Texting / Shawn Mendes

Washrooms.

I put my sunglasses on and walk straight to the washroom. He's already waiting for me, and when I see him I smile immediately. I walk fast towards him and wrap my arms around his torso and kiss him. When my lips are removed from his, I open my eyes and watch him smiling foolishly at me.

"I miss you so much, you don't even know."

"I miss you too honey."

"3 days feel like ages."

"I know."

I remove myself from him when footsteps are heard from behind me. Shawn grabs my hand and take me in the men's washroom. Déjà vu.
We run in the first toilet and he locks the door. I stare at him confused as he take me up and my legs are wrapped around him.

"The door is way too small. They will see your feet." He mouths me.

"So what?"

"We don't have to draw the attention."

I roll my eyes, Shawn looks at me and realization hit him.
"Too much?" I nod and keep my gaze at the dirty door behind him.
He takes a deep breath.
"It's okay. I know." I say and his eyes meet mine. I kiss his jawline and he smiles.
Minutes later the door closes signaling that whoever was in here, left. Shawn let me down and we manage to get out of the washroom without being noticed.

"I need to go. My mom is waiting for me. We're having dinner together before she goes at work. Wanna join?"

"Sure."

"See you at 8 then?"

"Yes." And he smiled at me.

"Tell Aaliyah I said hi."

"Okay. She can't wait to see you. You have to meet her."

"I want to meet her too. Bye." And I waved at him.

I leave the cafe and make my way back home.
Shawn keeps texting me, telling me lame jokes that keep me busy as I am walking. I bump onto someone and my phone falls off my hands. I pick it up quickly searching for any scratches and thankfuly there is none. The person who bumped on me is still standing there. I look up and froze. My heart skipped a beat, while I was trying so hard to keep a straight face. I haven't seen her in months and the memories with her were slowly fading away... but here she is. Andrea.

"I... I'm so sorry. If there is any damages I can pay."

"It's fine." And I try to walk pass her but her hand stops me.

"I haven't seen you for so long Malia. School isn't the same without you. "

"You should have thought about it before hooking up with Michael, spreading rumors and making me homeschooled."

"We both know that I'd never do this to you! At least not in purpose! Michael said that you've talked. You know that I was drunk."

"You said to me that you wouldn't go at that stupid party! If you wanted Michael for yourself you should have told me!"

"I wasn't planning on going... at least not without you. But, Alex said that Lari would be there and I wanted to talk to him. I wanted to get back with him. But he ignored me. He made fun of me and laughed on my face, saying to his friends how pathetic I was. I started drinking. Shot after shot until my eyes were blurry and I could barely stand on my own feet. I don't even remember kissing Michael. The next day at school someone texted me the same photo. I thought it was a joke and I ignored it, but little did I know that that picture was sent to everyone. When I went to class someone shoutted "bitch" and everyone was staring at me. I ran through the hallways and I could listen the whispers around me, everyone looking at me, judging me... I've been a good friend my whole life to you, and because of a mistake I made, you cut me off of your life."

"You should have practise a lot... on lying and looking straight into my eyes. I have to admit. If I wasn't aware of everything that happened that night and your true intentions, I'd have believed you. Lari wasn't even there. Don't forget that Lari and I were working together. And that night, the exact one, that Lari suppostly made fun of you, we were working together. I took an extra day because Emily had a night off. Just admit it. You are in love with Michael."

"I...I..."

"Just fucking say it Andrea!"

"Okay!"

"Well, have a nice day." Without another word, I leave.

I still can't believe how easily people can let you down and burn to the ground all the memories that you created with them. I deep down knew that the girl that I trusted the most, the same one who stayed up all night just to take care of me when I was sick and my parents were away, the one that I've spend the most amazing memories of my life with, will let me down. She was scared of telling me her true feelings about a stupid boy that I fell for. I knew she liked him. I realized so when I said to her that he asked me out. The expression across her face changed immediately. From happy and excited about going to the mall together, a fake smile replaced her real one. I was waiting for her to tell me. I was willing to let my stupid crush aside, only to make her smile. But, she didn't. She just kept the fake smile and acted like nothing was wrong.
I knew she was in pain. Why wouldn't she just tell me? I let a few days pass by, hoping that she would finally find the courage to talk to me. Instead, she went on a party with him, finding stupid excuses just to get closer to him and spend more time with him.
I forgive her, I forget everything that happened between us, I thank her from the bottom of my heart for everything she did for me and the amazing memories she gave me, but I'm not willing to build a friendship with her from scratch because if I was as important to her as she claims , she would have tried to contact me and even tell me truth about what happened. But she didn't.