind her, as I pushed her onto the bed.

Sorry for not updating :( I'm on work experience, and it's actually really tiring. And I'm sorry if this chapter is a bit boring, the next chapter should be better. But please review and tell me what you think! What do you guys think about Carrie and Finn? Finn's the vampire that was with Carrie, if I hadn't made that clear.