High School is hell for anyone but between police training, friendship woes, and family problems, Shawn Spencer has more to deal with than the average teen. How much can one eccentric prodigy take?
Sequel to "BORN THIS WAY"
Rated: eT
Categories: Pre-season Characters: Abigail Lytar, Bill Guster, Gus, Henry, Maddie Spencer, Shawn, Winnie Guster
Genres: Angst, Drama, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Suspense
Warnings: Graphic Violence, Sensitive Material, Tear Jerker
Challenges: Lies, The Adventures of Young Shawn and the Santa Barbara Police Department, You What? When?!, Younger Shawn Whumpage, Grandpa Spencer!, Shangst, uncle Jack does care
Challenges: Lies, The Adventures of Young Shawn and the Santa Barbara Police Department, You What? When?!, Younger Shawn Whumpage, Grandpa Spencer!, Shangst, uncle Jack does care
Series: I've Lived It Both Ways
Chapters: 15 Completed: Yes
Word count: 53332 Read: 111070
Published: April 17, 2013 Updated: November 04, 2013
A huge thank you to Aakira who is the ultimate beta reader.
Getting down teenage Shawn took a bit of work. I figured there was some point where he turned from charming underachiever to jaded smartass and it took a lot to get him that way. His later teen years were not pretty psychologically and I am going to do my best to tell how he was made into the lovable psychic we all know.

I do not own psych in any way, shape or form.
1. Submission Impossible by Redwolffclaw [Reviews - 8] 



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Enjoy the first chapter! I hope you like this story as well as the last one everybody!
2. A Test of Character by Redwolffclaw [Reviews - 5] 



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A lot of parental involvement in this one! Maddie to the rescue...
3. Hail to the Chief by Redwolffclaw [Reviews - 4] 



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I have been wanting to get to this chapter for a while. Hope you enjoy the guest star in this one.
4. You Don't Know Jack by Redwolffclaw [Reviews - 5] 



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There are Spoilers for Season 3 episode 4 "Greatest Adventure in the History of Basic Cable." Also, there is a bit of tear Jerkyness at the end.
I loved Steven Weber as Jack in the episode and think it is horrible how they keep giving us these awesome and quirky family members for only one flipping episode. Anyway, rant over and hope you enjoy the chapter.
Thanks again to my wonderful beta Aakira for curbing my use of too many ellipses at the end of sentences... lol
5. Missing You Already by Redwolffclaw [Reviews - 5] 



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This chapter was hard to write, and rightly so. Anyone who has lost someone they love could relate and I must warn there is jerkyness and sensitive material in this one.
I also came up with a name for Henry's dad besides "Grandpa Spencer" which I used in Born this Way. Since the Fanon middle name for Shawn has always been Henry, I figured since Henry's middle name is William I would make it a Spencer tradition to give the son their father's name as their middle name. So, for the sake of giving the old man SOME sort of name, I made him William Spencer. Hope this makes some sort of sense. ;)
6. Catch Me if You Can by Redwolffclaw [Reviews - 3] 


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I put a lot of funny stuff in this one. I felt the series has kind of been too serious so far, and this is Psych so every once and a while there has to be some kind of goofiness interlude! Enjoy the anarchy :D
7. Cutting Deep by Redwolffclaw [Reviews - 1] 



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As promised! Only needed a week to really get things going again.
I have a new job that is seriously kicking my butt and making it hard to write so I apologize for any and all lateness in future chapters. :(
Anywho, this is a pretty important chapter. I used some of the information gathered in Season 7's episode Cirque Du Soul but just a couple facts the characters talked about. Nothing to do with the actual episode plot.
8. Separation Anxiety by Redwolffclaw [Reviews - 3] 



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Thanks to my awesome beta, I finally made a timeline decision and the updates should come a bit faster now! Woot.
As always, I hope you enjoy the chapter.
9. Hidden Liaisons by Redwolffclaw [Reviews - 2] 



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I have no excuses for how long this took, just know that perfection takes time and I have a great beta who is brave enough to tell me when I go off the deep end.
I will say that this chapter kind of came out of nowhere but I figured it would be a good subject to touch on since in his senior year Shawn was a girl hound, even though he struck out.
This chapter is based on an admission by Gus in the episode, "Chivalry is Not Dead, but Someone Is" So there will be a minor spoiler for that episode.
10. All Bets are Off by Redwolffclaw [Reviews - 1] 



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Thanks to Doughnut for the review! :)
There is a small spoiler for the episode "Let's get Hairy" Nothing plot wise but mostly about a little tidbit Henry mentioned about a rival. :D
11. What Women Want by Redwolffclaw [Reviews - 3] 



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I introduce someone familiar in this chapter. Hope everyone likes it!
Thanks again to Aakira for being awesome and reading through this for me.
12. Henry Spencer’s Binder of Love by Redwolffclaw [Reviews - 2] 



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Whew! Another one done! Getting close to the end guys, but not too close yet. Lol. Still bunches to tell about Teenage Shawn.
The title for the story is kind of a homage to a line from "The Head, the Tail, the Whole Damn Episode" where Gus tells Shawn that he's been using his dad's playbook all along and Shawn insists it was a binder. :)
Anywho, got a bit of a tear jerker bit in this one and spoilers for "Murder Anyone? Buller?"
13. Black, White, and Red All Over by Redwolffclaw [Reviews - 3] 



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If you haven't already, check out my "prelude" to this chapter titled. "A Most Admirable Foe"
Finally! I have been wanting to get to this chapter for ages, but once I did it was harder than I thought it would be. (Rhyming is hard.)
I hope you enjoy it.
*Spoilers for all the Yin/Yang episodes.*
14. Dysfunctional Reunions by Redwolffclaw [Reviews - 2] 



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Very close to the endgame. I hope you like the little surprises I threw in the chapter. People have been asking for it and I aim to please :)
Only one more chapter after this guys. Things are starting to come to a head for poor Shawn.
15. Besotted, Betrayed, and Behind Bars by Redwolffclaw [Reviews - 8] 



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Okay guys, this is it. The big blow up, the fight to end all fights.
I made it EXTRA long and epic and it answers a lot of questions I purposefully left for the end. If you haven't read the first story Born This Way, you may be a little lost about a section, but I tried to clarify it a bit for those who haven't.
For those who have... :D Enjoy a bit of reveal and a whole lot of angry Shawn.
WARNING: There is a description of a ghastly crime scene. Just a warning to weak stomached people.
