Chapter 11

"But she saved your kind! Doesn't she deserve some kind of thanks? She does not deserve to die." Richard insisted. "Plus it's giving you a bad image; no one buys the lie about Claire killing a vampire, so they are getting all nosey and anti-vamp." Amelie looked up from her desk, for a vampire she did look tired, but furious. Her white hair was in crazy waves expressing the anger.

"Claire will be killed. End of." Amelie stood up gracefully and walked quickly out of the room.

Shane sat at home. He tried to play a video game but it just didn't feel right. He grabbed Eve's car keys and headed out to the only place he wanted to be- Founder's square.

"Myrinin, Claire helped you! You would be insane and in the cells without her help." Michael persisted.

"I do have that to thank her for. Plus she keeps me company." Myrinin smiled and turned to Michael again. "But I saved her once already, I don't know if Amelie will allow me to again." He frowned again and continued to tidy his lab, which since Claire wasn't about, was unusually messy.

"Can't you tell Amelie you still need her? For the replacing Ada situation?" Michael pleaded.

"I'll try, but no promises young one." Then Myrinin gave up the conversation by opening a portal and stepping into nothingness.

Eve grimaced as she tried to think of ideas to break Claire out. Of course it was just 'a back up plan'. Her eyebrows furrowed as she wrote down ideas into a gothic hello kitty notebook, her eyes filling with evil menace and excitement.

Claire sat in her cage, completely bored. She looked pale with dark circles under her eyes; her blonde hair looked like bed hair. She was trying to listen in on other people's conversations when she saw Shane walk towards her. She lost the strength to even attempt to stand so she crawled to the edge of her cage.

"Hey." She smiled and wrapped her hands round the bars. Shane kissed her lightly.

"Hey, so I brought you food, brisket taco's and soda since you're not old enough for beer." He smiled and passed it to her. She ate it up in under two minutes flat and drank the soda quickly too. She had just acted like an animal and when she finished she blushed deep red.

"Sorry." She smiled.

"Hey I know they don't feed their prisoners well, so yeah." Shane looked at her and smiled.

"…Don't feed me at all." She mumbled softly to herself as she licked her lips.

"You serious? Man that's not fair." Shane sounded pissed off- and angry.

"Calm- I'll be fine." Claire smiled, but her heart wasn't in it. She broke down in tears, shaking.

"Hey don't cry." Shane kissed her forehead through the bars then held her hand tight.

"I'm sorry- I'm just not ready to die yet." She wiped away the tears that ran down her cheek.

"Hey don't think like that! Michael, Richard and Eve are working on it. Since they won't let me help." Shane smiled. "Please don't cry Claire." He felt his eyes filling up with tears; this was what love felt like. When they hurt, you hurt.

"I won't let you die Claire, I already lost you once. I'm never letting you go again." A tear dropped down Shane's cheek. Claire wiped it away with her thumb and kissed the tear stain.

"I'm not going to lose you. I've waited too long for you- both times. I'm not going to die. I'm not ready to lose you." Claire smiled.

"I was always yours Claire's. I was waiting for you to be ready, and want me, but I was also scared that things would be different…" Shane looked up at her. His vulnerability showed through. His soul belonged to Claire; from that look it was obvious to everyone.

"Damn you have bad judgement. I was ready for you since the first day I met you." She grinned.

They spent the afternoon sharing memories so her memories would all be there, just in case something did happen to her. It shocked her how much Shane remembered, for example he remembered which hair clip she wore for her first day of school. How she had smelled of apples on their first date. He remembered all the little things as if they meant everything.

"Tell me more about our first date?" Claire asked, smiling. She just glowed at the thought.

"Well it was at common grounds…"

Okay, sorry- I know it took so long to put up. However I've been loaded with coursework and homework. Year 11 SUCKS! Anyway, I'm trying to upload as quickly as I can.

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