Hey guys, sorry I haven't been able to update recently. I've been really busy with school and such. But I'm here with an update now. This story could be finished within a few days and we will be getting to the climax in the next chapters. Enjoy!
Chapter Eleven: Solitary
A week later
The middle of the summer had come and Sophia was still away dealing with numerous weddings needed to be planned. The girls were just happy enjoying the fact that they could spend as much time with their boyfriends without interruption.
Boone though, was curious. He knew the girls weren't following the curfew rules and he didn't even really care, he just had another feeling growing in the back of his mind. One he wasn't so sure he liked to think about.
That night Claire and Kate returned from a double date they had with Charlie and Jack. Shannon was still out with Sawyer and they knew she wouldn't be coming back so soon. Charlie and Jack stayed for about an hour and a half before they went back home and Shannon still hadn't returned.
Around midnight, Claire retired to her room. Claire got into bed and read a little bit and before she knew it it was one o'clock. Claire continued reading when she heard a soft murmur of voices and a small crash come from the room next to hers.
Claire slowly pushed back her covers and stood and walked over to the wall that was between her and Shannon's room. She put her ear up against it and listened.
"Shh! Sawyer be quiet! You don't want to wake up Kate and Claire do you?" Shannon asked in a hushed whisper.
"Well, if you had turned on the light, I wouldn't have crashed into your desk!" Sawyer whispered back angrily. Claire giggled to herself and walked to the hallway. She came to Shannon's doorway and pushed it open quietly. She then flipped the light on and saw Sawyer hunched over rubbing his knee and Shannon frozen in place.
"Caught you," Claire said.
"Claire, we didn't mean to wake you," Shannon replied. Claire laughed.
"You didn't wake me, I was reading when I heard Sawyer crash into something," Claire said sitting on Shannon's bed.
"You won't tell anyone will you?" Shannon asked.
"Nah, you can trust me," Claire replied. "How long have you been sneaking in?"
"This is the first night," Sawyer said.
"Have fun then, just leave before Boone gets up tomorrow morning though," Claire said.
"Will do," Sawyer said. Claire smiled at them and left. She walked back to her room and sat on her bed. She then thought of something. "If Shannon can have Sawyer over here, what's wrong with me having Charlie over this late?"
Two days later
Charlie and Claire were kissing on her bed at midnight two nights later. Their arms were around each other and they were heavily making out. Charlie pulled away. "Are you sure this is okay?"
"Yeah, Boone hasn't caught us yet so it's perfect. Kate has Jack over," Claire said kissing him softly. Charlie smiled and leaned down and kissed her.
They continued making out when they heard a huge crash from Shannon's room. Claire jumped and Charlie looked at the wall that was between the rooms.
"What the bloody hell was that?" Charlie asked Claire sat up in his embrace.
"Sawyer, he crashes into things because Shannon forgets to keep the light on. But he's never been that loud before," Claire said sitting up and pulling her shirt down.
"What are you doing?" Charlie asked pulling her back down. "This is our time, let's spend it in peace." Claire smiled and they went back to kissing each other when they heard something else.
"Girls! What the hell was that noise?" Boone's worried voice traveled up the apartment steps.
"Shit! It's Boone!" Claire said. Charlie hurriedly sat up and stood. Claire stood and pushed Charlie down on the floor by the side of the bed Boone wouldn't be able to see. "Stay here!"
"Okay," Charlie said. Claire threw his shoes over to him and his jacket. She then climbed under the covers and pulled out her book. Kate ran in and sat next to Claire and turned on the TV.
"What are you doing?" Claire asked. "Get out!"
"No, make it look like Boone thinks we're not doing anything!" Kate said. Shannon rushed in with a bottle of nail polish and pretended to fix up her pedicure.
"Why'd we all congregate in my room?" Claire asked.
"Kate you're stepping on my hand," Charlie said. Kate looked down.
"We didn't think you had Charlie over so we decided to meet in here," Kate said. Claire rolled her eyes and motioned for Charlie to be quiet.
"Girls?" Boone asked coming down the hallway.
"In here!" Shannon called. Claire pretended to read her book as Boone came in.
"What was that crash?" Boone asked.
"Oh, I crashed into my dresser and some things fell off. I was looking for my nail polish and I crashed," Shannon said holding it up to show her brother.
"Oh," Boone said softly looking at them. He then noticed Claire. "Claire, how can you read your book if it's upside down?"
Claire blushed and cursed herself for doing that. "Oh, so it is," she said turning it right side up. Boone looked at all of them.
"Are you girls okay?" Boone asked. They nodded. Charlie meanwhile was trying to keep quiet when he smelled the nail polish that Shannon had. It tickled his nose and made him want to sneeze. He tried to hold it in but it didn't work. He let out a sneeze.
Claire's jaw clenched and she closed her eyes. Boone looked around the room. "What was that?" he asked.
"Nothing, I sneezed," Kate said rubbing her nose like she had just sneezed. Boone narrowed his eyes.
"I don't think so, it sounded like it was coming from somewhere else," Boone said. "Let's just see." He walked towards the bed and started going around it.
"Boone, there's nothing over there," Claire said. Boone stopped in front of Charlie.
"Hello Charlie," Boone said crossing his arms looking at him. Charlie smiled softly and stood.
"Hi Boone," Charlie said. Boone turned to the two girls.
"Anyone else here?" he asked Shannon. Shannon shook her head fast. Boone laughed and walked to Shannon's room. Shannon followed.
"Boone, what did I say about going to my room?" Shannon asked. Shannon ran after him and Kate ran to see if Jack was okay.
Charlie turned to Claire. "Secret's out huh?" he asked. Claire laughed and kissed him. "Let's go see Shannon get caught."
They walked to Shannon's room to see Boone pull Sawyer out from under Shannon's bed. Kate walked in with Jack.
"Better than him finding Jack," Kate said. Claire smiled.
Boone looked at all of the couples. "I don't know what to say."
"Don't say anything come on Boone, mom will ground us all," Shannon said. "Remember all the times I saved your ass?"
"Right, and I know this breaks pretty much all the rules that mom set for you guys," Boone said. Shannon looked at Boone; she knew he was going to tell. But then something happened where they knew he wouldn't.
"Boone, baby? Did you find out what that crash was?" Hannah, Boone's girlfriend came in wearing one of his t-shirts and a pair of his boxers. She rubbed her eyes sleepily.
Shannon raised her eyebrows at her brother. "And you wanted to give us shit?"
Kate and Claire smiled at each other. Charlie laughed softly and pulled Claire into his arms.
"Am I interrupting anything?" Hannah asked. Shannon turned to her.
"No, its okay Hannah," Shannon said. Hannah smiled at Shannon.
"Okay, nice to see you again Shannon, Claire, Kate, and you're men," Hannah said.
"Hannah, I'll be back down in a minute baby," Boone said. Hannah nodded and waved good-bye to them.
"Everyone can go back to their rooms, but I would like to talk to my lovely brother before he leaves," Shannon said. Everyone left except Shannon and Boone. Sawyer waited in the hallway and Charlie and Claire went back to her room.
"I think Boone kind of regrets what he did now," Charlie said lying on Claire's bed. Claire lay next to him and he pulled her into his arms.
"Most definitely," Claire said. Charlie smiled at her and kissed her softly.
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Ha-ha! Boone got caught as well. Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Thanks to everyone who reviewed in chapter ten. They were greatly appreciated!
Until next time,
Bloomy Angel