Handwritten || s.m

2.1

Shawn and Jess had been together for more or less a month now. It was crazy to see so much had changed in that short amount of time. Shawn started hanging out with Jess and her group, leaving Rose, Jeremy and I on our own most days. Jeremy seemed the most annoyed about it as he felt that being seen with only Rose and I instead of Shawn as well was "not cool". He started skipping lunch to go increase his bad boy reputation. Rose also stopped turning up at lunch due to having to spend extra time catching up on her studies. Just like that, it was just me- how the school expected me to be.

Another things that had changed is the bullying a I received. At one point, it was less frequent. Another, when it did happened it was a whole lot worse. Name-calling turned into threats, tripping me up turned into forcing me down... All of it was put towards my covers as RealMe and, next to Shawn Mendes, I was the new music sensation. With close to two million subscribers, record labels were trying to sign me. I always replied with that I wasn't ready, but when I was I'd be sure to get in touch. I doubt that after being signed that I would be able to lead the double life I do now. Hannah Montana is fictional after all...

The record label that surprised me was Shawn's label. Offering straight up that he was interested in collaborating with RealMe. If only he knew it was me. Wonder what he'd think then. Would he be hurt that I kept the fact that I could sing from him for so long? Surprised? Happy? Whatever he would feel, I wasn't willing to find out. Not now at least.

Coming back to reality, I enter the cafeteria and get my lunch. I could see Shawn and Jess across the room. He looked happy, laughing with her while his arm was wrapped around her waist. He kissed her cheek and I looked away. As I did so, a boy from my year level flipped my tray of food on me. The clatter of the tray, plate, and cutlery hitting the ground caused the whole cafeteria to look in my direction. With food all down my front I ran to the disabled bathroom and locked the door. "Ah fuck," I cursed, looking at the mess on my jumper. Looks like I won't be leaving here until the end of lunch...

"Ellie?" I heard Shawn from outside the door.

"Yes?" I replied, my heart beating faster from the anxiety of him questioning me.

"Can I come in?"

"I guess," I unlock the door for him and he enters, a clear look of concern on his face.

"How on earth did this happen?" He gestures to me.

"Uh," I frantically try to think of a believable excuse. "I wasn't looking where I was going and walked into someone... oops?" I shrug my shoulders, causing Shawn to laugh.

"You should probably start looking where you're going. You're always tripping over or falling."

"Yeah," I mumble as Shawn starts to help me clean up. If only he knew...

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A/N: Woooo I'm so glad I wrote this. I'm getting back on schedule!!!

Also soon imma not be broke af anymore bc I get my student allowance. That means I will have more time to write as I wont be stressing about filling out forms ew lol

Reminder to check out my YouTube channel. I've also been uploading again on there xx

~Melody~