Temporary Lovers || sm

EIGHT

Party Time 
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I'm so nervous I genuinely feel like I could throw up, not even kidding. I've never been surrounded by this many well known people, I'm terrified I'm going to embarrass myself or poor Shawn. Knowing myself I just know I'm going to say something stupid, or spill something on myself, or trip in these damn heels and knock someone over. I didn't have any nerves up until this moment but as Eric arrives at the massive three story mansion, all I want to do is go back home before my expensive spaghetti bolognese comes back up.

"Here we are Miss Vogel." Eric says as he comes to a stop in front of the front door. There's so many people I recognize and I feel my hands starting to get sweaty. I quickly wipe them on my dress before grabbing my bag and getting out, being sure to thank Eric before I leave the vehicle.

"No thanks necessary. Also, you'll be going with Mr. Mendes' driver when you go home."

"Oh, okay. thank you."

"Have fun tonight."

"You too." I smile before shutting the door and turning back to the crowd. I take my phone out of my bag and see a message from Shawn from five minutes ago.

SHAWN MENDES
when you get here I'll be
in the front foyer so you can
find me easier and not
get lost

I sigh in relief and mumble a few "hello"s as I make my way through the people chatting amongst themselves. I find it odd that he's throwing the party at his house but I guess if your house is this big it doesn't really matter.

I finally reach the front door and I walk inside, scanning the area for the tall, curly brown haired guy. Finally, I spot him at the bottom of the stairs talking to a dark brown haired girl. I wonder if that's his girlfriend? That would be awkward. I don't know much about her but I can't see the girl's face so I'm not sure what she looks like.

I make my way up to the pair and Shawn gives me a warm smile and pulls me in for a hug, kissing my cheek. A bright light flashes and I confusedly look in the direction it came from down to the girl he was talking to. She wears a bright smile on her face and I immediately recognize her. "Hi! You must be Shawn's girlfriend." She smirks and he rolls his eyes playfully. "I'm Camila."

"We're not together, Cam." He chuckles.

"Shut up I know you're lying. Anyways, what's your name?" She looks to me, her bright white teeth on display.

"Alyssa, and he's telling the truth." I laugh softly.

"How come you haven't told me about her?" She looks at him, eyebrows raised.

"We just met not long ago." He tells her. "I'm a busy guy, Mila, plus you don't answer my texts so why waste my time." She rolls her eyes and grins. I can tell they're good friends.

"Well, whatever you say." She waves him off then turns to me. "It was nice meeting you, Alyssa. I'm sure I'll see you around soon. Later Shawn." She waves to us and we wave back with a smile as she walks off.

He turns to me. "You look really nice." He compliments kindly and I thank him with a grateful smile.

"Thanks, and so do you.. still." I laugh and he grins, taking my hand and leading me to a much larger room full of many familiar faces I never thought I'd be seeing in real life, much less attending a party with them. Shawn introduces me to a few of them, introducing me as his friend to each one as we were instructed to do.

"and the host of this killer party, Alyssa this is Justin, Justin this is Alyssa." I'm actually stunned at the fact that I am standing face to face with Justin Timberlake. I'm usually not one to get star struck but this man was a huge part of my childhood.