Hello! I have good news and good news with some bad news. Good news, I will be updating The Legend of Horse Hill sometime in the next few days. Other good news, I know what happens with Shawn and Juliet. Bad news, I don't like what happens :(
In this story we have my take on Shawn meeting Juliet's parents. However, Juliet never told her parents that she stopped dating Declan and they think they're meeting him... It goes semi-well :) Shules!
I want to thank my bestfriend for helping me. I love you girl :)
The sun was blazing in the bright blue sky. Not a single cloud was in sight. The beaches were packed with civilians trying to cool down. Business and homes were racking up their electric bill with the AC on blast. Fans were working overtime, trying to momentarily get rid of this God damn heat. While the residents of Santa Barbara were used to the heat, they were all wishing for the daily high of ninety-two degrees. For the last numerous weeks the temperature never went bellow a hundred. Even crime had begun to become a slave to Mother Nature. The worst crime the Santa Barbara Police Department had dealt with was a store fight over a bag of ice. Deciding the heat was too much, and not enough crime to go around, Chief Karen Vick had given her detectives the day off.
Carlton Lassiter had protested about the day off. But one look from Vick made him crumble. It was hot, and with her daughter's inner temperature reaching dangerous amounts, she wasn't in a mood to argue. Juliet O'Hara had happily accepted the day off. That night after work, she'd arrived at her boyfriend's house and proceeded to rock his world- literally. Not having spent a full night together in weeks, had worked up a supply of sexual need. As soon as she entered his apartment, flashed him her lust filled eyes, Shawn Spencer had been putty in her hands.
Around three in the morning, they had stop. With the sweat they worked up, the room had gone far too hot. Even with Shawn's AC on full blast, the room had done nothing but grown warmer. Shawn almost convinced Juliet to sleep outside where the night breeze might help cool them down. Juliet turned that down immediately, kicked the blankets off the bed, and promptly fell asleep with her hand clutching his.
"Shawn." A smack to his chest made him grunt awake.
"What?" he moaned.
"The AC stopped," Juliet said. Shawn opened his eyes and hissed softly as the sun hit him full force. "Sun out. Sun hot. Sun bad." Shawn whined turning away from the sliding glass doors that led to the balcony.
"Shawn." Juliet pushed him hard and he fell off the bed. He landed with a thump on the white carpet. "You okay?" Juliet asked not bothering to get up. Moving caused work, work caused heat.
"Just peachy." Shawn reached to his side and found the boxers that had been thrown the night before. He slipped them on his lower half and stood up. The heat coming from the sun had already started to heat up the room, despite the hours of AC. Shawn paddled to the hallway and checked the monitor. The AC was on. Checking the hallway light, Shawn found his guess correct. "Powers out." Shawn announced walking back into the room. He stopped and leaned against the door frame. He watched as Juliet sighed and finally sat up. She clutched a thin white sheet to her chest. She ran her fingers through her hair and met her boyfriend's gaze.
"What?" she demanded.
"Nothing," he smirked. "It's hot." He stated.
"No duh Spencer." Juliet retorted rolling her eyes.
"Wanna take a cold shower?" he asked. "Powers out, meaning no hot water. Which means cold water. Its calling our names Jules, just listen." He cupped his ear and pointed it in the direction of the bathroom. He stayed quiet, as if he was really listening to their names being called. "Yup. I clearly hear it. Don't you?" his eyebrow rose.
"You just want an excuse to see me naked," she smiled as Shawn walked forward.
"Oh Jules. Sweet, sweet Jules. I don't need an excuse to see you naked. Member?" he tapped his head. Juliet rolled her eyes again and chuckled. Yes she knew about his photographic memory. She'd known for months. Only two months into their relationship when she had found out. Not having heard from him all day, made her think something was wrong. She raced from the station to his house to find him an emotional wreck.
He was sitting on the bed, his head buried in his hands and his shoulders shaking with suppressed sobs. Juliet walked slowly to his side and sat down beside him. One hand was placed on his shoulder and he'd broken down completely. Through his sobs, Shawn managed to get out the truth to her. Juliet was furious, she was ready to smack him and give him a piece of her mind. However seeing him so vulnerable… she cried with him. Ever since, their relationship had only grown closer.
"You better not be replaying some of those memories in public Spencer." She said. This time Shawn rolled his eyes. "Jules you know I do. Now you didn't answer my question. Would you like to take a cold shower with me, you're handsome, amazing boyfriend?"
"My conceited boyfriend?" she teased.
"Oh Jules. That's below the belt." He mocked pain.
"Whatever Spencer." She stood up and let the sheet fall onto the bed. She walked into the bathroom and laughed when he didn't follow her. "I thought you wanted a shower?" she popped her head out of the room. Shawn was still standing in the door way. His eyes were screwed shut and he took a heavy breath. "You okay?"
His eyes snapped open and his grin grew. "You're going to kill me O'Hara." He played the last name card.
"Then come in here and let me kill you." Juliet disappeared back into the bathroom and Shawn was quick to follow.
Juliet pulled a black comb through her long blonde hair. She tied her hair into a ponytail, hoping to keep her cool. Juliet closed her eyes and sighed deeply. Without warning she felt Shawn's body press into hers as he hugged her. "No baby, it's too hot." She shrugged him off keeping her eyes closed.
"It wasn't too hot for you ten minutes ago." He retorted crossing the room and grabbing his phone.
"Shawn." She turned around to scold him but stopped when she saw his face pinch. "What's wrong?"
"I got six missed calls from my dad." Shawn clicked some buttons on his phone and put it to his ear. "Voicemail," he took the phone away and hung up.
"Maybe he's off with one of his guy friends." She shrugged.
"Jules he's like eighty years old." Shawn threw his phone on the bed.
"Shawn he turned sixty-two last month." She turned back to the bathroom counter.
"He and the old guys he hangs with are probably just arguing over who needs the last diaper." Shawn shrugged and pulled on a pair of old gym shorts. Juliet chuckled as she watched him fall face first onto the bed.
"That's what you get for being cocky," Juliet smiled walking over to the bed and sitting down. Shawn moved over to her and wrapped his arm around her waist. He rested his head on the mattress and pressed the side of his head to her leg. "Big baby." She ran a hand through his hair.
"I love you." He mumbled.
"I love you too." She kissed his temple and stood up as her phone rang. She searched the carpet for the phone. She found it underneath the bed and shot Shawn a look. He shrugged and started playing with a loose thread on the sheets.
"Hello?" Juliet questioned opening the glass doors. She stepped outside on the balcony. She sighed as the hot air hit her face.
"Julie, so glad to talk to you." Her mother's voice rang from the other end.
"Hey mom." Juliet went back inside.
"Guess what?" her mom's voice was cheery and light.
"What?" she asked laying back first onto the bed. Shawn moved his head onto her stomach and closed his eyes. Juliet stroked his forehead as she listened to her mom.
"Lloyd and I are in San Diego!" Juliet's eyes widened. She would have shot up if Shawn hadn't been lying on her stomach. "And we're leaving this afternoon, and we're heading your way!"
"That's great mom." Juliet faked the happy tone. Shawn looked up at her, having heard the change of her attitude.
"We'll be staying a few days." Her mother continued.
"That's great." Juliet clenched her teeth. Shawn's eyebrows furrowed as he listened to the one-side conversation.
"We want to see you, have dinner, and experience the Santa Barbara life."
"Well unfortunately, we're kind of experiencing a massive heat wave and the power just went out." Juliet tried to convince her mother not to come. Not that she didn't love her parents-because she did-she just hadn't told them a few things. Like the fact that she was currently in an exclusive relationship with a Psychic.
"Julie, if I didn't know better, I'd say it sounded like you didn't want us to visit you." Her mom pouted.
"I do mom, I just don't think now's the best time." Juliet covered Shawn's mouth with her hand as he began to speak.
"We'll be there in a few hours. Maybe we can have dinner with you and Declan, huh?" her mom suggested
"Yeah mom, about that…" Juliet tried to tell her mom she wasn't dating Declan, but Shawn.
"I have to go. Kisses!"
"Kisses." Juliet replied miserably hanging up the phone. Shawn's tongue darted out of his mouth and touched her hand. She jerked away and he sat up quickly. "Shawn! That's gross!"
"Sorry Jules, but it hand to be done." He moved away when she tried to hit him. "What's wrong?"
"What do you mean?" she sat up.
"You sounded well… terrible on the phone."
"My mom and Lloyd are coming into town," she started.
"I gathered." Shawn sat down on the bed.
"Don't be a smart-ass. Anyways, I um… may not have told them I was dating you." She said uneasily.
Shawn laughed and rested his hand on her knee. "Is that what you're worried about? Just call them and tell 'em."
"It's not that easy." She leaned over and put her weight against him.
"Why not babe?" he kissed her cheek.
"They um, they think that I'm dating Declan…" she whispered.
"What was that?" not being sure he heard her right, he asked her to repeat.
"I never told them that I broke up with Declan. Last they heard I was heading to the Amalfi Coast with him." Juliet closed her eyes and waited for her boyfriend to say something. Everyone knew Declan was a sore spot for Shawn. He hated anything that had to do with her ex. Shawn didn't even talk about the cases Declan had helped them on, and he never went back to that coffee shop where Declan had showed him up.
"What?" his voice was slow. Juliet looked at him and noticed he was trying to hide the anger and hurt. His face however portrayed them both.
"I'm so sorry! I just never got around to telling them. And whenever we talked the conversation was never on my love life." Shawn jumped up. "Shawn!" She grabbed his hand and pulled him to her. "I love you! You know I do. I'm sorry okay?"
"How hard is it to tell your parents you're dating me? 'Hey mom, hey Lloyd, I'm no longer dating Declan. Instead I'm dating Shawn.'" Shawn mimicked the conversation Juliet should have had.
"Not that hard babe, but I've been busy. I promise by tonight they'll know you're my boyfriend, and how much I'm in love with you." She wrapped her arms around him and forced him to stay. "I'm sorry baby. Forgive me?" she flashed him the puppy-dog eyes she'd learned from him. He groaned and let his head fall back.
"Why do you have to be so irresistible?" she smiled and kissed his abs.
"I've learned from the best!" she squealed as he picked her up and tossed her further up the bed. He covered her body with his own and kissed her passionately. She happily kissed him back and tangled her fingers in his thick hair. Shawn grunted when she tugged his hair. They broke apart when air became needed. Both were smiling widely.
"We should be getting ready." Juliet whispered trying to catch up on lost breath. Her hand trailed down his chest.
"Yeah." Shawn agreed. Their eyes met and the kissing resumed with full force.
Juliet pulled on her blue dress and smoothed out the wrinkles. She crossed the room over to her little makeup table. She sat down and applied some red lipstick. Shawn walked into the room donning a black suit with no tie. Juliet had found the suit in his closet, buried underneath a million other articles of clothing that had never seen the light of day. He walked behind her and tried to tame the messy hair on his head. Juliet smiled up at him and he smiled back.
"You wouldn't happen to have any gel would you?" he asked.
"Check the bathroom, I might have some in there." He kissed the top of her head and disappeared into the bathroom. Juliet turned back to her own reflection and made sure she looked perfect. This was the first time her parents would be seeing them as a couple. Hell this was their first time meeting Shawn. She wanted her mom and Lloyd to be impressed. She wanted them to fall in love with him as she had. She also hoped her mother wouldn't tell any embarrassing stories Shawn could use to his advantage later on.
"I don't know why you don't like wearing a suit." Juliet called to him. "You look handsome and fancy when you do." Shawn walked into the bedroom. His hair pulled back and glued with the gel he'd found. He snorted and walked over to her.
"You're just saying that so I'll wear one more often. Well sorry love, it's not happening." He smirked. She stood up and pulled on the black heels she'd picked out. Her hair bounced on her shoulders in soft curls. She'd spent more than an hour curling her hair to perfection.
"You look beautiful," he complimented.
"Thanks, as I said, you look handsome." Shawn put his hands on her hips and nuzzled her nose. "Are you nervous?" he nodded his head.
"Do you think your parents will like me?"
"I'm sure they'll love you." She kissed him softly. "Should I wear earrings?" she wondered aloud.
"Yeah I think you should, try these." He reached into her open jewelry box and pulled out two dangling diamond earrings. "These always look good on you." He handed them to her and continued to hold her as she put them on. "Gorgeous." He took a deep breath as her cheeks tinted red. He told her that all the time, it really did wonders for her self-esteem.
"Let's go amaze my parents." She kissed his freshly shaven cheek.
"After you Jules." She turned around and headed out the bedroom door. Shawn grabbed her purse and shut off the bedroom light. After making sure everything was off and locked, they got into her Green Volkswagen Beetle and began the fifteen minute drive to Marios. Her mother had texted her to meet them at Marios around eight. Marios was fancy place where a suit and tie were required, much to Shawn's dismay.
The ride was spent with both Shawn and Juliet laughing, making jokes and Shawn mocking whatever song came on the radio. They arrived ten minutes early, Juliet used this time to tell Shawn what Lloyd and her mother enjoyed. "Lloyd likes baseball, and The Da Vinci Code. His favorite actor is Robin Williams. My mom likes gardens and flowers. And she is very skeptical of Psychics."
"Jules calm down. I promise I won't announce any information unless it's called for. I won't do any imitations of Robin Williams or Tom Hanks. Although come to think of it, I've never see The Da Vinci Code." He placed a hand on her shoulder. "Relax. It'll be fine." Juliet nodded and reached in her purse. She pulled out a black tie and handed it to Shawn.
"I borrowed that from Carlton, so don't ruin it." She warned opening her door.
"This is Lassie's tie? Come on Jules! Do I have to?"
"Yes Shawn, now come on. I see them." Juliet shut her door and approached the couple waiting at the door. Shawn watched from the car as Juliet hugged her mother first, then Lloyd. He quickly put on his tie and felt his stomach clench with nerves.
This was the first time ever meeting his girlfriend's parents… by choice. He usually wasn't the guy you brought to meet mommy and daddy. He was the guy who would sneak into your room, stay all night and disappear before you woke up and your parents had a chance to see him. His father had told him that one day he would have to meet the parents. Shawn knew he'd have too. At least Juliet's parents he would. His grandfather told him stories all the time of his meeting with Shawn's father growing up. His mom's parents had been happy with Henry from the first meeting. His seriousness proving to be a good and bad thing.
Shawn got out of the car when Juliet turned and waved for him to come over. He walked slowly over to the threesome and licked his lips.
"Drake has gotten so big!" Juliet's mother told Juliet. Shawn remembered Drake as one of Juliet's nephews.
"So where's this Declan?" Lloyd asked. Shawn paused in his walking.
"Mom, Lloyd this is my boyfriend Shawn." Juliet turned and reached out for Shawn's hand. Shawn gulped and grabbed her hand, finishing the journey with Lloyd's gaze on him.
"Shawn? What… I thought you were dating Declan. Julie I'm confused." Her mother stuttered.
"I broke up with Declan months ago, shortly after the breakup, Shawn and I started dating." Juliet explained.
"Hi." Shawn waved shyly.
"Are serious Julie? Wasn't Declan a rich, smart guy?" Her mom said looking Shawn up and down.
"Yes he was. But Shawn is too. I mean he's smart. And I love him a lot." Juliet took one if his hands in both of hers.
"Love?" Lloyd questioned shocked. "Just how long have the two of you been dating?"
"Nine months," Shawn answered immediately.
"Nine months?" Shawn and Juliet nodded.
"Mrs. O'Hara, I know I'm not rich or well… fancy. But I do love your daughter. I love her more than anything, I can assure you that." Everyone stayed silent. Shawn shifted, waiting for her parents to say something.
"Well then. Let's get dinner started." Lloyd led Juliet's mother inside.
"That went well." Juliet whispered following them.
In the following chapters I'll have plenty of drama between the Spencer's and O'Hara's. Stay tuned to find out!