Drowning / SM

Chapter 38

I'm still shocked about what was said at the appointment with Shawn's manager and my boss. It seems like everything is going well for me at the moment and I'm really happy about this. The only thing that I want to do for the rest of my life is to spread love and happiness to everyone.

I can't stop smiling and I don't even know what to say. They're all here, staring at me and probably waiting for an answer or anything else but it's the first time that something like that happens to me. This is the first time that I'll take photos in a professional way and... Oh my god, those pictures that I will edit with a real photographer will be used for a cover of an album that will probably be bought by a lot of people. Everything is going really fast in my head and I get in another world, just imagining how this experience will go but I come back to the real world when I feel a hand on my shoulder.

Shawn's hand.

"Alyssa?... Do you agree?" Shawn asks so I shake my head and try to say anything that could be understandable.

"Yes... definitely!" I reply with the biggest smile.

"We don't know when we'll start but we wanted to be sure that we'd have a good photographer before we begin to work on the cover. I'll call you and your boss back in a few weeks or months,... when all the songs will be finished and then we could start with the design and theme." Mr. Gerlter explains which disappoints me a little because I wanted to start as soon as possible but I'm still so grateful for having this opportunity.

"You'll just have to sign the contract that I'll send you because you won't be doing an internship anymore. You deserve more!" Edward Mayer says and I bring together all my strength to stay straight and not to faint.

It might seem random but to me, being hired for something that I love doing is the best thing that could happen to me.

"Thank you very much!" I say and hold out my hand to my boss and the other men in the room.

After this appointment, everyone, expect Mr. Mayer, gets out of the office.

"Wait..."

I was about to get to my office and join Rosalie but someone stops me by grabbing my arm and I'm a 100% sure that this person is Shawn because he's the only one who always does this to me.

I turn back to face him and huge smiles grow on our faces.

"How are you doing?" He asks while putting his hands in his jeans pockets.

"I'm really really excited and really happy," I say with still the same smile but the thing is that if I stay like that I'll have a cramp in my jaw. I can't manage to not smile though. "You seemed anxious earlier, you okay?" I say when I remember how stressed he seemed because of him biting his nails and passing his hands through his hair.

"Yeah, it's just that I'm still mad a bit and I thought you were angry at me because you didn't pick up the phone yesterday..." He says while scratching his neck with his hand but the only thing I do is laughing. "What's funny?" He gets serious and seems to be worried.

"Nothing, but I have no reason to be mad at you!" I say, chuckling. He doesn't say anything back but stares at me. Probably detailing me and reading me; our eyes are locked to each other as if we were alone in this corridor where so many people, who are working here, cross it. There's no one else but our gazes at each other and even though it's intense, it makes me blush and I just look away. But he doesn't stop. "What??" I say, giggling and he shakes his head.

"You're radiant, Alyssa... Being happy fits you wonderfully," he says with the exact same look as when he was staring at me but I can't manage to look straight into his eyes. I'm so intimidated right now so I look down at my feet.

"My mom healed," I admit and look back at him.

I wanted to tell him this because he was with me when I knew that she'd need a surgery so it's pretty obvious for me to let him know the reason of my happiness.

"Wait, what?... Seriously?... Alyssa! I'm so happy for you and for your mom!" He says laughing and he suddenly pulls me into a hug.

The second his arms surround me, my head leans on his scapula so my face is near his neck. And that's probably why his perfume invades my nostrils. A fragrance so manly and sweet at the same time that I would like to stay in his arms as long as possible to enjoy this magical scent.

I've never noticed it before but he's so much taller than me and his hands are really big because I can feel his palms almost covering the half of my back. I also hear his heartbeat through his chest. A slow, quiet heartbeat that appeals to me and could put me to sleep if I sat down

We both stand here, enjoying this moment of sweetness.

The world is slipping away.

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