Love Will Be The Death Of Us, But We'll Die Happily.

Chapter 2

Eve's POV

The whole atmosphere feels dull without Shane and Michael. It just doesn't feel right at all. The house doesn't have that lively feeling to it anymore and to be honest, neither does my heart.

Although me and Michael have only been married a couple of months, I feel lost without him here. I feel lost when he's going to do some guitar lessons! How am I going to cope when he's going away for months with a chance of dying! I.. I can't even think about that...

And Shane... god, I miss our friendship banter. The way we both acted like brother and sister all the time. I'm going to miss that. I really, really am.

Claire hasn't been the same since they left. She hasn't been going to TPU or to work with Myrnin. Which really isn't like her at all. She sometimes just locks herself in her room all day with her headphones in. I try giving her food but she just says she's not hungry.

It makes it worse that we cant even contact Shane and Michael. Amelie didn't allow mobile phones whilst they are out of town. So how would we know if anything had happened?

It seems like my heart is constantly breaking.

Claire finally came out of her room today for some food. My eyes lit up when I saw her come walking slowly down the stairs. Her hair was up in a messy bun at the top of her head and she was wearing a pair of plain blue jeans and a soft pink tee.

'Hey, CB' I say softly as I give her a warm smile. She just smiles slightly and walks straight past me into the kitchen. I sigh and put my head in my hands. Why cant everything just go back to the way it was? When everybody was happy and most importantly... when Michael and Shane were here!

I sigh and get up from the sofa and walk into the kitchen where Claire was making a drink. I jump onto the kitchen side and kick my legs back and forth.
'Want something to eat? I could make you some pasta or-'
'No, I'm fine thanks.' She smiles and sits down on the kitchen table to sip her coffee. Her eyes looked disant and lost.

I bite my lip and jump down from the counter to sit down opposite Claire. She looks down at the coffee jump and findles with the ring on her finger. The ring that Shane got her.
'Claire...'
'Hm?' She didn't even look up, she just kept on staring at her coffee. Then the ring.
'When are you...' I wondered if I should say it or not. 'When are you going back to TPU?'
Claire shrugs and finally looks at me with a sigh. 'Don't know if I am.'
'Claire! How many times have we asked you to stay at home for one day and you insist that you HAVE to go to TPU because you can't miss a day! Now you wont go at all!'

'Eve, I just don't feel like going. Like you say, I'm too smart anyway.' She takes a sip of her coffee and tucks a stray piece of hair behind her ear.

'Right, that's it.' I say as I stand up and grab mine and Claire's coats from the rack near the front door. I walk back into the kitchen and throw Claire her coat.
'W-where are we going?' She asks with a frown as she stands up.
'We're going to see Amelie. We need to put both of our minds at rest because come on Claire, I know what you're thinking and to be honest, I'm thinking the same thing. We're both scared that Shane and Michael aren't alive but Amelie is going to tell us otherwise so come one.' I shoo Claire out of the front door and towards my car.

'Besides...' I say as I unlock the car. 'It will do you some good to actually see some sunlight.'

When we get to Amelie's office, Bizzie was at the desk filling some paper work. As she hears us enter the room, she looks us and greets us with a smile.
'Hello, girls.' She says. 'Here to see the Founder?'
'Yes, urgently.' I say with a stern face. It wasn't that urgent but to us, it really was.
'Okay,' Bizzie smiles. 'If you would like to take a seat, I shall inform the founder that you are he-'

'No need.' Said a voice from the other side of the room. Me and Claire turned around to see Amelie stood in her queens stance. Im pretty sure she had a spotlight sometimes. The way the light hit her perfectly made her look even more elegent than she already was.

'Claire, Eve. Would you like to follow me?' Amelie says before walking back through the door she came from. I grab Claire's hand and run to catch up with Amelie's fast walking. Vampire walking.

When we get to Amelie's office -which was only down the corridor- she told us to sit in the two seats in the front of her desk. She lowered herself gracefully onto the seat opposite us and put her cold, pale hands on the desk.

'Now, I'm sure I already know what you girls have come for today.' Amelie says.
'We want to know if Michael and Shane are alright.' I say softly. I didn't want to sound too harsh. That would just piss her of. And you really, really didn't want to piss the Founder off.

Amelie looks down at her soft hands for a moment before sighing and looking up at us.
'As you girls already know, I sent Michael and Shane out on a very dangerous mission. This is why I sent out the strongest and bravest Morganville residents.'

'So..' Claire says wearily.
'So...' Amelie stops for a second, looking at us both with soft eyes. 'Michael and Shane were very, very brave.' She shakes her head.

'Amelie..'
'And strong, very strong.' She was just talking to herself now.
'Amelie!'
'Yes, child?'
'Please! Tell us that they're okay!'
Amelie's cool eyes locked on mine. Then Claire's. Then after a short few seconds of silence, she finally said, 'I'm sorry. Michael and Shane... they're... they're dead.'

Sorry for not updating! I've been sooo busy lately! Please review! xxx