You're Mine - Shawn Mendes

Discovery

"NO HOMEWORK!" Jaime yelled as the girls walked down the school hallway to their busses. Jasmine and Maddy did a happy dance. And Jess, well she just kept walking, staring at her phone.

"Jess, are you ever going to get off your phone?! We are rejoicing over a splendid occasion. It i-Wait! Your screen is black! Why are you looking at your phone if it is off? Are you waiting for something?" Jasmine said.

"Uh, no." Jess quickly put her phone in her pocket. "No work. Yay..."  she said in a unenthusiastic voice.

"Well, bye guys!" Maddy said as she walked the opposite way to her bus. The rest of the girls were on the same bus. They hopped on their's and squished into a tiny three seater. They chatted about random stuff like teachers and the latest gossip. Soon, Jasmine got off and then so did Jaime and Jess. They ran into Jaime's house, throwing their bags on the counter and getting a snack. Jaime took a large bag of chips and brought them up to her room. Jess looked at them sadly. The last time she had that type of chip was when she hung out with Shawn at Central Park. That was already two months ago. It had been one whole month since she saw him last at the concert. It had been amazing. He kissed her and confessed his feelings. Then they decided to secretly date. Her dream came to life. She was really with Shawn Mendes. THEE Shawn Mendes!

"So what are your freaky moods about lately?" Jaime said, crunching on a handful of chips. "One minute your like "Bleh, I hate life" and the next your "I love everything! Yay!".

Jess did not know what to say. She promised Shawn she wouldn't tell anyone about them or that they were even close. But she hated keeping secrets from her friends. And Jaime had no idea what was being kept from her.

"Oh, I don't know. Normal teenage stuff I guess. Stress. Work. You know, the usual." Jess answered confidently.

"Ok...BUSTED!" Jaime said loudly. "We have NO work right now because of standardized testing! What is the real reason? Huh? What is it?! Tell me! Tell me! TELL ME!"

Shoot, Jess was caught first handed. She needed an excuse. "Fine. Its because i am trying to get 100 likes on every one of my Insta posts. Its really dragging me down." Bad excuse. Bad, bad excuse.

"Don't lie to me, I'm not stupid."

"I'm not lying!" All of the sudden, Jess's phone beeped and she instantly looked at it. A message from Shawn. A smile spread across her face. It read "Hello love. Sorry its kind of late. Got delayed with fans and all. Love ya! <3" Jess texted him back a heart and closed her phone. Now she was happy.

"What just happened? You got a text! From who?!" Jaime screeched.

"No one."

"LIAR!" Jaime sprang at Jess and ripped the phone out of her hand. She turned it on and got to the message, but before she could read anything, was tackled and the phone was once again in Jess's possession. "I SAW A "S" IN THE NAME? Who was it from?"Jaime asked pleadingly. Jess felt so bad for not telling her.

"No one of importance."

"Who. Is. It. Did you finally talk to that boy you like from school, Samuel?"

"No! And I do not like him any more."

"Then who was it from? Please tell me! I won't tell a soul!! PLEASE!" Jaime begged. Jess finally broke and gave in.

"Fine. I will tell you. But you better swear to secrecy."

"Ok, I swear!"

"You will never believe me, but the person I am constantly texting with is Shawn. Shawn Mendes." Jaime looked at her blankly. Then she rolled around, hysterically laughing.

"Yeah, right! Totally! Just tell me the truth!"

Jess was getting annoyed. "I am telling the truth! Want me to FaceTime him?"

"Yeah! Do that! Prove me wrong." Jaime said. She was sure the number was not Shawn's. But then again, little did she know.

"Just stay quiet. He can't know you are here."

Jess turned on her phone and face timed Shawn. At first it said nothing, then connecting, and then the angelic face Jess longed to see was staring at her through the screen.

"CUPCAKE!" Shawn screamed happily.

"Hi Muffin! How is...Spain? How is Spain treating you?"

"Amazing! Everyone is so nice and people are totally in love with me here. Concert starts in an hour or so. Need to steam and get me vocal chords ready. The only downside is that every concert is not the same without you. But I guess your inspirational words and love travel with me when you can't."

"Hey, you don't need me. You will do awesome, as always!" Jess exclaimed. Jaime stared at her with her jaw dropping. She mouthed "That is him! That is Shawn! OMG!"Jess nodded

"Yeah, I guess. I miss you so much though! Its like a piece of my heart is gone!" Shawn said, exaggeratedly. 

"You will survive. I know you will do just fine because my little dorky, vampire, wizard muffin with insane talent got through 17 years of his life without me and can manage it again."

"Maybe. Look, John is yelling at me that I have not steamed yet so love you so much! Miss you! Bye cupcake." Shawn said and disconnected the face time. Jess's heart was aching, as she put her phone down.

"SHAWN MENDES JUST FACE TIMED YOU! HE SAID HE LOVED YOU! WHAT DID I MISS OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS!" Jaime screamed. Jess realized it was time to spill.

"Well Jaime, Shawn and I have become really close friends. I don't know why or how, it just happened. And the last time I saw him, some stuff happened to make us even closer. We may or may not be secretly in a...relationship." Jess squeaked. Jaime jumped up and down screaming.

"OMG! You are DATING SHAWN MENDES! Why have you NOT told me?!"

"We promised that it would be our secret. People wouldn't like it. Please don't tell anyone. I already feel bad enough that I spilled to one person." As bad as Jess felt, it was really good to have the information off her chest.

"So did you guys like, kiss?" Jaime said extremely hyped up.

Jess became embarrassed. "Maybe..."

"OMG! MY FRIEND HAD HER FIRST KISS WITH SHAWN MENDES! THE SHAWN MENDES! AND THEY ARE DATING! AHHHHHHHHHH!" Jaime was a wild child for the next few minutes. Then she finally calmed down and asked reasonable questions. Jess filled her in on everything that happened.

"Ok, I get it all now. The mixed moods and stuff. Crystal clear. But why did he call you cupcake. And you called him muffin?"

"Well, I call Shawn muffin because he loves muffins and even ate one the first time we hung out. He calls me cupcake because he thinks it is the girl version of a muffin." They laughed.

"That is kind of stupid." Jaime said.

"Yeah, but it is still something. It is better than being called baby or cuteness. Ewwww! Those are just mushy and gross. By the way, cupcake is just a standard name and shows that we have a relationship but are not totally compacted together forever. I like it."

"Then that is all that matters. If you are happy then I am happy too, CUPCAKE!" Jaime said laughing like a pig.

Jess lightly punched her in the arm. "ONLY Shawn can call me that! Not you!"

Jaime stopped laughing and put on a serious face. "Ok...CUPCAKE!" she was cracking up so hard that she rolled off the bed they were sitting on. The two girls continued to joke and play around. Jess was so grateful to know that she had friends she could count on, as well as a supportive secret boyfriend in her not-so-miserable-anymore life.