A/N: I'M BACK :D Okay so SORRY once again for my appalling lack of updates. I hope this chapter makes up for it, even though it is sort of short but i PROMISE i will update again really soon if not later today.
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Summary:
Claire comes back to Morganville and her life is turned upside-down. (Plus Micheal totally checks her out)
Disclaimer: Gnihtyna nwo t'nod -isn't that cool?
Man i'm hyper today.
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Time Heals All
Chapter 9: Heartbreak
The car trip was long, and Claire was grateful. What she would have to face back at the Glass house, at home, would be…
She just couldn't finish that sentence with one word.
Sure, it would be nice to see all the gang again, but she wasn't sure what they'd 'think' of the new Claire. Michael would most likely be fine with it, Eve in tow, but Shane…
No, she wasn't ready to think about his response.
She never would be ready.
Myrnin sat next to her in silence, as she continued to look out the window -not that she could see anything with the vampire tinting- in a daze.
"Claire, my dear" Myrnin said softly "We're here"
And with those words, Claire went into a meltdown.
"What do you mean we're here? I-I thought the journey was four hours!" Claire stuttered desperately. Maybe he was just joking with her.
"Claire, it has been four hours. Now I know your worried but…"
"But what? I'm going to go inside to find my friends all scared or hating me. This is a serious issue Myrnin, and it can not be resolved with a few words" Claire interrupted curtly; not knowing where the sudden burst of anger came from.
"I was actually going to say that they already know about your…" Myrnin paused, thinking for the right word "transformation".
Claire's heart stopped, metaphorically.
They couldn't know.
No yet.
And I wanted to kiss him just once more before I told him, Claire thought grimly.
"H-ow, no, when did th-ey find out?" Claire stammered out. She hoped it was a few weeks ago, so that maybe, just maybe, they would have had time to get used to the whole 'vampire' thing.
"I believe it was midday a week ago dear" Myrnin replied in his elegant tone, just before he opened his door and raced around the car to do the same for Claire's. Myrnin then gave Claire his hand, but she just sat there, motionless.
"Dearest child, you will have to face them some day. Perhaps you should just get it over and done with…?" Myrnin suggested in response to her still figure.
Claire sighed.
Myrnin was always right.
With one deep breath, Claire took Myrnin's extended hand and exited the car.
Claire stood an arm length away from the door, preparing herself for the knock she had to produce next. She slowly extended her arm towards the door and knocked softly and quietly on the white wooden door of her home.
The door opened in seconds.
"CLAIRE!" Eve screamed as she pulled her best friend into a tight and bone-crushing hug. Once Eve had finished hugging Claire, she kept her hands on Claire's shoulders and pulled her at arms length away so that she could give her a once over.
"Wo-ow, someone must have kidnapped Claire and replaced her with this hot-as girl" Eve joked as she smiled with wide-eyes, "I'm serious Claire, you look so different now, Monica better run for her life because there's a new hottie in town"
Eve winked at Claire and then stepped to the side so that Claire could continue down the hall.
"Hey Eve do you know when Cla-" Michael stopped as he turned the corner into the hallway, with a bowl and towel in hands.
"F-uck" he said as he checked out Claire from head to toe-she had become more curvy and pronounced since her change, as well as more prettier in her facial features. Now as she wore a tightly fitted knee-length dress, her new and improved body was on display more then ever.
Michael blinked twice and then shook his head before he composed himself and smiled.
"Welcome back Claire" He said, in his usual voice, "Its been dull without you; we had noone to look after" Michael finished with a wink.
"I'm glad y'all missed me at least" Claire raised her eyebrows, "Even if it was only because you guys had noone to baby-sit."
"At least she finally admits it" Michael and Eve said together, laughing.
Claire joined in with them, but soon her laugh became fake. She couldn't put it off any longer; her curiosity was killing her. Where was Shane?
It seemed like her friends had read her mind because in an instance they stopped laughing and the hallway filled with tight silence.
Something was wrong; Claire knew it. And she also knew what it was; she just had a hard time accepting it.
He had moved on.
As proof towards her assumption, she heard an unmistakable female squeal of delight come from right above her. Where Shane's room would have been.
No she thought as a single tear fell from her eye.
"Claire I'm so sorry" Eve consoled and hugged her tightly.
In that instant, Claire's heart broke in half.
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