Instant Famous ➳ Shawn Mendes

Chapter 10

Charlie was on stage while Shawn and I were sitting backstage. Aaliyah and his parents stayed at the hotel for their last night with us. Soon Manny and Karen will have to return to their jobs and Aaliyah has to go with them, much to her displeasure.

Shawn and I were just lounging carelessly together. There was a silence, not an awkward silence but a comfortable. Most of the time we spent our time before the shows like that. We found that we enjoyed a little calmth and rest for a little while before we had to go on stage and brace the crazy that was out there.

Yet, I couldn't help but feel as if something was different today.

Ever since the lunch with him and his sister, something was different between the two of us. We couldn't laugh as freely anymore and innocent words took on a whole different meaning all of the sudden.

It was weird and I didn't like it.

I wanted my Shawn back.

Not my Shawn as in, he's mine so you better back off, but my Shawn as in the Shawn that I've gotten used to spending time with these last weeks.

I had been able to laugh freely with him and we'd tease each other. He would act as a brother, only... not really? I don't know how to explain it, all I can say is that I miss that Shawn. He was the guy I could rely on and such.

Andrew walked in unanounced and watched as we just sat there, in silence. "Well this isn't awkward at all, is it?"

"Actually, it wasn't. Until you came... No offense." I quickly muttered.

The older man arched a brow. "Right. Anyway, Shawn, you said you wanted to do something different? What were you talking about?"

"Well, Sabrina sings alone, right? But the fans really loved it when we performed together so I thought that maybe we could end the show together?" Shawn proposed.

I nodded slowly. "Singing Treat You Better together then? I'm up to it, if you are."

"It's short notice but I've heard you sing it before, you know the lyrics. I'm sure you can do it." Andrew agreed.

Charlie came in and smiled. "The crowd's amazing again.

"Great."

"It's my time to go on." I said, getting up.

They led me to the stage and I walked on it. Immediately, the crowd roared and I knew that Charlie had been right. This crowd's amazing, this was going to be an awesome performance.

I'd been right. After singing a couple of songs, I had to admit that the LA crowd had been unbelievable. They were amazing and sang along with every song.

"Thank you, Los Angeles!" I screamed.

I was led off stage and thrust into the dressing room. I smiled as I saw Shawn sitting alone in the dressing room. Charlie had probably gone to the hotel already, not that I blamed him, he was probably as tired as I was and I was knackered. I could fall asleep like a horse.

"Shawn, 5 minutes and then you're up." Out of nowhere came a guy and just as suddenly as he came, he also disappeared.

Weird dude.

"Are you ready?"

"Absolutely!" I said after swallowing the water I had in my mouth.

Shawn stepped out of the room and I stayed behind for an hour. I took that time to Facetime with my best friends and my parents. 

Louis answered my call two seconds after I pushed the green button on my laptop. "Heyo!" 

"Sabrina! How are you?" He asked. 

"I'm great, what about you?" I answered. 

"Oh, I am truly amazing! I am really getting to that point in my life where I think I'm ready to come out to my family." 

"Louis, that is amazing! I'm so proud of you, what changed?" 

"He's here." Louis said. 

"He's here? Wh-" Realisation hit me. "He's there? Dude, why did he come when I'm not there?" 

"I don't know, don't shoot the messenger. Anyway, it's amazing. He's helping me, you know? He's telling me how he did it and that I'd feel better after coming out. I think I'll do it." 

"Amazing!" I repeat. "I'm really proud of you. Tell him that I am very grateful for everything he's been doing with you." 

"I will. He's dying to meet you, you know?" He said. 

I shrugged. "Maybe one day." 

"Yeah, you're too busy now. I get it." He answered. 

"I do want to apologize, I feel like ever since I joined Shawn on tour that I let you all down. I know that I haven't spoken to you as much as I wanted but I really try. It's just a lot harder and tiring than I thought." 

"Sabrina, you don't have to apologize at all! We get it, we're happy you talk to us at all. Really, it's okay." Someone came in, interrupting Louis before he could finish. Apparently he heard as well, "You got to go. Bye!" 

Before I could say anything, he hung up and I was staring at nothing. Without noticing, a lot of time had passed because it was already the end of the concert and I was being led to the side of the stage. 

Shawn was just finishing up Mercy and would start 'Treat You Better' soon. 

"Guys, guys... Can I please have your attention?" He asked. "Thanks. So I first up want to ask everyone to clap for Charlie and Sabrina again because they were amazing. I want to thank Sabrina especially because she is here all alone, so far away from her family and she's still killing it. And also because she's so incredibly great with my sister, I know Aaliyah really enjoyed having another girl from around her age around." 

With a deep breath, he chuckled. "Okay, so for tonight we have something special planned. You all loved the video of me and Sabrina singing together and we thought we'd treat you because it's a special day today... Today is in fact the last day that my family is here." 

Three people stood around me, his family. I looked confused but they just shook their heads. 

"We wanted to make it special for them because they're leaving again so please welcome Sabrina back on stage for this final song: Treat You Better!" 

I appeared on stage and Shawn nor the band waisted any time before playing the song. Shawn and I had often messed around, turning his songs into duets and so we took on that order of singing and lyrics. 

The song ended and the crowd went wild. Shawn and I looked at each other with smiles on our faces before jumping in his arms. When we pulled back, we looked in each others eyes and smiled before he quickly leaned forward and pecked my lips. 

Good thing the lights were out anyway. 

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I'm back. Sorry for not updating for so long. I don't know when I'll update again so I'm sorry if it's another long time but right now I'm focusing on my other works. 

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