"I guess you have to get back with your Sunshine group now, huh.." Taylor pouts at my direction. I frown and nod. "Yeah.."
As he gets up, he tells me, "You don't have to... Let's find a way so you can have fun with me instead!" He shouts as he ducks his head under, into the cart.
"Look, if you hide they might not notice you. Or maybe they'll want to look for you somewhere else!" Taylor suggests. I hide with him but seconds later I see Jack's mom tugging the gate open. "Come on Shawn, you can't cause trouble again."
I walk out, seeing Taylor cross his arms behind me. "Can I just hang out with you then?" Taylor asks. "Well, where's Grayur?" I look around.
"Who?" He furrows his eyebrows then seeming, his eyes light up. "Oh.. Nash. I actually don't know where. Oh well. We'll find our way again, hopefully.
I walk the trail Mrs. Johnson is taking until Taylor grabs my arm and shoves me into a shrub. "Taylor!" I yell at him. He puts his hands over my mouth as his body goes on top of mine. "Shh!"
I look around and see that Taylor is super close to face as I could almost kiss his cheek while he looks side to side.
I kind of like it, his cheeks are soft and different than girls and is it weird that I like him sitting on me like this? I feel weird.
He gets off of me and I kind of miss the warm feeling. His hands reach for mine as he pulls me up. "Sorry." He says and I nod. "Look, your partners are gone. Ready for some real fun!" He shouts waving his hand in the air.
"Oh.. " I see him frown. "You need a bandaid first." He points to my elbow which has a lot of blood and I could see the scrape tracks of dryness on my pail skin.
"Let's find someone to take care of you!" He walks into one of the gift shops and seeming he's slightly taller than the counter he asks. "Can I get a bandage for my friend?" I look at him in awe. "Shmanks miss!" He takes the bandaid and extra alcohol wipes and grabs my hand.
Taylor is leading me to a brick bench that has plants in the middle of it, a circled bench. "Here sit." He looks at me and slowly places the cold pad of bacteria disinfectant on my elbow. I squirm and squeal. "Suck it up baby."
I breath in and out as he starts to take the wipe off and opens the bandaid. "So hey, you called me friend. Do you mean it?" The bandaid is open and he puts it over my ache. "Yes. Of course."
"You're with me now. We will find our own way around this park and it's our adventure now. Got it?" He looks me straight in the eye and tugs me from my arm. "Understand, Shawnie?" I nod vigorously. "Good. Now come."
Taylor's hand is linking with mine as he walks ahead of me. "Want lunch before we go on some more rides?" I blink at him. I have stomach problems. "I might get sick on the rides."
"Duh silly. We get food, then watch one of the shows they have, by then our tummies will be okay!" I smile at his offer and allow him to take me wherever he wants.
Together, we stand in the center of the food court looking at the different signs. "P-Pete's Pizza, Sens-ational Sushi, Hamburger Valley, Fro-Yo To Go.." I read out, thinking of what to eat. "Which one Shawn?" Taylor asks. "Anywhere with French Fries."
Taylor starts walking toward the burger place and his eyes are adjacent to the counter. He has to lift his chin up a little to talk to the cashier. "French fries... A cheeseburger and a strawberry milkshake, two straws." I poke his back, "You have money?" Taylor takes out his wallet and exchanges his money for food.
I look for an empty seat and wait for him to come to me. I see him with the tray of food and his shoe laces are untied. I run over to him and grab the tray. He furrows his eyebrows, "What the heck Shawn! You're scaring me."
I point to his laces and he ties them. We walk and go to the seats I saved. I thought he would sit across me but he scoots closer and closer to me on the same bench.
"Two straw if you don't mind." He flutters his eyes at me and flicks a straw my direction. I look up and gaze at other people while putting the straw to my mouth.
"Ah!" I tell as we bump foreheads. I pull away and see that Taylor's thumb is on my lip. "You got some there." He wipes away. For the time being, we share French fries and he gives me half of his burger.
I like his company it's very comforting. I'm wondering if my group is worrying about me at all. I mean, I am fine right now with just Taylor!
"Still up for one of the shows. The time right now, they're hosting the ice skating skit. Go?" I agree with Taylor as we use the map Taylor had from earlier.
The entrance is welcoming with snow flakes plastered on the window. The breeze is cold and I see bright lights directing the rink.
Taylor's hand is once again intertwining with mine as he drags me to the front row. There are few people here considering we have ten or so more minutes until the show.
We sit together in one seat and pull up an arm rest just for a little more space but I'm still sitting next to him with his arms around me. "Are you always this, touchy?" I ask him. He giggles and takes his arm off me. "Fine. I won't be touchy."
"I never said you didn't have to me."
His arms go back over my shoulder as the lights get dim and spotlights are on the ice rink entrance. There are ice skating queens in tutus and men in tuxes. Nice props that play the role of bushes and trees.
Taylor whispers to me, "Which one do you want I be?" I look and point at the one wearing a purple dress. "She's pretty." He laughs. "I like the guy in the tie."
"I think they're a couple." I say.
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Never Let Me Go ☹ SHAYLOR as Kids
FanfictionYoung Shaylor, in which, two nine year old boys meet at an arcade during a field trip and explore the world together. Semi based on song "Never Let Me Go" Shawn x Taylor October 27 15 2:40 pm December 24; 15 12:15 pm