CLAIRE'S POV

I didn't want to let go, I didn't want to move or speak. I just wanted to lay in bed with the darkness and quiet, with Louis and I holding eachother. I don't know how long we've been here, I would guess over an hour.

None of us had said much, after explaining eachother how we got here and what it was like without eachother, everyone went to rest. My mind was thinking about two things at this exact moment; I never want to be away from Louis that long ever again. And oh my god why am I so worried about loosing Louis?

"Claire?"

"Hmm?"

"Are you okay? You're shaking?" Louis asked.

I didn't even notice that I was shaking, I realized how cold I was once I wasn't thinking as much. "I'm just a little cold that's all."

"Here." Louis grabbed the near by blanket and threw it over the both of us, instantly warming us.

I smiled even though he couldn't see it, it was pitch black in here. Ed's rules were after ten, lights off because of possible hunters nearby. He doesn't want them seeing the light through the trap door and finding us. Makes sense I guess, just kinda sucks cause no one here goes to bed before ten.

"You know, you've changed me. A lot." Louis spoke.

I looked up, knowing I was close to his face. "How so?"

"Well think about it," He started, "When I first met you, I only had one intention. That intention was to use you for my, pleasures I guess. But now, I don't know, I don't really care much about that."

I guess when you really did think about that, when we first met he was a complete ass. "Well I guess."

"I'm nicer though," He continued, "I never thought I would ever be nice. Ever. I'm softer and at first I hated it, because I didn't want to be blinded since I'm still the same criminal I was eight months ago."

"It's already been eight months?" I blurted out.

Louis breathed out, "Yeah, hard to believe but yeah."

"How come you don't hate being softer now?"

"Because, if I was still the same dick I was awhile back, would you be talking to me right now?" True.

"No."

"Exactly." Louis tightened his grip around my waist, "You know I could barley sleep. I was afraid that you and Liam got caught and were in prison being tortured."

"I can easily say the same for you and Lyn."

I felt Louis' eyes on me, "You were worried about me?"

"Don't sound so surprised," I said, "Of course I was worried. Why wouldn't I be?"

"I don't know. Just sometimes-nevermind." He stopped himself from saying anymore.

"What? What is it?" I taunted.

Louis sat up, and I sat up next to him. He moved around a bit, before I knew it a small spark went off, he lit his lighter. We were face to face, "Louis?"

"I just wonder sometimes if I like you more then you like me. That's all, well no that's not all." He mumbled the last part.

I noticed he was sweating a little, "Louis you're sweating. Are you sick, it's like fourty degrees here."

"Fuck." Louis mumbled and looked down but then back up at me. He grabbed my hand with his free hand and looked at me deep in the eyes. "Claire."

I raised an eyebrow, "Yes?"

He took a deep breath and looked away for a second, then looked back at me. He nervously laughed and wiped some sweat off his forehead, "Jesus." He said under his breath.

"Are you okay?" Was he dying or something?

Louis kept the lighter on and grabbed my other hand with his, "Claire, it's been eight months. We could tell so many stories about what we went through those last months. Sometimes it was hell, but other times it was heaven. Why? Because you were there."

I was speechless, where was he taking this?

He kept going, "I'm still the same person I was a year ago, the same criminal with no limits. But you helped me realize some things, and changed my emotions though and my view on everything. I used to think life was just enjoying whatever and doing what you wanted, and I always thought that soulmate stuff was bullshit."

Louis what are you saying? I wanted to speak but I kept my mouth shut.

"Then after awhile, when we were stuck with eachother for those many months, I realized that the soulmate stuff wasn't bullshit at all. For once in my pathetic life, I agreed with the government. I wish I could walk into the nearest capitol building and thank them for letting me meet you."

Louis?

"Claire, I could go on for hours and hours and avoid what I'm really trying to say here." Louis let go of my right hand and lit the lighter, "What I'm saying here is." He took a deep breath, "Claire Randy: I love you."

Before I could respond, he turned off the lighter and smashed my lips onto his. I didn't even think about kissing back. I leaned back so he was hovering over me, I wrapped my body around his as we passionately enjoyed this moment.

He roughly pinned my arms above my head and began to kiss my neck, he slowly made his way down to my collarbone and be began to suck. He was marking me again, but I didn't mind at all.

"Louis." I breathed. "I-I love you too."

He moved his lips back up to mine and moaned, "Good."

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"Claire." Lyn whispered waking me up.

I opened my eyes and saw here standing over me with a huge smile ono her face. "Yeah?" I mumbled.

"Louis and Liam went on a run. TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED!" She screeched and jumped onto the bed.

"N-nothing." I stammered.

"Oh come on," She rolled her eyes, "I know you're naked under those sheets."

My eyes widened. I totally forgot about that part of the night, "Uh, okay you got me."

"Louis was in a good mood and I wanna know. Was it just because of last night?" Her face was serious with a hint of desperation to know.

I smiled and bit my lip just thinking about last night, "He, he said he loved me."

Lyn's face lit up, "Oh my god it finally happened! Claire do you have any idea how long I've been waiting for this?"

"No."

"TOO LONG!" She screamed and cleared her throat, "I'm calm. I'm calm. So, what did you say to him after?"

"That I loved him."

"Do you?"

I nodded, "Yes. I've only been in love once, and I have the same feeling but stronger." I felt like I was clouds just thinking about it.

"You're so cute. Shower and get dressed, the boys said they have a surprise for us." She practically pushed me into the bathroom and locked the door. Lucky for me, the bathroom was in the room next to mine so no one saw me, no one meaning Ed.

I took a quick shower and wrapped myself in a towel, then ran to the room. I put on clean undergarments and some dark jeans and a hoodie since it wasn't too warm outside.

Once my hair was brushed, I walked out into what I guess you could call the living room. Lyn was sitting on the couch and she grinned when I walked in.

"Okay so actually, I have a surprise for you. The boys are still out, I just wanted you to get ready faster."

"Oh. What is it?" I asked.

Her hair was up in a bun, but when she took her hair out, her hair only came just above her shoulders. My eyes went wide, not only was her hair short, she had a multiple tattoos on her arm.

"Lyn! When did this all happen?" I asked.

"Ed's a tattoos artist, and I experimented with my hair. It looks pretty good, don't you think?"

"Well yeah, but wow. I didn't expect it."

She sighed, "One more thing."

"Oh no."

"The baby bump is starting to show." She lifted up her shirt a little, and she was right. There was a small bump, not too noticeable.

Things are happening too quickly, "Damn. Have you thought of any names?"

"Uh well Liam and I did decide. If it's a boy, James because it's Liam's middle name. And if it's a girl, Alexa because it's your middle name." Lyn pursed her lips waiting for my response.

I was close to slapping her, "When were you going to tell me that all this happened! Did this all happen last night?" I wasn't mad, just really surprised Lyn is doing so many things.

She shrugged, "I dunno. Now?"

Very close to slapping her now.

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-JJ ,xo