The Daddy Project || s.m

Eleven

Shawn

"Stop worrying!" Aubrey laughed.

"She makes me nervous!" I said in defense. I took out my lint roller and started rolling it on my pants.

"Lint roller? What are you forty five?" She joked.

"I want to look perfect."

"You already do, so stop worrying." Bree grabbed the roller away. "Go, you have a date waiting for you."

"Remember, Ally has to-"

"Go to bed by 9:30." She finished my sentence.

"And stop trying to get her to watch Teen Wolf with you."

"You're never too young to stan Dylan O'Brien." She scoffed.

"Okay I'll see you later." I kissed her on the cheek. Wait what.

"Um."

"Sorry, I uh." I stuttered. What the hell was I thinking?

"Well, you have fun on that date." She said looking down.

I nodded before driving to Claire's place.

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"Hey, Claire!" I handed her the flowers.

"Shawn, these are beautiful. Thank you." She hugged me.

I was tempted to say, 'Not as beautiful as you' but knowing Claire, she would've thrown up.

"Well, I still remember how much you love daisies." I said.

She smiled filling up a vase with water.

"Let me just put these in, then we can go." Claire put the flowers in.

I looked around her apartment. It was similar to Bree's, but without a second floor. My eyes landed on a picture of Claire and some guy. She couldn't possibly have a boyfriend, right?

"Shawn, ready to go?" Claire said making me jump.

"Yeah."

The drive to the restaurant was silent and awkward. I didn't want to turn on the radio, because Claire hates how they overplay songs.

Finally Claire broke the awkward silence, "He's my ex."

"Who?" I pretended to not know what she's talking about.

"The guy in the picture." She replied. "I always forget to take that down."

"Oh."

Silence filled the car once again before I broke it, "So do you think that maybe we can get back together?"

"Are you asking me out?" She smiled.

"If that's okay with you."

"Yes." She placed her hand on my knee.

We arrived at the restaurant ten minutes later.

"You still remember?" Claire said in awed.

"How could I forget? You told me you always wanted to go here."

"How'd you get a reservation?" She asked. "Isn't this place for celebrities?"

"Magic."

We went inside and sat down at our table.

"This is amazing, Shawn. Thank you so much."

"Anything for you, beautiful."

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Get ready for a surprise next chapter ;)