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[6] I Knew It!

The picture on top is from when I saw Shawn! 

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Shawn scratched the back of his neck, and he took a step back. But he accidentally hit the bed frame, and tumbled to the floor. I attempted to help him, but I tripped on a wire and fell right next to him. I couldn't help but burst out laughing. Shawn laughed loudly along with me. We laughed uncontrollably for what felt like hours.

Then, we heard a click of a phone camera, and both our heads turned to the door. Aaliyah was now joined by everyone at the doorway. Great. Just Great.

There was an awkward moment of silence, and Aunt Maddie (not surprisingly) broke it.

"I KNEW IT!!!! I KNEW YOU TWO WOULD BE INTO EACH OTHER! OH MY GOSH!!! " She practically fangirled.

Everyone burst out laughing; Me and Shawn included. Once everyone calmed down, Karen clapped her hands together as if to get all of our attention. All of us turned to face her. Dang. She is an incredibly beautiful woman. Manuel is good-looking too. No wonder Shawn came out looking like that.

A smirk emerges on Shawn's face, and everyone's jaws dropped, and Aaliyah attempts to stifle her laughter. That's when I realized what exactly I just did. I'm so screwed.

My face heated up and I turned a bright red. "I-I-I mean, like, you two are very good-looking people, and no wonder your son came out looking like--" I got cut off by Shawn dying of laughter

"HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA S-SHE IS TOO FUNNY!" He managed to say through fits of laughter.

I blushed even more, and I smacked him in the shoulder.

"Shut up." I grumbled.

After a few more minutes of Shawn, Aaliyah, and even Aunt Maddie making fun of me, Karen and Manuel informed us that they're leaving because they had work the next day, even though it was only 9pm, and tomorrow was a Sunday. It sucks that they have work on a sunday.

Aunt Maddie offered to have Shawn and Aaliyah stay for a bit more, since they didn't really want to leave either. Karen and Manuel agreed. They even said that they could sleep over! (Apparently, Aunt Maddie used to babysit them, so they slept over here a lot.)

So, Shawn and Aaliyah went home with their parents to grab their stuff, and said they'd come back in a couple of minutes. When they left, I took that chance to change into my comfortable clothes. I jogged up the steps, and I took my favorite Maroon oversized sweater, and my black leggings. I took those to my bathroom, and I removed my makeup. I left my hair down. Then I changed into the sweater and leggings.

When I was done, I dumped my dirty clothes in the hamper, and I unlocked the door, and walked into my room. I was startled when I saw that both Shawn and Aaliyah were sprawled across my queen sized bed. They were playing a game that I think was calledsticks.

I made my way to them, and they both looked at me. "So, what are we gonna do now?" I asked them.

"How about we make a fort in front of the TV?" Aaliyah suggested.

"That'd be awesome! What do you think, Shawn?" I asked.

He shrugged his shoulders. "Sure."

We immediately got to work. "Hey Shawn, Aaliyah, is it cool if I move your bags?" I asked.

They both nodded, and I placed their bags neatly on the side of my bed, away from all our mess.

After about 30 minutes, we finally completed our fort. In front of the TV, we placed a mountain of pillows and blankets. We even put some fairy lights inside. Our fort looked awesome. We placed the bean bags behind the pillow barrier. We were going to use them, but since there were only two; It would be unfair to the other person. So we just used it as reinforcement. We put a fluffy blanket to lay on and we took more pillows from the extra bedroom in the basement.

I turned on my TV and we decided on watching Netflix instead of YouTube. Shawn wanted to watch saw, but that movie was way too Gorey. I didn't want to risk watching a movie that could traumatize Aaliyah, so that was a no.

I wanted to watch Copenhagen, but realized that wouldn't be a very wise decision either.

We finally decided on watching Dirty Dancing. Before I played the movie, we settled into our spots. Apparently, Aaliyah didn't want to sleep next to Shawn because "Ew." So now, here I am, laying next to Shawn. And because our fort isn't that big, In order for us to all fit and be comfortable, I basically have to cuddle up against Shawn. I mean, I could do that with Aaliyah, but I think I like this better.

I pressed play, and we all payed attention to the movie. Somewhere around the middle of the movie, My eyes started to get heavy, and I eventually fell asleep. But before I was fully asleep, I could feel Shawn's fingers combing through my hair, and him murmuring something against them, until sleep finally took over me.

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| EDITED | 04.24.16 | 1:55 P.M. |