Not So Romeo

15

Shawn

“Alfie, get your fat ass outta my face!” the fat gray cat just meows at me in return. He's such a brat. It's no surprise though, since he's Tatum's cat.

Speaking of Tatum, she's just laughing her arse off, because no matter how many times I move the cat, he just comes right back and puts his butt in my face. “Help me Tatum.” I groan. “your cat is terrible.”

She sobers up from her laughing fit and glares at me. “Never speak ill of my precious baby! I will hurt you so bad Andrews.”

I c**k an eyebrow and smirk, “Oh really. I'd like to see you try.”

“Challenge accepted, Andrews.” with that she tackles me. I don't really resist against her. After a couple minutes of play fighting, well Tatum fighting and me messing around, I get bored and flip us over so I'm on top of her. I have both legs on either side of her and restrain her hands above her head. She struggles to get out of my grip, but I'm a lot stronger than her.

“You done, princess?” I smirk.

She scoffs at me, “Let me go, you imbecile!”

“Nope. I quite like this position.” I annoy her further and chuckle as a blush finds it's way to my girl's cheeks. No we're not dating, but she's mine.

We stare into each other's eyes, a major habit of ours, and I caress her cheek with my free hand. I lean in and peck her lips. She growls at me. “That is not a kiss. Give me a real one, damnit!” I don't hesitate to capture her lips in mine. I let her hands go and she immediately wraps her arms around my neck. I flip us over again, so she's back on top of me.

After a few minutes we reluctantly pull away. We both have sly smiles on our faces, and Tatum quickly pecks my lips again. “I think I'm falling for you.”

“I already fell.”

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“Shawn! Wake up man!” I groan as I am shaken awake.

“Piss off!” I mumble.

I feel the familiar sensation of Tatum's lips on mine. “Wake up, Shawn. You've got guests.” she says softly.

I pull her into me, holding her tightly.

“Ugh, please refrain from all this lovey dovey shit.”

“Seriously, piss off, Carter.” I narrow my eyes at my annoying cousin.

He laughs, “Nice to see you too, cus.”

“When did you get here? You're not supposed to be here for two more days.” I ask.

“About half an hour ago, it took forever to get you to wake up. And my parents managed to get me on an earlier flight." Carter explains. “You got a problem with that?”

I shake my head, finally sitting up but still holding Tatum. “Nah man. Just wish I could have been a little more prepared.”

“So I haven't been introduced to this beautiful girl yet. Although, I have a feeling this is the Tatum girl you're constantly talking about.” Tatum blushes and I nod my head.

“You are right, cousin. This is my gorgeous Tatum. Tatum, this is obviously my annoying cousin Carter.”

“Its nice to meet you.” Tatum smiles. “You two look more like brothers than cousins.”

“That, my dear, is because our fathers are twins, and we both obviously look like them.” Carter explains before I can.

Tatum nods in understanding, “I see. But you're younger, right?”

My cousin nods, “By six and a half months.”

We all chat for a few hours until dinner. Afterwards we retire back to my room and play videogames. It's pretty funny because we're all pretty competitive, so there is a lot of yelling.

Tatum's phone starts ringing so she hands me her controller so I can take over. “Hey Tyler.”

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Tatum

“Hey Tyler.” I say as I answer the phone.

“Hey Tatum. How's everything going?” my brother asks.

“Great! Shawn's cousin got here early, so we're just chilling. How're you?"

I hear my brother sigh on the other end, “I was doing pretty good but I just got a call from our sorry excuse of a father.”

I frown, “What did that bastard want?”

“He's seizing all of our assets. We have to get whatever we have out of our accounts before tomorrow evening. They also sold the house. We have to get our stuff from there by monday.”

“s**t, okay. Do you want to pick me up tomorrow morning to go to the bank, then afterwards we can start getting our stuff from the house?”

“Yeah, that sounds like a plan.”

“So they really disowned us, huh? I knew they were cruel but I still hoped they had at least an ounce of love for us.”

“Yeah. I'm sorry baby sister. I'll see you tomorrow at 8, kay?”

“yeah, okay. I love you.”

Tyler sighs dejectedly, “I love you too baby sister, more than anything.” with that we end the call. 

When I turn around I see the two Andrews boys looking at me. I immediately go to Shawn and hug him tightly. He wastes no time in hugging me back. “Tatum, please don't cry. They are not worth your tears.”

I didn't even realize I was crying, I guess it's affecting me a lot more than I thought. “I know. I don't know why I'm crying, honestly. I just don't understand how they could take everything from their children.”

Shawn kisses my forehead, “I know, princess. I'm here for you, every step of the way. Whatever you need, I'll make sure you have it.”

I lean in and give the amazing, handsome boy in front of me a lingering kiss. “You are honestly the best thing that's ever happened to me. I can't believe it's only been a month since we've become friends. I feel like I've known you forever. Like we were meant to be in each other's lives.”

Shawn smiles at me. “Tatum, I-”

“Guys I'm still in the room!” Carter ruins the moment.