Best Friends

Chapter 3

-beep beep beep-
My alarm goes off. 6:30am.
I roll over and check my phone.
Shawn: remember about today 😊
Me: how could I ever forget? 😑
Shawn: you know you love me😘
Me: see ya in an hour😼

I quickly get in the shower.
Then I blow dry every inch of my hair- ugh it takes so long.
What should I wear? I look through my closet.
White jeans, black converse, a black tank top and a red flannel un-buttoned.
I keep my hair down and straight.
I grab my backpack and walk downstairs.
I pull my phone out of my back pocket and text Shawn.
Me: I'm ready when u are🐒
Shawn: heading ur way👍🏻

I don't know why...but I'm nervous. To see Shawn? I think so. Lately I feel like we could be more that just friends. We'd be perfect- WAIT!!! WHAT AM I SAYING??
Let's just get this day over with.
I grab an apple and eat it while I wait for Shawn. When he says he's on his way, he means he's just getting up.

"Kyle? What are you doing?" I run over to him.
He's putting grapes into his tall glass of milk.
"Dump that out, right now." I have to look away because of how disgusting it is.
"Kyle? Really? This morning was supposed to be better." My step mom says.
Even though she's my step mom- I feel close enough to her that I just call her mom. Everyone else does too.

-honk-
"Gotta go! Love you. See you later." I grab my backpack off the kitchen counter and run out.
"Bye honey! Love you." She yells after me.

"Good Morning beautiful." Shawn says as I hop into the jeep.
"Tone it down a notch." I smirk.
"Okay, I'm just in a wonderful mood. You wanna know why?" He looks to me like he's looking for an answer.
"Go ahead." I smile.
"Okay, Bart called last night. I'm going back to Magcon." A huge grin appears on his face.
"Shawn! That's great." I fake a smile.
I hate when he leaves. It's so boring.
"When do you leave?" I ask.
"I think you mean, when do we leave?" He looks at me.
"What?? I'm going too?" I start bouncing up & down in my seat.
"Yep! But it's only for a month. So-"
"Only a month? That means no school for a month!" I start doing my happy dance.

Then I stop because we pull into school.
We park and I get out.
Shawn and I meet at the sidewalk.
He grabs my hand. Butterflies. I love them.
Then he intertwines our fingers.
"For the act remember?" He winks.
"Yup." I kinda wanted it to be real. But I can't say that to him!!

We walk inside to our lockers. His right across the hall from mine.
We separate and I go to my locker.
Geometry, check. Chemistry, check. English, shoot I left it at home.
I was getting my books together when I felt someone wrap their arms around my waist.
I turn my head and Shawn's face is about an inch away from mine.
Then he nestles his head into my shoulder.
I wonder how couples actually do this. I feel so awkward.
I get everything situated and then turn around facing Shawn.
"When do we leave for Magcon? I want to text my mom and talk to my teachers." I try to make conversation. Since we are doing this, things get a bit awkward.
"Well, today's Tuesday....so Friday. February 1st." He smiles.
"Okay, I'll talk to my mom about it tonight. Got to get to class. See you later." I start to walk away- when he grabs me by the waist and kisses my cheek. I feel my face get red and hot.
Oops. I just smile, pull away, and sprint to Chemistry.

I'm so awkward.

-later that night-

"Hey mom?" I yell down the stairs.
"Yes, sweetie?" She says kindly.
YES SHE'S IN A GOOD MOOD :)
"Can I talk to you?" I start walking down the stairs towards her.
"Yeah, what's up?" She looks away from her bible study and looks at me.
"Um, you know how Shawn has gotten famous?" I start off.
"Yes, he's gotten very popular." She agrees.
"Well, he's going on this trip called Magcon. It's where he sings and performs. And he meets fans. He said that since he's bigger now- he's allowed to bring a friend. He asked me to come. Is that okay?" I smile slightly.
"When is it?" She starts to get serious.
"Friday." I answer.
"How long does it last?" She starts to get a little impatient since I'm not giving her full answers.
"All of February." I answer.
She takes off her glasses and sets them down on the table. She is thinking about what she should do. She smiles at me.
"I guess so. You haven't been on a vacation in a long time. As long as you are on your best behavior and do your schoolwork on the road." She makes a deal with me.
"Deal! YESSS!!" I jump up and down.
"Now, go set the table for dinner." She puts her glasses back on.

I grab my phone and head into the kitchen.
I FaceTime Shawn.
"Hello!" He answers after two rings.
"Hey! I can go!" I practically scream.
"Really! Okay just come home with me on Friday and then we can leave at 4." He gives me all the info.
"Okay, I have to pack. Wait! Where are we going?" I ask.
"New York." He smiles and pretends to shiver.
"Okay, well I gotta get some sweaters from the basement." I laugh.
"Me too. Okay, got to go eat dinner. Byeeee" he hangs up.
IM SO EXCITED😊😊😊😊