Claire Forbes had everything a girl in a small town like Mystic Falls could want. A boyfriend, popularity, beauty and the best of friends. Everyone always knew they were going to have a good time when the party girl of Mystic Falls shows up.
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"Tyler? What are you doing here?" Claire asked as he and Caroline entered the house. He was holding his laptop and Caroline was holding an old looking book.
"We're doing research" Caroline explained closing the front door behind her.
"Are you two partners at school or something?" Claire asked cradling Madelyn in her arms. Tyler doesn't answer, his eyes glued on Madelyn.
"Not exactly" Caroline said Claire looked at her. The sisters had a twin moment and Claire realized that they were doing research on werewolves.
"I'll put Madelyn down and I can help." Claire offered.
"Can I help?" Tyler practically begged looking at Claire. Claire looked at him and could feel herself giving in. She knew he was having a terrible time accepting the fact that he had killed someone, triggered the curse and who knows what they were going to find in that book and on the laptop.
"Yeah, come on" Claire said smiling at him. The tension in his boy left. He gave his computer to Caroline and quickly followed after Claire.
"Do you want to hold her?" Claire asked. Tyler looked at her with wide eyes. Claire gives him a smile and a small nod.
"I don't want to hurt her" Tyler muttered looking at Madelyn.
"You won't" Claire reassures. "Just be gentle, she's fragile right now." She explained as she handed her over. Tyler tenses once again as Madelyn rests in his arms. "Relax" Claire said resting her hand on his shoulder. "It's not like she's going to bite." She teases. Tyler laughs nervously and forces himself to relax.
Madelyn coos as she looks at Tyler with new curiosity. Tyler backed up and sat in the rocking chair by Madelyn's crib. He sat on the edge, his eyes never leaving Madelyn once. Claire smiles as she watches them. She takes a seat on her bed.
"She's wonderful" Tyler whispers allowing Madelyn to wrap his tiny hand around his pointer finger. "She has one hell of a grip" He praises grinning like a schoolboy.
"I know, she grows stronger every day. Even now she has your temper. She's going to be a handful." Tyler chuckles.
"Little Spitfire" He names. "She'll have better control over it."
"It's hard to imagine anyone worse than you." Claire said. Tyler's smile dims slightly. "I didn't mean anything by it, Ty" Claire said feeling bad.
"You're right though... I've always had a bad temper." His smile disappears completely as he looks up at her. "There were times, more than once, that I didn't treat you right. Even when we were going strong." He said.
"You're not the only one with a temper, Tyler. Sometimes we just fueled each others fires and we exploded from time to time." Claire shrugs. "I never thought differently of you because of it. I never took your shit and you never took mine. Probably wasn't the safest relationship all the time but it worked for us." Claire said.
