Hey. This is the story of my OC character for Rping The Outsiders Shailene. Hopefully you will all enjoy the ride and get to know Shailene and the Shephards.

She hadn't expected to see him there. At the park of all places. That wasn't one of the places that Curly Shephard usually hung out at. But there he was sitting on the swing. The same place he had been the past few times. She sighed to herself.

"Now's your time Shay," said her friend Rebecca. The slightly older girl pushed her towards the boy on the swings. "It's now or never."

She walked slowly over to the swings and sat down. She looked over long enough to tell that she had gotten Curly's attention. She brushed her red hair out of her eyes.

"Didn't figure you for the type to hang around the park all day," she said out of no where.

She could tell she startled him by the way he jumped slightly and looked around him. His eyes finally settling on her.

"Didn't see you sitting there Shailene," he said.

She rolled her green eyes at him. Sure he didn't see her sitting there. She noticed that he noticed her sitting there.

"And I'm the first female pope," she joked. "Your pardoned of all your sins my child." She then made the sign of the cross at him.

"All right," he sighed. "So I noticed you."

"What brings you here?"

"Angela and Tim are fighting. He's got his girlfriend living with him. She ain't to keen on this girl. So her and Tim are butting heads right now. It just gets on my nerves to point where I just need to get out of the house. What brings you here?"

She started to swing slightly as she looked over at Curly. "Well," she said, "my friend Rebecca," she looks to where Rebecca should have been, "who has decided to leave me high dry, and I wanted to come have a picnic her at the park." She spotted the basket. "Well would you like to join me for lunch then? It seems Rebecca has decided to leave the food here."

Curly chuckled at this. "Well seeing as your friend was nice enough to leave the food here for us," he said. "And you did pack for two people. I could go for some food."

Shailene smiled jumping off the swing and then grabbed Curly's hand and drug him over to the picnic basket. She smiled as spread the picnic blanket with Curly's help.

"Well let's dig in then," she said bringing out the food.

She smiled over at Curly as they eat the sandwiches and potato that Shailene had made earlier. There was something special about Curly Shephard. She sighed. Rebecca was right. It was now or never. And her best bet was now. She sighed.

"What's wrong?" asked Curly cocking his eyebrow at her.

It was times like these that she saw how much like his older brother Curly really was. She had had a major crush on Tim as child. But there was just something about Curly. She couldn't shake it.

"Curly there's something important I want to ask you," Shailene sighed nervously.

"You can ask me anything. You know that."

"I don't want this ruin our friendship Curly. But..."

"Yeah."

"I was wondering if you would like to be my boyfriend?"

Curly thought for a second. Shailene thought he was about to say no. Or tell her off for being so weak. Or what have. But then he spoke.

"Shailene..."

I'm going to leave this chapter as a cliffhanger. Will he say yes? Will he say no? We'll find out next time.