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A/N: Before this starts, last chapter I said he’ll be there at 5, I changed it to 7 just to make it sound a bit more accurate 🙂
Jacob’s POV
Shawn was leading me to Michele’s truck, and when I was in front of it, he quickly ran ahead of me to open my door, which caused me to laugh.
“Why thank you, kind sir.” I said and started to get into the car, but Shawn pulled me back, and I looked at him very confused.
“Before you get in the car,” Shawn said pulling out a blindfold, “you need to put this on.”
“What is this Fifty Shades of Grey ? No thank you.” I said, continuing to get back in the car, but Shawn pulled me back out again.
“You are putting this on whether you like it or not.” Shawn said, turned me around, and quickly tied the blindfold around my eyes.
“Shawn, I can’t see anything, what if there I fall.” I said flailing my arms out in front of me.
“Yeah, you’re gonna fall in the car with a closed door totally.” Shawn said, laughing. He led me into the car, and buckled my seatbelt, booping my nose right after.
“Even with your boop and seatbelt, I still don’t feel safe.” I said under my breathe, loud enough for Shawn and Michele to hear.
“Don’t worry, I am here and driving so you’ll be safe.” Michele explained.
“That still doesn’t calm me down but okay.” I sighed. I heard Shawn getting into the car, and after a few moments, the car started moving.
I reached my arms out, trying to find the aux cord to play some calming music so I don’t die of anxiety while sitting blindfolded in a car. While searching, I felt a hand grab mine, and I let out a little yelp.
“Calm down, it’s just me.” Shawn said laughing, and I released a breath of relief, before finally asking for the aux cord.
“I wanted the aux cord, not your hand.” I said laughing, and Shawn did a small laugh and put the aux cord in my other hand.
“Hey, could you put Ed Sheeran? You know, I would be able to do it myself, but all I see is black.”
-=+=-
“We’re here!” Shawn said excitedly, I was about to untie the blindfold myself, but quickly grabbed arms before I could.
I groaned, “Why can’t I just see again? What if I fall down a cliff?”
“Don’t worry, I won’t let that happen.” Shawn replied. I sat patiently, as he got out of the car, opened my door, and grabbed my hand to lead me out. I unbuckled my seatbelt and followed his lead.
“Okay, call me okay? I’ll see you two tomorrow?” Michele spoke and that caught me off guard.
“Tomorrow?” I asked confused.
“Michele! You didn’t hear anything. Nope. Nothing that would potentially ruin the surprise.” Shawn explained, and I could hear Michele laughing. I heard a car door close, and the engine turning back on before leaving whatever area I was in.
“Okay, now on a scale of 1-10, how dangerous is this whole thing.” I asked.
“Zero.” Shawn said, as he started to take me to his secret date location.
“That wasn’t what I asked. What if I die?” I asked, slowing down, and Shawn just laughed.
“Jacob, I would never let anything hurt you. A bear could be chasing us and I would distract it as you ran.” Shawn explained, holding my hand a little tighter, which helped calm me.
“Well, now I am worried about being chased by a bear and you dying wonderful.”
As we continued walking, I kept wondering where he could be taking me, and what we would be doing.
After a few minutes of walking he stopped walking and slowly moved me into a certain spot.
“Jacob, we’re here.” Shawn spoke, he carefully untied the blindfold and I finally was able to look around at my surrounding. We were on a hill which was giving us a great view of the sunset.
I looked at what was in front of me, which made me smile because of how much thought Shawn put into this. On the hill was a blanket and on top of it was a picnic basket. A few feet away from the blanket was a tent set up, and next to it was a guitar case.
“I really hope you like it, and that it’s not too cliche.” Shawn spoke, nervously laughing.
“Shawn, I love it. It’s cute and simple, it’s perfect.” I said, smiling. He grabbed my hand once again and led me to the blanket. We sat down and he pulled out paper plates, sandwiches, chips, and a bottle of fruit punch.
We started eating, and had small conversation as we ate. We both had smiles on our faces, and nothing could wipe them off our faces.
“Shawn, how did you even have the time to set this all up?” I asked as I took a drink of the fruit punch.
“Michele helped me a lot. We had to make the sandwiches, get a blanket, and all the things. We had to build the tent ourselves, and don’t get me started on how complicated that was.” Shawn explained, and I laughed at him.
Once we finished eating, and put everything back into the picnic basket, Shawn grabbed his guitar and started strumming softly. I looked at him and smiled as he played his guitar, quietly humming.
As he played, I thought about what had led me to this moment. The meet and greet, the concert, my passing out, my leg, my car, Jenna, and the almost kiss.
I couldn’t believe that I was sitting next to someone who I have been a fan of, someone who I started watching 3 years ago. That person who I’ve idolized, had asked me on a date, and I am now watching him play guitar, as he sits right next to me.
“Jacob, look.” Shawn spoke quietly which brought me out of my thoughts. He laid his guitar down and motioned towards the sunset. The sky was turning orange, and would turn darker each second that would pass.
I felt Shawn grab my hand, and I looked down to see our hands intertwined. I turned my head towards Shawn, who was staring at the sunset, with a larger smile on his face. I smiled and rested my head on his shoulder, scooting closer to him.
I felt safe, I felt appreciated, I felt cared for. Feelings that I have never experienced from a guy before until now.
Once the sun had set, he just sat there in silence, a comforting silence. Shawn nudged me and I turned my head to look at him.
“This date isn’t done yet.” He whispered, and I shook my head, laughing quietly.
“Of course it isn’t.”
He got up, and I stood up with him, our hands still intertwined. Shawn put his guitar away, and lead me towards the tent that I forgot was there. He opened it and I smiled.
Inside, was a blanket, pillows, and a small DVD player which had a bunch of movies placed right next to it.
Shawn laid down, and patted the spot next to him and I gladly accepted the offer. He picked up the DVD player and placed it on top of his body so we could both see it. He put his arm around me and pulled me closer.
The movie currently playing was Toy Story , but I didn’t really pay attention to it. I yawned, and closed my eyes, ready to fall asleep. I heard the movie stop, and the DVD player close. Shawn put it down, before wrapping both of his arms around me.
“Shawn,” I whispered, with my eyes still closed, “you didn’t have to do all of this for me.” Shawn quietly laughed, and pulled me closer.
“For you, a thousand times over.”
-=+=-
Word Count: 1,301
Updated: 06/30/2017
A/N:
BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM
UPDATED AN ACTUAL CHAPTER AFTER FIFTY YEARS.
After writing this, I do feel like I am slowly getting back into writing again. I played music while writing and living a dream of mine that would never actually happen because if you seen the photo of me in my whole “Update but not an update?” thing you would see my potato face :’)
Also, if you got that reference from the last sentence of this chapter, I like your existence in this world. If you didn’t, it was from the book The Kite Runner which was about people living in Afghanistan and stuff with the Taliban and it is pretty graphic, but I would say if you want to read it, be prepared for some crazy stuff. I read it last school year for my english class, and me being me, I read like half of it but that line played a pretty big part in the end of the book so why not make it a symbol of their first date in this book!
Anyways, I am really happy to start writing again, and hopefully you guys are excited to continue reading this!
In other news, I currently have 14 Days, 5 Hours, 27 Minutes and 10 Seconds until my Shawn concert in San Diego and I’m gonna get lit.
I also changed the cover and added the photo of the old one next to the new one in this chapter, let me know what you think!
SOoOoOo I don’t know when I will update next, but hopefully next week? Or maybe like in the next few upcoming days? We shall seeeeeeee
And I decided to go with choice A, to just continue writing this book for as long as my little black heart can write it too, and I already have ideas in my notes so we will see which first even will happen first 😉
Your votes and comments are always appreciated! Until then, I still don’t have a sign off !
-Jacob
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