Set Apart

Chapter 16~

Cristina's POV~

After Shawn's party, Cory and I weren't really talking to him as much. He kept saying he couldn't get too close to us because he was super sick and Turner was still making him go to school. But, I kinda missed sitting with him at lunch. I thought that today after school, I would go over to Turner's and comfort him a bit.

I walked up the flights of stairs and knocked on the door. Turner opened it and looked surprised when he saw me. "Hey Cristina. You here for Shawn?"

"Well no offense Mr. Turner but I didn't come over for another lecture on The Grapes of Wrath."

He smiled. "Yeah, yeah, come in." I walked in and he closed the door behind me. "Shawn you have a visitor!"

I saw Shawn turn the corner and his eyes went wide when he saw me. "Cris! Umm. Hey, what are you doing here? I'm sick remember." He started coughing into his sleeve.

"So what? I miss hanging out with my best friend. So..." I pulled out some stuff from my backpack. "I brought over Ace Ventura: Pet Detective on tape, and a face mask for you to hide your germs." I handed him the mask and went over to the VCR and put the tape in.

"You didn't have to do that." He said as he walked closer to me.

"You're right I didn't, but i'm here so make it worth while and watch the stupid movie with me Hunter." I elbowed him and he smiled.

Shawn's POV:

For feelings that are supposed to be all in my head, they sure as hell feel real. It's just like the day of my birthday, I kept trying to focus on the movie but I can't help but look at her. When she giggled at the funny parts and her little dimples popped out I couldn't help but smile super wide. She couldn't tell though considering she actually made me wear the face mask and didn't just bring it as a joke.

She started to notice I wasn't watching the movie because she paused it and looked at me. "Okay clearly you're thinking about something other than the movie, so talk to me."

"There's nothing to talk about." I faked a smile.

"Hunter you don't think I know you well enough to know when something is wrong?" She rested her elbow on the backrest of the couch, put her head in her hand, and faced me.

I tried to think of something to say.

She spoke before I could say anything. "Hey I won't judge you, you know that. Whatever it is, you can tell me." She put her other hand on mine and rubbed it. I was trying so hard not to react but I could feel my heart race.

"I just..."

"What?" She softened her voice and looked me right in the eyes.

"I realized the other day, after you wrote me that song...that you're one of the greatest friends a person could have."

"I know." She flips her hair. "I try."

I chuckle a little bit, no wonder I like her. "I guess that just made me feel bad because, I got you as a best friend, and you got stuck with me." I lied, I didn't have the guts to tell her the truth. I needed to tell her something that she would believe instead of telling her anything about what i'm feeling. Plus why tell her I have feelings when they aren't real, right?

She sighed. "Hunter. I wrote you that song because you deserved that song. I don't regret writing it for you and I wouldn't wanna be best friends with anybody other than you and Cory."

"Really? You wouldn't trade being friends with the broken trailer trash boy for anything else?"

I tried to avoid eye contact with her before she answered, but she grabbed me by my face so I was forced to look at her. "Shawn what makes you think that I don't feel broken too?"