It was Christmas Eve. I woke up to the smell of my mom's famous pancakes. I had everything planned for Shawn and I today. I decided to keep it a surprise, because I knew this was his favourite thing to do during the holidays. I put on a grey hoodie with my striped pyjama pants, brushed my teeth, and walked downstairs to my family.
"Good morning sunshine!" My mom sang, as she placed the plate of pancakes on the table, her white nightgown flowing as she twirled. I smiled at her childhood nickname for me, when my phone started ringing. It was Lauren. I gave her my number so we can talk about the project. I swiped to answer.
"Hey Lauren." I said right away. "Hey Amara! Merry Christmas!" She said, innocently. She was far from innocent. "You too!" I said. "So I was thinking for our project we could maybe do a skit? Using maybe a guy from another pair in it, to make it more logical you know?" I could hear her smirk in her voice. "Sure!" I said, trying to speed up the conversation a little. "Okay, well I'll see you after the break!" "Ok! Bye Lauren." I finally said, hanging up. I went back to the kitchen. We ate our breakfast and I went upstairs to get ready for the day.
I put on dark wash skinny jeans and a red knit sweater with snowflakes on it. I was really in the Christmas spirit. After brushing out my hair, brushing some mascara onto my lashes, and putting on my promise ring, I ran out of my bathroom. I was in a rush. Shawn texted me at around 9:30 to tell me he was going to be here at 10:15 to pick me up and it was now exactly 10:15. I grabbed my phone, purse, slipped on my white converse and headed out the door. He was in the driveway. I didn't see him at first, I was locking up the house. So he came up behind me and yelled in my ear.
"SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN!" He sang, loud enough for the whole neighbourhood to hear. I jumped up and almost fell down the porch stairs. "Shawn what the hell?! You scared me!" I blushed. "Yeah Amara, that's kinda the point." He giggled, wrapping his arms around my waist from the back and cuddling his head into the crook of my neck. He kissed my cheek. "Should we go?" He asked. "Of course." I smiled and took his hand. We walked down the driveway and got into the jeep. I took the drivers seat.
"Babe what are you doing? You know I always drive, why don't you just relax in the front seat, eh?" He laughed. "I know you're Canadian, but you say 'eh' way too much Shawn." I giggled. "I know, but can I drive?" He came up to my face, making puppy dog eyes and frowned. "No! We're going somewhere, and it's a surprise for you. So, I have to drive." I winked at him before he walked around the car and slumped his muscular body into the front seat. "Fineeeeee" he sat up, taking my hand in his and kissing it. "I love you." I mumbled. "I love you more." He said, and we drove out of the driveway.
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We finally stopped at our destination. It was a cute little cookie decorating place. We walked inside hand in hand, and greeted by a huge Christmas tree standing in the middle of the seating area. Shawn looked around.
"Amara! This is amazing thank you so much for bringing me here." He kissed my cheek. "No problem baby. I have a reservation though so let's go." I added. We walked over to the front desk and a tall lady with short blonde hair and green eyes looked up at us. "Merry Christmas! How may I help you?" She said, sweetly. "Merry Christmas!" Shawn said excitedly. I giggled and took over. "We have a reservation." I smiled. "Perfect! What name is it under?" "Shawn." I answered. Shawn looked at me with wide eyes and an open mouth. I kissed him on the cheek and we were lead into the studio. Thee were cookies everywhere. And I mean everywhere. There were piles of gingerbread cookies in one corner, sugar cookies in the next, and chocolate chip on the tables. Shawn looked so happy.
(a/n: you would think Amara would take him to decorate muffins and crap but idk how can you like decorate a muffin 😂)
"Okay now Mr and Mrs Mendes," Shawn smirked at me and I shook my head and blushed. "You guys were signed up for the 12 pack Christmas cookies, so I'll give you a box and you can get started." A different lady came in with her clipboard, reading out the instructions. We each got a cookie and started decorating. Shawn picked a Christmas tree sugar cookie and I picked a gingerbread man. I was about half way through piping some red icing as buttons onto the middle of my cookie when I felt something on my nose. I looked up and Shawn was there, frosting on his finger, looking guilty as ever. I pulled out my phone and looked in the front camera to see a blob of white frosting covering my nose. I looked back at him, slowly. He started giggling, and I went back to doing my cookie. Silently.
A few minutes later, I was about to put my cookie on the tray, but he stopped me. The second I turned around he was there, already smudging frosting all over my face. I stood there in awe. After processing what he did, I grabbed one of the big tubs of pink frosting and chased him around the room. I put some on my finger, wiping it all over his nose.
I thought it was over and I got him back, but he wanted to keep going. He took green frosting on his hands and came over to hug me. He grabbed me by my waist after wrapping his arms around my shoulders, that were now covered with icing. "Shawn!" I tried to escape from his grip. But he just held me back, tracing red frosting on my arms in the shape of hearts. I yelled at him to let me go, laughing the whole way through. We were just this mess in the studio, thank god we were the only ones on there. He hugged me tight, and just when I thought it was over, he picked me up and splattered frosting all over my clothes. "This is what you get for not letting me drive!" He giggled. After putting me down, he kissed my cheek and started to tickle me. Management burst into the studio.
"What's going on in here?!" The tall blonde girl said, as she walked into the room. There was frosting all over the floor, chairs knocked over and the cookies a mess. "What happened?!" Her assistant yelled. "W-We were just having fun, sorry it got too out of hand." I muttered as Shawn swung his arm around me. "It's okay darling, don't worry. I thought something serious happened!" She giggled. "You guys are too cute. Carry on!" She said as she left us in the studio. We looked at each other. "Babe," Shawn said, walking closer to me. "I'm sorry I had to cover you with frosting, but I'm also glad you brought me here. I love it." He slipped his hand around my waist again and looked around the room. "I'm glad you do." I smiled. "Well we still have an hour in here, so let's decorate some cookies!" I said. Shawn grabbed some more as I blasted Christmas music.
After we were done, we packed up the cookies and walked out of the studio. "Thank you so much!" We said to them after we payed. Walking out the door, Shawn held my hand, and I held his. It didn't really matter... I mean, we were both covered in frosting, right?
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Hey cuties ❤️ So this chapter took longer than usual to write, I was lost for ideas first. Hope you liked it tho :) I'm not gonna be posting as much until Christmas, since this is the one (during the day) of Christmas Eve, so there will probably be three or four more before the New Years story. I'm kinda trying to work with the present time schedule, so I'll have a Christmas Day story ready on Christmas Day, so all I have to do is publish it 👍 same with New Years, I'll have a New Years story ready for December 31st, and will publish it that night, a few hours before 2017.
Ilyyyyyy - maya ✨
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Fanfictionethereal ~ extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world. this book is about the ways people fall in love, when all of a sudden someone else's happiness is more important than your own. When they're all you think about...
