Hate is a strong word

Chapter 5

I had just finished setting up my camera when Felicity and Shawn walked in. I looked at the file and saw that I needed to take 'fangirl's dream' shots, whatever that meant. I got the message when Shawn walked in with lipstick stains on his cheeks. I rolled my eyes when he wasn't looking and checked my camera one more time before walking over to where they stood.

"Ok, so they want some shots that will make the fangirls go crazy. Just come over here and do whatever so I can adjust my camera's settings accordingly." He gave me a 'your crazy' look before doing as I asked.

He stood at the center of the screen and looked at the camera. Even if he just stood there, he was adorable. I mentally slapped myself (for what seemed like the 5th time today already) and continued to adjust my camera's settings.

"Felicity, can you come over here and see if you like this?" She nodded and looked into the camera.

"Wow, that looks amazing!" She smiled. I smiled back and walked over to where I put my binder. I keep a binder full of magazines, so I can look at different model's or celebrities' poses. I call it my inspiration binder, but I often got picked on for lugging it around with me during college. I was looking through it when I heard a knock on the door.

I turned to see Nash with four frappuccinos. I smiled and walked over to hug him. He smiled at me before giving me a quick kiss. I could feel Shawn and Felicity's eyes on us, so I turned to introduce them.

"Felicity, Shawn, this is my boyfriend Nash. Nash, this is Shawn and his manager, Felicity." Nash waved at them and they waved back. We stood in awkward silence before Nash spoke up.

"You ordered Starbucks?" I took the drinks out of his hands and distributed them to everyone. We went out to the couches and began to drink and talk.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

After about an hour of talking, we finished our Starbucks and Nash had to leave. I kissed him goodbye before going back to the studio and looking through my binder.

"Ok, so I found a few poses that I think will look great. What do you guys think?" I showed them a couple of pages.

"They look fine to me." Shawn looked to Felicity, who simply nodded.

"Ok. Shawn, go stand at the center of the screen. Put your hands in your pockets and look at the camera like it's a cute girl." He laughed before doing as I said. I felt myself blushing while taking his pictures, but would never let him know that.

"Ok, now turn around and look over your shoulder." He turned around and looked over his shoulder. I took multiple pictures before I was satisfied.

"Ok, now look over at the corner of the room and laugh." He looked over at the corner but didn't laugh. I waited and waited, but it never came. I stood back up and looked at him.

"Well, are you going to laugh or not?" He looked at me and shrugged.

"I can't laugh unless someone does something funny." I rolled my eyes before looking around the room. I couldn't call Nash back up, he had a meeting. I wasn't funny, so I wasn't even going to try. That's when I got an idea.

I got out my phone and opened up Instagram. I had saved a lot of funny memes, so I decided to read them out to him.

"I stepped on the scale today and it said 'bat'. It took me a few seconds to realize it meant the battery was out, but before I realized that I just said 'I am not a bat' out loud."

He started to crack a smile, but still refused to laugh. I rolled my eyes and looked for another one.

"Once I was babysitting my neighbor's 6-year-old and she asked me why I was so ugly and without thinking I said 'I'm you from the future' and she cried for like 30 minutes."

At this point, he was trying not to laugh, but I know he wanted to. I didn't know what else to do, so I looked up funny videos on youtube and started to play them. After watching cats roll around on vacuum cleaners, I gave up.

"You win. Is there any way to make you laugh at all?" He thought for a moment until he got an unusual glint in his eye.

"There is one way..." He started to smile evilly, before turning to Felicity. She seemed to catch on and started to laugh sarcastically.

"You are funny, but no." I looked at her confused before she turned to me and explained.

"Shawn thinks that my English accent is hilarious. Only because it's horrible, of course, but he dies every time I do it."

"Please?" Shawn begged. She shook her head and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Please?" I cut in. She looked at me like I was crazy, but I gave her the puppy eyes. Shawn did, too, so soon we were on our knees begging her.

"Fine!" She yelled in defeat. We smiled and stood up and moved back to our positions. Shawn got to the center of the screen again, and I stood behind my camera, waiting for the perfect moment.

"Ok. On three, Felicity, say something in your amazing British accent. Then, I'll take a picture of Shawn. Ready?" They nodded before I began to count down.

"1... 2... 3!"

"Good morning, lad. Would you like some tea on your biscuits?" I started to laugh because her accent was horrible. It sounded more like a clown underwater than anything.

Shawn was bent over laughing, but after a while, he stood up to his normal position. I took the opportunity and took the picture. Before I knew it, the moment was over and regular Shawn was back.

"That was horrible," I said. Felicity fake bowed and stood back up. We all huddled around the camera and looked at the pictures.

"Those are awesome. They should look great in the magazine."

I smiled, proud of my work. I looked up to see Shawn staring at me, but he quickly looked away when I saw him.

Turning back to the camera, I plug it up to my computer and wait for the files to download.

————————————————————————

Hey guys! Sorry I'm just now saying anything... I kinda got caught up in the story. This is my second book, but that doesn't mean it's any good😂. Thank you guys so much for your support! I'm trying to come up with a reason for Rebecca to hate Shawn. It's hard, because who can hate him?! Anyway, hope you enjoy!

xoxoxo,
Hannah