The Road to Recovery(Claire, Invite)

[nathan]

It was good to see Claire look so happy Nathan thought to himself, especially after everything she had been through recently. He could also tell that West was very happy to be allowed to move in and that made Nathan feel good also. He knew now that he had done his bit, he should leave the two of them alone, so that's what he was about to do.

"Claire, honey, you know that's never going to happen." Nathan said winking at her, and grinning, as he stood up from the seat he had been sitting on. He then looked over at West as he thanked him. "You're welcome son." He replied, and then he made his way to the door.

"I believe it's time I left the both of you alone, you don't need your old man in the room with you all the time." Nathan said, as he winked at Claire again, and then opened the door, and before walking out, he turned, "I'll come back later to tuck you in and wish you good night." He said with a glint in his eye as he stuck his tongue out and laughed before closing the door. Oh, how he loved to tease his daughter.

[west]

West still had some feeling of shock in his system, he could feel it running through him from when he had been asked to move it. It would be brilliant for both of them, and West could now always be there for Claire, there wouldn’t be any more running away, and he wouldn’t hide or vanish when things got tough, he would just be there.

Nathan left after having a couple more words with Claire, and West sat there, a little unsure what to do now. “So.” He said, thinking about what to do now he was moving in. Maybe he should go and tell collect his belongings, or he could probably do that later.

[clairebear]

Claire was so happy right now, she was on cloud nine. Really. Having West move in officially was like a dream come true to her. Although, technically he hadn't officially moved in, yet. He would have to go get his belongings from his own place and bring them here, but it was pretty much more or less a done deal. And after Nathan left a silence fell upon them. Not exactly an awkward one, or was it? Claire couldn't really tell, she was too happy to know if it was awkward silence or not.

When West said 'so', Claire could only think of one thing to do, and it was fun as far as she was concerned. She wanted to celebrate the fact that they were back together properly and she wanted to celebrate the fact West was going to be officially moving in soon enough. "So..." Claire said her voice trailing off. "So, why don't we celebrate?" She said, as she leaned in closer to him and kissed him, pushing him back onto the bed.

After all, they were a married couple and as she said earlier, they might as well act like a married couple. Right? Then she stopped and pulled her face away from him, "Or, you could go and get your belongings and we can celebrate another time?" Although that wasn't what she really wanted, and she hoped West didn't either, or she was going to be very disappointed.