The New Mendes

Chapter 8

"Is this okay?" I asked Alexis as I stepped out of my bathroom wearing a black sleeveless turtleneck and black jeans paired with black high heels.

"You look great!"

Shawn and I are meeting up today at some venue that he has a meeting at. Anxious is an understatement. I am so excited to rekindle our friendship, but nervous he won't want to. This could be a one time thing.

I gave Alexis a hug goodbye and gave her a nervous smile before hopping into my car. I drove to the reletively close venue.

I walked into the venue and took a seat outside of the room that I was informed his meeting was going on in.

Within minutes of waiting the meeting had been let out and people flooded out.

As I sat outside in the hallway I could overhear a conversation going on.

"Mr. Mendes can we discuss something?" A man in a suit asked him.

"The meeting is over, which means so are any business relations. Maybe next time." I heard Shawns voice.

That was rude.

"Andrew! Is she here yet?" He shouted, as we walked into the hallway attention on his phone.

"If you're talking about me, yeah I'm right here." I laughed as I waved from the chair.

"Shit, I didn't even see you there." He chuckled, finally removing his eyes from his screen.

There's that language again.

"Hey Elle." He said giving me a hug.

"Want to go grab some coffee and snacks in the main room?" He asked.

I nodded and followed him to a large room that had platters of snacks, pots of coffee, and other beverages.

I watched as Shawn poured a cup of coffee.

"Still two sugars, three creams?" He asked me.

"Yeah." I smiled.

He remembers the way I like my coffee.

He added the sugars and cream, before popping a lid on it and handing it to me. I watched as he poured his coffee. He didn't add anything to it, just a lid.

"Black?" I asked, referring to his coffee.

"Yeah, you could say I need as much caffeine as possible nowadays." He laughed as he took a sip.

"Well haven't things changed. You aren't loading your coffee with a bunch of crap anymore. I swear sometimes you had more creamer than coffee." I joked.

He chuckled and took a seat on a couch, me joining him.

"Well how's life? How is everything going for you? What are you up to nowadays?" He asked.

"Life is good," I laughed, "I just hit one million subscribers on my Youtube channel, so that's cool."

"I know, I saw that! Congratulations. That's awesome." He grinned.

"Besides that, not much to tell. I have been working on some new music, doing some projects with other Youtubers, and just living life I guess. I'm not some rockstar like you. How's everything going for you? How's living in the spotlight?"

"It's amazing, but it isn't all I dreamt it to be. It gets exhausting and it's so stressful. Sometimes I want to give it all up, but you and I both know I could never do that."

I was shocked to hear him say this. The Shawn I knew was so full of energy and passion and the fame has just drained that from him.

"I'm actually surprised to hear you say that. This was the dream, ya know?"

"I know it was. Don't get me wrong it's unbelievable that I get to just make music for a living, I just wish I wasn't as famous as I am. It sucks to be Shawn Mendes all the time." He said adding jazz hands when he said his name.

"Just make music." That made me mad, he's doing so much more. He has such an impact on the industry and he just seems so ungrateful to be able to have that.

"Shawn, we have to go! I just got an important call." His manager, Andrew announced.

He sighed.

"Fuck. See this is just another example of what I mean. I'm so sorry Elle." He rolled his eyes.

I was taken back by his strong language and attitude for a minute.

"No, it's fine. I get it Shawn." I said, trying not to sound too disappointed.

"Hey, I have a interview tomorrow but afterwards I have nothing. Let's resume this then?"

"Sounds great." I said with a small smile, getting up to give him a hug.

"Here, give me your number. I'll text you about tomorrow!" He said pulling out his phone.

I gave him my number, then we said our goodbyes.

"Let's fucking go." He said in a pissed off voice to Andrew as they walked away from me.

Fame has completely changed him.