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Chapter 20

Claire's POV(1 week later):

"Shane, you do realize that this is that time of day where you wake, right?" I whisper in Shane's ear. He just groans and tightens arms around my back. I struggle to get out of his arms. Shane, the babies, and I stayed the night at Eve and Michael's.

"No one else is up," he mutters. I've always been a morning person. None of my friends are, well Michael can't but that's beside the point.

"Can you let me go then" I whisper. He just snuggles closer and then suddenly turns and drapes me across his chest.

"I don't want to," he says. I roll my eyes and struggle to get free again. He laughs.

"I want to check on the babies," I say. Rose is a morning person, like me. He sighs, hugs me closer for a second and then lets me go. I slide off the bed before Shane can change his mind.

I walk into my old room, where Michael set up the baby's cribs. Rose is up and about, swinging her little fists and give a soft cry. If I don't pick her up now, this'll just be a warm up for her. I scoop her up easily. My arm still hurts but it's to a point where I can ignore it.

I walk downstairs, cooing at Rose as I go. Her brother will be up in about an hour and a half, along with Shane. That's usually how it goes. Eve stays up all night with Michael and has the day off so there's no telling when she'll be up.

I change her diaper and then fix her a bottle, settling on the couch. She eats greedily while I turn on the tv. I settle for watching a Courage the Cowardly Dog marathon (man I love that show but I haven't seen it in forever! Sorry, tangent).

After she finishes eating a I burp her for the last time, I settle down on the couch, laying her on my chest. She falls back asleep and I put one arm behind my head, watching the screen. At some point, I dozed off and didn't notice. I wake to hand pressed against my face. I look up to see Shane as he smiles down at me, holding Nathan nestled in his arm.

"Hey," I whisper. He laughs and holds his arm out. I'm confused for a second before I realize that he's motioning toward Rose. I hand her to him and he takes them both back up stairs. When he comes back down, he lays in the space behind me on the couch, wrapping his arms back around me. I sigh and snuggle back against him.

"Courage the Cowardly Dog? Really?" he whispers in my ear, his breathe warming my ear and causing me to shiver. I'm wide awake now. I turn in his arms.

"Why not? It's a good show," I say, shrugging. He presses his lips to my forehead. He kisses both of my eyelids.

"I'll take your word for it," he whispers, before finally pressing his lips to mine. I kiss him back, my arms going around his neck. His hands drift to my waist and press me closer to him. I hear a strange noise that I ignore.

"Will quit making out on my couch already? I mean c'mon. That's part of the reason I was happy when you guys moved out," Eve gripes, ever the ray of sunshine. She obviously hasn't had her coffee yet. I laugh and disentangle from Shane, much to his dismay.

"Nice to see you too," Shane mutters. We both sit up and Eve starts pulling the curtains in the living room closed. They're black out curtains. As soon as she's done, Michael comes down stairs. He's holding Rose and Nathan, who are now wide awake. I smile as he hands me Nathan.

"Hey little guy. Did you miss your mommy? Sorry I wasn't there when you woke up," I coo. Shane rolls his eyes. He thinks that I shouldn't talk like this to Nathan because he's a boy. I laughed at him and rolled my eyes. I'll say what I want.

"Up for a round of zombies?" Michael asks Shane. Shane perks up as Eve cuddles Rose. We are so going to spoil them. As the sounds of Michael and Shane yelling at the zombies on screen, and at each other, fill the room. I feel like everything is perfect, like we're supposed to be like this. There's a knock on the door and Eve goes to answer it.

"Morganville's under siege," a voice says. I look to see Richard and Hannah. They come in and lock the door. They begin to bar up the windows.

"What do you mean Morganville's under siege?" I ask, taking Rose from Eve and clutching both of the babies to my chest. Shane wraps his arms around me.

"Your the last house we went to. There's a herd of Vampire Hunters that pushed they're way into town. They're bent on killing everyone. They set lose a virus in town that turns vampires and humans into your basic zombie. It's reversable but we can't get a hold of the antidote unless we turn over all the vampires. That means Michael," Richard says. I feel my body freeze.