Hi all you lovely readers! Thank you all so much for reading this it means a lot! I should probably point out that this isn't beta'd so sorry for the mistakes as im sure there are some. I will probably edit them once I have finished this story. Anyway I know I said next week last time but my computer ditched the chapter! No idea why, so this is my goodness knows how many attempts at this to get it how it was before my computer decided it didn't like it! Anyway read and review please!

Eve and I exchanged slightly confused glances before I quickly left to find him. I walked into the kitchen and found him with his back to me his hands gripping the countertop in a white knuckle grip.

"Shane?" I whispered quietly entering the kitchen and closing the door behind me with a soft thud. The noise made him jump slightly but didn't turn round. Placing my hand onto his back, the other on his hand I repeated his name. His muscles tensed under my hand but he didn't turn round to face me.

"I'm sorry Shane, so sorry she sounds like she was lovely, Alyssa that is. I'm not going to pretend I know what you're going through, what you went through… because I don't. But don't be mad at Eve she was just trying to fill me in and if you want to um talk… well you can talk to me… if you er want to" I finished of feeling a little stupid. Since when do boys talk about anything anyway? I looked back up to see him wiping at his face. He sniffed loudly and finally turned to face me. Eyes bloodshot and face shining from tears he'd shed silently, he enveloped in a hug.

I was a little shocked at first but quickly returned as best I could considering our rather large height difference. It was like being a kid's teddy bear the way he could wrap his arms all the way round me but mine were far too short for that. I rubbed his back gently in what I hoped was a soothing motion to compensate. When he finally let go he seemed a little better.

"She was lovely. And thanks for the offer but im fine. I just don't understand what's going on or who would do this. Even Monica wouldn't stoop this low or could even manage it" he spoke quietly. I nodded in acknowledgment and turned to get a drink. Eve knocked tentatively at the door whilst opening it. She walked in holding the TV remote in front of her

"Peace offering?" she smiled meekly, well as meek as Eve could be and held it out further. I watched torn between smiling and worry that he wasn't any better about Eve telling me. Shane laughed and grabbed the remote ruffling her hair as he walked past.

"Michael get your ass down here I have the TV remote!" footsteps were heard padding down the stairs.

"Better?" Michael asked leaning over the banister.

"Yeah no thanks to you loser, now come in here and let me beat you at Left 4 Dead 2" Shane called from the sofa.

Eve grumbled something incoherent, and left sorting out her hair. I followed smiling, part of me hoping that this would all blow over and it would be some sick, twisted person's idea of a joke.

I sat quietly watching Shane and Michael battle the zombie apocalypse but not really noticing what they were doing. I found it slightly ironic how much the boys enjoyed games like this when we lived in a town full of vampires, for all I knew zombies may actually exist. I shook the thought of an actual zombie apocalypse from my head and tried to watch their game.

"Who on earth would wear a suit in a zombie apocalypse anyway?" Eve queried. Shane paused the game and turned to Eve with an are-you-serious look on his face.

"That my friend would be Nick, do not moan about the suit he is a man of class, and would save all our asses if the zombies came knocking" he informed her like he knew him personally and had beer every Friday night. Eve rolled her eyes mumbling a no doubt sarcastic response. I shook my head at them and went back to my thought leaving them to yell at the zombies and 'man of high class'.

Maybe it was all just part of someone's imagination and joke which has landed on us. How wrong I was…

Alright finally that's it up for you all! Thanks for reading please, please review and I might have a surprise for all you lovely people following this ;)

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Rachel xxxxxxxxxxx