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Authors Note: Thanks for the reviews please keep them coming good or bad! :D

I'm glad that people aren't too annoyed that I choose to write her driving lessons like that, it just felt more realistic to me to do it this way. As for the whole permit thing that someone pointed out...I have absolutely no idea how the American driving system works (I'm from Ireland) and despite a number of you very nicely pointing things out to me I got quite confused by the different explanations I received! So thanks for your help all appreciated!

Of course Claire's first day of school will be included I'm just getting around to write it now! But I'm afraid you may have to wait a little longer for it yet so don't give up on it and please continue to be patient with my irregular uploading! :D

Chapter Twenty-Two

Q.P.O.V

These last few weeks had been the best days of my life, Sam and Claire's driving lessons had begun the day after he had told me the news. Sam had promised that he would stop by the garage if he could with Claire so I would get a chance to speak with her, but I was going to have to be stealthy about it, we couldn't make it seem obvious that it was planned.

For the fist few days that Claire had come to the garage, she had been shy and awkward around us all, especially me. I had thought that she just didn't want to speak to me at first from the way she would hold a conversation with everyone else except me, mumbling incoherently whenever I spoke to her. In an attempt to win her around I asked her about London, and used some of the information that I had learned about London over the years. It was a rather sad thing to do I had thought afterwards but I had wanted to know as much as I could about London after Claire had moved there and had read numerous travel books about it. Now however I was glad that I had because it was gradually beginning to make Claire talk to me more.

As the days went by, Claire spoke to me more telling me about her interests and the resemblance between hers and mine were uncanny. Everything from films, TV programmes, books and especially music; I had taken great pleasure in recommending books to Claire, she had seemed so excited about them that I had been grinning about it to myself for the rest of the day, irritating the other guys to no end. Each day I had waited impatiently for Claire's visits and had worked restlessly until I heard the now familiar hum of Sam's car engine.

When Sam had called over today though I felt sick at the news that he had given me, Claire was taking her driving test today. Sam had conveniently forgotten to mention it to me until now, he had been worried that if I had known it would

have made the day before more awkward for me, and he wanted me to enjoy my time with Claire without worrying too much. At first I had been mad at Sam but as usual I had come around to his way of thinking, he was too logical for his own good sometimes. I had been impossible to work with as I waited for news of Claire's test to arrive, Sam had kept his distance along with the rest of the guys. Stanley as usual didn't know what was happening but had thankfully followed suit.

After lunch laughing could be heard from outside, Jacob had looked to see who it was and I saw the glance he threw at Sam to let him know that Claire was on her way. It took all my self control not to run outside and see what had happened, I could feel my stomach heave when I heard the excited yelps from outside, Claire had passed. Everyone had congratulated Claire quickly and gone back to their work, I went out to see her and when the twins saw me they quickly went inside the garage to talk with Stanley. Claire was staring at her feet, looking quite lost and blushing, from the unwanted attention I guessed. Moving faster than I had meant to I went to stand in front of Claire, "So I suppose we won't be expecting anymore visits from now on then will we?" I asked, my voice sounding weak even to me. Claire looked up at me considering my face for a moment before laughing airily, "Yeah…no more annoying morning visits from Claire!" Claire said before rolling her eyes. Claire's laugh seemed forced I thought, I could tell that she was upset, and heard the question in what she had said. "Claire you were never annoying…always a pleasure.." I stated matter of factly, Claire blushed again, one of her more adorable traits I thought to myself, tilting my head to the side to get a better look at her.

Claire finally looked up at me again, and she really did look so beautiful and fragile standing there awkwardly, still blushing, that I wanted to comfort her and congratulate her even though I was cursing the fact that I wouldn't see her every day. This brought about a fresh wave of emotion and without thinking I moved forward and caught her up in a hug. It was the most overwhelming sensation to have Claire in my arms, I felt her temperature soar and I was frightened that I was the cause but then I heard her heart beat and it was racing; I smiled slightly knowing I could have an effect on her. I could have held her there for the rest of the day but I forced myself to let go congratulating her as I did. Claire seemed somewhat dizzy and I wanted to help her balance herself, but I stopped myself and instead dragged myself back into the garage, where I could feel the eyes of everyone else on my back.