A Little Too Much

Chapter 1

We are born in one day. We die in one day. We can change in one day. And we can fall in love in one day. Anything can happen in just one day.

I have always hated the idea of moving to a new school, then again here I am at El Campo high school. As soon as I park my black, Camaro into the parking lot I see a couple students look my way.. I get out of the car and receive a few whistles as I make my way towards the front door of the school. Thank goodness this school has no dress code, I never liked wearing uniforms.. because I was never able to express myself.. now I can! "Jennifer...is that you?" I hear a familiar voice call out.

As I turn around.. I can not believe my eyes! "Shawn?!" I scream louder than expected and receive a few glances from people in the hallway. "It's been so long, how are you?" He says with a smile. "I'm great, and I know it's been 4 months since I last saw you..." I say as I trail off and remember what happened a couple of months ago...

I hear the door bell ring as I curl the ends of my hair. "Give me a sec" I say as I rush towards the door. I open the door and see Shawn, he was wearing a black suit with a white button up shirt and some slacks. I on the other hand, am wearing a violet dress, that shows part off my back, with black heels. Shawn stares at me for a couple of seconds before saying "Hey..wow you look amazing " Shawn says with flushed cheeks. "You don't look so bad yourself Shawn" I say with a laugh. "How come you're so early, you told me you'd pick me up at 7 and it's 6pm" I say in confusion. "I wanted to talk to your dad about something.." he says in a serious tone. "Oh, okay..he's in the kitchen you can go right ahead" I say as he enters my house. "I'll be in my room if you need me" I say before leaving the kitchen. As I enter into my room I begin to apply a minimal amount of makeup as well as concealer to cover up the bags under my eyes. I look towards my left and see Shawn standing by my room door "I never really understood the concept of why girls decide to wear makeup practically everyday.." I cut him off by saying "to enhance there beauty, why else?" I say with a small smile. "You're perfect to me" he whispers. "Awe, thanks Shawn" I say as I apply my lipstick. "All done, should we go now?" I ask Shawn "let's wait a while I also have to talk to your mom as well" he says. "Sure, she's in the living room watching tv" I say as I spray a small amount of perfume on. I begin to listen to music and go over my hair with the curling iron. I grab my phone from my bed and click the 'playlist' app. As soon as press play, 'Happy, by Pharrell Willams' begins to play and I mouth the lyrics and dance as if no one was watching. "You're not so bad at dancing" he says with a laugh. "You scared me!" I say as I look towards him.. there's something about his smile that drives me wild. "what?" He says with a grin. "I was just... what time is it?" I ask. "6:30pm" he says while staring at his watch. "Do you want to go now?" I ask. "Sure, the party starts at 7 and we have plenty of time to get there." "Alright" I say as we both head out of my room and walk towards the front door. "Bye mom, dad I'm going to a party with Shawn, I won't be out long" I assure them. I give them both a hug and kiss on the cheek. "Be back by 11 sweetie" my mom says with a smile. "Take care of her for me, I know she's in good hands when she's with you, I trust you" my father tells Shawn. My dad leans in and gives Shawn a bear hug, and my mother joins in. "Have fun" my mom says, "but no too much fun" my dad says. And we all laugh at his remark. " I hope you and dad have a great time, since it's your anniversary" I say "thanks sweetie" they both say with a smile and hug me one last time before I head out the door. "It's your parents anniversary?" Shawn says. "Yes, well it's there 17th anniversary be exact" I say. "they both look really young" he says in astonishment. "I know, it's because they are young, my mom is 34 and my dad is 36" I say. "Wow that's nice, my parents are in there 40's already." He says. "They're pretty young as well" I say as Shawn opens the car door."thank you" I say. "Don't mention it" he says as he makes his way towards the drivers seat. "What did you ask my parents?" I say as I step into the car. "I asked them for permission...you'll see what I'm talking about when we get to the party" he says as he pulls out of the parking lot. He puts in a CD and raises the volume up." I like this song" I say as I begin to sing along. "Me too" he says and sings along with me ...