Hope you enjoyed the last chapter because this new chapter will be longer and better xx Enjoy xx Disclaimer, i don't own any of the main characters however i do own most of Claire's family except of course her parents x

Claire:

I heard Eve come in yelling about how amazing the lights were but I felt too sick to get up and inspect them. I've had to run to the bathroom to throw up the past few nights.

"Claire are you ok?" I didn't realise Shane was in the room until he stood over me. I gestured for him to climb into bed with me to keep warm because the heating was down…again.

"Shane, you don't think that I could be…uh pregnant do you?" he looked at me as if I were a complete loon and then he smiled a wary smile.

"Well…maybe, I mean there is a fair chance that you could be, but to be on the safe side I would take the test anyway, so that you can be sure" he can be really sweet when he wants to be. He then carried on and said "you want me to go and get you a test? I'll probably need to take Eve with me though"

"I'll come with you I don't want to tell them until I'm sure" he smiled, pulled me in close and kissed me. It was passionate but sweet. Then he stood p and helped me to stand but I had to run to the bathroom again within a matter of seconds. Yuck!

"sorry Shane" I hate vomiting in front of him, it makes me feel bad because he just stands and watches it as if it's perfectly normal.

"what are you apologising for? Everyone vomits, it's a natural process" he is so calm about it all. How is that possible? I just don't get it. After I had finished puking my guts up we went downstairs and took the hearse to the pharmacy.

It was a short, yet surprisingly relaxing journey. Shane pulled over and helped me out of the car. When we got inside the pharmacy, i decided to look around for some painkillers, also trying not to let out that i had no clue where the pregnancy tests would be. Once i got my painkillers, i headed to look for the pregnancy tests.

After having paid for the tests - i got three - and the painkillers, we drove to the mall to get Michael and Eve's christmas presents.

"so...are we sharing credit or are we gonna get seperate gifts?" Shane asked. I knew that he was getting worried because he had less of an idea than i did about what to get them, so we got Eve a skull necklace with her name engraved on it, and we got michael yet another guitar.

"are we all done here?" I asked, growing tired fast. It had to have done because I had no idea I was tired until I got into the car, I fell asleep soon after that. I only knew we were home when I felt Shane kiss me on the head and lay me down in bed.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you. You should sleep some more. Take the test later, i'll be here when you wake up" he said kindly.

Shane:

I'm so worried about Claire, she's been ill for a while now and i think she may be experiencing symptoms of pregancy. Also, it's christmas eve! On the bright side, I have her christmas present and i have arranged for her family to come and stay over the next week, they should arrive tomorrow. That's got to be the best part of Claire's present that anyone has ever accomplished. I'll bet this even tops Myrnin's christmas gift this year!

While Claire slept, I sat on the floor beside her bed texting Mike about Claire's 'present', until i got a phone call.

"hello?" I had no idea who it was or how they got my number until they spoke.

"hi, it's Shane right? i'm Claire's cousin Lauren" I suddenly felt relieved...probably due to the fact that i thought it was one of the girls i used to date trying to hook up. I left Claire's room so that i didn't wake her then, knowing this would be the best way of keeping her 'present' a secret.

"um, hi Lauren, are you calling about tomorrow?" I realised by this time that Mikey was stood in front of me.

"actually,my uncle Les said that we had to leave today so we're earlier than you planned for. Is that a problem? We could book at a hotel?"

I didn't really know what to say, so i looked over at my best friend, because it was his house and he's the smart one, but he just shrugged at me. Great...

"we should have enough room, it depends how many of you there are?" Mikey looked over at me with a slightly nervous expression, to be honest I was beginning to feel the same way.

"well...there are ten of us?" she paused briefly before continuing "well, ten tonight...Gran, Uncle Les and Aunt Kathy don't seem to have arrived yet...they took a different flight" Mike looked a little worse than i felt now...ten, How were we going to fit them in? They wouldn't be able to find their way.

I glanced over at Mikey again before saying "I'll send someone to meet you at the gate, but Claire has just been sick so you'll probably need to stay at a hotel"

After the last comment there were a few muffled okay's and then the line went dead, meaning they were at the border. Alone. At night...

Thank you for reading! i will try and upload quicker this time. i've been revising and getting schoolwork up to date...x