"Hold still Shawn!" I giggled as I carefully painted little stars and fireworks under his eye.

"It tickles!" He whined.

"That's not my fault."

We were getting ready to go to a 4th of July party hosted by someone Shawn knew from the music industry. I guess they hold it annually and it's this big thing a bunch of people go to.

It felt good to relax and have life temporarily slow down. My dad was still bugging me about meeting with him, his fiancée, and soon-to-be stepdaughter. Honestly, I couldn't care less about his life anymore.

My respect for him dropped so much after the affair. And of course he did it with one of the worst possible people. Even back when Faye and I were best friends, her mom hated me.

Apparently I was 'too uncultured and ugly' to be spending time with her daughter.!I wanted to punch her whitened teeth and filled lips every time I had to interact with her.

"Earth to Lily!" Shawn was waving his hand in front of my face.

"Yeah, sorry." I chuckled and shook my head.

"What were you thinking about?"

"Just remembering how much my dad's fiancée hated me."

"Well you mean the world to me." He kissed my forehead.

"Thanks," I blushed and finished up painting his face.

After cleaning up any stray marks, I started working on my face. I decided to do red, white, and blue hearts and fireworks to complement Shawn's stars and fireworks.

I ran the small brush that was loaded with paint over my skin and bit the inside of my cheek while concentrating. I didn't realize Shawn was taking a picture of me until I heard my phone buzz on the counter.

"That was me, I tagged you in my story." He said.

"If I look bad, I'm getting retribution." I pointed my paintbrush at him.

"No no, you always look gorgeous honey." He stood directly behind me and wrapped his arms around my belly. I had crossed the 7 month mark about two weeks ago and was getting very large.

We still hadn't picked out a name yet, luckily we had a little more time. The majority of our time was taken up by buying baby things, writing songs, touring, and getting ready to record Shawn's third album.

"Oh stop it," I smirked. "You're just saying that to make me feel better."

"No, I mean it. You're amazing and gorgeous, not just because you're my pregnant girlfriend."

I finished decorating my face and made sure everything looked okay before turning around in Shawn's arms.

The deep brown of his eyes were like pools of chocolate. He stared at me with so much adoration I almost wanted to cry. After what I've been through, having one guy not leave my life meant more to me than he'll ever know.

Before I could say anything, he bent his neck down and pressed his lips against mine. I kissed him back and our lips molded together as one.

My hands moved to his shoulders and I smiled against his lips. He detached and started kissing down my neck. "Wait, I don't want to have to cover up your handiwork."

He groaned and moved away, "Oh fine. But we're gonna have some fun tonight after we get back to the house."

"Definitely Shawn."

He grinned and kissed me one last time. "We should probably get going."

I nodded and grabbed my purse and shoes. It was getting harder for me to bend over so Shawn had to tie up my red converse.

Teddy, Brian, Vivian, Andrew, and a few others were supposed to meet us at the party. A couple of us were staying at the same place, but they had gone ahead early to help set up.

An Uber was waiting to drive us to the location, so we jumped in the car and headed on our way. As the driver got closer, I was noticing more and more expensive looking houses. These all probably cost over 10 million dollars each.

When we arrived, there were people streaming in and out freely. Shawn took my hand and we walked up with the rest of the flow. A man with a shaved head and a woman on both his arms approached us.

"Shawn! I'm so glad you and your guest could make it!"

"Thank you for inviting us!" He shook the man's hand. "Allow me to introduce my girlfriend, this is Lily."

The man reached his hand out and I placed mine in it and he kissed the knuckles. "A pleasure to meet you my dear. And congratulations on the baby."

I smiled, "It's nice to meet you too sir. And thank you, Shawn and I are very excited."

"Enjoy the party!"

We thanked him and stepped deeper into the crowd of people. "Do you want something to drink?" Shawn asked me.

"Cranberry nice would be nice, thanks."

He walked away while I went to find a place to sit. I found a spot out by the railing near one corner of our host's property. There weren't a ton of people here so it was nice to hear myself think.

I wasn't able to relax for very long when Teddy came up to me with someone I'd only seen in pictures and through a screen.

"Lily, you're here! This is Taylor. Taylor, this is Lily, Shawn's girlfriend."

The blonde woman standing in front of me smiled warmly and hugged me. "It's so nice to meet you! Shawn never stops talking about you."

I forced myself to say something sensible because all I could think was THE Taylor Swift is standing in front of me and just hugged me!!

"It's nice to meet you too Taylor. And hopefully Shawn has been saying only good things." I chuckled.

"Only the best."

Shawn came back at that moment with two drinks in his hand. "Hey Taylor!"

"Hi Shawn. You're girlfriend is lovely."

"I agree."

I swear I was about to faint or something. He handed me my drink, which I gulped down to help get rid of that light headed feeling. If I saw any more of my idols, that would be it, I'd be knocked out cold.

"Oh, my manager is calling me, I'll see you all later!" She waved goodbye and went over to someone in a suit.

I pulled out my phone to text my sister.

Me- So I just met Taylor Swift

Bailey- WHAT?!?

Bailey- TELL HER I SAY HI

Bailey- AND PICTURES OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN

Me- Hahaha love you I'll try my best

I took a sip of my cranberry juice and leaned back. Shawn sat down in the white lawn chair next to mine and we conversed until our host began tapping his champagne glass.

"Everyone, please come under the gazebo!" He waited until all his guests has done as he asked before continuing. "Thank you all for coming, I appreciate it and America appreciates it."

We erupted into cheers which made him smile.

"Thank you, thank you. Well, enjoy the party, and happy birthday America!!"

A/N:

Oh my gosh, there's only 15 days left of this decade!! My grandma is getting me Shawn Signature for Christmas, I'm so stoked. I hope you all enjoyed the chapter. Don't forget to comment and vote! See ya next time! Love you guys!!! XXX