Endlessly - a sheo story

Chapter 6

Theo PoV

As I'm walking down the halls at set to get to the makeup trailer, Shai walks towards me. She smiles when she sees me. "Hello," she says in an English accent.

"Hello," I answer her. "So nice to see you again, Ms. Woodley. Where are you going, if I may ask?"

"I just got my hair and makeup done, I'm heading towards the studio."

"Nice. What are we going to shoot today?" I ask her.

"Did you really forget, Theodore?" she asks with a smirk. "The one with Edith Prior"

"uh-huh," I say, now I remember. "Okay. See you there"

I continue making my way to the makeup trailer, when I enter, my makeup artist, Jordyn, sitting on a chair looking in some fashion magazine. She looks over the edge of her glasses when I step inside, "Theo. Just in time, sit down please"

I sit in the chair in front of the mirror and look at myself as Jordyn begins to do my makeup, she only adds a very little foundation to make my skin look less pale, then she does something to my tattoo and I'm done.

"Have a nice day, Theo," Jordyn says happily when I leave.

I wave over my shoulder, "you too, Jordyn."

***

Shai complains about being hungry for the hundredth time on the way home, she asked me for a ride since she took a cap in the morning.

"Okay, okay, okay." I say impatient. "What do you want?"

She giggles. "You're the best friend in the world"

"I know" I joke.

"I don't care, just food"

"Well that makes it a lot easier to decide whether to drive in direction of Josh's organic, McDonalds or Pizza Hut." I say sarcastically.

"Cause aaaall of me, loves aaall of you," she sings along with John Legend in the radio.

"Shai..." I raise my eyebrows at her.

She stops singing, "I'm sorry. It's just my jam... Pizza hut."

"I'll get you Pizza hut," I ascertain.

***

Once we're finally home, eating, I lean back in my chair and look at Shai who's still eating. We took the pizzas with us home since we didn't want to get too much attention in public.

I'm really surprised about how much pizza Shai can eat at a time when she's really hungry; we bought two pizza's, she has eaten at least one and a quarter by herself.

When she finally leans back in her chair with a hand on her stomach and says: "I'm full". We move to the couch.

I can feel Shai's eyes at me as I shake a pillow to make it comfortable. "What?"

She smiles, "nothing... I was just thinking"

"Thinking what?" I tease her.

Her smile turns into a serious face and she looks at her hands in her lap. "I'm just..."

I move closer to her and lift up her chin, "Shai, What is it? You can tell me everything, and you know that. I'm your friend you can trust me. Okay?"

Shai sighs and looks up at me, "I like you, Theo. A lot."

My heart starts to beat faster, "you...?"

"Theo, I-I'm really sorry but I can't help it," she blushes. "It's been so for a long time, I've been trying to ignore it, but since you kissed me the other day... Something happened inside me. I can't ignore it anymore."

I lay a hand on her warm cheek. "Shai, I..."

"It's okay, Theo. I don't know how I could ever think that you might like me back. You already have a beautiful girlfriend that you love and I won't be the one to ruin that. Because I'm just happy that you're happy." She looks very ashamed over what she just said

"But that's the question, Shai. Do I really love her? It's not the same between me and Ruth as it was two years ago. The truth is..." I look her straight in the eyes.

Shai's eyes sparkle and I can't read what she's thinking right now.

"The truth is Shai, I've been feeling the exact same about you," I tell her, her eyes grow in relief. "I've been feeling so bad. I've been forcing myself to love Ruth, but I can't. The thing I have with you is real. Ruth and mine relationship is... Well, not real."

Shai looks down again and I let my hand fall to my lap.

"I need to break things off with Ruth," I say quiet, quickly, Shai looks at me again and shakes her head.

"Theo, no. I don't wanna be the reason that you're dropping Ruth"

I take her hand, it feels warm in mine. "It's not your fault. It's my own. Besides, I've been knowing it for a while now, that Ruth and I are done soon. I don't feel sparks fly when she touches me anymore. But you... You give me butterflies if I just look at you."

Shai smiles a little. I lean forward and kiss her forehead, "I like you too, Shai"

She wraps her arms around my neck and pulls our faces together. When our lips touch I, like I just said, feel a butterfly farm growing in my belly.

"Theo," Shai says and pulls back before the kiss gets too heated. "You still have a girlfriend."

I groan. "You can't just mentally break up, you need to tell her in person," she says with a smile.

"I know, I know. Give me a few days, okay? It's going to be hard..."

"Well... She's leaving tomorrow," Shai reminds me.

"Argh, shit" I run a hand through my hair.

I need to tell Ruth tonight, it's going to be hard but I need to. If I want Shai, and I really do, I need to get rid of my girlfriend first. I don't know what I will say to her, the truth will be hurtful; that I don't love her like I used to, because a girl named Shailene Woodley came in and swept me off of my feet. But I need to tell her tonight.

"What are you thinking of?" Shai asks silent.

I look up, "I'm thinking that I should go back to my apartment and tell Ruth"

Shai nods and looks at the floor.

I stand up, "I'll see you tomorrow. Sleep well" I give her a small smile which she returns.

"Good luck."

I feel her eyes on my back as I walk to the door and let myself out. Before I lay my hand on the doorknob into my own department, I take a deep breath.

It's going to be hard to break up with Ruth, like really hard, but I need to, it should've happened a long time ago.

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