Eve's Pov:

God where the hell is he? Shane's been gone for almost a whole day now and the ice queen had gone after him, for all we know he could be dead somewhere after they sucked him dry. God I really have to stop thinking like that, I bet he's perfectly fine and will walk through the door any minute now. Well that's what I hope, I know Michael's just as worried about him as I am maybe even more because he's a vamp and he knows Amelie better than I do so he knows not to underestimate her. I wanna know how it went with Claire or if he even got to see her because she hasn't answered any of my calls or any of Michael's, now that could be because she's either ignoring us or she's turned her phone off because she's in the hospital. I have a feeling it's the first one but I'm still hoping I'm wrong. Sarah's round, she came round to thank Shane for taking her home last night but didn't know he'd be gone. Poor girl, she seemed quite upset; I dunno what's happened between her and Shane but I'm gunna find out and I know she really likes him so this is gunna be a hard conversation.

"So…you and Shane?" I asked

"Yeh, well I dunno what's really happening to be honest, we went on a date; then we decided being friends was better and then he took me home last night and I think I did something I'm gunna regret…I remember kissing him and then him saying no but that's all. I guess that's another reason I came to see him, one, to ask what happened last night and two, apologise"

"I don't think you did anything…too bad and if you did Shane wouldn't hold it against you, he does so many stupid things; one of them is leaving Morganville" I sighed

"Yeh but he had a good reason; he wants to be in the babies' lives"

"Yeh I know and I understand that but he could've phoned her; for all we know he could be dead"

"Do you really think that would work? She hasn't answered any of his calls before and she isn't answering any of yours" she said annoying me

"Look Sarah I'm not trying to be mean here but you don't know Claire, you have no idea what happened between her and Shane…"

"He told me"

"Exactly he told you, he was bound to leave parts out; he thinks he still deserves another chance, forgetting that he's already had two. She's my best friend and I'll back her all the way, she didn't deserve what Shane did to her; she really loved him, she still does but he broke her heart"

"Either way she isn't letting him be in their lives"

God this girl was really starting to piss me off, who the hell does she think she is? Coming into our house and talking about Claire like that! Shane's friend/ girlfriend or not she isn't gunna talk bad about Claire like that.

"Would you? If you had just had your heart ripped out, if you were betrayed; if your husband had been cheating on you before you were even married? Would you really let a guy like that in your children's lives?"

She didn't answer so I continued.

"Claire did this for her children, she'd trusted Shane twice already; she couldn't let him back in her life just so he could cheat again because it wasn't just her involved anymore, she had her babies to think about"

"Yeh but he's still their dad"

"He might be, but if he acts like a complete dick then he deserves everything he gets and you can't tell me if someone cheated on you, you would just forget about it and keep them in your life"

"Well no…"

"Exactly, you're just saying this because it's Shane and you really like him but you just admitted you'd do the same, so you can't judge Claire"

"I'm sorry, I probably sound like a right bitch" she's got that right!

"I'm probably over reacting; its just Claire's like my little girl even though she's a year or two younger than me, with twins on the way and could possibly become famous and I'll do anything to protect her"

"I think that's really nice, I wish I had friends like you guys; I know I have Dylan but that's different"

"If you're a friend of Shane's then you're a friend of ours"

"Thanks"

I was about to speak again when I heard the front door open and close with a slam, I jumped up and raced out of the kitchen and into the hall; Shane was sitting on the sofa with his eyes closed, some vamp guards were watching him.

"Shane!" I shouted and jumped on him, pulling him into a hug

"Eve…I love you and all but I...can't…breathe"

"Good because you had us all worried"

"I'm sorry"

"Oh no, sorry is not gunna cut it, you're on chore duty for the rest of the week"

"Fine, just let me sleep; I haven't slept in hours and I'm tired and hungry"

"I'll make you a sandwich and you can tell us all about what happened…Michael! Shane's back get your ass out of bed" I yelled towards the stairs

"Can't we talk later?"

"Nope" I replied and walked into the kitchen to make Shane his sandwich, I could hear Shane and Sarah talking; I was too focused on that, I wasn't paying attention to where I was cutting and I cut my finger.

"Shit!" I shouted, my finger was bloody and it was so sore; the next thing I know Michael's coming in the kitchen, obviously smelling blood and has already got my finger under tap

"What happened?" he asked

"Was trying to listen into their conversation" I moaned and he laughed

"You should be lucky it's not that deep and your finger wasn't chopped off"

"You say the nicest things" I joked and he kissed me

"I know right, you go in the living room and I'll finish Shane's sandwich"

"Thank you"

I went back into the living room, Shane was still on the sofa and Sarah had joined him.

"So I'm guessing Amelie got to you before you got to see Claire"

"Nope, I saw her"

"Oh my god, you did; how was she?"

"She looked really sick, she was so pale; she had bags under her eyes and she looked so skinny"

"Wait, did you say she was skinny? She's pregnant with twins, she should be getting bigger not smaller" I exclaimed

"I know that's what I thought, she looks really bad Eve and I'm worried"

"But there can't be anything really wrong with her could there? I mean the doctors are releasing her aren't they?"

"Yeh, that's what I didn't understand; if I was a doctor I'd keep her in"

"She's that bad? How was she acting?"

"She was scared and didn't want to see me, she nearly fainted but I think that was because I was there"

"Well did you ask her? What happened?"

"I was talking to her and she told me she got signed"

"Oh my god that's fantastic…"

"And then she said that she wasn't gunna let the babies be with me, she said she couldn't trust me and then I attacked Ryan and she said that she couldn't trust me around kids if I attacked people when I got angry, so I begged her and then Amelie and her guards showed up; nearly strangled me to death, Claire screamed at her to stop and got some more pains in her stomach, then I punched Ryan"

He looked at me, his back was towards Sarah and then he mouthed 'I kissed her and she seemed to enjoy it', which made me smile.

"And then just before I got dragged away she said she'd keep in contact"

"Oh Shane I'm so happy for you" I cried and hugged him again

"Thanks, I'm just so happy that I get to be in their lives; I can't believe she even gave me another chance"

"Claire's not the cold, heartless bitch everyone here seems to think she is" I said and looked at Sarah

"But Shane, I mean it, if you betray her again or do anything concerning being a dad then I won't even get permission from Michael I will chuck you straight out, not before beating the crap out of you first; ok?"

"I second that" Michael shouted from the kitchen making everyone laugh.