Gosh! Finally an update! Been away too long, almost forgot about this story. Hope you guyses enjoy the new chapter. Oh and please go and read a completed Franklin (my paramore fan fiction) and Dear Dead Diary - my new MV fanfic, it's Myrnin's diary aha! Anyway here we go!

Crap. Crap. Crap.

They all stared at her. Eve. Shane. And Michael.

Claire didn't like being centre of attention. Not one bit.

"What?" Shane almost whispered.

"Her parents are coming dumbass!" Eve slapped his arm.

"I got that part."

"Then why'd you ask?"

"Cause I was doing it for dramatic effect, ass wipe!"

"Dick." And they both flipped each other off at the same time.

"Quiet," Michael said. "Claire, did they say when?"

"No," she replied. "My mom just said that my dad and her are coming for a visit."

"Right. Well we better get this house sorted. I'm sure no one want to see Claire leave?"

Shane and Eve shook their heads like innocent little kids. In normal circumstances Claire would have laughed. But she just couldn't. her mom and dad were coming to Morganville. To the house she shared with two boys. To a town owned by vampires. There is two ways this could go, Claire thought to herself, one they take me home and ban me from going anywhere ever again or two somebody could die.

Yeah, those weren't the best outcomes.

For the next week they tidied, scrubbed and dumped everything that could have been hazardous to them during the visit. Eve and Shane worked in relative peace. Well, with Shane, worked was a stretch. He sat playing video games and made chilli. And to be honest, it was better that way. Claire walked into the kitchen and found Eve and Michael bickering.

"He'll just get in the way!" Eve pleaded.

"But he has to help us." Michael fought back.

"MICHAEEEEEEEEEEEEL! He will do nothing! Look at him, he has been playing that for the past week, and we have done all the work!""Hey," Shane shouted back from the living room. "I made the chilli!"

"Be quiet asshole!" Eve replied, flipping him off. Claire could imagine Shane returning the favour.

"But Eve, he has to help. I don't care how lazy he is, he is a big heap of lard! He needs to help us or I will take his PS3 away." And then all of a sudden, Shane was right next to them. He was out of breath, he had been running.

"NO. FUCKING. WAY!" He shouted breathless.

"Ah, so that got you up." Michael said as he fist pounded Eve and Claire.

"Fine, fine, fine! I'll clear out the fridge.""That doesn't mean eating it." Eve shot back.

"Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiineeeeeeeee!" Shane said and stomped off to the fridge.

Bang. Bang. Bang.

The door.

Shit.

Everyone turned to look at Claire, then the door. This was it, she thought. Slowly, she went to get the door. She heard Eve whisper furiously to Shane and Michael, and then hurrying about, sorting things. Claire walked into the door, forgetting it was there. Peering through the small window at the door, she saw her parents, looking anxious and worried. Her father looking more angry. And with a sigh, she opened the door.

"Mom, Dad!" She said, faking enthusiasm.

"Claire." They said. Wow that was scary.

"Please, er, come in." And they walked past her. She breathed for the first time since she had heard the knock. That went better than expected. Well, they weren't in the clear yet.

They sat in the living room, her parents to the large couch. Michael in the armchair next to them. Claire and Eve were sitting on chairs from the dining room and Shane was sitting on the floor. The atmosphere relaxed a little, but there was always the hint of fear, looming around them.

Dinner time came. Claire had made spaghetti, but pretended Eve made it. It bumped up Eve's cred. They sat round the table, Claire next to her mother, her mother next to her father, Michael next to him, Eve next to Michael, and Shane in between the two girls. Shane took her hand and whispered over to her, "It'll be okay, Claire." And he let go. That gave her a tiny glimpse of hope. Since she had come into this house, she had liked Shane. Maybe liked him a little too much, she wasn't used to crushes. No one had ever wanted to talk to her. But now, two really cute boys shared a house with her, talked to her, were there, with her! That had never - ever - happened before. She could feel herself blushing, but hid it with a mouthful of pasta.

Dinner passed by. The small talk formed around living arrangements, curfews, schoolwork, jobs, and it all seemed to revolve around Claire. She could tell her mother wasn't being all mean and parenty, she was just worried that only her sixteen year old daughter was living with a house full of eighteen year olds who drank - well Claire's mom didn't know that, yet - and two of them were boys.

After what seemed like a century, her dad stood up.

"Now, Claire. Your mother and I have been thinking. And we think this is best for you. You are coming back home to live with us."

"What!" Claire blurted out, dropping her fork to the floor.

Shane took her hand again.

"But, Dad! I'm nearly seventeen!"

"Nearly, Claire. Nearly!" He roared back.

"Sir," Michael butted in. "I speak for all of us here in the Glass House. We all have reasons for Claire to follow your decision," Claire's mouth dropped open. This was seriously not helping. "But we all have reasons for her to defy it. Right now, Claire is studying at the university. She is building a life for herself in Morganville. It would be a waste for her to throw it all away and give up on collage." and she heard him silently add in, "and leave us."

"Well, Mr Glass. I'm sure you mean well, but I would feel better for Claire to be with us." Her mother added.

"Mrs. Danvers, truth be told, we need Claire just as much as she needs us. Eve, they are best friends, inseparable since they've met. Shane, Claire is like a little sister too him." Shane's hand tightened round hers, she looked at him and winked at her, smiling a cheeky smile. "And me, Claire helps keep me sane. She helps out at the house, cooks meals, cleans, everything. Without her, we would be at a huge loss."

"Michael, I'm sorry. But Claire's father and I heard what happened to that girl who worked at the coffee shop, Emily. And I know death is everywhere, but until the killer is caught, I'd prefer Claire safe and sound, at home."

Claire saw Eve's face pale. Tears welled in her eyes. But, she couldn't tell wither it was about Emily, or about her leaving, forever. Once she left Morganville, she would forget. Eve had told her more about it while they were tidying.

When you leave Morganville, if you can get permission to leave, you start to forget it. Small things at first, like the name of the town or how to get there, but soon it turns into forgetting what happened there, forgetting everything. The only reason Eve knew this was because it had happened, to Shane. There was a fire, and his sister, Alyssa, hadn't made it. They had been given permission to move away, but it had gone sour. Shane's dad, Frank, had become a spiteful drunk, his mother was weird. She zoned out every now and then. But she was remembering, remembering Morganville. One day, she just died. Shane had found her. The vampires, Eve had said.

Claire gasped at remembering that. Everyone looked at her, she didn't look back. Michael had referred to her as the one Shane thought of as 'his little sister'. Shane had squeezed her hand. She hated that, she hated that he hid it with humour. Michael, maybe, for a second hadn't remembered and realised after he said it. But she could see the pain in Shane's eyes. That hurt.

She sighed, life was shit.

No one spoke for a while, no one had anything to say. Nothing useful, she thought.

"So it's settled," Claire's father announced. "Claire's coming home with us."Some days, you just couldn't win.

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