The Swift-Sheeran Family.

Chapter 31

"Hello A!" Shawn's parents meet me in their terminal, Shawn was still ill and honestly sick of it but I haven't let him do anything because fans and illness don't go well together.
"Do I need to get Shawn to man up?" Manny asks as I open the boot to put the suitcases in.
"Well, he's just so restless and won't take a day off," I sigh and walk round to the drivers seat.
"Typical Shawn," Karen mutters and I laugh as we drive home.
We get in and I see Shawn in his pyjamas walking round the kitchen.
"Hi Mom, hi Dad." He croaks and they chuckle at the state of his voice.
"Awe my little boy is really ill," Karen coos and I smile as Shawn rolls his eyes.
"Stop it," Shawn mumbles, annoyed.
"So how have your parents been?" Manny asks and I shrug.
"Mom's fine, she's convinced she's in love with Tom. Ed's releasing new music soon too," I tell them as Shawn interrupts.
"Technically Arri produced Ed's album," He clarifies and I roll my eyes.
"Yeah but it's still his music,"
"You wrote some of it though,"
"A little bit,"
"And you feature on it," Shawn says.
"Whatever you say," I sigh as Karen and Manny look at us amused.
We talk for a while when Shawn brings up something we've been discussing. "So Mom, Dad as you know me and A are going on holiday in a month; we were wondering if you and Aaliyah want to join us?"
"Are you sure? This is your holiday you two, please don't feel obliged,"
"No, no, we're being serious," I say and Karen sighs.
"Are you going somewhere hot?" She asks and Shawn nods.
"Yeah we are," He responds; "But you won't be finding anything else out yet,"
"God damnit Shawn," I mutter and he laughs and pulls me into his side.
"You'll find out soon," He smirks despite his slightly pale face.
"So will you come?" I question as Shawn still has his arm round my shoulders.
"I don't think we want to think twice," Manny replies and me and Shawn grin widely. My phone starts to rings and I quickly excuse myself. It's Gran.
(A- Andrea, Ar- Arri)
Ar: Gran? Why did you call me?
A: Come and knock some sense into your mother.
Ar: Karen and Manny are here, I can't just leave,
A: You Mom's thinking of going to Australia.
Ar: What the ****?
A: Language Arabella,
As my grandmother warns me I feel a strong arm wrap round my waist.
"Go," His lips move close to my ear as he whispers and then proceeds to kiss it gently as I shake my head.
Shawn snatched my phone off me and speaks to my grandma with much sincerity. "Hi Andrea, Arri will be over in a few minutes. Thanks, see you later."
"Shawn," I hiss; "I can't just leave!"
"Well you are, bye!" He kisses my cheek and hands me a pair of white converse and my bag and I sprint out the house.
I get to Gran's and knock on the door.
"Come in," Liv swings open the door as she carries her newborn son Charlie. "It's madness in there," She lets me know as I walk in to a fully fledged argument.
"Arri, please let your Mother know what's the right thing to do," Gran glares at Mom who stands with her arms crossed.
"Mom!" She groans as I put my stuff down.
"How long do you plan on going to Australia for?" I ask and run a hand through my hair.
"3-6 months," Mom spits out and my eyes widen.
"Why?"
"Tom's shooting a movie,"
"Oh my god," I mutter; "You have two young children Mom,"
"They can come?"
"They can f****** come Taylor! What the actual hell are you thinking!" Austin starts to yell as me and Liv send the children upstairs.
"Taylor what your brother and daughter are saying is right, you are responsible for your children's lives and moving them for such a period could be bad for them," Grandad states as Austin balls his hands into fists.
"But this is as close as I'm going to get to being in love again!" Mom shouts and I flinch, she never shouts.
"Do you not love us?! Do you not understand that the whole world doesn't revolve around you?! I have Shawn's parents sitting at my apartment wondering what the hell I'm doing and why I'm not there! Shawn is ill, I'm trying to look after him and my siblings that I am constantly looking after because all of you practically centre yourselves in the middle of the whole world! I try my best to do everything at hand but that's difficult when you all want me to everything for you on the face of the earth! I've done my bit, goodbye." I feel anger racing through my veins and leave quickly. As I walk to the car across the street I bump into a fan, "Hi! Sorry to bother you-"
"I'm really sorry I'm not in a good state of mind now, sorry. Maybe another time," I sigh and walk off. I see just who I want to in the car park, Tom. "Arri, are you okay?" He questions and stands in front of me so I can't go anywhere.
"I'll be fine once you understand that my family doesn't need to be moved halfway round the world," I snap and pace to the car and call Shawn.
(S- Shawn, A- Arri)
S: Hey babe,
A: Sorry I'm going to be a bit longer than expected.
S: Why? Are you okay?
A: I'm fine I just really need to cool off now,
S: Alright, I'll see you at home in a bit?
A: Yeah, sorry. Love you,
S: Love you too beautiful,
I drive quickly to Abi's house and hurriedly knock the door.
"A?" Abi looks at me, worried.
"Sorry, I'm just mad and I can't go back to Shawn's parents," I sigh and she lets me in.
"Vent," She says as we sit on her couches.
"Mom wants to go to Australia because Tom's shooting a movie there. She could be gone for 6 months, she'd have to take the kids and it's just got me so angry. No one ever gives a crap what I think, I just have to do everything for them. I feel like they don't think I have a life and it drives me up the wall," I sit back, practically breathless and Abi laughs.
"But seriously your Mom is thinking of going to Australia?"
"Yeah," I rest my head in my hands as Abi comes round to hug me. I pull away and stand up. "I've got to go see Shawn and his parents, I'll see you later." She hugs me once more and I get into the car and drive home.
I return and let myself in, I see Shawn dressed but his hair still left unruly. He walks over to me and hugs me instantly.
"Sorry A," He whispers; "I spoke to Andrea after you left," He presses a kiss on the top of my head.
"I'm fine," I sigh and pull away. "Why are you dressed anyway?"
"We're going out beautiful," He reminds me and I feel my jaw drop.
"S***," I mutter and he chuckles and follows me as I go to get ready.
"A, you look fine." Shawn attempts to reassure me but I shake my head.
"I don't," I mumble as I choose out a playsuit with some small heels. I take my hair out of the ponytail its in and leave it so its in its naturally wavy state.
Shawn walks out our ensuite bathroom and sits back down on our bed.
"Are you nearly finished?" He's now lying down and staring at the ceiling.
"1 minute," I finish with my make up and we sit in the kitchen whilst we wait for Karen and Manny.
We decide to walk to the restaurant and much to my delight there were more cameras than usual in Nashville.
"We'll go down the backstreets," I sigh and slip my sunglasses on. I'm still mad and trying not to let it get the better of me.
"A honey," Karen pulls me back slightly and I fall into step beside her.
"Yeah," I try to smile slightly as we walk down the small streets.
"Are you okay? Did something go on whilst you were out?"
"Ugh, just family rubbish. There's a lot going on at the moment with Mom and Tom together and the whole Erin thing and tour. Sorry if I seem mad," I apologise and Karen shakes her head.
"No, no me and Manny just wanted to check if you were okay," She begins; "So what's happening with the whole Erin issue?"
"Well, our publicists are trying to make sure nothing is directed towards me and Shawn but it's pretty inevitable that that's not going to happen. She's taken another of the songs I've written and not credited the label or me, I have no idea what will happen,"
"The perks of being a musician," She sighs and I laugh as we start to walk out the backstreets where we're cornered with cameras.
Shawn walks beside me and wraps an arm round my shoulders as Karen and Manny walk ahead. The flashes are quick and bright and I raise my hand up to shield my eyes. They follow us all the way to the restaurant and I feel myself feeling angrier by the minute. We reach the restaurant and I attempt to cool off until I see Erin Johnson enter. Shawn places a firm hand on my knee as Karen looks at me with sympathy. What is her thing with Nashville?
She walks to our table and rests her hands on the edge of it, near mine. "Hi guys, Mr and Mrs Mendes! It's been a while huh?" She smiles widely.
"It has, hasn't it Erin." Karen says as politely as she can muster.
"Yeah, how've you been?"
"Great, thanks." Manny answers and she looks towards me.
"Well I've been all sorts of busy with my new single, Music Feels Better." (Originally by Selena Gomez). She tells us spontaneously.
"Who wrote that?" Shawn asks, knowing its my song.
"Oh, I don't know. My label brought it," She sighs and I pull out my chair slightly and remove Shawn's hand from my knee.
"I'm just gonna go to the bathroom," I excuse myself and walk to the toilets.
I pace around in there for a few minutes, my idea of a nice day turned upside down.
Shawn's POV:
I watch A walk away and look down at the table as my parents attempt to make conversation with my ex. She eventually leaves as we have to order drinks so I order for A and watch as she comes to sit back down. I smile at her and she smiles back, a real smile. At least she's not upset.
She sits back down and acts normally seemingly in a better mood. Who knows whether it was just mood swing? I place my hand over here that rested on her knee as we wait for food. She turns round and looks at me happily and her eyes glow slightly. She's really okay. I relax, knowing my beautiful girl is perfectly fine.