Since that first day

" Maybe, we're the bad people."

~Shawn's POV~

"Shawn!" I turn around expecting nothing but the worst from Austin Mahone. "What do you want, Austin?" I ask sighing. "I was just wondering what you're doing for our science project." Of course, I had almost forgotten we were partners. " I dont know Austin, why don't you help me with it?" "I'm good Mendes. You have fun with that." he says. "Whatever, Austin." "See ya later loser!" He walks off, leaving me alone in the library. The bell rings telling me to go to math club. When I walk in, I see a new face, sitting in the chair next to mine. "Hey" I say sitting next to her. "Hi, I'm Camila Cabello." she says,introducing herself. "Shawn Mendes" I tell her. "Are you new?" I ask her. " I'm not new to this school, but I am new to this club." she tells me, laughing. "Oh" I say, feeling stupid because I don't know her. As practice goes on, I get to know more about Camila. She loves bananas, she plays the guitar, and has a little sister named Sofia. I think I may have a little crush on Camila.

~Camila's POV~

"Hey" I say sitting at my regular lunch table with my boyfriend, Austin Mahone. "Hey babe" he says, " What took you so long?". " Sorry, I was talking to one of my friends from math club." I tell him. " Oh, who is it?" he asks me. " You probably don't know him" I say. "What's his name?" " Shawn Mendes". "Oh" he says suddenly looking mad. "What's wrong?" I ask. " You shouldn't be talking to him" Austin says. "Why?" I ask. "Because he's a nerd" he tells me. " So?" "He's not popular, if people see you talking to him, they're going to kick you out of our group." he says. "What if I don't want to be popular anymore?! What if I wanna be a normal girl? What if I wanna be a nerd? I'm so sick of you guys judging people because they like to read, or because they like math! Just because people aren't popular doesn't mean they are bad people!" I finally tell him the truth of what I think about our "squad". " We are the bad people in this school. We're the ones that should get teased or beat up. I think we need to stop bullying people just because they're different." I say quietly. Then I leave, not wanting to hear what they have to say.

~Shawn's POV~

"Hey" I hear a voice behind me and turn around. I see Camila. "Hey" I say. "What are you doing here?" I ask her. " My boyfriend and I got in a fight" she tells me. " About what?" I ask her. "Popularity" she says. Popularity? "Are you ok?" I ask her. " Yea, I guess, can I sit here?" she asks me. " Sure" I tell her, thrilled that she's asking me. "Thanks Shawn". "No problem, Mila." Oops, I didn't mean to say that out loud. "Mila?" she says, smiling. " Yea, sorry, I didn't mean to call you that." I say, blushing. "It's fine. I actually like it. A lot." she says. "Ummm, so what started the fight with your boyfriend?" " Well... I started talking about you and he told me that I shouldn't be talking to you because all our friends would kick me out of the 'squad'. I told all of them that we should stop bullying people just because they're different. Then I left." She was talking about me? "Oh, I'm sorry. I feel like this is my fault." " It's not Shawn. Don't blame yourself." "Ok" I say. Just then, the bell rings. " Bye Mila." "Bye Shawny."