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Song: Stitches by Shawn Mendes
"Take care of your memories. For you cannot relive them." ~ Bob Dylan.
"Where do you see yourself in a year?" I asked my best friend, Isabella didn't need to know I had another best friend. "Hopefully touring the world" Shawn said "you?" He asked "done with high school" I spoke, he laughed "me too, but seriously college?" He asked
"Yeah, of course" I answered "for what?' He asked "I don't know yet" I said "oh" he simply answered "sorry, I don't have my whole life planned out" I say half jokingly. "I don't have my whole life planned out" Shawn tells me
"Says the one with when album out and a hit single" I tease "What" he answered I rolled my eyes then laughed at him. We sat in silence for a bit, before I said something "music or maybe art"
"Huh?" He asked looking over at me confused "for college" I answered "oh" he answered laughing "you're also good at photography" he tells me "you think so?" I asked "I know so" he says.
I give him a smile, "thanks" I answered "can you play something?" Shawn asked, he got up and got the guitar that was just sitting on my chair. "I'm not that good" I tell him "come on, just try" he said
"Okay fine, but I'm warning you I'm not that good" I say, he hands me the guitar. I sit it on my lap, now trying to figure out what to play. "Shawn" I said "Camila" he answered "stop it" I giggled "you called my name first" he said.
"I know" I say "then what did you want?" He asked "can you teach me to play Stitches?" I asked "of course" he answered taking the guitar and showing me a few cords. "You try now" he tells me handing the guitar back to me.
I sit there at first I'd had forgotten everything he just told me. Shawn laughs then tells me the cords, I started playing the right cords. It wasn't that good, but we were getting somewhere. "You did it!" Shawn said I let out a laugh "it wasn't that good" I tell him.
"Just keep trying" he says, I nodded my head and kept on playing. Slowly I felt like I was getting better. I softly sang Stitches to myself as I played. "Are you proud of me?" I asked looking up at Shawn.
I noticed he was standing there holding my polaroid camera. "Did you take a picture of me?" I asked "maybe" he answered "can I see?" I asked, he nodded and handed the picture over to me.
"Hey! I can put this in my little photo album" I answered, I walked over to my desk and grabbed the album. I flipped over to the last couple of pages. "This is going to be our pages" I tell him, I placed the photo inside of it.
"All our memories?" He asked "yeah! You know what" I said "what?" Shawn asked "how long are you staying in New York for?" I asked "couple of days" he answered. "Well we got to make some memories here!" I shouted, I grabbed a pen and a piece of paper.
I wrote day one, day two, day three and so on. "What are you doing?" Shawn asked "planning out our days together" I tell him "so what are we doing tomorrow?" He asked " exploring New York" I tell him "you think our parents are gonna let two 16 years old out alone?" He asked
"Well, maybe not, but I know my way around so let's just go anyways" I answered "whatever you say Camila" he answers. "Okay so I got the first few days planned out" I say sitting down on my bed. I pat the spot next to me signaling for Shawn to sit next to me.
"Okay so day one, New York City in the day time" I tell him "in the day time?" He asked "yeah, we have to see it at night and during the day. Those are two totally different experiences, you should know this!" I say "sorry, okay don't hurt me" he answers.
"Day two we should umm" I start, what should we do "honestly, we should just go out and get pizza and ice cream" I tell him. "I like that idea" Shawn says "good" I say smiling. "Day three, New York at night time" I say as Shawn nods his head.
"Day four, I wanna go take you to this museum that Bella and I went to when we were younger" I say. "Is it the one were you both got scared to step on the glass floor?" He asked "yeah" I say laughing "can't wait!" He answered "haha you're sooo funny" I tell him. "I know" he answered.
I playfully pushed him over "Day five, we can go to the ice rink at Rockefeller Center" I say "I know you know how to ice skate" I tell him "I can't wait to watch you fall a thousand times" Shawn answers "wow rude" I say.
"Day six, let's just hang out in time square" I say "okay" he answered "Day seven, walk in Central Park?" I asked looking over at him "sure, why not" he said "and day eight, airport day" I say sadly looking over at Shawn.
"Do you have to go on tour?" I asked half jokingly, half seriously I didn't want him to leave me. "I do" he answered "opening for Taylor Swift that's crazy" I tell him "I know! I hope to see you at the New York show" Shawn says "of course I'll be there! Front row!" I answered.
"Okay, but for now don't be sad. We have a whole week of fun things planned" he tells me "yeah, starting off today. Watching movies all day long" I say with a laugh. "Wanna watch High School Musical?" I asked looking over at him.
"I prefer Camp Rock" he answered "what? Shawn!" I shout looking over at him "but we can still watch High School Musical" he says "good, because you didn't have a choice" I answered.
