Always💜 (S.M)

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I begin to pull off Shawns sweatshirt but he places a hand on my arms telling me to stop.

"Keep it."

I'm glad he said that. It smelled like him. It smelled like comfort. It overall smelled like safety and like my home.

My tears are dried and the happiness of knowing my birth mother is sentenced to life in jail has kicked in.

I look up at Shawn and smile.

[Shawn POV]

She looked up me and smiled, her big blue eyes gleaming through her glasses. She was finally happy.

I feel her jump onto me and wrap her legs around my waist and her arms around my neck. I almost fall back not from her weight, but the surprise. I wrap my arms around her back and bury my face in her shoulder.

I'll miss my best friend. We stand there for a minute when my mom and 12 year old sister Aaliyah walk up.

"Hon, we gotta-" my mom begins. But, when she looks up from her phone to me and this unfamiliar girl embracing with such compassion she stops in her tracks. Bella opens her eyes to meet my moms gaze and I feel one of her hands lift from my neck to wave to them. She puts her legs on the floor but I lift her off her feet and spin her around once.

I turn to my mom.

"Mom, this is Bella. I met her here. Shes...my best friend." I feel my cheeks heating up because I feel under pressure for some reason.

"Shawny has a girlfriend, Shawny has a girl friendddddd!!!" Aaliyah sings annoyingly and I roll my eyes.

"Shut uppppp Aaliyah" I groan and my mom shoots me a look.

Bella bends down to Aaliyah, not have to go down to far. Aaliyah was pretty tall for her age and Bella was petite af.

"Hi there Aaliyah, it's nice to meet you." She smiles and sticks her hand out to shake and my sister accepts. She smiles shyly before walking away from Bella and whispering in my ear.

"I like her," she whispers.

"Yeah, me too." I mumble and Aaliyah clamps her hand over her mouth.

Shit. It just slipped.

I bring my finger to my lips and she nods before winking with a smirk on her face. 12 year olds, I sigh.

I see Bella greet my mom and they chatter a bit before my mom once again reminds me that it's a long way back down to Pickering, Ontario.

I puff my bottom lip out at Bella before she sticks her fingers at the corner of my mouth and forces a smile.

I embrace her once again, leaving her on the ground this time.

[Bellas POV]

I stand on my tiptoes to engulf Shawn in a hug once more and kiss his cheek.

"I love you bestfriend," I whisper before slipping out of his grip and walking to the car with my mom, not looking back to what I was leaving behind although I could feel his stare on my back.

When I'm opening the door I stop.

I never got his number.

I ran frantically but was relieved when I came to Aaliyah skipping out from the bathroom.

"Bella?" She calls.