Internet Famous // S.M.

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@handwrittenmendes79171: @rosemarygrace @shawnmendes I just had a eargasm

@bethjones: YOU CANT JUST PUT MY TWO FAVES IN ONE VIDEO WITH OUT WARNING WHAT THE HECKKNAMANCMA
@Rosemarygrace @shawnmendes

@gennageg: now the real question, shrose, or Rown?

I giggled to myself as I looked at all of the tweeter feedback. All of our fans were going crazy. I had gained about 200,000 subscribers and followers on twitter and YouTube. As I was going through my notifications, Cecilia texted me, and attached a screenshot from the video

Cecilia: I am literally dead plz come to my funeral image

Me: you have to come to mine first 😂

I replied back and got out of bed. I went over to the mirror in my room and started putting concealer on before going downstairs.

"Good morning sweet heart," his mom greeted me as I went into the kitchen.
"Morning, Mrs. Mendes," I smiled at her.
"Oh please, call me Karen," she told me. I nodded at her. She was fixing eggs and sausage for breakfast.
I walked over to the couch and plopped down and scrolled through comments on my YouTube video.

"Oh, hey Rosemary," I heard someone say. I looked up to see a sweaty shawn.
"Hey!" I smiled.
"Geoff and I have been on a run," he explained when I looked at him puzzled.
A wave of fear washed over me. Jeff? Did I hear him right? Did Jeff find me up here?
"What did you say?" I ask, hoping my brain was playing tricks on me.
"Geoff and I went on a run. He is my bestfriend," he told me. I let out a sigh of relief, but I still didn't take down my guard. An equally sweaty guy came out behind shawn and smiled at me.
"We're going to go get showers before we eat," Shawn told his mom and they went upstairs. I scrolled on my phone for a bit before Karen announced that breakfast was ready to the house.
My mom, Aaliyah (Shawn's sister) and Andrew (Shawn's manager), all came down from the upstairs. We all sat around the table and began to eat.

It was like mom and I had been apart of their family for years. They were all so welcoming. Even after we finished eating, we all stayed at the table for a while still just talking and had a grand ol' time. When Shawn and Geoff came down from their showers they grabbed a plate and joined in on the convo as well.
We talked about all kinds of things, like funny stuff we did when we were little to politics and our favorite shows.
The best part about the whole thing was seeing Shawn laugh and be happy. I feel like this is the part of him the media doesn't see, cracking up at something funny I did as a child, or telling his own embarrassing stories with the help of Aaliyah or his mom. It was nice seeing his true self.

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"Whatcha doing in here?" Shawn asked, coming into the recording room.
"Trying to learn all the lyrics to Take it Back by Ed Sheeran," I tell him, gesturing to the lyric video I had pulled up on my computer.
"Interesting," he said, letting out a small laugh, "that song is a doozy,"
"Doozy?" I laughed.
"Oh shut up," he said playfully and sat down in the chair next to me. "How much have you learned so far?"
"The first verse and the chorus. I probably can't sing it at full speed, but I'll get there,"
"Well I believe in you," he said enthusiastically.
"The Shawn Mendes believes in me?! Well now I can achieve anything!" I said like I was an obsessed fan. He laughed and shook his head.
"It looks like your personality matches," he looked down and smiled as he said it.
"Matches what?" I asked, confused.
"Did I say that out loud?" He said panicky. I nodded and gave him a silly look.
"What did it mean?" I repeat.
"Well, When I first found you I thought your name was very unique and beautiful. When I saw you, I thought you looked very unique and beautiful. And now I know your personality matches," he scratched the back of his head. Was he really saying this? It felt like a dream.
"If we are being honest, I think that you are a really genuine guy who isn't like any other I've ever met," I told him. He looked up at me with a "really?" face. I smiled at him. Our eyes met and we both leaned in, slowly. We were close enough to feel each other's breath. I glanced down to his lips and back up at his eyes. We stayed like this for a second.
I smiled as I looked down, breaking our trance.

Sure, I could have easily kissed him, but I met him yesterday and I didn't want to rush into anything. Even if he is the famous "Shawn Mendes." I wanted to make sure 100% I liked him back for him, and not his 20 million Instagram followers.
I have to say though, every second I spent with him made me like him more and more.