BitterSweet

Chapter 27

"And what are you going to gag me with?" He doesn't believe that I'll do it. I so will.

"I'll find something, anything. My panties- I mean-" Crap! And I said he had no filter!

"Oh, I like that." His eyes light up as he grins a panty soaking smile. "HEY, MA!"

I jump when he shouts. "Shawn!" I yell after him as he takes off running towards the back yard and leaving me in the front. There's no way I can catch him but I have to try.

"Are you and Shawn together?" I hear Aaliyah asks before I can chase after Shawn. I totally forgot she witnessed our exchange. Letting Shawn run off, hoping his filter is better than mine, I turn my attention to his sister. I don't think he'll actually tell Karen what we're doing... Will he?

"Not really." I tell Aaliyah not really knowing what to say. "We're... it's complicated, but we're kind of.. I guess you could say seeing where it goes, and we're being exclusive so... I guess, kind of."

"So you're dating?" She grins.

"Like I said, it's complicated. But- he's not as bad as I thought he was." I smile thinking about how I've come to enjoy Shawn's company.

Aaliyah and I lock arms and start to walk in the direction where Shawn took off from. When we round the corner, I see he's talking to Karen. My body instantly tenses up in wondering what he's saying.

"Don't worry," Aaliyah senses my reluctance to go further. "Mom will be thrilled."

"I'm not so sure about that. He's not my boyfriend or anything, we're just... you know."

We make it to where everyone is on the patio, Manny is pulling meat off the grill with Niall's help, Hailee is just coming out of the house with a beer in her hand and giving it to Niall. And Karen, she pulls away from Shawn and walks towards Aaliyah and I with a huge smile on her face.

"Camila," She smiles at me and Aaliyah releases my arm so Karen can hug me. "I'm so glad you came."

"Uh- yeah." I hug her back and look at Shawn over her shoulder with his hands in his pockets and a pleased grin on his face. 'what did you say to her?!' I mouth at him but he just shrugs and walks towards us.

"Let's not scare her away, mother." Shawn jokes as he pulls me to his side.

"Oh, Shawn, stop it." She playfully swats at him. "Everything's ready, just help yourselves."

When Karen walks away from us, I turn to Shawn and give him the look, complete with hands on my hips.

"What?" He has the nerve to ask.

"You know what." I tell him offensively. We're far enough away so nobody can overhear us. "What did you say to your mom?"

"I didn't say anything... I wouldn't want to be gagged." He wiggles his eyebrows playfully. I have to bite my lip to keep me from giggling. "But I do want to gag you now that you brought it up. I love hearing you scream my name but gagging could be fun to try."

"Later." I tell him sternly. "And only if you tell me what you told your mom about us."

"Maybe I could tie you up again too." He moans at his suggestion as his hand snakes around my waist and he pulls me towards him. I look around to see if anyone notices our exchange, and everyone here does. It's then when I notice Hailee's parents and her brother is here too.

"Shawn." I panic quietly.

"Relax, baby." He says seeing the fear in my eyes at what everyone will think of me and our 'relationship'. I didn't think being friends with benefits would be this... embarrassing. "I just told my mom that we're fucking like animals."