All The Strings Attached // spm // slow updates

[9] Dad this is Shawn.

 Shawn with my in-laws above. He looks so cute here!

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I don't know what sort of spirit possessed me to do what I just did, but all I know, is that I don't regret it.

I was merely centimeters away from his face. I could feel Shawn's minty breath fanning my face, and I honestly didn't mind. It took all my might not to just kiss him right at that moment.

We both began to lean in, and when we were less than a centimeter apart, my stomach grumbled EXTREMELY loudly.

I pulled away quickly as my face heated up from embarrassment. Shawn just smiles and held out his hand for me to hold. "Come on, Let's go eat."

I smiled sheepishly, and we began walking down the stairs, hand in hand.

We made it to the bottom step, and we walked in the kitchen.

Once we were in the kitchen, both Aunt Maddie, and Aaliyah's heads turned to us. Smirks appear on both of their faces.

"Hey, Love birds! How did you sleep?" Aaliyah asked with a smirk on her face.

Shawn glared at Aaliyah playfully and I blushed once again.

"Wow. Good morning to you too. I slept fantastically, though" Shawn replied.

"I know, I could see how your arms were wrapped so tightly around Hailee. That was honestly so cute!" Aaliyah teased.

I blushed even further, and so did Shawn.

Aunt Maddie decided to chime in the conversation. "Aw! Look at you two!! You guys look like tomatoes! You're both so red!"

"Ew. Tomatoes." Me and Shawn both murmured at the same time.

"Wait. You don't like tomatoes either?!" I asked, surprised.

"Uh. Everyone knows that." He said In a "duh" tone.

"Well damn, sorry." I said, putting my hands up in defense.

He chuckled at me, and I joined in as well.

Suddenly, we heard sighs come from the hallway.

"*sigh* Young love...." Aunt Maddie muttered from the kitchen door.

I rolled my eyes at her in an attempt to not blush.

"Anyways, Guys! Breakfast is nearly ready!" She suddenly exclaimed, scaring the life out of me.

We all walked lazily to the breakfast counter in her kitchen, with Shawn to my right, and Aaliyah to my left.

All of a sudden, I got really cold, so I excused myself quickly to grab a hoodie from my room, and my phone too.

I took the first hoodie I saw in my room without looking, and snatched my phone off my bedside table.

Then I jogged down the stairs, and back into the kitchen.

I returned to my previous seat, and I pulled the hoodie on. Then I noticed, that the hoodie was way too big, and it didn't smell like it was mine either. When I looked down, I realized that the hoodie I was wearing wasn't mine. I think it was Shawn's. It looked exactly like one of mine, though. It was a burgundy OBEY hoodie, and that was my favorite one.

Are you freaking kidding me? Great. Now he's gonna think I did this on purpose. I was in the middle of contemplating playing it off and put the hoodie back, when Shawn spoke up. "Hailee, is that my hoodie you're wearing?" He asked with a small smirk on his face.

"Uh. Yeah. I'm sorry. I wasn't looking when I took it. I have the same one. I'm sorry" I rambled, beginning to take the hoodie off.

"No. No. You're good. I don't mind. Plus, you look better than me in it." He grinned.

I blush and thanked him. "No problemo." He responded.

I could feel Aaliyah and Aunt Maddie staring again, so I just grabbed my phone from my pocket.

Once I turned it on, a bunch of texts appeared on my lock screen. Most of them coming from my dad.

He wanted me to Skype him. It's 9 am. He should be awake by now.

So I signed into Skype and I called him.

He picked up on the fourth ring.

"Hey Dad!! How are you?" I exclaimed.

"Hey kiddo! I'm doing well. How about you? How are you liking the cold?" He asked.

"Meh. It's not that bad. I'm really liking Canada so far. The neighbors are really nice. We had dinner last night, and they decided to sleep over. Wanna meet them? " I asked.

"Awesome! Sure! I'd love to meet them!"

I moved the phone camera to Aaliyah.

"Dad, this is Aaliyah." I acknowledged.

"Hi Aaliyah! Nice to meet you! Has Hailee been nice?" He asked.

I rolled my eyes at the question. Of course dad would say that.

"Yes! Of Course! She's super nice! Great to meet you too!" She responded.

Then I turned the camera to Shawn.

"And dad, this is Shawn." I continued.

"Hi Mr. Campbell!" Shawn waved. 

"Hi Shawn. How has my daughter been so far?" My dad questioned.

"She's pretty awesome, " He responded.

"Great!" My dad replied.

Next, I turned the camera to Aunt Maddie.

"Hey Big Bro!!" She piped.

"Hey Maddie! I heard from Hailee that your house is awesome! She texted me some pictures of it the other day. I can't wait to visit you guys for Thanksgiving and Christmas!"

"Same! I'll make sure to bake my special pumpkin pie!"

After a couple of minutes of talking to my dad, (and Aaliyah and My aunt telling my dad about me and Shawn) we started eating.

The breakfast was so good! I devoured all of my pancakes and bacon. I was so full. I couldn't even get off my seat. Okay well, I could, But I was just too lazy.

In the middle of me scarfing down my 3rd pancake, a text came in on my phone. I immediately checked it.

Once I checked who it was, I nearly dropped my phone on the floor.

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| EDITED | 04.24.16 | 2:31 P.M. |