Chapter 2

"Remember Eve, I taught her everything she knows…" Shane said I could tell he had a smirk through his tone of voice.

When Eve and I got out of the bathroom, Shane and Michael were standing next to each other, stil by the door, still with Shane red in the face, must have been from something we didn't hear.

"Okay, you guys can move now," Eve said, obviously highly PMSing out her ears. Michael walked awy, heading to his room, Eve went to her room, and Shane followed me to mine.

"I told you, we'd wait until Christmas Eve…" I started, but when I turned around I saw Shane holding a small box, with a smile on his face. H was going to propose! No way!

"On the first day of Christmas," Shane began singing off key to the Carroll.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"So you will let this present slide, but not the other?"

"Mmmhmmm,"I said unable to speak with excitement.

"Don't get so excited, it's nothing big, I just, um got you a new chain for your uh… cross."

"Sooo!" I didn't get it.

"Here, here it is." He handed over the tiny green box with a little red bow on it.

"Thanks!" I leaned over to kiss him on the cheek.

"Ah-ah-ah, were waiting remember."

"Sorryyyy."

I went to my room and shut the door behind me just to tease him and I opened my box, he was telling the truth, well sort of, It was a new chain, but it was the prettiest one ever! It was silver, 14 carrot, and it had little crystals engraved in the five front loops, and it even had I thin pink ribbon woven through the whole thing. I took off the cross and put it on the new chain. I swung the door open, half expecting to see Shane waiting for my reaction, but he had already gone to his room.

I knocked on his door, but there was no answer. I heard him in there, moving stuff around talking to himself. I kmocked again.

"Eve! Just leave me alone!"

"What's your problem?" I asked

"Eve, dammit, leave!"

Then I heard Eve's voice say something like 'fine' She swung the door open in my face, she had ters streaming down her face, I was so confused. I passed her and walked into Shane's room.

"Christmas Eve,"He said matter of factly.

"It's really great," I said.

"Eve picked it out," figures…

"What was up with Eve," I said nonchalantly.

"Are you ever around when she has her…time, she gets it like three times a year and she's always moping and crying, and bitching like mad cows!"

"Oh, I guess not…three times a year? What does she take I need some of that!"

"Claire, you arent going to take birth control, you don't need it…I don't want you to get like that."

"Please! If it's only three times, then that's a whole nine weeks added to the year, where we can have fun without having to hesitate!"

"I'll think about it."

"Okay, thank you…."

"Yeah, well you nmight want to leave now."

"Why?

"Because I heard what you and Eve were talking about, and you might have to teach me your tricks."

"Shut up!" I slipped out the door with my face surely red and made my way to my room for the night.