Falling- Shawn Mendes

Chapter seven

Alex's pov

I walked inside the house and my dad followed behind me "a fight? Really? You barley started and you already got in a fight?!" He said and I tossed my bag to the couch and sat down waiting for his lecture. "I wanted you to start fresh, but you're still the same." He said "you hit the girl's nose! You broke it! You busted her lip! You assaulted her!" He said counting on his fingers. "Pero que te pasa? {what's going on with you?}" He said

"I'm not paying for her bill. You are. You'll work as a busboy at the restaurant. That's that. Go up to your room. Give me your phone." He said and I handed it to him. He started walking to the kitchen "she talked about mom." I said looking down. "What?" He said "she talked about mom. She's been harassing me. I kissed her ex boyfriend at the time and she caught me and took a photo and showed it on a screen in the cafeteria and pulled up photos of me drinking and partying.. that time I walked away. But today she bought up mom. She said mom would be disappointed me and how mom probably didn't die of murder, how she could've just killed herself to get away from me." I said

"Mija. {daughter} " He said and sat down next to me. "I tried. I really tried to control myself. But she kept saying these things." My voice cracked. "I wanted to start new. I wanted to forget that girl in New York. I really did. But she made it so damn difficult. I haven't even finished my first week and I'm already suspended." I said looking at him. "I know it's hard when someone brings her up. Trust me. But that doesn't mean you should lash out." He said "you don't understand." I said standing up. "Yes I do." "No you don't! I never told mom "I love you." And I regret it! You've always said it to her. I never told her it." "She always knew you loved her even if you never said it." "No but that's the thing. I wanted to. But I didn't. I miss her so much. I just want to be held by her again. I miss her touch. I miss how she'd make me laugh, how she'd make me smile. It sucks. She wasn't there for my tenth birthday, she wasn't there for my quinces.." I said crying.

"Yo se.. {I know..}" he said "I miss her too." He said and hugged me. I cried on his chest and he kissed the top of my head. I lifted up my head "I'm sorry." I cried "I'm sorry for causing trouble." I said "it's okay." He said and I wiped my nose with the back of my hand and wiped my hand on my dads chest causing us both to laugh. "Alright go upstairs. You're still in trouble. You're still working at the restaurant too. You start Friday." He said and I nodded. I went up to my room and took a little nap.

I was sleeping peacefully until I heard something hit my window. I ignored it and it kept going. I groaned and got up and opened my curtain, I saw Shawn standing with rocks in it hand. I sighed and opened it "you break it, you pay it mendes." I said and he laughed. "I came to see you. How are you feeling?" "What part of "don't talk to me ever again" don't you get?" I said "come on, you don't have anyone to talk to here, I just wanted to make sure you were okay, can I come up?" He said "no." I said and closed my window. I hear call out my name by The Weeknd aka the song we both loved when he took me to the burger joint blasting in his car speakers and I got up and opened my window "are you crazy? My dads here! Turn it down!" "Not until you talk to me!" "Shawn!" I said and he turned it up louder "okay! Okay!" I said and he smiled and turned it down.

"God Mendes, I can't get rid of you." I said "nope!" He said "you're annoying." I said "feelings mutual." He said and I laughed "there's a ladder down there, come on up." I said and walked to my door and locked it. I see Shawn and he climbs through my window and I help him in. "Thank you." He said laying on the floor out of breath and I laughed. We sat on my bed "so how are you feeling." "I'm fine." I said playing with my necklace "no you're not. Tell me how you're really feeling." He said "I feel like I should beat her ass again." I said "yeah you screaming "I'm from Brooklyn bitch!" Doesn't really Help you in this case." He said and I groaned "I said that?" "You don't remember?" He said confused and I shook my head no "at that moment all I saw was red. I didn't realize what was coming out of my mouth." I said face palming myself. "You said that we slept together." He said "that I remember, I'm so sorry I dragged you into it." I said and he put his hand on my leg "it's okay. I forgive you." "See, you're so nice to me, and I went and put you in the middle of this whole thing." I said "you also said that you could have me any time you wanted." "Oh god. I made a complete fool of myself huh?" I said embarrassed. "Not really, you stood up for yourself, for your mom. She'd be proud." He said and I smiled softly.