#dontfightit

Suddenly he says: “You think I’m trustworthy?”

It was almost as if he could hear your thoughts.

But you quickly brush that idea away when you realize that he must have been thinking about your conversation with Eden. Turning your words over in his head the entire time since you hung up.

You hesitate before you answer “……… I mean… sure. Anna seems cool, and she says you’re cool.. so yeah…”

You’re fairly certain that he must have been able to hear everything that Eden had screamed at you over the phone because he eyes were telling you that he was not buying it. He was squinting at you now.

“Do you always just trust everyone?”

You let yourself release a little chuckle of breath.

He MUST be able to read minds.

He relaxes at your laugh.

“I definitely do not!” You laugh up to him. “But it does kinda help that you’re a really famous superstar… You just seem really… trust-able... I guess”

Your eyes have darted to the ground. You glance back up at Shawn. He looks like he is thinking over what you said.

“yeah, okay… that makes sense…” he says.

After a brief moment of awkward silence, he speaks again. “So where does Eden live?”

“Oh!” you say, unlocking your phone. You quickly scroll through your notes and find her address. You tell him the name of her building.

“Oh Ok! I totally know the one!... It’s actually only like four blocks away, if you feel up to walking? I promise it’s an easy walk..”

“really? Ok sure!”

Shawn releases your waist and suddenly your legs almost give out. You stumble back into Shawn and he catches you with both arms, pulling you into him.

“OK, maybe not” he laughs.

You can feel your face burning with embracement as it is pressed into his chest.

He chuckles again, “OK come on this way. My car is right over here” guiding you towards the only car in the lot. His grip is now around your waist again, tighter than ever.

You can feel your heart pounding. You aren’t sure if it’s because of Shawn, or because you almost fell flat on your face.

He opens the passenger door of the black jeep, turning to you. You can see he is beaming. And the slight blush on his cheeks tells you that he has been since he laughed.

Shawn offers you his free hand and you take it as you climb up into the seat. His hand is huge and strong compared to yours.

As you climb, He doesn’t remove his arm. Instead, his lets you pull yourself out of his grip. His hand running across your lower back as you lift into the car. He removes his hand only when he’s about to touch your butt.

Your breath hitches a little at the feeling. You look over and meet his eyes.

“um.. don’t forget to buckle up” He almost whispers to you. His voice small, like he’s short of breathe.

He shuts the door and walks around the front of the car. You watch him as he takes a hug breath. You can see his chest lift as he fills his lungs with air, his eyes flutter shut momentarily.

You thank god that you’re wearing your favorite leggings. The ones that makes your butt look real nice.

He gets into the car and gives you a weak smile.

Suddenly you’re very nervous. Any momentary confidence you had is gone.

Shawn starts the car, breaking the silence. He puts the car into reverse and begins to back out. As he’s about to pull onto the road, he looks over to you again. “So we’ll be there in a few minutes, do you have a song request?”

“oh, uh... I … I don’t know…” you say still feeling pretty dang nervous. “Play the first song that comes to your mind.”

He furrows his brow. “Here… this song has been stuck in my head” he says glancing away to type into his phone.

Suddenly you recognize Use Somebody by Kings of Leon playing low through the speakers. You can’t tell, because he’s keeping his face forward, but you think you can see him blushing again.

~~ Almost half the song has played when Shawn looks over to you again.

“So, Y/N, what do you do?” he asks you.

“I do lots of things” you giggle to him.

You can see he is unimpressed with your answer. Making you giggle more. “Well for starters, I’m a college student.”

“interesting” he hums, encouraging you to keep going. He is trying his hardest no to smile at the sound of your giggle.

“Yeah, I go to school back in America, that’s actually where I met Eden… at college!”

He looks like he wants to say something but doesn’t. You can feel the car slowing as you approach Eden’s building.

Omg.

You can see Eden pacing nervously outside the front of the building. Frantically, you turn to Shawn.

“You have to drop me off and then drive away immediately.”

“wait, what.. why? I should make sure you get into the building.” He quickly shoots back.

“No NO” you say. Time is running out, the car is very close to the building now. “If Eden sees YOU, I honestly do not know how she will react… like… she could do anything from scream to cry…”

He seems to understand. The car pulls to a stop. Eden is already speed walking towards the car.

You muster up all your strength and hop out of the car, quickly turning back towards the car to wave Shawn to leave. He furrows his brow again and bites his lip as he pulls away.

Eden grabs you into a hug.

“Who the hell was that”

“.. um.. just a friend… let’s go inside…”

~~ You slump down onto Eden’s couch. She didn’t push you to talk on the elevator ride up. All she did was poke fun at you a little for wearing her sweatshirt. You were grateful, but knew that as soon as you got into her apartment, she would have questions.

You hear her walking towards you. “What the hell?”

“What?” you ask innocently.

“You know what.” She is squinting her eyes at you.

“Ok.. so I may have... how do I put this…. Went a run, got lost, stopped into a coffee shop, made a friend, and then met her other friend…” you trail off.

Eden is now full on glaring at you with her arms crossed.

“Really? That’s allllll that happened? No fainting, or mysterious car rides?” Eden questions.

You look to the ground, not willing to meet her eyes yet.

“Well?” She says as more of a statement than a question.

You’re trying to think of how to tell her. Your face breaks into a huge grin remembering the events that just took place.

Eden flops into the seat next to you, catching your eyes.

“OK, now you HAVE to tell me” She is laughing at you, a reaction to your grin.

You finally buckle and decide to just tell her.

“OK, so the friend I met… her name is Anna… and well… her friend I met…. Is Shawn Mendes..”

Eden’s mouth drops to the floor, eyes wide. She quickly collects herself and smacks your arm.

“No FUCKING way. You’re lying to me.”

“No seriously I’m not—“

“—You just know that I like him and whatever, you’re pulling my leg!” She laughs to you. Her eyes desperately looking into yours for answers.

“I promise you I’m not making this shit up!”

Eden’s mouth falls open again.

“So you’re trying to tell me that you MET SHAWN MENDES”

“well…. It was a little bit more than meet….”

“WAIT OMG DID SHAWN MAKE YOU FAINT??? OMG AND WHO DROVE YOU BACK?? OMG WAS IT HIM?? I bet it was him! Why did he drive away so quickly?????”

“Okay, Eden, calm down” you say, even though you were on the verge of screaming with excitement yourself.

You were both now sitting upright on the couch facing each other, like out of some stereotypical high school drama movie.

“Tell me everythinggggg” Eden wines to you.

You try to start. “Yes, it was Shawn who made me faint--”

“—OMG I knew it!! AHhh whyyy?”

“Eden, you seriously need to stop interrupting me if you want the story” you say raising your eyebrows to her.

“Yes ma’am…” Eden replies, a little defeated.

You tell her EVERYTHING that happened from beginning to end.

~~ “OH MY FUCKING GOD” Eden is squealing at you. “SO… SO… Just like that…”

You both are laughing and jumping up and down together.

Suddenly, Eden stops.

“OMG, Y/N… You realize he likes you… right?”

“What, no… we just met… and he’s like… a superstar rockstar!” You stammer out, in denial.

“Girl. Don’t be daft. He’s clearly into you!”

“No he’s not! I totally freaked him out when I yelled at him!”

“GIRLLLLL!! He still offered you a ride! And think about it, how often do you think SHAWN MENDES gets yelled at by a pretty stranger?!”

“Shut up Eden!” you say blushing.

Eden is mocking you, blinking her eyes and staring into yours with her hands swinging.

“SHUT UP!!!” you giggle.

“I didn’t say anything!!! Anyway, you deserve it after you totally lost me my chance to meet Shawn Mendes! I can’t believe you told him to drive off! You better be planning on making it up to me!” Eden replies.

“Maybe if you weren’t so unpredictable! Then maybe you would’ve gotten to meet him!” you laugh to her.

“but you love me and my predictableness!!” Eden calls to you as she shuffles past you, entering the kitchen. “I’m getting some ice cream, you want any?”

You’re about to respond to Eden when you look down at your phone. You have one notification.

 Instagram: shawnmendes has requested to follow you!