cherry kisses ... shawn hunter ⭑

3 ... ꜰᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴋɴᴏᴡꜱ ʟᴇꜱꜱ

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"𝐀𝐋𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒, 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄'𝐒 𝐔𝐏," mr feeny spoke from the front of the class as he began collecting the test papers.

lane let out a sigh as she saw cory asleep at the desk next to her and she turned around to look at shawn behind him.

"was he sleeping the whole time?"

shawn nodded his head with a small laugh. "yeah, crazy right? usually that's me."

lane gave him a smile before turning back to the front as mr feeny spoke.

"mr minkus, this test didn't require an essay answer, but, uh, how refreshing that you've chosen to include one."

shawn cleared his throat as he turned towards minkus.

"suck-up."

"future plumber."

lane narrowed her eyes in minkus' direction as mr feeny moved towards cory.

"feels a c-minus short..." he took the paper from under cory's head, waking him up in the process, "ah, yes."

"huh? is the test over? how'd i do?"

lane looked at her brother and furrowed her eyebrows in concern.

"an A."

"i got an A?!"

"no, A is the only answer you put down before you slipped into the coma."

"so what did i get?"

"well, you answered one question out of 40 and got it wrong, so what grade do you think i'm going to give you?"

"can it be found at the beginning of the word... 'fajita'?"

"sí, señor!"

"come on, mr feeny. i was up til after midnight."

"you were?" lane turned to look at him again, frowning slightly. "why?"

"what earth-shattering event kept you up til that time of night?"

"a no-hitter!"

"you got to stay up and watch the game?" shawn asked, clearly impressed as he grabbed cory's attention with wide eyes.

"with my dad," cory boasted, nodding his head with a smug smile.

lane frowned, sinking back in her seat a little. cory had always had a better relationship with their dad, and even though baseball wasn't her favourite thing in the world, it still would've been nice to be invited. 

shawn noticed the girl frowning and turned to look at her as cory broke into conversation with mr feeny. "hey, laney," he gently poked her shoulder to grab her attention, speaking quietly, "you okay?"

she turned to look at him and nodded her head, forcing a small smile. "yeah, fine," was all she said before turning back to the front of the class as shawn watched the back of her head in concern. 

"biophysics, dr ira soochek," minkus began listing the nobel prize winners from the front of the class, gaining lane and shawn's attention as they both rolled their eyes. "medicine, dr lin yi pao. economics, professor narwhal fowab. and i'm fresh as a daisy!"

"teacher's pet."

"fix a sink."

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due to the failed test, cory found himself in detention that afternoon, so the walk home was just lane and shawn.

"hey, cherry. can i ask you something?" shawn asked her, slinging an arm around her shoulders as he insisted on walking her home first. 

"of course, shawnie. anything."

"what got you so upset in feeny's class today?"

lane sighed, shrugging her shoulders as she looked down at her shoes. "it's dumb, shawn. probably doesn't even matter."

shawn frowned at her answer but, in all honesty, lane felt bad complaining about her father when she knew shawn's relationship with chet was so much worse. "come on, cherry. talk to me."

she sighed again, this time with a small smile. for an 11 year old, shawn was pretty emotionally mature.

"i just got a bit upset finding out cory got to stay up past midnight with dad, that's all."

shawn nodded in understanding and sat down with her on the bench outside her back door. "yeah, that makes sense. i get how you feel, i'd do anything to be able to do stuff with my dad."

lane frowned, suddenly feeling bad for even bringing it up. "i'm sorry, shawnie," she spoke softly, resting her head against his shoulder.

"don't be."

"i just sometimes feel a little left out, that's all."

shawn nodded his head again and poked her side to get her to smile. "but hey, when we actually get married, i'll let you stay up and watch the games with me and our son."

she broke out into a smile and looked up at him. "who says we're getting married?"

"we're literally engaged already."

"shawn, we were fou-"

"i don't care!"

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a/n hi everybody, just wanted to say thank u so much for reading so far! as always, votes and comments are greatly appreciated. i love u all <3