A/N: It's been... a while. lol. I'll finish uploading all the chapters I've
written, I guess, but just a warning: I never totally finished and I don't
plan to. I'm just not as into this anymore... I'm sorry! Hope you like what
I have anyway. :-D
Chapter 7
*~Clarissa~* "Does anyone else know? Besides you and your dad I mean." I asked.
"No, but I think it's safe to assume they'll find out tonight." he said flatly.
"Shawn, are you ok? You seem kind of upset."
"I'm ok.... it's just, well I don't like thinking about my past." he admitted.
"Why? I think it's kind of cool." I told him truthfully.
"Clarissa, think about it. I'm not real. I'm not human. All I am is a copy of someone else," he said.
I looked straight into his eyes. "Shawn, yes. You have someone else's appearance. But you are your own person. You have your own thoughts and feelings. All that's the same is your looks and looks aren't important," I said softly.
"But I'm not human," he repeated, "I'm a bird." He turned away. I put my hand on his shoulder and he spun around.
"Truthfully Shawn, you are a lot less bird than your father was, whether you realize it or not. He lived for almost 15 years as a bird. You lived less than one. You don't even remember being a bird. You were raised and brought up as a human. That may not make you human by blood, but by everything else it does. And besides," I continued, softening my tone a little, "to me, you are still Shawn. You are still a nice, sweet guy. You are still Shawn."
He smiled a little weakly. "Thanks"
We stood staring for a moment, and then he took my hand. I smiled at him. If it were any other guy I would have slapped him, but it wasn't any other guy. ((lol there's the "awww isn't the cute moment")) For about 15 minutes we stood holding hands and saying nothing.
Suddenly, Ax walked in breaking the silence. Shawn and I separated quickly, embarrassed.
"Hey" I said.
"Well I'm his daughter, Clarissa. And this is Shawn, which I said already."
I didn't say anything else about Shawn. If he wanted to tell, he would. "Tobias's son," Shawn said. I winked at him.
"I guess the same way we got here." I answered. And just at that moment we were back in my living room. It looked like the only people not yet there were Rachel and Tobias.
While we waited, Alex and Jamie called their parents and told them they were sleeping over my house. Nick called his mom and said he would be staying here for a family get-together or something. Erik, Jake, Marco, and Cassie talked nervously about what was going on, and mixed in some chat about what they had been doing in the past years.
Alex, Nick, and Jamie came back from the phone saying their parents had bought the stories. Alex and Nick sat down together and Shawn and I sat in the couch across from them.
Jamie plopped into an armchair, making remarks about being the only one in this insane adventure not in a relationship with someone else in the group. The other four of us protested about being "just friends." We were acting like normal teenagers, but hidden beneath that normal conversation, we knew we never would be again.
Chapter 7
*~Clarissa~* "Does anyone else know? Besides you and your dad I mean." I asked.
"No, but I think it's safe to assume they'll find out tonight." he said flatly.
"Shawn, are you ok? You seem kind of upset."
"I'm ok.... it's just, well I don't like thinking about my past." he admitted.
"Why? I think it's kind of cool." I told him truthfully.
"Clarissa, think about it. I'm not real. I'm not human. All I am is a copy of someone else," he said.
I looked straight into his eyes. "Shawn, yes. You have someone else's appearance. But you are your own person. You have your own thoughts and feelings. All that's the same is your looks and looks aren't important," I said softly.
"But I'm not human," he repeated, "I'm a bird." He turned away. I put my hand on his shoulder and he spun around.
"Truthfully Shawn, you are a lot less bird than your father was, whether you realize it or not. He lived for almost 15 years as a bird. You lived less than one. You don't even remember being a bird. You were raised and brought up as a human. That may not make you human by blood, but by everything else it does. And besides," I continued, softening my tone a little, "to me, you are still Shawn. You are still a nice, sweet guy. You are still Shawn."
He smiled a little weakly. "Thanks"
We stood staring for a moment, and then he took my hand. I smiled at him. If it were any other guy I would have slapped him, but it wasn't any other guy. ((lol there's the "awww isn't the cute moment")) For about 15 minutes we stood holding hands and saying nothing.
Suddenly, Ax walked in breaking the silence. Shawn and I separated quickly, embarrassed.
"Hey" I said.
"Well I'm his daughter, Clarissa. And this is Shawn, which I said already."
I didn't say anything else about Shawn. If he wanted to tell, he would. "Tobias's son," Shawn said. I winked at him.
"I guess the same way we got here." I answered. And just at that moment we were back in my living room. It looked like the only people not yet there were Rachel and Tobias.
While we waited, Alex and Jamie called their parents and told them they were sleeping over my house. Nick called his mom and said he would be staying here for a family get-together or something. Erik, Jake, Marco, and Cassie talked nervously about what was going on, and mixed in some chat about what they had been doing in the past years.
Alex, Nick, and Jamie came back from the phone saying their parents had bought the stories. Alex and Nick sat down together and Shawn and I sat in the couch across from them.
Jamie plopped into an armchair, making remarks about being the only one in this insane adventure not in a relationship with someone else in the group. The other four of us protested about being "just friends." We were acting like normal teenagers, but hidden beneath that normal conversation, we knew we never would be again.
