Paper Airplane [s.m]

Twenty-Six

"What are you doing here?" I ask, a little out of breath.

"I came to see you." Shawn smiles.

"Why?" I ask him.

"Because you were driving me crazy. I couldn't look at anything without thinking about you." He admits. It makes me smile that I was bothering him as much as he was bothering me.

"Why didn't you text or call?" I ask suddenly. He looks down and frowns.

"I don't know." He whispers. I can tell he knows exactly why, he just doesn't want to tell me. He was probably afraid. It's not everyday that someone confesses their love for you.

"Well come on in." I move out of the way to let him into the apartment. He smiles and walks past me, into the living room. I don't know what to say or do, so I close the door and just stand there.

"Um can we go to my room? I feel awkward with the possibility of anyone just walking in here." I say and look around. He nods with a smile, like he knows exactly how I feel.

We walk to the end of the hall with his hand rested on my lower back. Even though we were just kissing, his touch still makes my stomach erupt into butterflies. We enter my room and he plops onto the bed.

"It's cold in here." He laughs, rubbing his arms.

"You can grab a hoodie from the bottom drawer, I think my dad gave me some." I shrug and sit on the bed while he rummages through my hoodies and sweaters.

"Roni..?" He asks pulling out my sketch book. My whole face goes red when I see the page it's opened to. It's my drawing of Shawn.

"Oh don't look at that." I say and cover my face so I don't have to look at his reaction.

"When did you draw this?" He asks.

"A few months ago I guess." I shrug with my face still in my hands. He grabs my wrists and pulls my hands away. I frown at his smiling face.

"It's amazing." He says and looks at me for a second. He's thinking. Finally he leans forward and gives me a soft peck to my lips. I want to kiss him more but my Aunt and Daisy are home so I'll do it another time.

"I don't know why I did it." I shake my head. I know exactly why I did it. I was in love with him. I still am.

He smiles and hugs me. His hug pulls us both back on the bed and soon we are laying in each other's arms. It's so weird how we are being so coupley. He just admitted his feelings like 10 minutes ago.

"Can I spend the night tonight? I don't have a hotel yet." He whispers into my hair.

"Why wouldn't you get a hotel?" I ask.

"Because I wasn't planning on coming here. It was a last minute decision." He tells me.

"You can spend the night, but I have school tomorrow." I tell him. He nods against my shoulder. Soon I hear his soft snores. I smile and fall asleep with him.

I wake up with his arms draped around me loosely. I climb out of bed and grab a pile of clothes. I get changed in the bathroom across the hall. When I re-enter my room, Shawn is sitting up and rubbing his eyes. He looks at me and smiles.

"Can I walk you to school?" He asks. I shrug and brush out my hair.

When I'm ready, me an Shawn leave the apartment without seeing my Aunt. She would freak out if she knew a boy slept in my room last night.

Half way to school, Shawn's hand finds mine. We walk hand in hand to the school. We occasionally bump shoulders and then laugh.

When we finally arrive to the front of the school, I see my friends leaning against the brick wall talking. Thalia sees me walking towards them and then she sees Shawn. She looks down at our hands and gasps, punching everybody around her. I stop Shawn before we get any closer.

"They will attack you." I laugh. He chuckles and leans down to kiss me. I get up on the tips of my toes and kiss him lightly. I hear squealing and know it's Thalia. We say our goodbyes and I approach the group.

"Oh my god!" Thalia exclaims and hugs me tightly. I smile and blush a bit. Alex winks at me and Jade is just standing there smiling. I didn't know that it would be such a big deal.

In first period, Thalia and Reggie bombard me with questions.

"How did this happen?" Thalia asks.

"No- when did this happen?" She corrects.

"Wait, why didn't you tell us?" Reggie jumps in.

"It happened last night." I roll my eyes. Thalia smiles wide and turns to the board. She starts to write but then stops and turns to me.

"What did he say?" She asks.

"He said he loved me." I shrug. She squeals again and smiles.

"Is there a problem Mrs. Evans?" The teacher raises his eyebrows at Thalia. Her face flushes and the smile drops from her face.

"No." she mumbles. The teacher shakes his head and starts to write more on the chalk board. We have an interactive smart board in every class but he likes to write on the chalk board. 'It's more old fashioned and it helps you learn' he would say.

"So are you and Shawn dating?" Reggie asks and leans back to look at me.

"No." I answer, but then start to think about my answer. Shawn never specified if we were dating or not but we're acting like a couple.

Lunch was just as invasive. Everybody asking me questions. I felt like eating in the cafeteria like I did that one time. I just ignored them after a while and they found a new subject to talk about.