Rachel Caine owns all... I just own the plot! =)

I knew what Shane was seeing. He was seeing his ex-fiance with his two children having a heart felt moment. A moment, that he would never get to have since he had left. I handed Elizabeth to Eve. I knew that both Sam and Elizabeth were curious about who the other person was. But they said their goodbyes before they were both handed back to me. I grabbed each one by a hand after I had a chance to say my goodbyes, then the three of us headed over towards the Volvo. I buckled my two little angels in their carseats. As soon as the door was shut I felt someone behind me.

I spun and slapped Shane on the cheek, again. He put a hand against his cheek before he glared down at me, I was still my short pixie height. "Damn it, Claire. That's twice in one day!" Shane said in an upset/angry tone.

I ignored him and turned around ready to get into my car, so I could leave. Shane wasn't going to let me go, he grabbed my wrist. I quickly faced his direction and let out a hiss of warning. "Let me go, Shane. Now," I said. I knew that my eyes were red and my fangs were bared. I was grateful that Elizabeth and Sam were only able to see my back and not face. They would absolutely hate me if they saw my expression.

"Claire, I need to know. Are they my children?" Shane asked tipping his head in the direction of where Sam and Elizabeth were sitting.

"Why should I tell you anything?" I asked, my voice sounded like steel.

"Because if they are my children, then I want them to know about me," Shane said. He sounded so desperate, but I wasn't going to fall for that. I wasn't going to let him anywhere near my children.

"No, they aren't yours," I said in an unemotional voice. It was a big fat lie and I knew it, but I had to protect Sam and Elizabeth. They could never know their father, not after he had walked out on us and decided that he was going to shack it up with Monica Morrell in my old room, here at Glass House. I turned around and got into the car before he could ask anymore questions.

I quickly drove back to my parent's old house, before they had died. After my dad had died in the hospital, my mom had followed shortly after. She couldn't live without him, my mom had left me pregnant and alone at the age of eighteen. My mom never knew that I was pregnant with the twins when she had killed herself. I felt bad for the twins, they didn't have any grandparents left in the world. Frank Collins had been hunted down and killed by a group of humans. I wished that my paretns could have been here but they weren't. I had been grateful when Eve and Michael had been there for me.

Eve and Michael had helped me in everyway through the pregnancy. Eve would come with me for doctor appointments, Michael would run out to the store when I had a late night snack craving. Eve going with me to get baby supplies, both of them throwing me a surprise baby shower, they invited Hannah, Richard, Amelie, Oliver, Myrnin, and even Grandma Day. It had been a wonderful shower. I knew that Michael and Eve would be with me for anything.

"Mommy," a soft voiced Sam called.

"Yes, Sam," I replied, looking at him through the rearview mirror.

"Mommy, who was that other man?" Sam asked, again in a soft voice. Sam was soft spoken like me, while his sister was loud and noisy like Shane.

"Can you keep a secret?" I asked, knowing that they both could. I was surprised that it hadn't been Elizabeth who asked who Shane was but I knew that she could already have guessed. Elizabeth was very intuitive for being three, while Sam was very intelligent, both were amazing for being three.

I glanced into the mirror to see that both Shane and Elizabeth nodding there heads.

My hands tightened on the steering wheel, so much that my knuckles were turning white. I took a deep breath and let it out, before finally answering. "He's your dad," I told them. As soon as the words were out of my mouth, we were in front of the house. I parked the car and got out. I got the kids out of there booster seats and we walked inside the house. I looked down to see that Elizabeth and Sam were tired so I pulled them into my arms, cradling the both of them. I walked upstairs. As soon as we were in their room I got them changed into their jammies and placed them into their little beds, they were training for big-kid beds.

As soon as their heads had hit the pillow, they were asleep. I smiled as I watched them, it seemed so hard to believe that they were only three. Time really does fly but I still found it hard to believe that had been four years since Shane had left me and I had found out that I was pregnant. It was still hard for me to believe that I was a vampire, too. It seemed so weird to me, I could hardly believe it. Time was going by so fast.

As soon as the kids were asleep, I went to my room. I changed out of my clothes into a pair of peach silk pajamas. I went and checked on the twins on my way downstairs. As soon as I saw that they were sound asleep, I went downstairs. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do so I walked into the kitchen, I opened the top cuboard and pulled out the glass bottle of Tequila. I grabbed a shot glass, tonight I was going to need this.

Just as I was about to pour myself the shot, the doorbell rang. I decided to ignore it but whoever it was just kept ringing the bell. I knew that if I didn't do something soon, that the twins would wake up. I let out a sigh and placed the bottle on the counter before I walked to the front door. This better be important, was all I could think as I opened the door.