Spirit / SHANE X OC ❤️

Finding Home.

Marnie's ranch sits perfectly in the sun as i step through the door with yet another jar of chilli in my hands. I agreed to let Shane help me after the events of yesterday. I make my way into the kitchen to see if anyone's home.

"Thank you Uncle Shane" Jas screeches.

I make my way into the kitchen and look around. Shane is stood with a huge smile on his face. Jas is nearby with a brand new doll in her arm's. Bright sparkly pink wrapping paper spread across the floor freshly torn open. Her eyes fall onto me. I crouch as she runs over to hug me.

"Thank you miss, you fixed my Uncle Shane" she chirps. Before I knew it she was gone.

"Think she's a little happy" i chuckle standing back up.

"She's as happy as I am. Been waiting for you to show. Look, i found some interesting information on Evan and your situation" He responds pointing at the stacks paper on the table.

"You did this all for me?" I ask.

"Of course"

We sit in silence as we go through it all.

~ 2 hours later ~

"Thanks for all this Shane" i comment.

"I just wanted to see you again, you know. After yesterday" He mutters under his breath.

"Is that how you really feel? What you said yesterday." I question.

"Let's focus on papers for now" he murmurs.

My heart sank. He doesn't want to talk about it? Maybe he's just busy with thoughts on other things or maybe he didn't mean it...

"Found a place to stay for now?" He asks whilst trying to change the subject.

I don't respond. I'm pretty pissed that he wont just talk to me about it.

"Nat?" He repeats. "You listening?"

I look up so our eyes meet yet i still choose to not come up with a response.

"If it's about yesterday, I want you to be back on track with your life and doing ok before we talk about it" He sighs.

"Why? Shane i want to talk about it. Now is when I need you more than ever. I cant have yesterday form a sort of void between us." I comment making my way over to him placing my hands on his shoulders. 'Stereo hearts' play's on the radio in the background. "I feel the same way."

"Are you sure we are ready for this?"

I process what he's asked. "Yes"

"Shane are you in here?" We hear from outside as Marnie steps in. We respond with our whereabouts. When she asks about the paper on the desk we explain what has happened.

"Well if you can't find anywhere else, I'm sure if Shane bothered to clean his room then you'd be able to sleep on the blow up mattress we own." The sparkly eyed woman exclaimed.

And so it was settled. I was a official member of Marie's home.

~ A few weeks later ~

A couple of weeks in I had already settled into my new environment. I have started to help around the ranch although I have started to help around the ranch although I have been told to act like I don't owe them anything even though i really do.

I enter Shane's room and collapse onto the floor. Piled up around the room is boxes full of my stuff. Shane wanted it all in his room so the rest of the ranch wouldn't be messy.

After a while he gets home from his shift at Joja.

"Got you a gift" he huffs handing me a bar of chocolate and then crashes onto his bed.

"Thanks" I respond biting into the chocolate. "Sooo I'm settled in now and I-"

"I've been thinking about it. These feelings are out of control and I don't know anymore"

"Then act upon them" i say.

He sits up as I climb up onto his bed next to him and i get pulled into a kiss. I hear a gasp from behind me.

"Your the girl Uncle Shane fancies? This means you can be my Aunt Natalie!" She giggles. "Come play dolls with me!"

I laugh and join in with her.

"This is stacey" she babbles as she handles me the barbie looking doll with scribbles of pen all over her face and knotty hair. "She's going to marry This doll Chad" Which she holds up in her other hand.

"Just like you and Uncle Shane." She beams.

Shane goes bright red. "That's not how it works" we both try to explain but she has none of it.

~after many, many many many, do i need to go on any further?, of playing later~

The sky has now grown dark and Jas has been tucked off to bed. I head to the kitchen with her doll and start to remove the pen without damaging the print of her facial features. I then take one of my combs and attempt to get the knots our her delicate hair. I take some cloth from one of shanes shirts and create a dress.

"So you used one of my old shirts to make the doll a dress?" He snickers.

"Yeah, only because she stupidly loves you so much" i snap back.

"So do you"

Bastard. He got me there.

"Your not much of a loving boyfriend are you?"

He pulls me in for another kiss followed by him dipping his hands into to sink splashing the water left over in the bottom on me.

"Could of been romantic." I groan.