This was originally supposed to be a one-shot but I decided to finally extend it. This chapter is short sorry but it will lead to a new series of Michael and Claire love! Hope you enjoy it.

She didn't want to think about it anymore. It was all she thought about. Those warm lips, those gorgeous eyes that make me feel safe. Ever since that day my heart has been aching. No matter what I do, no matter what I just hurt, all the time. I try to work more, take more classes, and busy myself so much so I don't think but in the end, I always do. The fights with Shane, I can't even feel hurt anymore. He complains I'm never with him, I'm trying to avoid him. How can I admit that to him? That I'm in love with my best friend's husband. HUSBAND for god's sake!

I guess that's how I find myself here. The knife on my bed, staring at me, taunting me. I think back to the day we kissed.

'But…I love you Claire…'

"I love you too…I need you Michael…" I whisper to myself. I cry for the millionth time this month. It's been six months since then. And He seems so happy. I take the knife and place it on my wrist, where the veins were. I sigh and with one swift movement, I cut. A cut so deep I felt the knife hit the bone. I stare at the gushing wound and smile softly, slowly feeling the pain numb away. I hide the two envelopes under my pillow as I lay down on my bed and close my eyes. Before I feel my conscious slip away I whisper my final words.

"I love you…"

The love I feel for you

Has never gone away

It grew and grew higher than a redwood

I couldn't contain it anymore

You are happy, you are free

But I am trapped in my cage

The love I have for you

Crushes me, kills me

Because I can't show you

We can never be

So I'll say goodbye

To finally be free

Michael's POV:

Was it Luck? Fate? Chance? I don't know, and frankly I don't care. I'm just happy I made it in time. The smell of blood was so strong I smelled it from outside the house. I rush to her room which was locked. I busted it open and saw her lying there, like snow white or sleeping beauty. So beautiful. I pick her up quickly and two envelopes fall from her bed. I see my name and Shane and eves name on the other. I stuff them in my pocket before rushing to the hospital. I get there in less than five minutes, not caring about the sunlight. The doctors take her and bring her to the operating room. I was crying the whole time before I remembered to call the others. They both said they'll be there soon. I take out the envelope with my name and stare at it. Why would she do this? What made her do it, maybe the letter will tell me. I shred it open and read the few lines on the page, her beautiful handwriting explaining everything.

'Michael,

I love you. So much it hurts. Since the day we kissed, I can't stop thinking about you. My heart hurts because we can't be together. Nothing helps anymore. You deserve to know the truth. I did this so I could be free like you are. My love for you, it's just too much. I can't love you and not be with you. I just don't have a purpose without you. I'll see you in the afterlife, whenever that is.

Claire'

She can't die! I need her. Just seeing her made my life bearable. I can't lose her. I hear Shane and Eve rush in and I hide the letter in my inside pocket. Eve throws herself to me and cries, and I hold her, like a good husband would do. Shane didn't look himself, he was crying and shaking in fear. Claire please make out of this alive. After hours of waiting the doctor finally comes out, a grim look on his face.

"Claire Danvers, she…"