Strings

Chapter 9

2) Bake something

3) Watch a movie (Harry Potter)

4) Talk for a while

After reading over my list I texted Shawn again to inform him to wear comfy clothes.

From: Shawn :)

Alright. This seems like it's going to be a fun night :) I'll be over in a minute I just got to get my shoes on.

I squealed in excitment. This is the first text I have gotten from Shawn and I feel like I am accomplishing many things all so quickly. Before I would never be able to even look at a guy I found attractive because I thought I was not good enough. But look at me now, going after a canadian boy. Whoo me.

I heard a knock at the door as I fixed a pillow on my couch. Before opening the door I checked to see if i looked ok then procided to open the front door. As I opened the door there stood the tall strapping boy called Shawn Mendes.

"Hey." He smiled waving

"Hi come on in." I gestured moving behind the door so he could enter. As he walked in I closed the door behind him.

"Am I allowed to take off my shoes?" He asked

"Yes of course. You can take them off in my room." I guided him down the hall and into my room.

"Did you do something different with your room?" he asked looking around my room and slipping off his shoes. "something looks different. I cant put my finger on it."

"Well I changed my bed set. I dont know if thats a drastic change though."

"It looks nice."

"Thanks. By the way I dont mean to sound like a loser but I made of list of things we can do." I tucked a piece of hair behind my ear. "I mean if you want to do them then that would be cool."

"No you dont sound like a loser. Where's the list?"

"Oh, it's in the living room." I walked to the living room and shawn followed behind me and we both took a seat on the couch as I got out the list.

"That sounds like a lot of fun!" he smiled reading the list. "Wait, you like Harry Potter?"

"Yea, of course. I have all the movies, books, and practically half of the merch."

"Oh my gosh! Same!" he gushed in excitment. "That's so cool that you like Harry Potter."

When I turned to look at Shawn I didnt realize how close our faces were.

"Uhm how about we do that fort first." Shawn scrambled nervously. "But I'm not that good at building things."

"Thats alright. I'm not either so this should be interesting."

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Shawn and I are attempting to make nutella brownies. Suprisingly we built a fort and it's stable..for now. I believe him and I decided to never become architects when we are older. Let's hope baking will turn out better than the fort.

"Alright so it says that we need one cup of nutella, two eggs, and ten tablespoons of flour. It doesnt say to but I think we should add a cup of butter." Shawn added.

"Yea I think so too." I agreed getting the supplies out. "here put the butter into this bowl and put it in the microwave for 30 seconds and see how much it melted."

"Alright."
As Shawn waited at the microwave I got out Nutella and scooped some up on my finger.
"Hey Shawn."
"Yea?" He asked turning as I smeared Nutella on the side of his face.
"Oh my gosh! I'm gonna get you!" Shawn gasped.
"Haha no you won't! I've got the Nutella." I held up the Nutella in praise but he grabbed it and smeared some on my nose.
I scrunched up my nose in disgust.
*Beep*
"We can continue this war after we bake." I smiled getting the butter out of the microwave. "now crack those eggs in here and I'll start pouring in the flour as you go."
Shawn nodded and followed the instructions I had given him. After we both added the Nutella into the bowl and stirred until it was at a good consistency
I poured the mixture into the pan as Shawn cleaned up a bit.
"Hey Erica."
"Yea?" I asked turning to look at Shawn.
"Got ya!" he smiled smearing Nutella on the side of my face.

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"Shhh." Shawn shushed me putting his finger to his lips."the movie is starting."

"This is the commercial for the books." I reached to grab popcorn.

"Same thing." he giggled looking at me. "See now it's starting." he pointed to the tv.

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I felt poking on my left arm as I slowly started opening my eyes.
"Wake up." I heard someone say poking me again. "you slept through the whole movie."
"What I did?" I said sitting up.
"Yea." he laughed. "You sleep really quietly. Oh and I ate like two bags of popcorn. I hope you don't mind."
"It's ok. Sorry about falling asleep. Is my hair ok?"
"It's a little messy. But it looks cute."
"What?"
"What."
He had wide eyes while I was trying to hide my blushing cheeks.
"I'm gonna go to fix my hair. I'll be back in a minute."

*Shawn's P.O.V.*

Why I'm I doing this to myself? Erica is way out of my league. She's too beautiful. And she hasn't even found me annoying or a nerd yet! Usually people think I'm too nerdy because of my interests.
But she likes almost everything I like. She is so kind to me. But I can't get ahead of myself. I should build a friendship first. I mean I'm starting to get feelings for her I just don't want to scare her away.
"Alright I'm back." she breathed. "Do I look ok?" She twirled around
"Perfect." I smiled.
She blushed a little and sat down next to me.
"Do you wanna play a board game while we wait for our moms to come home? They should be home in a few minutes."
"I think we should clean up our mess." I laughed pointing to the trashed living room and kitchen.
"Oh geez. I didn't even realize the mess we made." she said with wide eyes. "alright let's clean up. But cool it with the Nutella Mendes."
"Alright. Alright. I won't get you with Nutella... at least for today."

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*Erica's P.O.V.*
It was a pretty successful night. Him and I managed to clean up the mess without creating another one. He left with his mom about an hour ago and my mom is passed out on the couch.

She parties hard when she reads a Shakespeare book. I for one can't fall asleep. I keep thinking about Shawn and ugh he looked so good. I want to hang out with him again but I don't want to annoy him.
Oh gosh I can't stop thinking about those eyes! Those beautiful brown eyes! They fucking sparkle in the darkness and in the light. His smile is amazing too. I need to snap out of this.
I got up from my bed, looked out my window and saw Shawn in his room looking up at the sky.
"Until next time Mendes" I smiled