Not Without You [Chris Evans]

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Megan's POV

It was pretty late by the time Shawn and I decided to call it a day. We'd made a lot of progress but it was going to take at least another day before either of the songs we'd written would be ready to record, maybe even two.

"Do you want to get something to eat before we head to our hotels?" Shawn asked as he put his guitar in its case. "I'm starving."

"Yeah," I agreed as my stomach reminded me I hadn't eaten in a while. "You pick - pretty sure you know this city better than I do."

He gave me a grin and nodded. "I know just the place. I'll call and get us a reservation."

"Sounds good. I'm going to check in with Chris and Sadie to see how today went."

"Tell them hi for me," he said, tapping at his phone. "Do you think they'd meet us?"

"Dunno. I'll ask, but Sadie usually heads to bed about now when she has to be on set early and they've been putting in 12 hour days this week."

Hey babe. If you're
not too tired did
you want to join us
for a late dinner?

Chris' reply was surprisingly quick. He must have been on his phone already, I decided.

Did you just get
done now?

Yes.

I'll pass. I'm going to
bed. It's been a long
day and I'm tired.

Ok. See you in a little
while. I'll try not to
wake you when I get in.

I couldn't quite tell from the tone of his messages if Chris really was just tired or if he was upset that I was spending today with Shawn. I'd thought his jealousy was getting better, but maybe he just hadn't had an excuse to be jealous until now. I decided to see if Sadie wanted to join us even if Chris didn't. I knew she genuinely liked Shawn and enjoyed talking to him even if his puppy love made her a little uncomfortable at times.

Sadie, are you still up?

Not for long. How was
the writing session?

Good. I was going to ask
If you wanted to meet us
for a late dinner but if
you're going to bed now
don't worry about it.
Shawn says hi btw.

I'd like to, but I'm
beat. It was a really
long day today.

That's what Chris said.
I'll let you get to bed.
See you in the morning.

Have fun and tell him hi
for me. If he's still in town
tomorrow night I'll meet
you for supper when we
get done for the day.

Great! I'll let him know.

"It's just us tonight," I told Shawn, linking my arm with his. "They're already heading to bed. I guess it was a long day for them today."

"Bummer. I got us reservations already if you're ready to go. You're going to love this place, Meg."

"As long as it's better than that place you picked in Tokyo-" I teased him as we headed out to get a cab.

"Anything is better than that place," he agreed with a laugh. "I said I'm sorry!"

"And I forgave you...eventually."