Desire | Shawn Mendes

FORTY FIVE

Song of the Chapter: No. 1 Party Anthem - Arctic Monkeys

"The look of love / The rush of blood / The "She's with me," / The Gallic shrug..."

- j -

"You really love Beyoncé, huh?" Liam says from the backseat as he watches me do some of the choreography to the song in the passenger seat.

"Yes, I do." I say as I nod my head along to the beat of Single Ladies. "In a video I will never show you guys, I did Beyoncé for my bailé sopresa at my quince."

"Wait you had a cotillion?" Shawn asks me. "I'm sorry," He says and then playfully rolls his eyes, "you had a quinceañera?"

"Aw, your Spanish is getting better." I say as I pat his thigh. "And yes I did. The videos and photos are locked up away in high maximum security."

"All I gotta do is call Chandler and I got access." Shawn says.

"Why does my brother love you so much?" I ask. Shawn laughs and continues to drive.

"Have you ever seen her in concert?" Jack asks. He and Liam were in the car with us while Scott and Daniel rode with Karen and Manny, who were in their car in front of us.

"Yes!" I say. "Miss Carter show. That was so amazing, I honestly felt my soul leave my body."

"Why didn't you see her on the Formation tour?" Liam asks.

"I was, but it was during the summer I was set to go to London for a summer abroad course so I didn't get any pre-sale tickets." I shrug. "I ended up not going to London that summer, so I still hate myself for not getting tickets afterwards."

Shawn looks at me with furrowed brows. "So fuck me that summer, right?"

I let out a laugh as I place my hand over my mouth. "I'm sorry!" I laugh.

"That's it. Two year deal is off." Shawn jokes. I place my hands over his right hand and turn to him, laughing as he pretends to be mad at me.

"I'm soory, eh." I joke.

"Alright now it's really off!" Shawn laughs.

I take Shawn's hand in mine and kiss at his knuckles. "You were the best part about that summer."

"That's more like it." He jokes.

"I can't believe you chose some boy over Beyoncé after she told you to put your middle fingers up, hands high, wave it in his face, and tell him boy bye." Jack says.

I turn around and face him. Liam looks at him with the same look I have on my face. "How do you know the lyrics?" I ask him.

"Oh what - only you can be the Beyoncé fan here?" Jack replies.

"I feel like I should be with you and not Shawn." I joke.

"Shawn, take Jasmine and I to Vegas, please." Jack replies.

"Jack," Shawn begins, "joke about marrying Jasmine again and I'm kicking your ass."

"Easy there tiger." I tell Shawn as I face him. "Your jealousy is showing."

"Jealous. Another good song by Beyoncé." Shawn says. "Remember when it played it for me?"

I nod my head as I smile. "Yeah. I do."

"I would play that a lot when we were broken up." Shawn confessed. "Like, a lot."

"Aww," Liam says from the back.