A/N: Sorry it took me so long to get this chapter out. I promise the story will get better in a few chapters. I know what I want to happen, it's just hard to get there. Or rather I'm impatient and just want to get to that part. But better quality chapters are coming and I'll probably raise the rating then too. I'll try to get another chapter up sometime this week. Thanks to those who have reviewed this story. Let me know what you think so far.
The months seemed to fly by. It was now September and college was starting. A lot of things had changed in the two month since Missy left. Morgan was the happy bubbly kid she use to be. Every one was excited about school starting. Cory and Topanga had moved into the dorms at school. Shawn was dating a girl named Angela for three weeks now. Everyone seemed to move on. Shawn wasn't moving on. He still carried her picture in his pocket and he still went to bed every night expecting her to call.
They were sitting at the pizza place after their second week of classes. Shawn streched and yawned. "How can you still be tired? You slept through all your classes today." Angela said putting her arm around Shawn. "Yeah, but it's just not the same without Missy snoring next to me in class. At least then I wasn't the only one getting in trouble." Shawn said with a laugh. "Yeah, but she actually participated during class while she was sleeping. Feeny was always trying to catch her off-gaurd, but every time she answered correctly." Cory said laughing.
"Who's Missy?" Angela asked. "Cory's twin. You must have seen her. She was always with us." Shawn said. "Ooh. The blonde? I didn't know she was Cory's twin. I thought she was just part of the Shawn Hunter fan club." Angela said. "I have a fan club?" Shawn asked laughing. "Well, you know. Everyone wanted you." Angela said. "Not everyone." Topanga said with a smile. "Ok, well, just about everyone." Angela said. "Trust me, I don't think Missy was in the Shawn Hunter fan club. She was just our partner in crime." Shawn said. "I wonder if she's sleeping in whatever classes she's taking where ever she is."
"You don't know where she is?" Angela asked. Everyone grew silent for a second. Cory and Topanga looked at Shawn knowing that was a touchy subject. He was fine when they talked about her casually but he seemed different if they talked about her leaving. "No, she took off about two months ago." Shawn said. He leaned back in the booth casually and pulled Angela a little closer.
"She said that she's taking some biology classes. I guess the lab she has her calc class in has the swivel chairs on wheels. She fell off it last week when she was sleeping in class. The worst thing they could have given her is chairs with wheels. I can picture her trying to race someone around the classroom with them." Cory said laugh. Shawn sat up quickly. "Wait. You talked to her??" Shawn asked. "Oops." Cory said quietly.
"Oops? What do you mean oops? How could you talk to her and not tell me??" Shawn asked. "Shawn. I would have but she made me promise I wouldn't." Cory said. Shawn sighed. "Where is she?" He asked. "I don't know." Cory said. Shawn glared at him for a second. "I swear. She wouldn't tell me. She just called me once about a week ago. Just to tell me she's fine and to see how I was doing. Then, She talked to mom, dad, eric and morgan. But she didn't tell us where she was." Cory said. "So she talked to everyone except me?" Shawn asked. Before Cory could answer his cell phone rang.
He got up from the booth and answered it. "Hello?... Yeah, we were just talking about you." He said. Shawn stared at Cory and his heart stopped. She was on the phone! Would she talk to him? Shawn looked at Cory with wide eyes, waiting. "Yeah, everything's fine... just wondering if you were still sleeping through classes... really? I can't believe you did that!" Cory said laughing. "She actually brought a pillow and blanket to her Chemistry lecture!" He said to the others sitting in the booth.
"Yeah, mom and dad are fine. Morgan was excited about the cd you sent her. Eric is well, he still misses you a lot though." Cory said. He sighed, "Don't do what?" He asked He was silent for a few moments listening to her with a serious look on his face. "No... You're right, I don't understand. Why can't you just come back?" Cory asked. He glanced at Shawn. "He's right here if you want to talk to him." Cory said. Shawn was ready to grab the phone out of Cory's hand. "Missy, I don't think you're being fair! Alright. I'll talk to you later. bye." Cory said hanging up the phone.
Shawn look heartbroken. "She didn't want to talk to me?" He asked softly. "She said she was running late for class." Cory said. Shawn pouted. "There was a time she would have skipped class to talk to me. Since when is school more important than talking to me?" Shawn asked. "She has a different life now. She's changed." Cory said. "Yeah, a new life that she doesn't want me in!" Shawn said standing up. "Shawn..." Angela said reaching for his hand. Shawn pulled away. "I just need to get some air. I'll see you guys later." Shawn said.
As soon as he left the pizza place he ran up to the park. He got there and sat on a swing. He took her picture out of his pocket. He couldn't believe after two months she didn't want to talk to him. If she really loved him then how could she just cut him out of her life like that? He promised her they would always find their way back here. Would she be the one to break the promise? He wondered. Just when he had gotten his life back together. He was in school, had a girlfriend... that's when she had to make her presence known.
He couldn't sit there. It was starting to get cold. He didn't want to go home though. He didn't realize where he was going until he was standing on the Matthew's front steps. He knocked on the door. Amy opened the door and looked surprised. "Shawn? How are you? It's been a while." Amy said giving Shawn a hug and letting him in the house.
"Yeah, it has been." He said. He avoided the house most of the summer. Shawn stood with his hands in his pockets. "I was... I just...I..." Shawn threw a desperate glance towards the stairs hoping he wouldn't have to finish his sentence. Amy looked at him sympathetically. "She didn't call you?" She asked sounding fairly surprised. Shawn shook his head. He was afraid of speaking anymore.
"Go ahead. If you need me, I'll be in the kitchen. Maybe you'll stay for dinner?" Amy said. Shawn smiled slightly. "I would like to stay for dinner." Shawn said softly. Amy smiled and then went into the kitchen. Shawn slowly made his way up the stairs. He stepped into her room. The smell of strawberries wasn't so stong anymore.
Shawn wasn't really sure why he was there. He just missed her. He laid down on her bed and sighed. He thought about all the good times they had shared. He laid on his side. He closed his eyes thinking back to this one night last year.
Shawn and Jack had a fight and Shawn didn't feel like being in the apartment. It was after midnight when he kocked on her window. Missy opened the window without saying a word. Shawn loved she would let him climb in her window in the middle of the night. She closed the window again once he was in her room.
Missy casually went back to her bed. She lifted the covers and motioned for Shawn to lay down too. Shawn stood there for a moment before her laid down. "Do you want to talk about it?" She asked softly. "Not really." Shawn said. They were both silent for a minute. "How come you didn't go to Cory's room? It's easier climb up the tree outside his room." She asked. "Because Cory would make me sleep on the floor." Shawn said laughing. Missy laughed. "I see. So you're only here for the bed?" She asked jokingly. "Well, you do smell better than Cory." Shawn said.
Even in the dark Shawn could see her roll her eyes. He didn't tell her why he always picked her room. Why he would risk falling out of that evil tree just to get into her room. He didn't tell her that her being there soothed him. That he loved waking up with her cuddled into him, as she always seemed to do in her sleep. He could almost feel her next to him.
Shawn opened his eyes and thought he saw her. He blinked and realized it was Morgan. She was starting to look so much like Missy. Morgan had a sad look on her face, obviously it still hurt her to come into this room. "Hey, kid." Shawn said. Morgan smiled. "I'm not a kid anymore." She said. "That's right. I keep forgetting. You're 16 now." Shawn said with a laugh. It was hard to believe that little Morgan was 16 already.
Morgan was silent for a minute. "I guess I can't be mad at her. She did send me a cd for my birthday." She finally said. Shawn just sat up and nodded. Morgan sat on the bed next to him. "You miss her?" She asked in a gentle voice. Shawn nodded again. Morgan was silent again.
She gently patted Shawn's hand. "So do I... Come on. Mom sent me up here to get you cuz dinner is ready." Morgan said as she got up. Shawn sighed and looked around one last time before going downstairs.