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It went like that for the rest of the day. In the evening we talked on the phone again, just not so long like the day before.
And this whole procedure of texting and calling went on for a few days and we also face timed a few times.
After a few days of talking to each other all the time, it felt like a routine. But not in a bad way.
But it stayed within texting and talking. Obviously, we couldn't just meet up
When we face-timed I was even more nervous than when we spoke to each other or texted, because I had to make sure that the way I looked was alright. And even though I sometimes felt very ugly, especially at the end of a long day, he always gave me compliments that made me smile and my heart beat faster, if that was somehow possible.
Around a week after we started texting, Unicef reached out to me again, saying that our first project was working really well and that they wanted to continue it. That meant, that I would fly to New York again in about a week and shoot some more videos and photos.
They also wrote that they wanted to meet up next week because the People's choice awards are in two weeks so it would be perfectly timed and I could present our new videos at the event.
As if the news from Unicef weren't amazing enough (I could continue the project, what firstly itself was so awesome, because I got to help more people around the world, secondly, I could moderate our project again and additionally could fly to New York for a second time), they reminded me of the People's choice awards, which would take place in two weeks in San Francisco, and that Shawn would probably also be there. What meant that I would meet him. Obviously.
It was around 7 PM when I was about to face-time Shawn, and I was very exited to tell him my news.
I sat down on my desk chair, placed my phone so that he could see me good and then pressed the call button.
"Hi, good evening, Shawn" I said loud and with a bright smile on my face as he picked up.
"Hello, how are you?" he chuckled as he noticed my good mood.
"I am very well. Do you want me to tell you why?" I teasingly asked and bounced a bit. I could not even ask him back how he was.
"Of course, angel" he said and I forgot what I wanted to do for a moment. My cheeks blushed and I looked away from my phone screen for a bit.
"So, you know that the people's choice awards are in two weeks, right?"
"Right" he nodded.
"And I got an E-Mail today from Unicef, saying that our cooperation is working really well and that they want to shoot some more videos and photos before the PCA's" I said with an excited and quick voice and then looked at him.
He smiled but he didn't really seem surprised.
"And also, you are going to be there too, right?" I asked him a bit more settled but still fuzzy.
"Yes, I actually am nominated" he answered with a proud smile and light in his eyes.
"Oh, then we will meet there" I said casually but my inner self was having a heart attack. "For what category are you nominated?"
"'Favorite male artist' and 'Favorite album of the year' he answered with a slight blush on his cheeks.
"Wow, two nominations that's impressive"
"Thank you" he smiled back, "I actually have a surprise, well, I hope that you see it as a surprise" he said shyly. I think I must not explain how my heart pounded.
It was kind of suspiciously. First, the Email from Unicef, that I would fly to New York next week, then I got reminded that I would meet Shawn at the PCA's and also got a confirmation of him, that he would indeed be there, and now he had a surprise for me?
"What is it?" I asked with a shy smile.
"Uhm, Unicef reached out to me too and they want me to be the second Ambassador of the campaign." He said with a low smile and waited for a reaction of me.
I stayed silent for a moment, while my brain processed his info. If I understood him correctly, that would mean that he would also come to New York next week.
"Are you joking?" I exclaimed excitedly and added, "That's awesome!" to reassure him, that I was happy about that surprise.
"Thank god, I actually am relieved. I thought that you maybe didn't want to basically share the campaign." He said, breathed out slowly but still with a smile and held his hand to his heart theatrically.
"I guess Unicef saw all of my retweets and post about them or so. And I already cooperated with them a few years ago, but it was just something very small." He explained. "Well, they also invited me to New York to be in the videos und stuff." He added and confirmed my earlier thought. "I hope that's ok with you, Julia?"
"Of course, it is. What a coincidence right? But how cool! It's going to be so much fun" I said happily and grinned at the screen.
What a nice surprise. I could prepare myself now for some sleepless nights due to excitement, imagining and overthinking.
"Yeah I'm really excited too" he said with a smiley face. "I'm so glad that they reached out to me. I think I already told you, but I was really impressed about the project when you presented it at the AMA's"
"Oh wait! Doesn't that mean that we are also going to present it together at the PCA's?" I blurted out a quick thought.
"I guess so" he said and held his arms up to his sides, in a way to signal that he also wasn't sure.
"Uhh, maybe were gonna wear matching outfits" I jokingly suggested and looked at his smiley face.
"Ohhh myyyy gooood that would be sooo cool" he mocked and I laughed.
"I am so excited Shawn!" I squirted out because I actually couldn't hold myself because of anticipation. "It's going to be so cool, you have to see the hotel, it is so beautiful, and it also has such a good location" I began to talk without a point.
We then talked about what we wanted to do in New York if we would have some free time, and what we could wear at the event that would somehow match.
I definitely had to talk to Maja after that conversation and tell her everything that had happened today.
But as expected, Shawn and I's conversation lasted until very late so I decided to call Maja the next day and try to sleep instead.
When I later laid in bed and was about to fall asleep, I remembered Shawn's pet name for me earlier. "Angel"
I wondered how exactly he meant it with his pet names. Was it just a pet name for him or was it something more serious like it was for me? Did he know that almost every girl went weak under a pet name?
I think I saw some videos where he called his fans "Love" or "Beautiful" or something like that but I wouldn't say that he saw me as a fan. We were definitely on, at least, a friendship basis, if not maybe a little bit more? I hoped it would be a bit more but I didn't know how he felt about it.
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uhhhhh it gets exciting
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also, i dont know where the peoples choice awards are actually held place but i didnt find something on the internet so i just took San Francisco
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