A/N: New Chappy. Hope y'all like it, and just to let you guys know, i didn't actually proof read it :\ I'm feeling brave though so i hope there aren't too many mistakes..

Disclaimer: Matty only

Time Heals All

Chapter 15: Talk

Time seemed to fly when Claire was with Matt. She supposed that only a week had past since he had arrived, even though it seemed like months. When Matt was with her, he made everything feel better and they just seemed to click. Matt had also grown closer to Eve and Michael, and so now it seemed like the Glass house had a new member. Although no one, not even Matt, knew how long he'd be staying.

Matt slept in Eve's room and Eve slept in Michaels. Everything seemed perfect, fairytale like, but Claire knew better then to fall prey to prince charming. After all, she had once and how had that turned out? She knew that she could be content with Matt; that they could eventually live in eternal happiness, but sometimes that wasn't enough. Sometimes love doesn't last. Sometimes love is cunning, making you fall victim to the wrong man. She knew Matt was genuine, and she knew he liked her in more then a friendly way, but didn't want to make the same mistakes again. Claire was afraid to fall in love again. Shane had hurt her too much.

Shane.

She hardly ever saw him nowadays, which she supposed was good, considering how Matt always threatened that he'd hit him when he saw him. But Claire couldn't shake her feelings towards him; she always pondered what he was doing, what he was thinking and why he always locked himself away in his room.

Does he think about me? Does he regret what he did? She'd think, hoping they were all true. Some parts of her still needed to know that he loved her, that everything would go back to normal but Claire knew better.

No, She'd tell herself harshly, He doesn't care anymore. Move on.

She supposed she was right. She knew that Shane was having meaningless one-night stands when he wasn't home, and as much as she would try and hide it, the thought of him having sex with random girls killed her.

She hated that she still loved him.

"Claire bear, are you in here?" Eve's voice sounded from outside the kitchen, making Claire jump. She was making tacos for dinner.

"Yeah" Claire replied a few seconds before Eve barged into the kitchen herself. Eve was dressed to gothic perfection today. She wore a red and black plaid corset dress with black fishnet stockings and her Doc Marten shoes. Her black hair was down, and she wore bright red lipstick to match her outfit. Her assemble made Claire's gray singlet and blue shorts combination look extremely plain. Claire sighed; she never looked nice next to Eve.

"What are you making CB?" Eve asked, and she opened the fridge, searching for a can of coke. She motioned towards a can, silently asking if Claire wanted one. Claire merely shook her head.

"Tacos" Claire eventually said while stirring the meat mixture around the pan. It smelled wonderful. Eve silently came up next to Claire and started chopping onions.

"How's things going? You know with…er…him?" Eve asked, breaking the short lived silence. No one had asked Claire this question today so far.

"Okay, well, you know…bearable. But it's not like I'm still madly, um…er…" Claire started, unable to continue. She always found this topic uncomfortable.

"In love? Okay yeah, I get cha'. Sorry Claire, I never meant to make you feel uncomfortable. I can only imagine how hard this is for you…sorry" Eve replied, remorse filling her voice. Claire merely shrugged it off. She hated talking about it, but she knew her friends only meant well.

"Well, for the record" Eve started, "When Shane found out about your transformation he…well he didn't take it so good. But not in a violent way like you'd think, in fact I think he started crying, but he ran to his room before I could really see"

Claire froze. Had Eve just said that Shane had cried?

"You must be mistaken" Claire said after a brief recovery, "He did not seem remorseful at all"

God Claire hoped she was right. She didn't think she'd be able to handle it if Shane had actually cried. How would she move on then? He still cheated, a small voice in Claire's head said. Okay, not only was she confused, but now she was also going crazy.

"Well, I'm not positive, but I am pretty sure I saw tears. I do though know for sure that his face was red and on the verge of tears" Eve replied, glancing up at Claire. As soon as she saw Claire's face, she wished she never opened her mouth at all.

"Oh Claire honey, I'm sorry, so sorry" Eve said, looking back down at her cut food. She hoped she hadn't just made things worse for Claire.

"It's okay" Claire replied with a fake smile, "I'll be okay"

At least she hoped she would be. Knowing that Shane cared about her enough to cry when he find out about her transformation must have meant that Shane still loved Claire, at least up to some point. Claire just wished she knew now why he stopped loving her.

"I really am sor-" Eve started, but was interrupted by the sound of the kitchen door that led outside the house opening.

And in walked Shane.

Shane

"Oh um, hi Shane. Long time no see?" Eve said in a surprised and awkward tone. She was barely civil to him after he cheated on Claire continually.

He just nodded to Eve in reply, focusing only on Claire. Claire had stopped cooking and turned around at the sound of the door, but had hastily continued once she saw who it was. She couldn't face him now. She was too confused.

"Er, I think I heard Michael call my um, name. Yeah he did. I'll leave you guys to er, um…talk?" Eve said awkwardly as she walked out the kitchen door and into the living room.

Great, Claire thought, I'm alone with this asshole.

"Claire…" Shane started. She barely acknowledged his presence, instead focusing her full attention on the meat. She suddenly became really hungry.

"Damn it Claire, please at least look at me" Shane said again, desperation filled his voice.

After a few more seconds, Claire replied.

"Why?"

"I don't know. I need to see your face", he replied in a meek tone. Bullshit, Claire thought.

"Maybe you should have thought about that before you slept with Monica"

Shane stayed silent, and Claire risked a glance behind her to check if he was still there. Maybe he had just disintegrated into mid air? But, sure enough, as Claire looked behind her she saw Shane.

Damn

"Why are you here?" Claire asked turning to completely face him. It seemed like a reasonable question, because although Shane still technically lived here, he hardly ever was here. Especially for dinner.

Shane ran a hand through his hair. He looked just as uncomfortable as Claire felt. Good, she thought.

"I wanted to see you"

Claire tsked.

"Sure you did. Or were you on your way to Monica's house for a late night booty call? Seems like your current style"

Shane suddenly looked angry, but hid it soon after figuring he deserved whatever Claire gave him.

"Claire? Can you come here?" A loud voice abruptly sounded from the living room, breaking the already thick tension. Matt's voice.

Before Claire could do anything, Shane grunted.

"I suppose that was Matt, your new boyfriend?"

Claire looked utterly shocked. If she didn't know any better, she'd think Shane was jealous.

"What's it too you if he's my boyfriend or not? You cheated on me and we broke up remember?" Claire said harshly. She didn't want to act nice and forgiving, he hurt her too much.

"Claire-", Shane started but stopped as Claire turned off the stove and walked out of the kitchen to join Matt.

Ohhh, drama-rama ;)

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