Zoë POV
I haven't seen Shawn since Saturday. Monday morning I wake up and take Skye to school. Halfway through the class, I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket for the second time and ignore it only for it to do the same thing a few minutes later. I get up and duck down and scurry out the room. I go outside and pull out my phone to see a missed call from Shawn. I sigh annoyed that he called me. He knows I was in class as I listen to his message.
"Hey Zoë I know you're in class but I just got into an accident... uh I had to get stitches under my eyebrow and my lip is sort of busted, I'm ok so don't worry just wanted to let you know." I gasp and pull my phone away and call him back my hands are shaking so bad I can hardly hold my phone. How I can continue with class. I shake my head and go back into the building and quietly pack up my things and ignore the glares I'm getting. I get in my car and pull up his number and call him back.
"Hey, I got your message, Where are you?"
"I'll text you my location." He says. I nod and turn the key in the ignition.
"What happened?" I ask.
"I was going to turn and the car slammed into me." "Shit I'm sorry did they help out or anything?" I ask trying to calm myself down. "Yes, and they apologized and all." He says calmly. "Well, I'll be there soon." " See you soon." I hang up and grip the wheel tightly cautiously pull out of the parking lot. I get to the hospital and feel my heart racing as memories of being here when Skye was born to go through my head, along with all the anxiety associated with it. The staff guides me down a long hall. I knock on the door to the room and wait. "Come in." I open the door a little and slide in before shutting the door and turning around. I look at Shawn and gasp. "Zo I'm fine shh stop crying." Shawn soothes. "No your not look at your face!"
"I'm-"
"How many stitches?"
"Uh five?"
"Shawn!" I pull away and examine his face. "Zoë it didn't even hurt.. well that's a lie my face smacked the wheel and that when my skin split and then got some minor whiplash." He says and cracks his neck. I'm speechless as I look at the white strips under his eyebrow and the busted part of his bottom lip. "I know this is no joking matter, but you look like you did in the Stitches video where you got beat up." He laughs at this. "I know we're taking a break and I'll wait as long as you want, but I still want you to be my wife." He says looking at me. I pace the room as he sits down on the bed his eyes following me. "I've been staying at my parents this last week, and then I leave again but I'll only be gone until-"
"Stop." He looks at me and sighs before running his fingers through his hair. "Right," "My question is where do we go from here?" I stop pacing wondering what to say but for once I have nothing to say. "I don't know," I whisper. "I'm sorry for not appreciating all you do with Skye and going to school and everything. Your right, I don't get what it's like to be you but.."
"Tell you what, come home tonight get ready to leave again and we'll start from there. Were "You sure? I can stay at my parents place if you want me to."
"I want you home," I say firmly.
"I'll come home then and I'm sorry about everything and-" I giggle a little and kiss him. I pull away briefly before pressing my lips back on his."We shouldn't be making out in your car right now," Shawn says against my lips. "Yeah, but when have we had a kiss like this?" I ask smirking. "Your right it's been a while." He says kissing me again. I let out a breath before moving my hand down his face. I pull away from my finger resting gently on his lips. "Is that you saying were done?" He mumbles against my finger. "We have to go pick up Skye unless you want to go home first, your face must hurt."
"Zoë I'm fine." He says smiling a little. I turn the key in the ignition and shake out my hair my cheeks hot from us kissing. "Okay."
I pull up to the school and glance over at Shawn. "You want to walk up with me?"
"I can wait here." He says. I get my purse from the back and shut the door. "I'm leaving the keys in so you have some heat."
"Thanks for that." Shawn says smiling. "I'll be right back babe," I say the word felt weird on my lips since I haven't said it in a while. I shake off the throught and walking ito the school I sign in at the front office that has that familiar sent of floor polish.
"Zoë, how are you?" The secretary Jackie bubbles. "I'm good how was your day?"
"Good." I scribble down the date.
"See you tomorrow. " I say and wave.
"Bye." I walk down the hall reading the room numbers and the teachers names and fondly remember my elementary years.
"Look what I made in art today!" Skye says and proudly shoves a drawing in my hands and beams up at me. "This is pretty, who are the people you drew?" I ask looking at the stick figures. "You, daddy and me, and I added a puppy because I want one for my birthday." She says matter of factly. "I like it, you got all your stuff?" I ask glancing down the hall. I always feel paranoid when I pick her up from school and I wish I could shake it but since that photo of Shawn outside surfaced on the internet I always make sure I'm in the building for the shortest amount of time possible. "Yep!" She says and bounces down the front steps and to the car. I smile at her excitment as I unlock the door. "Daddy! What are you doing home?" Skye says excitedly as I buckle her in her car seat. "I had some free time." He says and turning to face her. Her eyes widened in concern. "What happened to your face?!" Skye asks shocked. "I erm fell over." Shawn lies I give him a look.
"Oh... look at this drawing I did!" She says thrusting the paper forward. I get in the car and watch his confused face trying to decipher what it is. "It's you, me and Skye along with a puppy," I explain. "Ahh, I knew that I just wanted to see if you knew." He says and smiles.
"Skye what do you want for dinner?" I ask looking through the rearview at her. "Um.... I don't know," she says. "How about pizza, we haven't had that in a while," Shawn suggests. "Yes!" Skye cheers. "Ok, we can go home and order some, how about that?" She nods eagerly making me giggle. "Is the pizza here?" Skye asks looking up from the table. "A few more minutes, did you finish your homework yet?" I ask. "Almost... daddy can you help me? This math problem is hard." She says. "On it." I smile watching Shawn go into the dining room.
Today was the most time Shawn and I have gotten along in a while and it feels foreign to me. I glance down at my hand that looks naked without the engagement ring on it, but do I even want to take that step again? We are both so busy right now, how would we even find time to get married in the first place? "What are you thinking about beautiful?" Shawn asks sliding into bed next to me. "Us," I say softly as I stuck my hand under the covers. "Everything is going to work out for us, don't you worry." He says placing a kiss on my temple. "I also wanted to thank you for coming to the ER you didn't have to-
"Of course I do, you're my.." I pause cause were not boyfriend and girlfriend yet I'm not his fiancee anymore. "You're my significant other," I say, he frowns a little. "You're still my girlfriend Zoë." He says softly. "Were in that weird in-between phase and I just didn't know what to call it." I slide down in the bed a little. "I get it." I hear little feet running down the hall and count down the minutes till our door is shoved open."Daddy! Theirs's a ghost in my room I saw something move!" Skye says frantically running into our room and launches her self on to our bed crawling over me to get to Shawn. I hold back my laughter knowing it must have been a shirt falling off a hanger or something, but she's been reading scary stories recently so her fear makes sense.
