𝒓𝒉𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒎 ➙ 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒘𝒏 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒔

forty-three

natalie atkins
10:12PM
toronto, canada.

the final show in canada was over, it was sad to see it end because canada really was an amazing place and i didn't want to leave, but now i have a three day break, well four days not including the travel day from canada to new york to continue the tour, i basically get the whole week off, one travel day, the regular three day break and juliana let me have the other days off to just relax before we resume the rest of the tour.

shawn told me just before the meet and greet earlier on that i was going to be meeting his family today, not nerve-wrecking at all you know.

i pretty much spent the rest of the soundcheck, q and a and even the concert itself panicking because of him, i could barely remember the words to some of my songs, which meant i had to make the crowd sing along to some, but i don't think they minded.

there was also a time when my hair got trapped in my microphone during a dance routine which made my anxiety rise but the issue got fixed quickly.

we were pulling up to his family house and my leg would not stop shaking in the passenger seat, my anxiety was probably at all time high - i've never had to do this before.

i mean, with ethan, my parents already knew him and vice versa since we were such close friends, and well with cyrus i never actually met his family because they were in a different state, in a completely different coast and it's not like we had money to travel that far.

shawn noticed my shaking leg, i noticed him reach over and intertwine our hands together, "darling, i promise you don't need to be nervous, my parents and my sister already love you more than me and they haven't even met you!" he says with a soft chuckle, "you'll be fine, i promise."

i let out a deep breathe of air that i didn't even know that i was holding before nodding my head. "let's do this."

me and shawn walk up to the door and he unlocks it, "i'm home!" he shouts, the sound booming throughout the whole space. his family home was really nicely decorated, i looked around to see a bunch of family pictures and even some of him and who i assumed was his sister, aaliyah on the wall.

shawn was a cute baby.

"shawn!" i hear someone shout and a girl with brown hair comes colliding with his chest, making him chuckle. that was definitely aaliyah, "i've missed you!"

"hi darling." i hear his mom, karen say, she looks over to me and i wave shyly, "this must be natalie." my cheeks immediately flare up and i smile, "nice to meet you."

"hi mrs mendes." i mumble, she chuckles and waves her hand at me, tutting slightly.

"please natalie, you can call me karen." she hums, bringing me in for a hug. "we're a hugging family." i hug her back gently, i reciprocate her hug just as softly and once she pulls back i come face to face with aaliyah, his sister.