A/N: I usually update every month but I got bored and decided to post this chapter today. I didn't get a lot of feedback for the last chapter so I hope y'all like this one better!

It had been almost two weeks since Claire found out about the baby and told them all and it seemed like all Eve could talk about.

"I can't believe you're actually pregnant."

"How far along are you?"

"Have you seen a doctor yet?"

As soon as Claire said no to that Eve bugged her about it night and day.

"You should set up a doctor's appointment."

"Have you called the doctor yet?"

"Don't you want to make sure the baby is okay?"

"Aren't you going to have my niece's or nephew's appointment yet?"

It got on Claire's nerves so bad that she told Eve that she should just make the appointment for her. Eve lit up and immediately pulled out her phone and started dialing. It was done in ten minutes.

"There," She smiled. "I will be taking you to the doctor tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? How'd you get it so soon?"

"I've got connections." She smiled and walked away.

This made Claire a little nervous. She didn't need a doctor to confirm what was already known: why was Eve so set on her going? Claire wasn't afraid of doctors-she, at one point, wanted to be one-but it was a lot different than her other visits to the doctor. She didn't have a cold or a sore tooth…she had a baby.

It just made Claire nervous. The baby apparently agreed with her because when Eve barged into her room the next morning and told to hurry or they'd be late, Claire was immediately sick.

The ride there wasn't bad. Eve talked excitedly about being an aunt. The wait and the paper work weren't too bad either. The clinic was deserted and there were, thankfully, no judging eyes. Her nerves only got a little jumpy when they called her back to the room and asked her to take off her pants and sit in the chair. She did this and tried to gulp back her nerves but it was hard. Eve noticed.

"Just calm down: it'll be fine." Claire looked at her for a moment and found comfort in the way Eve was looking at her.

"Calm." She murmured as the doctor walked in. She'd seen this woman a few times on the streets so Claire kind of knew her face-it was hard not to know just about everyone who lived or stepped into Morganville-but she did not know her name.

The doctor smiled. "Ah, a new face." She remarked before beginning. "Hello, my name is Dr. Shannon Perks and yours is…?"

"Claire Danvers."

She nodded. "I've seen you around and I know you aren't a native but you look too young to be a student at TPU…"

"I'm a student: early admission."

She nodded. "How early?"

"I'm sixteen."

"Smart." She smiled and looked down at her chart. The change in her face was almost comical when she realized why Claire was there. "You're pregnant." Claire nodded and feared the look of disappointment that was about to be cast upon her but to her surprise Dr. Perks just shrugged. "You could be worse off. You know about our town's…problem?" It took Claire a moment to realize she was talking about the vampires and she nodded. "Well, you're not drained and dead or strung out on drugs somewhere. When people come to this town and find out, they have a hard time dealing with it. I won't say that sex is the best way to deal, but it's better than a lot of other things. But you didn't come hear me go on: you want to know about you baby."

Dr. Perks went through all the different motions and Claire felt many different things: embarrassment, uncomfortable, awkward, surprise, awe, and even happiness. When Dr. Perks showed them the visual of the baby and she actually heard it's heartbeat for herself, she nearly cried. It was like finding out about it all over again but this time she was excited…and happy. Eve cried happily enough for the both of them. Her tears dried up, thankfully, by the time it was time to go so Claire didn't have to drive.

Claire was deemed perfectly healthy and was to come back in six weeks .

"See I don't know why you were so nervous: you're both good."

Claire nodded and smiled. "We are." At first she was down: she was having a baby and she was only sixteen and she didn't know who the father was and she had no boyfriend. Now she was happier: she had a life growing inside of her and she had a strong support system and people who cared and that's all she could ask for.

Things went smoothly for months, which was unusual for the residents of the Glass House, but they rolled with it. It wasn't until Claire was around twelve weeks along that the first problem arose.

She started to show.

Claire first noticed it as she was getting out of the shower one morning. She'd been drying off when felt it. At first she thought she was just feeling things…then she felt it again: a bump. It was the first indication that there was really something inside of her and she couldn't quite believe it. She pulled the towel away, looked down, and there it was to prove she wasn't crazy. She ran her hand over it and was surprised at just how defined it actually was. Turning her body in the mirror, she could also kind of see it. It looked as if she had eaten a huge lunch. People couldn't really notice unless they really looked.

Claire hurriedly dressed and rushed to Eve's room and banged on the door. "Eve! Eve!" After a minute, Eve came to the door and grumpily frowned down at her.

"What is it?" Claire, overcome with joy, ignored her grumpiness, grabbed her hand, and rubbed it over her stomach. Eve's face remained agitated until she realized what she was feeling. A huge smile made its way across her face. She lifted Claire's shirt and gazed at her belly.

"You're already showing?" Claire nodded. "But you're only like three months. Isn't this a little early? Is that normal?"

Claire shrugged. "Dr. Perks did say that it could be because I'm kind of tiny so I might start showing sooner. But she said that it could also be the way my body has decided to carry the baby."

Eve nodded. "Well, let's just hope you don't start to show too much too soon or we'll have some explaining to do." She said in a teasing/joking way but Claire became serious. She never really thought of what would happen when she actually started to show. How would she explain? People would assume she's a whore if she told them she didn't know the father. Claire started to panic and it was clear for Eve to see.

"Claire, don't worry!" She laughed. "We knew we'd have to cross this bridge sooner or later. Thankfully, you're not big enough for anybody to notice unless they were looking super hard. Don't worry." Claire nodded, seeing wisdom in her words. Besides, nobody cared enough about her gaining weight to just stare at her.

She was sadly mistaken.

Four weeks later, Michael had another gig at Common Grounds and they were all invited. When they got there, it was nearly full. Claire found it amazing sometimes how both vampires and humans could come together and be peaceful all because of beautiful music.

As they walked in, Claire felt self-conscious as most of the vampire eyes focused on her. Although she knew that none of them would attack her, it still made her nervous. Dr. Perks had sat her and Michael, since he lived with her, down and explained to her why she needed to be careful around vampires.

"Pregnant women experience an increase in blood volume to provide extra blood flow to the uterus and to meet the needs of the fetus. This basically means that you have more blood in your body than the regular person and vampires will be very attracted to that. There are also all these extra hormones in the blood and it makes your blood smell even sweeter. You have to be very careful and watch yourself around vampires." Claire thought she understood.

"And the fact that there are two heartbeats instead of one also draws vampires." Michael had thrown in and Claire didn't quite understand that part but she understood the warning.

She stuck close to Michael as many of the vampire's noses flared. "Calm down, Claire." Michael murmured as he wrapped an arm around her. "Nobody will harm you." He was careful not to mention the baby. Claire nodded as Michael squeezed her and went off to set up. The three found a table close to the front and sat with Claire between Shane and Eve.

Leaving Shane to guard their table, Eve and Claire went to get drinks. Unfortunately, Oliver was currently manning the counter.

"Eve." He smirked. "I miss having your expertise behind my counter."

"Make me manager and pay me more and I'll come back." At Claire's look, she shrugged. "What? We're going to need the money." She whispered and glanced quickly at Claire's growing belly. Claire nodded.

Oliver shrugged. "The job is yours if you want it." Claire found that a little out of character for Oliver as he and Eve discussed when she would start but left it alone as his eyes focused on her. "And Claire, smelling sweeter every day." He breathed in deeply and smirked at her. She thought she could see his fangs.

"Creepy. Can you just take our order?" Eve asked.

"Of course. What do you want Eve?" After she ordered for both her and Shane, he turned to Claire. "What is it that you want, Claire?"Oliver's eyes focused on her and she tried not to shiver under his gaze.

"Just water." He nodded and started to work. His work was quick and he was back with all three drinks soon. He handed Eve hers and Claire made sure not to make eye contact as he gave her hers. They went back to their seats and waited.

Claire had just started to relax and was having a little fun when she felt cold fingers against her neck.

"Mmm." Whoever is was hummed. "A two for one meal." Claire's heart started to pound as the cold fingers moved against her neck again.

"Hey, get away from her!" Shane shouted and pushed the vamp away from her. Claire focused on her breathing as the vampire-one she'd never met and assumed was one of the younger ones-sneered at them and walked away to the dark corner where most of the vampires sat. "You okay?" Shane asked and she nodded. She smiled a little at him.

"Thanks." She and Shane were on good standings but it was kind of awkward between them. They both missed the closeness of being involved but knew this was what must be. Shane wouldn't feel right in such a position and Claire would feel guilty putting him there. How could she hug him, kiss him, or even smile at him with an unknown man's baby growing inside of her?

Anyways, she was thinking it was better just to be friends for now…and for the future. Even after she had the baby there would be too much already on her plate to deal with a relationship especially with Shane. Shane was prone to getting in trouble a lot and, with a baby to care for, she couldn't afford to go running off to save him.

Anyways, they all chatted until Michael started to play. He was wonderful like always and everyone was in awe with both his singing and playing. It wasn't until he finished that things turned upside down for Claire.

She had just gotten some more water while they waiting for Michael and was going back to the table when someone bumped into her from behind. The water fell to the floor as she instinctively caught herself from knocking into the table stomach first. The person-someone she knew to be a high school student-apologized and quickly shuffled off but the damage was done. The people sitting at this table were three girls who loved to make her life miserable: Gina, Jennifer, and Monica. Claire hoped she could just turn around and walk off but it was never that simple with Monica.

"Walk much?" Gina sneered and they all laughed.

"Yes and now I'll be walking away from you." She turned but Monica stood and grabbed her wrist.

"Why are you in such a hurry? We just wanted to talk."

Claire sighed. She really wanted to get away but knew that there was no way out of this unless she made a scene which she wouldn't. "About what?"

Monica put on a fake concerned face. "About your sudden weight gain."

Claire's eyes flashed to Monica's and turned into slits. "What?"

Monica smirked. "Surely Shane doesn't want some little girl who doesn't know when to stop eating. Look at yourself: you're getting pudgy…" She trailed off as her hand slid from Claire's arm and over her stomach. It took a second for her to comprehend but, when she did, her eyes widened and her jaw dropped. Claire started to panic. "You're-"

"Monica, please: don't. I'm begging you." Claire whispered desperately. At first, Claire was sure Monica was going to be a decent human being and not say something but she was wrong. A little cruel smirk slipped onto Monica's face.

"Shane?" She called loudly and Claire felt her heart sink.

"What?" His agitated voice came.

"Don't you know how to use a condom and not get a girl pregnant?" Many of the other conversations in the coffee shop settled down and many people focused on them.

"Don't bring Shane into this. He and I…we're not together. Just please, Monica." Claire whispered.

Monica crossed her arms over her chest and smiled. "Oh. So Claire isn't as innocent as she appears." She mocked. Claire tried to make a quick getaway but Monica grabbed her arm again. "So it's not Shane's? Whose is it?"

"None of your business!"

"Oh! So defensive! Do you not know who fathered your little baby? Been sleeping around that much?"

Claire froze in anger as many of the humans around them gasped and the vampires just looked on. "How dare you? Of course I know who he is! I'm not a slut like you."

Monica didn't take the bait. "Oh yeah? Who is he then? We would all like to know." She motioned around to all the eyes watching them.

"Why don't you stop being a bitch and leave her alone?" Eve sneered as she and Shane appeared by Claire's side.

"Only after she tells us…unless she doesn't know: that's what I'm betting my money on."

Claire, consumed by the anger burning through her, was about to do something she'd regret later when she felt cold hands on her shoulders.

"It's me." Everyone turned and stared at Michael as one: Monica disbelievingly.

"You're a vampire." She pointed out.

"It happened a few nights before I was turned. We were both confused and scared and worried. We needed to relax so we…had sex. It was one night and we weren't smart enough to think past the heat of the moment. We didn't think about the possibility of her getting pregnant and she did. That's how she ended up pregnant…with my baby. I'm the father: happy now?" He sneered at Monica before leading the three of them out the building of stunned humans and vampires. They got into the car and left.

Claire was more than a little perplexed. "Michael…" She said and was at a loss for words for a moment. "Why did you say that?"

He ran a hand through his hair. "I really don't know. I was just going to tell her to fuck off but that came out. Everyone was listening and I couldn't take it back. I'm sorry Claire. I didn't mean to-"

She waved it off. "It's okay. It's better than everyone knowing the truth: that I actually have no clue who the father is because I can't remember. Just like a slut." She teared up and looked out the window.

"Claire…"

She shook her head. "I'm okay. It's just these stupid hormones." She wiped her eyes. "But thank you Michael, really."

Although her friends talked and tried to engage her in conversation, she remained quiet the rest of the way home. It wasn't until they were just getting into the house that Claire thought of something.

"Won't the dates be off?" Since no one had been talking, they all turned to her at her random outburst.

"Huh?"

"Won't there be a big difference when 'our' baby is suppose to born and when the baby is actually born?"

He thought about it. "Oh yeah."

"Others are bound to notice." It was silent for a minute.

"Wait!" Eve brightened. "Michael, when were you turned?"

"Um...about five months ago. Why?"

"Because! Claire is only sixteen weeks pregnant so there is only about a month's difference in your story. It's perfect."

Everyone else was still confused. "So?"

She sighed dramatically. "Claire is getting bigger sooner than usual so it actually is starting to look like she is five months which goes along with your story."

Claire nodded. "That's true."

"But what happens when the baby is born a whole month later?" Shane asked.

"We can say it was overdue or something. No one will question it." Eve said, looking pretty proud of herself. They all thought for a minute before deciding that Eve was right.

Settling downstairs after a long night, they all sat around to chill and play games, but Claire wasn't feeling up to it.

"I think I'm going to hit the hay you guys."

Eve frowned. "But I was just about to hand Shane his ass in this zombie game!"

"Sure you were." Shane teased.

"I know but I'm really tired: blame the baby." She shrugged and Eve glared at her stomach.

"Bad Glass baby! Bad!" That made Claire laugh as she headed up the stairs.

After she showered, she lay in her bed thinking. The whole town knew-or would soon know-that she was pregnant and, not to mention, that they all thought it was Michael's. It was better than everyone thinking that she slept around with whomever and didn't know the father, but she wished she could've kept it under wraps longer. Actually, she would have preferred to have gone through the whole pregnancy without anyone noticing, but that would've been nearly impossible with all the weight she was destined to gain.

Boy, she had no idea.

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