I was sitting on Ariel's couch with a glass of wine in my pajamas.
"So you ready to explain why you just showed up here?" Ariel asked and I sighed.
"Okay remember Max, the guy my mom was dating when she passed away?" I asked and Ariel nodded.
"Yeah he always seemed nice." Ariel said and I nodded.
"Well I ran into him the other day when I went shopping and we were catching up. He gave me his card and we planned dinner tonight together to catch up." I said and Ariel smiled.
"Okay so what's the problem?" Ariel asked and I realized then I couldn't tell her about my father having me followed.
"Just too many people at my house asking questions." I said and she sighed.
"Plus a very cute one..." Ariel said and glared at her.
"Jake...I don't know....-" I saying an Ariel looked at me.
"Jake?" She asked confused.
"Jensen is his last name. Jake Jensen." I said and Ariel nodded.
"So what is going on with you two?" Ariel asked and I shrugged.
"I thought something but then my dad caught us sleeping on the couch one morning since we fell asleep watching a movie and Jake panicked saying there was nothing between us." I said, Ariel rolled her eyes.
"Men..." Ariel said and I nodded. She then noticed my necklace. "That's beautiful." She said and I smiled.
"From Max. I guess he bought it to give to my mom before she died and he had just been holding on to it since." I said and she smiled. We were silent for a few minutes.
"How are you doing with that anyway? I mean the anniversary is coming up in a few weeks." Ariel said and I nodded.
"Yeah I know, I try not to think about it honestly." I said and Ariel sighed as I placed my head on her shoulder.
"I don't know what I would have done if it wasn't for you and Callie I don't know what I would have done." I said and Ariel smiled.
"We loved your mom so much like she was ours too. We were always going to be there for you." Ariel said and I smiled as I finished my wine. I sighed and got up.
"I take it I can have the guest room?" I asked and Ariel laughed.
"Of course. You going to bed?" She asked and I nodded.
"Yeah, it's been a day." I said and she nodded.
"Good night." Ariel said and I headed upstairs. I got in the spare room and checked my phone. I opened it tons of text messages.
CLAY: Did you at least make it to Ariels?
CLAY: I would love to talk this out with you.
CLAY: We really should have a major talk and fix this. I don't like this.
I just sighed seeing his and then I had some from Jake.
JAKE: You okay?
JAKE: He didn't have you followed because he doesn't trust you, he wants you safe. All of us do.
JAKE: Shaney...please.
I groaned at this.
SHANE: Don't called me Shaney, Jake.
JAKE: It got you talking at least.
SHANE: No, this is me stopping communication with all of you. You all cross a line and couldn't let me have a dinner with someone who I was close to once. I never needed any of your permission while my father was gone. The minute everyone remembers I'm an adult I'll be back.
I put my phone on the nightstand and laid staring at the ceiling. I knew my dad worried but I had made it years without him and I didn't need him to come in now life he was father of the year and try to dictate my life.
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I woke up the next morning to the doorbell being rung and I sighed knowing it wasn't my house. I looked at the clock and it was 9am and I knew Ariel was at work. I walked downstairs and sighed seeing Aisha when I opened the door.
"How did you get the follow me duty? Draw the short straw?" I asked and she sighed.
"Listen, I come here as a slight surrender. I think we should talk, air everything out and get everything out in the open. I can maybe even give you some insight on your dad while he been gone." Aisha said and I groaned.
"Let me get dressed. Come on in. There should be coffee in the kitchen." I said and she walked in as I pointed to the kitchen. I went back to the room I was in and grabbed my phone.
SHANE: Aisha really?
JAKE: We didn't think you would want to talk to a guy...
SHANE: I didn't want anyone Jake, you all just need to back off. I will go out Aisha but one wrong move...
JAKE: Got it...I will warn everyone.
I put my phone down and took a quick shower, packed my stuff and headed downstairs.
"Ready to go? We can go get breakfast." I said and she nodded.
"Sounds great." Aisha said as we left Ariel's house and I locked up. I shot her a quick text as I got in the car.
SHANE: Aisha showed up this morning and she is wanting to talk and figure some things out.
ARIEL: Will you need an alibi if this goes south?
SHANE: Most likely so stay available.
ARIEL: Got you! You staying tonight?
SHANE: I don't know, I'll let you know. 😊
I smiled and put my phone away and looked at Aisha sitting in my passenger seat.
"Ready?" I asked her and she nodded as I pulled out of Ariel's driveway.
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Keeping Secrets ⭐
Fanfiction*~COMPLETE~* Clay likes to keep certain aspects of his life a big secret, that includes Shane...his daughter. That is until he is looking for some downtime but refuses to let his team know where he is going which leads them all to track him down and...
