Together - Grubble (COMPLETED)

*6* Parker Coppins

Monday, 1:27 pm
SHELBY/SHUBBLE'S POV
The next day, I had got dressed and was starting to eat the waffles I had just made, when there was a knock on the door.
"Hello?" I called, walking towards it.
"Heyo!" said a familiar voice, and I opened the door to see Parker grinning at me.
"Parkerrrrrrrrrr!" I squealed, and rushed to give him a hug. Whenever I see him, something inside my stomach jumps, and I feel really happy.

"Aren't you going to invite your best friend in?" He muttered, a sneaky look on his face.
"Oh, shut up." I laughed and pulled him inside.
I wondered if he missed me. I sure missed him, too much.
"How was your vacation?" He asked me. "Who was there? What happened?"
I sighed. Should I tell him about the 'incident'? No. It's not his business. "Well." I said, "Bee, Andrew, Will, Liam, and, Za-Graser."
He frowned at the last name. "Oh. Sure."
"Parker, what's wrong?"
"Ah, nothing! Just your funny old Parksey having mood swings." He laughed.
Smiling, I said, "what do you wanna do, then?"
"Eat waffles!" He said, and grabbed a waffle off my plate and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Hey!" I protested. "That was my breakfast!"
"Well how about I treat you to a coffee and lunch at Sophie's?" He smiled, and my heart leaped. "After all, it is lunch time."
"It'd be like a date." I smiled. SHELBY, WHAT DID YOU SAY! "Uh, a friend date, that is."
His smile faltered. "Um, I'd be fine with it being, a, um, real, date." He went bright pink, and looked at the floor.
"Okay, I would love that!" I grinned. Did I like him? Like, have a crush on him? Oh no Shelby. Are you gonna end up going out with your best friend?
Well, it is a first date.
I want it to carry on forever though.
"Oh, shut up, me." I said aloud.
"What?" Parker asked, confused.
"Oh just me being silly. So what about that date then?"
"I'm up for it, if you are." He looked at me seriously. I grabbed his hand and dragged him out of the door.

Sophie's is Parker and I's favourite café. It's run by a girl about my age called Sharon. She was a teen mom, and has a daughter called Sophie that she named her café after. She makes the best food ever, and the most amazing milkshakes. The café is a few streets away from my apartment, but a walking distance.
"Sharon?" I called as I walked into the building.
"Sheeeelbyyy!" squealed a voice, and I saw five year old Sophie running towards me. "I missed you!"
I picked her up and twirled her around. "I missed you too! How are you doing? Where's mommy?"
"In the kitchen. Café's veeeeeery busy today!" She giggled, and I set her down. "Hiya Parker!" She gave him a hug and ran away.
"Hey, you want a table?" A waitress asked us.
"Sure," Parker replied, and she led us to a table next to the window.
"I'll come back in a couple of minutes." She said, and left.
"So what do you want?" Parker asked me.
I looked at the menu. "Well, a mint milkshake, for sure. Oh, and this chicken and tomato panini."
"Okay, well I'm having the tuna salad and a coke." He said.
The waitress came back and we told her our orders. When she came back with the food, it had started raining.
"What?" I said. "It's meant to be May!" (2017)
"I know." Parker sighed. "At least we're inside."
"I guess. It's just that I-" I was interrupted by a girl's voice.
"Shelby, Parker! I missed you two!"
"Sharon, hi!" I laughed. "How you doing?"
"I'm great. What are you guys up to?" She smiled at us.
Parker looked at me. I nodded at him, like, sure, tell her.
"We're, um, on a date." He said nervously.
Her smile disappeared. "Oh. Sure. Well. I'd better be getting back to the kitchen. Enjoy the food."
"Bye..." Parker said.
What was that about? Did he see her face after he told her that we were on a date? "Um, Parker, was she okay?" I asked him.
"Uh, what?"

We hung out with each other almost everyday after that. It came to June, and when we went to this really nice park together one day, he asked me to be his girlfriend. I said yes, and I was really, really happy about it.

I had completely forgotten about someone.

He even had saved my life.

But I forgot. I forgot, and looking back on this, if I had remembered him, I wouldn't have got myself into this mess.

I'm sorry Graser.