Chapter 17

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"Since when were you two not a thing?!" Aaliyah looks outraged as she walks into the living room where I was sitting with Shawn.
"Since never," Shawn replies and I furrow my eyebrows confusedly.
"Well according to the news you have," She tells us and I roll my eyes.
"We don't walk on one red carpet together and some s*** rumours like this arise," I sigh and Shawn lets me rest my head on his shoulder.
"Let's look up fan reactions," He smiles and goes on Twitter. "Hey! Look at this; My parents don't know why I'm crying and they ask me to watch the news like them😭Why Sharabella?" I giggle at the statement and take his phone. I retweet it with the crying/laughing emoji and Shawn places his chin on my head to look over.
"Guys! Listen to this one; call an ambulance, Shawn and A are over😰" Aaliyah tells us and we laugh.
Manny and Karen arrive back home really late after something they had to attend and I was falling asleep on Shawn's shoulder whilst Aaliyah was passed out on the other couch.
"Beautiful, my parents are back, we can go to bed." He kisses my lips as I try to wake myself up.
"Night guys," Karen whispers as she walks in. "Oh sweetheart, you look exhausted!" She hugs me quickly and says goodnight to Shawn before we go upstairs.
"A!" Shawn exclaims as I pull the duvet round me.
"What?"
"How long have we been over?"
"4 years," I mumble and he laughs and pulls me close and kisses my cheek.
"Tired gorgeous?" He asks and I nod.
"No s*** Sherlock," I reply as he puts the video on his snapchat story.
He places his phone down and moves me closer to him, our bodies meshed together.
I awake the following morning to Shawn out of bed. What happened? It was Sunday and I headed downstairs quickly and met Aaliyah in front of the TV.
"Where's Shawn?" I ask, sitting down next to her.
"We're nearly snowed in. I think we're gonna chill here today- oh and Shawn wanted to get loads of food because he was complaining there wasn't enough for a snow day."
"Oh, there's never enough food for Shawn anyway," I sigh and Aaliyah laughs.
"Hey! Is A out of bed yet?" Shawn opens the door and shouts inside.
"Yeah," I tell him and he smiles, walks over and pecks my cheek.
"Ew!" Aaliyah grimaces.
Jade and her husband end up coming over unexpectedly and me and Shawn decide to steer clear of her.
"Shawn, you can go talk to her. She's your Aunt," I tell him but he shakes his head.
"I'm fine Arri. I love you and I don't want her hurting you." He kisses my forehead as we watch a movie.
"Don't go there!" Karen's shout fills the room.
"She's a b**** who doesn't deserve Shawn!"
"How? How is Arabella such a b**** to you?"
"She's famous because of her family! She doesn't deserve anyone like Shawn who's actually worked!"
"Oh, so you think that she didn't spend months looking at record deals? She hasn't written God knows how many songs for other people?! I think you're being the b**** here!"
"Karen, calm down,"
"She shouldn't have to. She should warn Shawn about the slutty b**** he's dating,"
The words ring through my head and I run upstairs, biting back heavy tears.
Shawn's POV:
I was fuming. I stride into the other room and see Aaliyah looking worriedly at me.
"Leave," I try to act calmly.
"Why should I? Why don't you get Arabella to?"
"Oh, so the second she goes it'll be all I'm sorry? I've asked you to leave, so do it."
"Fine," She walks out and my family looked at me, stunned.
"Babe," I knock gently on the door before opening it. She slouches by the side of the bed, chewing her lip.
"I'm sorry," I tell her and sit down next to her.
"I'm fine," She tells me but I shake my head.
"A, it's alright not to be okay. Come here," I pull her into my arms and she cries quietly into my chest.
Aaliyah's POV:
Holy crap. Talk about Christmas joy. Shawn was upstairs with A and Mom was mad.
"I'm going out! Bye," I yell as I head out into the snow to my friend's house.
I get there and tell him the whole story and he sat there, shell shocked.
"F***,"
"I know, I've never seen Mom or Jade that angry at each other before. Arri's been holding it up all week and Shawn's been worrying so much. Christmas is gonna be a very merry one this year."
"Do Arri and Shawn leave soon?"
"Another week," I sigh as I sit cross legged on his bed.
My phone starts to vibrate in pocket and see Shawn calling me.
(A- Aaliyah, S- Shawn).
A: What do you want?
S: Hi, nice to chat to you too. Me and A are going to get pizza somewhere. Do you wanna come?
A: Can Mark come?
Mark's eyes light up, slightly puzzled.
S: Sure, I think Ian and his girlfriend are joining us too.
A: Is Mom okay?
S: P***** off but fine. See you in 10.
A: Okay, bye big bro!
S: Don't call me that and see you later.
"Pizza?" I say to Mark who nods and we head out.
I hope everything turns out fine.

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