Chapter 3
All day, Morgan had been all alone, making friends with shadows on the wall. But the time had come to meet Shawn at his apartment, so she got ready and did. Nothing special - a dark blue shirt with jeans and a leather jacket. Her belt was her favorite part - a new one, leather with pink and blue rhinestones on it. She'd designed it, and loved her name on the label. Veritaz!, Morgan Mendoza. She smiled to herself. "Cool." She headed to Shawn's apartment, which wasn't far. "Hey," he said. "You ready?" she asked. "No, I've been thinking this through." "Shawn, come on. Whenever you think you know it's not a good thing." She pulled him by the wrist to her turquoise convertible. They drove to the coffee shop when they were meeting Angela. She had gotten there first, and the minute Morgan led Angela in, Shawn stopped at the sight of Angela sitting there. She was so beautiful, so.different. Too much for him to stand, he walked right out. Morgan followed. "Shawn what in the world are you doing?" she asked. "I'm giving Angela what she needs." "No, no, no. If you were giving Angela what she needs, you'd be in there talking to her. She's waiting for you!" "Do you really think I should?" "No, I just brought you here for the pure pleasure of it. Come on!" She couldn't stress it anymore. She pulled him inside and dragged him by the wrist to Angela's table. "Hi, Angela, it's me!" Morgan said. Angela got up and hugged Morgan. "It's been way too long!" "I know," Angela said. "Oh. Shawn. Hi." Shawn looked at Angela and Angela looked at Shawn. It didn't take them long - Shawn pulled her to him and they shared a long, passionate kiss. Morgan stood there, uncomfortable and aware that everyone was staring at them and her. No one thinks I should be here, Morgan thought. No one. They pulled back and looked at each other for a long time. "Sooo." Morgan said, unsure. "I'd leave but there's no way to get you home." "Oh, well, you can leave if you want. I'll take a taxi," Shawn said. "Okay, well, I don't think I'm needed." Morgan got up and left. She wasn't needed; her place was somewhere else far away from them. "So," Shawn said. "I guess we still love each other right?" Angela asked. "Don't know about you but I know how I feel," Shawn said. "Good," Angela said. "I hope it's the same way I feel." Shawn smiled. "Sorry I let you go." He said. "Sorry I didn't call." She apologized. "It's not your fault, it's mine." Shawn and Angela were falling in love all over again. "I.I missed you a lot," Shawn stuttered. "I bet I missed you more. Every single day I would fall asleep thinking that maybe one day we'd be together a day. I never thought we would be. I thought it would just be in our dreams." "Angela, I love you." "I love you too, Shawn." They must have been there for what seemed like eternity. If you had been watching, you seriously would have wondered when they were leaving. But, they weren't going to until awhile. As they got ready to leave, it started raining. As they looked at each other for one last time, Shawn put his arms around her waist and they shared a longer, more passionate kiss than the first. Standing there in the rain, not caring that in reality they were drenched, all that mattered to both of them was that here and now - they were back together. And that's more than the strongest thing in the world.
All day, Morgan had been all alone, making friends with shadows on the wall. But the time had come to meet Shawn at his apartment, so she got ready and did. Nothing special - a dark blue shirt with jeans and a leather jacket. Her belt was her favorite part - a new one, leather with pink and blue rhinestones on it. She'd designed it, and loved her name on the label. Veritaz!, Morgan Mendoza. She smiled to herself. "Cool." She headed to Shawn's apartment, which wasn't far. "Hey," he said. "You ready?" she asked. "No, I've been thinking this through." "Shawn, come on. Whenever you think you know it's not a good thing." She pulled him by the wrist to her turquoise convertible. They drove to the coffee shop when they were meeting Angela. She had gotten there first, and the minute Morgan led Angela in, Shawn stopped at the sight of Angela sitting there. She was so beautiful, so.different. Too much for him to stand, he walked right out. Morgan followed. "Shawn what in the world are you doing?" she asked. "I'm giving Angela what she needs." "No, no, no. If you were giving Angela what she needs, you'd be in there talking to her. She's waiting for you!" "Do you really think I should?" "No, I just brought you here for the pure pleasure of it. Come on!" She couldn't stress it anymore. She pulled him inside and dragged him by the wrist to Angela's table. "Hi, Angela, it's me!" Morgan said. Angela got up and hugged Morgan. "It's been way too long!" "I know," Angela said. "Oh. Shawn. Hi." Shawn looked at Angela and Angela looked at Shawn. It didn't take them long - Shawn pulled her to him and they shared a long, passionate kiss. Morgan stood there, uncomfortable and aware that everyone was staring at them and her. No one thinks I should be here, Morgan thought. No one. They pulled back and looked at each other for a long time. "Sooo." Morgan said, unsure. "I'd leave but there's no way to get you home." "Oh, well, you can leave if you want. I'll take a taxi," Shawn said. "Okay, well, I don't think I'm needed." Morgan got up and left. She wasn't needed; her place was somewhere else far away from them. "So," Shawn said. "I guess we still love each other right?" Angela asked. "Don't know about you but I know how I feel," Shawn said. "Good," Angela said. "I hope it's the same way I feel." Shawn smiled. "Sorry I let you go." He said. "Sorry I didn't call." She apologized. "It's not your fault, it's mine." Shawn and Angela were falling in love all over again. "I.I missed you a lot," Shawn stuttered. "I bet I missed you more. Every single day I would fall asleep thinking that maybe one day we'd be together a day. I never thought we would be. I thought it would just be in our dreams." "Angela, I love you." "I love you too, Shawn." They must have been there for what seemed like eternity. If you had been watching, you seriously would have wondered when they were leaving. But, they weren't going to until awhile. As they got ready to leave, it started raining. As they looked at each other for one last time, Shawn put his arms around her waist and they shared a longer, more passionate kiss than the first. Standing there in the rain, not caring that in reality they were drenched, all that mattered to both of them was that here and now - they were back together. And that's more than the strongest thing in the world.