Hey guys! Good news I had to stay home due to my body not functioning like it should so I have a three day weekend. Along with finishing the Vampire Diaries and my homework (Like I should do that huh? Lol) I will update more frequently. I only got little reviews and never got an answer to my question.

Since I didn't get an answer im going to do it anyways. Originally this story was supposed to be about only Claire and Shane but since you guys like Shay and Michael as well then im going to throw in them too. You will see Shay's POV in this chapter or the next. I might even do Michael's and Eve's im not sure.

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Okay okay I chatted long enough, sorry sorry, I just don't want this story to go down hill so soon like my other did. I just don't want to give up….not on this story.

Alright. Sorry again. Lets begin!

Chapter 7

Shane

"Claire?" Shane skimmed Claire's cheek. Looking at her Shane felt like he wanted to rip out that guy's guts… She laid peacefully on the couch, her head on his lap. "Mister Shane is our mama okay?" Shane looked up to see Claire's daughters standing beside the couch, close to him more than ever. Their facial expressions said it all, fear, worry, unhappy, but mostly fear. Shane smiled and touched the girls' hands. "Your mother will be fine." He assured them. The twins looked at each other then back at him. One twin walked to the side of the couch and got closer to him. "No matter what mommy says….be with her."

Her response shocked him so much that he was speechless. The twin got beside her sister. "Mommy needs someone….the bad man is going to come after her again. And again…."

"He ran off this time….and he will again. He won't give up…." One twin with her hair down said.

The twin who had her hair up stared at me with such sad eyes. "Shane….we need you." She said as tears ran down her cheeks. The other twin was breaking too. Shane lifted up Claire's head to get up, once up he laid her head down gently then kneeled down in front of the weeping girls. They stared at him through their tears. The twin with her hair down started. "We don't want to lose mommy….she's all we got Shane…." After saying that she collapsed to her knees before burying her face in her hands. The other twin did that as well. Seeing them cry made Shane's heart break more and more. He pulled them in his arms and held them closer than ever. How could this be? Just two months ago he was a single father, looking out for one child. Now here he is about to tell these little girls he will protect them and their mother forever. He gently pushed them at arms length before wiping their tears away. He kept his hands on each of their cheeks.

"Your mother is the best thing that has walked in besides Michael. I don't want to lose her either. I don't want to lose you girls either. We might not know each other well but I know that I love your mother so much…..and I'll love you girls as well. I'll do whatever I can to protect you three."

After he said the girls burst into tears again. They both hugged his neck and cried on his shoulders for a long bit. Shane held them the whole time, they finally cried themselves to sleep. Shane put them both on the other couch and laid a blanket over them. He saw the clock, it was about eight. Michael and Shay already ate dinner, so did the girls. He was the only one who hadn't ate yet but Shane didn't care. All he cared about was Claire. For about two hours he stared at the woman who slept peacefully on the couch. It was about ten pm when she started to stir. He got to his knees as he hovered over her. "Claire?" He whispered.

Her eyes opened slowly, a few rapid blinks her eyes spotted Shane. A smile curved on her face. "It was you….wasn't it?"

Shane smiled then hugged her in his arms as he started to sob. "Don't ever scare me like that again…." He held her at arms length to gaze in her eyes.

"I scared you?" She asked. Shane wiped his eyes then let out a small laugh, mixed with a small sob.

"Of course….."

"But Shane…how could….we hardly know each other…."

Shane let out another small laugh as he held her hand with one of hands, the other laid on her cheek. "I don't need to know you, to know that I love you…."

Her eyes widen. "You….love me?"

"Claire since I saw you in that office you've been all I could think about. You done something to me that I'm not sure of, only sure thing I know is that I fallen hard for you. When Michael came to me in a panic and finally learned what that man was doing to you I knew I had to save you….because I just got you as mine finally. And I'm not losing you Claire…..I love you too much." Shane let out a small sob at the end.

"Shane…" Claire started. She gently grabbed his face, and pulled him inches to her face. "This is something new to me too…..i don't usually rush into these kind of things…..but the feelings I have for you….aren't the usual feelings you get when you like someone." Claire smiled at him. "I—I love you too….but I'm scared. I been told many things and I had a relationship like this before….and it was with that man who hurt me…so I'm scared."

Shane held her face as she let her hands slid down to his shoulders. He wiped her tears before kissing her lips softly. He pulled back before saying in a quiet tone. "I'm nothing like him so don't be scared. Just lets be together. Dating you is what I want. Loving you more and more is what I want Claire. And your girls…..i want to love them too. I want you. I want your girls… so if you're still scared after I said all this then just be scared with me….cause I let you in on a secret." Shane stopped. Claire rubbed his bicep a little bit before asking. "What's your secret?"

He looked away for a minute then laid his forehead on hers. "Im scared too so your not the only one."

Claire smiled and let out a small laugh. "Great we are both afraid."

"Yeah but overtime our fear will turn into something much more…." Shane said before kissing her. Claire kissed him back as she hugged his neck. Shane's arms wrapped around her waist. Claire was the first to come up for air. They both gazed at each other with smiles on their faces. "Shane…"

"Yes?"

"Are my babies okay?"

Shane jerked his head to the couch for a response. Shane saw Claire smile after seeing her girls sleeping like peaceful angels. Claire shifted her eyes towards him. "Can we go upstairs to sleep?" She asked.

"I can take the couch then-" Shane started but stopped when Claire put her finger on his lips. She shook her head. Shane rose a brow in confusion.

"I want to go upstairs for us both to sleep together."

Shane's eyebrows went up as he grasped her hand. He smiled. "Alright then." He scooped her up in his arms then went to his bedroom after turning off the living room lights. Once he laid Claire down, he took off his shirt and pants, then got into the bed after shutting off the light. She snuggled into him and sighed in appeasement. "I love you." She said.

Shane smiled. "I love you too." He covered them up and held her as he closed his eyes. He stroked her hair for a while before falling into a deep peaceful rest….

Finally after all these years….

Claire

All these years of being with one person seemed like a mistake. All the years Claire wasted over that man was a giant mistake. The only good thing Claire got out of that relationship was her angels that were sleeping soundly downstairs. Being with Shane made her realize that there's more to love than just what she did for Kenji. As she looked at herself in the mirror she realized that Kenji did nothing for her. He never made her feel the way she does with Shane. He never been gentle with her like Shane was. Claire washed her face and made her way downstairs to see the girls waking up. Michael was sitting on the sofa looking all sleepy. "Michael…where's your father?" She asked. Michael looked at her then shrugged. "I think he's making breakfast." He yawned before laying back.

Claire left him to it. She entered the kitchen to see Shane looking sleepier than his son. He was in a shirt and pajama pants. His shaggy hair was wild. He looked over at her with a smile. "Hey sleepy head."

She smiled. "Look who's talking Mr. Wild hair." He laughed. "So miss thing do you want some bacon? Eggs?" He asked as he put some milk in the eggs. She rose a brow.

"You do know you don't put milk in eggs."

"Well I always did that."

Claire nodded. She stared at him for a while before saying. "Well I should really get going…"

Shane looked over at her. "Why?"

"Because. I have to. I have papers to grade. Kids to watch."

Shane put the eggs on a paper plate then sat it beside the already made bacon. He sat the pan in the sink then turned off the stove before standing close to her side.

"It's Saturday though." Shane pointed out.

"I know. Today is my grading day." Claire informed. She looked up at Shane. "You want to do something tonight? The girls are spending the night at my mothers."

"Michael said he was staying at Shay's."

Claire smiled. "The tonight is date night."

"Ill pick you up at six."

"Why so early?"

"So I can spent the whole night with you." Shane winked then kissed her lips. She was tempted to not go home and just stay but she had to. It was her job. She pulled away reluctantly with a smile. "See you at six."

She walked out, got the girls and went home. Once home she found Kenji sitting on the couch. Great. "What do you want?"

"To see my girls." When he said that the girls came in but stopped in their tracks they grabbed onto Claire's legs. Claire saw Kenji's face turn red. He kept his cool as he said. "Hey girls. Come to daddy…."

"We aren't your girls!" Mitzuki said.

"We are Shane's!" Saki added. Kenji got up and in reflex Claire back up a bit. Kenji came to Claire then looked down at his kids. Kenji glared at them then Claire.

"So….who's Shane?"

"Not your business."

"I think it is my business when my daughters say those things."

"No its not. They never been yours. You never took care of them….all you did was drink beer at bars, come home late and slept. You didn't do one damn thing for them. You were no father-"

"Girls leave." He ordered.

"No!" Mitzuki got in front of me then Saki stood by her. "Hurt her then hurt us too!"

Kenji stared at his daughters in shock. His face got redder. His eyes looked meaner. Claire picked up the girls then hid them in the pantry. Before shutting the door she said. "Stay here. Stay hidden. Don't come out till I come back."

"But mama!"

Claire shushed her worried daughter with a smile. "I'll be okay." Claire got up then shut the door. Claire quickly turned around, sensing Kenji was behind her. "Do what you please with me but don't touch a hair on my girls."

Kenji smiled a not so good one. "With pleasure."

Claire watched Kenji charge at her, dodged his fist at the last second. She made a run for the phone that was located in the living room. When almost there Kenji slammed her into the wall. The impact left Claire breathless for a while. She stared at Kenji. "So what are you going to do."

"You're going to do what I say first. I'm not going to hurt you unless you want me to." He smiled and flashed his fangs. Claire gasped.

"You're a-a vampire!?"

Kenji smiled evilly. "The joy of living in this town. The vampires don't care for humans deaths." Claire didn't know what he meant but she didn't have time to find out.

As his fangs sank into her neck she let out a piercing scream…..

Michael

"You think she'd be in?" Michael asked as he looked at Shay then back at Claire's house that was walking distance away.

"Yeah. Your dad said she's grading papers. Maybe she'll accept your paper."

"I hope so. I need this grade." Michael said as they walked up the steps. Michael knocked a few times, getting no answers. The last knock opened the door a little. Michael looked at Shay for a moment. She shrugged. Michael eased the door opened before walking inside. "Hello!? Claire!"

Michael made it to the center of the hall when he was jumped on to where he fell back on his butt. Sitting up he growled. "The hell is the problem." He then saw the twins crying. Michael blinked then got to his knees. "Girls whats wrong." Before they said a word Shay let out a scream. He looked up to see Shay was pointing over to the living area. He turned his head in that direction and saw what she saw. Michael got to his feet and ran up closer.

He saw Claire's body…..her neck seeping out blood like hell. "Shay call the ambulance and get the girls out of here." Michael ran to the kitchen, grabbed a towel and collapsed beside Claire. He put pressure on the spot that was bleeding then looked at her.

"Don't you die on me you hear! Don't you dare Claire! Just hang on okay!" Michael choked as he held back unwanted tears. Claire's eyes slowly opened but stayed opened half way. She was looking at him. She was slowly breathing…. "Hang on Claire okay….please just hang on…"

I can't let another go….I can't. She's the only mom like figure I have….Michael thought as he started to sob. Not burst but he sobbed a little. He had to be strong for the girl. When Claire smiled at him then closed her eyes he widened his. He saw her chest go slower in breaths. "No don't do this Claire stay with us now! You have your girls damn it! You have my dad! You have me! We need you!"

Claire was still when he heard the paramedics charge in. one pushed Michael out of the way as they got Claire up in the vehicle. Michael got his phone. "Dad." He said when his dad picked up. "We need you to pick us up….we are at Claire's. Dad….we need to go to the hospital."

That's when Michael broke into tears. She was the first to get in his life…he can't let her go now.

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