ONE [SHAWN MENDES] [2]

10 - FLIGHT BUDS

ONE
10: FLIGHT BUDS
"IT'S A ROUGH TIME FOR US, BUT I'M GLAD YOU'RE WITH ME."
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Aeroplanes were one of Lauren's favourite things in the entire world, coming next in line after her family, friends, her animals, her guitar and food. Ever since she was a kid, she'd always loved to fly in planes. She didn't like driving as much as flying. She loved being on cloud nine, literally and figuratively.

She'd always wanted to be a pilot since she was a kid, but she never inspired to be one as much she inspired to be a professional guitarist. Guitar wasn't just a hobby for her, it was her whole life. It was one of the only things she was good at, after playing basketball and athletics.

Shawn was practically the same, playing the guitar, making music, it wasn't just a hobby, it was his profession. It was something he was passionate about. He didn't want his life any other way. He wanted to continue inspiring people with his music, which he's doing so easily right now, and has been for the past few years.

Everything in their life was great at the moment - well, not exactly everything. They have had some bumps in their road, one being their friendship/relationship status. They weren't perfect, everyone knew that, even the fans. They classified their fans as their family, as they were as completely honest with them as they were with their family. Their fans were their family.

They try as hard as they could to not keep any secrets away from their fans, because they were just as important as their family. There weren't a lot of things that their fans didn't know about, which was scary if you thought about it for a while.

There was a rush of fellow people around the airport that afternoon, as majority of those were getting ready to leave the airport after just landing from long flights. The other majority of people in the airport were getting ready to depart, waiting to fly to their next destination already.

The two teenagers stood in the long line for security, awaiting to get their luggage put on the plane so they could get ready to board their flight to London. It was going to be a long flight for the both of them, as they were running low on sleep and energy. They couldn't get to sleep the night before for some odd reason, and they 'woke up' earlier that morning to pack their bags before their flight.

Lauren stood beside Shawn, her suitcase beside her just like Shawn's was on his other side, resting on its wheels with the handle resting under his hand. She stood straight, barely able to keep her eyes open however, as she waited for the line to hurry up and move forward. Shawn had glanced down at the teen as she let out a small sigh, noticing how exhausted she looked.

"I just want to curl up in a ball and fall asleep right here, right now," Lauren grumbled.

It'd made Shawn chuckle, because that's exactly how he felt in that moment. He was so exhausted, he was surprised he could even keep his eyes open in that moment but he was doing better than Lauren, who could barely even see.

The blonde wrapped her arms around Shawn's right arm, resting her head against his shoulder. Another small sigh left her lips as she stood there quietly. Shawn pressed a small kiss to her head, one that made her lightly smile to herself.

"I know, I know. We'll be on the plane soon okay baby?" Shawn said.

The hair on Lauren's forearm rose at the nickname Shawn had called her. He didn't take any notice of it, but Lauren had heard it so clearly she thought she might faint. He never calls her pet name like that, ever. She was just wishing he'd realise his 'mistake' and apologise just so she could say that she didn't mind him calling her 'baby'.

Slowly, they moved forward towards the security, and soon enough, they had made their way through successfully. The two of them made their way to the nearest Starbucks to buy a iced chocolate each, as that was what they had been craving the last few hours since they arrived at the airport.

Lauren took a seat in one of the provided airport seats as Shawn was waiting inside the store for their drinks. She curled up in a ball, closing her eyes for what she thought was just a few seconds, but wasn't.

Shawn made his way over to the blonde curled up in the chair, noticing that she had fallen asleep. A smile slowly tugged at his lips at the sight of the blonde, before he found himself taking a seat in the chair beside her. He sat her drink down beside him while he sipped out of his own. His hand unintentionally moving up to play with her hair gently, which was enough to make her squirm in her seat after a few minutes.

Her head lifted up slightly, eyes locking on the brunette who was sipping out of his iced chocolate. Eyes squinting at the fact that Shawn was drinking his and she wasn't drinking hers.

Shawn noticed the look on her face, and let out a small laugh. He reached for her drink, holding it out in front of her to grab. She smiled cheekily at him, taking a sip of her drink. She let out a groan of satisfaction at the delicious taste of all the ingredients mixed together.

"Man, this drink tastes as good as pussy," Lauren mumbled.

Shawn choked on his drink, coughing hysterically at the words that escaped from the blonde's lips. Lauren let out a laugh at him, before the two of them were in tears from laughing so hard at the sentence Lauren blurted out.

It wasn't long until the two teenagers were boarding their flight. As Andrew had booked the seats, they were seated together, fortunately for them. As soon as the plane had taken off, Lauren had curled up against Shawn yet again.

"Hey guess what," Lauren said.

Shawn glanced down at the blonde who was glancing up at him. She sent him a cheeky grin. "We're flight buds, which means I can sleep on you the whole flight there."

Shawn let out a small laugh, bringing his hand up to stroke her hair. "No debate there blondie," Shawn replied.

Lauren smiled yet again, snuggling into Shawn's arm as the plane was getting ready for take off. Shawn kissed her forehead yet again, continuously playing with her hair gently.

"It's a rough time for us, but I'm glad you're with me," Lauren mumbled.

"Me too baby, me too," Shawn spoke, looking down at the blonde with a smile.