Nap Date (Revamped)

All Night

1:45 am felt later than it usually does for Shawn. He's been at this party for three hours now, and it truly felt like he's been here the whole day. He honestly just wanted to go home.

He landed in Toronto at 9:57am this morning. Since leaving the airport at 11:00, after getting all his luggage loaded and taking millions of pictures with his fans, he's met with his manager for lunch, stopped by his condo to make sure his stuff made it home okay, and jetted out after a quick 15 minute shower to Raul's.

Jet lag is a bitch, and Shawn doesn't even know how he's still standing right now. He felt like he could barely keep his eyes open, and he was absolutely regretting riding in with Raul and Peter tonight.

The three triplets stood together, laughing at Brian's tour stories about Shawn and Connor. Shawn was standing a bit uninterested, having lived through these stories. His blinks were becoming heavy and he was swaying back and forth to the music in a way to soothe himself.

"There she is." Raul says to himself, catching Shawn's attention.

"Finally found June?" He mumbled, looking over and spotting his brothers girlfriend laughing with a group of girls around her.

"Yeah, she texted me like a half hour ago saying they were headed to the bathroom, but I hadn't seen her since and it was making me a little nervous, but she's here, she's safe. I'm good." Raul nods. "Her book is killing it right now Dude, I'm so proud of her."

Shawn smiles, looking at his brother who is so utterly in love. He can't wait until that's him someday. "I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but I plan too on this break. I gotta support the Sis in her crazy good work."

Raul smiles at Shawn's choice of words. "She wants to thank you." Raul says sipping from his solo cup. Shawn's gulping from a water bottle, brows furrowed in confusion. "For lending us money when we first moved in together. I told her a little bit ago, and she wants to thank you for helping us. I know you say it wasn't a handout or anything, but just, could you just-"

"Accept her gratitude with a smile." Shawn nudges his brother. "Like I would have had you not told me."

"I just wanted to warn you." Raul looks at his shoes. "She's everything to me, and I want her to be happy. Always."

Grinning, Shawn looked over at June and caught sight of an angel next to her. His whole world felt like it stopped spinning. A long legged beauty was dancing with June, a blue dress that hugged her curves but flowed around her thighs. Light brown hair that hung loosely down her back in the softest curls he'd ever seen. Her smile was bright, and her hips swung back and forth fluidly. His mouth went dry and his voice got caught in his throat. "Raul," He choked. "Who's that girl with June?"

Raul looked back at his girl and smiled when he saw Juni's best friend Ember clutching her waist and swaying together. "That's Ember. Her and Juni have been friends since high school."

Shawn nodded, mouthed the name Ember, and smiled at the way it felt to say.

Shawn suddenly didn't feel as tired as he did 2 minutes before. He was wired now, wired with the need to hear her laugh. To pick her brain, know her story and maybe, if he's lucky, walk away with her number saved in his phone.

Shawn jumped back into the conversation around him, nodding when Brian asked for his back up on if he'd really been kicked out of a bar because he wasn't 21 yet. All the while sneaking glances at Ember.

He'd made a move to go introduce himself, planting himself next to Juniper. She'd hugged him and made her rounds with all her friends from school, but it happened to be at a moment when Ember went to get another drink. So Shawn was sucked into a conversation about his hair, his shoes, his stylist, and what it'd be like to have a stylist for about 30 minutes before he saw Ember across the room speaking to another guy.