Can I please come with? Please please pleasepleasepleeeeaaaaase," the girl begged, clasping her hands in front of her face as she flashed Bambi eyes at the two men in front of her. She pouted and flung herself back on the bed when they both shook their heads solemnly. "Being grounded blows," she grumbled, crossing her arms and kicking her legs in frustration.

"Aria," Shawn began, trying to reason with the girl, "this is kind of what happens when you lie to a parent."

"Says the man whose entire career and relationship is built upon a series of lies?" she pointed out. "And, let me get this straight. A raging sociopath decides he should kidnap me, and I'm the one who gets punished? How is that fair?"

"You're right. It's not fair," he responded, and Aria, raising her head, saw him softening a bit. Yes! Come on, come on, just one moment of indecisiveness, that's all I need. But her hopes were dashed when she saw him exchange a look with Gus. "Look, can you blame me for being worried? And you're never going to take me seriously if I don't carry through with at least one of my threats."

"Like I ever took you seriously to begin with…" she muttered. "Gus?" she asked, giving him a hopeful grin, but he just raised his hands as if to say, Don't bring me into this. "Ugh, fine. Go on, enjoy your movie, leave me here to suffer by myself."

"Movies," Gus corrected eagerly. "It's a triple feature." He stopped and cleared his throat uncomfortably when he saw Shawn giving him a withering look. "But, uh, they aren't really Hitchcock's best movies, so you aren't really missing out-"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's what they all say," she interrupted him.

"Look, this is your last day of being grounded, anyway," Shawn tried.

Aria jumped on his words. "Yes! Exactly! It's been nearly a month, and I'm really bored, and it really sucks, which is why you should lift my prison sentence and let me come with you!"

"Hey!" Henry poked his head in the room. "Is it really that torturous staying over here for the night?"

"No, no, no! Henry, no, it's not that I don't want to be here! It's not that at all. It's just…" she paused, trying to think of a better way to put it. "Well, I don't really want to be here. Not tonight, anyway." She cocked her head apologetically, before turning her attention back to her adoptive father and his best friend. "Please?" she whimpered, giving both men the patented puppy dog eyes and pout that she had gotten down to a near science.

Shawn clicked his tongue in annoyance. "Fine! Fine, go get your coat." The girl squealed in delight, running past them for the stairs. In response to Gus and Henry's disapproving stares, Shawn just shrugged helplessly. "What? You saw the look, she gave me the look." Henry walked away, and Gus headed for the stairs. "Guys, come on! She gave me the look!"


LONG TIME NO SEE, MY DUDES.

To sum up the past couple of years: I graduated high school! Currently a freshman at my dream college! Life is busy but good!

Found this file from 2015 while going through my drive and thought it might be nice to come back home :) If you've never read my first Psych story, I'd love for you to check it out (though do be warned, that story AND the first few chapters of this one are relics from when I was in my early-mid teens, and it is a very shameless, currently unedited self-insert. But it made me happy writing it haha).

Be sure to review if you like this, and I'll see ya next time!

xoxo,

DoeEyedDarling