I'd Lie

I had it! The perfect plan to get out of this stupid hell hole!

I had to make a trade with the vamps. They're the only ones that hold any real power in this town anyway. And I knew just what they needed.

Ever since I was about 12, Eve's and my parents would get together once a year to look for "The Book". It was this special vampire book that nobody knew what was inside; we just knew that it was important.

There was an award for any protected family that found it, a free pass out of Morganville, so any one who had any brains devoted them self to look for it at least once every few years.

Two months ago, when both our families were gathered at the town library for our yearly search, I was wandering around the old closed off sections, picking up random books when I came across an old dusty leather bound book. And I saw the symbol, the same symbol that was tattooed on my arm.

I didn't know what to do. I was too surprised to think clearly, so I shoved the book in my bag. I had a feeling that it may be of use someday. Plus, I don't think I could've left Morganville anyway, not without Shane. So I hid it.

And I was right. That book was the only thing that could get me out of here.

I jumped out of my seat and sang out to anyone that could hear me.

"What is it Miss Danvers?" Detective Royale appeared in the doorway.

Wow, I had no idea that he was still here, it was like eleven o'clock at night!

"My phone call, I know my rights, I get at least one phone call" I said desperately.

"I think we're a little bit past that stage, Claire" He said around a yawn, but his tone was softer than before.

"Please", manners were my last chance. I needed this to work, I needed to tell Shane were the book was.

Without saying anything, he took a jumbled key chain out of his pocket.

Once I was out of there I ran to the phone and dialled the number I knew of by heart.

"Hello?" It was a relief just to hear Shane's voice. .

"Shane", I sighed, taking a deep breathe.

"Claire? What's going on? Are you out?" There was hope in his voice.

"Shane, I need to tell you something. I have a plan."

"What?"

"I have the book Shane, The Book" The words were barley coming out of my mouth.

"What, when, how?" The rushed out of his mouth so fast I only just got them.

"That doesn't matter. But I need you to go get it and make a trade with someone important, someone that can get me out of here. I need you to trade it with the Founder."

"The Founder, Claire are you serious, how the hell am I supposed to her?"

"I don't know Shane, but I do know is that she is the only one that can get me out. You need to go to my house; it's in a decorated box under my bed."

"Fine, I'll do it. Are you ok?"

We hadn't spoken since the kiss, and somehow I found myself blushing.

"I'm…um, I'm ok I guess", I had to say something, had to get it off my chest. "Shane, about…..about last night, I…" He cut me off.

"Yeah, about that, Claire… it was amazing, but….….."

There it was, just one simple word can change everything.

"But….. I don't really know what it was, or what it meant. What about you?"

That wasn't half a bad as I thought. Now all i had to do was tell the truth.

"What did it mean to me? Well… Shane it meant everything to me. You mean everything to me and you always have."

There was silence's; all I could hear was his heavy breathing.

"Wow, I don't really know what to say to that." He finally spoke, but he sounded different.

I knew it, knew that someone like him would never be into someone like me. He was just so perfect and I was just, well, average.

And then he said something, something that I definitely hadn't believed would ever come out of his mouth.

"I, I think I love you Claire."

The world went dizzy around me, and for just one minute everything was perfect.

"I love you to Shane".

And then the line went dead.

I know it's really, really short but it's late and I just wanted to get something up. This story is coming to a close though, finally. There'll only be two or three more chapter, I just have to figure out how to end it. If any of you have ideas or want something to happen, please just leave a review. Well, even if you hate my story I still wouldn't mind if you reviewed ;)