Chapter 12
Michael's POV
The look on Eve's face on the way home broke my heart in less than a second. 'She's pregnant, she won't leave you.' But then again, I couldn't be sure. She could leave me, she could get up right now and demand to be let out and walk away with our child. I can't have that. 'But dude you have Claire now, you should be happy.' But I'm not. Claire reached over and grabbed my hand, trying to calm me. It wasn't working and not to mention, she's promised to Shane. When we first got to the car, he gave her the 2 carrot ring back and she placed it right back on her left hand. It looks like it belongs.
"Michael, man, step on it. I want to get home and play my X-Box." I made a face in the mirror, making sure Shane saw and said, "We go my pace, chill it bro." I squeezed Claire's hand, but just a little, she looked up and smiled.
I was going 60 MPH, over the Morganville speed limit, and I'm not going to get pulled over just so Shane can play X-Box. Then Shane sighed when we saw the house, the big white Glass house. It's been in my family forever. It was last my great-granddad's house, Sam Glass. I miss him; everyone in this town misses him.
"Look there is the house, Shane," Shane just sighed again and didn't even look up at me. I don't want to push it, so I'll leave it alone? Claire just continued looking out the window, still hand and hand with me. Eve hadn't said one word all the way home. I love Eve, I do, but this imprint tells me Claire. I wish there was a way to break this imprint, but there's a part of me that doesn't want it broken. 'Damn it Michael, pull yourself together.' I slowly pulled up in front of the house, and stopped by Eve's van!
"Thank God," Eve stated as she opened the door and walked up the front steps. Then into the house, Shane just sat back and looked at the open door. He slowly inched to the door, Claire and I just stayed. Shane finally got out and walked up to the steps and closed the door. "Looks like it's just us," I said turning to face Claire. She just nodded.
"Claire is everything okay?" I asked concerned. She looked over at me and said, "Everything's fine, why? Well… I guess, we just really hurt Eve and Shane." She looked me in the eyes and then I said, "Claire, they will be fine. They get it, Amelie explained it to them, and they got it, nothing to worry about." She just nodded and then looked up and out the window. I really wish she would look at me.
"Claire, look at me," it took her a minute but she finally lifted her head up and looked at me. "Claire you and I are right? You know that, Eve and Shane are hurt, but once the imprint is broken, everything will be normal." Suddenly hurt speeded all over her face, "Is that what you want, is the imprint to be broken? You don't want to be with me." Claire looked so hurt and I don't know what to say, so I just grabbed her face and kissed her, she kissed back. I pulled her in and put my hands around her waist. She moaned lightly into my mouth and I returned it by pulling her on my lap, I had her pressed against the steering wheel and she was messing with my button down shirt, I slowly started to explore her legs and around her thighs. She moaned again as I pressed my hand against her. She slowly broke our kissing off and said, "Let's continue this up stairs, it kind of hurts my back." I nodded and opened the door for both of us.
Shane's POV
Finally seeing the house was a relief, I couldn't be in this car any longer with Michael and Claire, all lovey dovey. I just can't, when e finally saw it, I sighed. I blocked out whatever Michael said, I didn't want to hear it, and I just couldn't. When we pulled up next to Eve's car, Eve quickly got out and up to the house. I took my time, but finally got out and walked up to the house, closed the door behind me.
"Eve, where are you?" I asked, it was like she disappeared. I looked up and didn't see her. "I'm at the window, where are you?" I called out that I was walking to the window.
"Look there, they are making out in the car. If Michael and I ever make out in there again, it will never be the same." I looked out the window and saw that they were making out, it hurt. "Yeah, they are. Let's stop watching, it will only hurt us." She looked away and closed the window. She walked up to me and kissed me. Eve was kissing me, and I was kissing back. What are we doing? She broke away and said nothing, she just kissed me again, and then we heard, "What are you doing?" Claire and Michael where standing in the door way.