Dangerous | Shawn Mendes

EIGHT

I have a whole day working at Zara today, so by 10 a.m i jump out of my bed and head to the bathroom.

I am washing my face as i'm looking at the mirror, It's pretty visible that my eyes are swollen because of all the crying last night. My eyes seem tired, although i already feel better after i went to sleep.

I still don't know how to feel about yesterday and i don't want to think about it. So, for all the morning i try to keep myself busy by putting on concealer under my eyes and i also cook breakfast for me and Hayley.

Hayley is still in her room while i prepare breakfast for her and 15 minutes later, i hear her room's door open. She heads to the kitchen and greets me.

"What do we have here?" She smiles as she inhales the smell of my cooking.

"Omelet and toast for me and you, just to keep my mind busy" i sigh and she taps my back in sympathy.

"He came here yesterday, by the way" She doesn't need to say who it is, but i already know.

"What happened?" i stiffen in surprised.

"Nothing, he said that he wanted to talk to you, but you've fallen asleep"

"and?"

"yeah, you've fallen asleep, that's it" She replies casually as she leaves me in the kitchen to get dress up.

I couldn't help but wonder, what did he want to talk about? But i find myself feels a bit more relieved that i had fallen asleep yesterday, otherwise i don't think that i would be able to face him.

We eat our breakfast for a while before we drive to the mall. It is just our typical shift, but since it is Friday, the store is crowder than usual. It's a good thing, this keeps me extra busy that yesterday hadn't crossed my mind once.

For 5 hours straight, i am working on the checkout counter while Hayley is responsible for changing room. We are almost finished with our shift.

I was handing out the shopping back to the last customer when i spot someone familiar in the distance. It's Shawn and he's coming this way. My eyes widen and body frozen once our eyes met.

His face is emotionless as he walks towards me and just like that, the memories from yesterday creeps back in.

The fight, the punches, Dylan's injured face.. it's all coming back, after hours and hours trying to get my mind off of it, it finally gets under my nerves again.

"Alissa"

"Alissa" The sounds of my name snap me out of the memories. I blink a few time and i stiffen when i see Shawn already standing in front of the counter.

"I'm working, leave me alone" I ignore him and take all the clothes that some customers cancelled buying to put it back.

I hustle my pace, hoping he would just leave me. My hands are now full with clothes and i growl when i can hear his footsteps following me behind. My feet is difficult to move as i am wearing a pencil skirt and it's hard for me to outrun him.

"Let me help you" He walks passes me and block me. Before i can answer, he takes all of the clothes from hand and carries it all himself. He carries it easily as he's bigger than me, all the clothes don't cover him like it covered me.

"Stop, stop" I sigh annoyed. "What do you want, Shawn?" i stop my walking and so does he, facing me. I fold my arm as he starts talking.

"I want to talk about what happened yesterday"

"Is there even anything to talk about?" i snap "you fight, you have anger issue, and you almost killed him yesterday, i know. But, if Charlie hadn't stopped you last night, you could have killed him, Shawn" I take a deep breath before i continue, "I know you've told me about this before and i know that i should have listened to Britt when she warned me about you, so please Shawn leave me alone" and before i know it, tears start to dripping down my cheek. I damned myself for this, you are suppose to be stronger liz. "I know that you were just protecting me, but this is a mistake" i realize now that people are staring at us, but i couldn't care less about that.