Shawn's P.O.V
"Ms. Rayne you're late"
My head shoots up to see Payton looking down at the floor
"I...sorry" she whispers quietly, yet I can still hear her. Mr. Archer nods and points towards me
"well, since you're the only one without a partner for the project you can work with Shawn, he just switched into this class" he says. I see her glance at me and a small smile creeps onto her face. I look down at my notebook and smirk. I feel a presence next to me as she sits down.
"Fancy meeting you here" I whisper. she looks at me and nods
"yeah. It is" she chuckles.
Payton's P.O.V
"Alright class, I'm going to talk to you guys for about 10 minutes before I leave yall alone to choose the project..." Mr. Archer starts I listen to about half of it before a folded piece of paper flies onto my desk. I look at Shawn and raise an eyebrow
"just read it" he mouths. I nod and slowly unfold it. making sure not to make too much noise
~I'm sorry for earlier. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable~
I pick up my pencil and write back
~you didn't make me uncomfortable. I was just being an idiot for running away~
I toss it back. He reads it and shakes his head. By this time Mr. Archer is done talking and now is giving us our projects. Me and Shawn end up getting the easiest one, the history timeline, Shawn scoots closer and looks at me
"you're not an idiot you know. A lot of people run away from me" He says laughing
"I seriously doubt that" I mumble. I look up and see Hailie, the biggest twat in the school, walking towards us
"hey Shawn... I talked to Mr. Archer and he's going to let you work with me and Jessica, if you want" she says glancing at me, I look down at my lap.
"no, I'm good with the partner I have now" he says. I look up and see Hailie glaring at me. she turns on her heel and walks away. I look at Shawn and see he's looking at my wrist. I look down and see my sleeve got pulled up a little and you can see the dark blue and purple bruise. I quickly pull my sleeve down and cough
"so, let's get started" I mumble grabbing the paper off his desk. He doesn't say anything but nods
"Okay so the history timeline... were not going to be able to get it all finished in this one class period so we'll have to work on it at one of our houses" he says. shit. He can't work at my house. My dad's almost always home and if he isn't. he'll somehow find out that he was over there and I'll get in even more trouble
"uh...w..we can't work at my house" he looks at me confuses
"that's fine, we can work at mine, I have practice today until 6:30, I can pick you up from your house afterwards if you'd like? Or If you have something else in mind" he says trailing off
"that's fine...here's my address" I say, writing down my address. I wouldn't have another ride to his house so I'll just have to make sure I'm outside and my dad doesn't see him.
"do you have a phone? Can I have your number?" he looks down. Is he blushing again?
"uh yeah I do, can I see your phone?" he hands me it and I put my contact in there. The only reason why I have a phone is because I saved up enough money from my job to buy one, and I keep the job to pay the bills. I hand Shawn his phone as soon as the bell rings
"see you tonight Payton" he smiles and does a little wave, I smile back and grab my stuff. Walking out I go to my second period and sit down. I hate this class with a passion, but no one talks to me so I guess that's good.
"alright so, since I know a lot of you still haven't done your book report..." Mrs. Belle starts and looks at Aaron Carpenter, he nods and smirks,
"I'm going to give y'all a free day to work on it, if you're done, then you can work on anything for me or another class" she says and sits at her desk, I finished that book report the day it was given out, I love reading. I pull out a book and begin reading, I don't get very far before my mind wonders to Shawn, why am I thinking about him? I shake my head and try to go back in my book, all I want to do is disappear, somewhere where my dad doesn't exist. Where I can be my true self and not be scared of all the hate. My mind is racing, I look up at the teacher and back down to my book, I hate walking in front of the class, what if I trip? Or if someone trips me. I face my fears because if I stay in this classroom any longer I'm going to puke. I shakenly stand up and go up to her desk
"can I go to the bathroom" I say. Mrs. Belle looks up at me and nods
"are you alright? You look a little pale" she says quietly. I nod and turn on my heel. Walking, well basically running out of the class room, I slow down once I reach the hall way. I go to the bathroom and sit on the floor, putting my head near my knees. trying to steady my breathing. Once its steady enough, I pull out my phone and see I got a text message from an unknown number
Unknown: Hey Payton, Its Shawn :)
I debate if I want to text him back or go dig a hole and die there
Me: Hey! What's up?
I almost immediately get a response
Shawn: just in Algebra :( you?
Me: I'm actually sitting on the bathroom floor. Couldn't deal with my English class anymore
I realize I've been in here a little longer then I should have been, so I get up and rush back to my class. Luckily Mrs. Belle didn't even notice, I sit back at my seat and put my phone behind my back so she doesn't see it and see texts from Shawn
Shawn: Ash, did something happen?
Shawn: No, come back, I'm bored
Shawn: I miss you :(
Did he really just say that. a smile starts to creep onto my face. When another text message comes through
Shawn: that sounded kind of weird since we just met like 30 minutes ago, I mean I miss talking to you and uhm yeah. just never mind forget I said anything
Me: No worries, I understand :)
I am so much better at texting people then I am at talking to them in person, I don't know why.
Shawn: Hey I got to go, but we should sit together at lunch
Shawn: ew it sounded like I was in middle school again
Shawn: I really got to stop embarrassing myself like this
Shawn: Bye Payton
I Silently laugh and turn my phone off. I usually sit in the library at lunch so he won't be seeing me at lunch. I go back to trying to read my book but all I can think about is Shawn. By the time the bell rings, I've given up on trying to read. I go through third period and then the bell rings for lunch. I go my usual route to the Library when Shawn comes up to next me
"you realize you're going the wrong way right" he says
"uhm yeah... I usually go to the library during lunch" I mumble
"then I guess I'll go with you" he says and opens the door for the library for me. I smile at him and walk inside, going to my normal table I set my stuff down
"you don't want to eat lunch or anything?" I ask him, he shakes his head
"nah, were doing some hardcore workouts during practice and I don't want to end up puking all over the field so, and besides, its way more interesting to be in here with you" he chuckles, I roll my eyes and laugh
"sure, it is" I say, he laughs and looks around
"it really is" he says. I don't say anything and it gets really awkward
"hey... I saw a bruise on your wrist earlier. What happened? It looked pretty bad?" he says. I freeze in my seat
"uh...uhm... I fell down my stairs" I say really fast.
"I don't believe you" he says leaning back.
HAHA......fuck.