Bad Reputation; Shawn Mendes

19. Fair

"Everything was easy when we were kids, so let's go back to that time."

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America

I waited on my driveway for a good five minutes. Anticipation filling my stomach as my heart raced. I felt like a little school girl who had the biggest crush and he finally asked her out.

I never really liked a guy since I was 14 and that was a bust. So this was so foreign to me and it made me a little scared. Scared that one day I'll wake up and him not like me or something happens and my hearts broken.

I was pulled out of my thoughts when I seen the familiar black Jeep pull up. I smiled and stood up from the porch steps. He killed the engine and got out with a bouquet of pink roses.

"Why are you out here? I was supposed to ring the doorbell." Shawn said as he walked towards me.

I smiled, "I was done thirty minutes ago and felt too anxious to just sit around in my room. And really? The other ones haven't even died yet, my house is about to look like a floral shop."

He smiled, "Well If one set dies then you still have a fresh bouquet. So they never die."

"You are smooth with words Mendes." I told him.

We then walked into my house so I could put them in the vase with the others. We then walked back out and towards his Jeep. He rushed over so that he could open the door for me.

"Oh how chivalrous of you." I told him.

I really felt like I princess, I may not have the big gown ball. Or any glass slippers but just the flowers and him opening the door for me. Like no other guy has ever done for me, it made me feel special. Like I meant something and wasn't just someone he wanted to have a good time with.

Then again it's Shawn, the day we met he told me he didn't want anything like that. It's why I found him interesting, he wasn't like the others. He was one of the good ones, the very rare ones that were too good for the world.

He was sweet, kind, funny, and literally Prince Charming. My knight in shinning armor. Ever since what happened freshman year I never wanted to be seen as weak. Never wanted help.

But I didn't mind being saved this time, I didn't mind letting someone be there for me. For once I liked being the damsel but that was only cause Shawn never really made me feel like I needed saving. He doesn't see me as the girl with the bad reputation. He seen me as me.

I think that's why I felt the way I did, I felt like I was having a fresh start. Like I can break down these walls and stop torturing myself. But I only wanted to do that if I knew he'd be there to catch me. Cause ever since that party and him being there for me, I've been falling.

And I was scared to fall to the ground and him not be there. Him wake up and realize that I was the rumors. I was what everyone said I was. Because of this feeling, my stomach flipping and heart beating fast? I didn't want that to end. I didn't want to lose this feeling.

I was so lost in my thought I didn't even realize where we were. I don't even remember leaving my driveway let alone arriving at where he was taking me.

"The fair?" I asked with a laugh.

He chuckled, "Yeah why not?"