Love for Rent

3

"What happened to your mom?", he suddenly asked.
"I don't want to talk about it", I answered. "Why? I mean... no secrets between us now that we are a team", he said touching my arm.
"Okay. Well, my parents had a traffic accident a few years ago. My dad died and my mom is sick... she can't really move... She actually can but it hurts her when she does. So she lays in bed the whole day."
"Isn't there anything that could help her?"
I didn't want to tell him about the operation. I had a deal with Andrew...
"You know what, Celine?"
I faced him. "I really like you. I mean you are a great guitarist and a good friend so far.", he said making me smile.
I felt bad for using him... he was so kind and cute.
"But stop smoking. It's not good for you!", he said laughing.
I sighed, "Okay! I will. But I will need your help.", I said.
He nodded.
We walked to the fair and saw a man selling cotton candy. "Oh my", I said.
"What?"
I pointed on the cotton candy.
Shawn chuckled and bought my cotton candy.
"There you go", he said and handed it to me.
"Thank you", I said smiling.
He bit in my candy. "Hey!", I said and he laughed.
-1 Week later-
"Ready?", he asked looking out of his car window. I got into his car and nodded, "Ready"
He drove to the best restaurant by the beach of Toronto.
We got out of the car as we arrived and took our seats in the restaurant. I noticed a guy taking pictures of us.
I wanted to tell Shawn, but then I thought about Andrew. He told me that Shawn needed much attention... so I took his hand.
I saw flashing lights.
"Shawn, they are taking pictures!", I said.
"Just let them do. I have no secrets", he said strocking his thumb over my hand.
I gulped as I heard the word "secret".
"What do you want to eat?"
"Rice and chicken. And a salad please", I said.
Shawn told the man who took our orders.
Shawn had the same meal as me.
We both ate and he looked many many times into my eyes. It felt uncomfortable.
I faked a smile at him and he smiled back.
"Let's walk to the beach later", he said.
"Okay", I answered.
After half an hour we were at the beach. I had my feet in the water.
Then Shawn came and carried me on his arms.
He walked into the water.
"Stop! My dress is gonna be wet, Shawn!", I yelled laughing.
He put me into the water. The water reached my hips. It felt damn cold. It was dark and only the moon lighted our view up. I looked into his eyes and he looked into mine.
"Celine... I. I think I'm falling for you", he suddenly said.
I didn't know what to say.
He got closer and put his hands on my hips. I did not move. I couldn't. His words made me freeze. But not because of my deal with Andrew... it was because I was actually falling for him too. I loved him and in that moment I realized that.
Before I could say anything he said: "And I know that you love me too. I can see that in your eyes"
He finally kissed me on my lips.
I jumped onto him and wrapped my legs around his waist.
I ran my fingers through his hair and we started kissing each other passionately. He wanted me to let his tongue in but I moved back. He lost his balance and we both fell into the water.
"Whoa! That's so cold", we both said shivering.
Then we laughed out loudly.
"Shawn, I don't like the tongue-thing. Don't you ever do that again!", I warned him.
"Haha okay, I didn't know and wanted to try something different.", he said, "I will try my best now", he added and kissed me again. We sat by the beach holding hands and watching the moon.
That moment I wasn't thinking about the deal... I was just thinking about Shawn and me.
But after a while my thoughts were all about our rented Love.