If you asked me, I'd lie - Claire

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

ONE NEW TEXT MESSAGE FROM
ANTHONY OWEN
AT 2:22 A.M.

“i am trying...itll be my bed, my room...i think its more romantic than me sneaking into ur room while ur brother is sleeping down the hall...nd we can shower together ; ) i know we wanted to on the cruise.”

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

ONE NEW TEXT MESSAGE FROM
ANTHONY OWEN
AT 2:34 A.M.

“i dont think u should go claire..”

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

ONE NEW TEXT MESSAGE FROM
ANTHONY OWEN
AT 2:414 A.M.

“tell him ur staying at Natalia's house for the weekend or something..ill tell him I need to get some of my things at my house nd Ill just crash there bc i was so tired from packing or something.”

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

ONE NEW TEXT MESSAGE FROM
ANTHONY OWEN
AT 2:43 A.M.

“wait..i dont think Natalia is going to be home thins weekend..uuuh tell him ur going to see the sights on ellis island for the weekend bc u need to get away”

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

ONE NEW TEXT MESSAGE FROM
ANTHONY OWEN
AT 2:51 A.M.

“do u really think shed lie to ethan? haha...im sure stefan would lie for u...nd im lying to him right now..he doesnt know that im the one u had sex with...i know im a strange kid, but u wouldnt have me any other way”

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

ONE NEW TEXT MESSAGE FROM
ANTHONY OWEN
AT 3:02 A.M.

“haha, yeah i know....what if i wanted more than the friendship? what if i wanted to talk about feelings?...nd u see why i love sex? haha”

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

ONE NEW TEXT MESSAGE FROM
ANTHONY OWEN
AT 3:14 A.M.

“what?? who did? did ethan?....nd no claire, i mean my feelings about....u.”

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

ONE NEW TEXT MESSAGE FROM
ANTHONY OWEN
AT 3:24 A.M.

“oh, well it was delicious...u went through all that trouble to make it look like u cooked? thats cute......nd yeah i guess i am...sorry...just forget that.”

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

ONE NEW TEXT MESSAGE FROM
ANTHONY OWEN
AT 3:30 A.M.

“truthfully...it does....don't laugh...i have trouble talking about my feelings.”

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

ONE NEW TEXT MESSAGE FROM
ANTHONY OWEN
AT 3:45 A.M.

“ok..u have a point....claire...i love you. (im showing u how serious i am by typing out the whole word)”

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

ONE NEW TEXT MESSAGE FROM
ANTHONY OWEN
AT 3:54 A.M.

“i did.....thats not how i first wanted to tell u..i shouldve gotten up..i can come now, but dammit thats not the same.....oh nevermind i coming over nd im going to do it properly.”

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

ONE NEW TEXT MESSAGE FROM
ANTHONY OWEN
AT 4:13 A.M.

“i hope that made up for my stupidity.”

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

ONE NEW TEXT MESSAGE FROM
ANTHONY OWEN
AT 4:19 A.M.

“i know it wont but im willing to work at it.”

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

ONE NEW TEXT MESSAGE FROM
ANTHONY OWEN
AT 4:28 A.M.

“well tell him when the time is right...nd he will not know about the cruise...if dalton knows about it nd he doesnt kill me, then ethan can know...he has to be ok with it if dalton is....right?”

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

ONE NEW TEXT MESSAGE FROM
ANTHONY OWEN
AT 4:35 A.M.

“oh damn...well i am just going to have to make dalton like me....anyways, i think u nd i need to get some sleep.”