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Claire's POV

The sound of my alarm clock filled my ears, causing me to groan and roll over. As I turned my body I came face to face with of course Shane, who was lying with an arm resting lazily on my hip. My alarm had woken him too which he didn't look to happy about but hey that's Shane for you. "Hey." I smiled at him.

In reply he pulled me closer to him and kissed my neck and I knew he was trying to get me to stay in bed with him. "Morning." He murmured into my shoulder. I let him keep kissing me for a while before I pulled away giggling. "Shane, I have to go."

"Stay, just take the day of and stay with me."

"I can't, I have a test today. Without it I fail the whole subject."

He sighed but the smirk on his face told me he was Ok with it. "You sure I can't change your mind?"

"I'm sure, but if that offer is still on when I get back I will gladly take it." I said as I jumped out of bed and started to pull on the first pair of jeans I could find in my wardrobe.

"Can't wait."

When I was fully dressed I kissed Shane goodbye and left him to sleep for probably another four hours. I headed straight for the bathroom but when I grabbed the door handle it was locked. Knowing it was probably Eve I banged on the door. "Eve, you in there? Hurry up I need to-"

I was cut off by the door opening, revealing a slightly groggy looking Eve on the other side. "Hey CB, let me guess. You need the bathroom so you can get to college right?"

"You got it in one."

"All yours, I'm already done. Now I work back at Common Grounds I have early starts just like you. I think Oliver likes to give me the early shifts on purpose. And plus I don't see you in the TPU anymore."

"So you miss working there then?"

"A little, but its better pay at Common grounds." Eve shrugged.

I smiled as she walked by me and waved. "Bye CB."

Once in the bathroom I got a shower before brushing my teeth and doing my hair. I didn't take too long because I knew Michael and Shane wouldn't be happy if I used all the hot water. So once again I got dressed and this time headed downstairs and into the kitchen where just like every morning Michael was sat with a cup of coffee and a newspaper. He looked up when he saw me and smiled. "Morning Claire, you off to TPU?"

"Yeah, like always. You working?"

"No, got the day off. Looks like nobody wants guitar lessons today."

We chatted for a few minutes while I got myself a quick drink and a cereal bar to eat along the way. When I was ready to leave I said goodbye to him before walking out the front door and heading to college.

I got to the TPU main gates with five minutes to spare before my first lesson started. I decided to head straight to the science building where I had a lecture in biology and I knew it would be nothing interesting or anything that I didn't already understand. It was just going to be a case of wishing the hour away while daydreaming or texting Eve.

I arrived in the lecture hall a minute before it was due to start, with half the other students already sat down waiting for one of the most boring hours of their lives. Taking a seat at the back I pulled out my iPod and earphones, hiding the wire under my jacket so the professor wouldn't notice I wasn't hearing a single word he was saying. Soon the rest of the class entered the room and the professor started to speak... and I shut out whatever he was trying to explain.

The hour passed fairly quickly, with me reading texts from Eve explaining how she was so tempted to stake Oliver for being so annoying, something about him being pissed over a broken espresso machine. The second the bell rang telling us the first class was over I hurried out the door before anyone else had even gotten out of their seats.

Next I had advanced chemistry, it was a little harder than my first class but again I was sure it wasn't anything I couldn't handle. This time I had no lectures to listen to and instead I was in a lab. I sat at a desk that had lots of equipment laid out on it so I guessed there was some kind of experiment involved. The bell rang again as Professor Langley walked in from a side door, at the same time a girl I recognised from other classes took the last seat next to me. Then Langley spoke. "Alright class, today we are doing an experiment. Now I want you to work with the person sitting next to you on your table so please follow the instructions on these booklets and set up your equipment."

I rose from my seat and silently started to set everything up. As I did the girl I was working with said to me. "You're Claire Danvers aren't you?"

I turned to her and replied. "Yes, how do you know?"

"I'm a Morganville native so I know more than most around here, including about you know what ."

I knew exactly what she meant even without her miming the fangs in neck thing and had to laugh. It made her smile. "I'm Kenzi by the way."

I held out my hand to her. "Nice to meet you Ke-"

Just then the sound of a gunshot rang through my ears...