one and the same || shawn mendes

the first moment.

hey guys so this is my first attempt at a fanfic, it is a shawn fanfic and im still getting the hang of doing this so i hold you enjoy :)
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3:05pm
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I heard the chiming sound of the school bell echo throughout the halls, meaning it was now the end of the day, and the end of school for the summer. Students in the halls bolted to their lockers so they could leave and get away for the summer break as soon as possible. After everyone had left the classroom, I was left alone packing up my things and finishing off my work. That's when I saw him walk in.

He was beautiful, with dark brown messy hair, carrying a guitar case. He was extremely tall, and he had a very muscular frame. The boy was wearing a check flannel and black skinny jeans, and he looked handsome in a smart way. He was definitely not a student here, I would have known him if I saw him. I was so busy admiring him, I didn't think to focus on my current task of organising my piano music sheets into my folder, and just like that, the paper was scattered all across the floor jumbled up. My cheeks flushed a bright shade of pink and I suddenly kneeled down to try and sort out the mess and order all of the sheets again.

Immediately, the boy made his way over to me, leant down and began picking up the mess I made. My head was in a blur at this moment.

Who is he?
What do I say to him?
Why am I so awkward?

I couldn't seem to get my words out as he sat there expecting me to say something, giggling slightly as he continued gathering the papers. It was like my throat had suddenly swelled up because I just couldn't seem to string together a sentence to say to him.

"I'm Shawn. Shawn Mendes."

Finally, regaining my ability to speak, I was able to answer him.

"I'm Laila, but most people all me Lai or Lail. You can call me whatever you want - it's really up to you."

That probably sounded so lame and embarrassing, my speech was clearly not as I good as I thought it was going to be. Shawn laughed to himself, and I realised how beautiful his smile was.

"I think I'll call you Lai, it has a nice ring to it."

By this point we had cleared up all of the sheets and were now stood awkwardly next to each other. Shawn was still grinning down at me, and I was secretly dying inside.

"That's cool. So shawn, where are you from and why are you here at this school the moment it ends for summer?" I asked curiously, wondering why as soon as everyone leaves, he suddenly appears.

"Im from a small town called Pickering and I'm staring this school next semester. The principal thought it would be a better idea to have a school tour now instead of after the break, when there's no students here to interrupt. Apparently, that's his reason anyway."

Something inside me exploded with happiness. Shawn was going to be at this school, I would be able to see him every day.

"Oh that's great, I guess I'll be seeing a lot of you then haha. I guess I should probably find out a bit about you if that's the case, so what are your interests?"

"Well as you can see from the guitar case I was carrying in, you know, when you were staring at me and all, I play guitar. I also like to try my hand at singing, and I also do ice hockey. But enough about me, tell me a bit about you. I want to know about you."

He saw me staring, and he probably knows that's why I dropped the notes. Well done Laila, he's been here for what? Five minutes? and you've already embarrassed yourself like three times.

"Well believe it or not, I'm kind of similar. I play piano, I love dancing and I'm a figure skater. We're like the same, but opposite. If that makes any sense whatsoever" I nervously laughed, mentally reminding myself to never try to talk to another human being ever again.

Shawn started giggling, and it made me feel stupid. But surprisingly, his response was unexpected.

"You are really cute you know? I can tell you're nervous, yet I can't help but love the stumbling on words. But anyway, I guess we are pretty similar in a weird way, it's pretty cool. You know, I didn't really have much of an expectation for coming to this school, but now I've met you my mind is slightly altered" he said, still giggling like a five year old.

My heart was racing at a lightning speed. He called me cute. He called me cute. He called me cute.

"Aw haha thank you I guess?"

I needed to get out of here now before I did something really stupid that would ruin this altogether. And with that, I decided to give myself a reason to go, as much as I hated the thought of leaving him.

"I guess I should go, I was supposed to be home by this point and my parents will be worried sick if I'm not back soon." Lies. I don't have parents.

"Oh yeah of course, but I would really love to continue talking to you. How about i get your number? Then I can text you tonight and we can carry on this conversation" he asked me politely.

I agreed and he passed me his phone so I could save my number. His phone screen was all cracked. Clumsy boy. After typing in my number in his contacts and saving myself under "lai👼💒" I grabbed my books and made my way out of the classroom door.

I turned around as I heard shawn call out to me; "bye lai, I'll speak to you tonight babe!"

Babe. Babe. Babe. Babe.

I laughed as I responded; "bye shawn." And with that, I tripped over the corner of the door on my way out. Wonderful.
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so yeah guys that was my first chapter, I know it's not very long and entertaining, but I wanted to just start off the story and get it going :)