Give It Time and It Will Change

Classes went by rather quickly. Amelisa wasn't even paying attention to anything. Nor had she even bothered to open the gift. She was in a daze for the first five classes.

Lunch rolled around and she debated on spending it in the library or facing the questions her friends would throw at her. Knowing she'd have to face it sooner or later, Amelisa headed to one of the tables on the right side of the outside dining area. Students already crowded the place, her table being one of the busiest.

Her 'group' wasn't necessarily envied or disliked. It was just a group of random, anime-pokemon obsessed, rock/dubstep/metal/techno, cussing, smart kids. Before migrating to that group, she had hung around other friends she gained at her middle school. Once those friends hit high school, they were never the same. Amelisa didn't like hanging out with a bunch of people who started drama and talked major amounts of shit. So she switched groups and ever since then, she's had a more 'positive' outlook on her high school life.

When she got there, a few people who witnessed what happened that morning stared at her, but didn't ask. Amelisa already knew who the main people who would ask questions would be. Waiting for everyone else to arrive at the table, she just listened to side conversations.

Sue arrived next. Sue already knew not to bother asking questions yet. She already tried, but Amelisa wouldn't budge.

'Shit, what am I gonna say when they do ask? Oh, yeah guys, I'm supposed to get married to him. Even though his group is probably a bunch of douche bags, you'll have to tolerate it. That's not gonna sit well with them.' Amelisa thought while other friends arrived.

Everyone ate and talked about their break some more. Then Jane slammed her backpack on the table. "I can't take it anymore. Amy, start explaining!" Jane didn't seem mad, why would she be? She just seemed...surprised?

Amelisa sighed and let her head drop. She knew other people in her group were thankful to Jane for asking the obvious question. They were all silent, waiting for a response.

"So...what's for lunch?" Amelisa asked, epically failing at trying to change subjects. No one answered her. "Jesus, guys! What if he was just trying to be nice?!" she exclaimed, raising her hands in the air. "His kind doesn't just go up to our kind and kiss them on the cheek! And then give a gift to them! He's never even noticed our existence! His friends have, but not him!" Jane said.

"Maybe he's my friend?"
"What did you do to get his attention?"
"Nothing. Our parents introduced us over break."
"Ya'll seemed to have gotten pretty damn friendly over break then, huh?"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Kisses on the cheek? A gift? What? Did he give you that diamond necklace too?"

Amelisa was quiet as she let her hand travel up to the necklace. She had been touching it all day, it seemed to be second nature by now.

"Yeah...he did..." She whispered. She felt like this whole thing was bad. Was it bad she was technically Shawn's girlfriend? Was it bad she was technically engaged to him?

"Jane. Seriously, back off. She's telling the truth. We all know that." Jeffery spoke up. Jeffery was the closest thing she had to a brother. He was always by her side and never failed to tell her things straight up. That's one of the reasons why she liked him. And also because he always made her laugh.

Jane sighed. "I'm sorry Amy..." she said while sitting next to Amelisa. "It's just that it's a little suspicious, you know? Remember what happened to Nicci Summers?"

Nicci Summers had been one of their close friends last year. She's already graduated, but something similar happened. She had been together with a guy from Shawn's group for a while. Their whole group knew Nicci was head over heels for this guy. Amelisa could even recall having a few conversations with Nicci about it. Turns out, Nicci was being played the whole time. The whole relationship was a bet between the guy and his friends and he had been cheating on her with one of the schools' many sluts. Nicci was so heartbroken; it was said she needed counseling for a while.

"Yeah, I remember..." Amelisa said, still looking down. "I would hate to see you go through what Nicci went through..."

'Thing is though, Nicci wont ever have to lay eyes on him again. I have to marry Shawn...' she thought. Amelisa didn't know if she should tell anyone about the marriage. She didn't even know if she should say they were 'together'. Shawn hadn't even asked her to be his girlfriend. Did that mean anything?

"Switching to a lighter subject, what was the gift he gave you?" Jeffery asked, putting his hand on her shoulder. "I don't even know..." Amelisa said, picking up the bag. The bag wasn't from any store in particular. Just a white, glittery, Christmas bag with snow flakes on it. Everyone scooted in a little closer around the table as she rummaged through the bag. Finally wrapping her fingers around something, she pulled out a bottle of Japanese Cherry Blossom lotion. She set it on the table and fished around for the other gifts. She pulled out a purple plush puppy, a perfume bottle and a soap bottle with Japanese Cherry Blossom perfume and soap in them, and a card.

She opened the card and read it, Jane and Jeffery reading over her shoulder.

I figured you'd like the scent. I really hope you like & wear it. Figured you'd like the dog too; you seem to be a dog person. Merry Christmas and again, sorry for being a dick earlier.
-Shawn M.

There were finally no further questions from anyone. Amelisa sprayed on the perfume and put the lotion on her hands. She was wearing a poker face, pretending to listen to every ones conversation, but on the inside, she was blushing every shade of red known to mankind.

She wanted to say thank you for the gifts, but as she thought about it, she realized she hadn't seen him around school all that often. 'Except for pep assemblies, sports, and sometimes in the hallways...' she thought. She didn't know what lunch he had or what classes he went to.

"Hey, come to the snack bar with us." Sue said as her and a few others stood up. Amelisa stood up and took her plush puppy. It was so cute, she didn't want her friends to do something stupid to it. As she followed her friends, she heard someone call her name.

She turned around and saw Shawn come to her. She felt her heart fall. She stopped walking, and failed to notice her friends stopped next to her.

"Glad to see you like the dog..." Shawn said, looking at her. They awkwardly looked at each other. He walked up to her in total confidence, thinking he knew what he would say, but all his thoughts seemed to have gone away with one look at her eyes.

Without thinking he asked, "Are you wearing what I gave you?" She smiled shyly at the ground and he heard her mumble yes. Why was she being so shy? She sure wasn't that way in the hotel room. Maybe it was because of being watched by her friends and his own group.

Again, without thinking, he bent down and nuzzled his face into her hair and neck. He inhaled, smiling to himself. She smelt like cherry blossom. "Like I figured, the smell suits you." He whispered into her ear. He looked up at her and took her hands into his. Knowing it was almost time to go to class, he kissed her hands and then her cheeks. "I'll see you later." And then walked away.

Amelisa had to be dragged back to the table to get her things.

The rest of the school day went by in a blur. In the middle of the bus ride home, she noticed she hadn't let the plush dog leave her hands. Once dropped off at the bus stop, she headed home. Reaching the park across her house, she saw a figure stand by her front door. As she got closer, Amelisa saw it was Shawn.

"Hey, whats up?" She asked. He seemed startled from her sneaking up behind him.
"Oh. Hey. I guess we're going to dinner tonight at the Olive Garden with our parents. They wanna talk to us about marriage stuff. You're mom said for me to come pick you up and for you to change."
"It's a little early for dinner, don't you think? It's only three." She said, unlocking the door for the two of them to walk in.
"It is. But I came early for...personal gain." Shawn said, setting his backpack down. He then backed Amelisa into a wall and started kissing her neck. He inhaled her perfume and it made him a little more excited. He almost forgot why he was there. "P-personal g-gain?" she asked, almost out of breath. "I need...help." He said, pulling her close to his body. He kissed up and down her neck and on her ear, waiting for a reply. "Mmm...help with what..?" "School stuff..." He said.

Amelisa stopped and backed away from him. "School stuff? Is that the only reason you came?" As she quickly thought about it, she mentally kicked herself for not thinking it already. So that's why he came? Were the gifts and kisses a moment ago like bribes for her to help him?

He finally understood why she was acting the way she was all of a sudden. He couldn't believe he hadn't thought of it earlier.

"No...wait..." He began.
"You just want me to do your work, right? Like everyone else in my group?" She asked. She couldn't decide if she was sad or mad. Probably both.
"I hadn't even thought about it like that...Amelisa, wait a minute." He said once she bent down and handed his back pack to him.
"I have my own homework to do, thanks. You can leave now." She said.
"Can you wait?"
"No. Leave."
"No. You're stubborn, but so am I." Shawn said, dropping his backpack on the ground and slamming her against the wall. Amelisa was more annoyed with the fact he wasn't already gone than the fact that he had just hurt her back.

"Look, I didn't mean it in that way. I'm not looking for you to do the work for me. I just need it to be explained, you know? Think of it as a study group." Amelisa still wasn't that convinced. "I won't even stare at your work, I swear it. I just have questions on the work that I need explained. Please? My future games depend on if I pass my tests..." Amelisa felt a little better knowing he wouldn't be looking at her work. She still wouldn't look at him.

"Think of it as a study group...with kisses here and there. What do you say, hm?" He asked smiling. He kissed her cheeks again and then her neck.

'How can I say no to that...?' she thought. "Fine..." she finally said.

The whole study group thing wasn't that bad of an idea. Shawn sat at her desk, while Amelisa did her work on her bed. When he had a problem, she would explain, and when he got the question right, they would spend a few minutes kissing with her on his lap. It worked out pretty well, and she was just happy he kept his promise of not looking at her work.

Time finally rolled around for her to start getting ready.
"Shouldn't you go home to change?" "I brought a change of shirts already." He said, finishing his last math problem. Amelisa walked to her closet, wondering what would be okay to wear. "You should wear this shirt..." Shawn said, wrapping an arm around her waist and his other stretching to a black flared, lacy top. "Alright. I'll wear these pants." She said, picking out black dress pants.

"Now...sit and turn around." She said. Shawn sat by her mirror and desk, doing as she said. Once she was down to her underwear and bra, she looked to see if he wasn't looking. His back was towards her, but he stared at her through the mirror.

"DON'T LOOK." She yelled, looking around for a blanket or something.
"Seriously? We were in the same bed, practically naked!" He yelled back, laughing.
"That's different! The lights were off!" She said, holding one of her large pillows in front of her.
Shawn walked to her; she backed up into her dresser.

"You, honey, have nothing to hide. You're body is beautiful, don't try to hide it from me." He warned, trapping her between his body and her dresser. Shawn looked down at her pink and purple pillow. "Get out of the way." He told the pillow while throwing it on the bed. She was exposed now. Shawn backed up a little bit to take in her form in front of him. He practically memorized the smooth curves of her waist going up to her full chest. She had to be at least a D-cup. At least.

He bent down to pick her up by her legs. He sat her on top of her dresser, her legs wrapping around his waist. "Actually, I have to do some undressing, myself." He said while taking off his green shirt. Even though Amelisa had fantasized about what he would look like without his shirt, she knew nothing in her thoughts could match up the real thing. His skin was evenly tanned, matching with his medium sized muscled arms. His skin looked so smooth and soft...She couldn't help but touch him. Her hands went from his lower stomach all the way up to his chest. He was amazing. God like, to her. Even though her hands were up to his chest and shoulders, her eyes were admiring how, his body was in the v-shaped she had always liked.

Finally, they pulled in for a kiss. She didn't want it to end. He picked her up again, and gently placed her in the middle of the bed; with him on top, of course. Just then, her phone started vibrating. She saw it was her mom and answered.

"Hey, mom." Amelisa had expected Shawn to stop kissing her when she answered the phone, but he didn't.
"Hey, hun. Shawn told you we're going to dinner, right?"
"Yeah, he did. I'm about to get ready as we speak. There's just this little thing stopping me." She said, glaring at Shawn. He smirked, and began kissed down to her breasts. He kissed and licked her cleavage, that he thought was beautiful, and traveled down her stomach.
"Okay, honey. Well I told him to pick you up in about thirty minutes, or so. Is he already there?"
"No mom. He just stopped by earlier to tell me, but left after that." Amelisa said while looking at what Shawn was doing. He was beginning to lick around her belly button while his fingers played with her green panties. She leaned her head back.

"Okay, honey. Well me and your father will meet you guys at the Olive Garden, okay?"
Shawn had managed to slip her panties off of her and was kissing the insides of her thighs painfully slow.

"Mhm..." was all that came out of Amelisa as a reply. Slowly, Shawn wrapped her legs around his neck and began to lick the inside of her. God damn, she tasted amazing. She managed to not gasp on the phone. "Okay, we'll see you there." Shawn opened her a little more and licked her clit slowly. "Okay bye." Amelisa rushed to hang up. Right then she let out the loudest moan ever.

Shawn was about to lift his head, but she shoved him down. "No, no, no, please don't stop." She pleaded, opening her legs a little more for him. Shawn was about to happily agree to her request, but then he noticed he was so horny, he would have drilled a hole in her bed.

He lifted his body and kissed her neck. She only whimpered at sexual frustration. "We can't, love. You need to change." He whispered. "Uhh...Fuck you, Shawn." Amelisa growled. He only chuckled. "You wish."
******

The waiter finally brought out their food to the table. There had been silence for most of the time. Her parents managed to make small talk with Shawn, while Shawn's parents did the same with Amelisa.

A few more minutes had passed, then his dad finally spoke up. "I guess you two want to know when all of this will happen?" he asked. Both the teens nodded. "After you two graduate. You'll get married that summer." He said. Amelisa almost choked on her lasagna. They all stopped to look at her.

"Right after graduation?" "That's right." "That's a little early, don't you think?" There was more silence.

"We think that might be the best time. Plus, you guys would have a winter baby!" Her own mother said, happily. Amelisa almost choked again. "Babies?!" Her and Shawn said together. They both couldn't believe their ears. Shawn was kind of getting used to the idea of being married...but, kids was just too much.

"I think I speak for Amelisa and I both when I saw we're both not ready for kids." Shawn said. "He's absolutely right, guys. I don't want kids right now. I wanna go to college!" Amelisa exclaimed. The parents looked a little annoyed, but they kept their mouths shut. The rest of the dinner went by awkwardly and silently. Amelisa and Shawn stayed quiet the rest of the time and even through the car ride back home.

When he stopped in front of Amelisa's house, she spoke.

"Hey, what do I tell friends at school?" She asked.
"What do you mean?"
"They're gonna ask either way. Are we a couple? Like, boyfriend and girlfriend?"
Shawn thought for a few minutes.
"Lets...not say anything for now, okay?" Her eyebrow quirked up a bit.
"Why?"
"I don't know, let's just give a little more time."
"More time? We're already engaged. People become boyfriend and girlfriend before husband and wife." She said.
"Yeah, but this wasn't exactly planned, you know? Lets just get to know one another better."
"Why? To see if we like each other? It doesn't seem like that matters. We don't have much of a choice if we like each other or not."
"Hey, I didn't want this either, okay? Let's just not say anything." Shawn snapped.

Amelisa was shocked for a minute and remained quiet. Her and Shawn sat in silence. He realized what he had done. "Wait...I didn't mean that..."
"Yeah you did."
"No, no I didn't. Let me explain..."
"No need, I understand without explanation." She got out of his car and walked across the street to her front yard.
"I just have this bad habit of talking without thinking!" He yelled while getting out of the car to rush after her.
She reached her door. "It's just a bad habit, I'm sorry..." he said, still trying to get to her.
She turned towards him and he saw she was red from being angry, but her eyes were actually sad.

"Then fucking work on that." She said before slamming the door.