My Mum was standing right by the door when I walked in.

Oh no, I saw where it was going.

She was going to question me!

   "Was that Shawn who dropped you off?" She asked me.

   "Yes, he insisted on driving me home. It's no big deal." I tried to dismiss it.

   "Not a big deal? He was over here just last night. Do you want to tell me what's going on?" She only smiled at me.

   "I don't know what's going on." I told her truthfully.

"Shawn and I are only friends."

"You're friends with him now?" She looked surprised, but more happy than anything.

"I think we are." Honestly, I am just as confused what is going on between Shawn and myself, as my Mum.

"So he knows about Lance?"

"What? No! Why would I tell him about Lance?" I felt my face turn red.

"Claire, friends don't keep secrets from each other." And again, my Mum is the one who's right.

   "I know, Mum. He's keeping secrets from me, too. I just know it." I let out a sigh.

   "There's still room for both of you to grow." She advised me, but I didn't have a clue what she meant by that.

"Here, come help your old Mum with some chores."

   It was the next day and I had nothing planned.

Maybe I could look for a show on Netflix and binge watch it?

While searching for a show, I receive a text.

Shawn: Do you want to hangout today?

Claire: Depends on what you have planned

Shawn: Come over and we can make strawberry shortcake 😏

Claire: I WILL BE OVER SOON! Give me like two minutes

   I looked down and noticed that I was in a pair of sweats and a simple band tshirt.

My hair was in a ponytail and I didn't have any makeup on whatsoever.

Shawn wouldn't care if I showed up looking like that, he'd seen me like that many times before.

Why should it matter?

   "Bye Mum, I'm off to Shawn's. Call me if you need anything!" I gave her a quick hug before I walked out the door.

   When I reached Shawn's house, Aaliyah was more than happy to see me.

She had told me that Shawn had gotten in the shower only a minute ago and would be down soon.

   "You're giving Shawn a second chance?" Aaliyah and I were in the kitchen, sitting at the barstool.

   "In a way, I guess you could say that."

   "Well that explains why he's been so happy the last two days." She nudged me with her elbow and laughed.

   "I'm afraid he's going to do the same thing to me again." I admitted to her.

   "I promise, he won't." Aaliyah assured me.

   "You can't make promises for another person." I pointed out and we both sat in silence.

   "AALIYAH!" We heard a frustrated Shawn, coming from the bathroom.

   Aaliyah giggled and stared at me.

"I put baby powder on his towel!"

   I laughed along with her, knowing that Shawn would have to shower all over again.

We bumped fists and did a little handshake we had made up years ago.

   "Nice one!" I complimented, knowing that only encouraged her to play more practical jokes on him.

Written by themuffinbenito ❤️