Seize The Day
Failure Of Words
JOHNNY’S POV:
A few weeks have gone by since Shannon and the guys returned from the beach house. Things were ok, but not like they use to be. Zacky was still flirting with Shannon as usual with no signs of stopping.
It was now January 31st. Early in the morning I quietly got out of bed, making sure not to wake Shannon up. Her birthday is tomorrow and I still needed to get her something. I grabbed a pen and paper and wrote her a note telling her where I was, when I’d be home and that I loved her. I placed the note and the nightstand next to the bed, knowing she’d find it there.
I brought Jimmy and Brian along with me so they could get her something as well. It didn’t take us long to find what we needed to get and we were back home within two hours. We didn’t have anything big planned as of yet. We were the type to have something thrown together at the last minute.
When we got home I headed towards my room to find Shannon gone. I hid the gifts that I bought and looked around for her. I heard the shower running in the bathroom across the hall from my room and figured it was her since the rest of the guys were scattered around the house.
I didn’t bother knocking, I just let myself in, stripped of my clothes and quietly opened the shower curtain and got in. Her back was turned to me so I got close to her, putting my hands on her sides and lightly kissing her shoulder. She jumped a bit.
“Holy shit Johnny, you scared me.” She told me as she turned around.
“Sorry babe.” I told her and placed my lips against hers.
“Where did you go this morning?” She asked and pulled away a bit.
“Out.” I told her with a smile.
“No shit Sherlock” She laughed a bit and lightly pushed me. “What did you do when you were out?”
“Oh you know… drove to some places, bought some things.” I said and continued to smile.
“You’re so mean!” She said, pouting her lip out.
“Oh stop. I can’t tell you, it’s a surprise.”
“You know that I don’t like surprises.”
“You’ll be ok, I promise. You just have to wait till tomorrow… or tonight if I decide to give you one of the presents.” I told her, placing my hands on her hips and bringing her back to me.
I wrapped my arms around her waist, just holding her against me. She stuck out her lip a bit in a pouty way, she knew that I hated when she did that. I always ended up giving into her.
“Stop it! Enough with the pouty lip.” I told her and lightly bit down on her shoulder.
“Fine, you’re no fun!” She said and stepped away from me.
I watched as she let the water run over her skin.
“You drive me crazy!” I told her, backing her up against the shower wall.
“Yeah well… you drive me crazy too!” She told me with a smirk, wrapping her arms around my neck.
She did drive me crazy… in so many ways. Not in the bad ways that some may think. But in the ways such as when she’s teasing me, or looking at me as she’s pleasuring me. She knows what it does to me and she uses it to her advantages. I want all of her, all the time. To feel her body brush against mine. To have the taste of her on my lips. I wanted to spend the rest of forever with her. But I was afraid that the past few weeks have torn a hole in our relationship. One that would take time to heal back together. I’d take that time though. I already went days without her so I knew what it would be like if I were to lose her for good. That was something I didn’t want to risk.
SHANNON’S POV:
The night went pretty slow. Everyone acted very secretive. Whispering things like they were planning something big. Which really annoyed me since I absolutely hate secrets.
“I’m gonna head to bed guys.” I tld them, kind of bummed out.
They all said their goodnights and each gave me a hug. I headed back to my room, shutting the door behind me. I changed into an oversized t-shirt and climbed into bed, pulling a pillow close to me and closing my eyes.
I must have fallen asleep sooner than I though because I was woken up by the feeling of the side of the bed sinking in. I opened my eyes to a faint glowing light. Rubbing my eyes so they could focus, I sat up and saw Johnny sitting there.
“Happy Birthday beautiful.” He told me. “I’m sorry for waking you up, but I wanted to be the first one to say it, I know the guys will be bursting in here anytime now to tell you it… and I brought you a cupcake with a candle, so you have to blow it out and make a wish.”
The lights were out but I could faintly see him smiling. I closed my eyes and thought about what I should wish for. Maybe for things to be different. Maybe for them to go back to the old ways. I drew in a breath and blew out the candle.
“What did you wish for?” Johnny asked.
“If I told you then it won’t come true.” I said with a laugh.
I reached for my television remote and turned the tv on, muting it so there wasn’t any sound. I just needed some light so I could see. I sat back in my bed, leaning back against the headboard and pulling the covers over me. I took the cupcake from Johnny and began to eat it.
“I have something else for you babe.” He told me, reaching over the end of the bed and grabbing a bag. He handed me the bag and I didn’t waste any time tearing through it. I pulled out an envelope then looked at him with a confused look. ”Just open it!”
I slowly opened the envelope and pulled out a card, opening the card I read what was written inside.
‘I was never good with my words, so it really won’t be any different now. I want to start off by saying you mean the world to me. You ARE my world. The one who has been there for me through everything just like I have been there for you. I know we have had a rocky relationship so far, but baby… I can promise you that it will change because I don’t want to lose you. Today is about you and I’ll do everything in me to make sure that this is an amazing birthday for you.’
I smiled and looked at him, placing the card beside me on the bed. I reached back into the bag and pulled out a photo album.
“We all put it together and we all contributed the pictures that are in there.” He told me, getting under the covers with me. “They will probably kick my ass when they find out I gave it to you without them. It was a hell of a thing trying to get everyone together long enough for this” I opened the photo album and began to look through the pages. “We each wrote something for you on separate pages. Don’t mind mine, you know how I am with words.” He said with a laugh.
“I love it hun!” I told him.
“Good, I’m glad that you do. There’s more to come though… I just can’t tell you it.” He told me with a smirk.
“Figures.” I told him, shoving him a bit.
The bedroom door flew open then and Matt, Jimmy, Zacky and Brian came running in, jumping on my bed and almost squishing the hell out of me.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” Jimmy shouted as he laid on the side of me.
“We were going to bring in a cupcake but Johnny already beat us to it.” Brian said as he pointed to my half eaten cupcake that was sitting on my end table.
“It’s the thought that matters.” I told him with a smile.
“We’re gonna bake you a cake… and it’s gonna be the bestest cake ever!” Jimmy told me.
“What kind?” I asked him.
“Chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting.” He told me.
“My favorite! You guys remembered…”
“Of course we did. How the hell could we forget? You would make it for us all the time.” Matt said with a laugh.
“I don’t know if we will be able to make it as good though. But we will try.” Zacky told me.
“Are you guys gonna make me a pot cake like you did for Brian for his 14 birthday?” I asked with a laugh.
“Not unless you want us to.” Jimmy told me.
“I think I’ll pass on the pot cake!”
“Alright, your loss then.” He told me.
“You wanna get out of here?” Johnny leaned over to me and put his lips close to my ear and whispered.
I looked at him, biting my bottom lip and shook my head yes.
“Ok, I’m going to steal Shannon… so you girls have fun.” Johnny said as he stood up, helping me to get off the bed also.
“What? No, we wanna chill with the birthday girl.” Brian said.
“Yeah, I haven’t given her the Birthday lap dance yet.” Zacky told him.
“Umm, that’s not going to happen!” Johnny said as he grabbed the blanket off the bed, taking my hand and leading me to the front door.
“Wait… I need to get changed.” I told him
“No you don’t babe. You’ll be good in that, I promise.” He said and grabbed his keys.
We got in his car and he drove off. Not knowing where we were heading or what he was thinking. He always had something different up his sleeve and I never knew what to expect, so why did I think anything different of this?
A few weeks have gone by since Shannon and the guys returned from the beach house. Things were ok, but not like they use to be. Zacky was still flirting with Shannon as usual with no signs of stopping.
It was now January 31st. Early in the morning I quietly got out of bed, making sure not to wake Shannon up. Her birthday is tomorrow and I still needed to get her something. I grabbed a pen and paper and wrote her a note telling her where I was, when I’d be home and that I loved her. I placed the note and the nightstand next to the bed, knowing she’d find it there.
I brought Jimmy and Brian along with me so they could get her something as well. It didn’t take us long to find what we needed to get and we were back home within two hours. We didn’t have anything big planned as of yet. We were the type to have something thrown together at the last minute.
When we got home I headed towards my room to find Shannon gone. I hid the gifts that I bought and looked around for her. I heard the shower running in the bathroom across the hall from my room and figured it was her since the rest of the guys were scattered around the house.
I didn’t bother knocking, I just let myself in, stripped of my clothes and quietly opened the shower curtain and got in. Her back was turned to me so I got close to her, putting my hands on her sides and lightly kissing her shoulder. She jumped a bit.
“Holy shit Johnny, you scared me.” She told me as she turned around.
“Sorry babe.” I told her and placed my lips against hers.
“Where did you go this morning?” She asked and pulled away a bit.
“Out.” I told her with a smile.
“No shit Sherlock” She laughed a bit and lightly pushed me. “What did you do when you were out?”
“Oh you know… drove to some places, bought some things.” I said and continued to smile.
“You’re so mean!” She said, pouting her lip out.
“Oh stop. I can’t tell you, it’s a surprise.”
“You know that I don’t like surprises.”
“You’ll be ok, I promise. You just have to wait till tomorrow… or tonight if I decide to give you one of the presents.” I told her, placing my hands on her hips and bringing her back to me.
I wrapped my arms around her waist, just holding her against me. She stuck out her lip a bit in a pouty way, she knew that I hated when she did that. I always ended up giving into her.
“Stop it! Enough with the pouty lip.” I told her and lightly bit down on her shoulder.
“Fine, you’re no fun!” She said and stepped away from me.
I watched as she let the water run over her skin.
“You drive me crazy!” I told her, backing her up against the shower wall.
“Yeah well… you drive me crazy too!” She told me with a smirk, wrapping her arms around my neck.
She did drive me crazy… in so many ways. Not in the bad ways that some may think. But in the ways such as when she’s teasing me, or looking at me as she’s pleasuring me. She knows what it does to me and she uses it to her advantages. I want all of her, all the time. To feel her body brush against mine. To have the taste of her on my lips. I wanted to spend the rest of forever with her. But I was afraid that the past few weeks have torn a hole in our relationship. One that would take time to heal back together. I’d take that time though. I already went days without her so I knew what it would be like if I were to lose her for good. That was something I didn’t want to risk.
SHANNON’S POV:
The night went pretty slow. Everyone acted very secretive. Whispering things like they were planning something big. Which really annoyed me since I absolutely hate secrets.
“I’m gonna head to bed guys.” I tld them, kind of bummed out.
They all said their goodnights and each gave me a hug. I headed back to my room, shutting the door behind me. I changed into an oversized t-shirt and climbed into bed, pulling a pillow close to me and closing my eyes.
I must have fallen asleep sooner than I though because I was woken up by the feeling of the side of the bed sinking in. I opened my eyes to a faint glowing light. Rubbing my eyes so they could focus, I sat up and saw Johnny sitting there.
“Happy Birthday beautiful.” He told me. “I’m sorry for waking you up, but I wanted to be the first one to say it, I know the guys will be bursting in here anytime now to tell you it… and I brought you a cupcake with a candle, so you have to blow it out and make a wish.”
The lights were out but I could faintly see him smiling. I closed my eyes and thought about what I should wish for. Maybe for things to be different. Maybe for them to go back to the old ways. I drew in a breath and blew out the candle.
“What did you wish for?” Johnny asked.
“If I told you then it won’t come true.” I said with a laugh.
I reached for my television remote and turned the tv on, muting it so there wasn’t any sound. I just needed some light so I could see. I sat back in my bed, leaning back against the headboard and pulling the covers over me. I took the cupcake from Johnny and began to eat it.
“I have something else for you babe.” He told me, reaching over the end of the bed and grabbing a bag. He handed me the bag and I didn’t waste any time tearing through it. I pulled out an envelope then looked at him with a confused look. ”Just open it!”
I slowly opened the envelope and pulled out a card, opening the card I read what was written inside.
‘I was never good with my words, so it really won’t be any different now. I want to start off by saying you mean the world to me. You ARE my world. The one who has been there for me through everything just like I have been there for you. I know we have had a rocky relationship so far, but baby… I can promise you that it will change because I don’t want to lose you. Today is about you and I’ll do everything in me to make sure that this is an amazing birthday for you.’
I smiled and looked at him, placing the card beside me on the bed. I reached back into the bag and pulled out a photo album.
“We all put it together and we all contributed the pictures that are in there.” He told me, getting under the covers with me. “They will probably kick my ass when they find out I gave it to you without them. It was a hell of a thing trying to get everyone together long enough for this” I opened the photo album and began to look through the pages. “We each wrote something for you on separate pages. Don’t mind mine, you know how I am with words.” He said with a laugh.
“I love it hun!” I told him.
“Good, I’m glad that you do. There’s more to come though… I just can’t tell you it.” He told me with a smirk.
“Figures.” I told him, shoving him a bit.
The bedroom door flew open then and Matt, Jimmy, Zacky and Brian came running in, jumping on my bed and almost squishing the hell out of me.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” Jimmy shouted as he laid on the side of me.
“We were going to bring in a cupcake but Johnny already beat us to it.” Brian said as he pointed to my half eaten cupcake that was sitting on my end table.
“It’s the thought that matters.” I told him with a smile.
“We’re gonna bake you a cake… and it’s gonna be the bestest cake ever!” Jimmy told me.
“What kind?” I asked him.
“Chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting.” He told me.
“My favorite! You guys remembered…”
“Of course we did. How the hell could we forget? You would make it for us all the time.” Matt said with a laugh.
“I don’t know if we will be able to make it as good though. But we will try.” Zacky told me.
“Are you guys gonna make me a pot cake like you did for Brian for his 14 birthday?” I asked with a laugh.
“Not unless you want us to.” Jimmy told me.
“I think I’ll pass on the pot cake!”
“Alright, your loss then.” He told me.
“You wanna get out of here?” Johnny leaned over to me and put his lips close to my ear and whispered.
I looked at him, biting my bottom lip and shook my head yes.
“Ok, I’m going to steal Shannon… so you girls have fun.” Johnny said as he stood up, helping me to get off the bed also.
“What? No, we wanna chill with the birthday girl.” Brian said.
“Yeah, I haven’t given her the Birthday lap dance yet.” Zacky told him.
“Umm, that’s not going to happen!” Johnny said as he grabbed the blanket off the bed, taking my hand and leading me to the front door.
“Wait… I need to get changed.” I told him
“No you don’t babe. You’ll be good in that, I promise.” He said and grabbed his keys.
We got in his car and he drove off. Not knowing where we were heading or what he was thinking. He always had something different up his sleeve and I never knew what to expect, so why did I think anything different of this?
