WOW! I CAN'T BELIEVE THE RESPONSE FROM THIS! I WILL TRY TO WRITE MORE EVERY NIGHT! A LOT OF YOU WANT MY CHAPTERS LONGER. I WILL TRY MY VERY BEST! I'M OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS! THIS IS GONNA BE A TOUGH ONE TO WRITE ON MY OWN! (P.S. SHANE'S SONG FOR THIS IS GONE FOREVER BY 3 DAYS GRACE & CLAIRE'S IS ANIMAL I'VE BECOME BY 3 DAYS GRACE AND THE SHARPEST LIVES BY MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE!!)
LOVE YOU ALL, EJ
Chapter 11: Rings
SHANE POV
Claire's eyes fluttered open.
Shane caught his breath.
"Claire?" asked Michael, "How do you feel?"
Her mouth opened the tiniest bit. "Get Eve and Shane out," she whispered.
Eve and Shane ran into the kitchen. Claire was thirsty.
CLAIRE POV
Michael gave Claire a blood bag and she sucked it down in no time.
"Are you okay?" asked Michael.
"I think so," Claire said in a week voice.
"Do you need more blood?"
"I need to talk to Shane."
Michael nodded and went into the kitchen to get Shane.
Claire put her hand on her chest where the stake used to be. There was still blood on the shirt. Lots of blood. She peeked underneath her bra to see where the stake had gone through and if she was okay. It was pretty bloody. There was a long, white scar across her breast, but other than that, she was completely healed. As if it was magic.
Claire heard the kitchen door open and her head snapped to it. Shane walked in the living room, and stopped, staring at her.
"Hey," she said meekly.
He ran straight to her and wrapped his arms around her. He began kissing her anywhere his lips landed hungrily. "I thought I lost you," he sobbed. Claire felt warm wet tears coming from his eyes. She was still so shocked from what? Oh, I don't know, being staked! She slowly and gently hugged him back. She seemed to be as if in a trance. Her eyes were wide and her mouth was in a small o formation.
"Are you okay?" Shane sobbed, looking her straight in the eye.
"I think so," she mumbled.
It suddenly clicked that she had almost been killed, and she sobbed into his chest. He brought her salty lips to his, and kissed her passionately.
~*~
Later that night in Claire's room when she and Shane were talking, Claire suddenly remembered something.
"Wait a minute!"
"Huh?"
She looked him in the eye, a smile just touching her lips. "You proposed to me."
"Oh! I, uhhh…" was his brilliant reply.
"Well?"
"What?"
"Aren't you going to re-propose to me since I was unconscious before I could answer?"
He blushed, but he knelt down to the ground on one knee. He pulled out the ring from the ring case. It was a white gold (not silver) band with a sapphire placed oh so gracefully on top. It was so simple, yet still so beautiful.
"Claire Danvers," he said, "you know more than anyone that I don't know anything about love, but hey, will you marry me anyway? Today I realized that I can't live a moment without you…… Okay, that sucked." Claire giggled and he said, "Can I ask you tomorrow?"
She giggled again, slid off the bed so she was eye-level with him, and kissed his lips gently. "Would it help you think if I told you I'm gonna say yes anyway?"
He smiled a big, cheesy smile and said, "Yeah, I think that will help."
She smiled and when he kissed her, there was a certain spark. Their tongues touched and she almost exploded with the intensity. She knew that things were finally looking up.
SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG! IT'S HARD TO CHANNEL THESE EMOTIONS! I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT, SO IT MIGHT TAKE ME A SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME!!
LOVE YOU ALL,
EJ
