Drowning / SM

Chapter 98

"Who are you talking with?" Shawn asks, putting on his jacket, probably because he's finished with the filming part of the music video. 

His brown eyes that usually fade to a green color under the lightness, are now getting a little darker as our conversation is moving on. 

"I'm talking with you right now," I state and shove my phone in my pocket. I don't want to lie to him, though. We decided that none of us would ever lie again to the other so that's why I take the question he asked a way he didn't mean.

I answered in a playful way with a smile on my face but his facial expression got even darker. Something I didn't know that was possible, especially because he's Shawn and Shawn is the sweetest person on earth. However, I'm playing it wrong and probably driving him crazy with everything I do and if people were watching us from outside, they might think that I'm just playing with his feelings or that I'm not a good girlfriend enough for him -something I think too- but the love I have for him is above everything in the world. 

I look down at my feet and without the need of him talking, I reveal who was on the phone with me. 

"It was Jenny..." I raise up my gaze on him and I see the transformation of his look going from upset to confused in the matter of a second so I keep going. "She called me when I was watching you working," I explain without adding anything else and in my great relief before he has the time to ask any other question, the huge glass door brushes open and Andrew appears. 

I put all my attention to the man joining us and Shawn turns back to face him and steps back as well to be beside me. 

"Hi, Alyssa..." He greets me because I didn't see him when we came in and he quickly focuses on the pop star who's standing next to me. "Your interview today will be live on the TV so get ready and we can't be late." He warns Shawn who runs his hand through his hair and he turns his attention back to me as soon as he's finished addressing Shawn. "Shawn told me that you accepted to attend it and eventually answer some questions... Are you sure that it doesn't bother you?" 

His question and the way he cares take me by surprise. I have never talked with him for real, like in a long discussion but I had a thought on the world-known pop stars' managers. I guessed that they were the stereotype of the people who don't care about anything else than the image that the celebrity they're following is giving to the world. I would have never thought that they could be as nice as Andrew is and it's so satisfying to me. Maybe it shouldn't be satisfying though. If I'm happy to find out that the person who manages my man has a beautiful heart then it means that the world nowadays is way too fake and selfish at some points and meeting nice people became so rare while it should be normal. 

"Lys?" Shawn wakes me up from my thoughts by putting a hand on my shoulder so I shake my head and try to remember the question Andrew asked me. 

"Yeah... I'm a hundred percent sure of it... it's the least that I could do..." I state and look at Shawn, smiling at him. 

He smiles back at me and extends his hand to surround both of my shoulders with his arm and pull me close to him, only to leave a soft kiss on my temple. I pass my arm around his waist in turn and Andrew nods slightly and takes leave on entering the building's hall. 

We both stand here in each other's arms in an appeasing silence that could rock me into sleep. He probably noticed that I got cold since I don't have my jacket on so he tries to warm me up by wiping his arms up and down my back. His chin leaning on my head, I'm fully enjoying this moment of sweetness. 

"Let's get inside, you seem like your cold while spring is coming... Are you okay?" He asks and I just nod in response. 

Although the weather is cool, I'm feeling good here with him.