Bad Reputation - Shawn Mendes

29 - Great Idea

Eleanor.

My eyes flutter open slowly to find Shawn laying right beside still fast asleep. I admire his facial features and wonder, how can a human look so perfect even while sleeping? I move a stray piece of hair out of his face slowly to look at his whole face clearer. I love this man, i thought to myself. Wait, did i just think that? I listen to his soft snores, and made a realisation that i did in fact want to wake up everyday with him beside me. I guess i really do love him, we just haven't said it yet.

"Are you awake?" Shawn says in his raspy voice  with his eyes still closed. "Y-yeah." I stutter, embarrassed that i've been caught staring me and immersed in my thoughts. He pulls me closer and hugs me tighter. "I've missed this." He sighs. "Me too." I add, snuggling into his chest. "What do you want to do today?" He asks as he plays with my hair. "I have work to do." I groan. "I'll keep you company then." He smiles.

"Well then, we got to get up soon." I instruct, trying to wiggle my way out of his embrace. "C'mon five more minutes please?" Shawn pleads with his bottom lip tucked out. "Get a room you guys!" Aaliyah exclaims and we both laugh. "Sorry kiddo." Shawn apologises. He spreads his arms wide and gives me his sad puppy eyes. "Fine, three minutes." I negotiate while rolling my eyes.

We cuddle for a few more minutes before finally managing to get the both of us out of bed. I grab my toiletries and head to the communal showers to wash up. Shawn does the same but he heads downstairs where the men showers are. After we were both done, we met up again in my dorm room before heading over to the nearby cafe. We invited Aaliyah to come along but she wanted to sleep in a bit more so we left her alone.

Shawn and I were the only ones in the cafe except for the barista of course, walking to the cashier hand in hand. I notice a sign that wasn't there before, which read that the cafe was hiring staffs. "I'll get a hot coffee please." Shawn orders. "What do you want babe?" He asks after realising my attention was elsewhere and that i hadn't ordered. "Oh, er, a hot vanilla latte please." I smile. We fight to pay for the drinks but Shawn ultimately won when he shoved his card in the barista's hand.

We sit down at the same table we sat the day we first met, causing me to giggle. "What's so funny?" Shawn asks intrigued. "We sat here three months ago." I answer with a smile. "Do you remember? It was the day we first moved into the dorm." I add. "Of course i remember. Has it been three months already?" He laughs and i nod. The barista calls out our orders and we go to the counter to pick it up. We say our thanks before leaving the cafe, sipping onto our hot drinks which keeps us warm during the winter. We head back into the dorm so that i could start doing my work. Aaliyah and Shawn talked while i focused on completing the assignment that was due in a few hours.

"That's a great idea Aaliyah!" Shawn exclaims. "What is?" I ask, not having heard the first part of their conversation. "To invite our parents and your dad to the concert." He grins. "That is a great idea." I reaffirm. "What can i say? I have the best ideas." Aaliyah proudly boasts causing all of us to laugh. "I'm going to call them right now." Shawn announces. "Okay." Aaliyah replies. "You should call your dad too baby." He suggests. "I will, once i'm done." I tell him as i continue typing on my laptop.

"Hello?" Shawn says into the phone before putting it on speaker and walking around the room. "Is everything okay honey?" Karen answers. "Yeah, it's fine mom. I was wondering if you and dad could come by over to Toronto on December 1st? I'm holding a concert at Rogers Centre." Shawn explains excitedly. "Of course darling, we'll be there." She replies sweetly. "Okay, great, see you then!" He smiles. "Can't wait." His mom adds before the both of them hang up. Shawn kisses me on the top of my head before he plops down beside Aaliyah again.

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After almost three hours, i finally completed my assignment. I hand it up online before stretching my body that has been slightly numb from all the sitting. "Done with work?" Aaliyah asks. "Yep." I reply, popping the p sound. "I'll call my dad now." I tell them and they both stop what they're doing.

The phone rings for a few seconds before my dad picks it up. "Pumpkin?" He calls and i put my phone on speaker. "Hey dad." I greet. "How's everything?" He asks. "Everything's fine. I was just wondering if you're free on December 1st? Shawn's holding a concert here in Toronto and is inviting you to come, if you'd like of course." I ask nervously. "Tell Shawn i'll be there!" My dad exclaims. "Great, i will let him know." I smile. "By the way, are you coming back home for Christmas?" He asks. "Of course dad." I reply. "Okay, see you soon pumpkin." He says. "See ya." I add before saying our goodbyes and hanging up.

"This is going to be the best concert ever!" Shawn shouts. I honestly can't wait for the concert, because not only is it my first ever concert, it's also my boyfriend's concert. Which sounds so surreal to say but it's true. And to see how excited Shawn is to have both his parents and my dad there makes me fall for him harder.

Author's Note!

Sorry for the crappy chapter but it's kinda of a filler for the next few chapters so stay tuned for that hehe. Please vote & comment because it'll mean the world to me!