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|Story Start|

|Shaylee Love|

“Come on Shaybear please? I want to show you something” he pleaded.

“Xavier? What is it?” I asked.

“I love you Shay, I always have and I always will” he stated, grinning.

I smiled back “I… I love you too” I whispered.

Xavier smiled and grasped me into a tight hug. “Kiss me” I murmured. Xavier smirked “With pleasure” he said as he began to lean in towards me for a kiss. I felt myself standing on my tip toes and soon our lips lightly pressed against each other. It was short, soft and sweet. When we pulled away I pressed my fingers against my lips and stared at him in wonder. There were no words to how I felt right now. He looked deep into my eyes and caressed the side of my face “It’s time to wake up babe” I gave him a confused look and scrunched my nose. “What?” I said. Xavier let me go and began to step away from me, leaving a charming smile in his wake.

“Shaybear wake up!”

“Shaylee!”

“Come on Sleeping Beauty, if you don’t wake up in the next five seconds I am going to go all Prince Phillip on you and kiss you awake!”

“5…”

“4…”

“3…”

“2…”

And that’s when my eyes snapped open.

I found myself gazing at Xavier’s extremely close face. “Damn, I was really looking forward to that kiss” he teased. I let out a strangled scream and shoved him away from me, I heard him tumble onto the floor and I quickly sat up so I could peer over the bed. I saw Xavier sprawled on the floor with his face into the carpet flooring. I laughed “That’s what you get for scaring me up!” I sang. I watched in amusement as he groaned and turned over “Fuck that hurt” he groaned as he rubbed his nose. My giggles stopped but the smile didn’t leave my face “You okay?” I asked. Xavier’s eyes flashed over to me and he smirked “I don’t know, I might need you to come and give me a closer examination” he joked. I rolled my eyes and reached a hand out to him, Xavier took it and I began to help him up only to find him jerking my hand down so I would fall on top of him.

My face landed on his chest and I snapped my head out ready to yell at him. But I saw just how close our faces really were and the insult died in my throat. My dream came flooding back to me and my cheeks started to heat up badly. Oh dear Lord what is happening to me? I think I’ve been dreaming about Xavier way too much lately. “Does it look broken Shay?” he whispered, arms slithering around my waist. I gulped and shook my head “Er… no… it’s fine” I stuttered. Xavier smiled and my eyes were drawn towards his perfect, lush lips. Oh how I wanted to lean in and close the distance but the rational side of me shook those thoughts from my head. I looked back up and saw he was watching me; this of course made me blush.

I started to squirm as I began to be conscious of what I was wearing. “Uh… could you let go please?” I asked. Xavier didn’t say anything and just released my waist. I scrambled to my feet and jumped back into the bed, under my warm covers. “Oh no, I don’t think so princess. It’s Friday and a school day, you know you’re too much of a good girl to skip. So get your sexy little ass up and out of bed or I’ll do it for you” Xavier warned. I groaned and shoved my flaming face into my pillow “Go away!” my muffled voice exclaimed. Xavier chuckled and all of a sudden I felt the blanket being ripped from my body. My eyes reopened and I saw Xavier holding the covers away from me. I sighed and began to stand up “I hate you” I mumbled as I sluggishly made my way towards the bathroom.

Xavier laughed and hopped onto my bed, reclining against it. “Hurry up” he called as I slammed the door shut. I sighed and got the shower ready then I stripped off my clothes before stepping into the warm spray. As the water washed me I felt myself slowly beginning to wake up, I took some of my vanilla shampoo and lathered my hair with it before washing it out. One thing I hated about taking a shower is that it gives my mind time to think. I haven’t really seen Xavier for most of this week, he’s always out. We usually hang out after school but ever since the first day of school he’s been a bit spacey and has skipped quite a few classes as well. I felt myself frown, Trevor still thinks he’s got a new lady friend but… he would tell me wouldn’t he? I sighed, I hated to admit it but I missed Xavier’s constant presence in my day to day life. He always wakes me up but this week he only woke me up on the first day. I felt kind of… empty when he didn’t hang out with me this week.

I sighed, what is wrong with me?

I took the matching conditioner and repeated the process. My thoughts seemed to be consumed by Xavier; there wasn’t a moment I wasn’t thinking about him. This was slowly becoming an unhealthy obsession, or fascination. Obsession sounds a little too creepy. I guess the only way to find out where he was, was to ask him myself. Oh gosh, that conversation cannot end well. What if he thinks I’m jealous or something!? Which I am not… okay maybe a little but I have no clue why! This is Xavier for Pete’s sake!

I groaned in frustration and washed the conditioner out. When my hair was clean I grabbed my body wash and quickly rubbed myself clean. I shook my head of all thoughts, I’ll just talk to him in the car. I think I’m only worried because of the thing with Jace. I mean what the hell was all that about? This was so stressful. I leaned my head against the cool tile of the wall and sighed, I really wanted to know who this ‘He’ person was and why Xavier called Jace, Wesley. Nothing made sense anymore. I groaned again and washed my body off, this can wait. I do not need a giant headache in the morning.

After that I shut the water off, grabbed a towel and wrapped it around my wet body. I walked over to the mirror and wiped some of the fog off so I could see my reflection, then I grabbed my toothbrush and brushed my teeth with my spearmint toothpaste.

Finally I was finished in the bathroom and walked back over to the door. My fingers clasped the knob and I began to open it but quickly shut it when I remembered Xavier was in there.

Well crap…

I sighed and shook my head, why was I freaking out? This was Xavier, he wouldn’t do anything. He would definitely say something but I trusted him. Besides when we were babies we used to bathe together and he’s seen me in a towel before so I shouldn’t be freaking out. So then why was my heart racing? Why did my hands start to get clammy? I slowly took a breath and opened the door a little bit. Xavier was still lying on my bed but he was doing something on his phone. I slowly opened the door and crept over to my closet, hoping he wouldn’t look up.

Luck clearly wasn’t on my side today.

Xavier’s eyes snapped up and cheshire smile came over his face, I smiled nervously and waved before bolting to the closet. When I shut the door I heard Xavier’s chuckle and I let out the breath I had been holding. I dried my body with the towel then dropped it onto the floor, next I put on a black bra with the matching panties. Today was pretty warm so I put on a black bandeau then over top I placed a black lace top, for my bottoms I put a blue high low skirt that had a zipper trailing down the middle on the front. I paired the outfit with some black ankle boot and with one check in the mirror I was back outside doing my hair and makeup. 

“Are you done yet?” Xavier asked.

I did the last swipe of mascara before answering “Now I am, let’s go.” I said. I grabbed my messenger bag and walked down the stairs. Both my parents were gone along with Trevor, I sighed and looked at the clock it was 7:30. We had half an hour to get to school and it takes about fifteen minutes to get there so for breakfast I a yogurt packet. Xavier entered the kitchen just as I was finishing “Ready?” he asked but frowned when he saw the yogurt. I nodded my head and put the cup in the garbage and the spoon in the sink. “Let’s go” I said. Xavier sighed and followed me out of the room “You better eat something more at lunch Shaybear or I’ll make you” he muttered. I turned around and gave him thumbs up “You got it” I said, grabbing my keys and stepping out of the house.

I locked the door and followed Xavier over to his car. We both stepped in and he started it, we drove in silence for a few minutes before I decided it was time to get some information out of him. “So…” I started, wringing my fingers together nervously. Xavier cast me a sideway glance and raised a brow “Yes?” he replied. “Er… I wanted to ask… um… did… did you… finish the English homework?” I asked lamely, dropping my hands. I felt a blush come over my face and I mentally slapped my forehead for chickening out. Xavier gave me a suspicious look before shrugging “Nope” he answered. I rolled my eyes “But it’s due today!” I exclaimed. Xavier shrugged and shot me a smile “Calm down Shaybear I was kidding, I finished it last night” he winked.

I blushed and turned to look out of the window “Oh okay” I mumbled. Xavier chuckled and placed a hand on my thigh, squeezing lightly. “I’ll be right here when you’re ready to tell me what’s really bothering you.” He tells me. I smile faintly and look out the window, Xavier takes his hand off my thigh and I frown a little. I shake off those feelings as we pull into the school. I sigh “I don’t want to go to English” I whine. Xavier laughs and puts an arm around my shoulder as we walk into the school. “You love that class” he states I shrug “Yeah but not our teacher! She’s so… annoying” I say, scrunching up my nose in what probably was a very unattractive way. Xavier chuckled “She’s not so bad, you just got to learn to tune her out” he said. I rolled my eyes as we made it to my locker, I grabbed my first two period binders before closing my locker.

“Hey why don’t we skip today?” Xavier suggests as we walk.

I turn and glare at him “I don’t think so East” I tell him. Xavier smirked at me “Scared?” he teased. I roll my eyes and bump my hip with his “Hardly, we’re starting Romeo and Juliet today remember?” I reminded him. Xavier groans “I almost forgot how obsessed you are with that” he murmured. I rolled my eyes and entered the classroom, sitting in the back near the window. Surprised I’m not in the front? Well it’s because I can’t stand the teacher, her voice, her attitude, basically everything annoys me. Xavier comes to sit next to me and we sit in a comfortable silence until the bell rings a few minutes later. Our teacher walks in, as does everybody else, and she starts the lesson. Oh her name is Ms. Carson by the way, she looks to be around 53 years old. She has silvery hair starting at her roots and gradually turns a dark brown colour. She’s always talking to us in a voice that’s kind of like how you speak to a dog when you say ‘Who’s a good boy?’ I know, very annoying.

I sigh, this is going to be another long day. I wish it would hurry up, I really want to get to the yearbook meeting!

* * * * * *

“Oh by the way, you can go home without me today” I tell him. Xavier raises a brow, silently asking me why. “I have a yearbook meeting after school” I explained. Xavier shrugs “How are you going to get home?” he asked. I shrug “Allen will probably drive me home” I muse, pursing my lips. I should probably go ask him about that. Xavier shakes his head “I’ll come back and get you alright?” he said. I opened my mouth to protest but he shake his head “No buts, I’ll be back around four, that’s when it ends right” he states more than asks. I nod my head, arguing is worthless. He won’t listen, no matter how many times I tell him.

“Hey squirt, get your ass over here!” Ryder shouts.

“You too East!” Dominic exclaims.

We walk over to the table where my friends are sitting. On one side is Liam and Avery, the other side has Dominic and Ryder. I wonder where Sam was? I greet them all as I sit in between Dominic and Ryder, Xavier sits across from me beside Avery. “So guess what I heard” Ryder smirks, I shrug and steal a fry off of Dominic. “What?” I ask. “Well Squirt, word on the street is that Forbes is having a party tomorrow night” Ryder said before taking a bite from his burger. I raised a brow “Really? Is it the usual back to school party?” I asked. Dominic nodded “Yup” he smirked. I rolled my eyes “Fantastic” I mutter sarcastically. Ryder and Dominic smirk “You know what that means…” Dominic says, eyes shining. I groaned when Ryder returned the look “Booze and hot chicks, the best combination!” he says loudly as him and Dominic high five. I groan and try to shush them as people start to look at our table weirdly. Ryder smirked and ruffled my hair with his hand which causes me to scowl and the rest of the table to laugh. “Come on kitten, scared of a little party?” Xavier teases. I glare at him and scoff “Of course not” I retort, crossing my arms over my chest. Avery laughs “You’ve only been to a couple parties Shay” she points out. I glare “Well who else is going to drive your drunken asses home?” I mutter.

Liam opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by Regina George herself. “Hey Xavier” Vanessa purrs. Xavier shoots her a look before turning back to the table “Hey” he says, sounding bored. I couldn’t help but feel a little bit happy about that, so he definitely wasn’t interested in her that was for sure. Not that I care or anything…

“Hi Liam” Clarissa says, waving at said boy. Liam shifts uncomfortable and wraps an arm around Avery’s waist, bringing her closer to him. “Hey” he greets. Avery rolls her eyes and shoots her a glare while I try to muffle my laugh by covering it with a cough. Behind them I see Michael Forbes and Brad Stone approaching our table as well. I groan, great now the whole bitch squad is coming over. “Hey Shaylee, Avery” Brad says as he reaches the table. I smile tentatively “Hi” I murmur back quietly. “What do you want?” Ryder asks rudely. Brad and Michael glare at him “Shut up Santiago, we’re here to invite Avery and Shaylee to the party Mike’s having tomorrow night” he said. “You’re invited to Xavier” Vanessa said, trailing a hand down his arm. Xavier pushes her away and looks over at me “Up to you Shay” he says. I shrug as Avery grins “Of course we’ll be there!” she says excitedly.

Vanessa and Clarissa look at the two of us with disgust. “Wonderful, can’t wait to… see you there” Vanessa spits out. She flips her hair over her shoulder before sashaying over to her table with Clarissa following. “I’ll see you at my party then Love?” Michael says. I slowly nod my head “I guess” I shrug. “Great!” he beams before turning away and walking over to his table, Brad sends Avery and me a wink before turning around to catch up with Michael. “Wasn’t that a little odd?” I ask. Dominic nodded his head “You got that right Squirt. They don’t usually make personal invites, something is definitely going on” he muses. I shake my head along with Avery, “I don’t care, I’m going to go to that party and have some real fun” she says and I nod my head in agreement. I look over at Xavier and see him looking at me with a smirk. “What?” I ask self consciously, Xavier chuckles “I’m just wondering how you’re like when you get drunk is all” he muses, sounding highly amused.

Ryder chuckles and Dominic smirks.

“Fuckin’ hilarious!” they exclaim together.

I groan when Xavier shoots me an amused look. “That was one time!” I shout in protest, I wasn’t even that bad. Dominic and Ryder shrug “I still wish I got that on video…” Ryder said while Liam and Avery laugh. I glared at her “At least I still had my top on” I snapped. Avery blushed and threw a fry at my face “Shut up, at least I wasn’t the one singing Michael Jackson songs and dancing on the table” she teased. I groaned and laid my head on the table, my eyes flickered to Xavier and I saw him give me a look “Interesting, I can’t wait to see Shaybear” he teases.

Dear Lord someone help me.

* * * * * *

Thank God the day is finally finished.

I go to my locker and grab everything I need before walking down the hallway towards the art hall where the meeting is taking place. There are only a few people in the yearbook team, three of them graduated last year so right now there were only about seven of us left. I walked into the room and see I’m one of the last people to enter, what surprises me is the fact that Jace is here. I haven’t seen him all day actually now that I think about it. We had fourth together which was photography and I realized that he probably skipped. “Shaylee! Finally, now we can get started” Allen exclaims. I smile and nod at him, I see my friend Ella Munson sitting in one of the desks. I ignore Jace’s gaze and quickly move to sit next to her instead. “Hey Ella” I greet, she smiles at me through her blonde bangs “Hey Shay” she says quietly. Ella is a quiet and shy, she’s quite petite with shoulder length blonde hair and bangs that cover her forehead and bright blue eyes that shine when she smiles, which isn’t very often.

“Hey Shaylee” Jace’s smooth voice says as he sits next to us. I give him a small grin “Oh hi Jace, I didn’t see you there” I lied. Jace gave me a dazzling smile and shook his brown head “It’s all good, I haven’t seen you all day. How are you?” he asked. I smiled nervously and glanced at Ella who was staring at Jace. I giggled and she immediately blushed and turned back to her notebook where she was drawing. “Erm… I’m good. I’m surprised to see you here” I said. Jace grins “I’m just here to take pictures, Allen saw my work from my last school and practically forced me here.” he said casually. I laugh quietly, that sounds like something Allen would do. Wait… did he say pictures? That means…

“…and this year we have the lovely Shaylee Love on photography with our new student Jace Greenwood” Allen announces as he waves a hand at the two of us. “Lucky” Ella muttered to me, I chuckled “Hardly” I murmured back. “Well would you look at that Shaylee, we get to work together. Lucky me” Jace butts in. I laugh and fake a smile “Yeah lucky you” I say. Well I know for a fact that Xavier will not be happy about this arrangement. I couldn’t help but remember the conversation I had overheard between the two. I sighed and placed my cheek against my hand as Allen continued talking and naming off the groups. A knock from the door stopped his speech and he walked over to see who it was. I was slightly surprised to see Christy standing there.

They talked for a few seconds before Allen leaned forward and pecked her on the lips quickly before promising to stop by the student council room. Christy turned red and turned around, walking away quickly. When Allen turned around his ears were tinged pink and his eyes connected with mine and I smirked at him. He rolled his eyes “Shaylee, why don’t you take the cameras and go show Jace around, get a feel of the camera. The first football game is in a few weeks from now and I expect the both of you to be there” Allen told us sternly. I roll my eyes and nod “I’ll see you later Ella” I said before walking over to the cabinet with Jace following behind me. We were using one of those big SLR cameras, they were amazing. I loved working with them, it was one of my favourite things to do.

I handed Jace a camera and told him to follow me, I waved at Allen and the rest of the group before leading Jace outside. We went out and I began to snap a couple photo’s, Jace tapped my shoulder and I turned around only to have a flash blind me. I yelp and Jace chuckles “Surprise” he teases. I glare and shake my head “Delete it!” I order. Jace chuckles and shakes his head “I don’t think so!” he sang. I shake my head “Give me the camera!” I said, jumping up and grabbing it. Jace laughed while I went to the gallery to look at the unattractive picture. I grimaced and began to delete the photo “Ew, I am definitely not photogenic” I mutter. All of a sudden Jace’s hand is overtop my own and taking my fingers away from the trashcan. “I don’t think so, that picture is beautiful” he murmured, placing a hand on my hip.

I freeze and shimmy my way out of his embrace. I wasn’t comfortable with his arms around me, it definitely didn’t feel right. I blush and turn away, putting my attention to my camera. “Err… right, let’s go take a couple pictures of the soccer team tryouts for practice” I muttered. Jace chuckled and flung his arm around my shoulder “Sure thing Shaylee” he grins. I sigh and shrug his shoulder off “Let’s go” I say before scurrying away.

* * * * * *

“See you around Shaylee”

“Err… Bye Jace”

“What was Greenwood doing with you?”

Xavier sounded slightly angry as we walked down the hallway. I sigh and shrug “Apparently he’s joining the yearbook team.” I muttered. Xavier groans “Fan- fucking- tastic” he murmured, I sigh “We’re both photographers” I told him. Xavier runs a hand through his hair “Great” he said. I roll my eyes “At least you don’t have him making advances at you every five freaking minutes” I tell him. Xavier freezes and shots me a look “What?” he asks monotonously. I run my fingers through my hair “You heard me” I said, a bit annoyed. Jace was really annoying today, he wouldn’t stop flirting with me. I shivered at the memory, it wasn’t pleasant. He sounded a little bit on the desperate side if you asked me. Xavier pats my head and chuckles “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it” he said. I gave him a look and open my mouth to ask but he shakes his head. “Don’t worry about it” he says. I shrug and nod, whatever.

I decide now would be a good time to bring up my shower musings.

“By the way I’ve been meaning to ask…” I started. Xavier gives me a ‘go on’ look and I take a deep breath. “Erm… I haven’t seen you all week and I was just wondering where you’ve been” I ask him nervously, playing with a strand of my hair. Xavier chuckles “Why do you miss me?” he teases. I blush profoundly and cast my eyes away from his form “Possibly” I mumbled. Xavier laughs “I missed you too baby girl” he murmured. I smile “So are you going to answer?” I ask. Xavier just shrugs “Nowhere important” he answered. I narrow my eyes at him and he chuckles, “Were you on a date?” I blurt out. I slap my hands over my mouth and I feel my face burning as hot as the sun.

Oh my god.

Xavier stops and his eyes soften. “Of course not, there’s only one girl I want to spend my time with” he says, looking straight into my eyes. I blush and bite my lip nervously, oh his eyes… The air wasn’t uncomfortable but you could feel the tension there. “Who, your mom?” I tease lightly. Xavier laughed and wrapped his arm around my waist, hugging me to his side. “Jealous?” he asked, I blush and scoff “Of course not, I was just wondering who in their right mind would want to go out with you” I sniffed. Xavier laughed and shook his head at me before he kissed my temple, making shivers run through my body as I smile faintly. Xavier squeezed my waist as we walked out of the school together, side by side.

“Come on baby girl, let’s go home. I’ve missed you’re room”

“You see it every morning”

“Oh right, I guess I just missed you then”

And cue my embarrassing blush.

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DONE! 

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