Sheo Forever

Chapter 24 - Preparations

Shai POV –

~~ 2 months later ~~

“Shai, baby, don’t worry. You will do fine,” Theo tries to calm me down.

I am currently pacing back and forth in our bedroom at 9:30 in the morning. We have our first Insurgent Premier tonight and I’m freaking out! Even though I have been to a bunch of premiers, I still become a nervous wreck before them.

“Theo! Theo, how can I calm down when millions of people are going to be watching the movie we stared in?” I all but yell at him. “They will be judging us and what if we slip up? What if I get the sudden urge to kiss you and I do it? What will everyone think?” Wh–”I am cut off by a pair of lips.

Theo’s lips.

Something about this kiss has made me forget everything about the premier. Everything about anything. All I can think of is the way Theo’s lips move and feel against mine.

He pulls back a few minutes later, resting his forehead on mine and his arms are wrapped around my waist.

“Shailene, I’ll be with you the entire night. If we slip up, we slip up. It doesn’t really matter. All that matters is the fact that I will be with you the whole night, and I love you. I will not leave your side at all. Okay?” he says softly.

“Promise me you won’t leave me?” I reply in a small voice.

“I promise. I will never leave you in this life time,” he says, kissing my forehead and tightening his grip around my waist.

I rest my head on his chest and breathe him in. He smells the way he usually does; a hint of mint, and Old Spice.

“Did you just smell me?” he asks.

I nod my head, a smile creeping onto my face. “Yep, and if I say so myself, you smell amazing.”

“I know I do. I always smell amazing,” he replies cockily.

I pull back from the hug and look at him. “Cocky much?”

“Nah, just confident.”

“Whatever, Cocky McCockison.” And with that, I pull out of his embrace and run.

I run out of our bedroom, across the hall, down the stairs into the living room and out the back door. Once I am outside, I run to the opposite of the pool and hide behind the pool shed.

I try to slow my heavy breathing down by taking in slow and deep breaths.

A few moments later, I hear the backdoor slam open and Theo’s voice booming through the yard, “Shailene!”