Without Claire by Mallory Funk

Author:Mallory Funk [Funk, Mallory]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-30T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Sam

I am sitting next to Claire, and I have an ache in my chest for her. I don’t think she even noticed that she was crying at the end. I am so proud of her for telling us why she had been alone for so long. I know that she carries a lot of guilt over what happened. I didn’t think anyone expected her to tell us that she lost her whole family on her birthday. She has probably not wanted to celebrate it for all these years. Part of me is grateful that she has chosen my family to open up to so that she can start living again.

She spends a lot of nights at my house. While I have been to her place a couple of times, she tells me that she likes the busyness of my place, so we always end up there. I want to tell her to stay, and to move her ass in, but I don’t want to scare her away. I sleep like shit the nights that she’s not in my arms. I want to take things farther with her, but I told her that I would go at her pace, so I am waiting for her to make the move.

After she tells my family everything, everyone is quiet and lost in their own thoughts. Then the moment breaks when I hear “Barbie Girl” being blasted from someone’s phone. All eyes turn to Liam when we realize that it’s his phone.

He pulls his phone out of his pocket and answers. “Hello?... Who is this?... Thomas?... No, I didn’t sneak into your room last night while you were sleeping… I swear it wasn’t me!... I have a twin… Oh he was… What’s so funny?... Hello?”

He hangs up his phone with a look of confusion on his face, and then he presses a bunch of buttons on his phone. He looks up clearly angry. It’s not until he glares at Claire that I notice her face is buried in my neck, and she’s silently laughing. Her shoulders are shaking, and if I couldn’t hear quiet chuckles then I would be worried right now.

“How did you get in my phone?” Liam asks in disbelief.

Claire looks up at him with a huge smile on her face seeing everyone’s curious gazes because of what just happened.

“Oh god, Thomas has perfect timing!” She starts laughing hard, to the point where she’s clutching her stomach.

“What is going on?” Paige asks in confusion.

“Well, it seems that Thomas wanted to know if I was breathing heavy in his ear last night. Then, when I told him that it wasn’t me, he said that I had a twin,” he looks at Cole and smirks,” and that it couldn’t have been Cole, because he was spooning him at the time.” Before he gets to say any more, everyone bursts out in laughter.

“Seriously, how did you get in my phone? I always have it,” Liam says looking at Claire.

She clears her throat. “Not when you are in the shower,” she says with laughter in her eyes.

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