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situation. I look over at the clock and see that it’s almost two in the morning! “I’ll see you guys later, I’m going to take Nicole home.”
    “Wait! Can you give me a ride, too?”
    Nicole raises her eyebrows at me. “You sure you don’t want Shawn to give you a ride? Or did he already?”
    My mouth drops open in shock. Nicole usually doesn’t have a filter, but I can’t believe she just said that! Jason grabs her by the arm and pulls her out of the room. “We’ll wait for you in the living room.”
    I turn back to Shawn, completely embarrassed, only to find him smiling. “That wasn’t funny!” He starts full-on laughing and I grab one of the pillows and hit him over the head with it.
    “Bad idea.” Before I know what’s happening, I’m on my back and Shawn is hovering over me. He has my arms pinned on the side of my head, and his face is only inches away from mine. The laughter dies as we realize how close we are to each other. The familiar heat between us starts to come back full force. “You. Are. So. Beautiful.” Between each word he places a kiss on my lips.
    He stands up and reaches his hand out to me, helping me to my feet. When I’m standing, he pulls me so I’m pressed against him, molding my body to his. His head dips again, capturing my mouth, and making me want to pull him back down to the bed.
    “Come on, I’ll walk you out.” I walk out into the living room where J and Nicole are waiting. Nicole smirks and winks at me before she walks out the door. I swear I’m going to kill her when we get home.
    Shawn leans down to give me a kiss and then I follow them out to the car. As I’m walking to Jason’s truck, I can’t stop myself from smiling. Tonight went better than I thought it would, and I feel like we really clicked. I climb into the backseat and reach up front to smack Nicole on her arm.
    “Hey!”
    “I can’t believe you said that!”
    She just laughs and turns the radio up. “Judging by the smile you can’t wipe off your face, I don’t know if I was wrong. Whatever happened, he must be really good at it.”

Chapter Six
     
Shawn
     
    I walk up to the cafeteria to meet J and Carter for lunch. They are already at the table so I grab my food and go sit down.
    “Hey, Rocky,” Jason says.
    “What the hell? Why is everyone calling me that all of a sudden?”
    “I don’t know, dude. Nicole said it and now it’s caught on, so you better get used to it.” They start to laugh. Jason and Nicole really are one person, they’re both such ball breakers, it’s ridiculous.
    Carter stops laughing first. “Don’t forget we are all meeting at Shattered Glass tonight at eight.”
    “For what?”
    “Seriously?” I looked at him with complete confusion. “It’s Christen’s birthday. We are all meeting at the club to hang out.”
    “Fuck, it’s her birthday?” How did I miss this?
    “Yeah, we told you about it at least two weeks ago. She thinks she’s just meeting Holly there, but we are all going to surprise her.”
    “What am I supposed to do? I mean, we just started seeing each other. Did you guys get anything for her?” I know when you have a girlfriend, birthdays are usually a big thing. We haven’t even been together for a week yet, does that relieve me from the gift giving duty?
    “The girls got her stuff and just signed our names, too. I can barely shop for Nicole much less for another girl.” For Nicole’s last birthday Jason took her to dinner, and then to quote him ‘gave her a good time afterward.’
    “I’m going to text Holly and see what she thinks. I’ll see you guys later.” I get up, throw out my trash, and start to walk toward the parking lot.
    Me: Hey, I need some advice…
    Holly: What’s up?
    Me: Should I get Christen something for her birthday?
    Holly: It’s up to you! Why are you asking me?
    Me: Because I don’t know if I should get her something since we just got together. I don’t even know what I would get her, either…
    Holly: