Don't Be A Fool

Chapter Nine

I stare at my phone screen in so much shock. I don't want to believe what I'm seeing, but it all makes sense.

"Hey, where'd your parents go?" Shawn asks. "Uh-they left. My mom wasn't feeling well." I say and put my phone away.

"Oh okay, do you still want to go to dinner?" Shawn asks. "I'm not really hungry." I say.

"Yeah me either. I'll probably just eat a snack or something." He says and gets on his phone. I nod and I can't stop thinking about what's happening.

Shawn went back to work some more and Geoff came and sat next to me. 

"Why didn't you say something?" I ask him. "About?" "Mom and dad. I know you know." I say and he sighs.

"They told you?" "No. I saw it on moms phone." I say. "You can't tell them you know. Let them tell you themselves. That's what they came here to do." He says and I nod.

I feel my eyes watering up a bit and I get up and leave the room. "Hey, it's going to be okay?" Geoff says and follows me out.

"How? None of this is okay!" I say and start crying. "Rose.." "Mom and dad are getting a divorce Geoff. After so many years of teaching us how important love is they are getting a divorce!" I say and he pulls me into a tight hug.

"I know. It sucks." He says and let's out a deep breath. "Does Ian know?" I ask. "No. Not yet. They're telling him when they get back home." Geoff says and I sigh.

"I can't believe it." I say. "Me either, but if it's what they want then there's nothing we can do." He says and I nod. 

I wipe up my tears and cool off before going back into the studio.

I was pretty quiet all the way back to the hotel. "Is everything okay?" Shawn asks me once we are in the room.

"Yeah. Everything is fine." I say and look at him. "You sure?" He asks me and I nod and smile. "I'm positive." I say and he kisses my lips.

He began to take off my clothes and I let him because I thought that maybe this would make me feel better.

After we were finished I fell asleep in Shawns arms. All I can think about is my parents not being together anymore.

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I'm in the park back home in Canada. I'm walking hand in hand with Shawn and it's a beautiful day.

I see my parenst together laughing and holding hands too. Then a hear a clash of thunder. 

I look up at the sky and all of a sudden the beautiful day is gone and is replaced by a dark sky.

I look to my side and Shawn has disappeared. "Shawn?" I say and look around. I see him sitting on a park bench with his back to me.

"There you are. I thought I'd lost you for a second." I say and touch his shoulder. He turns around and then a girl appears next to him and he has his arm around her.

"Rose?" Shawn says and looks surprised to see me. "Shawn who is she?" I ask and look at the girl. "My girlfriend. What are you doing here?" He asks me.

"I'm your girlfriend , you were just with me." I say and I'm so confused. "No Rose we broke up a long time ago." He says.

"But we loved each other." I say and my eyes fill with tears. "Love just wasn't enough I guess." He says and I reached for his hand and then he disappeared again.

I look around and see my mom with a different man to my right. I look to my left and see my dad with a different woman. 

I start crying and I drop to my knees and I feel an ache in my chest. I feel like I can't breath and I can't stop crying.