Heya Guys, I've finally got a laptop so that means finally an Upload, sorry it's been so long I've just had to plan ideas and my mind went blank for a bit, but I did say I'm not just gonna stop writing this randomly so here it is guys after so long- sorry again :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Morganville vampires, just the plot in this and the characters you do not recognise.

Claire thought about what Eve said, and to be quite honest was quite saddened by it- the hurt Shanes been put through but then also the player thing, what if Eve was wrong and he didn't like Claire, that would hurt her more then anything because yeah, she really liked him. The kitchen was done, and Shane was God knows where so Claire went upstairs to have a shower and maybe put some clothes on and Claire thought at last...

Clothes, clothes and Ice cream should put me in a good mood...

Chapter 6

The news

Eve had called upstairs to Claire about half an hour ago saying that she had to go back to work, So that left Claire alone with Shane and a sleeping Michael.

Claire looked at herself in the mirror and felt a little bit satisfied with her outfit and make up- of course she was't trying to impress Shane...

She made her way downstairs to spot Shane on the game console again..."Trying to beat my high score Shane?"

Shane sighed, "What do you want Claire?" ouch.

"Nothing, I just came downstairs to get my jacket and shoes on, so..." Claire put her arms in her leather jackets sleeves.

Shane jumped up from the couch "Erm, what do you mean get your jacket and shoes on, Where do you think you're going." He pointed to Claire in a patronizing way.

Claire sighed, "I don't know If you know this Shane but I am 16 and a half years old, soo, me going out shopping FYI, is apart of a teens normal cycle. Oh and its still light outside, so there's no chance of those vamps getting me, aye?" Claire winked.

"What ever but I'm coming with you." Shane said mumbling, " Girls, all they think about is shopping."

Claire screwed up her face and gave Shane a dirty look, "Pardon Shane what did you say?"

Shane rolled his eyes and flipped Claire off while getting his shoes on.

They both walked out the door saying nothing.

Claire looked around at her surroundings which she hasn't had much of a good look at since being here.

Most of the houses looked the same as the glass house, but even Claire had to admit the glass house has something different about it, maybe its the fact that the house feels alive somehow...The streets of Morganville, however was a different story, they weren't alive at all- more dead, only once in a while would you see a car driving past and even then the driver seemed eager to get to their destination...

"Shane? why are the streets so...dead?" Claire asked.

Shane looked down at her, "Maybe because half of the occupants are dead."

After that no one said anything, It was awkward to say the least. Claire wanted to try to start a conversation, but Shane would always reply with short answer till in the end he told Claire to "shut the fuck up and just walk" exactly like that, of course Claire told him to go suck a cock and all in all the walk ended in a big argument because both Claire and Shane were strangely alike in tempers.

"We're here." Shane said sounding relieved, leading Claire in with his arms.

Claire rolled her eyes and walked past his hanging arms.

The shop was so small that Shane had to duck a little so he didn't bang his head on the ceiling, Claire was struggling to control her laughter at watching Shane, he looked at her with a small smile and winked, Claire blushed.

"Shane!" A short, big boned black woman came out with a Caribbean accent.

Shane smiled a genuine smile at the woman. "Mrs Anderson."

The woman- Mrs Anderson rolled her eyes. "Shane I told you to call me Auntie or Tali, I babysat you and your sister long enough!"

Claires eyebrows raised as she looked at Shane confused.

He has a sister?

Shane coughed awkwardly, as if trying to stop memories from surfacing.

Mrs Anderson smiled a sad smile then turned to Claire, "Oh my manners, Who's this beautiful young girl, Shane? I haven't seen you look at a girl like that since Claire."

Shane's eyebrows shot up, and if he was drinking liquid it would have been spat out by now all over poor Mrs Anderson, Shane recovered quickly, "Erm this is Claire."

Mrs Anderson's eyes nearly shot out there sockets and with a big smile she said, "I thought she looked famili-"

"No this is a different Claire, and she wanted some clothes so I brought her here."

Mrs Anderson looked crestfallen then smiled at Claire who still looked confused. "Of course, well Claire, for a beautiful young lady like you with a great figure, Ill only give you the best!" Mrs Anderson looked at Shane then bent to Claires ears and whispered, "I'll give you a discount, as I see the light in Shane's eye that I thought had gone out since his sister...and the other lady." She smiled a secret smile.

Claire smiled back then thought 'but how does she know If I put it there...'

Shane watched Mrs Anderson pull Claire away and wondered what she whispered to her.

2 hours and about a million outfits later, Claire and Shane were on there way back to the glass house.

Claire looked up to Shane who's jaw was set and he looked as if deep in thought, She didn't want to upset Shane or over step the mark but she felt compelled to ask him about his family, most particular his sister.

"Shane?" She asked as if asking permission to talk, "I know that you don't really talk about your family and it's a personal subject but I just want to get to know you better, and if you don't want to tell me it's fine, I know we haven't know each other long but...I'm here anyways and I'm a good listener."

Shane looked down at Claire wondering to himself if to tell her or not or opening that particular box that was locked away in his heart and soul, but Claire felt familiar in a way that he couldn't explain, that he couldn't quite put his finger on; he just felt drawn. Shane shook his head as if to shake those thoughts away, "Thanks for the offer Claire, but ...you're right. I haven't known you long." Shane looked forward and didn't speak to Claire the rest of the way home.

Once the two arrived back at the glass house it was nearly dark, Eve should be back soon and Michael should be waking up in a while. Claire and Shane went there the separate ways, Shane stayed downstairs and Claire went to her bedroom to get changed into something more comfortable.

"Yo vamp kissers, anyone here?!" Eve was back and someone was going downstairs probably Michael Claire thought. "Hey Mikey!"

Claire smiled to herself, then went downstairs to join everyone while wearing a tracksuit with her hair up in a messy bun.

"Hey Claire!" Both Eve and Michael said at the same time, looking at each other blushing.

Aww, Claire thought, They like each other "Hi guys." Claire said sitting down next to Eve.

Shane was sitting in another armchair opposite Michael, he looked sad.

Michael had the the remote and turned the TV on to the news.

Shane rolled his eyes, "I don't understand why you put this shit on Michael! It's going to be the same thing as every other day 'Local student goes missing' or 'father of two found killed in an alleyway.' Claire shuddered at the thought of that alleyway she went down the other night.

Michael ignored Shane and just concentrated on the news.

"Hello and welcome to Morganville news!" A brunette young woman said standing in front of a crime scene with a few police cars and an ambulance flashing, the place was familiar to Claire.

"Shane I swear that woman was round here the other night?" Eve asked looking at Shane.

Shane flipped her off, "Hah! Funny!" He said sarcastically, "Oh wait yeah she was, Sammie or something" Claire pushed down the slight jealousy she felt.

"Local university girl named Rachel Wai found dead on 'Tuer street' Paramedics say Suicide is the cause. We have a friend of Rachel Wai, Mayor Morrels daughter."

Claire and Shane were both shaking with anger, both for different reasons. Eve and Michael looked at the TV in shock than to Shane and Claire with Concern.

Monica came on the screen wearing a short red dress looking as if she had been crying, Claire scoffed as if. "I could tell Rachel was depressed, she'd always talked to me of committing suicide, I'd comfort her and help her when I caught her self harming, The cause of this I think was a girl at the dorms named Claire who was bullying Rach. I never thought for a second that Rach would actually kill herself." Monica put on fake tears and Sammie or what ever her name was handed her a tissue. "Sorry, It's just, I blame myself maybe I could have done more, maybe I could have stopped the bully who was making my best friends life torture." Jennifer and Gina lead her away from the scene patting her back, as if they felt the pain too.

"As we see Rachel Wai was surrounded by good friends but also a bully, maybe in the future can we prevent these types of situations from happening...I'm Samantha Lalandro, Back to you John!"

Claire was shaking with even anger then stood up abruptly, laughing manically and scaring Shane, Eve and Michael in the process.

Eve stood up touching Claires shoulder comfortably, "Claire are you aright?"

Shane scoffed, "Of course she's not fine Eve, that bitch literally just said on TV that Claire was the cause of the girl dying!"

Claire started laughing manically again, "But I am technically the blame, I should have done something!"

Eve looked at her concerning, "Oh Hun, You couldn't have done anything more then what you did- sticking up for Rachel when Monica was bullying her. Listen the girl was depressed, Monica must have pushed her to suicid-."

"Don't you see?" Claire interrupted Eve, "It wasn't suicide! what kind of person commits suicide in the middle of the road?" She carried on laughing, "Monica did it- or she watched while her vampire boyfriend drained Rachel, I was there...watching...silently, I held Rachel in my arms! I heard her last words 'Promise me, please'", Claire stopped laughing, "Then I left her body there to rot."

Claire shook her head then went to her bedroom silently.

Eves POV

"Don't you see?" Claire interrupted me, "It wasn't suicide! what kind of person commits suicide in the middle of the road?" She carried on laughing, "Monica did it- or she watched while her vampire boyfriend drained Rachel, I was there...watching...silently, I held Rachel in my arms! I heard her last words 'Promise me, please'", Claire stopped laughing, "Then I left her body there to rot."

I stood there shocked watching Claire stalk to her bedroom. No one said a word not hotheaded Shane shouting at how stupid Claire was to even go out alone, not Calm, collected Michael telling everyone how it was going to be fine. Not even me the Happy Goth girl that would normally be crying by now at the fact that Claire blamed herself.

I felt a tear run down my cheek- oh scratch that I am crying, I sat down with my head in my arms. "She blames herself for not doing anything!"

"Eve there was nothing much she could do apart from getting her self drained in the process!" Shane said looking at the ground, running his hand through his hair.

"Shane's right Eve." Michaels eyes met my own and he smiled making me blush, he had his guitar in his arms which I noticed he does when he's nervous or deep in thought, I've noticed a lot of Michaels little habits, they made him cuter then he already was...I shook my head, he'd probably never like me like that, we've been friends for years...

Shane stood up and stretched, "I'm going upstairs." He grumbled leaving me and Michael.

I looked at Michael again with concern, "Do you think he's okay?"

"I think he's just angry that It's Monica that did it, and is concerned because Claire's on her bad side just like Lyss was..." Michael trailed off.

I smiled sadly then whispered, "I'm just so worried about them, especially Claire."

Michael moved next to me and put his arm around my shoulder where I layed my head, wishing we could be more then just friends and wishing that all this drama would brush over.