Chapter 6

Claire's POV:

It was the smile that did it. I was in shock, I didn't know what I was doing. I pulled away fast guiltiness wrenching inside of me.

"Wh- what are we doing" I said placing my hands on my head, looking towards the floor. Shane. God Shane. What have I done?

"Claire. I- I don't know what came over me, I just- I." Did he just take the opportunity to kiss me because I was upset at what he had done? I feel terrible. I love Shane, I shouldn't have done that, I don't know why I did. Adrenaline maybe?

"Look Myrnin, I am going to have to go, erm, can we pretend this never happened?" I said, oh god the words of a cheater, my hands were shaking, I was in shock obviously I nearly got bitten, but also because of this 'kiss'.

"Little Claire, Im sorry. I will forget if that's your wish" I got my bag, and ran out of the lab.

"CLAIRE!" Myrnin shouted. I couldn't look at him. I knew he liked me, but I didn't think he'd try it on with me. As I got outside the lab I bent over placing my hands on my knees and began to cry. I'm a cheater. Your a cheater. That was all I could think. I didn't want to go home, I couldn't face it.

I decided to go to common grounds. Although seeing Oliver, I knew it wouldn't help the matter, he could probably tell something was wrong with me. But I didn't care, I wanted a Mocha. A nice calm, uncomplicated Mocha, it wouldn't judge me. I walked up to the door at common grounds, I took a deep breath, when I entered and people looked at me, I thought they knew what I had done, I felt so guilty, it was practically weighing me down. I proceeded to the bar. Oh great. Eve was working here today, another reason to feel guilty.

"Hey Eve and Ollie" I say with as much enthusiasm it would take to appear normal.

"Hey sweetie" Eve replied with a warming smile.

"Claire, if you call me 'Ollie' one more time, I will bite you" Well nothing more expected from Oliver there.

"Thanks Ollipop, I will keep it in mind" He scowled at me, and returned to polishing glasses. I laughed. Wow teasing Oliver made me happy for a moment.

"So CB, Mocha?" Guess I am that predictable.

"Yeah please Eve. So has it been busy?" Small talk is normal, so I didn't wanna seem any different.

"Not really, you know just a few idiotic jocks here and there, moody Ollipop. Nothing much really. How was the lab" I am glad she was occupied with making my Mocha, to not notice the blush in my cheeks and the guilty expression that spread across my face. Although Eve didn't see, Oliver did. Oh god.

"Nothing really, Myrnin just being abnormal as usual" I said, looking at Oliver. He could tell something was wrong, observing me with those piercing eyes of his. Once Eve had finished making my Mocha I paid, and rushed to sit over at a table in the corner. I couldn't look Eves way, Oliver was there, he'd make me feel worse. He wouldn't ask me questions because he cared he would ask me them because he wants to cause trouble. "Hey Eve, I'm going to head off home, okay?"

"Sure sweetie, see you later" I practically ran out of common grounds, as soon as I got past the windows, I stopped for a breath. After I calmed down I took a slow walk home.

Michaels POV:

I hardly see much of Claire during the daytime, she seems to be at Myrnins lab a lot. I can't suspect anything because I know Claire wouldn't do such a thing to Shane. Myrnin on the other hand, well he was unpredictable. Me, Shane and Eve try and warn Claire about Myrnin, she know's he is dangerous, but she refuses to believe that he feels for her. But I think she knows deep down, but doesn't wanna believe it. I was sitting down in my chair in the living room of the Glass house playing on my guitar when I heard the front door open.

"Hey Mikey" Claire say's. She looks flushed, she walked over to sit on the couch. She looked different, not as happy as she usually was.

"Hey Claire, did you have a good day" I ask, I don't want to be pushy, she will probably show signs if she is lying, she is a terrible liar.

"Erm yeah, I just came back from Common Grounds, Eve say's she won't be long before she is home" She shifted uncomfortably.

"How'd Myrnin take the news about Monica?" I asked. I didn't mean to be, but I kept asking questions, something has happened I can tell by her body language and heart rate, one of the advantages of being a Vampire, but sometimes a disadvantage too.

"Well he said he would have preferred to go with me and then he nearly bit m-. Me" She paused, realising what she had said. Red flashed through my eyes, and I felt anger spike through my body.

"He tried to bite you again?! You can't go there any more Claire, for your own safety. You hear me? I don't want you coming home in a coffin. We can't tell Shane, he'll kill him, then Shane will be killed. Understand?"

She honestly looked shocked at my reply. "Michael, I have to work there, I'm his apprentice, who else knows as much as me besides Myrnin? Amelie won't be happy"

"Well she will have to take it up with me then" I said, I placed my guitar on the floor, and stormed into the kitchen to get my daily dose of blood.

Claire's POV:

This cannot get any worse, I told Michael about Myrnin nearly biting me, I am lucky I didn't carry on. I need to tell somebody, but no one else would understand, they'd agree with my conscience, Cheater. I wish my conscience had a switch. I feel absolutely terrible. Michael knew something was wrong with me, I could tell. I decided to pick up my bag and go to my room and drown in my self pity sorrow tears.

Thank you for reading, hope it was okay, I really struggled what to do with Claire's reaction, but I hope it was okay. Seems like my chapters are getting longer haha (: If your lucky you might get another one tomorrow. Half term. I might even do one everyday :) thanks guys. R&R You people inspire me to keep writing. xxxxxx