Not So Romeo

3

Tatum

In my family's eyes, ditching was probably one of the worst decisions I've ever made. Well that is, before I decided to ditch with the one and only Shawn Andrews. I've honestly never liked him, but that was because of my parents. They always told my brother and I to not talk to him or any of the Andrews family. I get that our parents don't get along with eachother because they are rivals to eachother in the business world, but I don't understand why the hatred was brought down to us children. I wish I would've talked to Shawn sooner. I mean I've talked to him before but those times we were just insulting eachother. Honestly though, Shawn is one of the coolest, realest people I've ever met.

Shawn is obviously the school's resident bad boy, and that stereotype is somewhat true. He's always ditching and smoking, especially on campus, but at the same time he's also a straight A student and does a ton of community service and not for punishment. He's actually never been arrested, contrary to what the rumors say.

"Taattttuumm," Shawn sings.

I laugh, "yes?"

"Whatcha thinkin about?"he questions, not looking from the road. That's another thing about him, he's an incredibly safe driver.

"Just how I wish we could've hung out like this sooner. And how our parents are total jerks trying to get us to hate each other just because of their petty feud."

He chuckles lightly. "It worked for a while. But I wish we did this sooner too. You're pretty cool." we pull into the parking lot of one of the best burger joints in the area.

***

"So why don't you like being a good girl?" Shawn inquires. We're currently playing truths while munching on a plate of fries.

I shrug, "I guess it's just because everyone expects me to be little miss f*****g perfect all the time. To never break the rules, hook up with guys, always listen and do my homework on time, etcetera." I huff, "it's just annoying how I was stereotyped as a good girl. Like I don't mind it, but it's boring. I want to have fun and break the rules. I want to live."

He nods in understanding. "I get it. It's the opposite for me though. Everyone expects me to f**k everything up. I honestly don't even know how I got the bad boy image. Maybe because I like to wear leather jackets and smoke cigarettes. But that's over half the kids at our school."

"For real." I laugh and Shawn joins in. "Do you wanna hang out at my place tonight? My parents are out of town, as usual, so it's just me, Tyler, Grayson, and Alfie."

"Is Alfie your butler?" he questions.

"Nope,"I say popping the p. "He's my cat. Our butler quit, saying it's because we're devil children and the cat is Satan himself." I chuckle.

"Well that's lovely." Shawn laughs and after sobering up, gives me I genuine smile.(and might I say, he has the most perfect teeth.) "And hanging at your place sounds like fun."