FIRST OF ALL I'VE GOT A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO GIVE TO -shawnii FOR MAKING THIS AMAZING NEW COVER!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CHECK HER OUT & BE HER FRIEND BC SHE IS FREAKING AMAZING!! TYSM❤️
// margot kate franklin //
@margotkatefranklin: "maybe it's true that I can't live without you, & maybe two is better than one." -Two Is Better Than One, Boys Like Girls
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"Well, my mother is now engaged, my sister is leaving for New York in a week, my dad is working non-stop, you and I have a flight to catch at 5 AM, and I still have this freaking cast on my wrist."
Shawn smiled at me and laughed a little. "Take a breath, Margot. It's all going to be fine."
I took a deep breath. "I really hope it is." I shook my head, trying to wrap my head around everything. "My mother is getting married. What the hell?"
"I thought you wanted her to get married to that Bennett guy or whatever," he said, leaning against the kitchen countertop.
I sighed. "I did. I still do, and I'm glad they are. It just doesn't change the fact that it's a little strange."
He shrugged. "I thought girls loved weddings. Shouldn't you be like, I don't know, excited maybe?"
"I do love weddings. And believe me, if I have anything to do with it, this wedding is going to be amazing. But I don't know..." I trailed off, looking at the cast on by wrist. "I guess I always held onto this childish hope that my parents would get back together. Maybe we could just be a normal family again, ya know?"
I shook my head and smiled. "I knew it was never going to happen. My dad's a workaholic and my mom resented him for that, and they just didn't love each other anymore. And it's fine, because they both love me and they come together when they need to. But it would just be nice. In some kind of dream world that would be what it would be like. If she gets married to Bennett, it's like that whole idea is crushed."
"What are you two talking about?"
Aaliyah walked into the kitchen, looking at us curiously.
"Aaliyah, it's kind of —"
"My mom is getting married," I told her, cutting Shawn off and then looking at him. She looked confused for a moment, but then she smiled.
"So there's going to be a big wedding? And you'll get to wear a pretty dress? And you'll sing a song for them? That's so cool," she said, and I smiled.
"Yeah, I guess so. And cake," I replied with a shrug, and she laughed.
"Obviously cake," she said, grinning.
"I told you girls liked weddings," Shawn told us.
"Everyone likes weddings," I corrected him. "Love is beautiful, and people like beautiful things."
"Must be why people like you," he replied with a smile, and I chuckled as he wrapped his arms around me, kissing my forehead.
"I'm out of here for this," Aaliyah said, and we both laughed as she walked out of the room.
"She likes you a lot," he told me, and I nodded.
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the fall • s.m.
Fanfiction"Falling for you is dangerous. I can't control my own emotions, my own movements when I'm with you. If I fall in love, you know what will happen next between us. The fall," I said. There was silence between us for a few moments, and my heart pounded...
