#shaneyaw

About the story:

Soon after the recent break-up with Ryland, Shane reaches out to a strictly online friend that he had since 2009. The friend and Shane decide that it is time to finally meet, by having her stay with him for a while to help each other with their own issues.

Might have smut in later chapters, talk about past abusive relationships and rape.

Chapter 1- Here

Chapter 2- Here

Chapter Three. December 7, 2017.

-Shane’s Point Of View-

I opened my eyes and realized that I had fallen asleep while I was supposed to do some research for a video idea. I quickly grabbed my phone to see how late I slept in to.

4:30pm.

“Shit!”

I jumped off of the leather couch and ran upstairs. I had an hour to get ready and pick up my mom and Jess, “Fuck.” I ran into my bathroom and took the fastest shower that I probably took in my entire life, then I threw on a plain sky blue shirt and dark jeans, fixed my hair and brushed my teeth.

As I ran back downstairs, I dialed Drew’s number, “Hey, I need you to watch the boys while I am gone tonight.” I said as soon as he answered. I ran around the house like a chicken without its head, tiding up the main floor.

“Right now?” Drew asked me.

“I’m leaving for the airport to pick them up now.” I said grabbing my car keys off of the counter in the kitchen, “You don’t have to get here till maybe five, but I need someone to keep an eye on them so that they don’t mess up the house.”

“No prob, I’ll be there in a few. Spare key still in its hiding spot?” Drew asked me.

I checked underneath the smooth painted blue rock next to the front door as I left and locked the door, “Still there.” Then I jumped into my forest green Jeep, starting the engine.

“Go get ‘em, tiger.” Drew said, jokingly.

“Bye.” I hung up, pocketed my phone and drove to the airport.

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I got there just in time, their flight was just landing. I watched everyone making sure that I didn’t missed them. I saw my mom then I saw her. That is when I started to get nervous. I took a deep breath and tried to settle down the pounding in my chest.

‘She hasn’t changed at all.’

Same flawless pale skin, large brown innocent looking eyes, petite body and glossy brown hair. Jessa had sent me countless selfies over the years and we even Skyped a few times, even though she hated being on camera. We only did it so we could proof to each other that we were actually who we said that we were. For a few weeks in the beginning of our friendship, she actually thought someone was catfishing her. Only because she had been catfished many other times.

The two woman walked up to me and both smiled at me, I smiled back. I hugged my mom first, “Hey Mom.” I said, smiling, “Did you girls had a good flight?” I asked them both after the hug.

“Yes, it was good.” My mom said, turning to Jessa, “What did you think of the flight, honey?”

We locked eyes and she blushed slightly before she spoke. I found it fucking adorable, “It was alright.” Jessa said, holding a pink cat carrier with a very angry cat inside, “Now I can actually say that I was on a plane and I remember it.” She pointed at the carrier, “Seph wasn’t too happy, though.”

I bent down to look at the little gray and black kitten, “Poor kitty, don’t worry she’ll have the run of the house when we get home.” Then I smiled at Jessa, standing back up and straightening my shirt, “Hey, welcome to Los Angeles.”

“Hey.” She muttered softly, looking as nervous as I felt.

I opened my arms for a hug and she went in for it, wrapping one of her thin arms around my waist, not wanting to whack the carrier into me. I rubbed her back a little, “Thank you for coming to visit me, sweetie.” I said softly, placing my chin on her head as we hugged.

“No problem.” Jessa said, stepping back a little, she pushed back a strain of hair the smiled at me, “I’m just glad we could finally meet.” She was around four feet and ten inches tall, she was tiny in every way imaginable. It made me think that I was a giant.

I took her bags with one hand and offered my spare hand for hers, she took it gently. I jerked my head over my left shoulder, “Let’s get outta here, the car’s this way.”

When we reached my Jeep, my mom quickly sat in the backseat with the suitcases at the cat carrier. So that Jessa had the passenger’s seat, right next to me. I narrowed my eyes at her and she just shrugged innocently.

With Jessa being so petite, I had to pick her up and place her into the seat. I noticed that she blushed slightly as I lifted her up. I pretended like I didn’t notice then climbed into my seat and started up the engine, “Are you guys hungry? I could stop somewhere.” I said as I buckled up.

“Not really, Shane. I am just tired.” Jessa admitted to me, buckling up then looked out her side window. She did look exhausted. I pulled out of the parking lot and down the road.

“Mom, what about you?” I asked looking at her in the review mirror.

“You can just drop me off at home, Shaney. I miss the many pets.” My mom said to me.

“Alright.” I said, switching lanes so that I was headed to my mom’s house instead of my place, “After I drop off Mom, we can just go to my place and chill out.”

“That sounds good.” Jessa said softly, turning her head to look at me, “You look great, by the way.” She said, smiling softly.

I returned the smile, “Thank you, sweetheart. Same to you and tiny.”

She blushed slightly, looking at her lap, “Yeah… well I have always been tiny.”

I turned off the main road and into a nice looking neighborhood, “True, hopefully I can change that while you are here.” I winked at Jessa.

“You can try, but I won’t hold my breath.” She shook her head.

“One can hope, though.” I stopped at a stop sign then turned right, “So Drew is gonna be at my place when we get home. Is that alright with you?” I pulled next to my mom’s house and parked.

“That is completely fine.” Jessa said, nodding as her whole face lit up.

“Okay, good.” Then I looked at my mom, “Mom, I will grab your bags for you.” I said, unbuckling and getting out of the Jeep then getting my mom’s bags out from the backseat.

Mom nodded and got out of the backseat, walking to Jessa’s rolled down window, “Hope to see you again, sweetheart. It was nice to finally meet you.” She said.

Jessa nodded, looking at her, “Same here, it was nice to talk to someone on the plane. I know that we will see each other some more before I go back home.”

“Of course, just tell Shane whenever you wanna see the pets or me.” My mom said smiling at me, I nodded at them both, then I jerked my head to my mom’s house, “I’m gonna put these on the porch while you chit chat.” I walked to the house and put them near the front door then walked back to the Jeep, “Thank you Mom for making the pit stop to get Jessa.”

She patted my cheek, “Oh of course, honey. She is a great girl.” Then she winked at Jessa, “Text me whenever he pisses you off, okay? I mean it.”

“I doubt he will piss me off, but I promise, Teresa.” Jessa said nodding to my mom.

I climbed into the driver’s seat, started the engine and looked out Jessa’s window at my mom. She waved her hand lightly, “Please call me Momma. Everyone does. Okay, I am getting a glare from Shane, bye guys.” She waved at us then walked up to the front door.

After I saw her unlocking the door and walking in, I drove away, “I see you and Mom hit it off, I am glad about that because I had a feeling that you two would.”

“Oh yes, I love her already. She is a complete sweetheart, Shane.” Jessa said, turning her head to look at me.

I smiled as I stopped at a stop light, “I know that she is a sweetheart. There is no mean bone in her body. Sort of like you.” I eyed her and smiled softly.

“I can be a total bitch if I need to be, you know what I mean.” She looked at me then looked away, to her lap as she licked her lower lip.

I nodded, staying silent, because I knew that she could be.

I knew all about her very first relationship. That had been an abusive relationship. She had found a loophole to his many threats and made him breakup with her by thinking that she was cheating. She of course would never ever cheat on anyone, even on a total douchebag that verbally, mentally and emotionally abused her.

I heard all about Ron, how she treated her, how he would nag her to have sex with him after dating her for a year. Like me, she wanted to wait to until she was married. It broke my heart to hear her voice crack when she told me about what happen in November 2009. That was the month when she finally gave in and had sex with him.

She deserved a guy who would honor her wishes, who wouldn’t pressure her into anything that she didn’t want to do, and she needed a guy who completely understood her, inside and out.

In many ways, that relationship had molded her into the strong-willed woman that she was now.

I drove into the gated neighborhood that I lived in and quickly looked at her, “You know, if you ever dated another guy like that, tell me and I will beat his ass.” I looked back to the road.

Jessa blushed, “I know you would, Shane.” I saw her look at me, “Thank you for being so protective, it means a lot to me.” She quickly reached over and kissed my cheek. When she relaxed back in her seat I glanced over at her, “I’ll always protect you, even with my friends.” I looked back to the road.

We passed a handful of houses then I pulled into the long driveway and smiled as I parked, “Home sweet home.”

Jessa’s eyes widen, “I only saw it from videos and Snapchats. It is huge!” She unbuckled and looked at me, “Wanna take me in first or my bags first?”

“I was thinking getting you in then your things.” I said, also unbuckling, “I’ll help you out, hold on.” I opened my car door, jumped out and walked around the front of the Jeep, opening her door, “Ready?” She nodded and I lifted her out, put her down then took her hand gently, “You are very light.”

She blushed as we walked to the front door, “Thanks.”

“No problem.” I said as I was about to grab the doorknob to the front door, the door swung open and Drew grinned at us both, “I saw you walk up.” He glanced at Jessa, “Hi, you must be Jess. Shane told me all about you.”

I cocked my head as I raised an eye brow, “Shut up.” We walked around him and I guided her to the living room and she sat down on the gray couch, “Get her bags and the cat carrier from the car, please?” I hollered to Drew, sitting next to Jessa.

He poked his head in the living room and smiled at us, “No problem.” Then he walked outside to the car.

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-Jessalynn’s Point Of View-

I glanced around and saw the Christmas decorations that Ryland had put up right before the breakup, I bit my lower lip, feeling the eyes of Shane on me. I turned to glance at me, rubbing my elbow to his arm slightly because he was sitting that close to me. I saw him quickly turn his head so that he was looking at the little Christmas tree instead of looking at me, “You need a table for that tree.” I said softly, “It looks funny on the floor.”

He grinned, “I think you are right.”

Suddenly I heard my baby’s squeaky meows, Drew was walking inside and to the living room, “He seems very angry.”

“She.” Shane corrected Drew, “That is Persephone.” I couldn’t help it, I smiled softly.

“Where’s Cheeto and Uno?” I asked, because I hadn’t seen them yet. Drew quickly opened the office door and out came Uno, running to Shane, “When I saw Shane pull up, I quickly put Uno in the office so that he wouldn’t jump on you. Cheeto is probably hiding.”

“Hi buddy, I told you that I was coming back.” Shane said, petting Uno, “This is Jess, she is gonna stay with us for a while, so be nice to her.”

I smiled as I let Uno sniff me then I reached the top of his head and petted it, “Nice boy.” I locked eyes with Shane and smiled, “What?” I asked as I grinned at him.

He shook his head, “Nothing, just I liked how you let him sniff you before you reached out to pet him. Most people don’t tend to do that.”

Uno jumped on the couch on my other side and put his head on my thigh. I shrugged lightly, “My grandma taught me that when I was a kid, I was always with her at dog shows and most dogs got jumpy if you just reached out to them to pet them. You let them sniff you, let them sniff you, then if the dog gives you the okay, then you can reach out and pet them. I also do that with cats, because well they have claws.” I smiled at Shane.

“She’s smart, you better keep her around. Maybe she will rub off on you.” Drew said, folding his thin arms over his chest, looking at us both.

I laughed a little, “Maybe I’ll make Shane stop bringing demons inside his house.”  I widen my eyes at Shane.

That made both guys laugh, “You can try, Ryland did and look how that turned out.” Shane said, standing up, “I’ll get your bags.”

“Oh I did, they are in the guest bedroom.” Drew stopped him, smiling at me. I returned the smile and looked at Shane who sat back down next to me.

“Okay then, so we can let Seph out.” He grabbed the carrier from the table and handed it to me, “You are her momma. You open it. She might kill one of us if we open it.”

I pushed Uno away, “No, she might attack you, buddy. Drew, hold his collar so he will not try to lick the fuck outta her.”

Drew quickly sat beside Uno and held him, “You are the boss lady.”

I opened the door of the carrier and grabbed her, “Shh. It’s okay, sweetie.” I held her and she started to purr, her golden eyes glued to Shane, “Good girl.”

Shane smiled, shifting his weight slightly, then turning slightly so that he was facing me and Persephone.

“What’s up with her left ear?” Drew asked, pointing at it with his free hand, “No Uno, stay over here.” Uno was trying to either sniff or lick Seph.

Persephone had an ear that didn’t form right when she was born, it looked like she had it cocked all the time. I smiled, “She is different. Her left ear didn’t completely form right when she was a kitten. She can hear and move it, it just looks like she’s holding it weird.”

“It’s cute. And you were right, she does kinda looks like Muffins.” Shane reached out, to let her sniff his hand. I smiled softly.

‘He is a fast learner.’ I thought to myself, petting my baby.  Persephone sniffed his hand and then did something I wasn’t expecting. She climbed onto his lap and started purring.

I looked at him, in complete surprise.

“What?” Shane asked, looking at me, rubbing her neck and making her purr even more.

“She hates new people.” I squeaked out, I looked at Seph and Shane. I smiled softly, I relaxed completely. I was thrilled that she liked Shane, “This is gonna be your other parent, so you gonna listen and obey him.” I said to my furry kid, rubbing her cheek.

“You guys are pet parents.” Drew laughed a little, “Jess is the momma and you are the daddy.” Shane and I looked up at each other then looked at Drew, in-sync. Drew laughed, “Maybe not, I’ll just shut up then.”

“Yeah, you do that.” Shane muttered at his best friend, looking over my shoulder.

I looked at the Christmas tree again, noticing something orange beside it, Cheeto was stalking into the room. Seph must’ve heard him because she cocked her little ears then turned around to glance at him, still on Shane’s lap.

Cheeto stopped walking, mid-step and looked at her. All of the humans in the room stopped moving and probably stopped breathing. This was it, the tie breaker. If they didn’t get along, this trip would be cut really short.

Seph jumped off of Shane’s lap and walked up to Cheeto, her tail high and proud. She sniffed him and he sniffed her then they touched noses.

“Yes!” Hollered both Shane and I, relieved that our kids liked each other. I turned to Drew, “You can let Uno go, she is okay with dogs.” I looked at Shane, “Hey, where is the kitty box? She might want to use it soon.”

Shane looked at me, stood up, picked up my baby, “Come with me, little princess.” We quickly walked out of the room and into the office. Cheeto followed his daddy and meowed softly.

I patted my legs, “Uno, come here.” Uno bounced to me and I petted him, “Good boy.”

Shane walked back, kitty-less and sat back down next to me, “They are sniffing butts and other kitty things. I think that they like each other.”

I laughed a little, still petting Uno, “That is good, they are getting to know each other and other shit. So that is a huge thing.” He reached out and petted Uno with me, “Uno seems to get that you are different.”

“Hmm, he isn’t stupid.” I smiled at Shane.

Shane stood up, “Are you hungry? Want a soda? House tour?” He asked me then pointed at the office door, I quickly looked at the door and saw our kids play fighting.

I licked my lower lip, “Soda and house tour.” I looked at Drew then at the pets, “You okay here?” I stepped closer to Shane and linked my arm with his.

“You have nothing to worry about, momma. I’ll keep a watchful eye on your kids.” Drew said, giving us a smile, “Go on, I can handle them.” He waved us away.

I smiled, “Okay, thank you, Drew.”

Shane led me to the kitchen, “Diet coke or root beer?”

“Root beer, please?” I planted myself against a counter, watching him get two root beers, “They are diet, I hope that is alright. I am not allowed to drink regular soda.”

I took one and popped the top, “It’s perfectly fine.” I looked around, noticing that his usual tripod and lights are gone from the kitchen and the sink was cleaned.

‘He must’ve cleaned before he got me.’ I thought to myself as I took a sip of the soda.

“So as you can tell, this is the kitchen. Coffee cups are above the maker. I’ll get down any plates and other cups, you probably won’t be able to reach them, and the snack cupboard is over here…” He went over to the snack cupboard, where I already knew where it was.

“Shane… I know… Your videos…” I said, grabbing his arm slightly, stopping him.

“Right… I almost forgot you saw all my videos…” He said softly, blushing slightly, “I’ll show you the upstairs then, I hadn’t really filmed up there…”

‘He is nervous! Awe.’

I left my soda on the counter and walked arm in arm with him, then when we reached the spiral staircase he took my hand and led me up.

We reached the carpeted hallway, he opened one door, “My room, very bare, but I like it.” I didn’t look in, because I had already saw it in videos, so I just nodded, “Bare is good sometimes.”

He shut the door, walked to the other door that was right across from his, “Your room.” He said as he opened it. We walked in and I gasped. He had decorated it! It was Eifel Tower/Paris themed.

There was three huge themed pictures that were hung above the all-white plush headboard, the bedding was a soft pink, white five huge all-white pillows, and there was a soft fur all-white rug next to the queen sized bed. Underneath the big bay window was a cat bed for Persephone.

I looked at him, “You remembered.” I whispered, putting my hands over my mouth.

He was watching me carefully, “You hate it?”

What? No… I love it!” I hugged him tightly, “Thank you, Shane.”

‘He had remembered that I always wanted an Eifel Tower/Paris themed bedroom and I could never get it because we were always poor.’

“Your closet is over there and your bathroom is over there.” He had pointed at the two different doors on the different walls of my bedroom, “You have a built in seat in the shower, so no falls and no awkwardness between us for me helping you.”

He had thought of everything.

“Your closet has some clothes, I remembered your sizes.” Shane said softly, “Just shirts and some jeans.” He shrugged slightly.

I walked to the double white wooded doors to the closet and opened them. I gasped, ‘shirts and some jeans’ was an understatement. A complete understatement!

I didn’t need to pack clothes, probably only bras, socks and underwear. He had gotten me a dozen or so jeans and shorts, all blue or black, tons of tank tops and shirts, ranging to every color possible. Hoodies also, blue, black and gray.

‘He paid attention to my style of clothing, no doubt.’ I thought to myself looking at some shirts that were on hangers. I smiled softly, seeing he added his own merch in the shirts. Then I saw something that I never ever wore.

“Dresses!?” I held one up as I looked at him, in total shock. The one I was holding was a black thin strapped black beaded dress. Totally my style, minus that it was a dress,

He just shrugged, looking at me, “They are for special occasions.”

They were beautiful and my style, if I did ever wore dresses. Edgy but yet classy. They were all strapless and floaty. Most of them were black but I saw a handful of purple or pink.

“Special occasions?” I narrowed my eyes at him, full of interest.

“We still don’t know when you might go back home, so I thought of everything.” He muttered. I hung the dress back up, walked over to him and hugged him tightly.

“Thank you, Shane. This room, the clothes, everything.” I said, letting him go.

“Mom helped with the clothes and the decorations for the room.” Shane said softly, looking away from me, ashamed or nervous.

I made him look at me by putting a hand underneath his chin, “Shane, stop it. This was amazing and so sweet. You didn’t need to get me clothes or decorated the room for me.”

“I wanted you to feel comfortable while you stayed here. Make you not think that you are just a visitor, because to me, you are not just a visitor.”

I smiled, “Thank you, Shane. The room is everything I always wanted.” I hugged him again, placing my head on his chest right above a shoulder.

He wrapped his arms around me and kissed the crown of my head. We broke apart and he looked at me, “Jess… I…” He started to say.

“Guys?” Drew interrupted Shane.

“What?” Shane hollered, slightly upset that he was interrupted, he walked to the closed door and opened it, peeking his head out, “Drew, what is it?”

“There is a food delivery guy here for you, man.” Drew hollered up the stairs.

Shane looked at me, “You okay here for a bit?”

I nodded, sitting on my bed, “Yeah I am fine, go.”

Chapter Two. November 22, 2017.

It had been a few days since Shane asked me to visit him and I told him that I would. I was sitting in the living room, in gray sweatpants, a black tank top and gray hooded sweatshirt. It was sort of chilly so my eight-something pound body was cold. My mother and Sophia had already left for work and school, so I was utterly all alone. Well, besides the pets, of course. I was watching ‘Live with Kelly and Ryan’ while I sipped my coffee when my phone dinged.

‘I wonder who that might be.’

I knew it wasn’t Shane because he went to bed an hour ago.  I put my blue coffee cup down and grabbed my phone, then I looked at it. I had a Facebook message from my best online friend, Jennifer who lived in Salem, Oregon. She was a mother of an autistic sixteen year boy.

We met on a Harry Potter Facebook group about a year ago and we soon became very close, in so many ways I thought of her as a much older sister. I actually hadn’t messaged her in a few days because I was totality sidetracked by Shane and packing for my trip.

Jenn- Good morning, I haven’t heard from you in a few days, so I am checking on you. How are you? Are you doing okay? Did your depression hit you again?

I clicked on the message bar and typed out my message to her then I hit send.

Jessa- Hey! I am doing okay, just been kinda busy. I have huge news! No depression, I am actually happy.

I put down my phone next to my right thigh so it would be easier for me to pick it back up. I picked up my coffee cup and took some sips from it. I was kind of watching the show that was on. I never actually watched ‘Live’.

I just turned on the news in the morning when I got up around seven o’clock each morning then around eleven in the morning when ‘The View’ turned on that is when I would change the channel to ION so I could watch my crime shows for the rest of the day.

I have a very boring life. I thought to myself as I sipped my coffee.

I heard my phone ding again and I picked it up as I put my coffee cup down on the end table that was next to me on my left.

Jenn- Happy is good! Why are you happy? What is your news?

I smiled softly as I typed out my message with my two thin boney thumbs. People said that when they either got a message from me or saw me texting that said I typed really fast. Never knew why I typed fast, I just knew that I always typed fast.

Jessa- I am going to be in California for a while starting on Dec. 7th. I am very happy and very excited.

I didn’t tell her about Shane, because obviously she wouldn’t believe me. I mean come on, actually knowing a semi-famous person, yeah right. Nobody would believe me.

I picked up my coffee and took a few sips from it, I was finally waking up.

Bella jumped up next to me and put her little head on my lap, I petted her with my free hand, “I know, sweetie. You hate it when Momma is gone at work. She’ll be home later tonight, I promise.” I told her then stood up, “I’ll be right back.” I said as she gave me a sad look, “I said I will be right back.” I shook my head at her.

I walked to the bathroom and I did my business then washed my hands. I walked back out to the small hallway and tripped over Persephone’s sister, Lucy. She was a very pretty looking tuxedo short haired cat. Lucy was playing with a small orange pom-pom. I caught myself with a hand on the wall, “Silly cat.” I said softly then walked back to the couch.

Bella sat up so that I could sit back down in my spot, “Thank you for keeping my seat warm for me, sweetie-pie.” I patted her head, “Did my phone ding?” I asked her as if she could answer me, I knew perfectly well that she couldn’t. I checked it and saw nothing. I put my phone back down then pulled my legs up onto the couch so that I could get more comfortable.

I must’ve fallen asleep because when Bella and Tobias started barking at something I jerked awake, “What?” I asked, completely startled.

I looked out the huge bay window and saw the mailman walking off of the porch, “Oh shut up, he brings us nice things. He even brings you your toy box.” I said to the dogs. Bella got a monthly box called ‘Bark Box’. She would get two toys that fit her size and she would two or three full size bags of heathy treats.

I picked up my phone and unlocked it, to see if I gotten any messages while I was asleep. I realized that I slept for an hour when I looked at my phone. I had one new message from Jennifer waiting for me, so I clicked on it and read her message.

Jenn- Just you? Or are you going with your family?

I quickly typed out my message then hit send.

Jessa- I am going on my own! I am going to stay with a friend of mine for a while.

I grabbed my empty coffee cup and stood up, walked to the kitchen to make another cup of coffee. Bella of course, followed me. When I reached the counter where the coffee maker was, she brushed against my right leg, letting me know that she was beside me.

“Hi, baby.” I said softly to her, “I know you gotta follow Momma and you follow me when she isn’t home, because you are still a baby at heart.”  Bella was a five year old but still acted like a five month old.

I brewed myself a cup of coffee and added some Reese’s creamer then walked back to the living room.

Tobias was sniffing around the end table where my coffee cup was sitting on while I was sleeping, obviously looking for food or something to chew on. He was nearly a year old and still acted like a two month old.

“What are you doing?” I said to him raising my eye brows. He gave me that ‘I am a sad dog’ look and jumped down slowly, “Thank you.” I said as I sat down.

I drank my second cup of coffee as I thought of the things that I would bring with me to California. I knew that I would bring a few books, because I was almost always reading a book. I also knew that Shane was a night owl as I was an early bird, so most likely I would be alone in the early mornings, so I needed stuff to entertain me while he was asleep.

Then I thought of what I had in my black dresser drawer, I chewed my lower lip, I lost my coloring in my face, “Would Mom poke around my room while I am gone?” I asked out loud, knowing that the pets couldn’t answer me, “Or what about Sophia?” I made a face. She used to snoop around my room when I was out with friends, I knew this because stuff would be moved and whenever I asked my mother she would say it wasn’t her and I’d have my door shut so I knew it wasn’t any of the pets. So, obviously I was worried she’d find my X-rated drawer that I had in my bedroom.

I quickly left my seat on the couch and walked into my room and crouched down to open the bottom black dresser drawer, I grabbed my two glass dildos and my flesh colored nine inch realistic dildo then I placed them all in a plastic bag. Then placed the plastic bag in the blue bag that my other mindless stuff would be packed into, “Hopefully Shane won’t want to help me unpack. That would be awkward.” I muttered softly as I zipped up the blue bag that was besides my bed.

My mother knew about one of the glass dildos but she didn’t know that I added to the collection, so I was afraid that she would freak out and who knew what she would do with them.  

I walked back out to the living room and found Bella’s face in my coffee cup, “There is nothing in there, you silly girl.” I told her shooing her from my spot on the couch.

‘What is with my pets and coffee?’

I heard my phone ding again, Jennifer must’ve messaged me again, so I looked at my phone and read the message then replied to her.

Jenn- That is amazing! You will have a great time.

Jessa- I hope so! I am kinda scared too but excited more than anything else.

After I replied to Jennifer, I watched mindless television for about an hour without any messages coming through, so I almost fell back to sleep.  

About a half hour of trying not to sleep, I heard Shane’s ringtone. I found myself smiling as I answered it, “Hey, I thought you were going to sleep?” I asked, jokingly.

I heard him roll over and sheet covers rustle, so he was still in bed. I tried not to imagine him in bed, but it was hard. I wondered what he wore to bed. “I tried to but the ghosts wouldn’t let me.” He sighed heavily.

He had done a few videos talking about his three ghosts that he had at his house. One of the ghosts was a younger man, which actually followed him from his other house that he had with his mother. Another one was his grandma, and then the last was an older man that actually died in his house that he was living in now.

‘Creepy.’

So the ghosts that he had at his house weren’t that too dangerous, they were just pranksters and his grandma just kept a watchful eye on him. Even knowing about them, I still wanted to visit him. Unexplained noises and seeing dark shadows didn’t bother me like other “normal” people.

It was because I believed in ghosts. I have ever since I was a young child. When I was about nine years old, we lived in Novi, Michigan we were living in an apartment and I swore that my bathroom was haunted. It was always ice cold in there even when it was in the summer and I never felt alone in there when I was alone.

“Stupid ghosts.” I told him, folding my legs so that I was in a ball on the couch, “Did you know that in one of your many food videos that there was an orb that shoot across the counter behind you?”

Shane didn’t sound shocked, “My drunken foods video? Yeah, I saw the orb when I edited the video. I left that bit in the video to see if any viewers would spot it.”

“I remember you saying that Cheeto was hissing and meowing at you in the beginning of the video, well that was probably why. I know that animals can sense ghosts and whatnot.” I said to him as I watched Lucy and Persephone play around on the cream colored cat tree that was next to the huge bay window.

“I know. Cheeto can sense the ghosts in my house.” He said then he sighed then I heard him move covers from his bed then heard footsteps, “Give me a few seconds. I gotta pee.”

“I had heard you pee before, Shane. It had been years ago. So it’s okay.” I said, blushing slightly. Thankfully he made it so I couldn’t actually hear him. He probably put the phone to his chest or something.

In one of his older videos, he had peed kind of on camera. Don’t worry, none of the viewers could see anything that they shouldn’t have seen. If you get what I am trying to say, he wouldn’t been able to post that kind of video on YouTube. All the viewers could see was his face and nothing else. He was very open with his viewers.

The video in question was called ‘This Video Is Too Personal.’

I heard the flush then he washed his hands, “I am so tired but I need to finish editing videos and post the one for today.”

“You work a lot.” I said, sighing softly, “You post four videos a week and edit the ones you already videotaped. You have been doing YouTube for ten plus years without any major breaks. As I remember you always posted every day on all three of your channels for years.”

“Trust me, I am well aware.” He said laughing slightly, “I probably have the longest running YouTube channel ever.” I heard the coffee maker brewing so he was in his kitchen.

‘He was right, though. He made his first ‘Shane Dawson TV’ video in 2008 and he hadn’t stopped ever since.’

“That is fucking crazy. At least you love what you are doing. You do love what you are doing, right? I said, playing with a strain of my hair that was in my right eye and bothering me.

“Of course I do! I adore what I do on YouTube. Trust me, if I hated what I was doing, I’d fucking stop. But as of right now, I have no plans on stopping, maybe doing three videos per week instead of four.”

I heard him move the phone away from his mouth as he holler something to Uno and then I heard him feed both Cheeto and Uno, “Sorry about that, Uno was acting like an ass.”

“No problem, I understand.” I said smiling at Bella, who was looking at me with her Cocker Spangler looking ears raised slightly so that they looked like little furry pigtails. “My dogs are assholes at feeding times.” I looked at Persephone and Lucy who were fast asleep on the cat tree, “The cats are even more assholes than the dogs though.”

He heard his laugh again, “I get that, I had some cats that were assholes.” I heard him open a cupboard door and him setting a pan on his stove.

‘He was probably making himself breakfast. We made a weird pair, he ate his feelings while I drowned myself with galleons of coffee and hardly ever ate a full meal.’

I laughed with him, “Yeah. Cute, furry lovable assholes that have claws.” I petted Bella’s ears, “I’ll always be an animal lover. Maybe even be a crazy cat lady.”

“I could see that. You always said that you loved cats.” Shane said, “I wouldn’t mind having a houseful of dogs and cats.”

I laughed, twirling that same strain of my hair, “I also thought of something that we could do while I am there, we could have a horror movie marathon. I know you have a lot of great horror movies.”

“I do, so that sounds like a plan. Maybe we can start on the first night you get here.” He actually sounded excited and I couldn’t help it but I smiled, because it was so adorable.

“So that I would be too scared to sleep? Oh great idea, Shane.” I shook my head a little, “I do love horror movies but I don’t like watching them at night because I won’t be able to sleep.”

I could hear him talking softly to someone then I heard the sound of shopping bags or something like that, then he came back on the phone, “Sorry my weekly food delivery has just arrived. I’m back.”

“You get your food delivered for you?” I asked, half amused and the other half in shock as I shook my head a little.

“Yup, I just put what I want on a list and a person gets the food for me then delivers it to my house.” He said, putting away his food delivery away.

“I knew that you use Uber now but I didn’t actually you used that food delivery thing also. Perks of being rich, I guess.” I joked, standing up and walking to the kitchen, searching for something to snack on. Not because I was hungry but because I was bored.

“No, not because I am rich, you could use it too. It’s an app.” Shane said, balling up the bags, I had to pull away the phone from my ear as he did so because it was a loud noise. Then he threw the bags away, “It’s easier than actually going shopping and dealing with other customers. Now back to the subject of movies, you know damn well that I’d protect you at night. I wouldn’t mind wrapping my arms around while you tried to sleep either.”

My stomach did a cart wheel while my heart stopped and my mouth went dry. I had to remind myself to take a breath.

‘He was just messing around. You know, Shane just being Shane.’ I told myself shaking my head.

“Yeah, yeah.” I said as I found a four snack pack of chocolate puddings and I grabbed two then a spoon. I pealed one open as I walked back to the living room and took a few bites.

“What are you doing?” Shane asked, “You sound like you are hunting for food or something. Did I make you hungry?”

“Kinda, yeah. I am eating a few things of those pudding snack things.” I said as I scooped another mouthful and put it in my mouth, “I think a veteran group that gives us food sometimes gave us the pudding packages.”

“A veteran group?” Shane asked me.

“I thought I told you a while ago, my mother and father were in the Air Force, so Mom found a Facebook group bout a year ago to help us for things. Like for example, they helped us move. Like with people to move boxes and heavy things. Then every other weekend they send us a few boxes of food and other items like soap, shampoo, and toothpaste.”

“That is awesome. Please tell Momma Barnum that I say thank you for her service.” Shane told me then I heard the noise that an oven makes when you turned it on.

“Of course, I will.” I said, smiling softly, twirling the spoon in my hand, then took another mouthful.

“Oh, that is why you guys were in Germany! That makes sense now.” Shane exclaimed and I swallowed my mouthful of pudding before I laughed.

“Hey don’t laugh at me, missy. It’s early here and I haven’t gone to bed yet.” He said, I could him moving around and then I heard eggs cracking against the pan.

“You are making eggs?” I asked Shane.

“Yes, I am.”

I took another bite, finishing up my first pudding cup, “So you do know how to cook?” I asked jokingly, “From watching some of your videos, I was scared that you didn’t know how.”

“Actually, yes I do know how to cook. Mom taught me so I cook somewhat well, there is some things that I have trouble with, but all in all I’m a good cook.” He said after he laughed.

“That is great, I was worried we’d have Taco Bell every single night or something.” I joked again.

“Nah, not every night.” Shane said, I heard him moving around his kitchen, probably getting a plate and a fork for his eggs, “Trust me, I won’t starve you. You will be well fed while you are here.”

“I am glad, I am used to Mom’s homemade cooking.” I told Shane, then I heard a soft ding, telling me that I just got a message. I quickly put Shane on speakerphone so I could see who messaged me.

It was my mother.

Mom- Headed home, had a low blood sugar problem at work and they told me to go home. Want something to eat?

“I get that completely.” Shane said with his mouthful of egg.

I texted my mother as I spoke, “How is your breakfast? I love scrambled eggs with peppers and hot sauce.”

Jess- That’s scary. I am in the mood for Burger King. You know what I like from there.

“Yes, very good. What are you doing? I can hear you typing.” He asked with another mouthful of egg. It didn’t bother me that he talked with his mouthful of food.

“Mom texted me, so I texted her back. She had a low sugar problem at work and they sent her home for the rest of the day. She asked if I wanted anything to eat from anywhere.”

“That sounds awful. Is she diabetic?” He asked, concerned. My heart melted, knowing that he cared about my mother, even though he hadn’t even met her.

“Oh yeah, she is fine, she probably drank some orange juice or ate a few pieces of chocolate to raise it. She has had diabetes since she was pregnant with Sophia, so she knows what to do. Thank you for your concern about her, though. That means a lot to me.” I told him.

“Of course. She sounds like a badass. Serving in the Air Force, raising a physically disabled child completely on her own for most of your childhood, having diabetes. She raised you wonderfully, you are sweet but you can kick some ass if need be. You are well rounded you don’t have your hand out for things. You take risks and don’t wait for people to make things happen for you.”

I felt my cheeks reddening as he spoke, I ate my last pudding cup in four bites then took care of my trash, “Thank you.” I put my spoon in a bowl that had water already in it then walked back in the living room, I heard Mom pull into the driveway, “Mom is home now.”

I walked back to the living room so that I could grab Bela’s collar s it would a little easier when Mom walked into the front door with the fast food.

“Oh, do you want me to let you go?” Shane asked me, he sounded like he was outside in his backyard, probably taking Uno outside.

“Only if you want to.” I said softly, not really wanting to hang up, I actually could talk to him all day long, but I knew that he had other things to do.

“I feel dead on my feet, so I am going to try to sleep. Tell Momma Barnum that I say hi.” He said to me.

“Will do.” I told him then saw that Tobias ran to the front door like I feared, “Hey, Tob come back here.” I said to Tobias as my mother walked in and Shane said, “I’ll call you later.”

“Okay, Shane. Bye.” I muttered softly.

“Bye Jess.” Then Shane hung up. I tossed my phone on the couch besides me, “Tob!” I hollered at him, getting upset that Tobias was not moving.

“Get back, dumb dog. Let me in.” My mother said, holding a Burger King fast food bag and a large soda. Tobias was bouncing around in tiny the entry way, not really letting my mother inside the rest of the house, luckily I had Bella so it wasn’t too jammed up for Mom to get inside the house.

“Tob! Move, you big dumb dog.” I hollered at him and then finally he laid back down on his blanket. Bella was still lying next to me because I still had a hold of her own collar so that she wouldn’t jump on Mom.

After Mom walked in and shut the heavy wooden door. I let Bella go so she could sniff Mom to see where she was before she got home.

“Was that Shane?” My mother asked me, pointing at my phone that was still lilt up and beside me. She smiling softly at me. I nodded my head, smiling back at her, “Yes it was.”

She handed me a large soda from Burger King, “I got you a burger, onion rings and an A&W root beer. All your favorites.” She sat down, kicking off her purple nursing shoes.

I took the soda and set it down on the end table besides my coffee cup as she put the bag on a wheeled tray that I used for all sorts of things, but I mainly used the tray to eat on.

“So, do you still like him?” My mother asked me, I bit my lower lip as I unwrapped my burger, utterly silent. My mother eyed me, “Oh Jess, you do! Why can’t you just admit it to yourself? He is a nice guy, also not bad on the eyes.”

“Mom! He is my age that is just gross!” I wrinkled my nose then I pretended to gag.

She gave me a side look, “I meant for you. He seems to like you also.”

I cocked my head at her, grabbing the messy burger, “Mom, please stop. He is just a friend. A very best friend. Nothing more, so shut up.” I said then took a bite.

“I am not blind, Jessa. I can see it, you do have feelings for him. You’ve always had feelings for him.” She said as Bella jumped on her lap and she wrapped her arms around Bella, “Hey sweetie. Yes, Momma is home for the rest of the day.”

“Fine.” I sighed, “Sure. I like Shane, but he’ll never like me back.” I shook my head as I swallowed my bite, pushing back my bit of hair that flopped into my eye as I shook my head, “He said a long time ago that he thought of me as a younger sister. Would you ever want to date someone who you thought of as a sibling?”

She wrinkled her thin nose, “Oh. Well, it had been years since you two had talked. Feelings can change. He did suggest for you to visit him, not any of his other friends.”

I thought of what she just said, chewing my food. She did have a point, like most mothers. He did suggest for me to visit, none of his local friends, none of his guy friends. He asked me. His female friend that he had for years.

‘Maybe his feelings changed, but how? We hadn’t talked in years.’

--

It was around three o’clock and I was waiting for Shane’s new video to be posted. I already knew what it was about because he had tweeted about it and told me over a phone call. In the video was about him selling a very used pair of his underwear. He just wanted to see how much the bidding would up to in a twenty-four hour period.

I clicked the refresh button my YouTube webpage that I had open on my laptop and saw that his video was there on top. He just posted it!

I clicked on it and watched it with my headphones in. I had learned fairly early on that if I watched any of his videos I needed headphones, because one day when I was twenty-three I had thought I was home alone so I decided not to have headphones in while binge watched Shane’s videos. Unfortunately I wasn’t home alone, Step Father Number Two was home and rushed into my room, thinking I was watching gay porn.

How embarrassing!

So yeah, no matter what, I always had headphones in while I watched his videos, just to be careful. After I watched the video I decided to text Shane, to tell him that I watched his most recent video.

Jessa- I just saw the underwear video, I can’t believe you were able to post that bid for a little while, till they contacted you to tell you to take the bid down.

It wasn’t even ten minutes later and he was calling me, I answered it right away, “Hi, I just texted you because I didn’t want to bother you if you were filming or something.”

“No problem, if I am filming I tend to have the sound off on my phone so it won’t be in the video. So did you like the video?” Shane said.  

I walked to my bed and flopped backwards, landing on the middle of the bed, “I liked it. It was a little different from your usual videos. Thankfully you used a better pair of your underwear.” I smiled to myself, remembering when he did a closet tour one year and showed all of his holey underwear.

‘Ew!’

“I had those pair since before I dated Lisa.” He said, laughing a little, “So they are very used.”

“If eBay didn’t call you and ask you to take the bid down, would you actually give them away?” I asked him, full of curiosity.

“No, I was actually thinking of taking the post down before I got the call.” Shane said, “It was a joke that got out of hand. Besides I wouldn’t know what to do with that sort of money.”

‘Shane was being humble. I loved that.’

Having fame didn’t get into his head and change him in any way, like most ‘YouTube celebrities’. He was the same old Shane before his fame hit. He didn’t even consider himself as a celebrity. But he did have two #1 hit books, he had a well-known movie and merch. He was even mentioned in a few gossip videos on a few gossip YouTube channels.

“You could’ve saved it and used it while I visit, or gave it away to charity, or gave it to Momma Yaw.” I said, listing just a few choices for him, “Momma Barnum would’ve fainted if you gave it to her.”

“You got a point.” Shane said softly, “Oh well, the post is gone. I might bid another item of clothing or something else though, so who knows.”

“Maybe your conspiracy theory shirt.” I suggested to him.

“That would be cool.” He agreed with me.

--

We were still talking on the phone and it was close to midnight my time, I was sitting next to black wooden short bookshelf, debating on which books I’d be taking with me. I already had a small pile of books on my bed. The pile had my copies of the Harry Potter series, The Lord of the Rings, The Fault In Our Stars, I had added the saga called The Crossfire Series, they were like the Fifty Shades series, but slightly different, then lastly in the pile a few books I had gotten from my nocturnal book box that I gotten every month.

“I can hear you mumbling to yourself, what are you doing?” Shane asked me.

“I am debating on what sort of books I should bring with me.” I told him, putting the small pile of books in my blue bag.

“You are actually bringing books?” Shane said, dumbfounded. Shane hardly ever read books and yet he wrote two on his own. “Why? I won’t leave you alone, so you don’t need to bring things to entertain yourself.”

As he said that my eyes locked onto the plastic bag of sex toys and I blushed a deep red, “I know but I am an early bird and you are a night owl, what will I do while you are dead to the world?”

“Watch television or movies, play with Cheeto or Uno...” He laughed slightly, “Bring whatever you want, Jess. I was just messing with you.”

I removed The Fault In Our Stars and put it in my oversized purse that I was going to use as my carry-on, “I know you were messing with me.” I got up and pushed back my bed covers then climbed in, “I am getting tired, but I don’t want to stop talking to you.” I admitted softly, blushing.

I heard Shane sit on one of his couches, “We could stay on the phone until you fall asleep or we can stay on the phone till the morning.”  He suggested to me, then he took a gulp of something, knowing him, it was most likely soda.

“We can stay the phone until the morning, only if you want.” I muttered softly, getting comfortable in bed.

“That sound like a wonderful plan.” Shane said.