New York Royalty ~Shawn Peter Raul Mendes~

24 -"What is she to you?"

•Shawn's POV•
"Hey man. You ok?" Cam asks as he walks into my room.

"Yea. Just thinking about last night." I tell him as I lay back.

"I know. You almost went into round two with Ryan." He tells me as he sits on my bed.

"That wasn't the part I was thinking of." I tell him.

He looks at me confused and I sit up and face him.

"I talked to Ashley last night." I pause. "And I told her how I felt about her." I finish with a smile.

He gives me the biggest smile.

"Finally. I've been waiting for you to grow the balls to tell her. How did it go?" He says.

My smile fades away.

"She said we couldn't be together because of my dad." I say and lay back down.

"Awe I'm sorry man."

It's quiet for a while until he speaks again.

"Have you ever thought about maybe talking to your dad?" He asks.

I haven't talked to my father since I woke up in the hospital. I confronted him about the whole Ashley thing and he didn't admit to it. Now, every dinner, I eat in my room and I always manage to leave before he comes downstairs. One day, he had enough and he told me to stop or he would kick me out but I knew my mom would stop him from doing it so it didn't bother me.

"I haven't talked to him in 2 months. Why would I talk to him now?" I say.

He sighs.

"Look, your dad has done and said some bad things but he's still your dad. The least you could do is try and talk some sense into him. You can't ignore him forever. He's your dad." He says.

I think about it.

He has a point. He is your dad and you can't just ignore him because of some girl.

But she's not just some girl. She's my love.

Then tell him that. Talk to him and tell him how you feel about her. If he rejects you, the question is; Are you willing to leave your dad for her?

I think about it a little more and then come to a decision. I sit up then stand up.

"I'm gonna talk to him." I say.

"Good. Then go. I'll wait for you up here." He tells me.

I nod then head out of my room. I go downstairs. I walk towards his office and when I get there, I knock on the door.

"Come in." He yells.

I open the door, walk in then close the door and walk towards his desk.

"Hey dad. Can we talk?" I ask.

He looks up from his computer and nods towards the chair in front of his desk. I sit down and he pulls away from the computer.

"Look, I'm sorry for ignoring you these past months. It wasn't right for me to do that. It's just-"

"That girl." He pauses. "What is she to you?" He asks.

I think on the question.

Ashley is my love. Although it's too early to say I love her, I do. I really really do.

"To me, Ashley is my world. People might think it's crazy that I feel like this when we barely met a couple months ago but to me, it isn't. The first time I saw her, I knew there was something different about her. I just didn't know she was a king but I didn't care who she was. That day when she first came over, I connected with her. Something I've never done with girls in the past. Not even Cristina. I feel comfort with her. I feel like I can tell her anything and she won't judge. I. . .I love her." I say.

The room is quiet for a while. I look down at the floor so I didn't have to see the disappointment in his face. He stands up off his chair, walks around his desk, goes in front of me and leans down on his desk.

"Have I ever told you the story of me and your mother?" He asks.

I shake my head.

"I was around your age when I met her. I was at my locker getting the stuff I needed. When I closed my locker and I was about to walk away, when I bumped into her. I fell on top of her and for a split second we made eye contact. It was like beauty was dancing in her eyes. I realized I was on her for too long and quickly got off. I helped her up and apologized. She said it was no problem and then we got to talking. One thing led to another and we became close friends, well, best friends. After high school, we sort of drifted apart because she had went to a college out of state and I was over here doing illegal stuff. The reason me and Dan started the mafia is because we were in the gun business. We realized that it couldn't just be me and him anymore so we started recruiting people and that led to the death angels. When your mother came back from college, she came to find me to tell me that she had feelings for me. I never realized my feelings for her until our first kiss. Then, we got together but she didn't know about the death angels and she didn't know about the gun business. It wasn't until Dan passed that I knew I had to tell her about it. So, I sat her down and explained everything to her. Of course she wasn't too happy about it but she sort of understood why I did it. I needed the money and I didn't want to go to college and waste years of my life on learning something that I'm probably never going to work for. Now the way I asked her to marry me wasn't the ideal way. You see, we were out on a date and on that date is when I was going to pop the question but then there was a drive-by and they shot at the restaurant we were eating at and one of those bullets hit your mother. The ambulance came as soon as they could and I would've went with them but I was so caught up in my anger that I just told them her information and left. I went to the bar and told everyone to start looking for these bastards. It took about a day and a half to find out who it was and in that time I never went to go visit your mother because I wanted to find the person that did it before I visited her. We found out that they shot at that restaurant on purpose because they were looking for me. We did our job and we found the person so I got the ring and I went to the hospital and I went to her room and there she was. Lying on her bed soundly asleep, looking like a goddess. I sat by her bed until she woke up and when she did I told her, and these were the exact words, 'I am so sorry for what happened to you. I would never want to put you in danger. I love you so much, I would do anything for you. If I would've lost you, I would've lost myself too because you are my life. I cannot think of a day without you and this is why I am going to ask you this before it's too late.' I got down on one knee and asked her to marry me and of course she said yes. Every time I look at your mother, she reminds me of when we first met and every day I thank God that he made me clumsy to bump into her because just looking at her, my heart beats fast. My love will never die for her." He finishes.

I process the story that he told me and I just keep thinking that it's such a beautiful story but only one question lingers in my mind.

"Why did you tell me this?" I ask.

He crosses his arms.

"The feelings that I have for your mother, do you feel those for that girl?" He asks.

I nod.

"Do you see yourself having a future with her?" He asks.

I nod then he nods.

"All I want is for you to be happy and I thought that this girl was taking you away from your happiness. As I see, she wasn't taking you away from it rather she was giving you it." He pauses. "So, for you, I'm willing to give this girl another chance."

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A/N

Wow such a beautiful love story.

And he also agreed to give Ashley another chance.

That will be interesting.

Hope you enjoyed. xx