~Sheo~ Times Wasting

Ch. 10: In Motion

Shailene POV: 

We are at the Comic Con having an interview. Neil is sitting between Theo and I. 

"Theo, come here." I say.

"Why?" He asks. 

"Just come here. Turn around." 

"Why?" 

"Just do it." 

I put one hand in front of Neil and one hand behind him and attempt to put the tiara on Theo's head. 

"I feel like I'm not even here." Neil says laughing. 

"You guys are close." Veronica says. 

We laugh. 

"Alright. I'm done." I say and out my hands back in my lap.

Theo takes the crown off his head and looks at it and then puts it back on.

"This is weird and extremely painful." He says. 

"Being a king is easy. Being a queen is harder." Neil says and we laugh. 

"Okay. So what would you guys plant for trade?" The reporter asks us.

"I think it would be tobacco." I say. 

We begin laughing again. 

"The other guys pulls out a gun and you're like . Wait. I got some good tobacco. He smokes it and he likes, 'Oh shit. This is some good tobacco.'" Theo says and we start laughing again.

We calm down.

"What is your real world kryptonite?" The reporter asks us.

"Awkward sex." Theo says.

"What?" I ask him.

"What?" He replies and we start laughing.

"I told some people that I was gonna be in a new movie." Theo says.

"What's it called?" The reporter asks.

"It's actually a porno called the Frenchmen and the Maid."

"Do you play the maid?" Neil asks.

"It's about this guy who in love with this girl and then the Duke takes her away and you can imagine what happens....No I'm just kidding." Theo says. 

We start laughing again, then we start a photo shoot.

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I get a call. 

"Hello Ms. Woodley. Your father got in a car crash and he died. We're sorry for you loss." The person on the other line says. 

"No. Please tell me this is a joke. Please." 

"I'm sorry, Ms. Woodley." 

I hang up the phone. 

This can't be happening. 

I start crying. I cry for hours upon hours. 

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Theo POV:

I hear crying from Shailene's room. I get up and walk over to her room. I knock. No answer. I open the door and find Shailene bawling. I close the door. 

"Shailene, what's wrong?" I ask her.

"My d-dad is d-dead." She chokes out and begins bawling. 

I rush to the couch, pull her into my lap, and let her cry on my chest while I stroke her head. 

After about an hour, I whisper, "I think I should go." 

"No please. Theo stay here with me." She says. 

I kiss her forehead. 

"Of course."