Disclaimer: Psych isn't mine… Blah blah blah

Author's Note: Sorry for the late updates! I had to baby sit my little cousins yesterday and they are absolutely insane, so I was busy from eight in the morning until eight at night. Twelve hours of pure torture! Anyway, enough of my complaining. This chapter takes place 2 or 3 weeks after my last one. Enjoy!


Chapter 7: We're Getting Better At This, Right?

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Shawn and Juliet had gotten into a regular schedule since he 'temporarily' moved in, even though neither of them had mentioned him moving out.

Juliet shoveled three pieces of bacon on two plates of eggs. She walked over to the other end of her kitchen to hand Shawn one of the plates, which he traded with a steaming cup of coffee.

He grabbed his own cup of black liquid and joined Juliet at the kitchen table, stealing part of the newspaper when he got there.

"So what's the plan for today?" Shawn asked not looking up from the newspaper in front of him.

Juliet took a sip of her coffee before answering. "Can you bring lunch to the station today? I can't go out. And we can go to the park today after work if you would like. Sound good?" She looked up from her section of the newspaper to meet his eyes.

Shawn stopped shoveling eggs and bacon into his mouth. "Mmm hmm. I ca do dat," He said with his mouth full of food, "Chinese?"

"Chinese is great," Juliet agreed.


The day had gone by really fast for both Shawn and Juliet who were both anxiously waiting for their trip to the park.

Shawn arrived at Juliet's apartment first, which was probably a good thing because he usually took longer to get ready then Juliet did. She arrived five minutes later, rushing through the door.

She walked past the guest bedroom, quickly looking through the crack to see Shawn doing his hair. She let out a small chuckle.

She made her way back to her room to quickly pull on some jeans and a t-shirt. Shawn and her had been hanging out all the time since Shawn had started staying with her. She wasn't used to having someone else living with her, but she was starting to enjoy having his company.

They got into Juliet's car five minutes later with Juliet driving. She didn't trust Shawn to drive her car.

"Hey, Jules, can we go pick up some food?" Shawn asked when they were a block away from the park.

Jules took her eyes off the road for a second to look at him. "I'm making this new pasta recipe when we get home. I think you can wait. And anyway, we are already at the park."

"But I'm hungry!" Shawn whined getting out of the car.

Juliet joined him walking along the trail. "If you're a good boy, I'll buy you an ice cream." She bargained.

"Okay, I'll behave, mommy," He teased.

Juliet pushed him playfully into the bushes.

They walked for a little while longer in comfortable silence until they came to the playground.

"Ooh ooh! Jules! Let's go on the swings!" He said excitedly before grabbing her arm and pulling her towards the swing set.

They jumped on two available swings and tried to see who could go faster. Juliet couldn't stop laughing. Shaw jumped off of his swing and started flapping his arms like a bird. Juliet followed his movements and met him on the ground still laughing hysterically.

Shawn jumped up and offered his hand to help Juliet. She accepted but dropped it when she stood up.

"Now let's go get some ice cream!" Shawn shouted, running towards a nearby cart.


The next morning they sat at the breakfast table again, getting ready to discuss the day's plans.

"I chose yesterday. What do you want to do?" Juliet asked, mouth full of cereal. She hadn't cared about being such a lady around him.

"Well, the Chief asked me to look over some cold cases today, so you might can help me on that. We can go out to lunch at that new Italian restaurant down the street and we can go to the beach tonight."

Juliet smiled. "Sounds good."


Shawn had headed back to Juliet's house after they went out to lunch to prepare for their trip to the beach.

He had called Gus for how to make the trip to the beach like a date. Gus told him to bring dinner.

So Shawn had dug through piles of stuff in Juliet's hall closet to find a picnic basket. He warmed up some left over spaghetti from lunch and put it in an insulated bowl. Then he found some wine and placed it into the basket too with two glasses and a blanket.

He ventured into Juliet's room and took a pair of her jeans, remembering she wore a long sleeve t-shirt under her blazer today.

He got their jackets and the packed picnic basket and hopped on his motorcycle and drove to the police station.

Juliet was surprised to see him and even more surprised when he dropped the jeans and jacket in her lap and told her to change. He went back out and waited for her at his motorcycle.

When she got out of the station she protested, but in the end took the helmet and hopped onto the back of the motorcycle. Shawn felt Juliet's grip on his waist when he got on the road.

The gesture made him smile.


When they arrived at the beach, Shawn grabbed the picnic basket from under his seat with got a gasp out of Juliet.

They ate dinner in comfortable conversation before packing up the basket. They both got up, but Shawn pulled her the opposite direction from the car. She let his hand slide down her arm and shyly snuck it into her hand.

He then proceeded to pull her towards the ocean running and laughing. Juliet couldn't help but laugh either as they ran through the water washing up to shore. By the time they were out of breath, they were soaked in water up to their knees and shivering cold.

Juliet was too busy laughing to realize Shawn had stopped running ten feet ahead of her and ran straight into him. She let on a surprising amount of force which caused Shawn to fall, taking Juliet down with him.

He landed with a thud, back to the sand and Juliet on top of him. She gazed down into to his eyes and unconsciously leaned in.

This is it! Shawn thought. She's going to kiss you! Oh, crap. I hope I don't have garlic breath from the spaghetti!

Shawn lifted his head slightly and their face moved a little closer.

Then Juliet's phone rang, causing Shawn and Juliet to bump noses and jumping away from each other.

Juliet held her hand over her nose and looked at Shawn who was sitting a few feet away. "I think we, um, should get going."

"Yeah, it's , uh, getting late," Shawn agreed.


Okay, well I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I am going to try to update a few tomorrow, but knowing me, I'll be busy. Anyway, Review!

Chapter 8: Gus invites Shawn and Juliet out for drinks with him and his girlfriend. It wouldn't be fun without a little jealousy, now would it?