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I sighed as I flopped on Shawn's bed with my laptop still in my hand. It's stressful since I missed out so much school periods. "Malia! Alyssa is here!" Shawn yelled from downstairs. I checked the time it was only 2, an hour till I have to get Aaliyah. I walked downstairs leaving my laptop on. "Hey" She smiled waving. Gosh she was pretty, her bright blue eyes are really noticeable, she's in perfect shape, her light brown wavy hair a bit below her shoulders. "Hi" I waved back at her. "Malia this is Alyssa, Alyssa this is Malia" Shawn said wrapping his arms around her shoulders. She lightly bit her lip as she tucked her baby hairs behind her ear.

Shawn made her sit on the couch as he say next to her, still having his arm tightly wrapped around her. I smiled as I sat on the seat on front of them. "She's into chemistry, she's a smart one" Shawn laughed making Alyssa blush. "That's cool, I do biolog-" I said getting cut off. "Yeah I already know" Alyssa smiled fakely. I nod feeling awkward. I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket, I quickly took it out and saw a tweet from Ethan. Since when did I have his notification on. I shrugged and went on the tweet, yes this is my private account that no one follows but Hayes with his fake account.

I read the tweet and read it. "Feeling empty" I raised my eyebrow at the tweet. Since I'm Malia and I'm me, I liked the tweet and re-tweeted it. I looked at Shawn and Alyssa seeing them on the couch in some sort of cuddling position. Shawn's arms wrapped around her waist, Alyssa sitting on his lap as her arms wrapped around his neck. They were giggling and smiling, their noses were touching as well. I felt my eyes water but I bit my lip, I think I should do something about it but all I did was sit and stare. I looked back down on my phone trying to distract myself, this isn't a form of cheating right?

"Malia stop being so antisocial, get off your phone" Shawn said. I put my phone down and looked at them. After Shawn said that Alyssa went straight back to grabbing his attention. I sighed and went back on my phone, what's the point of being social if there's no one to talk to. Was everything before Alyssa came fake? It's like Shawn wasn't even Shawn anymore.

My phone vibrated again, I got a direct message from Ethan.

[ Ethan ] : Malia Belle, Hayes' cousin?

[ Malia ] : Yep

[ Ethan ] : Oh I never knew you had twitter

[ Malia ] : Well now you do :)

[ Ethan ] : It's weird to ask, but can I have your number?

[ Malia ] : Sure it's **** *** ***

[ Ethan ] : Thanks :))

It was so awkward but I was glad I'm talking to someone instead of watching them two. My eyes started to water again, how hard is it to stand up and talk to Shawn. I wiped my tears quickly checking the time. 3:45, Aaliyah. I got up from my seat. "Shawn are you coming to pick Aaliyah up?" I asked. He ignored me as he tickled Alyssa, Alyssa giggled and straddled his lap. I swallowed hard as I watched, inside my brain was a war between telling her to stop or just watching. She placed a kiss on Shawn's lip. A lump instantly formed at my throat, tears swelled in my eyes as I rushed out the door. I slammed it shut and walked to Aaliyah's school. I didn't even bother using the car.

My phone vibrated, I looked at the caller and it was unknown. I shrugged and wiped my tears before answering it. "Hello?" I croaked out, I coughed a few times. "Malia?" I heard Ethan's voice. My eyes widen. "Ethan?" I asked. "Are you okay?" He asked. "What? Yeah I'm fine" I sighed as I reached the school. I waited at the back gate of the school waiting for Aaliyah.