Boy Meets Girl

52: make up

Shawn's POV
On Saturday morning, Cherry left a message for Jack after she left the apartment. Hey Jack, thanks so much for helping me last night, I know how you told me Shawn sent you over, but it was still your choice to make sure I was safe when you brought me home. I really appreciate it. And then the message was over. I really needed to talk to her. I went over to her trailer that night. I knocked on the door and when she opened it, she immediately scoffed. "What do you want Shawn? To tell me that my losses don't matter some more?" She said, but still let me in. She was I guess still cleaning up. "No, I'm not, and lemme help you." I said and started to pick up all the photos while she cleaned up the alcohol. As I picked them up, I reminisced.

Cherry's POV
Shawn was picking up all the photos and I looked over his shoulder at one he was staring at for a good couple minutes. A Polaroid, of us at the 9th Grade dance. We were hugging and Cory and Topanga were photo bombing behind us. I laughed at the memory. He smiled at me and i smiled back and then kept cleaning. After we finished i turned a movie on and he sat on the couch. I laid on the floor. "Cherry, you hate laying on the floor, come sit with me." He said. He was right, I did hate laying on the floor. But I decided to lie, "no, I- I'm fine." I said. He sighed and turned off the Tv. "Shawn, what are you doing?" I asked, sitting up. He sat by me on the floor. "I love you." He said.

Shawn's POV
"Shawn, please don't. I really can't do this right now." She said and wouldn't meet my eyes. "Cherry, I really do love you, and I really am sorry." I said and tried to pull her close, she pulled her arm away. "You can't say you're sorry, and then try to hold me, you said sorry, ya didn't ask if we could get back together." She said, still refusing to make eye contact. "I do want to get back together, I never wanted to break up. But I thought it was best for both of us, and obviously it's not." I said and held her hand, this time she didn't jerk away. "Shawn-" She said and finally looked at me. "What?" I asked. "I knew, that you needed that time to grieve over you dad, and I wanted to give you that. But, I needed you in that time, but I knew you needed something else. And I- I only wanted to give you what you wanted." She said, her voice breaking.

Cherry's POV
"You needed me? I thought that you suggested time away, cause you wanted time away, I thought you were on the slow track of leaving me, but in my head, the only thing that made sense was, breaking it off with you now, because everyone I've ever loved has just left. I feel so strongly about you, and I thought it would be better to lose you now, than watch you leave later." He said. I laughed "Shawn Hunter, when will you ever understand, I can't leave you." I said. "Can we please get back together? I really, really miss you." He said. "I really, really miss you too. and I love you." I said and kissed him. "I love you too, does this mean we can get back together?" He asked. I nodded and kissed him again.
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