don't be a fool [s.m]

chapter 29

amanda

my eyes flickered open, the bright sun's blaze nearly blinding me. i squint, trying to take less light in and at a slower pace.

i blink a few times, then realize shawn's beside me. i also realize it's the weekend, and i nearly scream.

"shawn," i agitate, tickling his nose, "shawn, wake up."

he breathes out through his nose, smiling before his eyes are even able to see me.

i lean in for a kiss, but i'm interrupted by the sound of my phone going off. i groan, picking it up and sliding to the right, answering it.

"a-amanda, g-get over here!" charli's voice is faint, but still recognizable.

"char, what's wrong?" i cover my other ear, trying to hear more clearly.

"amanda just get over here," she demands again, and i sigh, hanging up. she sounded panicked, so shawn and i rush out to the car quickly and start it up, driving to her place.

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i open her door quickly and she's on the couch in front of us, her head in her hands.

"char, what's wrong?" i ask her, sitting on her side. shawn sits beside me, looking over to her.

"i need to show you something," she says and gives me the 'shawn can't come' look. i nod, telling shawn to stay there for a few. she leads me to the bathroom and a thought burns in the pit of my stomach.

"l-look," she shakes, showing me a positive pregnancy test. the thought was confirmed.

"oh my god," i gasp, staring at the two prominent lines.

we don't speak for a few moments, and then i decide it's best to ask, "it's brian's right?"

"y-yeah, but how d-do i tell him?! he's going to be pissed," tears roll down her soft tan cheeks, and she sniffles a bit.

"shawn and i can help you tell him, it won't be as hard. does that sound good?" i ask her and she thinks about it for a second, before nodding and giving me a gentle squeeze. i could, in fact, feel a slight bump in her stomach as we came in contact with each other. this is going to be so hard for her.

we walk back outside and i pull shawn into a different room.

"what's going on?!" he asks, clueless as to why charli was still crying.

"s-she's pregnant and it belongs to brian. she needs help telling him," i explain and his eyes widen.

"wait, she's pregnant? oh my god," the words were shocking for even him to hear.

"yeah.." i confirm, "do you want to help me tell brian?" i ask him and he nods.

"yeah, yeah, of course," he nods and i smile, kissing him on the cheek.

"thank you," i mouth and he nods, a small grin plastered on his face.

"my best friend is gonna be dad, i'm gonna be a uncle!" shawn busts into fits of happiness. i nearly tear up at how excited he looks. it wasn't exactly truthful by blood, but shawn, brian, charli and myself were all very close. probably closer than a family by blood. it's just how we were, we all knew what to say to each other, and how to deal with one another.

we walk back out to charli, the thought slowly sinking in. i'm going to be an aunt, charli's going to be a mom. the feeling indeed make a sort of love bubble up inside of me, this probably won't be as bad as we think.

"he's here," she says, and i can see the fear begin to rise in her deep brown whirlpools again.

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a/n this is just a filler to get the next set / plot moving. sorry it's bad.

xx, char