april's pov
i slide the phone back in my pocket as i round the corner. i don't understand why but my heart is practically beating out of my chest. i mean, i can't be nervous can i? it's just shawn.
i look down the street and i'm able to spot the sign that bodly says "render coffee", my breath hitches. i continue to head down the street, the closer i get the more that feeling in my stomach grows. i am nervous.
i open the door and spot the only customer in the cafe at the bar. shawn. my eyes land on the back of his head. i swear my heart can't beat any faster. i begin walking up to him, my hands shaky.
"shawn?" i say to his back. he turns around and i swear i stopped breathing. my name comes from his mouth before he envelopes me in a hug. "hello!" i say wrapping my arms around him. he's warm.
we release from the hug and i take in his appearance. he's wearing the grey hogwarts shirt that he sent me a picture of before, i can't remember why though, and a pair of black skinny jeans. his hair... well it's basically a mess of curls and he towers over me by about eight inches.
"wow. it's great to see you in person! you look gorgeous." he exclaims before enveloping me in another hug. thank god he did that or he would've seen the slight tint of red on my cheeks. i mumble a thanks into his chest considering the height difference.
"you're fucking tall." i say as we release from the hug. he laughs, showing his perfect teeth.
"should we order coffee?" he asks as we sit down at the bar. man. this is so weird. it's weird in a good way not a bad way. like i've only talked with shawn over the phone. this is wild.
"we should save our apetite, we're going for breakfast with erin and griffin remember?" i say. i can't stop staring at him. he's just so... attractive.
"so one coffee and we'll share. sounds good." he says as i laugh, shaking my head. "oh, april?"
"mhm?"
"you know it's not nice to stare." he says causing my face to heat up. i immediately look away. he shakes his head and chuckles before ordering a coffee.
"how much was the ticket?" i ask, digging into my bag and finding my purse. he shakes his head. "shawn... i need to pay you back." he shakes his head once more.
"just use the money for food when we get in." he says causing me to shake my head again. our coffee gets here and we're getting ready to leave when he says something. "excuse me, could i get an extra straw?" aw, how thoughtful. the worker hands shawn a straw and i smile at him, like a thanks.
as we're walking out of the cafe, his hand sneakily intertwines with mine causing me to smile. "i parked my car a bit far. i'm not sure why." he says before starting to skip down the street. i skip along with him, not wanting our intertwined hands to separate.
when we reach his car, hand in hand, he opens the door for me. "what a gentlemen." i say, causing him to laugh.
"only for you, m'lady." he says as i enter the car. he soon joins me and turns the engine on. "the breakfast place isn't that far, i told erin to meet us there with griffin at 7:45," he says before turning the radio on. i nod and we soon fell into a silence, taking turns sipping from the coffee. it wasn't like a weird silence. it was like a comfortable silence, you know?
we soon arrive and shawn parks the car. "wait here." he says before getting out of the car and running around the front of the car. i smile realizing what he's doing. he opens my door before sticking his hand out to me.
"thanks." i say before placing my hand in his. together, fingers intertwined we head into the building with the sign "thorntons restaurant and cafe" overhead.
we walk in and immediately spot erin and griffin sitting in a booth. she notices us and waves us over, eyeing our hands that are still intertwined. i smile. we walk over and both griffin and erin slide out of their side of the booth.
"you look really pretty." griffin whispers when he hugs me. i look over at erin and see her hugging shawn.
"thank you." i blush and release from the hug. i walk over to erin and give her a hug.
"you and shawn?" she whispers as i see shawn and griffin 'bro hug'. we pull away and i shake my head. we all get settled down, shawn sitting next to me and griffin and erin across from us.
"so you're single april?" griffin asks causing erin to send him a glare.
"yeah. but i'm not looking for a relationship." i say. griffin nods as i feel one of shawn's fingers on my hand, almost asking permission to hold hands. i lightly tug on his finger, keeping my eyes on the menu. he intertwines our fingers under the table, a smile automatically making an appearance on my face.
i look up and immediately see erin eyeing me. i smile even wider, showing that everything's okay. she nods. the waiter comes over and everyone orders. we all make small conversation waiting for our food to come, everyone taking turns explaining how excited they are for sixflags.
i feel a foot touching mine and assume its erin, looking over at erin i realize she's talking to shawn. i look over at griffin and see him staring straight at me, a smirk plastered on his face. i move my foot away, accidentally kicking shawn.
"sorry." i mumble to shawn, glaring at griffin. smirk still plastered on his face, he raises his eyebrow. i shake my head. the other times griffin and i hung out, with erin of course, he wasn't like this. i mean, he showed that he liked me, but i'm guessing since i had a boyfriend he backed off. i think shawn realized my distress-ness because his thumb begins rubbing at the back of my hand. the feeling of comfort immediately washes over my body.
our food arrives causing shawn to retract his hand from mine. everyone begins eating, there's some small talk every so often. once we've finished eating, we split the bill and pay. as soon as we get out of the booth, my hand finds its way back to shawns. with erin and griffin behind us, we exit the restaurant. i can practically feel griffins glare through the back of my head.
i retract my hand from shawns as i walk up to erin. i give her a hug and tell her to drive safely. i walk over to shawns jeep, trying to avoid griffin while shawn gives erin a hug, only waving at griffin and saying "see you later."
shawn unlocks the doors to the car and of course, he has to open my door. "shawn, you know, girls know how to open doors?" trying to get him back for the comment he made about my staring.
"i know, but i like to be nice." he says with no hesitation. so much for me getting back at him. "here we go, two hours til we get to six flags." he says placing his phone on the phone mount, turning the radio on.
"i'm gonna take a nap, didn't get much sleep last night." i say. i see shawn nod his head and i lean the chair back. i close my eyes, feeling myself slowly drift off. but before i fully drift off, i feel shawn put his hand over mine. with the thought of shawn's hand over mine, i fall asleep.
(a/n hey guys! i am beyond excited for this book and i hope you guys are too! i'm writing this a few weeks in advance so that once school starts i'll still be able to update. anyway, i hope y'all enjoyed this chapter, many more to come :))
