Saturday, July 16th 2016, 8.49 pm, Athens
Claire's povI sit in the cab with Ever. She's slightly drunk, resting her head on my shoulder.
"How was he?" she asks.
"Huh?" I say and she chuckles softly.
"That photo-guy" she says.
"Oh, eh, he was nice, he asked if we could hang out someday" I say, shrugging.
"Sounds nice, are you forgetting about Him?" she asks, but I shake my head.
"He's still a part of me, and my feelings towards him doesn't change in a day, Ever" I tell her, and suddenly my phone starts vibrating.
'Matthew❤️ is calling...' it says on the display.
"Hey" I pick up.
"Hi, how are you?" he asks.
"I'm good, and you?" I answer.
"I'm okay, I guess" he says, but doesn't convince me.
"What's wrong?" I ask. Everleigh looks up at me and smiles, looking to be in another world. I chuckle at her.
"I just miss you, sissy. There's no one to talk to while you're gone, mom and dad are never home" he says and lets out a sigh.
"I miss you too, Matt-" Everleigh interrupts my sentence.
"Is it Matt?! Can I talk to him, pleease" she begs, and I chuckle, as I slowly nod.
"You wanna talk to Everleigh?" I ask him.
"Yeah, sure" he says, and I hand Everleigh my phone.
"Maaaatt" she says in my phone. Maybe it was stupid to let her speak to Matt while she's drunk.
"Matt, I like you" her drunk voice takes over.
"I'm not druuunk" she laughs.
"Claire has a boyfriend nowwww" she says. Oh shoot.
"Everleigh, it's enough, my turn" I say, slightly chuckle and take my phone back.
"Sorry, it was stupid letting her speak to you while drunk, however-" I say, but get cut off by Matthew.
"A boyfriend?" Matthew asks.
"Oh my god, no, really no, it was just this guy who took a picture for me and Everleigh and we talked, and Everleigh was, or is, drunk, so she just makes a hen out of a feather. It's really nothing, I'm still in love with Shawn" I tell him.
Though I thought I wouldn't be affected by Him today, I was wrong... Saying his name out loud doesn't feel good, I get sad
"Oh, all right" he says and lets out a sigh.
"What are you doing?" I ask him, trying make up a new conversation.
"I was just playing video games before I decided to give you a call" he answers. "And you?" he asks.
"In a cab with Everleigh, on our way home" I say.
"What have you been doing?" he asks.
"She surprised me with a day at the beach" I tell him shortly.
"Nice" he says and I hum.
We talk for another ten minutes, then I sit, half asleep, with an asleep Everleigh in my lap.
As we arrive outside the apartment building, I wake my drunk friend up, take our bags and pay the driver.
Everleigh stumbles up the porch, holding me in the hand I'm not carrying the bags with.
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dear diary » shawn mendes
Fanfictionin which a girl falls in love with her best friend since childhood and escapes the country with her diary as she graduates high school, in hope she'll forget about him as he starts touring around the world. [picture - pinterest]