Amelie

I had fled from the building. I needed to compose myself, but I showed myself. I have to work harder to keep Claire from touching me. She almost made me lose control of my locked emotions.

I stood behind the building and stayed silent, while the guards looked for me. Claire didn't need anymore explanation from me; we had made up and now she can stay at my house. I just have to keep an iron grip on my emotions.

I should punish her. She can't touch me without my express permission, which will never come. Being in bed with her can never happen again. I took out my mirror that I had in the pocket of my jacket and looked at myself. I had to brush to hair and compose myself, before I went back in.

Sadly I didn't carry a brush with me, when I made my hasty exit. I tried sorting my hair out with my fingers but it still didn't look presentable. I sighed. I will have to go to my house, then return when I had sorted myself out, but that seemed like a lot of bother I didn't want to deal with.

I saw Claire in my reflection and hastily closed the mirror and put it away. Just tell her to go away. If she tries to kiss you again... bite her.

"Everyone's looking for you." Claire said, coming around the corner.

"They'll live. I just need to sort myself out."

"Why did you leave? You would have stayed longer, I know it."

"Its my office in a public building. I don't think anyone would like the sight of walking in on us. But don't think this is your cue; touch me again and you can go back to living in your little house." I considered maybe drawing back on the electricity; she didn't need that.

"You can't threaten me."

"Excuse me?"

"If I kissed you right now, you wouldn't want me to stop. You can't threaten your girlfriend." Claire said, not in anger. She stated it like it was crystal clear.

I felt my fangs snap down. Finally something other than affection for this girl. "Touch me and I will bite you. Vampire blood is not as sufficient as human blood, but maybe it will teach you a lesson. I think you forget who I am, sometimes."

"Think about me and you won't have your fangs down. Also, I don't forget who are you. It reminds me every minute with all the guards and the maids. You love me and you know it."

I stared at Claire for a few moments and I saw what she was going to say or do in her eyes. Before she could act on it, I grabbed her and held her against the wall. "Don't presume you know everything about me, just because I showed you a few memories. You know nothing about me."

"What do you feel about me right now?"

"Annoyance that you keep pestering me, that how you know I'm in love with you. When I was Oliver he never pestered me, even after I ended it."

"Its because you keep denying it! What's so wrong about it? You can order your own privacy, you have your own house. What's holding you back?"

"I'm the Founder of this town, if you haven't forgotten. I'm busy, all day and all night and I'm busy when I get to my house. If your that clingy you need me with you all the time, it's a wonder how Shane stayed with you all this time." I needed Claire to leave me alone; I couldn't have her following me around like a lost puppy.

Claire's eyes turned red. "Don't talk about Shane that way. He didn't break up with me, he didn't force me to do anything."

"Then why are you with me?" I asked. "I didn't force you to kiss me back in the office. I don't make me follow me around everywhere, I didn't make you go and live in a derelict house."

"Of course you made me do things! You changed me, you kept me locked up, you kept me from seeing Michael!"

"Well then, this was a mistake. I will just have my guards remove your things, so I can finally have my house back." I let go of Claire and could see becoming sad, but she didn't affect me one bit. "If you want to die, stand in the sunshine for a bit, or find a silver stake. It's quite obvious you despise being immortal."

Leaving her to her tears, I walked away and went back into the building. I made up a story about one of Myrnin's experiments then went back up to my office.

I looked out the window and saw Claire running in the direction of Myrnin's lab. Well, at least she won't trouble me anymore and I did not care.

"Gerrard." I called for my guard.

"Yes, Ma'am?"

"Remove Claire Danvers belongings from my house then find someway of getting rid of her scent."

"Yes, Ma'am."

Claire

I banged open, the door to Myrnin's lab and went downstairs and collapsed on the sofa, not caring if anything was there.

"Claire, what's wrong?"

"Amelie hates me. I could tell she meant everything she said. She told me I was clingy because I wanted her to stay home, then she said she wondered why Shane stayed with me so long." I wiped my eyes and stared holes into the floor.

"Well, if I know her, she will regret her decision."

"No, she won't. She doesn't care if I walked out in the sun or got staked with silver." I sniffed. "There's no point in bothering her anymore. She might kill me to get me to stop bothering her."

"Your talking negatively about her. She will come to her senses." Myrnin shrugged, turning back to his microscope.

"Then what? She says she's sorry, I do something and she says she doesn't want to see me again? Not interested in that cycle." I brought my legs up to my chest and stared off into the distance, ignoring Myrnin.

Aww no depressing chapter!

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