Air ⇔Shawn Mendes V. Lauren Jauregui

Concert part 2

LANA
Later on that night I was called onto the stage right before Shawn and I sang Air. "Just incase any of you haven't been caught up in the 5h stuff. This is Lana Baito. She's uhhhh...." Shawn looked at me kind of asking for my age and I just looked at him. "She's uh old." I smacked his arm as he said that and we both started laughing. "I'm 18. Kinda old but not too old." I said glaring at Shawn as he smiled nervously. "And she is now part of fifth harmony. Well uh Lana why don't you tell us a little about yourself?" I thought for a minute and then started to talk. "Well um I'm actually from here in Phoenix. I have a son, who is 3, his name is Brendon Boyd Baito. I know we're huge panic fans. But you've probably heard he is my brother. His whole life we've been telling him that he was my brother not my son and I actually just told him not too long ago. He is on tour with us. What a great vacation, touring with your mom! Uhhh what else, oh! I have a 20 year old sister, Maria. And I live with my mom Natalia. Oh and I love tacos." I laughed at the end and shook my head. "Mommy mommy! They let me on stage!" I heard someone cry out. I turned around to see Brendon running up to me. "Brendon say hi into the microphone!" I pointed to the microphone and he leaned forward, while sitting on my lap. "Hello everyone." He said blushing. "Mommy can I go now?" "Yes baby you can go now." He hopped off my lap as the crowd awed at him and he ran backstage again with the girls. "Well you know who we are and this song is called Air."

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At the end of the concert we all came on to bow and say goodnight. "1 more surprise Lana I swear." Ally said putting her hand on my shoulder. "You're gonna regret every surprise you have ever made me witness, one day." "Oh shut up you love me. Bring em out."

As she said that my mom and siblings walked out, but someone stayed behind in the shadow of the side of the stage. I didn't pay attention to that person as I saw my family come out. I covered my face and squatted down trying not to cry. Trying. I ended up crying very hard and hugging my mom and Maria very hard. "Come on don't be shy!" Ally said looking over where I stared. They stepped out and it was my dad. I glared at him as Beebo stood next to me. The girls were so excited to see my reaction. Which wasn't a good one. "Ally you might want to take her microphone." Shawn said from the other side of the line of us. "Why? We all have one." "Yeah but I don't think she's too happy to see him." She tried to grab it but it's taped to my cheek so it stayed on. I walked down to wear he was. "You have the nerve to walk up on this stage by me after 3 god damn year?! You left mom, Maria, my son, and me to rot. You didn't care then so why are you here now. All those things I invited you to and you didn't show up. But you show up uninvited." He looked at me like I was crazy. "I sent you checks monthly. I paid your mom child support. What do you mean I didn't care about you?!" "If you care you would have stayed. You wouldn't have left in the middle of the night to never return when the only contact I had with you was a phone number and Facebook. I sent you texts, I left voicemails, I invited you on Facebook. For gods sake you missed your grandsons first birthday. He grew up without a man in his life. Only women. No grandfather, no father, no uncles. No one except for us, but you didn't care. And you didn't pay child support because mom didn't get your goddamn checks and I know because I checked the mail everyday for a sign of you and of course there was none. You left her heartbroken. You threw away everything you two ever had and didn't leave a trace. You just up and left no note, no divorce papers until 2 years after. You lived in a whole different country. And just decide to show up now? Why dad why? Actually no you're not my dad, Robert. You're just a stranger." I pushed him aside and ran off the stage.

SHAWN
I went down from where I was and started to run in front of her father as he tried to follow her. "You can't tell me what to do boy! What are you her boyfriend or something?! Get out of the way!" I shook my head at him and put my hand out. "Sir you need to stay here. And no I'm not her boyfriend I'm someone who cares." He backed off and I turned around and ran to her dressing room. That asshole has broken Lana completely. I haven't seen her like this since Ellen. And that was bad. There's more to that story she told. He did something other than disappearing. He hurt her way worse than anyone else.