New York Royalty ~Shawn Peter Raul Mendes~

14 -"I'm gonna give you some advice."

•Shawn's POV•
"Umm ok." I say as I go up the stairs.

We go inside my room and I lay on my bed while Cam sits.

"I know." He blurts out.

"You know..."

"I know you and Ashley almost kissed." He tells me.

I immediately sit up and face him.

"What? How?" I ask him.

"Dude, I'm your brother. I know you so well. I know you have a crush on Ashley. I see it in your eyes whenever we hang out with her. And when I got to the library today, I went to go find you and I overheard you and her talking." He tells me.

"Why wouldn't you tell me dude. I'm always here for you. You know that." He says.

"Yea. I just. . .I don't know. It's not like I can do anything about it. My dad wants me with Cristina. I have to stick with Cristina." I tell him.

"You've always told yourself that everything you do has to be the way your dad wants it to be. But have you ever asked yourself what you want to do?" He tells me.

"I mean, I love your dad to death. I would do anything for him but if you were my son, I wouldn't be making you be with someone or make you do something that you don't want." He continues.

"If you really think these feelings are real, chase them because you never know when it's gonna be too late." He finishes.

He's right. I need to stop trying to satisfy my dad. I need to take my chances and just go for it. I'll deal with the consequences later.

"Oh shit." I hear Cam whisper.

I turn to him and see him looking at something on his phone.

"What happened?" I ask him.

"Uh nothing. I got to go man. I'll see you later." He says as he puts his phone in his pocket and gets off the bed.

I stand up with him, we go downstairs and he grabs his backpack. We do our secret handshake and he leaves. I was about to go back in when I realized that he doesn't have a car.

"Yo Cam!" I yell.

He turns to me and nods his head once.

"How are you gonna get to where you're going?" I ask.

"I got an Uber. Don't worry." He yells back.

I nod my head and go back inside. I head upstairs, lay on my bed and think about everything. Especially, what Dylan told me.

*flashback*
"Can I talk to him?" This guy asks Ashley.

She nods.

"Umm I gotta go check on Ryan anyways." She says as she heads to the door and walks out.

Holy shit. We almost kissed but then this guy ruined it. Wait a second...who is this guy?

As if he read my mind, he says, "My name is Dylan. I'm Ashley's brother."

He takes out his hand for me to shake. I take out my hand and shake his.

"I'm Shawn. Ashley's friend." I tell him.

"Seemed like more than friends with the tension that I just felt in here." He says.