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The whole time in the uber I thought about the day and what had happened. I didn't even pay attention to Maja who was talking about something Tony wrote her, until she hit me on my arm.
"Ouch" I expressed
"Don't ignore me" she laughed back but it sounded a bit pissed.
"What did you say?" I asked her and stared out of the window.
"I asked you what you and Shawn did when you went outside to get some fresh air". When she said 'to get some fresh air' she said it in a mocking tone, so it was obvious that she didn't believe that.
"We got some fresh air" I said monotonously without any expression in my face but Maja just hit me again. "Damn, why are you so aggressive?"
"Don't fuck with me Julia. What did you do with Shawn?" she asked a bit louder but laughed afterwards.
"We sat on a bench and talked for a bit" I answered but she still looked at me with a questioning look on her face. "Really!" I exclaimed and held up my hands to examine my innocence.
"Sure" she said in a sharp tone that told me that she didn't believe me.
"We're here" the driver announced from the front seat as the car came to a halt.
"Let's just talk about it tomorrow, I'm hella tired" Maja then said after we paid the driver and thanked him.
We walked into the hotel and up the stairs to our room and then said goodbye to each other.
When I entered my room, I began to think about the evening again and still blushed a little, even when I was alone.
I noticed that I didn't really know any of Shawn's songs except the ones that were on the radio like 'mercy' and 'treat you better' so I decided to listen to his music while I was getting ready for bed.
I unlocked my phone after I put off my shoes and sat down on the bed and put on his latest album 'Illuminate' on Spotify. I immediately recognized the songs 'Mercy' and 'Treat you better' so I put on a song I didn't know already. The first song that came on was 'Lights on' and as soon as I heard Shawn's voice, I felt a bit nervous.
I then walked in the bathroom with my phone and put off my dress and took a quick shower. By the time I got out of the shower the first song had finished and 'No promises' was on.
I really liked 'Lights on' because it was very sexy but still classic. It wasn't like a cocky song but the words he sang made my heart race a bit. Probably just because I kinda 'know' him now.
'No promises' sounded very similar in the beginning but as soon as the refrain played I definitely heard a difference. I got goosebumps when I heard his voice and the background vocals in the refrain.
I took off my make-up, brushed my teeth and dried my hair while listening to a few more of his songs. When I was ready I turned off the music and went into bed.
I remembered that I still didn't follow Shawn back on twitter and Instagram so I took my phone and finally did. I then checked some other messages and when I went to sleep it was already 2:30 AM.
The next day, at circa 8 AM I heard my mother knock on my door, so I got up and opened it.
"Good morning, how did you sleep?" my mother asked as she entered the room. She was already dressed but didn't do her hair or make-up. "Good and you?"
"Good too. Have you packed your bag already?"
"I didn't really unpack it yesterday so there aren't that much things to pack." I replied and closed the door.
"Ok good, can you pack the things you have to pack and get ready now? We want to drive to the airport immediately after breakfast" she said while looking out of my window.
"Yeah, sure. When do you want to go to the dinner hall?" I asked and sat back on my bed.
"I guess in half an hour. Your father has to get ready too and you know that he isn't the fastest in the early morning hours" she said and I chuckled. "Yeah I'll be ready by then"
"Ok perfect, we'll just come pick you up here" mum said and went towards the door again. "Ok see you soon" I said before she exited my room.
I then put on some music, the album 'Palo Santo' by Years&Years, and went into the bathroom to wash my face and brush my teeth. I packed the last few things I had to pack and put on some clothes that were comfortable but didn't look too rubbish. It still was a nice hotel with a reputation, you couldn't jut walk around in joggers here.
Until my parents picked me up I just laid back on the bed and went through my phone.
A few minutes later I went down into the dinner hall with my parents and sat on a table where the Garlands already sat. Maja just looked like me, no make-up on and some comfortable clothes.
After we got our first plates from the buffet we sat down next to each other and talked about the party and about her date with Tony that she'd have the next day. Tony still didn't tell her where he would take her and Maja basically exploded from that she didn't know.
After I told her for the third or fourth time that Shawn and I didn't do anything else outside than talk, she finally believed me.
After the breakfast we had to say goodbye again but we had planned that Maja would come and visit me next weekend.
After we loaded all our luggage in the taxi trunk, I hugged Maja and got in the car. The Garlands would also leave in a bit.
As soon as my parents got into the car and we drove off, I took my phone and my headphones and opened Spotify. I scrolled through my 'recent' and saw Shawn's album, so I put it on again.
I wondered if he tweeted or in general just posted something about yesterday so I opened Twitter and searched his profile.
He indeed did tweet something, and it was from 3 hours ago.
@ShawnMendes: About last night..
6:46 AM
He probably already left,if he was awake that early. Yesterday, he stayed longer as Maja and me so he already got less sleep than us.
I couldn't stop wondering if that tweet was somehow meant to be about me. I mean, we did spent a lot of the time yesterday together.
I scrolled down further to see if he tweeted something else but the latest tweet after that, was something about him getting ready for the AMA's.
I thought about DMing him and then I thought 'why not?' And went to his DMs but hesitated because I didn't know what to write.
After a few minutes of thinking about what i could write, i just wrote "yesterday was nice x" and sent it.
For the rest of the ride to the airport and on the plane in the way back home I just listened to the music and put my phone on airplane mode to safe battery.
The time passed fast and a few hours later I was back in my room, unpacking my suitcase
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Ok so, i needed a really long time for this chapter, because I was on a school trip for one week and after that I just didn't know how to write it. Also I knew what was gonna happen but I had to decide between two different ways of this thing happening.
I'm still not completely ok with this chapter but I hope you like it anyways
