Internet Famous // S.M.

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Shawn and I decided on going to waffle house to eat breakfast. It wasn't the classiest place to go, but it had good hash browns.

We sat down at our table and began looking at the menu, and I heard a voice from behind us.

"Rose!"

I turned around and saw Cecilia and Ross sitting a few booths away.

"Oh hey!" I waved. My mind raced and I remembered the video. This would be a perfect time to show her. "Hey Shawn can you excuse me a second? I need to ask Cecilia something really fast."

"Yeah of course," he continued to look at the menu.

I got up and walked over to Cecilia's table.

"Hey Cece, can I talk to you for a second?" I asked politely.

"Um, well," I knew she was in a conversation with Ross, but this had waited long enough.

"Come with me to the bathroom. I need a tampon," I thought fast.

She looked taken aback but she nodded and followed me. When we got in the bathroom she started digging in her purse, but I stopped her.

"I'm not on my period," I stated bluntly.

"Then why-"

"Do you remember having sex with Ross the night of the party?"

"What are you talking about?" She sounded annoyed.

I pulled up the video I took and showed her. I could see the confusion and horror spread on her face, but quickly went away.

"This is ridiculous, Rose. He's my boyfriend, of course we fuck from time to time," It sounded like she was trying to convince herself as well.

"I'm just trying to look out for you," I said shyly.

She hesitated for a second, blowing off her anger.

"I know. Thank you," she sighed and pulled me into a hug.

"Of course," I smiled.

We walked out of the bathroom and went back to our tables. I noticed Shawn had ordered me a water.

"What was that about?" He asked, concerned.

"I think Ross raped her," I said quietly, making sure they didn't over hear.

"The video?" It was all clicking in his brain.

I nodded as I took a sip of water. "I showed it to her, and she seemed upset about it. I don't want her to get hurt."

He reached across the table and placed his hand on top of mine.

"You are so nice to everyone, what did I do to deserve you?"

I gave him a small smile, but on the inside I was freaking out. His words made me happier than anything else.

"You are so sweet though, and you are so nice to all of your fans. If anything I don't deserve you."

He smiled at me. Our waiter came up to the table, pulling us out of our trance.

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Shawn and I ended up at walmart, my mom called and said she needed asparagus for dinner.

"What kind does she need?" He asked, scanning the options.

"I don't know. I only have five dollars though so that might be a problem," I laughed.

"Well then these are what we are getting," he picked up a package and threw it in the basket. He pretended to "fall" and pecked me on the lips. "Sorry I tripped," He smirked.

I looked at him with a surprised look, and playfully punched his shoulder. He just smiled at me as if to say "you know you liked it" and intertwined our hands as we walked into another aisle.

"Do we need anything else?" He asked.

"This is all I can afford," I giggled.

"You know I can help, right?"

"Yes, but i'm not going to let you."

He just shook his head and laughed.

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When we arrived home, we gave my mom the asparagus and went upstairs.

We flopped down onto my bed, exhausted from the day, and I got on twitter.

"Shit," was all I could say as I looked at my timeline.

"What?"

"Someone was at the store, they filmed us," I said, my voice in panic.

"It's no biggie, people film me all the time," he shrugged.

"No, they filmed us kissing."

His face fell and panic spread across it. "No."

"Yes. Look," I pulled up the video and we watched it together.

It sounded like a couple girls were behind the camera. They were saying things like "oh my god" and "is that really them?" They were at the opposite edge of the aisle we were in, zooming in on us. After a few seconds, Shawn "tripped onto my lips" and kissed me, making them gasp. "No," one of them said. Then we held hands and walked away.

"Damn," I said. "We are such a cute couple," I kissed him swiftly.

"Yes, but what should we do about this?"

"I mean do we have an option? We just need to tell them," I shrugged. I didn't mind that everyone knew, I just wish they would have let us tell them.

"Yeah, you're right. I guess I can tweet the video I was going to post before this one goes viral," he seemed a little down, and I don't blame him. I knew he wanted to make the big reveal special.

"Let's do the boyfriend tag for youtube. That would be a good way to address the situation; show them how cute we are and there is no way they wouldn't like us dating."

"That is an excellent idea," he laughed a little before we both tweeted.

@Shawnmendes: She let it grow video

@RosemaryGrace: guyyyssssssssss

@RosemaryGrace: special video tomorrow. You don't want to miss it ;)

11:40pm 6/16/17